West Texas State Teachers College summer enrollment tops 1200
Enrollment across all departments at West Texas State Teachers College has surpassed the 1200 mark as registration continues. The college division reports a 148 student gain over last year, with 1032 in college, 93 in high school, and over 100 in the training school.
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New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iom
Arizona
Nevada
Mississippi
California
Colorado
North Dakota
Michigan
Arkansas
Kentucky
Travis Shaw
Bond Market Sees Narrow Gains Amid Low Volume
U S bond market drifted with prices fluctuating just above year lows. Convertibles and foreign sugar issues moved up after midweek highs, Liberty and long term treasuries rose at weekend, time money 4 to 3 percent, trading volume about 6.5 million par value on the week’s first session.
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Associated Press
New York
Treasury
Lubbock Fair Sets High Hopes for Upcoming Exhibit Show
The Sixteenth Annual Panhandle South Plains fair runs Sept 30 to Oct 5 with expected record livestock poultry and agricultural displays. The event features premium prizes and a new livestock barn amid growing crowds and admissions figures reaching about 125000 last year.
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Lubbock
Plains of Texas
Littlefield E. S. installs officers for new year
The Order of the Eastern Star in Littlefield installed officers for the coming year led by W. M. Anne Lews Wiseman and W. P. Pat Boone. New members are being admitted at nearly every meeting as the organization remains active.
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Littlefield
Order of the Eastern Star of
W. M
Anne Lews Wiseman
W. P
Pat Boone
Asso
de Farquhar
Lula Hubbard
Pearl Stokes
Dimple McGavock
Flora Besst Boones Treas
Dallas Banker to Speak at Midland Opening
Nathan Adams president of the American Exchange National Bank Dallas will be one of the speakers at Midland July 3 for the formal opening of the Hogan Oil office building a 12 story structure with attendees from the oil and banking sectors expected to attend.
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News Midland
Nathan Adams
American Exchange National Bank
Dallas
Midland
Hogan Oil
Historic Kent water tank yields to cultivated lands
Silvert on June 16 notes the Kent water tank near Quitaque in Briscoe county has been cut to drain surrounding farmland. Built before 1884 to water thousands of cattle from Howard Bros and the F ranch, the three mile circle tank once held over 2,000 head. Oldtimers recall cattle drives tied to the landmark now gone.
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Silverton
Kent
Kent Creek
Briscoe County
Quitaque
Z. C. Collier
Howard Bros
Oldtimers
Banking leaders outline agenda at state convention
The convention opens with J H Read of Memphis presiding. W C Dickey of Hall County National Bank will respond to the welcome. Speakers include A E Thomas of Continental National Bank Fort Worth and A A Horne of Texas Bankers' association. Marshall Scott and his wife suffered appendicitis the same day.
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J. H. Read
Memphis
Hall County National Bank
W. C. Dickey
Thomas
A. E. Thomas
Continental National Bank of Fort Worth
A. A. Horne
Texas Bankers’ Association
City National Bank of
Galveston
James Shaw
R. H. Campbell
Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company of
Kansas City
R. L. Tilley
First National Bank
Tulsa
Josh Lee
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Marshall Scott
Fort Myers, Fla
Business Heads Through Quiet Quarter Into Stronger Third
The Associated Press reports that business and industry nearing the end of the second quarter show extraordinary activity. May orders for United States Steel indicate continued high operations for weeks, with steel demand stable overall though auto industry orders soften. Automakers trim production while other sectors buy at a healthy pace, signaling a more active third quarter than 1928.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Promove Launched in Old Mexico to Curb Liquor
President Portes Gil leads a government driven anti alcohol campaign backed by the Mexican press. The plan favors education and substitutes such as sports and culture over prohibition. La Prensa approves while warning local officials must cooperate for success. The campaign began with stricter license regranting for saloons.
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United Press
Mexico City
Portes Gil
United States
la Prensa
First steam engine traced to 250 B C temple priests
Chicago exhibits reveal Greek priest engineers used heat to move water and open temple doors. Hero of Alexandria described the device, an early steam power model later known as heat compression hydro aero engine. The piece notes UT Austin as a major landlord with cottages rented for $4,000 monthly.
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Associated Press
Chicago
B. C
Hero of Alexandria
Walt Mason and His Enduring Wurst Advertising
The poem portrays Walt Mason as the prolific booster of his wienerwurst, insisting on its quality and distinct flavor while lampooning the pressure to advertise. It notes daily publicity across papers and airwaves and warns that without constant promotion a rival could replace him, risking his reputation and business. Copyright 1929 by The George Matthew Adams Service.
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George Matthew Adams
U S Real Wage Tops World in Purchasing Power
A National Industrial Conference Board analysis of wages and prices shows American workers could buy more than four times as much as Italian workers with their wages. Italy at 23 percent of U S purchasing power, Europe averaging 35 percent. Canada 75 percent, Denmark 57 percent, Ireland 56 percent, Britain 51 percent, Sweden 44 percent, Netherlands 43 percent, Germany 35 percent, Belgium 27 percent, Czechoslovakia 27 percent, Australia 26 percent, Poland 24 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Europe
United States
Canada
Denmark
Irish Free State
Great Britain
Sweden
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Australia
Poland
Grade School System To Eliminate Classes
Arkansas City Kansas June 16 A phase of Oxfordian instruction methods will be introduced in public schools. Individual study replaces class work and recitations are reduced or eliminated. Pupils not in one study may spend more time on other subjects. Grades will be based on individual initiative, aiming to quicken promotions without pushing students ahead.
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Associated Press
Arkansas City
Kan
E. St. John
Honolulu Directions Use Local Terms in City Deeds
In Honolulu directions avoid compass points. Residents use ewa mauka and makai meaning toward the plantation, toward the mountain, and toward the sea. These terms are legally accepted and appear in deeds.
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Honolulu
Former Hadjaz King Declared Bankrupt in Cyprus
Reiruth Syria June 16 accord ing to Syrian press reports ex Caliph Hussein former King of Hedjaz has been declared bankrupt by the court in Nicosia Cyprus. The aged man has lived in Nicosia since banishment with his wife and two attendants in a four room flat. He was long believed enormously wealthy but is said to avoid spending money.
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Reiruth
Syria
Hussein
Hedjaz
Nicosia
Cyprus
Cotton Market Pauses Amid Bullish Report Hopes
New Orleans June 16 The cotton market held a waiting stance for most of the week with restricted trading as prices inched up on bullish signals from two expected government reports. October and December prices closed lower from weekly highs as traders liquidated after the reports showed record May consumption and heavy boll weevil emergence, despite prospects of a larger crop if dry hot weather does not hinder growth.
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New Orleans
Ostoher
Fossil Whale Search in California Valley
Remington Kellogg of the National Museum leads a Smithsonian Carnegie expedition to survey San Joaquin valley deposits over six weeks. The inland sea fossils, likely over three million years old, will be sought in cooperation with the Carnegie and Smithsonian institutions. The fieldwork covers southern California near Pasadena and Santa Barbara.
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Associated Press
Washington
California
Remington Kellogg
National Museum
San Joaquin Valley
Smithsonian
Carnegie Institutions
Sierra Nevadas
Pasadena
Santa Barbara
Old Indian Capital Marked by Monument
A native stone monument with a bronze tablet was unveiled at Tukabahchi, early Creek capital, in Tallahassee Florida. The Alabama Anthropological Society marked the site on the Walter E. Sistrunk estate and received the tablet from Mrs. B J Baldwin of Montgomery, a Sistrunk daughter.
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Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Tukabahchi
Alabama Anthropological Society
Walter E. Sistrunk
B. J. Baldwin
Montgomery
Alabama
Mr. Sistrunk
Professor Uses Plane to Attract New Tulane Students
Professor Donald Halley an aviator and Tulane University commerce instructor toured towns by airplane to lecture high school students on the advantages of Tulane’s commerce program. Authorities say it is the first aviation outreach for such a tour and may be repeated.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Tulane University
Donald Halley
Tulane School of Commerce
Commerce Department
New Orleans University
London Lovers Find Quiet Spots Among Museums
In London, couples seek sequestered museum spaces to court away from crowds. They rendezvous among mummies and fossil displays, enjoying solitude but face the drawback of museums closing at six in the evening.
Stimson to reorganize department in major push
Secretary Stimson moves to centralize control of the State Department centralizing authority under the under secretary. He will personally press for funds before the budget bureau and Ways and Means and seeks to curb high turnover from foreign service officers serving at the department.
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United Press
Washington
Stimson
State Department
Department
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Budget Bureau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur J. Carr
Foreign Service
Fifteen Hundred Singers Attend Hereford Convention
The Planteau Singing convention in Hereford closed after two days with about 1 500 singers present. Seven hundred attended last night and two hundred Amarillo residents joined today in the district court room as sessions ran from yesterday morning through today.
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Hereford
Amarillo
District Court Room
Landmarks to be Razed in Silverton Square
Two frame store buildings at the southwest corner of Silverton square are vacated to make way for brick structures. John Burson of First National Bank will build a modern bank facility, and C L Dickerson plans a fireproof mercantile building beside the new bank home.
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Silverton
John Burson
First National Bank
C. L. Dickerson
Mrs Herbert to Be Buried in Louisiana
The body of Mrs. Jeanette Herbert, 56, who died Saturday night at her home, 713 A West Sixteenth street, was sent by N and Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel to Lake Charles Indiana for burial. She is survived by three sons and three daughters including J H Herbert Amarillo L L Herbert Amarillo H J Herbert Syracuse Nell Herbert Lake Charles Mrs G M Moeller Miami Fla and Mrs A V Martin Lake Charles. She was a Catholic.
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Jeanette Herbert
West Sixteenth Street
N. &. Griggs & Sons Funeral Chapel
Fort Worth
Denver
Lake Charles
High speed toll roads criticised by experts
Thomas H. MacDonald, head of the U S Bureau of Public Roads, warned in Boston that point to point toll roads would clash with railways and likely fail or ruin railroads financially. The article also notes Belfast launching a whale oil factory ship for the southern polar region.
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Associated Press
Boston
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads of
United States
MacDonald
Connecticut
Belfast
Ireland
South Volar
Bells Ringing Turn To Bronze as Moscow Melts Church Bells
Moscow reports a government drive to melt church bells for industry as religious bells are removed from belfries. Officials say progress of industrialization justifies repurposing metal despite thousands of bells remaining in churches and community buildings.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Dawes Meets British Premier in Harmony Over Armament Peace
The article notes General Dawes’s cordial meeting with British Prime Minister and President Hoover’s invitation to Washington. It highlights joint leadership aims for armament reduction as a pathway to world peace, with Dawes greeted by reporters as he left the baronial residence. The piece also mentions the University of Kansas paying $10,000 monthly to student workers in various departments.
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Hoover
Washington
Dawes
General Dawes
Mr. MacDonald
University of Kansas
Eastern Star school of instruction set for Canyon visit
More than 150 visitors will come to Canyon on Wednesday June 19 for the Order of Eastern Star school of instruction led by state treasurer W Gregory Hatcher and grand officers. Leaders include Mrs Birdie J Easterling Mrs Maude Ripley and Mrs Lillian Barnard. Meetings in Masonic hall with dinner hosted by Canyon chapter members.
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Canyon
Order of Eastern Star School of Instruction
W. Gregory Hatcher
Order
Birdie J. Easterling
del Rio
Texas
Maude Ripley
Electra
Lillian Barnard
Pampa
All Eastern Star
Bertie Strain
Strain
Vera Crawford
Florence McMurtry
Canyon Chapter
Cousins Hall
Masonic Hall
Record curb market trading hits new highs in New York
Furious trading in public utility stocks driven by unification plans of J P Morgan interests set new curb market records. Turnover on Saturday exceeded the NYSE for the first time. Thursday 586000 shares and Friday 1032400 shares traded, with a 391906 share Saturday session. Prices closed at 247 or 2238 8. Contracts in the June issue were ordered settled by temporary certificates.
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Associated Press
New York
J. P. Morgan & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Commonwealth & Southern
Simms Petroleum
General Baking
New Laundry Plant Opens in Silverton
Silverton June 16 A laundry plant established here by R V Galloway of Childress and George Burkett of Silverton will expand to a complete steam operation once natural gas connection is in place. Sally Ann Bakery passes to new Amarillo managers C C Reynolds and J P Irvin with updated baking equipment installed.
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Silverton
R. V. Galloway
Childress
George Burkett
Northcutt and Company
Slaton Citizens in Good Will Meeting
Nearly 200 people attended a Slaton Chamber of Commerce sponsored good will meeting Friday night in Gordon, twelve miles south of Slaton. J A Parrish of the Gordon school board gave the welcome, and a program by Slaton delegates followed. ice cream provided by Slaton visitors.
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Slaton
Gordon
NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER WAY AT CLOVIS
Clovis June 16. Several large public buildings are under construction including the newer hall costing about 5000, the Elks Home at 30000, and a new airport four miles west of town with expenditures over 200000 by Transcontinental Air Transport Inc. Ten new homes are under construction in Mauldin Heights and additional residences and business houses are rising.
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Clovis
Elks
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
Mauldin Heights
Pittsburgh Educator Davidson Granted European Study Leave
Dr. William M. Davidson superintendent of Pittsburgh public schools receives a three months leave of absence from the Board of Education. He will tour numerous European countries to study school systems and plans to depart July 1 returning September 3.
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Associated Fress
Pittsburgh
William M. Davidson
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Board of Education
Europe
Davidson
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