Unions Form Panel to Check City Commission Candidates
A Central Labor Union meeting at Carpenters Hall appointed a committee to canvass city commissioner candidates for past records and union views on labor issues. The group will report at a next Wednesday gathering at 8 pm, with 49 union members present and candidates for the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Stone
Carpenters’ Hall
Central Labor Union
C. P. Fischer
Sam Norton
Organized Labor
W. W. Finch
Carpenters
Z. W. Smith
Ted McGovern
George Neeley
Ed Tull
G. A. Runyan
J. C. Darwin
E. 0. Hobson
Rex Teed
N. A. Parrish
A. Yeagel
Santa Fe grading work starts today to mile post No 4
James Martin began actual grading on the Santa Fe line from Amarillo to Boise City Oklahoma. Work started at the material yards and will extend to mile post No 4. The crew moved Martins equipment to mile post No 4 where a camp is being built. Superintendent J P Gilmore notes water wells and a camp near the North Canadian river. L B Webb of Los Angeles has been transferred to Amarillo as bookkeeper for Sharp & Fellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Martin
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Boise City
Oklahoma
J. S. McKnight
Mile Post No. 4
Martin
J. P. Gilmore
Sharp & Fellows
Fire chief car to cut insurance in Amarillo
Amarillo plans to own and staff a motor car for the fire department chief. City Manager W N Durham says advertising for a light coupe will allow the state fire insurance commission to credit the rate, reducing premiums by about one percent. Current rate is 16 cents, and the city estimates savings of roughly 10 060 to 12 009 on total premiums.
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Amarillo
W.N. Durham
City Commission
State Fire Insurance Commission
Close Tri-State Fair Painting Bids Today
Final day for bids on repainting the grandstand buildings and race track fences at the Tri-State fair grounds. Bids open Friday afternoon in the commissioners court room at the courthouse for contract award.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Wilbur C. Hawk
The
Fair Association
Commissioners’ Court
Ladies Auxiliary of Foreign War Vets To Hold Convention Here
The Ladies Auxiliary Veterans Foreign Wars plan a Texas state convention in Amarillo from Sunday to Tuesday. Mrs. Josepha M. Birge leads committees arranging sessions in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel with entertainments including Sleep Soldier Boy by Mrs. J. D. Turk. Mrs. Bessie Hanken, national president, is expected. at Jack Hall's Ranch there is a barbecue dance and band concert starting Monday at 6:30. Birge estimates about 500 attendees, with the group financing the event locally and many Amarillo volunteers handling details for a continuous program led by Edwin W. Thomerson and others.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans Foreign Wars
Texas
Auxiliary
Josepha M. Birge
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
J. D. Turk
Amarillo
Bessie Hanken
Jack Hall
W. S. Birge
Mr. Birge
Edwin W. Thomerson
J. B. Robertson
Harve M. Crudgington
A. Petersen
E. O. Thompson
W. D. Burger
E. C. Nelson, Jr
W. L Ot
Police drive on lightless cars in Amarillo
Amarillo police launched a major offensive against motorists operating lightless cars, focusing on taillight violations. Conviction on first offense carries a $3 fine in Judge Wheeler's court, doubled for repeat offenders. Chief McDowell cites state law and city ordinance to curb dangerous driving. Also notes pro wrestling match offering 10,000 prize as Farley seeks big win.
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Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
R. F. Wheeler
McDowell
Cal Farley Stars In Amarillo Charity Game 1924
Cal Farley played football for Amarillo in a Christmas day charity game in 1924 and was noted as an outstanding backfield man in local reports.
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Cal Farley
Amarillo
Dairymen Meet West of Amarillo for Instruction
Retail dairymen of Potter county gather at Joe Gray dairy farm ten miles west of Amarillo on highway 66 at 2 PM for an instructional period led by J W McClain federal dairy specialist from Washington DC. Similar dairy schools are planned for Randall Deaf Smith Hemphill counties Friday and Saturday.
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Potter County
Joe Gray
Amarillo
Highway 66
J. W. McClain
Federal Dairy Specialist
Washington, D. C
Randall
Deaf Smith
Hemphill
Mr. McClain
Randall County Dairymen's Association
Canyon
Sparrows Take Possession at C. of C. Office
The Chamber of Commerce staff faced a sparrow invasion as a lone bird repeatedly flew in and chirped, disrupting the office for hours. Officials consider options to keep birds out, dismissing screens and fences and appealing for ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Truck Accident Details Reach Police Investigation
Information on a Monday truck wreck shows W F Murray a Capitol Hotel night engineer was hurt and taken to St Anthony s hospital. Driver Albert Blackburn of 610 Madison stopped and asked Bill Johnson to take Murray to the hospital. Police identified two eye witnesses. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Murray
Capitol Hotel
St. Anthony's Hospital
Albert Blackburn
Madison
Murray
Blackburn
Bill Johnson
Walter Irvin Motor Company
J R Waters Main Speaker At Session Of Traffic Group
J R Waters local representative of the Western Weighing Inspection bureau was the principal speaker at the regular bi monthly Amarillo Traffic club meeting held yesterday noon in the Amarillo hotel. Dwight Sparrow presided in the absence of the president. J N Hagood and Robert Clark entertained with sleight of hand. John Armstrong and T R Waters led the program. O Gould Herman Clutter Roy Smith will helm the next program.
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J. R. Waters
Western Weighing Inspection Bureau
Amarillo
Roy Smith
Mrs Anna Albright Dies At Home In Jackson Street
Mrs Anna Albricht 85 longtime resident of Jackson street died yesterday afternoon at 2 30 o clock while living with nephew D R McDougall and niece Miss Mary C McDougall at 900 Jackson street She is survived by another nephew J B McDougall of Jackson Michigan The body will lie in state today at ee.
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Anna Albricht
D. R
Mary C. McDougall
Jackson Street
J. B. McDougall
Jackson
Mich
James Cole Rites Set This Morning
Funeral services for James M. Cole 46 who died Tuesday in an Amarillo hospital were held at 10 a m at Griggs chapel with Rev A J Gross of Second Baptist church officiating Pallbearers were Art Rutledge Dan Rumsey Frank Powell Carl Brier L Carlyle and Clarence Green Burial was in Llano cemetery He is survived by his widow four sons three daughters Eula Naomi Leona Cole and three topchildren Ruth Clinton and others not fully legible
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James M. Cole
Amarillo
Griggs Chapel
A J. Gross
Second Baptist Church
Art Rutledge
Dan, Rumsey
Frank Powell
Carl Brier
L. Carlyle
Clarence Green
Llano
Cote
Lloyd
Carl
Loy
Chester
Eula
Naomi
Leona Cole
Ruth Clinton
Eee
Eee Pte Sale Eee
Ali
Curtiss Bleecker helicopter makes debut at Curtiss field
Valley Stream N Y June 18 a radically designed helicopter with four revolving wings and a central engine displayed publicly. The $250000 craft carries a two seated gondola beneath and rises vertically to move in any direction once wings are angled after ascent. The device, by Maitland Bleecker, aims to land with minimal field space.
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Associated Press
Valley Stream
N. Y
Curtiss Field
Maitland Bleecker
Curtiss Bleecker Helicopter
J. J. Tidwell Shows Open Next Monday
Plans are underway for a week long engagement of the J. J. Tidwell shows opening next Monday under the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Amarillo. The carnival, at Fourth and Jefferson, features 12 attractions and eight riding devices. C. R. Fulton, special representative, arrived to finalize arrangements with a 300 person crew. Jack Reynolds trained in the mountains to adjust to higher altitude before performing in Amarillo. Cal, former Amarillo Gassers player, now runs a large tire business acquired from Scott Bros.
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T. J. Tidwell
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Amarillo
Fourth
Jefferson
C. R. Fulton
Fulton
Cal
Amarillo Gassers
Scott Bros
Broke Veteran Walter Patmore Ends Life Near Abilene
Walter P. Patmore of Los Angeles, a World War veteran, killed himself with a .22 pistol near Abilene after riding a California bound party home from Oklahoma City with Mrs. Bury Polley and her daughter. He refused further borrowing and sought to visit his mother in Canada. Police say financial shame and pride motivated the act. his body was found in a pasture after a trip with the women broke up. The party had stopped in Pecos on the return journey.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Walter P. Patmore
Los Angeles
Calif
Patmore
Bury Polley
California
Oklahoma City
Polley
East
Dallas
Quebec
Canada
Here
Gruver Receives Boost As Up and Coming City
Amarilloans Beechler and King tour Gruver Stinnett and Borger urging merchants to invest with Jobbers and Manufacturers Association. They visited over 20 shops noting Gruver’s assets including a new school, a Gruver Roller Bearing plant, a new drug store, and a modern service station. Gruver offers low rent for a general dry goods store to complete local retail lines. Wheat yields on the North Plains exceed expectations.
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Gruver
King
North Plains
Amarillo City News Briefs Highlight Burglar Alarm and Zoning Talks
Miss Mary Bourn and Miss Rachel Long visit Amarillo staying with Mrs. Fred Fuqua and Mrs. W A Stewart. Burglar alarm at Barton grocery led to detectives Burnam and Snyder investigating. nothing was stolen. Mayor Wood from Dallas arrived for zoning data with city officials. Building permits compare favorably to last month. Vacations begin at city hall. Dr E W Little to return Monday. National Fire Underwriters report copies received. Mrs C J Hunter and children and Mrs Ed R Sargent and son Billy visiting Mrs Mary E Copeland at 1102 Jefferson Street.
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Mary Bourn
Rachel Long
Kansas City
Miss Bourn
Fred Fuqua
City
W. A. Stewart
Harrison Street
Amarillo
Barton Grocery
West Fourteenth
P. G. Burnam
John Snyder
City Hall
E. W. Little
California
Ida Mae Perkins
C. J. Hunter
Charles
Mary Beth
Dallas
Ed. R. Sargent
Billy
Belton
Texas
Mary E. Copeland
Jefferson Street
Campaign in Gujarat drives tax payment push
The Associated Press reports in Ahmadabad on June 18 that nationalist pressure in Gujarat to boycott land tax is accelerating. Authorities seize movable property from defaulters while villagers hide in fields or sleep in their homes as village officers move through neighborhoods.
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Associated Press
Ahmadabad
Gujarat
Emancipation Day Parade Opens Amarillo Celebration
A large colorful parade starts at 10 a m from Second and Harrison marching to Polk and Tenth to East Tenth and the Tri State Fair grounds where a Liberty float leads about 20 beauty entrants followed by the Twelve Black Aces orchestra. A beauty show follows at 11 a m, with speeches at 11 45 a m, free barbecue 12 30 to 2 30 p m, then auto racing foot races and a boxing event followed by a baseball game Wellington Texas Sluggers vs Duncan Oklahoma Black Sox at 4 00 p m, with a later dance in the merchant building. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children over five.
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Amarillo
Harrison
Polk
Tenth
East
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Liberty
Twelve Black Aces
Fair Grounds
Leo Sparks
W. L. Williams
E. R. Gravelly
S. C. Patton
Wellington
Texas
Duncan Oklahoma
Black Sox
Dark Town
Chinese Seek To Attend Chicago Crime School
Six Chinese detainees on Ellis Island, captured aboard the Panama Mail liner Colombia, told Inspector McAlarney they traveled from China to gain education in Chicago gang warfare. They hope to return home and apply their learned methods on their own people.
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Associated Press
New York
Ellis Island
Chicago
McAlarney
Colombia
China
Oil Worker and Wife Die in Norfolk Home
John S Hartman oil field worker from Goliad Texas and his wife Ida 21 were found dead in their Norfolk home from a shooting. A shotgun lay beside Hartman. Ida was found in bed with fatal head wound. The couple, who had come from McCamey Texas two weeks earlier, were seeking work.
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Associated Presa
Norfolk
John S. Hartman
Goliad
Texas
Ida
Hartman
Hartmans
McCamey
Underpass Storm Pumps Purchased for Amarillo Project
Amarillo officials bought two storm pumps for 1480 dollars via competitive bidding to remove water from the East Third street underpass under construction. One pump handles 8000 gallons. when taxed, the second starts automatically. motion by Commissioner J N Vernon and second by Mayor Ernest O Thompson. The Reynolds-Farley boat tickets crowd indicates Panhandle interest in Farley wrestling more times.
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Amarillo
East Third Street
J. N. Vernon
Ernest O. Thompson
Reynolds-Farley
Panhandle
Farley
Army enlistment on increase here in city
Edgar R. Steele, sergeant in charge, said recruiting at the federal building is rising daily as young men seek enlistment. Few applicants want air service, but vacancies exist in field artillery, infantry, and cavalry. Flying instruction now requires at least two years of college or equivalent. Steele will test applicants during morning and afternoon hours.
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Federal
Edgar R. Steele
Steele
Air Service
Field Artillery
Infantry
Cavalry
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Jack Reynolds
Farley Tomorow
Ladies Auxiliary of
Mrs
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans: Foreign Wars
West Texas
Dairymen
U. S
P. C. Bennett
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
McClain
Session OF Traffic Group
Anna Albright
James Cole
Helicopter of Strange Design
J. J. Tidwell
Cincinnati
Reynold
Beechler
Bers Group
City News Briefs
F E. A. Wood
W. N. Durham
A. W. Smalley
National Fire Underwriters
India
George Clark
Chicago Crime School
ARMY
G. C. Bruce
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Oliver Eakle
H. V. Robertson & Co
Accountants and Auditors
E. S. Burgess
Fifth and
Tyler Streets
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
J. B. Gibbon
Agt
Wellsworth Tillyer
Hyden’s
Polk St
Amarillo, Texas
Osne
Joe Norman
the Panhandle
Harold English
Tristate
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