West Texas chamber clash over Fort Worth convention move
West Texas delegates clash over which city will host the next chamber of commerce convention. Fort Worth faces strong opposition as groups back Abilene Plainview and Wellington leaders amid fights to restore common point freight rates. Parade crowds, contests, and regional pride color the drive to sway the final vote.
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Wichita Falls
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Panhandle-Plains
Abilene
Upper Plains
Clint C. Small
Wellington
R. W. Haynie
W. B. Hamilton
Walter Cline
Herring
C. T. Herring
Floydada
Katherine Marshall
Quanah
North Panhandle
Plainview
Holland
White Deer
Shamrock
Lubbock
Spain
Tech
Memphis
Groom Boys
Dave Derden
Amarillo
John Bull
Clarendon
Great Britain
McLean
Panhandle
Roswell
Clovis
Carlsbad
West Texas
Panther City
Panhandle Plains
Sweetwater
Monte E. Owens
Women Meet Today to Aid Salvation Army Drive
The Salvation Army of Amarillo invites the city's women to a 4 30 pm gathering in the Amarillo hotel round-up room to learn campaign plans and the need for a new building. No collection or solicitation will be asked of attendees unless they choose to participate.
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The
Salvation Army of
Amarillo
W. A. Palmer
Palmer
Mrs Chitwood Demonstrates Non Fat Pie at City Auditorium
Nearly a thousand women and grandmothers attend an afternoon class by national culinary expert Mrs Ida Chitwood at the city auditorium. The program features a lemon pie dubbed a man pacifier and advice on batch dough, with notes and recipe books for sale and prizes awarded at the end.
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City
Ida Chitweod
Chitwood
News-Globe
Gene Lane
Irene Summerly
Bassett to Speak on Zoning at Amarillo Luncheon
Edward Bassett of New York will discuss zoning practices at a noon luncheon in the Amarillo hotel. City officials and business and civic leaders will attend the city tour at 9 a.m. before the talk, with plans for post luncheon questions and discussion.
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Amarillo
Edward Bassett
New York
City Commission
Board of City Development
Bassett
Lee Bivins
Wade H. Brymer
Ray C. Johnson
Jeff Bartlett
Ed. Mayer
Guy Carlander
Walter B. Irwin
Ben Short
Real Estate Board
J. E. Biggs
T. M. Bruner
T. A. Trusty
Belle Preston
J. E. Griggs
Federated Women’s Clubs
Ed. R. Mayer
John Matthews
Basset
Amarillo Hotel
Labor Members Walk Out Over Trades Union Bill
London May 16 Labor members left the House in protest of Premier Baldwin's move to limit debate on the government trades union bill. Baldwin sought a night long sitting and used the guillotine to push the measure amid slow progress and persistent opposition. Whitey Walker and Ed Bailey, free on bond in murder cases, left Borger for Belton to face robbery charges linked to Hemphill Jewelry store incident.
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House OF Commons
London
Baldwin
Arcos
Borger
Whitey Walker
Ed Bailey
Hhere
Belton
Hemphill Jewelry Company
Weather summary for West Texas and New Mexico regions
Weather notes indicate cloudy conditions in West Texas on Tuesday with slight temperature change and fair to partly cloudy skies across New Mexico. Regions report variable high and low temperatures, with general stability in the early day readings.
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Texas
New Mexico
Ohio
Amarillo Businessman E L Higinbotham Dies Suddenly
Amarillo mourns as E L Higinbotham a longtime J E Bryant Co president dies suddenly in the early hours. He was a presiding elder and school board member with deep roots in Amarillo community life. Survived by widow five children and his Kansas and Oklahoma connections. Funeral plans pending word from relatives.
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E. L. Higinbotham
L. Higinbotham
Amarillo
Griggs
Mr. Higinbotham
Indiana
Ridenour-Baker Company
Oklahoma City
J. E. Bryant Co
E. O. Dunaway
Houston
Frank Higinbotham
Oklahoma University
Robert Higinbotham
New Mexico Military Institute
Evelyn
Gertrude Higinbotham
Holton
Kansas
Robert Clarence
Central City
Mrs Snyder and Paramour Sentenced to Sing Sing Death
Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray await execution in Sing Sing death house after transport from Queens. Crowds gather along the route as the pair faces the electric chair for Albert Snyder's murder. She says she is not afraid to die and looks forward to returning to the green country.
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Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Ruth Brown Snyder
Queens Village
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing
Queens County
Long Island City
Albert Snyder
Gray
Panhandle Receives Large Highway Upkeep Budget
Kansas Panhandle division No. 4 is issued a maintenance budget of more than 400000 for 26 Panhandle counties. About 411000 goes to general maintenance, 116000 to bridge and culvert work, and 86000 to road betterment.
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Panhandle
State Department
W. A. French
French
Dallas Boosters Briefly Stop Over In Amarillo
Eighty Dallas business men on their twenty sixth annual tour of northwest Texas and southwestern Oklahoma spent three hours in Amarillo yesterday morning. They paraded downtown and visited major firms before continuing to Groom Alamelod McLean Shamrock Texola Erick Sayre Elk City and on to Altus Oklahoma for the night. They plan a three hour stop in Wichita Falls for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention today.
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Dallas
Northwest
Texas
Southwestern
Amarillo
Boosters
Rock Island
Groom
Alameed
McLean
Shamrock
Texola
Erick
Sayre
Elk City
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls & Northwestern
Altus
Okla
Wichita Falls
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Levees on 3 Mile Front in Grave Danger
Mississippi flood threatens five parishes as Atchafalaya levees give way and water pours toward Bayou Des Gla ses. Rescue boats operate while Plancheville reports drownings. entire levee system feared to fail across 560 miles.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Gulf of Mexico
Woodise
Old
Pointe Coupe
West
Bayou Des Glasses
Crevasse
Plancheville
Louisiana
Tensas
Atchafalaya Basin
Potter County approves $500000 highway bond for oil field road
Voters in Potter County favored a $500,000 road bond by 226 to 89 across nine of eleven precincts. Bond proceeds will fund the oil field highway north toward the Canadian border, linking Deal to Four Corners and across the Rock Island bridge to Oil City and Stinnett, with construction to begin soon.
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Potter County
Bill Thompson
J. W. Ryder
Hin Ateistants
Deal
Felteh
Sanford
Oil City
Stinnett
Carson County
Four Corners
Hutchison County
North Plains
North
South Bluffs
O City
Rock Island Railroad
City Hall
Courthouse
Sixteenth
Washington
East Side
San Jacinto
St. Francis
Wilson
North Side
Masterson Ranch
Soney
Prerevilly
Amarillo
East
Highwaymen Turned Cow Punchers Stop Cars Near Herd
Borger May 16 Rangers say motorists reports of highwaymen were misread as cow punchers guiding cattle away. Cars sped off during the encounter with cowboys near a herd, with drivers initially fearing hold up.
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Borger
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West Texas C. of
Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army Fund
Mrs. Chitwood
W. G. Hill
Trade Service and Inter-City Relations Department
St. Mary
St. Martin
Longfellow
Atchefalaya
Avoyelles
Bt. Landry
Port Barre
Butte la Rose
St. Martin Parish
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