Fanon Speaks on Marlin Meet Industries
At the Marlin meet, O. V. Men of the Amarillo Board of City Development urged careful study to attract new industries. He outlined six conditions for moving enterprises, including competent surveys, justified raw material use, avoidance of bonuses, and studying migratory tendencies to align with transport and consumer needs.
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Associated Press
Arlin
O. V. Men
Amarillo
Mr. Ver
Ourth
Ries
Chamber of Commerce
Interhe
Palm Oil Fuels Cars Across Africa In Experiment
A report describes using palm oil, nut oil and naphtha to power motor cars from Konakry in Guinea to Djibouti on the Red Sea. Oils are sourced along the coast at low cost and a special carburetor is employed. The article notes this broad experiment across Africa amid efforts to reduce fuel costs.
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Africa
Konokry
Poht Guinea
Jibuti
Gibson Weds Genelle Works in Private Polk Street Ceremony
Wed Last Night W. W. Gibson of Turner and Dooley and Miss Genelle Works daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Works of 1910 Tyler street were married at the bride’s parents home at 7 30 o’clock. Rev. Stanley W. Hayne officiated. Only immediate family attended and the couple departed at 9 for Colorado. Gibson is an University of Texas LLB graduate. Mrs. Gibson, Kidd Key College alumna, has taught in Amarillo and spent a year in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Gibson
Turner and Dooley
Genelle Works
F. P. Works
Tyler Street
Stanley W. Hayne
Polk Street Methodist Church
Fort Worth
Denver
Colorado
Gibson
University of Texas
Kidd Key College
Japan
Amarillo
Houston Labor Convention Ends With Wage Hike Vote
Delegates approved raising executive secretary George H. Slater’s salary from 250 to 300 dollars a month and defeated moving the convention to Austin. They backed a 64 hour week for stenographers and women workers, urged playgrounds to curb juvenile delinquency, and supported boiler inspector and oil field worker organization while opposing tuition charges at state colleges. The gathering closed with a ball at the W O W Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution and Law Committee
George H. Slater
Austin
H. White
Bureau of Labor Statistics
W. O. W. Hall
No More Illusions in Paris Hosiery Trends
Paris reports shift from flesh-colored stockings to bold hues and queer designs. The new hose styles feature striking patterns and inventive colors, signaling a change in fashion taste among shoppers and designers.
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Paris
A Close Resemblance. Mrs O Brien speaks to caller
In a Boston Transcript piece a Mrs O’Brien tells a caller that she would recognize her mother or daughter even without seeing either, asserting a close resemblance between them.
Amarillo Air Mail Service At Pony Amarillo Hotel
Visitors and citizens can mail air letters from the Pony Amarillo Hotel via Fort Worth & Denver to Denver and New York, saving two days for an extra 8 cent postage. Special envelopes marked air mail are provided with red, white and blue lines for emphasis, and letters may also go via Chicago.
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Amarillo
Pony Amarillo Hotel
New York
Fort Worth & Denver
Denver
Chicago
Are You One of the 98 Percent? Lydia Pinkham Ad
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts sent over a hundred thousand questionnaires to women who used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ninety eight percent replied affirmatively, reporting relief from their ailments.
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Lydia Fe, Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Cnt
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adv
List of graduates and faculty members from the class
The document names 64 female graduates led by Elizabeth Hopkins and 45 faculty and staff members including Easum Elkins Green Halley Herrington Higinbotham Hopkins Lawler Lefforge and McLellan. The list also includes Wilbur Pittman Rosenblum Sellars Sharp Stalkup Teed Threat Thompson Thomson Twaddell Waddill Walling Walls and several others.
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Burn W. Easum
Robert E. Elkins
Charles A. Green
Johnnie James Halley
Elmer R. Herrington
Frank W. Higinbotham
Norman
Hopkins
Eugene Lawler
John Hugh Lawler
Francis Leachman
Paul K. Lefforge
Eldon Young Lewis
Charles R. McAfee
George
McLellan
Theodore Hermon Nicklaus
Sam Nutting
James Eddie Park
Ray Davidson Parr
Charles Alfred Pederson
Wilbur I. Pittman
Ettalie Quisenberry
Dixie Ridings
Ethel Mae Russell
Jean Elsie Sanders
Victoria EF. Scanlan
Ena Schaefer
Ernestine Elizabeth Smith
Frances Wayne Smith
Helen Frazer Smith
Earle W. Stiteler
Nancy Gordon Teel
Maurine Tillman
Hazel Evangeline Wineinger
Louise J. Worrell
Agatha Elizabeth Wyatt
Welch Miners Hit by Taxes and Competition
By Associated Press May 28 Merthyr Wales reports a coal industry crisis due to high taxes German competition and wage agreements. In 80 000 district inhabitants only about 20 000 male workers remain many on dole. Dowlais pits closed 6000 men unemployed 100000 dollars weekly wage loss and 15000 tons weekly output drop. Eight month coal output down 56000000 tons per Finlay Gibson secretary Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association calls slump worst yet.
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Associated Press
Merthry
Wales
Dole
Dowlais
Merthyr
Finlay Gibson
Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners’ Association
South Wales
British Foresee Aircraft Supreme in Future Wars
London May 28 Airplanes to transport troops long distances in great numbers are foreshadowed in The Royal Air Force as a Career by the British Air Ministry Developments point to machines larger than present, driven by two or more engines and capable of very long flights They predict transport of soldiers equipment and bombs at speeds above 1000 miles per hour Large flying boats designed to stay at sea for days and navy cooperating craft are mentioned as future advances Gun spotting planes wireless directed fire torpedo carriers and fighting scouts are planned to operate from ship decks.
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Associated Press
London
Royal Air Force
British Air Ministry
Sea destroys Heligoland shore as cliffs crumble in
On Heligoland shore erosion accelerates with waves swallowing 8000 cubic yards of land. A Berlin banker’s villa, just finished, teeters toward the sea while an adjacent building is torn down. A garden pavilion clings near the edge and the public road over the cliffs is being closed to prevent accidents.
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Island OF
Heligoland
Associated Press
Hamburg
Berlin
Neepore
Playground plan presented board action deferred Amarillo
At a called board meeting H H Schueler of the American Recreation Association outlined Amarillo’s plan to join the national organization and start a citywide playground system. He proposed 15 sites with an $8700 budget funded by a 3 cent tax, a single paid supervisor, and noted Amarillo would pay no annual dues. The endorsement was deferred to the next regular meeting.
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Board of City Development
H. H. Schueler
American Recreation Association
Amarillo
Schueler
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Claim Big Gains
A bold advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as easy to take, promising six to ten pound gains in 30 days for the underweight. It cites dramatic results for both men and women, offers a money back guarantee, and lists local druggists in Amelia as sellers.
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McCoy
City Drug Co
Austin Drug Co
Ledbetter Drug Co
Amelia
McCoy's
Mojica concert in Amarillo to sell out says sponsor
Emil F. Myers announces Mojica's Amarillo show is likely sold out due to high demand and popular pricing. Nearly 2000 heard him in April, many who missed him now eager. Remaining seats go on sale Monday June 1 at Ledbetter drug store. Concert in Amarillo Friday June 5 with earlier dates planned for Plainview June 2 and Lubbock June 3 drawing heavy ticket sales.
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Amarillo
Emil F. Myers
Myers
Mr. Myers
Ledbetter
Collins
South Plains
Mojica
Plainview
Lubbock
Col Herring to establish town in Castro County
Special to The News Dimmitt May 27 C T Herring owner of the Flagg ranch 12 miles southwest of Dimmitt is laying out a townsite and will auction lots within days More than twenty farms have been broken out and farmers placed on them this spring Much cotton will be planted by these farmers Mr Herring nears completion of a large hotel on the new townsite It is rumored Panhandle Lumber Company has bought half a block to build a lumber yard and hardware business
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Dimmitt
C. T. Herring
Flagg Ranch
Mayor Proclaims Clean-Up Week in Amarillo Mayors Proclamation
Mayor Lee Bivins proclaims Clean-Up Week in Amarillo from June 1 to June 6. Citizens urged to place rubbish at edge of property line for city pickup to incinerator. Statement dated May 28, 1926, witnesses the city seal.
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Amarillo
Lee Bivins
Aimabile
City of
Legion Ladies to Meet for Decoration Day Ceremony
Hanson West and Ladies Auxiliary members will gather at Legion Home at 2:80 p m Saturday to decorate graves. They will proceed to Lian cemetery from the meeting point.
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Hanson West and Ladies Auxiliary
Legion Home
Lian Cemetery
Two Tons of Babies in London Hospital Births
A London statistician reports that about two tons of babies were born at a city hospital last year. If laid end to end, the newborns would stretch about 960 feet.
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London
Picture Operators and Theater Stage Men Banquet Held
Amariilo theater stage workers and moving picture operators gathered for their ninth annual banquet at the Khiva Shrine ball with delegates from across the state as guests. Toastmaster W. Hawkins introduced Fort Worth’s Stuart J. Hobson and others who spoke on unity, praising Amarillo managers for their fair approach to union labor. The Gypsy Sweethearte Orchestra performed, and a loving cup was presented to T. D. Lomax in memory of his union support.
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Amariio
W. ©. Hawkins
Stuart J. Hobson
Fort Worth
H. R. Pierce
Dallas
J. By Beard
Fred Bernd
Austin
H. F. Smith
Amarillo
Shelby Townes
B. W. Wilson
Amzilo
Potter County Tax Payers Notice Board of Equalization June 1925
Commissioners Court of Potter County Texas will convene on June 16 for a Board of Equalization to raise property assessments for 1926 taxes. Signed by County Clerk FE M Pittman and clerk EK Hubbard at Am arillo Texas.
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Commissioners’ Court
Outter County
Texas
Amnerillo
FE. M. Pittman
Potter County
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Marlin
Bayer
Keuralgia
Ich
N.S. Griggs
Quanjes
American Warehouse & Storage Co
Grant St. Amarillo
Teing
E. M. McNamee
North Plains
Polk St
Spearman
Perryton
Dev Reo Automobiles
Aumarillo
Polk
Spearman Hale Drug
Perryton, Hote
Houston
LABOR
Robert Wilson
American Legion
Cora Avery
Albert Wyatt
John Lawler
McIntosh
Nancy Teel
Congressman Jones
India
Bertie Warren
Richard Roberts
Louise Neal
Francis P. Garvan
The
Chemical Foundation
American Chemical Society
C. M. Rogers
McKee Stalkup
Ernestine Smith
Jean Sanders
Bruce Ashcraft
Elizabeth Chandler
Mabel Lynas
Clara Harmon
Mary Frances Miller
Agatha Wyatt
Florence Moore
Hazel Winetinger
Lucile Davis
Baye Harris
W. Cotten
Bey
William Meredith Baker
Edgar Charles Britain
W. Robert Browne
William Addis Charless
William Henry Childers
Powell M. Combs
Joseph Andrew Crossett
James Owen Curtis
Teel Curtis
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Arnica
Ewtle Mre
WELCH
Col. Herring
Castro County
Legion
EK. P. Hubbard
J.elhway Pinos
Offee Insurance
Schilling
Palo Duro Lumber Co
J. B. Bechtol
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