Amarillo High announces district debate participants
After 20 inter school debates the Amarillo High School debate coach Miss Oretha Cornelius selects Lola Pasco Rosemary Booth Bess Kirven Joy Wagner Warren Woods Jack Roach as teams for the district meet at Canyon on April 18 19. Local debaters competed in district and state last year and face Pampa tonight and Canyon tomorrow.
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High Schol
Oretha Cornelius
Amarillo High School
Canyon
Lola Pasco
Rosemary Booth
Bess Kirven
Joy Wagner
Warren Woods
Jack Roach
Lubbock
Amarillo
McKenzie Held in Jail as Sanity Talks End
John M. Pete McKenzie, convicted slayer of Sam Street, chief of detectives, will remain at Bexar County jail as a permanent lodger until a place for criminally insane persons is provided. District Attorney Lamar Seeligson announced the decision after the state board of control refused to admit him to any state institution.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
John M
Pete” McKenzie
Sam Street
McKenzie
Bexar County
Lamar Seeligson
State Board of Control
Approval U S Line Depends On S F Purpose
WASHINGTON April 1 approval of the Abilene Southern Railway's Bal linger to San Angelo line would be granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission if the Santa Fe grants full trackage rights within 30 days over its lines between two points.
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Associated Press
Washington
Abilene & Southern Railway
Ballinger
San Angelo
Santa Fe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blunderbuss Publication Halted at University of Texas
Prosecutions sponsored by UT officials halted the usual April 1 issue of The Blunderbuss at the university. Expulsion was ordered for any student aiding in producing a non sanctioned publication.
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United Press
Austin
University of Texas
Louisiana Railway seeks extension from Greenville to Dallas
The Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to extend its line from Greenville to Dallas via an operating contract with the St. Louis Southwestern Railway in an official filing dated April 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company
Greenville
Dallas
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lila Jimerson Trial Adjourned for Illness
The trial of Lila Jimerson, an ill consumptive Indian woman accused of aiding in the murder of Clothilde Marchand, was adjourned until tomorrow morning due to her illness in Buffalo New York.
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Associated Press
Buffalo, N. Y
Lila Jimerson
Clothilde Marchand
Whitehurst Resigns in Office at Austin
Attorney General Bobbitt announced Mervention of Assistant Attorney General D L Whitehurst effective May. Heber Henry of Cleburne to fill the vacant post. Whitehurst, head of the bond division, returns to Dallas to resume practice. Orlando R Wood and wife adopt eight children. Hawk hunting profitable in Oklahoma Izaak Walton leagues offer $1 a head.
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United Press
Austin
Genoa RL. Bobbitt
Eral D. L. Whitehurst
Heber Hery
Cleburne
Whitehurst
Dent
Dallas
Oklahoma
Dallas Man Found Shot on Lake Bank
The body of T. O. Curtis filling station proprietor was found on the bank of a lake five miles north of Dallas. Officers said he had been shot through the heart. An automatic pistol near the body and an empty shell in his car led police to believe he was killed in the car and the body dumped. Curtis had left his station yesterday afternoon and was missing at the usual hour when family and friends began a search. The body was found by a man on his way to work.
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Associated Press
Dallas
T. O. Curtis
Here
Curtis
Officers Seize Whiskey Haul as Richardson Is Arrested
Thirty three quarts of whiskey seized and a car confiscated by sheriff's deputies last night after arresting W. B. Richardson in the 700 block on South Virginia. Richardson held in county jail on liquor charges. Whiskey stamped and sealed with counterfeit Hill and Hill label, though deemed corn liquor. counterfeit labels found in the car. No revenue stamp imitation observed.
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W. B. Richardson
South Virginia
Richardson
Hill and Hill
Arkansas Judges Crack Down on Bridge Play in Cities
Action by two Arkansas judges sparks comment as Blytheville Judge Cravette says he will go easy on female bridge prize players if not harassed while Pine Bluff Judge Millar vows to fine all Sunday bridge players brought before him even if they are just playing for fun.
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United Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Cravette
Blytheville
S. A. Millar
Pine Bluff
Cook's Pole Discovery Seeker Dies at 70s Veteran
German born explorer Cook, recently released from Leavenworth Federal prison, discovered the North Pole. He signed for a Copenhagen trip as part of Cook's crew, and has lived in Wilmington, North Carolina for several years.
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Cook
Leavenworth
Kansas
North Pole
Copenhagen
Denmark
Aghe
Wilmington
Shipwrecked veteran still believes in Cook
Hatteras N C April 1 Charlie Kunold, rescued from wrecked ships twice in this vicinity and five other times along the North Carolina coast, still believes Dr. Frederick A.
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United Press
Hatteras, N. C
Charlie Kunold
North Carolina
Frederick A
Coffee quality across grades in a single plant
The text questions whether a single plant can produce coffees of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades along with cheap blends while maintaining consistently high quality. It contrasts good and bad coffees and asks if uniform production can preserve the best kind at all times.
Five Seek Place On City School Board In Amarillo Race
Five candidates compete for four seats on the Amarillo board of school trustees with four incumbents seeking re election. Bill Askew enters the race promising a survey to locate future school buildings and save money. He is part of a Divine Addition group pushing a grade school as bonds are in place.
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Amarillo
Askew
Divine Addition
Tonsils and Doing Nicely
Dr. G A Hopkins in Glenwood Springs recovering after removing his own tonsils. He used local anaesthetic regulation instruments and a hand mirror with a nurse assisting. He jokes about April fooling colleagues and notes he feels fairly well and calls the operation a success.
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United Preas
Glenwood Springs
G. A. Hopkins
Lectures on Beethoven as Cabinet Job Calls
Paris dispatch from United Press reports Andre Tardieu weighing a cabinet appointment as he contemplates lectures on Beethoven. The brief item notes political maneuvering and cultural topics amid ongoing government formation in early April.
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Beethoven
United Press
Paris
Andre Tardieu
Petition in Vote Case Seeks Governor Ballot Spot
Thomas B. Love of Dallas filed an amended petition in the Texas Supreme Court to compel the state Democratic Executive Committee to place his name on the primary ballot for governor. The item notes Herriot and his Radical-Socialist colleagues with seven portfolios and references Beethoven as discussed in a Herriot lecture. The piece includes a historical aside about Beethoven manuscript sales in 1927.
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United Treas
Austin
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
State Supreme Court
State Democrate Executive Committee
Edouard Herriot
Beethoven
Herriot
Erriot
Pruitt Case To Be Argued In Dallas April 9
The article notes William Pruitt will receive a sentence fix and that a new petition argues the committee’s decision to bar Hoover voters from state office runs as a punitive act and violates constitutional rights. The case will be argued in Dallas on April 9.
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United Pree
Dallas
William
Dagger
Prui Pruitt
Hoover
Pippen Seeks Retrial In Dallas Murder Case
A Texas criminal district court in Dallas received a mandate from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals at Austin. Pruitt was found guilty of killing William Mann, a Dallas high school student, and a motion for rehearing was recently denied by the Austin court.
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Tudo
C. A. Pippen
of Criminal Appeals At
Austin
Criminal District Court
Pruitt
William Mann
Dallas
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