Noted Author Speaks Today to Students
Dr. J. Adams Puffer of Boston, famed author and youth lecturer, spoke at Amarillo Senior High School this morning on finding the right job as a life vocation. He spoke at the Kiwanis Club lunch and will lecture to teachers, students, social workers, and civic clubs all week.
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J. Adams Puffer
Boston
Puffer
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Hotel
Amarillo
Chicago
Central Junior High School
Parent- Teacher Association
Statue proposed for Europe’s first tobacco smoker
London reports a proposal to raise a statue for Rodrigo de Heret z, famed as Europe’s first tobacco smoker who joined Columbus, carried back tobacco from Indians, faced accusations of devilish possession, and endured years in prison. In 1929 Texas gypsum output reached 609,472 tons with a manufactured value of $3,041,156. A faulty door lock spins the knob without engaging the latch when the key turns.
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London
Europe
Rodrigo de Heretz
Columbus
America
Texas
Noted Dutch cellist on Panhandle festival program
Cornelius Van Vliet the distinguished Dutch cellist will appear in a joint recital with Cameron McLean at the Panhandle Music Festival on April 17. Van Vliet, born in Amsterdam in 1886, debuted at sixteen with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, later performing with Leipzig Prague Vienna Munich ensembles. He has appeared across the United States and Canada, with matinee and evening performances alongside McLean, Rosalinda Morini opening, and Joseph Rosenstein and Paul van Katwijk closing. Season tickets at Amarillo College of Music priced $5 and $5.50.
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Cornelius van Vliet
Cameron McLean
Mr. van Vliet
Konzertgebouw Orchestra
Willem Mengelberg
Rotterdam
Holland
van Vliet
Cornelius
Germany
Bohemia
Austria
Russia
Finland
Europe
Philharmonic Orchestra
Leipzig
Prague
Vienna
Kaim Orchestra
Munich
Orchestra Hall
Chicago
Tetrazzini
Garden
United States
Canada
McLean
Rosalinda Morini
Joseph Rosenstein
Paul, van Katwijk
Amarillo College of Music
Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Celebrates 82nd Birthday
Lord Randall Thomas Davidson former Archbishop of Canterbury marked his eighty second birthday at his Chelsea home. He retired in 1928 becoming the only Canterbury Archbishop to resign. Though ill health forced retirement he still preaches occasionally and remains engaged in church affairs. He married Edith Tait at age 30, daughter of the then Archbishop.
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United Press
London
RandaLl Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
Chelsea
Lord Davidson
Church of England
Thames
Edith Tait
Radio Commission reorganizes legal office plan
The U S Radio Commission reorganizes its legal office to speed handling of cases. Col Thad H Brown outlines three sections under assistant general counsels Ben Fisher P D P Spearman and D M Patrick with Brown retaining general counsel duties. The move aims for orderly dispatch of legal business amid rising cases on licenses rulings and enforcement.
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U. S. Radio Commission
Col
Thad H. Brown
Columbus
Commission
Colonel Brown
Ben 8. Fisher
Oregon
P. D. P. Spearman
Mississippi
D. M. Patrick
Indianapolis
Brown
Retired MP Affected by Prayer Book Rejection
The former private secretary to Archbishop Taft and later domestic chaplain to Queen Victoria faced his greatest disappointment when parliament rejected the revised prayer book. Friends noted he looked ten years older after the defeat and left the House of Commons the day the prayer book was defeated, signaling retirement.
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Taft
Queen Victoria
House of Commons
Memorial Fountain Planned for Alamo Dead in San Antonio
SMU in Dallas reports 44 percent of male students use tobacco. Meanwhile San Antonio plans a memorial fountain honoring the Alamo dead.
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Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
San Antonio
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New York
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