Better Homes Display Grows In Amarillo Exposition
Numerous Amarillo building supply and home furnishing firms reserved space for the Better Homes Week Exposition set for April 26–29 at 907 Polk Street. General chairman George E. Broome leads the effort with divisions for hardware furniture electric supplies lumber painting real estate building and contracting plumbing millwork and art displays. Several lumber firms signaled participation along with Broome Electric Green Brothers Furniture and multiple tile brick and paint companies.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
RB. Rutherford
George E. Broome
Fight Lumber Companies
Panhandle Lumber Company
Amarillo Lumber Company
Roberts-Olver Lumber Company
John Maynard Lumber Company
Long-Bell
Portrait of Quanah Parker Donated to Panhandle Museum
Artist J. W. Ford of Amarillo donated a portrait of Quanah Parker to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum in Canyon. Ford, who lives at 608 N. Pierce St, has painted many Southwest scenes including Palo Duro Canyon and Ozark images and recently gifted a portrait of Col. Charles Goodnight to the same museum.
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Quanah Parker
Adobe Walls
J. W. Ford
Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum
Canyon
Mr. Ford
N. Pierce Street
AS & Young
Cynthia Ann Parker
Parker
Southwest
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas
Ozarks
Col
Charles Goodnight
Oklahoma Legislature Delays Adjourning Amid Tax Bill Clash
Oklahoma City April 11 Plans to adjourn the legislature next Saturday were abandoned as the House postponed a two per cent retail sales tax bill until tomorrow. The session now expected to extend to April 19 due to a compromise keeping in the Senate a cigarette tax bill with the sales tax substituted.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Joint Conference
Senate
England's oldest twins at work at age ninety
John and William Cooper of Haxey in Lincolnshire are claimed as England's oldest twins at 90, still tending their farm.
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Lincoln
England
John
William Cooper
Haxey
Youth Fights Oil Tank Fire With Blanket Heroism
A lightning bolt struck a safety vent atop a 59,000 gallon oil tank in Gladewater as escaping gas ignited. Refinery worker Dave Harrison climbed the tank and waved a blanket to smother the flames, averting a broader blaze that threatened about a dozen tanks, railroad cars, and several buildings including a church and temporary schoolhouses.
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Gladewater
Dave Harrison
Mrs. Josephine Huseman Rites Planned at St Francis
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Huseman 62 a Panhandle pioneer will be held Wednesday at 9 30 a m in St Francis Catholic Church Amarillo with Rev Andrew Quante officiating. Burial follows in St Francis Cemetery Boxwell Brothers chapel will host the body. She is survived by her husband Bernard three sons Claude Edward and Jacob two daughters Carrie George and Mrs William Neusch two brothers Marshall and Napoleon Bourell.
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St. Francis Catholic Church
Josephine Huseman
Panhandle
Milles
Amarillo
Andrew Quante
Price Memorial College
St. Francis Cemetery
H. J. Neusch
A. Bertrand
Fred Klinke
John Detten
Vincent Ludden
John Belling
Falon Fined for Drunken Driving After Testimony
Newton Massachusetts United Press International reports Thomas R Falon was fined 100 dollars for drunken driving after he testified he drank a bottle of brandy to avoid police finding it in his car following a collision.
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Newton, Mass
U.P
Thomas R. Falon
Blue pigs born in Silverton farm raise pork price theories
In Silverton Oregon a Hugo Cramer farm litter of ten produced two blue pigs prompting speculation that the unusual color reflects current pork price trends. The report notes no official confirmation and treats the claim as a playful observation.
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Silverton
Ore
U.P
Hugo Cramer
Spinal Meningitis Hits Indian Reservations Hard
Dr. T. J. Bouldin reports 19 deaths from a spinal meningitis epidemic at Fort Wingate Fort Apache and White River reservations in New Mexico and Arizona. About 100 Indians are isolated as carriers and several schools have closed.
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Fort Wingate
N. M
Fort Apache
White River
Ariz
Bouldin
Auto license fees in Potter beyond one hundred dollars
Potter County tax office reports first quarter 1933 auto license collections totaling 108 114 19 with breakdowns by vehicle type and fees. Receipts remitted to state highway department and county treasurer, plus collector commission and report postage. March tax and revenue disbursements listed, including 1932 taxes and various small charges.
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Automobile License Department
Potter County Tax Collectors Office
Jewell Davidson
Potter County Commissioners
State Highway Department
Austin
Davidson
Du Luth Farm Dominates Guernsey Exhibit at Panhandle Show
Panhandle plains dairy show in Plainview features Jean Du Luth Farm as the largest Guernsey exhibitor. Other leading participants include FE. EF, Pros ser, and Texas Tech College. Notable entries include Dora of Willow Lane, grand champion titles in 1931 and 1932, and Ultra Phylliton of Cherry Hill as sire.
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Plainview
Jean du Luth
Panhandle
Prosser
Texas Tech College
Lubbock
George P. Grout
R. J. Bohr
Dora
Willow Lane
Amarillo
Ultra Phylliton
Cherry Hill
Third Degree Is Soviet Aid Revealed in British Probe
London reports detail the Russian secret police using third degree tactics to extract confessions from six British engineers on trial in Moscow for sabotage espionage and bribery. Death penalty may be invoked on conviction. A White Paper notes a woman was directed to trap one defendant and one man was offered $250 a month to work secretly for his company.
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London
Moscow
John Cushny
Metropolitan Vickers Blec
Starlight Bred Guernsey Leads Panhandle Show Rise
A Guernsey cow from the Jean Du Luth herd, sired by Starlight, won at Amarillo and Panhandle in 1931. This year many Guernseys entered reflect growing interest in the Panhandle Plains cattle breed.
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Heart
Jean du Luth
Amarillo
Panhandle
Panhandle-Plains
Russian plot claims thwarted by seduction attempt at firm
A British executive Alan Monkhouse, head of Metropolitan-Vickers staff in Russia, faces trial with five British associates. Reports say a Russian woman was sent to seduce him to secure work, but she refused. The paper notes allegedly voluminous confessions from L. C. Thornton and claims Thornton confessed under threat of exposure of ties to Mme Kotusova, a 40-year-old company secretary.
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Monkhouse
Alan Monkhouse
Metropolitan-Vickers
Russia
L. C. Thornton
Thornton
Mme. Kotusova
1895 Horseless Carriage Parades Through Wisconsin
Elkhart Lake Wisconsin reports W FE Henschel owning a McIntyre rubber tired horseless carriage built in 1895 that still runs and is entered in numerous local parades.
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Elkhart Lake
Wis
Henschel
Legion Bodies To Have Party Tuesday
The semi weekly joint social of the American Legion and auxiliaries will be held Tuesday night at the Legion Home with the 40 and 8 as hosts. All Legionnaires are invited for dancing and bridge, with refreshments served by the 40 and 8. The event begins at 8 30 P M.
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Legion
American Legion Organization
T. M. Montgomery
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Sympathy
Many beautiful expressions of sympathy during our sorrow have impressed upon us more strongly the real value of true friendship. Words fall when we attempt speak our deep appreciation of the many thoughtful kindnesses. Mrs. P. McKinney and family express thanks to all who offered support.
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P. McKinney
G. A. McKinney
W. BE
McKinney
A. F. Keirsey
Geo. FE. Morris
Brightling’s Charlie Chaplin celebrates 90th birthday at sea salt village
Brightling on the south coast marked the 90th birthday of Charlie Chaplin, regarded as one of the oldest sea salts in the area. Neighbors and local officials joined in the celebration honoring his long life and work in the salt industry.
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Brightling
England
Charlie Chaplin
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