Music Meet Continues With Prizes and Reports
The music festival segment lists prizes won in piano and violin as officers report on rules and regulations. Morning sessions feature a breakfast for visiting McDowell club members with songs and talks, followed by noon luncheon hosted by the Amarillo Board of City Development and a two o'clock program of greetings and musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. Wilox
J. L. Price
Mamie Folsom Wynne
Walter
Walter 8. Bertson; Auditor, Miss Hazel Harney; Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Cole
J. J
McDowell Clubs
Herring Hotel
McDowell Club
Amarillo
All
Chas, Smith
Hennetz
Grieg
E. Fe, Godard
Houston
Petersboro
New Hampshire
Amarillo Hotel
Minister fatally shot in store shooting case
A minister died after being shot once with a 45 calibre revolver in a store. A youth, Vernon Evans of Troup, was wounded slightly by the bullet. The shooter fled, shaved and ate after, then returned with a friend to Tyler for a preliminary hearing planned today. The minister’s widow and young daughter survive him. Meanwhile H A Hertner attended the State Plumbers convention in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Evans
Troup
Parbutton
Wilson
Tyler
Wallace
Tack's Revised Program for Amarillo Growth and Prosperity
A historical proposal outlining aims for Amarillo including infrastructure growth, housing, services, utilities, and governance. Targets feature more hotels, apartments, office buildings, a municipal pool and airport, lower utility rates, expanded roadways, and stronger public safety laws. It envisions revived oil pricing and public access to Bivins Lake with broader urban development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bivins Lake
San Jacinto
Palo Dure Canyons
Amarillo humor and tall tales from old Tack story page
Amarillo correspondent relays a rambling column of jokes and anecdotes about life in West Texas. It includes Tack Tucker comparing jackrabbit abundance to a prairie wheat field, light jests about traffic cops and city trees, plus quips about cows for the Presbyterian Home and a lawyer’s comic fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Tucker
United States
Amarillo
Texas
Mr. Tucker
Stray Dogs Stir Amarillo Neighbors Demand Action
A reader complains of nuisance stray dogs wrecking flower beds and vines in Amarillo. He urges city action through the paper, citing trespass on private property and the need for restrictions on unrestrained dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Amarillo
Inmate Letters and Home Work Pleas From Amarillo Echo
A collection of letters from inmates and residents to Tack and the Globe. Contributions include a hobo ballad about a violent night car accident, requests for helping unemployed youths find work, pleas to support local sewing jobs for women, and a query on why Amarillo dry goods merchants resist home production. The items reflect community concerns on crime, jobs, and local self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
N. B. Wade
Williams
Springtime in Kansas and bootlegger threat poem mix
The piece blends Mary E. Young’s pastoral verse about spring in Kansas with a stark warning about bootlegger harassment. It argues law-abiding citizens must defend their freedom before lawlessness grows and dangers escalate, hinting at potential violence and loss of protection.
Do They Need Another Cow at Wayside Texas
Dear Old Tack recalls a Amarillo News item about Mrs Phebe K Warner and her Sunday School class donating a milk cow to the Orphan's Home in Amarillo, noting a reader’s thought that the children might not be getting all the milk available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayside
Presbyterian Home
Irvin
Tack
Tam
Miss Jerry Hammer
Johnson
O. W
Amarillo
Phebe K. Warner
Funeral for Harper Kirby Today in Austin
Funeral services for 67 year old R Harper Kirby, a Texas capitalist and strict prohibition advocate, were planned for late today in Austin after his death yesterday. The death ended a tentative compromise among Texas Democratic factions. The report mentions unrelated letters and a note about Australia returning to a conservative government trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
R. Harper Kirby
Kirby
State Capitol
Missing Boys Alarm Parents Seek Help Across Towns
Anxious parents appeal to the public for three runaways ages 12 to 15 seen last yesterday morning. Ellington Scott age 15 and LeRoy Oliver aged 12 live on Mississippi and Johnson streets with distinct features and clothing. Alton Scott, 12, wears a reddish brown suit and skull cap. all carried a light quilt and blanket. Police notified neighboring towns to watch for the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellington Scott
E. Scott
Mississippi
LeRoy Oliver
H. N. Oliver
Johnson Street
Alton Scott
A. K. Scott
South Virginia
Lions District Meeting At Amarillo Hotel Today
About 50 Lions from Panhandle clubs gathered with the local club for a district conference at the Amarillo hotel. G. McBride of Borger, district chairman, presided. District Governor N. N. Rosenquest of Eastland gave the principal address. Lions will attend Globe News ball game this afternoon. Crops of India last year valued at 200 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
G. McBride
Borger
N. N. Rosenquest
Eastland
Lions
Globe News
Traveletter Puzzle: path spelling twelve famous names
The reader is invited to play a path puzzle starting at C and moving in straight lines up down left or right to form names or quotations. Beginning at Start letter C the path proceeds through letters to Finish, spelling twelve nationally prominent men's names.
Yesterday's Answer member blocked by rules
A positional puzzle note states that yesterday's Answer member cannot move diagonally cannot jump into black squares and cannot move out of bounds nor pass through black squares. The constraint emphasizes legal moves only and forbids diagonal, jumping, edge crossing, or crossing any forbidden cells.
City League honors wild life spirit and Texas conservation
DILG LEAGUE prizes will be given for the best submitted wildlife pictures courtesy of the Game and Fish department. Mr. Tucker’s eloquent talk drew cheers as he urged conservation and paid tribute to Will H. Dilg. He called for continued work by Panhandle sportsmen to protect waters and forests and praised Texas ranchers for early conservation gains. WDAG broadcast the address. Boy Scouts aided ushers and organizers Ray Edinburg and Carter Mathews helped prepare the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game and Fish Department
Tucker
Panhandle
Mr. Tucker
Will H. Dilg
America
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
State of
City League of Texas
WDAG
Olin Hardy Jr
May Peterson Sings Across Nations at Local Concert
May Peterson will perform love songs from France England Wales and America and encore Little Rain Drops first sung in Canyon. She will be accompanied by Miss Jessie Deane Trulove. Delegates at the music convention and Peterson will attend a reception afterward hosted by a committee led by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Read Memphis and other local couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Wales
America
Canyon
Peterson
Jessie Deane Trulove
May Peterson
J. H. Read
Memphis
James O. Gulerie
James 0. Cade
F. R. Biggs
FE. Fish
Gene Howe
F. T. Collins
L. O. Thompson
Bremen crew pledges soon arrival to U S after repairs
The Bremen crew at Greenly Island send a telegram to President Coolidge via Point Arbour thanking him for his congratulations and expressing hope to reach the United States soon to personally express appreciation. Signed Koehl Fitzmaurice Huenefeld the message notes repairs may take several days. Murray Bay awaits a greeting from a Bremen crew member in Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
President Coolidge
Bremen
Greenly Island
Point Armour
Great
Republic of
U.S. A
Koehl
Murray Bay
Que
Quebec
Voorhes Divorce Refused by Court
Under City Briefs this morning the News reported a divorce granted to J. A. Van Voorhis from Sarah Van Voorhis. The report is in error, according to Mrs. Van Voorhis. Divorce was refused and the case dismissed, according to Mrs. Van Voorhis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. van Voorhis
Sarah van Voorhis
Sleet and Brave Hearts Amid the Irish Gale
A poem by Edgar A. Guest from 1028 portrays sailors braving Irish gales on a frail ship. Despite strength against the wind, sleet and storm test their resolve as they strive to be first, with death and danger looming in vast, relentless seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report April 17
Hog receipts reach 8,000 head with uneven market. top price 0.40 on choice cattle and varied beef and veal values. Cattle receipts around 0.5k head with better grades bid higher. vealers weak to steady. Sheep receipts about 9,000 with lambs steady to 10 lower. strong weights in Arizona and California springers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associated Press
Arizona
California
Toyne Rocmtee Press
East ST. Louis
Market opens steady with cotton slip and stock sails
The New York cotton market opened steady amid liquidation and local selling but rebounded from early declines as trade buying supported July and October. Weather signals and replanting costs in the South fed cautious optimism, while oils and utilities led gains in the stock market with several issues hitting new highs despite mixed early action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Weather Bureau
Iptcg Crwar
Standard Oil of
Marland
Standard Oil
California
General Electric Fee Radio
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Amerada and
Texas Corporation
New Jersey
Independent Oil & Gas
Pan- American A
Pan-American Western
Mid-Continent
Warner-Quinlan
Columbia Gas
National Power & Light
Gimbel Bros. Vanadium
Postum
Pittsburgh & West Virtoinia
Schulte
General Electric
Free plane rides and theater tickets at Bivins Field
A large Alexander Eaglerock aircraft will circle Bivins Field at 4:30 PM dropping rubber balls with tickets. Prizes include free plane rides or admission to The Legion of the Condemned at the Fair theater tomorrow. A crowd is expected to gather for the toss and scramble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Eaglerock
Bivins Field
the Legion of the Condemned
Fair Theater
Britons debate women’s suffrage age and parity
A columnist recalls proposals in Britain: women voting at 21, a 50 50 league to share men’s perils, and conditions tied to wartime drafts. The writer questions the logic, noting women bear the burden of childbirth and would suffer if men had to relinquish immunity to childbearing to vote. The piece critiques dull headed arguments and emphasizes the social stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Childing
Fiddler Meet Seats May Be Bought By Mail
Interest in the Old Fiddlers contest at the Municipal Auditorium Friday night April 27 at 8 p m grows. Reservations for out of town patrons can be mailed with checks to Bob Emmett secretary Tri-State Fair association 808 12 Polk Street. Seats range 50 cents to 1 dollar with no war tax. Regular seat sales start Tuesday April 24. Officials urge mail orders to secure choice seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Auditorium
Bob Emmett
Tri-State Fair Association
Polk Street
Captain Carle urges CMTC for area youths during chapel
Capt. Charles D. Carle addressed Senior High School students on the Citizens Military Training Camp for ages 17 to 24. He said CMTC aims to develop manhood by uniting young men from diverse backgrounds for outdoor life, noting prewar unfitness and urging parents to send their boys to summer camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Carle
Infantry
Citizens
Captain Carle
Funeral services for B L Davis in Clarendon tomorrow
Funeral services for B L Davis, Amarillo grocery clerk, who allegedly took his own life while visiting Roswell last Saturday, will be held in Clarendon tomorrow at 4 PM. The body arrived in Clarendon Monday after changes in plans to move it to Amarillo then Goodnight. Davis, known in Amarillo and Roswell, worked for his brother in law Joe Chambers and had spent the weekend with friends. he was a graduate of New Mexico Military Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.L. Davis
Amarillo
Roswell
Clarendon
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Davis
Joe Chambers
New Mexico Military Institution
Goodniy
Railway and Industrial Brand Listings Fragment
A fragmented OCR list shows railway companies and industrial brands including Southern Railway Texas Gulf Sulphur Studebaker Texas Corporation Texas Pacific Coal oil Timken Roller Bearing Union Pacific U S Cast Iron U S Rubberees United States Steel Victor Talking Machine Willys-Overland Woolworth. The garbled text reads like an index of manufacturing and transport entities with scattered punctuation.
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New York
James E. Bennett & Co
Crucible Steel Dodge Motors
Dupont de Nemours
Famous Players Fish Rubber
Fleiachmann Verst
Freeport
Texas
General Asphalt
General Filectric
General Motors
Houston Oil Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors Mlinois Central
Independent Oil & Gas Inspiration Copper
International Harvester International Nickel International
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Montgomery, Wardae Moon Motors
American Smelting & Refining
American Woolen
Barnadall Corporation
Chicago, Rock Island & Gorn Products
Marland Oil
Missouri Pacific
Pan-American Pet
Pure Oil
Allis Chalmers American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Copper
Chry Kennecott Copper
Mexican Seaboard Gis
Packard Motor
Pere Marquette Producers & Refiner
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sinclair Cons
Southern Pacific
Senphan Vestisenes Cane Alttea Comical
American Steel & Foundry
Baldwin Locomotive
Cerro de Pascoleu BN Re Es Sole
Colorado Fuel & Louisiana Oil & Refining
Middle States Oil
Ohio Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Shell Union Oil
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Harper Kirby
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