Oil and Absentee Voting Bill Among House Actions
In Austin on April 17 the House approved 21 bills in two hours. A tender forgery offense was made a misdemeanor to tighten oil conservation enforcement. Ill and crippled voters may cast absentee ballots, now requiring ballot marking and sealing under a notary. One active member steered motions, suspending rules to pass six local bills together, though each bill later passed by separate votes.
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Austin
House
Campo
Bill Tackett
Tacketts
Texas
Bill
Kansas
Missouri
Special Services At Presbyterian Church This Week
Pre Easter observance at Central Presbyterian includes three 7:45 services on Wednesday Thursday and Friday led by Rev. R. Thomson. Congregational singing brief sermons and after service conferences invite members and seekers to discuss church membership ahead of Easter Sunday.
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Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
Oaks Chosen as Nation’s Leading Street Trees
More oaks are planted along streets and roadsides of the United States than any other variety of tree, with maples ranking second in popularity across urban and rural corridors.
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The
United States
Devine
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Northwest Passage
Russia
Earth
Shirley Temple Grows Up One Inch Taller and Seven Pounds Heavier
Hollywood April 17 Shirley Temple's earnings and fame have increased as she turns six on April 23 at Fox studio. Her weekly pay rose to 1000 dollars with a quarter for her mother, totaling about 52000 in a year. A steady rise in stardom accompanies a cautious studio and parental plan to keep her natural and unspoiled as she continues to charm audiences.
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Shirley Temple
Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Temple
Shirley
Shakespeare
Fox Studio
Will Rogers
George Temple
Santa Monica
Fox
Jackie Coogan
Jackie Cooper
S-H-I-R
Rail travel future eyed with faster cars and vanished crossings
The article envisions railroading changing to carry passengers over 1000 miles per hour using light equipment, with elimination of grade crossings and sharp curves. It also recounts the arrest and acquittal of the Reverend Father Devine and the public camp meeting with his followers outside New York court, including Faithful Mary.
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J. Devine
God
Mary
Father Devine
Devine
New York
Criminal Court
Crochet Sailor Hat and Purse Pattern 5343
Linen crochet hat with plain stripes alternates bands in smaller stitches. Hat can be stiffened for firmness or worn floppy. Matching purse features stiffened handles with buckram. Pattern 5343 provides complete instructions illustration and materials. Send 10 cents to The Amarillo Globe Household Arts Dept New York NY.
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Amarillo Globe Household Arts Dept
W. 4Th Street
New York
N. Y
Dust Blizzards Ravage Dust Country in the West
United Press dispatch from Springfield Colorado reports a dust storm frontier where residents blame divine punishment. A shoeless woman peers from a dirt crusted home as pilots trudged through four feet of dust in a Campo to Springfield trek. In Baca County most farms lie barren with 97 percent of 3000 acres unplanted and 80 percent of residents on relief as 40 000 cattle shrink to 5000.
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United Press
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texan
New Mexico
Boise City
Okla
Cecil Lewis
Travis
Lewis
Campo
Colo
News of World
Springfield
Baca
Kenneth Welch
Welch
Five Texas Legislators Probe Brutality Claims at Retrieve Farm
A five member Texas House committee returned from a secret inquiry at Retrieve State Prison Farm saying they will file a report within a week. They questioned about fifteen convicts and heard from prison officials that guards and staff did not mistreat inmates, with managers asserting inmates maimed themselves to avoid work.
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Houston
Texas
Retrieve
Special House
Lee Simmons
I. K. Kelley
Retrieve Farm
Simmons
House
W. A. Boyett
Bryan
W. R. Dulany
State Prison Board
Dulaney
Boyett
Verna Mae Groves Services Held After Auto Crash
Last rites for Verna Mae Groves of Mobeetie were held at Griggs Chapel with Rev. R. N. Huckabee officiating. Interment followed at Llano Cemetery with pallbearers listed. She died from injuries after an automobile accident in Tucson, Arizona.
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Verna Mae Groves
Mobeetie
Griggs Chapel
R. N. Huckabee
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Llano Cemetery
Fred Bradshaw
John W. Graves
H. A. Lewis
Dale Pippin
Olney Beard
F. J. Horton
Courthouse Deeds and Vehicle Registrations Listed
Court records show transfers including J H McCaskey to Madge Van Meter for two lots in Morningside and C M Tyler taking Lot 3 in Plemmons. Vehicle registrations include Ford Tudors and Plymouth Sedans amid a three day Motor Supply show in Amarillo with 55 exhibits and $1200 attendance fees.
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J. H. McCaskey
Madge van Meter
Morningside
Joe G. Tyler
C. M. Tyler
Plemons
McCaskey Cattle Co
May McCaskey
O.T. First National Bank
Ross Rentfro
D. C
Motor Supply Company
F. C. Jupe
Amarillo
Enid
Okla
Mr. Jupe
Automotive Parts and Equipment Show At Herring Hotel
An educational program for automobile dealers garage men and service station operators is planned for Thursday and Friday at the Herring Hotel and Herring Garage. The two day event will display parts and equipment from 45 leading manufacturers.
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Herring Hotel
Herring Garage
Thedford's Black-Draught Promoted as Liver Ailment Remedy
The advertisement touts Biliousness dizziness and fullness after meals as conditions eased by Thedford's Black-Draught a purely vegetable laxative. Mr M L Simmons of Pickens South Carolina endorses its cleansing effect and claims feeling one hundred percent better after use. Thousands of men and women prefer it.
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Thedford
M. L. Simmons
Pickens
8. C
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