Talesmen Rush To Escape Duty In Murder Trial
Long Island City April 18 prospective jurors balk at death penalty in Ruth Snyder Henry Gray murder case. Early panel shows opposition to capital punishment and bias concerns for a female defendant, delaying jury selection as 22 examined with none yet accepted. Anxious start suggests a long process ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. White
United Press
Long Island City
N. Y
Ruth Snyder
Snyder-Gray
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Festival cancels Chicago Operatic Trio amid touring conflicts
Festival house program explains the cancellation of the Chicago Operatic Trio due to Lazzari’s sudden Europe trip and Pavloska’s illness. Substitutes include Troy Sanders, Mojica, and Rodolfi to keep seven programs for season ticket holders, with apologies for the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Chicago
Lazzari
Europe
Pavloska
Troy Sanders
Mojica
Stojow‘ski
Rodolfi
Vera Poppe
Rainstorm floods Amarillo area and blocks city streets
Rain and hail sweep across the Panhandle with heavy rain in Amarillo and surrounds. Waterrose over sidewalks flooding No-Way Laundry and Priola building on West Sixth, City Laundry flooded, Santa Fe viaduct impassable, cars trapped on Eighth Street as ditches opened. Officials urged motorists to avoid affected streets as floodwaters peaked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Ashtola
Clarendon
Childress
Rock Island
Amarillo
Vega
Adrian
McLean
Shamrock
Penonine
Tucumcari
Dalhart
Santa Fe
Bovina
Panhandle
Priola
West Sixth Street
City Laundry
East Tenth Street
Sixth
Fillmore Streets
Lincoln
Eighth
Eighth Street
The Tactless Texan heads east for ideas and jokes
The column writer plans a two week trip to gather ideas for Amarillo and jokes, hopes the water question is settled, mentions a coming theater show The radio Snetchers in Amarillo, and recalls local anecdotes and light social observations. He invites letters to The Globe, notes local politics on Mexican labor, and ends with farewell and requests for moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
New Chapter in Religious Debate Between Smith and Marshall
New York April 18 another chapter opened in the documentary dispute between Gov Alfred W Smith and Charles Marshall New York attorney and Episcopalian when Marshall published a reply to Smiths letter He quotes McVoy s Chelatianity manual used in high schools to claim Roman Catholic teachings clash with American constitutional principles The exchange centers on religious liberty and state support for churches and the role of the pope in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred W. Smith
Charles ©. Marshall
Smith
Marshall
Atlantic Monthly
John Joseph McVey
Philadelphia
Peeh
Cardinal Dougheerty
Merehall
McVoy
Thalt
Police Court Opens as Judge Faces Dozen Cases
Sixty seven defendants appeared before Police Judge FE A. McKinnon on charges from check raising to intoxication speeding affray disturbance and minor traffic violations. Fines ranged from 38 to 25 dollars. W Tipps, arrested by Officer Lee Miller, was moved to the county on a check charge involving 16 to 66 dollars. The judge expected about 100 more defendants to be heard before closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. McKinnon
W. ©. Tipps
Lee Miller
H. P. Canade
McKinnon
Cement Purchase For Davidson Hotel Reaches 24000 Barrels
Trinity Portland cement totaling 24 000 barrels has been bought for the Davidson hotel. Leon Crain of Trinity announced the purchase as one of the largest single orders in the southwest. Hughes O Rourke Construction Co. is the general contractor. Delivery is immediate with much cement already in Amarillo.
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Trinity Portland
Davidson Hotel
Leon Crain
Trinity Company
Southwest
Hughes - O'Rourke Construction Company
Crain
Amarillo
White Deer School Teacher Hazel Mathis Dies at 30
Hazel Mathis a White Deer public school teacher aged 30 died at 2 50 am Monday at her brother Clayton Mathis 121 Wayside drive pneumonia funeral services will be held at White Deer Methodist church Tuesday at 2 30 with Rev Gaston Foote officiating. The body will be buried in White Deer by Griggs and Sons. Surviving are six brothers Grigsby Denver Morton Clayton Amarillo G B Draper Beverly White Deer and a sister Mrs Hugh Kirby Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Mathis
White Deer
Clayton Mathis
Wayside Drive
Methodist
Gaston Foote
Griggs and Sons
Grigsby Mathis
Denver
Morton
Amarillo
G. B. Draper
Beverly Mathis
Hugh Kirby
Canyon
Reader letters attack prurient poem on women’s limbs
A reader blasts a poem about female limbs as vulgar and hypocritical and laments gawkers. Another piece recounts a boy’s rough ride on a yearling calf, ending with a moral about perseverance and resilience. A Potter County letter defends jail sanitation and criticizes a prior lice claim while describing inmate handling.
Big Attendance Expected at Hardware Dealers Convention
Roads drying and in good condition ahead of the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Dealers association eighteenth annual session at the Amarillo hotel starting Tuesday at 10 30 AM. Rev F W O Malley will give the invocation and Jim Hagan will introduce visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Dealers Association
Amarillo Hotel
F. W. O'Malley
First Christian Church
Jim Hagan
Amarillo
L. B. Thompson
Hedley
BR. Sherrod
Lubbock
National Federation of Implement Dealers Association
Marie Stalcup
Josephine Duflot
Canyon
H. R. Beatty
National Retail Hardware Association
Clinton
Illinois
O. C. Watson
Clarendon
Flood Devastation Spurs Volunteer Rescue Efforts Across Arkansas
Volunteer workers aided thousands of homeless victims and rescued people from housetops and trees as levee breaks at White River Keels Mc Clelland and Gibson north of Augusta and Big Lake on Little River threatened Blytheville area. Mississippi River rising at St Louis amid expected inflows from Missouri and Ohio rivers into the main stream for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Keels Levee
McClelland
Gibson's Levee
Augusta
Ark
Big Lake
Little River
Blytheville
Plum Bayou
Pine Bluff
United Trees
ST. Louis
Mississippi
New Orleans
Missouri
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Levee Breaks Cause Drownings Across Arkansas Districts
Flooding from breaks along the Cadron Glascony and Little river levees in Arkansas claims multiple lives. Drowning victims include Roy Rogers and James W. Robinson, with others near Manilla and Marked Tree. Search led by J F Matheson as authorities warn further danger south of Cairo due to heavy rains.
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Pine Bluff
Dardanelle
Ark
Arkansas River
Little River
Manilla
St. Francis River
Marked Tree
Roy Rogers
Cape Giradeau
Thurman Burris
Atkins
James W. Robinson
Farmer
la Plante
Joe Penn
Portia
Mark Snadridge
St. Francis
J. F. Matheson
Madison
Hickman
Corena
Ware
Ill
Mississippi
Cairo
Memphis
Mrs. Maud Price Dies After Illness at 84 in Pleasant Valley
Mrs. Maud Price, 84, of Pleasant Valley, died early Monday at a local hospital after an illness. She was survived by two children. The body is held at Griggs and Son parlors pending arrival of her father J D Purcell of Shamrock. Funeral arrangements will follow.
Pneumonia Fatal to Mrs. Maude Givens in Tulsa Burial Planned
Mrs. Maude Givens 33 died at her home 1801 Harrison from pneumonia. Survived by husband E. Givens of Rock Island Townsite Co and former Skelly Oil employee. Blackburns to ship body to Tulsa for burial. Also notes on spring fashion care for washable flannels and ironing tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Givens
Harrison
E. Givens
Rock Island Townsite Company
Local Officials Criticize Arrest Practices
In a disputed statement three officials claim Wiley Pollard and deputies do not arrest people merely for walking down the street. The letter signed by F. L. Jackson H. D. Fagan and C. P. Chisum questions jail practices in Potter County.
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Potter County
Wiley Pollard
Livestock Markets Report From Chicago Kansas City and Denver
Hogs, cattle and sheep prices mixed across Chicago Kansas City and Denver markets April 18. Chicago hogs slow with heavy 10.30 to 11.00. cattle mostly higher or steady with best heavy steers around 15.65. sheep topped at 16.00 for choice clipped lambs. Kansas City cattle 15.50 to 18.00 top. hogs 11.25. sheep with top wooled lambs at 16.25. Denver cattle steady to 20c higher beef steers 7.50 to 7.86. hogs 25c to 40c lower. sheep fat lambs about 14.75 to 16.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Kansas
Kansas City
Arizona
Texas
Denver
United Press
St Louis Livestock Market Report Highlights Hogs and Cattle
In St Louis on April 1 hogs sold about 11 500 higher with top at 11.60 and pigs at 10.75 to 11.86. Cattle and calves totaled around 4 000 with slow demand. Steers and heifers brought 4.75 to 5.25, bulls 7.50, vealers 13 25. Sheep were steady with best lambs at 16 75 and Tennessee springers around 10.00, mark for wool ewes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Associated Press
Wheat and corn price quotations from Chicago markets
Chicago April 18 Wheat prices listed for No 1 red No 2 red and other grades with values ranging around 1.26 to 1.92 and corn prices for No 8 yellow through No 6 mixed and white varieties with figures from 67 to 72. Distinguishing samples and forage like timothy and clover are noted with small figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harley
Chicago grain mixed as wheat gains on rain forecast
Wheat opened with an early advance in Chicago on April 18 due to additional liquidation and forecasts of widespread moisture. Corn and provisions firmed while oats held near unchanged to up slightly, with gains spreading across markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
New Orleans Cotton Prices Rise on Weather and Flood Influence
New Orleans market reports active cotton trading with gains of 9 to 17 points early. May climbs after weather and flood concerns while July and October advance to 14.68 and 14.83 respectively. Prices touched highs after a brief intraday dip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Associated Press
Cotton Market Opens Higher on Weather and Flood News
The cotton market opened a steady advance of 6 to 10 points due to holiday weather and Mississippi valley flood news. Active covering and fresh speculative buying pushed prices to 14.56 for near term and 18.03 for December, about 16 points above last Thursday's close, with prices holding well into the first hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Mississippi Valley
New York Prices Mixed as Markets Stay Steady
Fresh report from New York on April 18 shows varied movement across commodities. Dull or firm tones in produce. meat and poultry show mixed levels with numerous item quotes and regionalities. dairy and butter firm amid steady to higher receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Mid-West
Poultry Prices And Early Stock Market Notes
Poultry market quotes show alive fowls 25429 broilers 854/45 turkeys 30 roosters 16 ducks 2082 geese 1718. New York stocks opened steady with Burns Brothers A rising 2% and GM and Allis Chalmers at new highs. Du Pont and GM reach top prices while rails stay quiet and foreign exchanges firm around $4.855 and 3.91 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Poultry Alive
New York
Burns Brothers
Great Western Sugar
American Sugar Refining
United Drug
Pathe
Colorado
General Motors
Allis Chalmers
Marland
Houston
General Asphalt
du Pont
Texas
Pacific
Rebel attempt to hold Juarez to Mexico City train thwarted
Washington reports an armed robbery attempt by twenty rebels on a Juarez to Mexico City train. The station master at Berriezabel between Zacatecas and Aguascalientes stopped the hold up Saturday night, preventing the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Juarez
Darrow Explains Philosophy At His 70th Birthday Fete
Clarence Darrow, age 70, shares thoughts on modern movement and materialism in an interview with United Press after a 2,000-guest birthday tribute. He argues science advances without moral guidance, warns against ignorance and intolerance, and notes the world’s fatigue toward war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Lundberg
United Press
Chicago
Clarence Larow
Darry
Darrow
Amarillo Works Toward Grade A College in University Park Sale
Officials of the Northwest Texas Methodist conference and Amarillo trustees promote a proposed campus project south of the city. They describe a eighty acre site, debt free, with $50 000 for an admin building and two dormitories and a potential endowment of $500 000. The sale of residence lots at University Park funds the school and offers investors a chance to recover their money while aiding Amarillo’s major industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fd Biggs
Theis Oil
Amarillo
University Park
Temple Woman Will Talk to Club Here
The Amarillo Business and Professional Women's club will host a dinner at 7 30 pm in the Amarillo hotel to honor Miss Daisy Leake of Temple state vice president of the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs who will address the members. Reservations are due by Tuesday noon with three local hosts, inviting all women in Amarillo and the Panhandle to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Warner’s
Taylor Street
W. C. Hubbell
Southwestern Public Service Company
the Panhandle
Amarillo Wins Two Events In Tri-City Test
In the tri-city public speaking contest Amarillo high students earned two regional berths for the Texas Interscholastic League finals in Austin. Desmond Weatherford won girls declamation with Wichita Falls second and Abilene third. Robert McKinney won extempore with Abilene second and Wichita Falls third. Abilene claimed boys and girls debating honors defeating Wichita Falls and Amarillo respectively. Eugene Bash of Wichita Falls won boys declamation.
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Amarillo
Tri-City
Austin
Desmond Weatherford
Amarillo High
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Robert McKinney
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