McKinney Joins First National Bank in Amarillo
G H McKinney resigning as receiver of five New Mexico banks has joined First National Bank in Amarillo to work with W H Fuqua. He has spent months in Carlsbad and Roswell on liquidation duties for the comptroller. A Bonham Texas native and former Durant Oklahoma banker, he has led civic groups there and is nephew of B A McKinney former Dallas Fed head.
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G. H. McKinney
New Mexico
Amarillo
W. H. Fuqua
First National Bank
Mr. McKinney
Carlsbad
Roswell
Comptroller of Currency
Bonham
Fannin County
American cars abroad spark tariff debate and travel anecdotes
The piece argues Americans abroad should buy American cars to support U S industry and labor, urging President Coolidge to end duty on imported American makes. It notes travelers buy European cars. a British woman named Lady Heath makes a solo flight from Egg to London. a playful nod to Dido of Carthage follows.
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Europe
United States
Coolidge
America
Lady Heath
Cas Ally
Egg
London
Dido
Carthage
Legion Drum Corps To Practice Tonight
Hanson Post American Legion drum corps will meet at the Legion Home tomorrow evening to prepare a program for the national convention in San Antonio in October. Sergt Ira Cy Barend says the session aims to ready the group for the event.
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Hanson Post
American Legion
Legion
Sergt
Ira Cy Barend
Dru
The
American Legio
San Antonio
Foreign War Vets in Meeting Tonight
John B. Golding Post Veterans of Foreign Wars meets at a local American Legion home tomorrow evening at o oclock per Fred Woodard post commander. All members are urged to attend.
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John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Fred Woodard
Tack's Revised Program for Amarillo Ambitions and Outlook
A sweeping list of aims for Amarillo including a new viaduct to North Amarillo, more homes and hotels, storm sewers, a municipal pool, lower taxes and utility rates, more businesses, and expanded infrastructure such as a new courthouse depot for bus lines and a municipal airport. It also calls for legal changes, increased energy in city livability, and a scenic route to Palo Duro Canyon.
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Amarillo
Bivins Lake
San Jacinto
Bivinstake
Palo Dare
Peeping Tom fears and radio postponement spark local uproar
The column lampoons a haunting Peeping Tom scare in Potter county with calls for police action, a $25 reward for the first convicted peeper, and tales of radio delays. It notes sightings at J B Pruett 611 Alabama Street and Owl Street, plus citizen concern and humorous asides about local life and the author’s bruised lips.
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J. B. Pruett
Alabama Street
San Jacinto
Owl Street
Old Tack
Aged Couple Die After Car Collision Near Ranger
Mrs H V Ley aged 72 of Cedar Falls Iowa dies of injuries from a crash that also injured her husband age 82 and son Bert Ley while returning from a California trip. Mrs Aida Waud of Los Angeles, en route by air to join them, was diverted to Tucson after Mrs Ley died. The husband died earlier from crash injuries.
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United Press
Ranger
Tex
H. V. Ley
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Aida Waud
Los Angeles
Windy-day trash worries Amarillo resident voice
A letter from an Amarillo homeowner protests windy day trash collection and yard upkeep. The writer questions town cleanliness, pavement, and plowing costs while urging better discard practices.
Amarillo Schools Close For District Field Meet
Public schools in Amarillo will close Friday to allow students and the public to attend the district Interscholastic League events at Canyon Friday and Saturday. Amarillo High enters in most athletic and literary events with a long list of participants including debaters, declaimers, essayists, speakers, and typists led by Jack Fischer FE B Fincher and other named students.
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Amarillo
Canyon
Jack Fischer
FE. B. Fincher
Kenneth Woodward
J. J
Sammy Green
J. J. Deiss
Pearl Duncan
Robert McKinney
Lillie Mae Moore
Lillian Harned
Helen Blanton
Corda Collier
Elizabeth McMille
Rob Roy Beeman
Beulah Bennett
Brian Morrow
Funeral Rites for L Ralston Today
Funeral services for L Ralston 59 who ran a grocery at 703 North Fillmore were to be held at Griggs chapel at 8 this afternoon conducted by Rev G J Irvin of the Children's Home. He died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. Survived by two daughters Mrs FE M Wilson and Mrs J S Boswell. He was a member of the Moose and Modern Woodmen lodges and a brother of Judge Ralston who presided at the Scopes evolution trial. Burial in Llano cemetery.
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L. Ralston
North Fillmore Street
Griggs
G. J. Irvin
Mr. Ralston
FE. M. Wilson
North Fillmore
Williams Streets
J. S. Boswell
North van Buren
Moose
Modern Woodmen
Judge Ralston
Tennessee
Llano Cemetery
Amarillo Realtors Debate Street Renumbering and Airport Push
The Amarillo Real Estate Board met at the Amarillo Hotel at noon to discuss renumbering and renaming Amarillo streets led by city building inspector A. W. Smalley. J. E. Biggs urged backing the airport movement, stressing the need for an airport for Amarillo and swift action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarillo Welfare Head To Conference
Martha M. Nelson director of the Amarillo Welfare society was elected to attend the National Conference of Social Workers to be held May 2 to 6 in Memphis Tennessee at a board meeting held yesterday afternoon. The secretary reported satisfactory progress in local welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha M. Nelson
Amarillo Welfare Society
National Conference of Social Workers
Memphis
Tennessee
American State Bank
Government wins point in Sinclair trial over Denby testimony
The Associated Press reports that in Washington on April 18 the government secured a key victory as Edwin Denby the former secretary of the navy was barred from testifying for Harry F. Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Edwin Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Letter to Tack 4007 Prescott Ave Dallas April 14 1928
A student of journalism at North Dallas High School writes to Tack requesting clippings or articles about his town or county. He praises Them Texans and notes family and friends enjoy the witty lines, seeking historical data and newspaper histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott Ave
Dallas
Texas
Tack
Will Rogers
North Dallas High School
Jewelry Store Policy Change At Hurst's Diamond Shop
Hurst's Jewelry, formerly the Diamond Shop at 311 Polk Street, announces a new credit plan. Joseph C. Hurst proprietor says Dave K. Funk, formerly of Barnett Bros in San Francisco, now leads the credit department. The policy shift accompanies rising Amarillo interest.
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Hurst's Jewelry Company
Polk Street
Joseph C. Hurst
Plan
Feature
Dave K. Funk
Barnett Bros
San Francisco
Amarillo
Home of the Blue White Diamonds opens in Panhandle
One of the few credit diamond and jewelry stores in the Panhandle plans a grand opening under the slogan Convenient Credit. The Home of the Blue White Diamonds and Lucky Wedding Rings will be featured with doubled stock and special gifts for new credit accounts. A watch service repair department will also be opened alongside high class jewelry, diamonds, watches, and novelties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Hurst
Music Club Convention Delegates Hear Prose and Hymn Debate
The Texas Federation of Music Clubs convention in Fort Worth features Mrs Carson criticizing improper hymn text pairing with sermons. Homer D. Wade of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce pledges cooperation. W J Marsh from Fort Worth discusses choir music as 75 delegates attend events at the Herring hotel. May Peterson is elected honorary member.
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Carson
Homer D. Wade
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
The
McDowell
Philharmonic
Harmony Clubs
May Peterson
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
Y M C A Work Chief to Meet National Official
D. C. Good of Dallas, Y M C A work secretary, is in the city to coordinate with school officials on the Hi V program and to meet George Simmons of St. Louis the national Y M C A secretary who arrives tomorrow. Good reports Dallas citizens subscribed 1 111 000 to build a Y M C A and notes campaigns in Fort Worth Houston and San Antonio preparing Y M C A buildings.
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D. C. Good
Dallas
George Simmons
St. Louis
National Y. M. C. A
Mr. Good
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Hidden quotation puzzle travels through the grid starting at Start
An earlier Traveletter puzzle hides a familiar quotation. Begin at the square marked Start with the letter H and move in four directions to trace each letter exactly once until Finish. Never diagonal moves or crossing black squares or leaving the grid.
Officials named in historic list of 1920s U S leaders
A selection of figures appears in a historical reference including Calvin Coolidge Charles Dawes Frank Kellogg Andrew Mellon Dwight Davis John Sargent Harry New Curtis Wilbur Hubert Work William Jardine Herbert Hoover and Ames Davis highlighting early U S administration names and associates.
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Calvin Coolidge
Charles Dawes
Frank Kellogg
Andrew Mellon
Dwight Davis
John Sargent
Harry New
Curtis Wilbur
Hubert Work
William Jardine
Herbert Hoover
Ames Davis
Bremen aviators complete 36 hour Atlantic crossing
Major Fitzmaurice Duke Schiller and Baron Koehl reached Greenly Island after a harrowing 36 hour flight from Dublin amid gale and fog. They landed on ice breaking undercarriage, were fed and warmed by lighthouse keepers, and prepared to depart with relief planes arriving from Schiller and Cuisinier.
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North Pole
Newfoundland
Greta Ferris
Miss Ferris
Greenly Island
Koehl
Grenfell
Little Greenly Island
Duke Schiller
Louis Cuisinier
Schiller
Fitzmaurice
Flowers Cove
Cuisiner
Bremen
Montcalm
New York
Friend's Friend Worth Honor Seekers Praise Poem
A short poem in verse praising a person described as faultless and noble. The speaker notes a friend of a friend who is held in high regard for courage cleanliness and integrity. The poem emphasizes reputation over flaws and ends with the speaker desiring to be seen as a friend of that admired figure.
U S Claims Official Resigns His Place
Edward Kernan Campbell chief justice of the court of claims of the United States tendered his resignation to President Coolidge in Washington on April 18.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward Kernan Campbell
Court of Claims of the
United States
President Coolidge
Market News Roundup From Kansas City and Chicago
Hogs receipts near 000 head with steady to 10c lower prices. cattle and sheep receipts in the thousands with varied but generally steady to higher bids. In Chicago, hogs rise to about 10c, cattle and calves mixed, and cotton futures show initial gains then soften as market nerves and weather reports influence bids. Louisville to New Orleans and Liverpool markets report mixed cotton movements and futures. Poultry, butter, eggs, and potatoes listed with current price ranges. New York stock market opens lower amid wide sector declines and shifting money market expectations.
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Reir
Kansas City
Butehere
Arizona
Colorado
Chicago
Associated Press
New Orleans
Liverpool
May
New York
Associated Presa
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
General Electric
Interborough Rapid Transit
Anaconda Copper
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Gas
Sears Roebuck
Endicott Johnson
General Railway Signal
Vanadium Steel
U. S. Steel
Wright Aeronautical
Congoleum-Nairn
American Steel Foundries
Coca-Cola
Cerro de Peaso Copper
Hudson Motors
Teck Mack
Southern Dairies
Armour
Standard Gas & Electric
Sterling
Tulsa Slaying Case Ends in Death Penalty Confirmed
J Frank Norfleet arrested Robert Blake after a yearlong hunt spanning several states. Blake, Amarillo resident, was convicted of murder in Tulsa and sentenced to death. Appeal upheld, awaiting resentence and clemency steps amid ongoing legal delays.
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Hale Center
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Robert Blake
Amarillo
Blake
Tulsa
Plainview
Alex Mood
Djmy
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Amarillo Welfare
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Music School
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Vietor Talking Machine
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Knabe
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