How to Keep a Husband and Other Notes
A compilation of curiosities and opinions by Arthur Brisbane. Miss Jennie Partridge discusses marriage with witty advice on appealing to a husband, while Dr. Paul Heylandt plans a six hour Atlantic flight by rocket plane. The piece also corrects a Bible quotation misattribution and notes Swiss whisky tax policy and pensions funding.
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Jennie Partridge
Federation of Women's Clubs of
San Francisco
Paul Heylandt
Germany
Atlantic
Halifax
New York
Passion Play Seats Go On Sale at News-Globe Office
Freiburg Passion Play return engagement set for April 29 and 30 at Amarillo will go on sale today at the News-Globe office. Tri-State Fair president Wilbur C. Hawk notes hundreds of reservations exist and calls for an active drive to sell remaining seats. Matinee Wednesday reservations aim to aid daytime attendees including city visitors. Prices: school children 50 cents, teachers 75 cents, adults 1 to 2.50 for night shows 1 to 2.50 for tickets. mail reservations specify performance.
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Freiburg
Amarillo
News-Globe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Alcon
Hawk
Five Nations Sign Pact and Columbus Prison Fire Tragedy
The Ohio penitentiary fire killed 317 convicts as guards and inmates recounted the disaster. A state commission investigates the blaze while undertakers prepare burials at the fair grounds.
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Clint Small
Columbus
Associated Press
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Cooper
Epochal naval treaty signed by five powers in London
Five leading navies led by America Great Britain Japan France and Italy signed an epoch making disarmament pact in London ending a three month conference. Colonel Henry L Stimson first to sign the document with Briand Ramsay MacDonald and Sirianni signing later. The treaty caps capital ships and limits submarines while France and Italy join only some sections.
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Associated Press
London
America
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Henry L. Stimson
M. Briand
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Giuseppe Sirianni
Reijiro Wakatouki
Tokyo
St. Jamon
House of Lords
Queen Anne
Pacific
M. Brian
Clean-Up Week in Amarillo Urges Citizens to Pitch In
Next week Amarillo sponsors a city wide clean-up period to remove rubbish. Residents are urged to collect waste paper, trash, and unsightly items from yards and alleys and to tidy backyards. Details will be announced later.
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Amarillo
Engineers give ideas on plan to commission in Amarillo
Engineers presented proposals to the city plan commission to draft a city design for Amarillo. Four firms were represented and debate focused on a coordinated overall plan and major street design before any zoning ordinance. Some speakers questioned the commission’s official status.
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Amarillo
City Plan Commission
City Commission
Plan Commission
Herbert Hare
Hare and Hare
Kansas City
Mr. Hare
Arthur H. Carhart
McCrary, Cally and
Carhart
Denver
Maj. E. A. Wood
Dallas
Indictments Return In Polytechnic Bank Deaths
A grand jury indicts John Alsup and A P Boyt for the slayings of Isaac Tate and George Terrell during the First State Bank of Polytechnic holdup on April 10. Trial set for May 5. Vincent the chauffeur faces no action.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
John Alsup
A. P. Boyt
Isaac
Will) Tate
George Terrell
First State Bank of Polytechnic
Walter Morris
Alsup
Volun
Isaac Tate
Terrell
Boyt
Will Vincent
Unveil Memorial to Pioneer Woman in Ponca City
Architects in Potter County present qualifications to design a new courthouse worth about 400000 funded by a bond issue. In Ponca City Oklahoma a bronze statue titled Pioneer Woman by Bryant Baker was dedicated by oilman E W Marland, marking the 41st anniversary of Oklahoma land opening. Colonel Hurley spoke at the dedicatory ceremony, with settlers Indians and cowboys in attendance.
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Potter County
The
Associated Press
Ponca’ City
Oklo
America
Bryant Baker
Oklahoma
E. W Marland
Ponca City
Patrick J. Hurley
Washington
Senator Small to Open Fort Worth Campaign HQ
State Senator C. C. Small of Wellington announced he will run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary on July 24. He will establish his campaign headquarters in Fort Worth within a week and plans a militant statewide campaign though his platform is to be announced shortly.
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Associated News
Fort Worth
C. C. Small
Wellington
Small
Santa Fe road fund drive to begin. committee named
A chamber of commerce committee plans a $50,000 fund drive to pay for right of way for the Santa Fe line from Amarillo to Las Animas Colorado. The group chaired by Lindsay Nunn will start fundraising tomorrow after a preliminary report found land prices total $51,502 for 34 miles through Potter county.
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Lindsay Nunn
Tom Cotten
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Nunn
Fred Bone
Roy Cullum
Toney Chisum
John Hill
Bill O’brien
Ernest Thompson
J. W. Crudgington
W. H. Fuqua
W. Farr
Ware
Roy Lynn
B. Nicholson
Larry Ferree
Britain
Amarillo
Las Arimas
Colo
Potter County
Treaty set to curb naval armament among five powers
London reports a new naval treaty among United States Great Britain Japan and others. It targets parity with Britain by 1096 end and outlines tonnage limits for large and small cruisers destroyers and submarines with a build holiday and ship scrapping plan. France and Italy not signatories gain a safeguard clause.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Florida
Utah
Arkansas
Wyoming
France
Italy
Ohio Prison Fire Classified One of Nation's Worst
The Ohio State Penitentiary fire is designated among history’s great disasters due to heavy loss of life. The list cites many fatal fires and disasters from 1900 to 1960, including theatres, schools, factories, and other public venues across North America and beyond.
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Ohio
Ohio State Penitentiary
Coteshi
Roumania
Motion Picture Theater
Chinkai Naval Base
Korea
Glen Cinema
Paisley
Scotland
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
Harry Sharpe
United Press
Columbus, CO
Ohio State Prison
P. E. Thomas
Ohio Pen Fire Death Toll Rises Amid Prison Chaos
An Ohio state prison fire killed 319 as panic and poor fire plans worsened outcomes. Warden Thomas testified guards seized keys to free inmates, with Captain Coddington denying. no fire procedures existed. Senator Bender urged Governor Cooper to convene a legislative inquiry and push prison reform.
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Ernor Myers Y. Cooper
Bender
Atate
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Leon C. Hills
Southmaha Memorial Presbyterian Church
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Blackburn's Ambulance
Passion Play
Stimson
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Griggs Ambulance
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Berry’s
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John Maynard Lbr., Co
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Militant Campaign
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Montreal
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Mich
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Mexico
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Fairmount
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