Natchez Rhythm Club fire kills 195. 203 dead counted
A Natchez Mississippi tragedy at the Rhythm Club dance hall leaves 195 bodies taken to undertakers with 203 known dead and 40 seriously injured. Officials say many victims died of suffocation amid a stampede through the single exit as flames consumed the wooden hall.
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City Students Will Present May Day Program
Amarillo Public Schools stage the annual May Day Festival Wednesday at 6 30 pm at Butler featuring 600 students from 20 schools. Dorothy Morris of Amarillo High will be Queen of the May. Coronado theme in a vivid pageant ends with 20 Maypoles. Sam Houston Junior High Band provides music. scenery by Foxworth Galbraith. Gulf Oil supplies equipment. no admission charged.
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Woman Loses 26 Lbs Fat with Kruschen Pill Regimen
New York feature touts Helga Blaugh shedding 26 pounds in 40 days with a Kruschen program. It promises fat loss, improved energy, and a younger look, urging daily half teaspoon doses, calorie awareness, and a four week supply with money back guarantee from Cretney Drug Store.
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Mead Dies in Marfa After Long Career in Law and Banking
C E Mead aged 72, a longtime Marfa attorney and banker, died of a heart attack. He was a Methodist lay leader and had been named to represent New Mexico at the United Methodist General Conference in Atlantic City. He previously served as Texas assistant attorney general in 1911. Survived by his widow, two sons, a daughter, and a brother, he was uncle to several notable Texas figures.
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Russell Stationery Company
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Guffey Renominated in Democratic Primary Fight
Philadelphia April 24 Joseph F Guffey led in a Democratic renomination primary on a New Deal platform with Roosevelt as presidential choice receiving 293586 votes. Guffey head of 1st district with 250010 votes, Walter A Jones 192495, McNair 27523. Republican favorites James and Davis also tallied strong delegate votes. Hair collector Beatrice Harrington assembles a scrapbook of 438 hair samples. University of New Hampshire to name a woman commencement speaker for first time in 74 years, Dr Lilian M Gilbreth named.
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Texas Frozen Eggs Reach Bakers and Hotels Statewide
Standard Brands announces Texas frozen eggs available across the state. Elmer J. Park of Dallas says Texas eggs will come from nearby farms to local breaking plants, then be peeled, quickly frozen and delivered in 10 and 30 pound cans. Delivery began April first to bakers and restaurants via a refrigerated distribution network.
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Templeton Plays Chimes at Berkeley Campanile
Alec Templeton, a blind pianist, has learned to play the chimes in the University of California campanile tower. The chimes are operated by a mechanical keyboard, and this marks his first time manipulating the instrument in public.
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