Banks Jones Resigns as City Engineer
The city commission accepted H. Banks Jones resignation as city engineer effective May 15. E. W. Stanley named new city engineer and starts work immediately. Stanley previously served with the state highway department and was a former consulting engineer for the U S Army at Fort Myer Florida. Jones had served as fire chief, fire marshal and city engineer for about ten years.
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H. Banks Jones
City Commission
E. W. Stanley
Stanley
Jones
State Highway Department
United States Army
Fort Myer
Florida
Mr. Jones
Air Features Tonight on WEAF and Chain Network
Radio schedule listing 7:00 orchestral program directed by Rosario Bourdon with stations WEAF and Chain. 8:00 Evening in Paris feature with multiple listed stations. 9:30 Senate half hour and 10:00 Vincent Lopes Dances Orchestra advertised across several network affiliates.
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WEAF
New York
Chain
Orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Alto
KSTP
Paris
Aleo
Louie
Rand
Senate
WMC
KVW
Vincent Lopes
Lordi
Alee
WWI
K&d
Today By Arthur Brisbane and Oil Stocks
A compilation of notes by Arthur Brisbane on current affairs includes reaction to Geneva arms talks calling it a complete surrender by the United States. The column mentions a new Travelfone radio in cars and recalls stock market milestones like 100000 shares of Simms Petroleum. It highlights Standard Oil of New York profits and winds with Henry Ford branding Standard Oil as Griggs ambulance.
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Britten
House Naval Committee
Gibson
Geneva
United States
Congress
New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Frank Munsey
Simms Petroleum
Hidden treasures in Want Ads promise quick cash
A buyer hints at turning clutter into cash via Want Ads. Items like a coat of paint, daughter's spring outfit, golf gear, extra clothes, trailer, typewriter, and office desk are listed as possibilities. The message urges calling PHONE 6262 to cash in.
Boy Climbs Wall at Station to Reach Lost Ball
J C Dodds Jr a 10 year old boy suffered a severe electric shock and burns after climbing a wall at the San Jacinto sub station of Southwestern Public Service Company to recover a ball. He was rushed to Northwest Texas hospital and believed to be recovering. The incident occurred near the power plant on Eighth Street west of Georgia Street.
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San Jacinto
Southwestern Public Service Company
J. C. Dodds, Jr
J. C. Dodds
Georgia Street
Northwest
Texas Hospital
Eighth Street
Richard Dodds
Tulsa Banks Merge This Week
Two Tulsa banks, Central National and Exchange National, plan a merger effective at noon Saturday. The new institution will operate under Exchange National Bank and occupy the merged bank building.
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Tulsa
United Press
Okla
Central National and Exchange National Banks’ of
Harry Rogers
Exchange National Bank
Hutchins Named Youngest Major University President
Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins 30, dean of Yale Law School, will become president of the University of Chicago on July 1. He was chosen unanimously by the faculty trustee committee to lead with broad administrative experience, succeeding Dr. Max Mason who left to join the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Yale University Law School
University of Chicago
Hutchins
Max Mason
Rockefeller Foundation
Grand Duke Michael of Russia Dies in Dondon
Grand Duke Michael cousin of the late czar died in Dondon after a winter influenza attack. Once a prominent London society figure and Riviera socialite, his fortunes fell after the Russian revolution, though he retained a London residence and a villa at Cannes. He had a Morganatic marriage in 1891 with Countess Torby, who died in London in September 1927.
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Associated Press
Dondon
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
London
Riviera
Cannes
Countess Torby
San Remo
Sailors Urged to Observe Mother's Day Nationwide
Secretary Adams of the Navy asks American sailors to honor mothers on Mother's Day May 12. In a letter to all ships and stations he directs every man with a living mother should write or be home for the day. Blackburn's Ambulance. Ph. 23234.
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Associated Preys
Washington
Adams
The
Navy
Wizard of the Blindfold Ready for Public Demonstration
Hayward Thompson prepares to drive a Studebaker President 8 sedan before the Globe-News building at 1 30 p m with a caravan of Studebaker cars and observers from Globe-News and L M Black DC Ph D. A blindfold will be tested to show how a man might “see” through his skin during a 30 minute crowd interaction.
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Hayward Thompson
Studebaker
Globe-News
Thompson
McCarty Motor Company, Inc
L. M. Black
Phillips Petroleum Company
Western Solons Renew Protest on Hoover Oil Policy
The House approved President Hoover's farm program by 367 to 84, with 82 of 166 Democrats and only two Republicans opposing. The overwhelming vote unsettled Senate Democrats, who planned a last stand rally behind the debenture plan though few had opposed it to date.
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United Press
Washington
House
Hoover
Senate
May Peterson to Broadcast From New York Tonight
Amarillo singer May Peterson will be on the air in New York tonight on the Columbia Broadcasting System in a program of music and readings titled the Album Hour. The show starts at 9 o'clock Amarillo time and will be broadcast from WOR Newark and associated stations with KRLD Dallas KMOX St Louis and WMAQ St Louis among stations easily heard in Amarillo.
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May Peterson
Amarillo
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
WOR
Newark
Associated
KRLD
Dallas
KMOX
St. Louis
WMAQ
Rate Cut on Grain and Grain Products Out of Amarillo
A recommended rate reduction of 5 to 9 cents per 100 pounds on flour grain and related products from Amarillo to points west toward Arizona and California was sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The action followed hearings in Wichita Kansas in August 1927 and was reported by J Cole traffic examiner.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wichita
Kansas
J. Cole
Fort Worth Man Burned to Death in Two Fires
One man died and another seriously burned in two Fort Worth fires on Friday. The fatal blaze at 964 Ninth Avenue destroyed the home shortly before 10 am and neighbors could not determine the cause. Nearby, Neighbors said Will Rose suffered severe burns when a North Fort Worth rooming house burned around 2 am.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Tex
J. M. Williams
Ninth Avenue
Will Rose
North Fort Worth
Prison chain brings six men to Huntsville jail
The long chain to the state penitentiary reaches Potter county as six inmates are transferred from the local jail for Huntsville terms. Horton earns 33 years for the fatal shooting of his wife last October 29. Sharrard faces a related sentence for swindling.
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State
Huntsville
Potter County
Iunteville
Horton
H. Troy Horton
A. J. Sharrard
Georgia Tornado Toll Tops Seventy One in Georgia and South Carolina
The April tornado outbreak across Georgia and South Carolina raised known deaths to 71 with several hundred injured. Statesboro, Bulloch County, was hardest hit with over thirty dead and many wounded, while Metter Cochran and rural areas reported multiple fatalities from storms accompanied by hail and heavy rain.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
South Georgia
Statesboro
Bulloch County
Savannah
Georgian Board of Health
Metter
Cochran
Macon
Mia
Newton
Hagin
Bulloch
Amarillo Plans Sanctioned Chamber of Commerce Formation
A large Amarillo gathering with the City Commission approved forming a chamber of commerce as a supplement to the Board of City Development. A seven member committee named 45 potential directors. Fred Bone chairs the list including J N Riggs T E Johnson Walter Barlow J W Crudgington Ed Hardin and Allen Early. A second mass meeting will announce the director list next Thursday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
City Commission
Board of City Development
Fred Bone
J. N. Riggs
T. E. Johnson
Walter Barlow
J. W. Crudgington
Ed Hardin
Allen
Legislature Halts as Solons Leave Austin
Texas legislature halted with eleven members shy of a quorum. House and Senate adjourned, Gov Moody absentee in San Antonio for Fiesta De San Jacinto. Eleemosynary committee leaves to visit Carlsbad Abilene Gatesville Chainsville ending quorum. Appropriations probe into state educational costs continues as withholdings loom.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Senate
Moody
San Antonio
Carlsbad
Abilear
Gatesville
Chainsville
Appropriations Committee
House
Moody Withholdin
John Wallace
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Standard Oil
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