Ferguson draft movement aims to enter Miriam Ferguson for governor
In San Antonio on April 26, politicians led by Mayor C. K. Quin and ex-State Senator T. H. McGregor urged Miriam A. Ferguson to return to the governor’s race. About 800 attended a mass meeting pushing a platform for horse racing and local governance free from state interference, with telegram blanks distributed to encourage her entry. A later note reports Shanghai’s International Settlement fighting malaria with 60 workers daily and 1000 gallons of larvicide and insecticide.
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San Antonio
U.P
Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson
C. K. Quin
T. H. McGregor
Austin
Ferguson
Frank H. Bushick
McGregor
James V. Allred
Tune Tusslers in Maverick Club Jamboree
The Texas Tune Tusslers with Bob Dick and Roy Diven join the Maverick Club Jamboree Friday and Saturday evenings. The act, famed in the Panhandle vaudeville and radio circuits, will perform in a two hour show starting at 8. Tickets are on sale through the American Business Club Kiwanis Rotary and Lions. Fred DeCoster leads the ticket drive. contact numbers are 6350 and 6359.
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Bob
Roy
KSVO
Oakland
Cal
XEPN
XEAR
KTAR
Diven
Panhandle
Bob and
Nat
American Business Club
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Fred DeCoster
Automatic planes to land themselves soon, pilot superfluous
Washington reports Richard Garley of the Bureau of Air Commerce outlines a near future where huge passenger planes take off and land automatically. Auto pilots will handle throttle, trim, glide paths, and landing beams, with pilots supervising. Indianapolis hosts initial experiments, aiming for fully automatic landings in all weather.
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Washington
Richard Garley
Bureau of Air Commerce
Garley
Bureau
Mr. Gazley
Radio Technical Committee
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Radio Flight Tests Expand Across North America
An ongoing program tests portable radio sets for pilots across varied terrains including snow dust and rain, with Reed College Oregon assisting, and Hartford trials confirming a system to maintain continuous radio range during weather broadcasts. New coastal units, high frequency wavelength studies with the FCC, and seaplane terminal surveys aim to fix takeoff bounds and remote buoy light control. A Somotone initiative develops ear assistance to reduce pilot fatigue from static interference.
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Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Reed College
Oregon
Hartford
Conn
Federal Communications Commission
Somotone Company
Radio control promise from bureau on bone conduction device
A bureau described a radio headset that transmits through bone behind the ear rather than the ear drum. Small simple receivers tested against the bone surface yielded reception of range signals and voice, with pilots wearing units on the wrist or shin. The piece notes future possibilities depend on ongoing research and ingenuity. Names of several performers and students are listed, and a note about "The Patsy" production and a note on the term Mikado.
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Bureau
Amarillo High to Stage The Patsy Senior Play Friday
The Amarillo High School senior class presents Barry Conners comedy The Patsy with Mrs Lela Crossett directing. The play centers on family favoritism as one daughter gains every advantage while the other bears the Patsy outcome. The cast includes Mr Harring and other students.
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Barry Conners
Amarillo High School
Patsy
Lela Crossett
Mr. Harring
Regular Bridge at Elks Tonight
The Elks Club hosts its regular weekly bridge party at 8 o'clock in the Elks Hall. Prizes are available for winners. This week singles will be accepted and paired off, replacing the previous requirement to supply partners. A 25 cent per person playing charge is noted.
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Elks Club
Elks Hall
Local Card Party To Help Defray Prize Costs
A brass band fundraiser will host a prize defrayment event with a special section for beginners. Mrs. Hattie Bliss will serve as hostess, inviting community members to join for an evening of cards and support.
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Ing
Hattie Bliss
Poisoned Kidneys Urged to Use Gold Medal Haarlem Oil
An advertisement offers a 35 cent package of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush poisons and acid from kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It claims relief from frequent night urination and lists symptoms such as burning passage backache leg cramps puffy eyes and general kidney and bladder weakness.
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Haarlem
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Duchess of Windsor
Tune Tusslers
Bob, Dick and
Alice Rogers Hager
North American Newspaper Alliance
EE. Finklea, Inc
E.E. Finklea, Inc
Polk St
Linestoe
Jon
Jack Gouldy
Mrs. Harrington
Phyllis Axelrod
Grace Harrington
Roberta Newell
Patricia Harrington
the Patsy
Betty Hughes
Billy Caldwell
William Klingensmith
Tony Anderson
Bob Baker
Sadie Buchanan
Etta Lou Propst
Trip Busty
Winston Brown
City Shoe Shop
Shoe Repairing, Dye and Shine Service
West Seventh
Elks
Western Light & Supply — Corporation
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
C.B.S
Thurs
S.T
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