Weather musings and garden notes from Amarillo area
The writer muses on weather signs from the moon and dances in Arizona, mocks indigeneous weather lore, and jokes about rain. He recalls personal weather experiments and praises hard work, then extols Mrs. R Mogge of Amarillo for her remarkable herb and vegetable garden with a vast list of herbs.
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Arizona
Song
R-Mogge
Amarillo
Mae
Hogge
Hoge Place
Pampa
Masterson Caliche
Tts
Panhandle notes and world curiosities mingle in a rural column
A local writer shares homegrown details from Amarillo and Benard Macfadden visiting the Panhandle. The piece mixes farming notes with trivia on actors, newspapers, iodine, keyholes, Santa Anita profits, and other miscellany. It references a windstorm, a dumb waiter, graduates, and remarks on travel, health, and history.
Wind explains changing directions and air movement
The article describes winds shifting from north to south as air masses pile and move. It notes that after a north wind much air remains south, so a south wind must occur before another north wind can happen. Mr. Colman is cited as the one who first discussed this concept.
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Tack
Biograph Company
Mary Pickford
Biograph
England
Washington Guides
National Capitol
California
Santa Anita
Franklin Pierce
U. S
New England
Mexico
Mra. Fld. R
Jimmy
Elliott
Boetger
Anna
U. S. Army Air Corps
D'Annunzio
Mussolini
Italy
Tokyo
Osaka
Plains
Perth
Colman
Adhesive Tape Not Glamorous
Hollywood gossip column notes Gary Cooper with a wide adhesive strip on his neck at the ball. Marlene Dietrich and Douglas Fairbanks Jr share a dance. Paulette Goddard pushes to star in The Young in Heart despite Chaplin’s contract hold. Katharine Hepburn heads to New York. Jackie Coogan may win a fortune but not riches yet.
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Mason King
Holly
Sheilah Graham
Alliance
Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Screen Actors, Writers, and Directors Guild
Gary
Marlene Dietrich
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Marlene
New York
Europe
Bette Davis
Harmon Nelson
Bette
Ronald Colman
Earl of Warwick
Benita Hume
Paulette Goddard
Paulette
Charlie Chaplin
Janet Gaynor
Richard Greene
Twentieth Century-Fox Publicity Department
Sonja Henie
Aileen Whelan
Miss Whelan
Katharine Hepburn
Jackie Coogan
Marco Polo
Joan Crawford
Screen Actors’ Guild
Cocoanut Grove
la Crawford
Cooper
Widow seeks farm or ranch work in Texas
A widow of about 55 requests work in farming or ranch duties and offers references. Rosa Branch, Route 2 Box, White Deer, Texas, seeks laundry work. Contact numbers 2344 and 6467 appear in the call for help and offers.
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Dan
Rosa Branch
Box
White Deer
Texas
Dionne Probe Plea Quashed in Ontario
Ontario Attorney General Gordon Conant rejected Oliva Dionne's request for a judicial investigation into his quintuplets' affairs and finances and announced no change in the guardianship board. Judge J A Valin remains chairman with Dafoe and Dionne on the panel, retirement plans unlikely. Conant issued a statement addressing the guardianship dispute following a meeting with Premier Hepburn.
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Toronto
Ont
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Oliva Dionne
Conant
Quins’ Board of Guardians
Allan Roy Dafoe
J. A. Valin
Dionne
Valin
J. A. S. Plouffe
Jr. Dafoe
Ahequins
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Othequins
Ontario guardian says quo to quins management reform
Percy D. Wilson, Ontario chief guardian and director of the quins' management, declared that a full in progress has recently been completed. The remark signals ongoing oversight changes in the agency.
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Percy D. Wilson
Ontario
Quins’ Management
Cat Rescues Woman from Attacking Dog
A River Road resident, Mrs. R. B. Vogler, was saved from a vicious stray dog when her pet cat attacked the dog, drawing it away until neighbors arrived. Earlier, Vogler found dead chickens in the yard and chased the dog before the attack escalated, leaving her badly bitten.
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R. B. Vogler
River Road
Amarillo Schools Host Play Day Programs Across District
Elementary schools in Amarillo begin Play Day activities today through next week with May Day style events led by the state health department. Activities include folk games, athletics, music, and a May Polo Dance finale. schedules list multiple campuses with times in late April and early May.
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Amarillo
State Health Department
Wilson School
Alice Landergin
Buchanan Street
Tyler Street
Sanborn
Patten High School For Colored
Redfern Declared Great White God by Jungle Tribe
Waldeck reports expedition reached Venezuela border and nearly failed after the deaths of Dr. Frederick J. Fox and William Astor Chanler. He cites great hardship but says the mystery of Paul Redfern is cleared up.
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Waldeck
Venezuela
Guardians Advised on Costs in Wil son Report
An excerpt of Wil son's report released by Conant shows guardians told to consider rising administrative costs of the quins' upbringing as part of an investigation covering all points Dionne raised. The document underscores financial implications in the guardianship case and signals ongoing scrutiny by authorities.
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Dionne
Conant
Wilson
Uselding to Attend FBI Peace Officers School
Captain Leo Uselding of the police detective squad will leave Friday for Washington to attend a two month FBI school for picked peace officers. He is the first local officer to attend the program aimed at standardizing criminal investigation.
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Leo Uselding
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Uselding
FBI
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Handa Dot
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Carole
Nancy Carroll
Nancy
Franchot Tone
Mr. Tone
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Dorothy Parker
Alan Campbell
Olympe Bradna
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Northwest Texas Hospital
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Earl of Perth
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OF Life Gall
Lam EL
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Peoria
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Scotland
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