Retes Texon reflects on bank closure and buffalo hopes in Amarillo
The author praises the National Bank of Commerce for protecting depositors, credits directors Bill O'Brien J T Moore and Dad Thompson, and notes solid future banking in Amarillo. He argues for preserving buffaloes at Goodnight ranch with public funds or legislature aid, and comments on Texas wheat and cattle outlook plus a Texas A M football game at Annapolis.
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Annapolis
New York City
Texas
Texans
Southwest
Oil relief measure expands for life and other agents
Governor Sterling pressed five bills in the special session. One would allow licenses funds to draw interest until paid. Another would keep warrants drawn on the state treasury until payment is called for by the treasurer. A provision would require candidates for congressman-at-large to run for fixed places.
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Sterling
Amarillo Seeks Telephone Rate Cut Amid Silent Manager
G. N. Halley district manager for Southwestern Bell said no statement had been prepared for publication regarding a requested rate reduction. Ernest O. Thompson asked the city to seek lower rates citing an ordinance and a 1926 provision allowing rate increases. Current business one party line is seven dollars monthly. residence lines range from 3.25 to 2.25 dollars.
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G. N. Halley
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
Hailey
Thompson
City hearing set before protest hearings begin
Notices of tax increases have been mailed as the city prepares for protest hearings and final certification of the tax roll to the pid commission. The 1930 city tax roll shows valuations of 61 million and a $1 per $100 rate.
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Ers
Pid Commission
Earth Tremors Shake Kansas City Area
Mystery surrounded a Sunday morning tremor that woke residents in Kansas City and within 20 miles southwest. Seismographs in Kansas, St. Louis, and Denver showed little or no activity, and no explosion or weather damage could be linked to the shocks.
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Kansas City
University of Kansas
St. Louis
Denver
Weather Bureau
Jobless Solution: Six Hour Day Proposed to End Unemployment
In a reader exchange, W. M. Anthony of Boise City Oklahoma argues unemployment demands a six or 35 hour week to spread work. He warns existing long hours by 75 percent of workers depress demand and markets, urging capitalists to shorten daily hours to employ all.
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W. M. Anthony
Boise City
Okla
The Farmer's Lot Man in Charge of Gasoline Car
A brief column recalls a farmer who spent years to afford a gasoline car and faces a life marked by toil and rising burdens as he pursues mobility. The piece reflects on aging, labor, and material progress amid hardship.
Lindberghs Reach Alaska After Flying 7000 Miles
Linberghs rest at the northern tip of America awaiting clearer weather to resume their Orient flight. They report homeward homesickness after church and village visits while their monoplane rides a nearby river and fuel suffices for the Nome leg. The Pangborn Herndon case heads to the prosecutor in Tokyo after fliers admit using cinema film and signed statements from their Japan crossing.
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Alaska
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Orient
Charles, Jr
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Northland
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Nome
Pangborn-Herndon
Tokyo
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Japan
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Helium Plant Revisions Shrink Costs Near Fort Worth
He noted a Fort Worth plant and a new Amarillo facility co designed by Seibel. The Amarillo plant could supply enough helium to inflate the Akron in just over two months if needed, though current output is about 1 million cubic feet per month. Seibel, a Missouri native and KU graduate, improved gas extraction.
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Fort Worth
Seibel
Amarillo
Akron
Missouri
University of Kansas
Third Degree Brutality Highlighted by Commission
The commission cites brutal methods used to coerce confessions including neckties throttling prisoners, fists, bottles, water up the nose, and flogging with the cat o nine tails. It notes such brutality occurs before jail in arrests and harms police integrity and public trust in justice.
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Texas
Victim of Thugs Leaves Hospital
Virgil F. Mann, 42, a Rock Island engineer, was stabbed in the chest during a street confrontation early Saturday. He has been discharged from St. Anthony's Hospital to his home after surgery, crediting a healing wound. Police have no trace of the two assailants who also robbed him of $7.
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Virgil F. Mann
Rock Island
St. Anthony’s Hospital
North Cleveland
Mr. Mann
North Polk Street
Pauline Leach
South Fillmore Street
Mann
Bank closes in Amarillo as officials pledge full deposit protection
Will O'Brien president of the closed First National Bank promises public deposits are safe at the bank and the Clearing House Association will cover any loss. The closure follows the long history of Smith Walker Co and the bank’s early roots in Amarillo with key figures including J L Smith J F Sulllenberger and J E Nunn remaining involved through the years. Directors listed include O'Brien Cecil O'Brien and J T Moore with officers Moore Bush and Wrather among others.
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First National Bank
Will O’brien
J. T. Moore
J. D. Thompson
First National
Clearing House Association
Amarillo
National Bank of Commerce
Smith, Walker & Co
National Bank
J. L. Smith
S. F. Sullenberger
Cecil
War results and shifting hopes in 1930s politics and finance
The piece contrasts wartime rhetoric with economic changes in France and Russia. It notes gambling houses near bankruptcy as Americans stay home, Russians invest in farms, and Dr. France declares a presidential bid challenging Hoover, pledging to avoid leading the Republican Party. Fabre is criticized for ineffective leadership.
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France
Russia
Dr. France
Maryland
Hoover
Fabre
Civil District Court Reopens In Amarillo
After several weeks the 108th civil district court convened in Amarillo with Judge W E Gee presiding. Docket calls and setting of cases for the term dominated today as Tuesday is appearance day. Judge Gee sits in the criminal district court room due to judge absences while the civil term faces a heavy docket with nearly a quarter million dollars in damage suits filed since the last term.
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108Th Civil District Court
Amarillo
W. E. Gee
Judge Gee
Bishop
Potter County
Aged Panhandle Man To Be Buried Today
Funeral services were held for Daniel Deet 84 at 5 PM in Panhandle. Deet, a German native, died from injuries after being struck by a gravel truck on Thursday. Interment followed at Panhandle cemetery.
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Panhandle
Daniel Deet
Clif
Savoy Garage
Knights of Columbus Hold Twenty First Annual Picnic
The Knights of Columbus hosted the Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish picnic at Broadway Park near the city Sunday. Attendance was estimated between 150 and 200 with ideal weather and a program featuring swimming baseball and athletic contests.
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Knights of Columbus
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Broadway Park
of the Knights and Columbus
Mrs Cal Farley Attends Stepfather’s Funeral in Dallas
Mrs. Cal Farley and Mr. M F Fischer with their spouses traveled to Dallas to attend Art Saubert’s funeral. Saubert died after a house fire in which he tried to rescue his wife. Mrs Saubert remained hospitalized in Dallas after the blaze.
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Cal Farley
M. F. Fischer
Pampa
Dallas
Art Saubert
Tarpo on Bounded Giant Tuna Draws Chats in Florida
J C Holloway hauled a 53 pound tarpon after a one hour and 10 minute fight near Jacksonville Florida. The catch was reported in local sport notes highlighting the angler and location.
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Tarpoon
Jacksonville
Fla. W.P
J. C. Holloway
Here
Just Rolss FAMILY BRIDGE Three Years After
A dated verse recounts a bridge game memory between spouses. A past wedding pact, a card misplay, and a sharp retort lead to reconciliation. The narrator recalls a king underlead and a witty comeback tying their marriage to the game.
Market quotes from Kansas City grain and livestock report
The Kansas City market notes show grain prices for wheat oats and Kaffir corn with per hundred weight figures. Livestock totals include hogs cattle calves and sheep with price ranges and top figures across weight classes and categories.
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Harley
Livestock prices push gains and declines across hogs cattle and sheep
Chicago hog prices rise to 8.00 for 170 210 lb pigs and 216 260 lb sags reach 7.75 8.00 while 600 1500 lb cattle trade 7.75 9.75 with vealers and yearlings mixed. Sheep steady to higher with lambs 7.00 7.50 and 90 lb feeding lambs 5.00 6.50 as market activity fluctuates.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U. S. Dept. Agri
Idaho
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S
Choice Rangers
Berlin Riots End as Police Seize Control
Berlin reports show a night of bloodshed as Communists National Socialists and Nationalists clash with police. Two officers slain, a leader from Cologne killed, and many wounded as police retook streets and cleared the central square. Voters largely abstained in Prussia plebiscite amid the crisis.
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Bruening
Basel-Berlin
Buelow Plate
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Schoenburg
Clown Ragland Keeps Smile After 50-Foot Dive Crash
Harry Ragland a life guard at Thompson Pool performed as a clown at the Palisades Amarillo diving carnival. He fell from the 50 foot platform injuring his lungs but laughed to the crowd before being taken to St. Anthony's Hospital. He was released this morning with injuries described as serious but not dangerous.
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Palisades
Amarillo
Ragland
Home Sweet Home
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Thompson Pool
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