Weather quirks and town notices mix in Panhandle column
The column mixes forecast notes about rain cycles and unlikely penguin roosts with local society items. It recounts Mrs. Ollie Childers 40th birthday celebration at a Palo Duro villa, notes a Bivins estate building plan on Polk Street, and threads in personal anecdotes about lotteries, lost pets, and debt struggles alongside quirky quotes and a sports tidbit from 1888.
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Ollie Childers
Palo Duro
Childers
Bivins
Fifth and
Polk Street
Conditions Look Bright for Fall and Winter Business
Ed Bagot of Amarillo Hardware reports improved conditions at eastern markets with heavy buying through two weeks in Chicago. He notes stronger demand from Texas and the Southwest and a return of confidence, contrasting with the sour outlook of four to five years ago. Buyers nationwide see renewed optimism in retail sectors.
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Ed Bagot
Amarillo Hardware Company
Mr. Bagot
Southwest
Texas
Oxnard Flies Couple Back To Hospital
A Kansas City couple en route to the West Coast delayed by Mr Richard Anschutz appendicitis were flown back to Amarillo after a delay at English Field. The report also notes a Bucharest train wreck that killed fifteen and injured forty three, and a string of assorted anecdotes and observations from arts to politics.
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Oxnard
Richard Anschutz
Kansas City
West Coast
Anschutz
Thornton Oxnard
TWA
English Field 1
Amarillo
Bucharest
Romania
Bietrone
Markets and Livestock Reports Across Regions
Markets show gains with the Dow Jones up amid industrials and utilities. Kansas City livestock data notes hogs easing to 5.50 top with various weight categories. cattle and calves steady with mixed movement. sheep offerings steady with lambs and wethers pricing. Berlin notes 44 million Roman Catholics in Germany post Austria and Sudetenland incorporation.
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Kansas City
U.P
Texas Wethers
Berlin
Austria and
Sudetenland
Germany
Indictments Handed Up as Rogge Receives Death Threats
In New Orleans on August 14, Assistant U S Attorney General O John Rogge received two threatening letters including one death threat after the federal grand jury he heads handed up three new indictments.
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New Orleans
U.P
U. S
O. John Rogge
Services Tomorrow For Mrs Slack
Funeral services for Mrs Texas Ann Slack mother of Randall County judge will be held at 3 pm tomorrow from the Canyon Methodist Church with Rev. Sam Thomas and Rev. J R Hicks officiating. Eastern Star rites will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Arrangements are by Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home. She died Sunday at 60 after 36 years in Canyon.
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Texas Ann Slack
Randall County
Methodist Church
Canyon
Sam Thomas
J. R. Hicks
Baptist Church
Eastern Star
Dreamland Cemetery
Griggs-Thompson Funeral
M. O. Slack
Barney Slack
J. T. Morris
Latham, Wash
R. A. Morris
Welhemina
Ore
J. C. Morris
Memphis
Tex
Charles Morris
Nannie Davis
Latam
Amarillo Dogs in Terhune Calling All Dogs Feature
Albert Payson Terhune praises two Russian Wolfhounds on the Lewis Ranch near Clarendon for loyalty and intelligence. Cowboys tracked the pair after they disappeared from a line camp, one dog dragging a coyote trap and heavy drag and then leading rescuers to the other trapped hound.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Albert Payson Terhune
Terhune
Theft of Small Motor Reported at Taylor Street Home
Police investigate the theft of a small motor from a house under construction at 2501 Taylor Street. The incident was reported this morning and is under inquiry.
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Taylor Street
Bird walks at Cleveland museum drew 3500 plus visitors
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History hosted its annual bird walks drawing more than 3,536 attendees. Participants hiked adjacent woods seeking rare birds and observed as many as 119 species in a single day.
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Cleveland, O
U.P
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Prominent Wichita Falls Men Stay in Amarillo Overnight
Walter Nelson Jr former mayor of Wichita Falls and oil operator W B Hamilton of the Wichita Falls field were in Amarillo last night and stayed at the Capitol Hotel.
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Walter Nelson, Jr
Wichita Falls
W. B. Hamilton
Amarillo
Capitol Hotel
Citywide Traffic Survey Forwarded to Austin by Amarillo Police
Amarillo police forwarded all information from the citywide traffic survey to Austin. Capt. Sid Harper of the traffic squad expects recommendations for regulatory changes within the next 15 days.
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Austin
Amarillo
Sid Harper
Tax Rate To Be Set Soon
Potter County property values rise with building and improvement lifting valuation to about 34.7 million dollars from 33.31 million last year. Commissioners court, acting as equalization board, expects little chance of a rate increase after totaling figures. The current rate stands at 62 cents and may be slightly reduced once valuations are finalized this week.
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Roosevelt
Emil Ludwig
Emil
United States
Boston
Florida
Edgar Bergen
Vienna
Hitler
East
Germany
Britain
England
London
Abraham Lincoln
John Hay
Hay
Everett
Potter County
Commissioners Court
Charge Attempt To Nullify Labor Act
The Senate Civil Liberties Committee said the National Association of Manufacturers organized a nationwide campaign to nullify the administration of the National Labor Relations Act. The committee report states the group was financed largely by a small set of corporations that organized a national program opposing labor unions and government action to improve labor conditions.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Fence Fire at 300 North Johnson Street Quieted
A trash box fire set a fence ablaze at 300 North Johnson Street triggering an alarm at 11 05. Firefighters arrived and were on scene about 12 minutes before the alarm was answered and the blaze was extinguished.
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North Johnson
North Johnson Street
Local angler lands 22 inch catfish at City Lake
J. H. Brown of 811 Alabama Street caught a large catfish at City Lake last night. The fish measured 22 inches and reportedly weighed 714 pounds.
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J. H. Brown
Alabama Street
City Lake
Refinements Soften Us Warns Amarillo Scoutmaster
Charles Whittington, a Scoutmaster, warned the Kiwanis Club that civilization risks decay as refinements soften youth. He contrasted Athens Spartan Roman Elizabethan education and urged rugged training via Boy Scouts to counteract effeminacy and protect youth. Mark Taylor Jr. played piano, and Guy McSwas led the Llano Estacado Be Scouts board. John Boyce announced a Thursday baseball game for the American Legion Christmas Tree fund.
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Boy Scouts
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Charles Whittington
Whittington
England
Mark Taylor, Jr
Troop 13
Guy McSwas
Llano Estacado
Be Scouts of America
John Boyce
Tt American Legion
Catalogues Arrive For Rural Buyers At Amarillo Postoffice
Rural free delivery carriers expect heavy business after the Amarillo postoffice received a solid carload of Sears Roebuck mail order catalogues. The bulk load, shipped by freight to the postmaster in Amarillo, signals a sharp rise in upcoming mail volume across the Panhandle.
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Amaril
Sears, Roebucke Company
Amarillon
Panhandle
Amarillo
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Tim Keefe
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Frank Shields
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New York
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Wilson & Eae
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Maracaibo
EMS Cities Service
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Fenner & Beane Amarillo
Slack
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Getulio Vargas
Ernanido Almaral Peixoto
Federal District
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Zaza Aranha
Oswaldo Aranha
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Polk
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