Unemployed discuss merger impact and politics in Amarillo
A reader recounts firm mergers causing layoffs and wage cuts, argues for shorter hours as relief, and notes the value of keeping workers. The piece references insurance payouts, Russia lectures, and a planned Communism talk by Hickman Price Jr at the City Auditorium. Plans mention Roosevelt’s possible future campaign swing and a visit to Amarillo.
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Russia
United States
Hickman Price, Jr
Mr. Price
City Auditorium
American Legion
Anye
Amarillo
Saps On The Open Road A Pilgrim Life Of Hobos
The piece recounts teen-aged nomads wandering in the mechanical age seeking work. They ride freight trains, live in hobo camps, and share a philosophy that only saps work. They form a rough camp routine and survive on meager mulligan stew, risking diminished initiative and ambition.
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McMillen
Children’s Bureau
Wrestling benefit eyed for Children's Home donations
Local figures Cal Farley and Dutch Mantell propose a charity wrestling bout to raise funds for the Children’s Home. The piece also notes a benefit dance seeking ticket sellers, a housework job on East Seventh Street, and Lane City area chatter about dry weather and ride requests from Happy, Texas.
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Cal Farley
Dutch Mantell
News-Globe
Cal
Dutca
They Write To Tack Need Job Badly
A desperate plea asks Tack for employment urgently as the writer states they must have work to continue existing. The letter expresses loneliness and lack of support, seeking any possible job opportunity.
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Tack
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
A poem depicting a farmer boy enduring heat in a wheat field. It contrasts city folk with farming life and notes the toil behind bread, promising to remember the worker when dining next winter. The speaker reflects on the harsh sun and the dignity of country labor.
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Tack
Mr. Burrus
Edgar A, Guest
VOTE INQUIRY SPURS BRYAN COUNTY ELECTION PROBE
County Attorney Oak McKenzie says Brazos County grand jury will study alleged election law violations including illegal voting in September. Upshur County citizens form a committee to guard ballot purity and challenge illegal votes at runoff. Cleo C. Miller of Navarro County will investigate July 23 primary illegal voting and curb August 27 second primary. District Attorneys in Limestone Gregg and other counties act, with indictments and investigations tallying in 132 counties where total votes exceed poll tax receipts, against a backdrop of Ferguson leading Sterling by over 75,000 votes.
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Oak McKenzie
Bryan
Brazos County
Upshur County
Cleo C. Miller
Navarro County
Henry Jackson
Limestone County
John E. Taylor
Gregg County
Miriam A. Ferguson
R. 5. Sterling
Policies blamed for debacle persist under old circle
The author attacks centralization and Harding era policies pushed by Mills, Mellon, and Hurley. They accuse inner circle control of finance and government of causing panic and call to remove these leaders to force explanations. The message urges replacing the administration to restore the country.
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Mills
Mellon
Hurley
Flood Devastation Across Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle
Floods across the region leave livestock losses near 200 head in Salt Fork area. Cherokee sees about 60 percent of homes inundated and dark amid midnight rain. Santa Fe line restoration after cloudburst rains. rainfall totals range from one half inch to four inches across Texola Erick and nearby towns. Amarillo forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and unsettled conditions.
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John Doolin
Alva
Salt Fork
Arkansas River
L. I. Smith
Cherokee
Santa Fe
Gage
Okla
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Texas-Oklahoma
Texola
Erick
Rock Island
Bovina
Texico
Waynoka
Pampa
Clinton
Amarillo
Monkey bites dancers near Cannes and archery feats abroad
The piece describes a monkey escaping a gypsy camp in Cannes that bites Miss Rosizka Dolly and Miss Peggy Joyce at a fashionable club. It also notes Walter Howey’s remark on Darwin and, further inland, Howard Hill and a companion demonstrating archery, stating arrows kill at 150 yards and comparing to rifles while reflecting on human history and attitudes toward killing wildlife.
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Cannes
Rosizka Dolly
Peggy Joyce
Walter Howey
Darwin
Roszika
Peggy
Riviera
Howard Hill
Alabama
Opalaka
Florida
Dallas youth drowns after attempting pool rescue
In Houston August 17, 18 year old Lee Hennegan of Dallas died while trying to save two unable to swim girls, Pauline Dempsey aged 10 and Rosa Weaver aged 12, from deep water in a private pool. Fellow rescuer Elbert McWaters, 19, already saved the girls and then helped Hennegan.
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Houston
Lee Hennegan
Dallas
Pauline Dempsey
Rosa Weaver
Hennegan
Elbert McWaters
Babe Didrikson Heads to Chicago for Charity Meet
Babe Didrikson, the Dallas athletic star, is due in Chicago tonight at 8:50 by plane after visiting her parents in Beaumont. She will compete in the international track meet for charity set for Thursday, signaling a high profile return to competition.
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Babe Didrikson
Chicago
Fort Worth
U.P
Mildred
Babe) Didrikson
Dallas
Beaumont
Girl Drowns in Trinity River Near Kaufman
Eva Wingo a 16 year old girl waded into deep Trinity River water and drowned. Her body was recovered about three hours later by rescuers.
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Kaufman
Tex
Eva Wingo
Trinity River
Relatives Seek Former Amarillo Resident Max Heinz
Relatives in Peoria request Amarillo police search for Max Heinz a former Amarillo produce dealer and Hartley area farmer last known at 2405 North West Third Avenue Authorities were told the search is urgent and ongoing.
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Max Heinz
North West
Third Avenue
Peoria
Amarillo
Hartley
Grain and stock market summaries from Kansas City Chicago and New York
Grain and stock price notes from Kansas City Chicago and New York. Kansas City reports cattle, hogs and sheep prices with primes and fat cattle ranges, while Chicago shows slow hog demand and varied cattle bids. New York stock letter describes hesitating market, limited early gains, and dividend news affecting some names.
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Chicago
American Telephone
Union Pacific
Case
U.S. Steel
Loews
American Water Works
Westinghouse
Bangor
Aroos
India
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Bill) Adams
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Southwestern Public Service Company
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