Rain Week on the Plains Prompts Civic Boost for Water
A plea for rain dominates plains talk as Rain Week approaches with calls to blast moonphase timing and unite citizens across Ochiltree Perryton and Amarillo to spur new lakes and dam projects. Local boosters urge Washington support for Ochiltree state lake and CCC dam work to relieve drought.
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Ochiltree County
Marvin Jones
Plains
Marvin
Washington
CCC
Ochiltree
Shindler
Perryton
Texas Rangers Deployed to Stop Gambling Violations
Col. H. H. Carmichael director of the Department of Public Safety announced today he ordered Texas Rangers to cooperate with local officers to stop gambling violations and to act alone if cooperation is lacking.
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Austin
Aug. i
H. H. Carmichael
Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Dear Tacs While Vacationing in Mississippi
While vacationing in Mississippi last week a reader recalls a chance encounter with a servant who asked her origin. She says she answered Texas and learned a Mrs Wilson had moved to Texas last year from Dallas.
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Tacs
Mississippi
Texas
Rabbits Beset King Edward’s Prize Gardens
Rabbits from Windsor Forest threaten King Edward’s gardens at Fort Belvedere Windsor where he tends beds by hand. Neighbors and keepers struggle as thousands are slain yearly. A 200 acre barrier three miles long with three foot high wire mesh will block burrowing rabbits joining the Duke and Duchess of York at Royal Lodge Windsor. A new Italian law makes aviation training compulsory for all able young men.
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London
U.P
King Edward
Windsor Forest
Fort Belvedere
Duke and Duchess of York
Royal Lodge Windsor
Indians invoke ancient ritual after fatal crash in Menasha
In Menasha Wisconsin Mrs Andrew Swamp Gratton King and Lawrence Haas were killed in a three car collision. Tribesmen performed traditional rites to lay the spirits to rest placing the victims’ favorite foods before empty chairs and reciting prayers for ten days. A family omen involving a dog preceded the deaths.
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Andrew Swamp
Gratton King
Lawrence Haas
King’s
King
Betty Blythe Reappears as Mary Magdalen in Christ Life
Betty Blythe once famed as The Queen of Sheba in silent films returns to the screen as Mary Magdalen in The Life of Christ an outdoor Hollywood amphitheater production in the hills of California.
Train Brakes To Be Set By Special Rays
Special light rays will apply the brakes and bring to a standstill a new electric locomotive to be used on the German railways between Berlin and Munich. The line from Berlin to Munich is to be electrified and travel over 400 miles may drop to 12 hours. The system aims to stop the locomotive quickly on steep grades in the Thuringian Mountains and requires new safety precautions.
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Berlin
Munich
Munies
Escapes From Courtroom After Parole Revoked
Glen Martin of Collinsville Oklahoma escaped from district court after his parole on a 20 year sentence for two counts of robbery with firearms was revoked. He fled during proceedings, prompting a search and further legal action.
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Tulsa
Okla
Glen Martin
Collinsville
Deaperade
Forecasts Put 1936 U S Income Near 60 Billion
Commerce officials project a 1936 national income close to 60 billion dollars with income produced and paid out expected to balance for the first time since 1929. They cite seven months of 1935 figures showing a continued rise from the 1932 low of 39.5 billion and a 1931 peak path toward recovery.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Plane crashes after striking tree killing four burn to death
An amateur pilot failed to see a tree while attempting to land his cabin plane in Phoenix. The crash and fire burned four people beyond recognition and caused a fifth death indirectly when an ambulance hit a car en route to the scene. Identified victims include Phil Torrey the pilot, Steve Lindsay Harold Baker and Dwight Handson.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Rosita Martinez
Phil Torrey
Steve Lindsay
Harold Baker
Ice Company
Dwight Handson
Stinson
Taxicab and private car collide injuring railway clerk
E V Harris Hart a railway mail clerk was in a collision of a taxi and a private automobile at Sixth Avenue and Fillmore Street late Sunday night. He rode in the taxi en route to the Santa Fe station when the accident occurred. The taxi driven by Mark Bailey and the other car driven by Wilson Hicks collided. passengers included Jack Parsons and Joe Prichard of Canyon. Harris was confined to his home at 403 Mississippi Street.
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Harris
Mississippi Street
City leaders return from fishing trip
Mayor Ross D. Rogers and City Manager H. R. Smith came home from Colorado where they had been fishing. Rogers returned to the Panhandle Outdoor Sign Company office this morning, while Smith went to Temple. Mrs. Smith has been in Temple for several days and is to undergo an operation tomorrow.
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Ross D. Rogers
H. R. Smith
Colorado
Mr. Rogers
Panhandle Outdoor Sign Company
Mr. Smith
Temple
Mrs Mary Tom Moreman Returns To Tax Office
Mrs Mary Tom Moreman of 1500 Polk Street resumes work at the Potter County tax office after two weeks vacation spent visiting relatives in Oklahoma and time at home.
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Mary Tom Moreman
Polk Street
Potter County
Oklahoma
Ickes Defends Unfair Political Reasons Claim
Secretary Ickes, praising tributes to fairness, commented on the arrest last week in Wo burn Massachusetts of his foster son Robert Ickes on a charge of driving while intoxicated. A complaint was issued Tuesday, but the youth was not detained. A hearing was set for August 19 as Ickes noted the law allows holding the offender and vehicle in such cases.
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R. T
Chamber of Commerce
Perryton
Ochiltree County
Ochiltree State Lake
Hemphill County
Amarillo
Washington
Ickes
The
Star
Woburn
Mass
Robert Ickes
KGNC Radio Schedule Highlights Airing Daily
Radio listings show KGNC programming from Monday to Tuesday with time slots for music genres, talk, news, sports, and special features. Notable items include Organ Reveries with John and Josey, Panhandle Cowboy, The Flying Dutchman, and Texas Rangers reports across daytime and evening blocks.
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John
Josey
Sky Pilot
Benny Goodman
Francis Nevins
James Landry
Ted Pio Rito
U. P. News
Ma Perkins
Texas Rangers & Grain Reports
Andy Kirk
Caron Robinson
Buckaroos
The
Flying Dutchman
Artie Bleyer
Grain & Livestock Reports
Philco Party
Betty
Bob
John Josey
Louis Irwin
J Robertson & Company Accountants and Advisors
J Robertson and Company provides accounting audit tax and consulting services with office at Oliver Eakle Building and phone contact 2 2038 for business clients and individuals seeking financial guidance.
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Oliver Eakle Bidg
Dog Days Are Here- Beware of Biliousness
In hot weather digestion slows causing souring gas belching heartburn and irritability. Biliousness torpid liver symptoms include headache nausea dizziness coated tongue and sluggish bowels. Take Calotabs the improved calomel tablets for prompt relief. Tria! package ten cents family pkg twenty five cents at drug stores.
Mrs. Ella S Simington Dies at 69 in AmArillo
Mrs Ella Ross Simington 69 died today at 12 40 AM in a local hospital. Widow of T F Simington she is survived by daughter Mrs J Sam Orr. Funeral at 10 AM tomorrow at the Orr residence 2422 Hayden Street with Dr R Thomson officiating. Pallbearers named A H Willborn Dr A J Streit J W Clifton Herbert Foster Roscoe Neely John McKnight. She had lived in Amarillo two years after returning from California for health.
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Ella Ross Simington
J. W. Clifton
Herbert Foster
Roscoe Neely
John McKnight
Simington
Amarillo
California
Mrs Stalcup and Miss Schaper Return From Colorado
Mrs. John A. Stalcup and her sister Miss Mamie Schaper of Waco have returned from Colorado where they visited Boulder and Manitou. Miss Schaper will visit in the city for a time.
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Colorado
John A. Stalcup
Hughes Street
Mamie Schaper
Waco
Boulder
Manitou
Miss Schaper
Hearing on removal of Hamilton accused of fraud
A federal court in Fort Worth began a second hearing on the removal of John F. Hamilton to St. Louis on charges he was part of an Arkansas based ring issuing fraudulent medical and chiropractic licenses. U S district attorney Alex Mood leads the case while evidence includes signatures by O C Willard and interviews with Hamilton.
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John F. Hamilton
Fort Worth
St. Louis
Hamilton
Arkansas
James C. Wilson
Alex Mood
U. S
W. D. Smiley
First National Bank
O. C. H. Willard
Three Negroes Questioned in Trammell Case
Chicago police questioned three suspects in the killing of Mrs. Mary Louise Trammell found beaten to death in a South Side hotel. The detainees include Myrtle Hynes, 55, Mrs. A L Martin, 30, and Claude P Davis, 18, with Davis employed as a hotel bell boy.
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Chicago
Mary Louise Trammell
Near South Side
Myrtle Hynes
A. L. Martin
Claude P. Davis
Davis
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Dodsonville Down
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Hutihdy
Ochiltree State
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White Sulphur Springs
Emil Ludwig
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Uncle Sam
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England
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Alston B. Parker
Alifred E. Smith
Alf Landon
Cleveland
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Panama Canal
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Aroostock County
America
Kansas
Eugene Weiner, Jr
Los Angeles
New York
Dave Dawn
Associated Press
U. S. Navy
United States Navy
William H. Standley
White House
Secretary of the Navy
Swanson
King Edward's Prize Gardens
Menasha
Wis
Thuringian Mountains
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E. V. Harris Hart
Peppery
Sunnyside Gardens
New York City
Pepper
Toni Maxwell
KGNC
Richard Ward
Dude Vance
J. ¥. Robertson & Company
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Trammell
A. J. White
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