Mayor Raps Alvin Owsley for Desertion
Mayor Ernest Thompson spoke in Fort Worth at a Ross Sterling rally with about 4000 in attendance. He criticized Col. Alvin Owsley for deserting the Sterling camp to back Mrs. Ferguson, noting Owsley had claimed Sterling was his first choice previously. Thompson said Owsley previously planned to lead the Dallas North Texas campaign but demanded a large fee, leading to his switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Thompson
Fort Worth
Ross Sterling
Col
Alvin Owsley
Sterling Camp
Ferguson
Owsley
Panhandle
Col. Thompson
Mr. Sterling
Clint Small
Mrs. Ferguson
Sterling
Dallas
North Texas
Ferguson Camp
Paris
Jim
Dayton Mercantile Company
Amarillo to Oklahoma City and Roswell Roads Good
Road conditions report shows U S 81 and U S 66 routes between Amarillo and Oklahoma City and Roswell are listed as good. Travelers can expect smooth passages along these segments with improving highway surfaces and clear driving prospects.
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Amarillo
Port Worth
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Roswell
Ferguson's Attitude and family rebuke letter
Dear Tack, remind readers what Jim called the Democrats when he quit them and organized the American Party. He labeled them jackasses and skunks. Also note his Sherman-based brother's remark that if a man’s own brother won’t support him, who shall. W. J. Davis, Clovis, New Mexico.
Payne confession letters mix love, money and murder plots
A reader argues A D Payne planned to kill his wife for insurance money while keeping a mistress. The writer disputes Payne’s alleged insanity, claims his motive was financial, and describes intricate alibi failures and the impact on the family. (See Tack Letters Page 15)
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Payne
Tack
A. D. Payne
Ruga
Mrs. Payne
Cap
Letters on Payne murder case stir debate on execution
Readers flood the editor with 26 to 30 sympathizing letters about A D Payne and his alleged confession. Some defend death for the crime while others urge sparing his life for his children, defense, and humanitarian considerations. The editor notes mixed views, cites financial and societal pressures, and contrasts wildly divergent opinions on punishment and mental state.
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Payne
Rites Not Arranged for Mrs. Trolinger
Funeral arrangements for 77 year old Mrs. Thursey Josephine Trolinger are not yet completed. She died at her Amarillo home Sunday after a brief illness. Survived by five sons, four daughters, and three step-daughters with many in Amarillo, Fort Worth, Tampa, Houston, and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thursey
Josephine Trolinger
West Eighth Avenue
Boxwell
Trolinger
A. M. Trolinger
Amarillo
First Christian Church
Plains Building and Loan Association
Killough and Davies Company
J. F. Trelinger
T. C. Trelinger
San Bernardino
C. H. Moore
Houston
W. 5. Glenn
Tampa
Fla
BE. R. Nelson
Fort Worth
Mies Carrie Trelinger
J. W. Britt
Julia Taylor
Chattanooga
Pilling Stations Enjoined On Oil Sales
Permanent injunctions were granted today to the Quaker State agency against two Amarillo filling stations charged with selling lubricating oils labeled as State TM from other companies.
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Quaker State
Amarillo
State
Air Deaths From Texas Flight Crashes Reported
A string of aviation accidents near Van Ormy Wichita Falls Grand Saline and Big Spring Texas left several dead and injured. Walker a prominent Wichita Falls pilot and Leo Voss a student flier died in a collision near Van Ormy. Kuteman died later at Dallas after an air circus crash at Grand Saline. John Blaine and Mrs. Mary Bryne were seriously injured two miles west of Big Spring on a pleasure flight. Blaine a former Big Spring airport manager.
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San Antonio
van Ormy
Walker
Leo
Voss
Wichita Falls
Jewell Phillips
Kuteman
Dallas
Grand Saline
Polk Dickerson
John Blaine
Mary Bryne
Big Spring
Blaine
Bryne
Works from Amarillo remembered in wartime report
The piece recounts Maurice M. Works, a 1911 Amarillo native and Texas A. and M. graduate, who became a military flyer. It notes preparations to embalm and ship his body from Hawaii, with transit to Amarillo expected around early September, and lists surviving family members in Arkansas and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
San Francisco
Amarillo
Chicago Daily News editor questioned over forged check case
John Craig city editor was questioned about a $50 check signed by him payable to cash found in the Zuta papers. Craig said Zuta offered to cash it at the Liberty Inn and later tore it up, after which he paid Zuta $50 in cash.
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Zuta-Freeman
Joseph W. Schulman
Municipal
Emanuel Eller
Richard J. Williams
George van Lent
Louis I. Fisher
John Craig
Chicago Daily News
Zuta
Craig
Liberty Inn
Ashaldn Avenue
West Madison Street
Derby Dances and Banquet at Crystal Ball Room
Derby events unfold at the Crystal Ball Room of the Herring Hotel with Business and Professional Women handling entrant registration and transport from the field. The Tri-State Fair offers parking for 6,000 cars and grandstand for 1,250, charging 26 cents per car and 25 cents per grandstand seat during two days of plane demonstrations and a 9 pm aerial wedding 3,000 feet up.
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Herring Hotel
Neal Hall
Toney Chisum
Earl Fuqua
Wales
Madden
Amarillo
Sara Title to Two Lots in City
San Jacinto Baptist Chapel has obtained a clear title to four lots in San Jacinto addition by the district court judgment of Judge W E Gee. The titles were disputed by the Southwestern Union Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists according to the records.
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San Jacinto
Sterling rally interruption as a punch halts heckling
In Fort Worth a Ross Sterling rally at Capps Park was interrupted when a man struck a heckler. Senator Walter Woodward and others spoke for Sterling as crowd reactions included taunts about pardons. Multiple speakers announced future appearances across Amarillo and the Panhandle, while observers predicted record absentee voting and a 900,000 vote turnout.
Rosy windows for a tenant’s care in despair
A poem about a landlord neglecting repairs while lace curtains hint at possible beauty. the speaker urges hope and action to transform a bleak dwelling into one showing tenants’ care, planting faith to brighten through effort.
Market summary of Chicago Kansas City and Fort Worth livestock
Chicago markets report hogs unevenly 106 to 115 and cattle and sheep showing varied highs with top hog price 11.15 and steer 600 to 900 pounds at 9.76 to 11.60. Kansas City hogs up 20 to 25 cents with top 10.80 and cattle steady to higher. Fort Worth hogs 9.05 top, cattle 3,400 with slaughter cattle weak to steady and calves sluggish.
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Chicago
Jno
F. Clark, Brokerage Co
Brunewick, Balke Collender
Public Service of Navy
Ony
Bulova Watebucyrus
Keith Orpheun
Republic Iron & Ster
Baty
al Celotex Company
Reynolds Tobacco
Checker Cab
Sebulte
Bs Rye
Chesapeake Corp
Sears Roebuck
HEA Simmons Company
Northwestern
Southern California
CM & St
Cri&ap
Stone & Webster
Tay Lord- Chryler Corp
Studebaker
Coen Coln le
Columbia Gas
Timken Roller Bears
Columbia Grapho
Union Pacific
United Aircraft & 7
Aeport
Commonwealth & Southern
United Cigar Stores
Congoleum Nairn United Corporation
Au Consolidated Film Ind
United Fruit
Consolidated Gaa
Union Gas
Bay Continental Baking
Alcoho
Continental Motors
USA & Foundry
Coty, Inc
US Steel
Crucible Steel
Universal Tipe & Rad
Vanadium Corp
A Warren Broa Co
Cuba Company
Cuban American Sugaree
Western Maryland RR
Davison Chemical
Ai Western Union
Delaware & Hudson Co
Westinghouse Air Brakes
Fish Rubber
Atlantic Refg
Foster Pencaiee Inc
Nefx
Wignes Gillette Razor Toy Mmn
International P Ue Ist
Gold Dust Ridden Co
Ation
Ontana O & RK Stest
Goodrich
Mid-Continent
Goodyear T & R Gotham
Graham Paice
Granby
Panhandle
Great Northern Railway
Phillips
Great, Western Sugar
Pierce Oil
Pierce Pet
Grigsby Grunow
Hahn Dept Stores
Prairie OO & G
Hudson Motors
Prairie Pipe
Kerrs
Ilnois Central RR
Interboro Rail Trans
Cal
International Harvester
Reiter-Foster
International Nickel
Ay Johns Manville
Royal Dutch
Kansas City Southern RR
Salter
Kelvinator Corporation
Simms
Kolster Radio
Lincl
Lorillard Tobacco
Tide Water Ara
Louisville Gas & Electric
Union of Calif
Ludium Steel
Vacuum
Mack Trucks
Bot Warner-Qhinian
Mathieson
Montennen Ward
Ay Array Corporation
National Aviation Am
Bly National Biscuit Company
New York Central RR
NY NH & H_RR
Oliver Farm
Pathe Exchange
JCG Penney Co
Pennsylvania
Pillsbury Flour Mil Am
Associated Press
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Department of Agriculture
New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Snapshot
Liverpool cotton prices fall and rise with American sales and futures steady. New Orleans and New York sessions show early rallies, then profit taking as weather and hedge selling influence values. Daily notes include produce, butter and eggs, poultry, and a NY stock letter highlighting modest gains and renewed call money at 2¼ percent.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
New York
Hear
Allied Chemical
Case
Worthington Pump
Fox
Eastman Kodak
American ‘Tobacco
National Biscuit
Coca Cola
Loews
Vanadium
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E. C. Thompson
Frank Barden
The
United Press
Stinnett
Parno
Cent
News-Globe
Miss Howell
Miss Collins
Here
Phoenix
Wragge's Park
Canyon Highway
John Arnot
T. S
Langhorne
Texas
Ma Ferguson
Andra Ferguson
Jim Ferguson
United States
England
Ard
Sam Turner
Collingsworth
Wheeler
J. G. Christy
Pampa
Mr. Christy
Edwin Ramey
Dimmitt
Ed Rea
Bushland
Mr. Rea
Old Tack
Claude Road
Maurice M. Works
Hillsboro
Texas A. and
M. College
Kemp Dam
Kelly Field
Works
Lake Michigan
Ed Davis
Littletaoiununu
Little Rock
Ark
Joe Mickle
Japan
Wakefield Nicklaus
W. W. Gibson
Lad Fountain P. Works, Jr
DERBY
Derstood
Capps Park
Walter Woodward
Lloyd Price
Ernest C. Thompson
Huntsville
Woodward
Austin
Clint C. Small
Miller
Waco
James Young
Texas Election Bureau
Pebe K. Warner
WDAG
Tigers
Herbert
Gerald Walker
Evansville
Susi Toms
Edgar A. Guest
Steinway Standard
J. W. Jenkins Sons’ Music
of Texas, Inc
Southwest
Strick
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Comwellha
Superpower
Reed Gas
Elec
Canadian Marconi
Detroit
Durant Motors
Fokker Aircraft
Tay
Ford Motor Ltd
Ford
Clarke
Allegheny Corporetaions
Allis Chalmers
American & Foreign Power
American Canoe
Amer
Auburn
Aviation
Baltimore
Onis
Seve
Nethlehem Steel
Nor’s Administration
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