Davis Will Consider Ability Over Color For Jobs
New York August 20 John W Davis Democratic candidate for president said in a letter that in filling national posts he will consider only the applicant’s ability and fitness He responded to Eugene McIntosh who pressed on whether being colored would bar presidential appointments Davis stated his acceptance speech meant exactly that no standard of religious faith or racial origin would be used as a qualification for any office
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New York
John W. Davis
Eugene Meintoch
Bronx Colored Voters’ Democratic Progresve Association
MclIntosh
Davis
National Democratic Party
Police Seek Lubbock Car Theft Suspects in Amarillo
Chief of Police Clark Cain reported Amarillo search underway for a Ford coupe stolen from Lubbock at midnight by two unidentified men. Sheriff Bud Johnson said the vehicle was expected to be located in Amarillo by this afternoon, with no trace found by 5 o clock.
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Clark Cain
Amarillo
Lubbock
Bud Johnson
Cain
Fred Donaldson Drowns At Post City Tex In Fatal Incident
Jay Donaldson, a worker in a bag fare room, was killed after an incident at Fort Worth and Lyon. His brother Fred Donaldson of Post City was reported drowned in Post City Texas on Tuesday afternoon as efforts to locate Jay failed. Police reports confirm the event and ongoing search.
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Fred Donaldson
Post City
Jay Donaldson
Fort Worth
Lyer
Fred Donaldon
Tex
Jay
W. T. Donaldson
Railroad News and Folks by John Moore
One of the most winsome clerical experts in the superintendent's office wears a sparkler signaling an approaching event. Eva Bong returns to stenography duties after a recreation break. F A Donnell and family vacation to Denver and Colorado Springs. C C Blair fills the vacancy. J C Wilkison resigns. vacancy filled by seniority. F H Morgan transfer to Amarillo for a local run. Desdemona Norvell named mail clerk in Mackie's office. Gayla Southard moves to the audit office. J D Tinsley and brother attend a family reunion in Orange, Virginia. Forty car peaches from Quinlan orchard begin shipment Tuesday.
Farley To Wrestle Jensen In Amarillo If Possible
Homer Baker, manager of Thor Jensen, says Farley will wrestle Jensen only in Amarillo. Farley, welterweight champ and Hereford businessman, has cold feet and has been offered everything except a mortgage on the town. Baker plans one more trip to Amarillo to push the match.
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Cal Farley
Homer Baker
Thor Jensen
Farley
Baker
Hereford
Jensen
Amarillo
Beau Brummell McCoy Faces Murder Trial
Los Angeles August 21 Beau Brummell known as the Kid Me Coy twenty years ago joined a crowd in a county jail awaiting trial on indictments charging murder robbery and assault with intent murder. Nine teen witnesses told the grand jury how Theresa Mors was found shot in her apartment and how Brummell led a raid on the Mors antique shop wounding several. District Attorney Asa Weyes said trial would occur within four months with the defense exploring insanity pleas amid prison ravings the police deem spurious.
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Los Angeles
Kid Me Coy
Beau Brummell
Jodas
Theresa Mors
McCoy
Mors
Fashionabe West Lake
Asa Weyes
Anc
McCoys
Polic
Gin fund stalls at 150 short of 2500 site purchase
A Dallas gin man, George A. Beck, has yet to arrive to start construction of a modern cotton gin site in this city. With 150 needed to complete the 2500 fund, no progress has been made while Beck is detained, and efforts continue to raise the amount so he can inspect equipment and begin erection. Dusty, Silverton, and visitors from Groom were noted in town yesterday.
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George A. Beck
Dallas
Beck
Mr. Beck
East Side News Social Roundup and Local Travel
The Rev John Carney and Mr Carney of Fort Worth Baptist missionaries visit the Sides at Heaver Heights and Rev Carney preaches at Tabernacle Baptist tonight. Local residents plan moves and visits including Mrs Rogers Howard improving after a week’s illness and several families traveling to See relatives in Hereford Wellington Happy Quanah and Abilene.
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John Carney
Mr. Carney
Fort Worth
W. IT. Sides
Heaver Heights
Rev. Carney
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Santa Fe Grants Liberal Reduced Rates for Fair
Reduced fares from all points on the Santa Fe line in New Mexico to Loving and Guernan and to Waynoka Oklahoma are approved for the Amarillo Tri-State exposition. The traffic department of the Board of City Development reports a fare of one third for travel within 150 miles and one and one fifth for round trips beyond that radius.
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New Mexico
Loving and Guehanan
Oklahoma
Waynoka
Amarillo Tri-State Exposition
Traffic Department
the Board of City Development
Industrial art frames gas industry at AGA meeting
Pred J. Stoddard, an artist, paints vivid scenes of manufactured gas plants. His canvasses show the heat of furnaces and flames in water gas and coal gas operations as part of the American Gas Association event in Atlantic City.
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American Gas Association
Atlantic City
Pred J. Stoddard
Mr. Stoddard
Cotton field impresses visitors near Amarillo
Ted Neely tours Parry Spencer farm east of Amarillo where 20 acres of cotton are thriving with bolls forming. Neely calls the field one of the most wonderful he has seen, noting high yields and lush growth in the area.
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Amarillo
Ted Neely
Parry Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Neely
Millions Spent to Amuse Southern Californians
The Associated Press reports a surge in leisure spending in Southern California. For the year ending June 1924 attendance at theaters and amusements reached 11,145,072 with admissions totaling 8,490,718. the prior year attendance was 10,052,946 with admissions 2,542,044. Total amusement spending climbed to 58,455,0N4b from 28,?S12,745, with theater attendance peaking at 17,900,000 in May 1924 versus 14,941,000 in May 1922.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Southern California
Collector of Internal Revenue
Jude
Railroad Jenin Proves Valuable
Southern Pacific Railroad Company saved 2 531 878 73 last year by accumulating and reclaiming scrap material. Reclamation of material saved 612 959 42 and sales of scrap amounted to 1 918 923 40.
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Jenin
Los Angeles
A. Po
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Gordon Country Club Plans Special Day
The Gordon Country Club near Canyon announces a Sunday special day featuring free Wiener toast and a full program of events. Guests will enjoy hospitality, races, guessing contests, and a showcase of Seattl fondi offerings as part of the day’s lineup.
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Gordon Country Club
Panhandle
Cordon
Canyon
Negro member in South Dakota Odd Fellows lodge noted
A brief report identifies Arnold M Moore as one of a few Black members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge in South Dakota. He joined for insurance benefits and has not actively participated in lodge life. The article notes changes in the order's racial eligibility. A Berlin AP dispatch reports a police decree barring children under three from acting in films, with special permissions required for older children and limits for work before school and after 8 pm.
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A. Boe
Lowx Pall
Arnold M Moore
Moore
Revlin
Berlin
Chief of Police
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Pampa
F. H Morgan
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Superinetenden
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Gayla Southard
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J. D. Tinsley
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Quinlan
Beau Brummel
M’coy
Dusty
Silverton
John Watley
W. O. Watley
Groom
MY Teen
McAfee
Taylor
East Side News
Busy Bee Sewing Club
Wilena Hensley
East Sixth Shive
W. J. Smith
East Fourth Treet
Arthur Street
Ed Morton
Orange Street
Glenwood
Newlin
Mr. Horn
Cherry Street
Quanah
Claude Newon
Film Street
Waa
Abilene
Kinmett
J. A. Morton
Pitih Bireet
Mrs
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Wellington
Lee Miimonsen
Rogers Howard
Roberts Street
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Yomiuri Shimbun
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PDD
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M. M. Beavers
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