County Officials Question 1934 Property Valuation Plan
Potter County commissioners fear the 1934 valuation setup will reduce real estate values by about 6.44 million dollars while personal property assessments rise by 447,840 dollars. Assessor Houston Taylor reported totals based on 20 percent of actual values, with real estate totals dropping from 33 557 to 27 237 510. Budget approval was postponed to a later commissioners meeting.
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Potter County
County Commissioners Court
Houston Taylor
Taylor
Rainey dies after pneumonia angina shocks nation
Henry T. Rainey speaker of the House died at 7 50 PM after bronchial pneumonia and a fatal angina attack. President Roosevelt mourned a humanitarian leader as Dieterich noted a possible succession by Mrs Rainey. Funeral plans involve cremation and involve Sen Dieterich traveling to Carrollton to meet Mrs Rainey.
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Roosevelt
John N. Garner
William H. Dieterich
Illinois
Democratic Party
Mr. Rainey
Harding
de Paul Hospital
Texas
Senate
House
German Gun Collection Shown At Mission Theater
In conjunction with the film All Quiet on the Western Front the Mission Theater displays German guns rifles shells and other World War I firearms on loan from Hanson Post of the American Legion. All Quiet opens for a three day run tomorrow.
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Mission Theater
Mission
Hanson Post
American Legion
Help Wanted Letter to Tack From Reader
A reader seeks employment assistance through Tack column stating inability to find work. Note mentions submitting letter to Tack and references See TACK LETTERS Page 3 for contact and guidance.
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Tack
Seven Voting Boxes Ordered For Election
Potter County commissioners divide precincts to create seven new voting boxes to balance tabulation load. Precinct 1 courthouse box splits. Precinct 3 gasoline plant area splits into three. Sanford School Sixteenth Avenue Fire Station Wolflin School and Bivins School each split into two. Morris Browning to redraw precinct map. Changes apply to elections after the runoff.
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Potter County Commissioners Court
Sanford
Sixteenth Avenue
Wolflin School
Bivins
Two Jailed Here on Car Theft Charges
Potter County authorities hold Tom Shelton and BE. C. King on automobile theft and burning charges for stealing a 1928 Pontiac from Eighth Avenue and Polk Street in Antarilla and burning it ten miles north of Amarillo. The car belonged to Roy Cox of Amarillo. Both men are jailed.
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Potter County
Tom Shelton
BE. C. King
Antarilla
Roy Cox
Amarillo
Eighth Avenue
Polk Street
Tom Seay
Soviet to Enter League of Nations Next Month
The Soviet government formally notified the League of Nations of its readiness to join the organization next month, according to authoritative sources.
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U.P
League of Nations
Rainey Mourned By Colleagues At Passing
Read remarks from Mrs. Garner and several lawmakers amid Rainey’s death. Burns Farley Campbell Thompson praise his leadership, bipartisanship, and long service. Rainey’s passing leaves a void in Congress during a turbulent era.
Eyes at risk from glare cited by Panhandle meeting
A Panhandle gathering warned glare from sun and reflectivity hurts vision and nerves, urging three levels of protective ophthalmic lenses. Attendees included ophthalmologists and doctors from Lubbock Amarillo Plainview Portales Shamrock Hereford Pampa Clayton Floydada and Dallas.
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Mr. Barstow
Barstow
Panhandle
E. B. Alexander
Duncan
Oklahoma
American Optometric Association
J Cc. Anderson
M. F. Smart
W. A. Pettey
W. W. Christopher
Robert Clinkscales
Lubbock
Wilson Kimble
Floydada
Fred Goss
Plainview
North Panhandle rally for Allred governor in Pampa
Amarillo citizens plan a 6 pm rally beside the Pampa courthouse to back James V Allred. Judge A L Morgan of Amarillo will speak as Otto Studer chairs. Sam Braswell and others from Panhandle towns expected to attend after T Whit Davidson could not attend.
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Amarillo
North Panhandle
Pampa
James V. Allred
A. L. Morgan
T. Whit Davidson
Dallas
Morgan
Panhandle
Otto Studer
Sam Braswell
Clarendon
NRA Steel Labor Board Faces Section 1 A Interpretation
The article notes the new steel labor board under the National Industrial Recovery Act must interpret Section 1 A which guarantees workers the right to collective bargaining. It marks one of the broadest rulings under the New Deal and NRA.
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New Deal
National Industrial Recovery Act
NRA
New Steel Labor Board
Nazi Reichstag Victory Reported In Overnight Balloting
Hitler led the November Reichstag vote with 39 655 224 ballots as 35 major districts produced higher affirmative totals than in November observers note limited public support abroad while the Nazis declare a day of victory with flags unfurled across the Third Reich amid a quiet orderly election.
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Mein Fuehrer
Hitler
Third Reich
Washington social clubs and a canal memory
Raymond Moley and Rexford Tugwell frequent the Cosmos Club at lunch. The piece recalls a joke about Washington clubs and notes Constitution Avenue rising from a former canal scene. Helen Defrees, Navy Yard commandant’s daughter, jokes about storms as she entertains a caller.
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Raymond Moley
Brain Truster
Cosmos Club
Rexford Tugwell
Agriculture
Brain Truster No
Washington
Helen Defrees
Navy Yard
Miss Defrees
Wilson details jurisdiction and murder pact in Debolt case
Wilson, a Tarrant County attorney, outlined steps to confirm county jurisdiction and return him to Fort Worth if possible. He recounted killing Mrs. Debolt after petty quarrels, saying she struck him and he struck her with an iron, then tied a cord, placed her body in a trunk, and transported it to Van Horn where he left it on the desert.
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Tarrant County
Wilson
Fort Worth
el Paso Times
Debolt
Prison Train Reported Near San Antonio Texas
An upcoming transport train to California was reported to carry about 40 federal prisoners and possibly Al Capone among them. Officials in San Antonio declined to confirm Capone’s presence, offering only that passenger lists would come from Washington, with railroad officials noncommittal.
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San Antonio
Tex
al Capone
Southern Pacific
California
Atlanta
Lewisburg
Alcatraz Fortress
San Francisco Bay
Capone
Washington
Huey Long claims destiny to lead revolt and wealth share
The mayor cites Huey Long declaring himself a destined leader who would revolt against current government to share wealth. Walmsley quotes Long urging a strong leader amid farmers protests while Long contemplates an investigation into New Orleans governance and rapid state power through new laws.
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Olson
Walmsley
Long
Minnesota
Louisiana
New “Fuehrer
Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
New Orleans
Snake Handling Sermon Ends With No Ill Effects
A public snake handling episode drew 1,500 people as a preacher used a glass bread box snake, challenging faith healers to expose themselves to the reptile. Rev Kuykendall, Fred Lovelace, and his wife passed the snake to several hands. no one was harmed as a newsreeler interrupted the service demanding dinner.
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H. A. Kuykendall
Church of God
Fred Lovelace
Dotson
Kuykendall
Lovelace
Strike Settlement Reaches Deadlock in Milk War
In Fort Worth on August 20, mediation failed after hours of talks between striking wholesale producers and creameries in a boycott aimed at boosting raw milk prices. Roscoe Mann, the appointed mediator, oversaw the conference. Creameries reportedly held to a flat rate of 2.50 per hundred pounds, despite last week’s 2.13 offer.
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Fort Worth
Roscoe Mann
Morty Milam to be buried after tetanus death
Chelsea Oklahoma reports the burial of Morty Milam age 13 nephew of Will Rogers after funeral services at his grandfather Tom Spadden home. He died in Vinita hospital from tetanus following an arm fracture.
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Chelsea
Okla
Morty Milam
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Tom Spadden
Vinita
Mystery at the Patio A Death Ends a Song Writer’s Club Night
Miss Franklin found her husband Jarnegin dead in a chair with a 38 calibre pistol on a distant chair after a muffled report heard on a flower filled patio. Police report instant death with no spasms and no fingerprints on the weapon as guests deny moving the gun.
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Miss Franklin
Jarnegin
Rain movement expectations raise Panhandle drouth concerns
Mr. Collman notes persistent high and low pressure kept drought conditions in the Southwest for months. Shifts in air currents are now seen moving more quickly and downward, suggesting rain may arrive as cooler upper air meets rising surface air below 20,000 feet.
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Collman
Drouth
Panhandle
Mr. Collman
Weather Still Sizzles Across Oklahoma Panhandle
Temperatures remained high across central and southern Oklahoma with a 106 degree reading in Oklahoma City and 109 in Guthrie. Showers in northern Oklahoma offered relief while lows ranged around 82 in the city and colder in the north. A Beaufort library acquired an old French map of the South Carolina coast.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Woodward
Alva
Elk City
Public
Beaufort
D. C
South Carolina
Internat Nickel
Weeee
Chicago
Kresge
Aumuat
Groe & Wheat
I Loew's, Inc
Dee
Maewete
Nat Distillers
Reao
Ohio
Packard
Raly Penney Cn
Prittipa
Harley
Remington Randoes
Seeane
Reynolds Tobaccs
RAZ Anal mM
Senor
Bas
Bad
Seaboard
Orteeee
Sears Roebuck “ Aa
Sorony- Vaeyoum
Dan
South Pae RR
Caer
Southern Railway
My Lah
N. J. Eeeteee
Stewart-Warner Eee
New York
Jno
F. Clark and Co
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf
Trev
Texas Par Coal & Oil
Timken Ail
Mae
Trans-America
United Corp Sneer Amer Tel & Teleae
United Gas Imp
Amer
Ahs Armour & Co. Om
USB Smelting
Atchison
Fr. Acy
Vu S Steel
Barnsdal
Western Union
Bendix Aviation
Weatinghouse Elec
Ritaby
Bethlehem Steel
Wanes
Woolworth
Borden
Adaual
Humble
Sheewoggers
Penn Road
Brysler
Standard of Indiana
Sesseees
Columb Gas & el Terreayy
Swift & Co. Stenene
del A
du Pont
Kastan Kodak
Blee
Elec
Freeport
Texas Tee
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodrich Peees
Goodyear
Great Northern RR
Great Wert Sugar
Houston Oil
Kansas City Markets Hogs Cattle Sheep Report and New Orleans Cotton
Kansas City hogs total 4 600 with prices 10 to 26 cents higher. cattle 23 000 with strong to 50 cent gains on yearlings and steers. calves and cows mixed amid drought. Sheep 5 000 with native lambs up to 6.35 and Colorado range lambs over 7.00. New Orleans cotton opened steady but rose as October reached 13.15 and December 13.31 amid dry Western weather and short covering.
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Kansas City
D. A
Colorado
New Orleans
Liverpool
Cystex Promises Quick Kidney Relief From Acids
An advertised medical cure claims Cystex starts in 15 minutes to flush acids and wastes from kidneys and bladder. The formula soothes sore membranes and tones the urinary tract, with a money back guarantee if it does not help. It is sold only in druggists and targets thousands of sufferers.
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FILM
Morris Browning
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Farley
Bruce A. Campbell
Illinois Democratic State Committee
Thompson
Congress
City Folk
Allred Rally
Pennsylvania Avenue
Constitution Avenue
Capital
Huey Long
Rogers
Amarillo Observatory
The
Troy
Ponta
Rature
Internat Harvester
Seeeese
State Reform School
Sheriff's Department
Commissioners Court
Potter County Relief Board
J. N
Newt) Riggs
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