Old Tack Garden contest winners named by Amarillo club
Mrs. Miles Bivins and Mrs. Earl Armstead win first prizes in the Old Tack Garden contest for best back yard gardens used as outdoor living rooms. Judges also award multiple honorable mentions across several addresses in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Bivins
West
Sixteenth Avenue
Earl Armstead
Carolina Street
Amarillo Garden Club
Armstead
Edgar Seeward
West Thirteenth Avenue
Bivins
James
Galerie
Harrison Street
P. J. Wooldridge
Paramount and Local Theaters Show Mixed Silent Era Flair
A theatrical roundup notes Paramount dramas and comedies including We’re in the Money at the Mission with Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. The Nat presents Sonny Southe and his Colonial Orchestra with Wayne King waltzes and Thelma Mitchell. Tarzan returns at the Texas with Herman Brix and a Poe-inspired bill at Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
William Powell
Luise Rainer
Joan Biondell
Glenda Farrell
Rex
di Powelr
Texas
Tarzan
Herman Kris
iNo
Rialto
10Th Avene
Bette Davis
iFor Children
NAT
Sonny Southe
Colonial Orchestra
Thelma Mitchell
Jimmy Eeton
Warner Brothers
Ross Alexander
the Mission
Colonial
Wayne King
King
Maggie
Southe
Washington social lobby shapes policy with food and drink
In a Washington Post style profile the article examines how lunch cocktails dinners and late hours grease access to lawmakers and officials. It notes that many effective lobbyists rely on hospitality and flattery to gain influence in a capital famed for political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wallace
AAA
Lobbyists and Social Power in Washington Circles
A critical look at lobbyists shows they extend political reach through dinners, clubs, and gifts, targeting officials from congress to cabinet. The piece cites funds, events, and social leverage including Roosevelt family access, with names like Ickes, Kremer, and Joe Silverman illustrating the depth of influence peddling in Washington society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roosevelt
United States
New York
Chicago
Arthur Mullen
Burke
Nebraska
New Deal
Ickes
J. Bruce Kremer
Harold
Warm Springs
Ray Baker
The
Mint
White Way Poles Repainted for Reunion in Amarillo
About 1 200 white way lighting poles in Amarillo were repainted aluminum by Southwestern Public Service ahead of the Confederate Veterans reunion. City manager H R Smith called it a major improvement and Charlies Cox led the repaint effort amid favorable reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerilla
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo
H R Smith
Charlies Cox
Abbie
Marylander Wakes Up in Empty Morgue
A Maryland man, W A Nicoll, is described as waking in an empty morgue after a night at a Salisbury hotel. The fragmentary account hints at a social scene involving lobbyists and a critique of naval and military traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicoll
Gold Medal Haarlem Remedy for Kidney and Bladder Trouble
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem capsules as a diuretic and stimulant for weak kidneys and irritated bladder. It claims relief from backaches puffiness and leg cramps and urges readers to obtain the genuine Haarlem product from Holland through a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
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Mission
Edgar Allan Poe
Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Cully and
Claire
Lasses White
Lasses White's Minstrels
Rosalie
Lady In Red
Sweet and Hot Band
Herman Brix
Brix
Mid-Town Playhouse
Waldemar
Denmark
BY Rodney Dutcher
Joe
Army
Merc
Electric Boat Company
Basil Zaharoff
Lee Jahneke
Basil
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
C. Bascom Slemp
Chevy Chase
Burning Tree
Metropolitan
Army and Navy
Shipbuilding Company
Apropos
Geneval McCarl
Dick Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Tracy Place
8FC
Alice Longworth
McIntyre
Steviine J. Joyner
Potomac
Joyner
A. T. Long
Paris
Admiral Hughes
Shipping Board
Hoover
Power Trust
Power Company
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light
Patton
Anaconda Copper Company
Burt Wheeler
Frank Kerr
Montana Power
Kerr
Pil Gadsden
Wheeler
Winnie Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Rayburn
Obie
Sors
Schilling
Pepper Nihe
Coors
Coors Golden
America
Rocky Mountain
Amarillo Stoneware CO
Sixth Street
Plains Distributing Co
Borger, Texas
Panhandle, Tex
WHITE
Salisbury
Navy
Tri-Way Garage
Pierce ST
State Department of Education
Free Text Book Commission
Chidren
State of
Terag
Walter Irwin
W. A. Barlow Riley Strickland
Julius Dorenfield, JR
F. M. Brasley, JR
Chas. A. Fisk
W. B. Futral
E. W. Hardin
Lewis Brothers
Wellington
Chester Hunkapillar
Pampa
Howard Neath
William Fraser
C. H. Walker
R. Earl O'Keefe
Charles H. Robertson
J. W. Mode
P. R. Underwood
R. A. Ford
Hubert G, Cole
Norris Ewing
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