Potter County Relief Committee Audit Details 1933 Expenditures
A Potter County audit covering December 9 1932 to July 31 1933 shows receipts of 138 140 65 with 120 911 75 distributed and 17 228 90 unspent carried to August 1 1933 for administration. The report lists street cleanups school repairs park improvements and hospital and courthouse work funded by relief funds. It commends citizen cooperation and notes administrative duties assigned to Jed E DeCoster.
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Potter County Board
Otter County
Jed E. DeCoster
Potter County
Potter County Relief Committee
H. V. Robertson
Certified Public Accountant
Amarillo
Potter County Fair
Amarillo Girl Scouts Council
Camp Kiwanis
Courthouse Square
Llano Cemetery
Beery Strands In Amarillo Weather Again
Wallace Beery notes a weather forced stop in Amarillo while en route from Los Angeles to New York on a private plane. He plans a vacation in Europe after leaving New York and then returns to film with Clark Gable Jean Harlow and Greta Garbo in Tugboat Annie which was a big hit with 76000 paid admissions in its first week in Los Angeles.
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Wallace Beery
Amarillo
Wally
Beery
Los Angeles
New York
English Field
Europe
Clark Gabie
Jean Harlow
Greta Garbo
Marie Dressler
Baylor student held in slaying to post bond
Ervin Conway a Baylor University post graduate student charged with slaying his fiancee Elizabeth Hammond was expected to be released on a 10000 dollar bond. County Attorney John E Grace said Conway would furnish it and a writ of habeas corpus was to be withdrawn. He may waive an examining trial and plead to the county grand jury next session in November. Conway said he and the Baylor coed were robbed and shot by highway attackers and Rangers noted new evidence from an autopsy.
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Franklin
Tex
Ervin Conway
Baylor University
Elizabeth Hammond
John E. Grace
Conway
Grace
Baylor
Railroad Rounds and Rumblings by John Moore
A columnist laments community burden sharing. The piece voices frustration with coworkers who avoid effort while others shoulder excess work. The tone urges equal contribution and criticizes the habit of shifting tasks to one side.
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John Moore
Conquering Contract in No Trump Bidding Strategy
This piece analyzes when a no trump opening is wise, stressing long suit control, timing, and avoiding dangerous reversals. It details hand patterns, partner signals, and step by step bids from one no trump to three no trump, including responses from partners and slam risks.
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Public Ledger
Santa Fe Officials and Staff On Line Trips and Rest Breaks
J W Mode, Denver superintendent, travels between Childress and Pampa to promote progress. J B Briscoe, Santa Fe superintendent, leaves for Waynoka to conduct company business and plans stops on return to Amarillo. R W Prentice, Santa Fe train master, visits points between Amarillo and Canadian using local freight trains. C Bair, Santa Fe dispatcher, is ill and relief dispatcher George Tower fills the vacancy. Nathan Sparks returns to lead fast freight runs after hospital stay in Topeka. Rey Work, trainsmaster aide, improves but remains in Topeka hospital. Dr Redding resumes regular run on the Etter Shattuck local freight.
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J. B. Briscoe
Santa Fe
Waynoka
Amarillo
R. W. Prentice
Canadian
Nathan Sparks
Company
Topeka
Rey Work
Santa Fe Trainsmaster
Dr. Redding
Etter-Shattuck
Simply Worn Out Women Use Pinkham’s Tonic
A persuasive advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound renews strength for women exhausted by household duties. It asserts 98 of 100 women report benefiting and urges buying a bottle from a local druggist to see results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Freight and ballot box notes and railroad rate petitions
The report mentions a return to fast freight service by a conductor and notes the Britt Sheet Metal Company delivering 80 metal ballot boxes to Potter County for upcoming votes. It also covers the Texas Louisiana Traffic Bureau seeking 3.2 beer rates after legalization, a complaint by J C Penney with the ICC over unequal cotton goods rates, and a poem about advertising by locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britt Sheet Metal Company
Amarillo
Potter County
Frosty Hamrick
Texas-Louisiana Traffic Bureau
Railroad Commission
Texas
Nesting Jaybird Delays Fast Freight Between Depots
In North Arkansas a jaybird built a nest in a caboose roof, laid eggs, and hatched six young while a fast freight train moved between dilapidated depots about 30 miles apart. Moffett left for Los Angeles to be with their critically ill mother. Mrs. Paul, wife of the Amarillo Area Boy Scouts scout executive, recently returned from Los Angeles with her sisters.
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Arkansas
Moffett
Los Angeles
Paul
Amarillo Area
Boy Scouts
Mrs Paul Sisters Leave For Bedside Of Mother
Mrs. Marvin J. Paul and her sisters Miss Gayle Paul and Miss Caroline Paul depart to be with their mother at her bedside, according to family notices.
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Mrs. Paul
Marvin J. Paul
Misses Gayle
Caroline
Wayside to Host Annual Picnic and Free Barbecue
Wayside will stage its eighth annual picnic and free barbecue on Friday with entertainment a Claude versus Tulla ball game and public discussions by notable speakers. A motorcade to Palo Duro Canyon will depart after the speeches at 2 PM.
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Veide
West Texas
W. D. McGehee
Claude
Tulla
Palo Duro Canyon
Blueberry Crop on Jackpine Plains Nears Total Failure
Northern Michigan faces a near wipeout of the blue gold harvest as the blueberry crop on the Jackpine Plains suffers an almost complete failure this year. Local growers warn of blackened berries and reduced yields impacting markets and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
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Austin
State Commission
M.P.R
Mayo & Carroll
Massie
Roosevelt
Hyde
Washington
Anna Dall
Sistie
George
Sims
Colorado
Glenwood Springs, Col
Glenwood Springs
K. A. Lucas, Maonager
Cou
J. W. Mode
Denver
Childress
Pampa
Co. C. Bair
George Tower
Neer
Amarillo Gold Mining CO
Polk St
Ada Ree
Nottingham
Clinton
J.C. Penney, Inc
New York City
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Mexico
Roger Touhy
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
William Hamm, Jr
Gus Schafer
Eddie McFadden
St Paul
Associated Press
St. Regis
Ral Wells
Joan Cromwell
Peachbloom
Helena Ruinstein
Bull Durham Tobacco
Golden Grain
Pinkham
Helena Rubinstein
Helene Rubinstein
Rubinstein
Magnesia Nyal’s
CDRUG
Ountains
Nagai
General Foods
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