Methodist Board Sees Hoover Plan Disappointing on Prohibition
The Methodist Board of Temperance denounces President Hoover's push for state solutions to prohibition, saying it would defeat any congressman who votes to end the Eighteenth Amendment. It praises Charles Curtis as the lone candidate worthy of commendation for honesty amid party divisions.
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Washington
Curtis
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals Today
Hoover
Methodist Board
Charles Curtis
City Equalization Board Finishes Task Except One Meeting
The city's board of equalization has completed the work of adjusting property values for taxation with adjustments nearly finished Wednesday. Sam Seay chairs the board with Ed Green and J Newt Riggs noting a special effort to place all property taxable for city purposes on the 1932 roll. Protest hearings will begin September 6, to be held by Jim Bowen, assessor-collector, for a brief meeting to be called.
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Jim Bowen
Board of Equalization
Sam Seay
Ed Green
J. Newt Riggs
Chamber Finance Group Delays Meeting to Today
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce finance committee, which reviews the chamber accounts, was postponed from yesterday afternoon and will convene this afternoon at 4 o clock in Chamber rooms.
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Amarillo
Funeral Held for John Bailey Here
Funeral services for John R. Bailey a 76 year old retired farmer who died at his home 2116 Buchanan Street were held at the First Christian Church. Rev H A Shaw conducted the service. The body was taken to Canyon for burial in Dreamland Cemetery under Canyon Masonic order N 8. Griggs and Sons were in charge of arrangements. Surviving Mr Bailey are the
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John R. Bailey
Buchanan Street
First Christian Church
H. A. Shaw
Canyon
Dreamland Cemetery
Canyon Masonic Order
Griggs & Sons
Mr. Bailey
Bailey family ties span Amarillo to Chicago obituary
The widow and four sons, W. H. and James S. Bailey of Amarillo and W. E. and E. D. Bailey of Detroit, along with stepson E. H. Robinson of Chicago, are listed in connection with the late Mr. Bailey who had lived in Amarillo for eight years.
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W. H
James S. Bailey
Amarillo
W. E
E. D. Bailey
Detroit
E. H. Robinson
Chicago
Bailey
Amarillo Graduates in Canyon West Texas Teachers College
Thirty Amarillo residents earned spots in the 1932 Canyon graduation at West Texas State Teachers College. Several became teachers in Amarillo schools. The eight candidates for the first Masters degree include Miss Jonnie Rowan Miss Mable Rowan and Miss Wilhelmina Oberst of Amarillo. Other Amarilloans listed with bachelor degrees include Esther Stewart Bessie Blair Harden Boyles Ola E Boyles and Mrs J R Copeland among others.
Sadler To Present Hot Air Monday
Harley Sadler opens a week long engagement on West Fourth Avenue with the comedy play Hot Air featuring Billy Mack and Sadler as Pop. The show aims to amuse audiences Monday night with a light hearted stage performance from Sadler's company.
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Sadler
Billy Mack
Harley Sadler
West Fourth Avenue
Pop
Local graduates listed by name for June bachelor degrees
The list names Hugh Craig and several Mrs. and Misses among June graduates who earned bachelor degrees. Also noted are Mrs. EB, L. Hunter, and couples W. T. Dungan, Mary J. Mason, Annie L. McDonald, Rosalie Coffee, Edith Mayberry Norman, Margaret Sheers, Dorothy Staley, Irene Cone, and Mrs. F. C. Quarles.
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Hugh Craig
Marjorie Culwell
Mary E. Hanners
Welthon Johnson
Sarah C. Miller
Matalie Myers
Pansy Savage
Florence Snodgrass
Angie W. Sparks
Carrie P. Stevenson
L. Hunter
W. T. Dungan
Mary J. Mason
Annie L. McDonald
Rosalie Coffee
Edith Mayberry Norman
Margaret Sheers
Motorists Ram Hydrants at 18th and Washington
Motorists ram four fire hydrants at Eighteenth Avenue and Washington Street. City engineer E N Stanley weighs rubber plugs or iron guards while noting the intersection stays wide open and a six inch jet once burst water for 45 minutes.
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Eighteenth Avenue
Washington Street
E. N. Stanley
Eddie Lee Leads 10 Piece Orchestra for South’s Top Trumpeters
Eddie Lee, renowned trumpeter, commands a 10 piece orchestra to provide the music as Billie Mack and Ruton's Educated Alley Dogs join the lineup. The excerpt showcases the era’s lively scene of jazz and vaudeville performers highlighted by sharp wit and stage presence.
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Eddie Lee
Billie Mack
Ruton
Harlem Sadler act to run a week with eight thirty start
In Dallas on August 25 Roosevelt Buchanan, a Black man, was convicted of murder and given life in prison for shooting Rot Brock, a 60 year old recluse, at his Trinity River fishing camp on August 5. State says robbery was the motive. The text notes a Harley Sadler show schedule and Vienna metric system anniversary.
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Cleveland
Russell Boardman
Springfield
Mass
Boardman
Lowell Bayles
Detroit
Dallas
Roosevelt Buchanan
Rot Brock
Bank of the Trinity
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Segal
Razor
KOTEX
TRUSS
Helena Rubinstein
Lending Library
Lucky Tiger
Paris
Coty
Arabian Tissue Builder
Kolynos
CDRUG
Goodyear
N.B.C
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Goodyear Speedway
Plymouth
Beick Dodge Nash
Ford
Chevrolet
Chrysler Dodge
Essex Nash
My Sian
Red Network
WEAF
Associated Stations
Adkisson & Gunn Tire CO
Frank Adkisson
Bill Gunn
Pampa
Borger
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