Old Settlers Day events planned for Amarillo fair week
The Panhandle notices outline an Old Settlers gathering at the Tri State Fair in Amarillo September 14 21 with Floyd V Studer as secretary treasurer. John Isaacs of Canadian is president with four vice presidents named, and special entertainment and speakers will be arranged.
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Amarillo
Floyd V. Studer
Old Settlers Association
Bluder Save
John Issacs
Canadian Ts
Association
W .H. Fuqua
Milo W. Olaughlin
Miami
Henry Braver
Pampa
Thomas Turner
Charles J .F. Lowndes
Aspcration
Mr. Studer
Wilbur Hawk
War Department
Marvin Jones
Washington
Hawk
News-Globe
Great
United States Marine Band
United States
National Broadcasting Company
Radio Schedule Frigate KGNC Friday Into Weekend Blast
On KGNC a dense Friday night line up lists programs from 4:06 to 11:00 PM including Lifebuoy, The Three Se Girls, Austin Moyers with Violin, Confederacy Program, Sports Review, Tommy McLaughlin, Baseball Broadcast, Ros es of Picardy, Royal Pig Program, Salon Musicale, HillBilly Banks, Sonny Southeschestra, United Press News, World Revue, and Texas Teague Final. Saturday morning continues with The Sky Pilot, Farm Hour, Grain Markets, and more, shaping a full broadcast slate through early afternoon.
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Blue Ridge Rob
Austin Moyers
Confederacy Progr
Sports Review
Tommy McLaughlin
Broakra
Roses of
Picardy
Salon Musicale
Hill Billy Banks
Sonny Southeschestra
The
Nat
World Revue
WRS
Texas Teague
Micra News
Ben Armsong
WBS
United Press News
Jane Walker
Kanis City
Chick Collin
Death of Will Rogers Sparks Critique of Wiley Post
In a Del Rio Texas News clipping from August 19 1935 the front page under Prickly Pear condemns Will Rogers praise and belittles aviator Wiley Post noting only a fleeting interest in his death and accusing the paper of slander. The writer Fred Mozart of Roswell New Mexico urges improvement and criticizes the article.
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Denar
del Rio Texas News
Prickly Pear
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Great Old Zone
Star State
Fred Mozart
Roswell
New Mexico
Amarillo Visions of Clean Up and Confederate Visitor Comments
A traveling reader describes downtown Amarillo after depot arrival, criticizing local doorways and a Confederate Veterans reunion. The letter rails against federal game rules limiting dove hunting, notes bar scenes, Labor Day journal praise, baseball debates, and a mention of Will Rogers and a physician’s lip injury.
Massive Midwestern Rail Merger Urged
The preferred stockholders' protective committee of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific proposes consolidating three major lines the Rock Island the St Louis San Francisco and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois to form a system of about 15000 miles with access to Gulf ports and Gulfport Pensacola and connections at Mobile New Orleans and other key centers.
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Chicago
U.P
Preferred Stockholders’ Protective Committee
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Rock Island
St. Louis- San Francisco Railway Company
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company
Middle-West
Gulf Ports
Galveston
Pensacola
Mobile
New Orleans
War Material Supply for Italy and Ethiopia
The article discusses vital war materials such as arms, ammunition, cotton, copper, nickel, steel and chemicals. It argues that a steady supply would sustain Italy's munitions factories, while Ethiopia would be left hopeless without access to these essential resources.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Chinese Citizens Held by U S Consulate Released
The United States consulate yesterday released two men after consular officials, who interviewed them and checked their papers, determined they were American citizens. The men were not residents of Hankow.
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United States
Fact Nuggets and Oddities From a Wandering Almanac
A mosaic of trivia spans economics, medicine, royal taxes, sports injuries, ancient customs, and notable figures. It notes budget estimates, medical quirks, tobacco use by Rudy Vallee, veto override rates, ear nose throat expertise, royal income taxes, safety in sports, ancient sandal insults, Washington breezes, Harvey the physician, Broadway reach of The Old Maid and Accent on Youth, bee labor, FDR’s slower speech, Eskimo death customs, adult seal terms, Andersen ancestry, Ib abbreviation, Rhodes scholarships, Tokugawa decree, and more.
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United States
National Capital
Washington, D. C
Dieood
William Harvey
Franklin D Roosevelt
Hans Christan
Tokugawa
Eight Pay Fines In Gambling Raid
Eight men pleaded guilty to gaming charges after a downtown hotel raid. They were arraigned by Police Sergeant Elmer C. Green and fined $15 each, then released before noon.
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Corporation Court
Elmer C. Green
Film man seeks talent on world tour in Amarillo
Jacob A. Weiser a Little Theater director from New York representing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer toured Amarillo for a hearing of local stage talent. Scenes from Quo Vadis a Little Theater drama to be staged September 13 were shown to the critic.
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Jacob A. Weiser
New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Amarillo
Allred Calls Legislature to Meet Sept 16
Austin August 30 The 44th legislature is convened by Governor Allred for a special session on September 16 to address liquor regulation. He says it is his duty to carry out the will of the people as announced yesterday.
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Irvin S. Cobb
Will Rogers
Mr Cobb
Rogers
Will Bogers
Austin
Allred
Flood Strikes Leesburg Area Evacuations as Homes Fall
A 24 hour downpour inundated farm lands and city streets while adobe houses crumbled. Mayor J Benson Newell said there was no loss of life but residents fled their homes overnight. The Leesburg Dam threat eased as water receded at dawn and only the east side flooded. Hugh Sawyer and family escaped a collapsing home. district officials described the flood as the worst since 1875. From Willcox Arizona, Aug 30, the fifth victim of the Dragoon bus wreck, Steve Stapleton of Dallas, was found today.
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J. Benson Newell
Leesburg
Fred Brookeson
Hugh Sawyer
Willcox
Ariz
Steve Stapleton
Dallas
Dragoon
Air race aborts takeoff amid fuel trouble
In a half light at 5 18 AM the air race took off but aborted after fuel tank trouble. First to reach the air was Amelia Earhart. In Jennings Louisiana Robert Hooks a 34 year old Dallas businessman was seriously injured when his car overturned in a ditch near Iowa and taken to a Lake Charles hospital while en route home.
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Jennings
Robert Hooks
Dallas
Iowa
Lake Charles
Kansas City Hog and Cattle Auction Report
Kansas City markets show hogs slow and uneven with higher dress prices for some grades and steady to higher for others. Cattle and calves mixed with steady vealers while feed steers hold near recent highs. lambs and sheep show gains in a unsettled session. New Orleans cotton opens irregular with near months up slightly and distant months easing amid narrow post-opening moves.
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P—il
Anne
New Orleans
Der
Alan
March
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