Girl Testimony Opens Assault Trial For Willis Roberts
A 12 year old girl testified in district court today in the assault case against Willis Roberts, a local barber. She described the incident at a camp ground on Armistice Day in the Panhandle highway area. The state rested after her testimony as Roberts’s defense witness claimed he was with Roberts all day and saw no accuser. The DA floated a possible surprise as four other men face similar charges. The crowded courtroom reflected public interest.
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Willis Roberts
Panhandle High- Qway
Roberts
Edw. W. Thomerson
Relief Group Feeds Many in November
The Relief Work Organization based at 1005 Buchanan reports feeding and clothing 28 families totaling over 148 people in November under F. P. Hale. The group says they seek those in need who won’t ask for help. A Sunday School formed with 65 pupils, five more in progress with other churches. Local bakeries and stores, including Amarillo Baking, A-Loaf, Montgomery Ward, Sears, Levine's, J. C. Penney, and others contributed bread clothing and groceries.
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Relief Work Organization
Buchanan
F. P. Hale
Lale
Amarillo Baking Company
A-Loaf
Mary Lee and Mann _ bakeries
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sears Roebuck
Levine’s
J. C. Penney
Schulte United
Grand Silver
Adams Dry Goods Company
J. M. Wiley
Central
City Session Likely Canceled Tonight Says City Manager
City manager Billham said mayor Colonel Ernest Thompson was away and likely unavailable Tuesday. Durham noted no business or bids were scheduled and no petitions had been filed since the last meeting, making a Tuesday night session unlikely.
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Billham
Durham
Ernest ‘. Thompson
Aged Dentist Praises Women as Patients
Dr. George B. Clement of Meridian Mississippi with fifty years in practice says women are the best dental patients. He notes they complain less about pain or imagined ailments and they seek to preserve their teeth mainly to look pretty and to maintain dental health.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
George B. Clement
Meridian
Miss
Clement
Lawyers, labor, and strikes hit Britain and Winnipeg
The piece argues cabinet independence from organizations, cites English punishment for garroters, questions science authority on Einstein, then warns of a looming British coal strike. It notes miners seek a 7.5 day week, railways may strike, and warns on overreliance on rights in emergencies.
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Britain
MacDonald
Great Britain
Hole digging for city trees progressing Amarillo
Work of digging 10 000 tree holes in city section park to provide employment for needy families began Monday and is progressing satisfactorily at city hall. About 3000 men reported. some quit after a day while others returned with foremen supervising the project and applicants were asked for credentials to prevent booms of floaters.
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City Section Park
Amarillo
Severs
City Forester
Youth Shot by Accident Improves at St Anthony’s
Walter McGowan 18, of Claude area, was shot Monday night by taking a rifle from a truck at his home nine miles southwest of Claude. A 22 calibre slug lodged in his left side. the bullet was removed at St. Anthony’s hospital where he shows good recovery prospects. His mother, recovering from an operation last week, is also a patient there. His father H B McGowan returned to Claude after visiting the bedside and learned of the accident before the ambulance arrived.
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Claude
Walter McGowan
H. B. McGowan
St. Anthony's Hospital
Young McGowan
Man 69 Found Dead In Bed At Daughter Home
Thomas Pittman aged 69, recently moved from Joplin Missouri, was found dead in bed at his daughter Rose Stanton's home at West First Avenue. Widowed Mrs Pittman is critically ill, and the daughter injured in a car crash earlier in the week. Pittman and family had moved in for care as his health declined. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Blackburn funeral home with Rev S Riley Brannon. interment Llano Cemetery.
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Thomas Pittman
Joplin
Rose Stanton
Arthur Stanton
West First Avenue
Mr. Pittman
Fourth Avenue
Madison Street
Pittman
Piqua
Ohio
Willie Stanton
Phoenix
Arizona
Blackburn Funeral
S. Riley Brannon
Adkisson Memorial Church
Llano Cemetery
Aviatrix's Narrow Escape Lands in Andros Island
An aviatrix recounts a perilous Gulf trip ending in Kemps Bay on Andros Island after a forced landing on a rocky beach. She walked 16 miles through rough terrain to reach the first telegraph station, feet blistered and exhausted, sending a wireless telegram from Nassau to Miami and on to Havana via cable.
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Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Florida
Kemps Bay
Andros Island
O. K
Aviatrix
Nassau
Miami
Associated Press Bureau
Havana
Mother of Flea Awaits Her Return
The courageous mother of a flying daughter waited four days for news from the Bahamas. Mrs. E M L Beveridge, mother of Mrs. J M Keith Miller, received a message: Safe. Notify friends. Love. Jessie. She sent a cable: Delighted to hear of your safety. Come back soon. The daughter, Chubbie, was to head to New York then Pittsburgh where the adventure began on November 22.
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Associated Press
New York
Bahamas
E. M. L. Beveridge
J. M. Keith Miller
Jessie
1931 License Tags For Cars Available At Office
New 1931 automobile license tags are now available at the office of J. W. Collins, tax collector. They went on sale Monday to avoid January rush. Headlight certificates must be obtained before licensing, old receipts required, and tags cost the same as last year. Headlight tests offered at many city stations. other tests available with authority from the county treasurer. Poll taxes advised to be paid with auto licenses to save time in January.
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J. W. Collins
Collins
Harrison Street
Plains Chevrolet Company
Walter Irvin, Inc
Cockrell-Lokey
McGee's Garage
McCarty Motor Company
Fred H. Galle
Vanshaw-Bone
Exide
Frost Motor Company
Hotel
International Harvester Company
Monarch Garage
Owen Brothers
E. 8
Local Anesthesia Lecture Aids Pain Free Dentistry
Dr. Wm. M. Bayne of New York City lectured Amarillo dentists on painless operative dentistry using four motion picture reels. The talk, titled The Technique of Local Anesthesia for Painless Operative Dentistry, was held at Hotel Amarillo under the Cook and Walte Laboratories Department of Professional Contact. Bayne stressed that modern local anesthesia enables all dental work without pain, improving conditions for dentists and patients.
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Wm. M. Bayne
New York City
Amarillo
Hotel Amarillo
Department of Professional Contact
Cook and Walte Laboratories
Petition Aims to Widen North Eighth Avenue
Property owners along Eighth Avenue Panhandle Highway from North Fillmore Street to the city limits plan to petition for widening. More than half the required signatures are collected and the petition may be presented to the city commission soon. The current 18 foot width would expand to 32 feet as the Panhandle Highway uses Eighth Avenue as a city entrance.
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Eighth Avenue
Panhandle Highway
North Fillmore Street
City Commission
Amarillo
Zoning Commission Advances City Planning Maps
The city zoning planning commission has received most maps and data from a recent survey. Major Wood’s plans are under review, with sessions held in Amarillo. Petitions to extend white way systems are referred to the zoning and planning board for recommendations before action.
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Zoning and Planning Commission
Major Wood
Amarillo
City Commission
Zoning and Planning Board
Old Timer Plans Slay Norris Reveals Past Plot and Baptism
William Blevins of Fort Worth former liquor dealer leader will speak at the Tabernacle Amarillo about plotting to “put on the spot” Rev J Frank Norris and how Norris later saved and baptized him. He recalls Texas Ranger days and a career span from saloon life to prohibition.
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William Blevins
Fort Worth
Retail Liquor Dealers Association of Texas
Tabernacle
Ninth and
van Buren Streets
Rev
J. Frank Norris
Reverend Norris
Blevins
Amarillo
Plains
Texas
Colorado City
Irish Priests Released Reach Hankow Aboard Gunboat Mantis
Irish priests Father Laf fan and Father Lineham, captured by bandits on April 25, have been released and arrived at Hankow aboard the British gunboat Mantis. Both are in very poor health with dysentery.
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Shanghai
Laffan and
Lineham
Hankow
Demagoguery and unemployment talk in a Hoover era critique
A harsh critique lampoons President Hoover and party dynamics, noting calls for job relief and pressing political fights. It targets Ruth Hanna McCormick, Mabel Willebrandt, and the idea of crime commissions, while contrasting 1928 rhetoric on poverty with 1930 realities of renewed hardship and policy debates.
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Elephantiosis
South
Hoover
Col. Wood
Texas
Capt
Lucy
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ham
Hoover's
Crime Commission
President's Crime Commission
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
California
Valstead
Walstead
Tariff
America
Portales Plans Parade For Santa Visit In Amarillo
Portales New Mexico plans a grand Santa Claus parade in Amarillo on December 11 with floats and many residents joining the Christmas pageant along Polk Street. A Portales Chamber letter to Mason King states the high school band and pep squad will participate and coordinates travel, transportation, and program support with Amarillo Chamber and Tri-State Fair officials.
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Portales
New Mexico
Santa Claus
Amarillo
Polk Street
Mason King
T. B. Lowell
Congress Debates Hoover Relief Plan and Public Works Fund
Senate reads Hoover emergency relief proposal as Senator Glenn introduces a $150 million public works fund to accelerate projects including federal highways. Cable proposes immigration suspension to aid the unemployed. Couzens backs resident labor and high wages for public works. House panel seeks treasury authority to hire outside engineering services and widen bidding.
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Senate
Glenn
Republican
Ilinois
Congress
Cable
Ohio
Couzens
Michigan
House
Elliott
Buildings Committee
Treasury
Policemen Patrol Capitol Grounds
Police armed with shotguns patrolled the Capitol grounds after President Hoover sent his message to Congress for the short session. Capt. Stephen E. Nash ordered the guards to be equipped as a precaution against potential Communist disturbances tied to yesterday’s riot, though most demonstrators had left Washington.
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Capitol Grounds
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Stephen E. Nash
Capitol Guard
Capitol
Prohibition Enemies Plan Caucus To Push Repeal
In Washington the anti prohibition forces in the House announce a caucus to attack the dry laws. They filed two bills seeking a national vote on repealing the eighteenth amendment and others to permit wine and beer. Rep Linthicum leads the effort aiming to start a strong campaign this session with next Congress in mind.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition
House of Representatives
Linthicum Democrat
Maryland
Judiciary Committee
Scouters Meet Tonight at First Baptist Church Basement
Scouters gather for the third meeting of the Scout Leaders Training School held in the church basement. Major talks will be delivered by Sam Sullenberger and Chief Executive Marvin J. Paul.
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Scout Leaders Training
First Baptist Church
Sam Sullenberger
Marvin J. Paul
Road Conditions From Amarillo to Key Cities
Panhandle Auto Club notes road status on U S highways from Amarillo to Oklahoma City Roswell Tucumcari Higgins Clayton Borger Lubbock and to Wichita Falls via U S 370 66 366 60 885 385 roads described as good with paved sections on the Oilfield highway.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Roswell
Tucumcari
Higgins
U. 8
Clayton
N. M
Borger
Lubbock
the Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report Dec 2
Hogs 7,000 steady to 10c lower top 7.90. cattle calves 1,200 mostly steady with better fed yearlings and steers. vealers and feeders in ranges. Sheep 6,000 lambs up 19 to 15c. ewes and feeders mixed. Chicago and Fort Worth markets show similar moves. Cotton, grain, and hogs noted in Chicago and St Louis summaries. New York stock tone firm on steel and copper. Hoover’s message awaited.
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Kansas City
The
Associated Press
Chicago
Fort Worth
East
Louis
ST. Louis
New York
Liverpool
Southern
New Orleans
Shorts
Hoover
Congress
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
The Long Last Lap by Edgar A Guest
A poem recounts a distance runner who stays in sixth or seventh place until the final lap. He accelerates, overtakes rivals, yet a quicker challenger ends the contest. The speaker reflects on restraint, endurance, and the enduring truth that life’s long last lap must be run.
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Earth
Mentodene Promises Fast Relief For Coughs
An early 20th century style ad touts Mentodene as a lightning acting remedy for stubborn hacking coughs, bronchitis, and colds. It claims instant soothing warmth, no harmful drugs, and refunds if not satisfied, urging readers to buy from a local grocer or druggist.
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Jms
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