Six Hour Day Soon in American Industry Says Ford Official
William J. Cameron of Ford Motor Company, an associate of Henry Ford, said six-hour days will come as work is plentiful and production ample. He argued shorter hours stem from manufacturing improvements, not scarcity, and that social gains grow from economies and innovation. The talk was broadcast by radio.
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Detroit
William J. Cameron
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Mr. Cameron
Ford
Hold Last Rites For J. F. Marrs
John Franklin Marrs 44 died yesterday at his brother W C Marrs home six miles northeast of Amarillo. Funeral to be at Blackburn Shaw at 2 30 p m with Rev Foster officiating. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Eugenia Marrs Amarillo three sisters and brother.
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John Franklin Marrs
Blackburn-Shaw
Mr. Marrs
W. C. Marrs
Amarillo
R. EF. Foster
North Amarillo
O. L. Kuykendall
Roy Kuykendall
L. F E. Bowyer
Memorial Park Cemetery
Eugenia Marrs
Mary Ann Bogart
Tucumcari
N.om
Eva Rice
Drumright
Okla
Elizabeth Foster
Kansas
Pay Last Tribute To Mrs. Eliza Hunt
Funeral rites for Mrs. Eliza Hunt were held at Canyon Methodist Church with Rev. J O Quattlebaum officiating. Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home handled burial at Dreamland Cemetery. Survivors include sons James R. Hunt of Seminole Oklahoma and Frank Hunt of Quail Texas and daughters Oma Dukeman of Amarillo and Mrs Hastings of Canyon.
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Eliza Hunt
Canyon
Canyon Methodist Church
J. O. Quattlebaum
Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home
Dreamland Cemetery
James R. Hunt
Okla
Frank Hunt
Quail
Tex
Daugh Hunt
Train strike kills two public workers in Ponca City
In Ponca City Oklahoma two public works employees J H Van Dorsten 67 and Hubert Asbury 65 were killed when their car was struck by a Santa Fe train at a downtown crossing as they went to work. Van Dorsten's son Joe 24 was injured but released from hospital after four hours.
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Ponca City
Okla
Dee
Public Works
Santa Fe
J. H. van Dorsten
Hubert Asbury
van Dorsten
Joe
Magnolia Institute trains Magnolia key men for auto service
The Magnolia Institute Automotive Engineering and Merchandising School trains selected Magnolia territory drivers in Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana and New Mexico. It uses actual auto parts boards and cut down chassis with moving pictures to teach engine cooling carburetor fuel ignition transmission and differential operation.
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Dallas
Magnolia Institute, Automotive Engineering
The
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Magnolia
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
New Mexico
Magnolia Territory
Fred M. Lege, Jr
Washington Off the Record notes on public life and rumor
Washington gossip and anecdotes flavor a column about politics and society. The piece recalls Alice Longworth’s rumored sale of her Washington home, the Washington Monument’s scaffolding, a ward heeler’s patronage joke, fashion shifts, and Senate clerk Col. Halsey’s meticulous roster as facts mingle with satire.
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Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Washington
Cincinnati
Washington Monument
Capitol
Col
Fd. Halsey
Senate
Ceeesey
Al Smith Named Night Superintendent At Central Park Zoo
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith takes the unpaid post as night superintendent of the new Central Park Zoo. The nine new buildings, costing 411000 dollars, are part of a work relief project driven by Park Commissioner Robert Moses.
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Alfred FE. Smith
Central Park
Robert Moses
Lovejoy Services To Be At Canyon
Last rites for William H. Lovejoy age 76 were to be pronounced at 3 Canyon Methodist Church. Rev J O Quattlebaum officiated with pallbearers Peter Myers Tom Gerald F Gerald L A Pierce George Jones and Newt Hileman. Burial followed at Dreamland Cemetery under Griggs Thomason Funeral Home. Survivors include sons O K Lovejoy Canyon and R B Lovejoy Colorado Texas and daughter Mrs J R Hill Abilene.
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William H. Lovejoy
The
Canyon Methodist Church
J. O. Quattlebaum
Peter Myers
Tom Gerald
F. Gerald
L. A. Pierce
George Jones
Newt Hileman
Dreamland Cemetery
Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home
Mr. Lovejoy
Mileng
N. M
Milens
O. K Lovejoy
Canyon
R. B. Lovejoy
Colorado
Tex
J. R. Hill
Abilene
Early mail to Yale plea aid for Christmas cards
Amarillo post office urged residents to mail greeting cards early to ensure delivery before Christmas. Daily 40 000 to 50 000 cards handled. unsealed cards with simple greetings allowed at one and a half cent stamp. Large mailers may drop cards off anytime for early handling. Sealed local cards two cents, sealed out of town three cents. Arnold Cureton returns to Wichita Falls after holidays with parents at 412 East Fifth Avenue.
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Dilday
Wichita Falls
Arnold Cureton
Mrs
J. H. Cureton
Fast Fifth Avenue
Fear Passengers on Wrecked Ship Lost
Wreckage from the coastal steamer Coramba washed ashore near Melbourne as fears rose for 17 aboard. Two bodies found with lifebelts, part of a storm that caused extensive damage and eight known deaths along the coast.
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Melbourne
Australia
Aged White House Renovation Adds New Penthouse
Washington dispatch reports the century old White House looks new with a penthouse addition and a rebuilt executive wing one third larger than before. President Roosevelt will return from Warm Springs to take possession of the new private office while Mrs Roosevelt oversees mansion changes including a permanent presidential library and relocated social bureau.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Mrs. Roosevelt
Fragmentary description of veranda rooms and offices
A fragment describes an adjacent office of a personal secretary Miss Marguerite Tehand and a long rectangular cabinet room, all opening onto a cotonnaded side veranda.
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Marguerite Tehand
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J. F. Marrs
A. 5
Roach Chiropractor
Chiropractic
Buchanan Street
Amarillo Printing CO
Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver Eakle
Magnolia Institute
Dean J. R. Lanius
Sigrid Arne
Navy Department
Congress
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McKinley
Supreme Court
Ben. J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
J.ham Lewis
Necticut Avenue
Lewis
White House
Secret Service
Velt
Senate Chamber
Halsey
al Smith
New York
Lovejoy
YALE
Louis McHenry Howe
Stephen Earry
Mar
Vin McIntyre
Rudolph Forrester
Oval
Lucen
Walter O'Keefe
Annette Hans Glen Gray
Ted Husing
London
Roscoe Turner
Colonel Turner
Anoete Hanshaw
Hawk Ted Husing
Columbia Network
Glen Gray
Congright
Hernolds Toba Company
Cator
Nunn Electric Company
Polk Street
William R. Ballard
Charles Adams
Baxter Davidson
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