Wage Increases for WPA Workers in Panhandle and West Texas
The Works Progress Administration raises wages in 52 Panhandle and West Texas counties with regional shifts. Common labor moves from 21 to 29 dollars in 32 counties. other counties gain at least 10 percent. Intermediate and professional scales adjust to 35, 40, and 44 dollars in the affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Panhandle
West Texas
Region 2
Works Progress Administration
Washington
Marvin Jones
A. A. Meredith
Amarillo
H. P. Drought
San Antonio
Dallam
Sherman
Hansford
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Hartley
Moore
Roberts
Hemphill
Oldham
Carson
Deaf Smith
Armstrong
Palmer
Castro
Swisher
Briscoe
Bailey
Lamb
Floyd
Hutchinson
Gray
Hale
Lubbock
Potter
Randall
Donley
Collingsworth
Wheeler
Hall
Motley
Cap Rock
Texas
Munitions and Peace Moves Across Africa and Europe
Refinery plants must maintain oil byproduct refining capacity as industries shift to integrated oil output. An Italian minerals and metals administration is formed to speed oil discovery in Italian lands. In Cairo, Emperor Haile Selassie asks Patriarch Johannes to urge Rome toward peace in Ethiopia. Ethiopian report cites 500 Italian troops defeated in Tembien on Nov 30 with 50 dead Italians and 15 Ethiopians killed. Italians allegedly withdraw from Gorrahei and Gerlogubi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selassie
Cairo
Egypt
Haile Selassie
Johannes
Ethiopia
Abune
Cyril
Salama
Tembien
Novy
Italns
Gorraheind Gerlogubi
Used Car Lot Listings Spur Wide Variety of Vehicles
An array of used cars and prices from local dealers Fillmore and Amarillo area showrooms. Listings include Chevrolet Ford Plymouth Buick Chrysler and more with sedans coupes and deluxe tours priced from around 190 to 547 dollars. Local dealers advertise pre inventory clean up and contact numbers for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine
Fillmore
Amarillo Used Car CO
John Moore Writings In Book Form on Sale
Announcement of Inside the Right of Way a John Moore collection edited by Old Honest Tack and published by Mrs. Moore. It features his Railroad Rounds and Rumbles verses short philosophies humorous pieces and his Red Cross editorial. Book price appears as ten cents plus ten cents mailing. reservations contact Mrs. Moore or Russell Stationery Co. by phone 2406.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Amarillo Globe
Honest Tack
John
Red Cross
Loyalty oath movement gains momentum in states
A survey shows twenty two states enacted teachers loyalty oaths with seven new in the last year and twenty more pending. The drive draws sharp debate between supporters led by the D A R American Legion and VFW and critics led by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers citing academic freedom concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Furman
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John W. Studebaker
National Educational Association
American Federation of Teachers
District of Columbia
Rs. Vinton Earl Sisson
National Defense
United States
John Thomas Taylor
American Legion National Legislative Committee
Earl Carroll's Vanities Coming to Paramount Theater
Amarillo with the Panhandle area awaits a large music and entertainment evening as Earl Carroll's Vanities plays at the Paramount Theater next Monday. Advance sale opened yesterday at the Fair Theater box office. The production features stars dancers singers comedians and the Earl Carroll Beauty Chorus in forty five scenes of glamorous fast paced entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Earl Carroll
Paramount Theater
Fair Theater
Carroll
Gly-Cas touted as new health remedy in Amarillo
A mix of local property deeds and a large Gly-Cas health ad fills the page. Deeds show Harold B. Golding et ux to Catherine C. Aston for 2000 dollars and others. The Gly-Cas feature touts dramatic health improvements with testimonials from Mrs. J W Johnson of Amarillo and promotes Gly-Cas at Fox Drug Co for one dollar a box or five dollars for six, with ordering specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Golding
Catherine C. Aston
Plemons
H. P. Canade
Jack Cunningham
United Savings Bank
Roger H. White
Long Bell Lumber Sales Co
Long Bell Lumber Co
Amarillo
J. W. Johnson
Buchanan Street
Stady
Fox Drug Co
Oliver- Fable
Mrs.Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
No. 3
Oliver-Eakle
Death claims shy Princess Victoria sister of King George
Princess Victoria aged 67, sister of King George, died after a three week illness from a stomach hemorrhage at her Iver estate. London ceremonies for Parliament opening were canceled as mourning flags and guards draped Buckingham Palace. Her death deepened royal sorrow across the United Kingdom and connected European royal families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Victoria
George
Great Britain
Buckingham Palace
United Kingdom
Europe
Maud
Norway
Spain
Marie
Romania
Christian
Denmark
Greece
Iver
Queen Alexandria
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Lord Dawson
Queen Mother
Potter County approves liquor sales in dry county vote
Potter County voters end 24 years of prohibition approving liquor sales through licensed dealers and drug stores. 12 of 26 boxes counted go dry, 14 wet, with South and West Amarillo dry and North East Amarillo and downtown wet. County canvass by Commissioners within five days. drinking not allowed on premises. The move marks first legal liquor sale since 1911 local option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrol Wilson
Scott Royal
Robert Winkler
A. H. Cornett
Ira Cunningham
Jess King
M. C. Lane
R. C. Baxter
Walter Willmering
George Johnson
Frank Blackwell
A. H. Garnett
C. FE
Amarillo
Potter County
County Commissioners Court
Son of Oklahoma Ex-Governor Wed Marries in Secret Ceremony
BROKEN BOW Okla Dec 3 William H Murray Jr son of Alfalfa Bill Murray was married yesterday a Kansas City license shows Verona Seamonds of Kansas City is the bride the groom age 30 works for Santa Fe in Oklahoma City his mother said the family is happy and expects a good future the bride’s name could not be confirmed by the mother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broken Bow
Okla
William H. Murray, Jr
Bill
Kansas City
Murray
Verona
Allred Advised Against Clemency for Welburn
Texas Pardons Board told Gov. Allred not to grant clemency to W. D. Welburn Jr. the former San Antonio Methodist pastor sentenced to seven years for perjury. He testified he and Wineta Long Welburn were not married, though records show they were.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Pardon Board
James V. Allred
W. D. Welburn, Jr
San Antonio
Wineta Long Welburn
Miss Perkins Teases Newsmen In Dallas Ruse
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins avoided reporters in Dallas by using a secretary impersonation. Newsmen called her hotel room and a voice answered saying Madame Secretary was out visiting friends. She later revealed her name as Wilson, joking that first names do not matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Gulf Ports
Wilson
Paul Wilson
Probe of Idea Delights Public Safety Chiefs at Hearing
Hickman testifies that Captain Albert Sidney Johnson vowed to smother the Rangers. He notes patrolmen have better quarters in Austin and questions whether the commission has major crime experience. Hearing opens before Representatives Hanna Atchison Ford with Graves acting as attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sidney Johnson
Commission of Public Safety
Rangers
Hickman
Highway Patrol
Austin
Commission
Phares
State Highway Patrol
Sam Hanna
Dallas
John Atchison
Gainesville
J B. Ford
McGregor
House of Representatives
H. N. Graves
Georgetown
Santa Fe staff meeting gathers Western line officials
Assistant general managers and superintendents on the Western lines of the Santa Fe Railway arrived in Amarillo for a staff conference called by general manager H. B. Lauts. The meeting continues through Wednesday at the Santa Fe offices to discuss operating and maintenance matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railway
Amarillo
H. B. Lauts
Las Vegas
C. FE. Smyers
Clovis
N. M
J. R. Barton
Wellington
Kan
J. B. Briscoe
G. C. Jeffries
Slaton
E E McCarty
la Junta
Colo
F. L. Meyers
Former cop sentenced in Mercedes slaying
Joan Parks, former Mercedes night policeman, was convicted and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary by a jury in Edinburg Texas for the killing of Frank Beale, a Mercedes merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Tex
Joan Parks
Mercedes
Frank Beale
Old Timer Denounces Plan to Kill 500 Buffaloes
George W. Laverton 82, recalling his 1878 Palo Duro Canyon buffalo, denounces a Canadian Elk Island Park herd slaughter of 500 from 2,000. He argues bulls may be culled while she buffaloes should be spared, citing his Goodnight Ranch ties and Panhandle history. Laverton, now a Arizona rancher, visits Amarillo after long Prairie life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Elo
George W. Laverton
Palo Duro Canyon
Elk Island Park Reserve
Edmonton
Alta
Canada
Mr. Laverty
Goodnight Ranch
Panhandie
Charles A. Goodnight
Plains
Laverton
Panhandle
Steve Roup
Roup
Caveas
Holbrook
Ariz
Amarillo
Wear
Canadian River
Goodnight
Amarillo Little Theater preps building fund dance
Tickets go on sale Wednesday for the Actors Ball a Little Theater fundraiser. The December 17 event at The Nat features costumes and dress options to suit attendees. Proceeds support building a permanent Amarillo Little Theater home and future performances. Mrs. J L Coss notes the aim is to foster good stage talent and civic use. A note on William Betty the 11 year old prodigy and Hamlet closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Little Theater
J. L. Coss
Amateur Players
Haarlem Oil Capsules Warned For Kidney and Bladder Irritation
Health authorities warn that Haarlem Oil capsules may cause weak kidneys and bladder irritation. The advisory cautions consumers against use until safety is confirmed and urges reporting of adverse effects to medical professionals.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Diuretic Claim
Stop Getting Up Nights One 35 cent box of these famous capsules will put healthy activity into your kidneys and bladder flush out harmful waste poisons and acid and prove to you that at last you have a grand diuretic and stimulant that will swiftly cause these troubles to cease. But be sure and get GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules safe and harmless the original and genuine right from Haarlem in Holland. Millions have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it some symptoms besides visits to bathroom at night are backache moist palms puffy eyes and scanty passage that oftimes smarts and burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
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