Amarillo Waiters Union Show Delights Audiences With Scandals
The Amarillo Waiters Union No. 13 staged a lively show at the Municipal Auditorium featuring the Crippled Children Council night club. Avery Rush led the program with a mix of comedy songs and dance, while Irving Tolzien and Miss Peggy Manney guided a local business men orchestra. The act impressed with improved pacing and professional touches despite amateur roots.
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Amarillo Waiters Union No. 13
Crippled Children Council
Municipal Auditorium
Avery Rush
Amarillo
Irving Tolzien
Peggy Manney
Amarillo Talks Over Telephone Rates Set for Feb 9
Amarillo officials and Southwestern Bell reach a plan to determine telephone rates on February 9 1932 after a detailed inventory of Amarillo properties. A fair return of seven to seven and a half percent is cited, with no franchise agreement reached.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Ernest O. Thompson
City Commission
J. N. Vernon
H. Ernest Smith
Nelson Phillips
Thompson
Walter L. Prehn
Dallas
Telephone Company For Texas
Prehn
Phillips
Josey Wins Control of Houston Post-Dispatch
J E Josey an insurance man and capitalist becomes holder of the majority stock in Houston Printing Company printing the Houston Post Dispatch Gov Ross Sterling approves sale of 6800 of 9000 shares to Josey from a trust estate created to secure an 800000 loan West transfers about 4600 shares back to the trust after accepting 485000 from Josey ending an injunction suit against West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston Post-Dispatch
J. E. Josey
Houston Printing Company
Gov. Ross &. Sterling
Josey
Governor Sterling
Post
West
ORGANIZE FOR VITAL SESSION
Senate Republicans and Democrats set up their organizations for the session while five Republican Independents oppose re election of George Moses of New Hampshire as president pro tem. The rival factions retain Watson of Indiana leading the Republicans and Robinson of Arkansas guiding the Democrats. The Moses dispute looms as a floor fight with Independents likely to back the Democrat in the stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Senate
George Moses
New Hampshire
Watson
Indiana
Robinson
Arkansas
Moses
Harmony
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Democrats
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Amarillo and vicinity: fair and slightly cooler tonight and Saturday. West Texas: fair with freezing temperatures and slightly colder Panhandle tonight and Saturday. New Mexico: fair tonight and Saturday, warmer in north and extreme east portions tonight. Temperatures in Amarillo ranged from 30 to 47 degrees by 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Scandals of 1932 Tickets Exchange at Fox Drug Store
Tickets for tonight's Scandals of 1932 may be exchanged for reserved seats at Fox Drug Store in the Oliver Eakle Building until just before the show when the board moves to the auditorium. Paschal says proceeds go to Crippled Children Council Panhandle work. about 2,200 attended last night. show opens at 8 15.
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Fox Drug Store
Oliver Eakle
J. C. Paschal
Crippled Children Council
Council
Panhandle
Quick Step Review Shows Stronger Dancers and Clear Voices
Report notes most dancers kept precise time and voices carried well, with a few untrained singers failing to reach the back rows. Overall entertainment surpassed prior shows, though a few acts slowed the swift pace. See SCANDALS Page 2.
Dalhart Man Is Acquitted In Neighbor Slaying
John A. Burrow a Wear community farmer was acquitted of murder in the February 17 slaying of neighbor J. A. Clevenger. Burrow claimed self defense as testimony showed an old fence dispute led to the shooting. The defense aided by Judge A. B. Martin and the prosecution by B. N. Richards.
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Clevenger
Panhandle
A. B. Martin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Tatum & Strong, Dalhart
Fred Woodard
R. H. Beville
Amarillo
B. N. Richards
Hereford Boy Hurt In Auto Accident
William Short an 18 year old visitor from Hereford Texas was seriously injured in an automobile crash near Chickasha Oklahoma last night He had been visiting relatives near Blanchard
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Oklahoma City
William Short
Hereford
Texas
Chickasha
Blanchard
Preventing juvenile crisis urged by medical editor
Dr. Morris Fishbein urged a national system to guide high school and college students past mental byroads leading to self harm. He cited recent cases from Lafayette Indiana New York University and Texas showing despair over grades love and clothing. He called for expert attention to students' individual mental problems by schools and vigilant parents and teachers.
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Sam Knott
United Press
Chicago
U.P
Morris Fishbein
Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Long
Lafayette
Ind
New York University
Samuel Garber
Texas
Fishbeine
Five Held in Lottery Case Involving Gambling Tickets
U P reports Houston on December 4 that five men were free on bond and four others, including a woman, sought by U S Justice agents over a 1 million dollar conspiracy to distribute gambling tickets for sporting events. The scheme allegedly moved tickets through Express Company offices and tied to a nationwide lottery chain with Kansas City as a hub.
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Houston
U.P
United States Department of Justice
F. R. Wade
J. A. Dean
Leo Wolf
F. L. Kelly
A. B. Scott
Rosenberg
Rice Institute
Kansas City
Japanese Troops Hold Nonni River Bridgehead Scene
A scene behind the Japanese lines on the Nonni river shows a lookout post at the bridgehead. A soldier at a telephone reports field conditions to headquarters as clashes with Chinese defenders continue in Manchuria.
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Nonni River
Manchuria
Gandhi denounces Bengal ordinances as legalized martial law
Mahatma Gandhi in a farewell interview before returning to India from the second round table conference called the Bengal government ordinances a cause of war if enforced. The measures empower death or life exile sentences for subversive acts and reflect a tough new step after Indian Nationalists failed to secure demands.
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London
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Bengal
Mahatma
Salvadorean Junta Seizes Power After Short Revolt
A military junta took control of El Salvador after a brief revolt forced President Arturo Araujo to flee. The directorate of six officers and four subalterns pledged to follow Salvadoran law, prepare for congress ratification, and hold elections within 48 hours amid mass street support.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Arturo Araujo
Congress
Japan sends note amid Manchurian stand and Paris talks
Tokyo reports new instructions seen as Japan's bid for a peaceful settlement in Manchuria. The government threatens arms if Chinese troops do not withdraw from Chinchow inside the Great Wall, while Tokyo pushes for Sino-Japanese talks to handle Beijing’s evacuation. Briand’s stance on neutral observers drew official dissatisfaction. Kenkichi Yoshizawa was told to push for a China free withdrawal from Chinchow to Shanhaikwan in direct talks.
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Miles A. Vaughn
United Press
Tokyo
Japan
Paris
Chinchow
Great Wall
League
China
Aristide Briand
League Council
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Shanhaikwan
Officer gets 30 years in slaying case
In Pecos Texas on December 4 1948 former Winkler County deputy constable W R Jennings was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary for murdering W M Blackie Laughlin an alleged Wink bootlegger. The jury deliberated 90 minutes before the verdict. Defense plans a motion for a new trial. W K Wilson also indicted. Wilson to be tried February term.
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Pecos
Tex
W. R. Jennings
Winkler County
W. M
Blackie’ Laughlin
Wink
William Kerr
Laughlin
Jennings
Attack Liquor Vote Proposal Opens Regional WCTU Meeting
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, urged real friends of prohibition to oppose resubmission of the 18th amendment. She warned that ratification would be slow and enforcement uncertain, and noted 36 states would need to ratify while some may refuse to convene.
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Washington
Friends of Prohibition
Ella A. Boole
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Amarillo High Falls to Lubbock in 1-0 District Finale
In a 1-0 shocker before twelve hundred fans, Lubbock High Westerners edged Amarillo High School in district football. Captain Les Cazzell and key players led the Sandstorm’s narrow defeat as Amarillo failed to claim the district title.
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Bix
Lubbock
Amarillo High School
Lubbock High Westerners
Les Cazzell
David Floyd
John Lee
Walter LaBarge
Buddy 6Earborough
South Plains
Nard Cazzell
Amarillo
Sandies
Merrill
Se@egin
Barnett
Welsh
Crawford
Watson
Hoover to propose giant credit corporation to aid banks
Washington reports President Hoover has drafted details for a large credit corporation modeled after the war finance corporation. The plan seeks to support the banking pool formed after October 6 meetings and may be included in Hoover’s upcoming message to Congress. No head is named yet and Congress may appoint the chief.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Hoover
Congress
Congressional
Congress braces for historic session as Democrats rise
Washington dispatch notes party chiefs commit to a history making Congress. Senators and representatives, gathered under the capitol dome, set aside circuses and speak with care as they prepare for the opening of a session likely to test new Democratic control and confront immense responsibilities.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Congress
Capitol Dome
House
Committee Names Girl and Boy for Amarillo Santa Pageant
A committee named by Mrs. B E Fish to select the Amarillo pageant’s Star of Faith and Prince of Love will choose from local children for the Santa Claus parade to be held December 10. The Fine Arts group and federation officers will approve the picks, with a federation float planned to top last year’s float. Organizing committees urge all area organizations to enter floats without delay.
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Amarillo
8. E. Fish
Potter County
Trigg
J. W. Sanders
C. F. Smith
Potter County Federation of Women
Walter Sikes
Federation
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Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
Los Angeles
New York
the Battery
Harlem
Bronx
Potter Palmer Palace
Mr. Charles Band
Biltmore Hotel
Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica
Pacific Ocean
Great Northwest
Paul F. Hill
Virgil
Post-Dispatch
Dalhart
Medic
Salvador
Gandhi
Gray
LaVerna Nelson
Ella
J. V. Nelson
Lipscomb Street
Griggs Ambulance
Berry
Jinx
Lubbock Team
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