Poultry Show Set With Fine Exhibits At Municipal Auditorium
The winter poultry show opens at the Municipal auditorium Thursday under the Panhandle Poultry association. About one thousand birds from the Panhandle and beyond compete for prizes over three days with judges F C Branch and Walter Burton assessing the stock. Prizes exceed $1,000 plus ribbons as the show closes Monday morning.
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Municipal Auditorium
Panhandle Poultry Association
Tri-State
Panhandle
F.C. Branch
Lees Summitt
Missouri
Walter Burton
Arlington
Texas
Southwest
Branch
American Poultry Association
Six Injured in Georgia Freight Train Wreck Blast
United Press reports six crew members of the Atlanta Birmingham and Coast freight trains were severely burned or injured at Behill Georgia when a gasoline tank exploded after the engine and several cars derailed. The injured were taken to Atlanta hospitals. names include Scott White fireman critical and T Byers engineer critical.
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United Press
Atlanta
Atlanta, Bimpingham
Scott
Noted Sculptor Lorade Taft Delivers Talk in Amarillo
Lorade Taft, renowned sculptor and lecturer, spoke to artists and art lovers at the Municipal auditorium on American sculptors and sculpture. His illustrated talk traced works from centuries past and highlighted his extensive lecture tours including 41 years with the Art Institute of Chicago. Mrs. Eldon James visits in Lubbock.
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Lorade Taft
America
Municipal Auditorium
Old Tack's Amarillo program for a bigger better city
A 1930s platform outlines aims for Amarillo including lower utility rates and rents, more parks and trees, a municipal golf course, sewers, lake access, traffic improvements, fair newsstand rules, and stricter city services. It pledges cleaner streets, expanded bus routes, viaducts, and attracting new industries while limiting privileged access to Bivins lake.
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Bivins Lake
Amarillo
San Jacinto
Free Christmas trees for the needy from Uncle Tack at The Globe
The Globe notes Uncle Tack offers 100 free Christmas trees to worthy poor families with small children via John Novako wich of the California Fruit company. Claim an order at his office, with conditions about affordability and family needs. The column also tackles companionate marriage and reader complaints about speed traps, urging cautious driving and citing Amarillo’s auto accidents. A reader seeks a lost black Adams & Parr overcoat, offering five dollars for its return before a blizzard.
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Globe
Uncle Tack
John Novakowich
California Fruit Company
Sixth and Polk
East Fifth Street
Amarillo
County's Largest Taxpayer Pays $7 600 in School Taxes
Peter Day, identified as the county's largest taxpayer, paid his annual school taxes amounting to seven thousand six hundred dollars. The contribution underscores his significant role in local tax revenue.
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Peter Day
Senate Debates Admit Ware and Smith Financing Case
Senate eyes admission of Senators-Elect Ware and Smith amid protests over their campaign expenditures. A United Press poll shows most senators opposing their admission as independents push for swift consideration and a plan to avert delays through cautious Curtis negotiations.
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Srvestiee
Senate
Washington, D. C
Dee
Ware
Pennsylvania
Smith
Ilinois
United Press
Nominations Sent to Senate by The United Press
The December 6 dispatch lists nominations to the Senate including under-secretary of state Robert E. Olds of Minnesota and assistant secretary Nelson T. Johnson of Oklahoma. Ambassadors named are Joseph C. Grew to Turkey, Dwight W. Morrow to Mexico, Noble Brandon Judah to Cuba, and William T. Francis to Liberia. Addison E. Southare d to Ethiopia as minister and consul general. Rear Admiral Billard as coast guard commandant for another term.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Robert E. Olds
Minnesota
Nelson T. Johnson
Oklahoma
Joseph C. Grew
New Hampshire
Turkey
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Mexico
Noble Brandon Judah
Ilnois
Cuba
Liberia
William T. Francis
Ethiopia
Addison E. Southared
Kentucky
Foreign Service
Coast Guard
Billard
Thieves Take Bronze Turkeys From Vega Farmer
Thieves stole twenty bronze turkeys from a Vega area farmer last night. Amarillo police were asked to aid in recovering the birds and arresting the thieves. Reports say several Panhandle towns have seen similar turkey thefts this fall, with no gold found in Amarillo so far.
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Vega
Amarillo
Williams and Minnie Williams Wed in City Ceremony
George L. Williams a local business man and Mrs Minnie Estabrook of Honolulu were married this morning by Rev R Thomson at the manse. After the ceremony the couple left for a brief automobile trip and will reside at 1304 Madison.
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George L. Williams
Minnie Estabrook
Honolulu
Local People and Moves Highlight Holiday Season
Mrs John F Ross returns from Dallas and Austin with Welfare group children. W H Wetz to Glen Rose for six months. Herbert Miller leaves for Pecos valley to await spring university reentry. Mr and Mrs Henry Scott visit Amarillo from Memphis. J Blindermann goes to New York to buy merchandise. W R Cook returns to Amarillo from San Angelo. Mrs Dalles Harrell visits Groom. Mrs Johnny Taylor returns to Los Angeles from Phoenix. Mrs L Arnott at Edwards Studio through holidays. Santa Fe railroad cited as taxpayer. county tax leaders include Santa Fe, Lee Bivins and W H Fuqua.
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John F. Ross
Dallas
Austin
Welfare Association
W. H. Wetz
Glen Rose
Herbert Miller
M. L. Miller
Pecos Valley
University of Oklahoma
Henry Scott
Memphis
B. M. Roberts
East Eleventh Street
J. Blindermann
New York City
W. R. Cook
San Angelo
Amarillo
Dalles Harrell
Groom
Johnny Taylor
Los Angeles
Phoenix
L. Arnott
Edwards Studio
Speed Copa and fair play in Amarillo traffic woes
A reader questions two laws for motorists and cops, urges even enforcement, and cites mounted patrols on the Panhandle highway as a racing threat. The letter asks for consistent speed enforcement and fair treatment for visitors, calling for public accountability.
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Panhandle
North Fillmore
Experimental Farm
Amarillo
B.C.D
Etaoinu
We Thank You to Supporters of Amarillo Children's Home
The 58 children and staff at the Amarillo Children's Home share heartfelt thanks for a record Thanksgiving, praising the city and its friends for meals, desserts, and generosity since 1924. Superintendent G. J. Irwin asks future readers to extend gratitude to all who contributed.
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Children's Home
Amarillo
Texas
Erasmus Tack
Tack
G. J. Irwin
Children’s Home
The Christmas Spirit Letter From a Toy Shop Clerk
A toy shop sales lady urges preserving Christmas joy for children and the poor, arguing stores should welcome families and not punish youngsters with closed windows. She recalls childhood, defends festive displays, and asks column readers to spread holiday spirit during the season.
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Tack
Santa Claus
Redistricting the County
A brief letter discusses Potter county redistricting. The writer, asserting women’s ideas are overlooked, recalls advocating district reforms years ago and again during a campaign on the courthouse lawn. The piece emphasizes merit enduring beyond memory and reemergence by others.
Plea From Mrs May Jackson At Northwest Texas TB Hospital
Mrs May Jackson asks for help in Amarillo while at the T B Ward of the city hospital. She is ill and without funds and asks Tack or his mother in law to visit and arrange aid. She plans transfer to the main hospital for confinement and seeks rest and support for herself and babies.
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Tack
Amarillo
Texas
T. B
0. W
T. B. Ward
C. W
May Jackson
City Hospital
Remus and Mrs Snyder Trial Headlines
Amarillo dispatch notes a Christmas mood amid a murder case. Remus, dubbed King of the Bootleggers, faces trial for his wife Ruth Snyder’s death as Lorraine Snyder begs for her mother, while authorities plan an electric chair sentence for the accused.
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Remus
Lorraine Snyder
Ruth Snyder
Heaven and Earth
New York
Lorraine
America
Richard Rakehell
Railway Wage Talks Fail as Mediation Board Reports Impasse
A six member mediation board could not agree on pay raises for firemen helpers and hostlers in a wage dispute involving the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and over fifty western railroads. Union and carrier representatives differed on increases and percentages for different employee groups.
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The
Associated Press
Deny Ei. Dee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Western Railroads
Iit
Samuel A. Boone
Albert Phillips
Brotherhood
V. Fletcher
John Higgins
Britain leads in rail road factory organization says Stamp
Sir Josiah Stamp, economist and chairman, claims Britain has surpassed America in factory organization for railroads. He notes mass production is highly developed in some workshops with endless belt production and staged repairs by specialists.
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International News Service
London
Britain
America
Josiah Stamp
London, Midland and Southern Railroad
Scientist Paul Starke Seely to Lecture in Amarillo
Many Christian Scientists from Panhandle cities plan to attend an 8 o'clock lecture in the Amarillo auditorium by Paul Starke Seely of the Mother Church Boston. The event is open to the public under the auspices of the First Church of Christ Scientist Amarillo.
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Panhandle
Paul Starke Seely
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Masa
Amarillo
Nat Palace Carnival Dance Tonight
The Nat Dance Palace hosts a carnival dance tonight with free confetti noise makers and decorations for dancers. Morgan and Clark's Brunswick band provides the music to celebrate the holiday event.
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NAT Palace
Nat Dance Palace
Get
Morgan and Clark
Brunswick Band
Canada Air Mail Gets U.S. Airplanes
The Fairchild company finishes two amphibious airplanes for Canada’s air mail service. The craft combine pontoons and skis to land on water ice or snow, enabling faster trans Atlantic mail handling with an average of nearly twenty four hours in transfer.
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International News Service
New York
Fairchild Airplane Motor Company
Canada
Mexican on Trial In Pandering Case
John Kazan an elderly Mexican man stands trial in district court today on a charge of pandering. He is accused of persuading a young Mexican woman to enter a disorderly house. Kazan is described as stout gray haired and well past middle age.
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Court House
Tack
John Kazan
Kazan
Ice Truck Driver Stabbed In Houston After Attempted Boarding
G D Law, 44, ice company truck driver, lies in critical condition at Baptist hospital after being stabbed with an ice pick late Monday. Police report he tried to board a dairy truck and was stabbed in the chest by the other driver. The letter to the editor by Richard Rakehell denounces newspaper coverage and seeks relief from sensational reporting.
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Houston
G. D. Law
Ice Company
Baptist Hospital
Law
It's funny he loves his mother and not his wife
Bud shares a joke about his mother being as young as a wife. He tells his father he is sad yet pleased with the family bond and promises to double the wage as the boy defends his mother against aging.
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Bud
Wiveana
Market Report From Kansas City and Across Regions
Market summaries show cattle hogs and sheep trading with varied steady and slow movements across Kansas City Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Chicago. Prices include hogs toping near 9 dollars, cattle steady to higher, and lambs around 15 dollars with mixed regional figures and grain and stock quotes.
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Kansas City
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Dee
Chicago
ST. Louis
Dallas man shot in face dies after downtown incident
N Whaley a 41 year old carpenter was fatally wounded at Main and Poydras streets early Tuesday as he stepped from his car. Witnesses say C H Hart a street car conductor surrendered after being charged with murder. Hart accused Whaley a roomer of breaking up his home. three shots from a pump shotgun were fired.
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Associated Press
Dallas
N. Whaley
Main
Poydras
C. H. Hart
Whaley
Hart i
Hart
Whatley
Trolley Car Crash Injures 23 in Hoboken Rush Hour
A Hoboken Jersey City trolley bound for Hoboken crashed into a second car during morning rush hour after brakes failed on an elevated grade. Twenty three men and a girl were injured with seventeen in serious condition.
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Associated Press
Hoboken
N. J
Dee
Jersey City
London Motor Show Highlights Advancements in Heavy Vehicles
At Olympia's Commercial Motor show, British heavy transport makers present rapid, safe machines ahead of cars. A 1927 motorbus chassis with central lubrication serves thirty two passengers at up to 55 mph. Exhibits include six wheeler and parlor car designs with kitchens, lavatories, armchairs and even a canteen and bar for long-distance motor coaching.
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International News Service
London
Olympia
Persistent Speeder Rouses Judge's Ire
An Amarillo man appeared in police court facing a speeding charge after paying a $16 fine on November 30 for a prior offense. Judge John Snider fined him $155 this morning and warned that another court appearance would bring a much larger fine, with the judge noting a possible $100 minimum.
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Amarillo
John Snider
Snider
Brennan Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Hereford
Earl J. Brennan office manager for Brennan Construction was improving at Plainview hospital after an automobile crash Sunday. He and Tom Brennan and Wyatt Hendrick were in a car that overturned injuring Brennan in the head. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson of 907 West Sixth Street are visiting Hereford on business.
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Amarillo
Hill
Earl J. Brennan
Brennan Construction Company
Plain 2 View Hospital
Mr. Brennan
Tom Brennan
Wyatt Hendrick
Brenn
Charles Peterson
West Sixth Street
Hereford
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