Amarillo Abilene football clash stirs Lubbock protests
The piece describes travel by rail to Amarillo for a football clash with Abilene, with Lubbock fans and businessmen opposing actions by a small group. It notes a fundraiser book Them Texans sold to aid the Children’s Home and a letter from a Lubbock citizen defending sportsmanship while seeking influence over a potential benefactor. The letter mentions a Northwest Texas millionaire and a dispute over funding for Tech. There is also concern over aerial hunting and potential violence amid high tensions between aviation enthusiasts and hunters in the Panhandle.
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Russel & Cockrell’s
Russell & Cockrell
The
Globe News
Lubbock
Mr. Tack
Amarillo
Abilene
Texas
Tech
Southwest
Tack
Airplane goose hunting sparks anger among Amarillo residents
Farmers voice outrage as planes chase birds and drive geese from roosts causing stock stampedes and ruined hunts. Local hunters note illegal air access and warn authorities to curb the practice, while readers report missing pets and small community notices including rewards and lost items.
Palo Duro Meaning and Native Roots
Palo Duro is described as an Indian name for hard wood. The text notes that Indians years ago gathered along Palo Duro, implying a historical Native origin connected to the landscape and resources.
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Palo Daro Canyon
E. R. TA
Kenyon asks cooperation on mailing in Amarillo during holidays
Amarillo postmaster K. A Kenyon urges local businesses to mail letters at noon or distribute mail during the day to ease night congestion. He notes firms typically pile up mail and send it in evening. Street boxes and route men will handle early drop offs. special service for stamped Christmas greetings is available with designated delivery dates.
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Amarillo
K. (. Kenyon
Mr. Kenyon
Congress opens amid battles over Kellogg treaty and tariffs
Congressional activity begins with Kellogg treaty hearings before the foreign relations panel as Reed and allies challenge ratification. Senate fights West for interior secretary amid Salt Creek postponements. House debates farm relief and tariff strategy with hearings set for January 7 and a $25 million Austrian debt settlement.
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Ashington
Congress
Senate
Kellogg
Foreign Relations Committee
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
United States
Bloc
Roy QO. West
Chicago
Coolidge
Interior
Public Lands Committee
West
Salt Creek
Frank L. Smith
Milnois
Samuel Insull
Wiiness Public Utilities
Johnson Boulder Dam
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury and Post Office Department
Inaccurate Lamb County Vote Report Prompted Correction Request
A reader complains about an Associated Press error in Lamb County results. Hoover allegedly totalled 1266 votes and Smith 443, with corrections noting Hoover carried most towns while Smith won one box with 17 votes. The letter asks for a prominent correction and space.
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Mr. Tack
Associated Press
Lamb County
Hoover
Smith
Health conditions in city show October gains and quarantine
Health department reports most contagious diseases dropping with November releases. Six patients remain in isolation though to be released soon. Scarlet fever remains the leading illness with ten quarantines. one family has six cases. One typhoid case from a neighboring city, 105 births and 42 deaths. inspectors tally nearly a thousand store checks and condemn over 1200 pounds of food. Wyatt leads food inspections. sanitation is the watchword. dairy milk meets standards.
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Eva Harvey
City Health Department
HM. H. Latnon
Jack Wyatt
Mr. Wyatt
Students eagerly await military training in Dallas high schools
Nearly 200 students sign up for a voluntary military course in the second semester, with Lieut. J. L. Behrns reporting strong enthusiasm. Eligibility is limited to boys over 14, and officials expect high enrollment as the program develops.
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J. L. Behrns
Behrns
Dallas
Fleenor seeks new trial in swindle case
Otis O. Fleenor former Motor Supply manager was found guilty of swindling and sentenced to two years. Judge Henry S. Bishop overruled a motion to quash the indictment. R A Wilson Jr. said Underwood was an accommodating endorser and vowed to press a new trial and speedy hearings in seven related cases beginning Monday.
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Otis O. Fleenor
Motor Supply Corporation of the Deer
Henry S. Bishop
R. A. Wilson, Jr
Moore and Wilson
Porter R. Underwood
Fleenor
Wilson
Underwood
J. N. Beasley
Panhandle
Colonel Haines Undergoes Major Operation Today
Colonel Haines, vice president and general manager of the Board of City Development, underwent a serious operation this morning for a nasal condition linked to gas exposure and injuries from World War I in France. He was reported doing nicely at noon today.
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Col. Harvey. Haines
France
Haines
Board of City Development
SAILORS AND LIBRARIES HONOR FEARLESS NONFICTION LUNCHEON
In New York James A. Farrell of United States Steel warned that fiction can corrupt even sailors while noting sailors prefer non fiction. He spoke at a luncheon supporting libraries at sea. The article also notes the pneumatic tire was known as early as 1845.
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Associated Press
New York
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
James E. Bennett
Alied Chemical
American Can International
T Burroughs
Cerre de Pesco
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Py
Chicvago
Rock Island
Chile Copper Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel &Tron
Corn Products
Grucible Steel
Dodge Motors
Dupont de Nemours
Famous Players Wisk Rubber
Fleischmann Yeast Freeport-Texns
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Great Western Luger Houston
Hudson Motors
Hup Motors
Thinois Central
Independent
Oi & Gas Inspiration Copper
International Harvester International Nickel International
Kelly Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Louisiana Oil & Refining
Mack Trucks
Marland Oil
Mexican Seaboard
Missouri
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit American Locomotive
American Smelting & Afe
American Sugar Refining
American Steel & Foundry
American Tele
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison, Topeka
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnadall Corporatio
Bethlehem Steel
Jordan Motors
Kansas City
Southern Ohio
Packard Motor Van-American Pet, & Trans
Tennevivamia
Vpere-Maranette
Phillips Petroleum Producers & Refine
Amne
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shel Union Oil
Sinclair Cons
Skeily
Southern Pacific Southern Railway
Stewart WR Care
Eee
Studebaker Texas Coenwarae
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pacific Coal Timken
Union Pacific
So Rubber Ic
United States Steel
Victor Telkine Machine
White Eagle O. & R
Willys-Overland
Woolworth - Sosarsesereeecesen
Texans Carry Money in Sheets. Chicago Holds Them
Paul Hunter of San Antonio Texas tried to pay an order with a sheet of ten dollar bank notes. In Chicago the cashier accused him of counterfeiting and police were called. A nearby bank official later verified the notes as genuine and Hunter departed on the next train.
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Ily United Press
Chicago
Texas
Paul Hunter
San Antonio
Tex
American Flyer Manufacturing Co
Hunter
Bribe Charge Sparks Furor in U S Court
In Wichita Falls Texas Mrs Rickey Ketchum charged she paid 875 to two federal prohibition agents for protection in a liquor case. Judge W H Atwell halted the hearing and asked Fort Worth prosecutors to investigate. The agents had left the service in October. Ketchum received one year and a day in prison and a $500 fine.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
W. H. Atwell
Rickey Ketchum
Atwell
Fort Worth
Ile
George A. Hammons
Prohibition
Ketchum
District Court Jury Freed After Short Week
The district court jury was dismissed after finishing all business for the week. Ruth Frederick was found not guilty of liquor law violations after a rapid deliberation following a raid that seized five cases of beer at her North Amarillo home. John Wilson was convicted of aggravated assault as a misdemeanor and sentenced to 75 days in jail plus court costs, following a prior charge upgrade. W M Hancock’s charge of moving mortgaged property out of state was dismissed due to lack of witnesses.
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Ruth Frederick
Wilson
W. L. Hancock
Local Women Injured In Crash Near Childress
Mrs W H Matthews Jr and Mrs C N Dillon of Amarillo were badly hurt when their car went off the highway into a ditch near Childress. The party was traveling to Fort Worth. Mrs Earl Lewis of Pampa and others escaped injury. Injuries were treated at a local hotel. early reports say not serious.
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W. H. Matthews, Jr
C. N. Dillon
Amarillo
Childress
Matthews
Dillon
Earl Lewis
Pampa
Mr. Dillon
Fort Worth
King George Ills Illness and Global Observations
A kaleidoscope of 1930s concerns mixing royal health, political power, and social views. Observations compare royal absence of signing to the empire’s machinery, note a Chicago Tampa railroad cutoff, and discuss oil industry reforms, child labor, and globalization pressures.
Amarillo Featured in Holland's The Basis Series
The December issue of The Basis in Holland's Magazine showcases two Amarillo images a carbon black plant in operation and an aerial view of the new United States Helium plant. The pictures are part of Arthur Coleman new South series and were supplied by the Board. Dewey T. Heath of Clarendon visits her mother at 914 B Tyler Street.
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Amarillo
Holland
of the South
New South
Arthur Coleman
United States
Board of City Development
Tarzan Poster Contest Seeks Amarillo Youth Entries
Scores of Amarillo children 16 and younger design Tarzan posters for a prize contest. Winners receive theater tickets, books, and novelty items from Russell and Cockrell. Entries due by December 21 at The Globe Tarzan Poster Contest Editor.
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Amarillo
Dennison
Russell & Cockrell’s
the Globe
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Russell and
Cockrell
Russell
Tarzan
He Lived and Died With a Quiet, Generous Life
Edgar A. Guest reflects on a man who left money lands stocks and trappings but valued a simple garden and kind memories. His widow and children suffered in courts, yet friends recall his fair life and the happiness he fostered.
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Edgar A. Guest
Kansas City Livestock Markets Reported Mixed Gains
Markets show higher quotes in Kansas City with hogs mostly 6.5 dollars to 16 higher and cattle steady to firm. Top hogs 5.65, butchers 250 280 pounds 8.25 to 8.65. cattle 1300 1500 pounds 11.75 to 16.00, vealers 9.00 to 14.00, cows 8.00 to 19.60, sheep lambs 12.50 to 13.40. Chicago bids stronger on hogs and cattle with fat lambs around 15.75 to 14.0.
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Kansas City
iBy
Associated Press
Chicago
The
Fort Worth
Dee
Ifc
Fort Worth and East St. Louis Livestock and Cotton Markets
Fort Worth hogs and cattle prices with top hogs at 8.75 and cattle range 10.50 to 11.50 per hundredweight. East St. Louis reports higher hogs to 8.90 and vealers at 15.50 to 15.75, plus cattle and sheep price ranges. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans show open gains and later fluctuations amid government estimates and Liverpool demand. London and Liverpool futures steady with varied highs and lows.
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New York
Associated Press
Liverpool
New Orleans
Potter County Pig Club Boy Sells Durocs in Hartley Area
Potter County Pig club member Joe Bilgin sold two Duroc Jersey breeding pigs to Hartley County club boys Barron and Howar Hughes with financing help from First Nation Bank of Channing. The article notes unrelated stock market items and historical references, but the sale is the primary readable event.
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Joe Bilgin
Potter County
Barron
Howar Hughes
Hartley
First Nation Bank of Channing
Bilgin
E. A. Poe
Happy
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