Liquor Raid Leads to Arrests in Potter County
Twenty-two and a half gallons of liquor were seized from the jailer's office after a raid by county officers at 500 South Bonham Street. H. E. McCarty and Fred Dodgen are jailed on liquor possession for sale charges. a warrant is issued for George Sheffield who is on furlough from a Texas penitentiary serving a five year liquor sentence. Bonds for McCarty and Dodgen were set at 1500 each. Arresting officers were Deputy Sheriffs Vanderpool and Benout and Jailers Graves and Smithers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. McCarty
Fred Dodgen
Potter County
George Sheffield
Texas Penitentiary
South Bonham Street
Faulty Distribution Blamed for Distress
Dr. J. H. Connell, chair of the Dallas County Agricultural Advisory Board, told a North Texas gathering that faulty distribution of farm products causes current agricultural distress. He argued the issue is not farmer fault and cited cotton, wheat, and global hunger as signs of economic paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
J. H. Connell
Dallas County Agricultural Advisory Board
North Texas
Minister accidentally shot in Tex while hunting near mission
Paul C. Bell, superintendent of the Mexican Baptist Mission of Top, was recovering today after an accidental shooting by a hunter. Bell was hit by a .22 caliber bullet while walking in a field near the mission as two boys hunted nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Tex
V. Paul C. Bell
Mexican Baptist Mission
Top
Widow seeks immediate housing and work for her boy
Dear Tack asks for help to print a letter about a young widow needing a place to live and earn a living for herself and her child. She offers to work for board and seek assistance through Tack’s page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Postmaster Urges Early Mailing Amid Holiday Rush
Postmaster W. C. Kenyon urged Amarillo residents to mail early as Santa Claus shipping begins. He noted the Santa Fe train from Chicago arriving late due to holiday mail, saying delayed trains cause most holi-day mail problems and asking citizens to bring parcels to the post office now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Kenyon
Santa Fe
Chicago
Kenyon
Amarillo
Auto Trolley Collision Kills Fort Worth Foreman
Fort Worth December 9 George H Stillman 35 night foreman of the Fort Worth Star Telegram stereotyping room was killed instantly when his auto struck a trolley car head on on West Seventh Street. Owsley Shepherd 25 Star Telegram copy reader was injured at the hospital he said he did not see the trolley car until Stillman was within 30 feet. Stillman came to Fort Worth in 1924 from Knoxville Tennessee.
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Fort Worth
George H. Stillman
Stillman
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Owsley Shepherd
The
Star-Telegram
West Seventh Street
Knoxville
Tenn
Methodists Discuss Plans for New Year
Amarillo district stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met at Polk Street Methodist Church to form plans for the new conference year. Twenty district charges were represented as Rev. L. N. Lipscomb opened the session and Dr. J. W. Hunt of McMurry College Abilene was slated as principal speaker. The group discussed conference and district apportionments.
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Amarillo
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Polk Street Methodist Church
L. N. Lipscomb
J. W. Hunt
McMurry College
Abilene
Ten Jurors Named In Draper's Trial
Ten jurors tentatively accepted to try Charles Draper mountaineer charged with the triple slaying were seated in the jury box amid efforts by deputy sheriffs to summon veniremen from remote areas. The case stems from the December robbery and shootings that killed E. B. Chappell and Eugene Harris and 18-year-old Jack O'Tell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idabel
Okla
Charles Draper
Mountaineer
Veniremen
Draper
Chappell
Eugene Harris
Jack O'Tell
Tire Material Substitute Under Patent in Mexico
The synthetic tire material discovered by Julio Tellez de Giron has patents announced from Washington. Auto tires from the product are produced in Mexico City in small quantities and have undergone yearlong road tests. Representatives reportedly seek U.S. production agreements as testing continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Julio Tellez de Giron
Washington
United States
Mexico
Golden Jubilee Planned for 1936 State Fair
Dallas reports definite plans for a 1936 golden jubilee and a Texas Center exposition. A nine member committee to be led by T. E. Jackson will oversee the jubilee and centennial efforts following a $32,064 net profit this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.P
T. E. Jackson
Hoover Works On Moratorium Message For German Debts
President Hoover pressed a special foreign relations note amid congressional calls. He plans to finish the message by tomorrow and may send it to Congress or delay until Friday. The document will cover moratorium on German reparations and intergovernmental debts, with possible references to Manchurian troubles and the world court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hoover
White House
Doomed Man Given 30 Day Stay of Execution
Alfred Jackson a Black man sentenced to death for the 1930 killing of Eliza Pinson received a thirty day reprieve from Governor Ross Sterling. The stay delays the electric chair at Huntsville to allow the pardon advisors board to review a commutation petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPJ
Alfred Jackson
Huntsville
Ross Sterling
Eliza Pinson
Board of Pardon Advisors
Christmas Shopper’s Guide to Black Accessories
A humorous poem by Edgar A. Guest from 1931 lists preferred gifts for a man. It urges avoided colors and patterns, favoring white handkerchiefs and black accessories such as bow-ties and suspenders, while rejecting colored hosiery, four-in-hand ties, and bright suspenders.
Wheat and Livestock Markets Report From Kansas City and Chicago
Markets show hogs cattle lambs and calves trading mixed with steady to lower price levels. Kansas City and Chicago activity features steady demand for hogs fat cattle and feeders with top carcass values noted and New Orleans cotton and New York stocks slipping amid uneven trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Main Street style defies fashion snobbery
In New York the trend report bumps a blunt jab at East Coast snobbery as local men like Sinclair Lewis embrace pleated trousers. The line mocks elitist dress codes and locates fashion in everyday urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sinclair Lewis
Maehers Promote Vick Plan for Home Cold Control
A promotional item urges families to use the Vick Plan to cut colds in the home. It touts simple steps and improved control of cold-related illness within households.
Grain trade ad shows consignments and private wires
An old market notice advertises consignments to PBitchinson in Wichita Kansas and Kansas City Missouri. It mentions private wires to lending exchanges and future orders with special attention and a market letter upon request. It notes 53 consecutive reservations of the grain trade.
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New Orleans
Pbitchinson
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas City
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Louisville
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