Amarillo Orchestra Plans Second Season Concert
Amarillo's 80 member symphony orchestra prepares for the second concert of the season with a midweek rehearsal and a Friday session for guest artists J. Paul Butz and Edouardo Marquis. Tickets, including 25 cent student passes, may be exchanged at the downtown ticket board with adult admissions at 1. Members gain entry with membership cards. Decorations will adorn the concert and the foyer reception follows.
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Amarillo
Symphony
J. Paul Butz
Edouardo Marquis
Christian Thaulow
Amy Jackson Speaks at Potter County Home Demonstration Club
Amy Jackson, Texas artist, served as principal speaker at the Potter County Home Demonstration clubs meeting at Polk Street Methodist Church. Her 2:30 p.m. talk titled Modern American Poets Their Background and Their Works followed a turkey dinner at noon. The committee announced plans for a new Home Demonstration Building at the Tri-State Fairgrounds with funding from the Tri-State Fair Association and county commissioners.
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Amy Jackson
Texas
Potter County
Polk Street Methodist Church
Stownes and Funk
Tri-State Fair Association
County Commissioners
PWA Projects Hire College Value 150000
Four PWA building projects will raise the value of the West Texas State Teachers College plant by 150 900. A home economics dormitory ten cottages for students a 62 000 addition to Cousins Hall a women's dormitory and a men's dormitory cost 49 000 are planned. Over 100 people will gain employment and work lasts three to six months.
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Canyon
West Texas
PWA
Cousins Hall
Train Derailment Injures Six Near New Baden
Six people were injured when a northbound air Pacific passenger train derailed near New Baden Texas. Victims were brought to the Palestine railroad hospital with various injuries including skull fracture, scalp wounds, leg injuries, and back injuries.
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Palestine. Tex
Air Pacific
New Baden
W. Holcomb
Palestine
R. C. Wicke
Santonio
W. A. Longhorn
Memphis
Tenn
Jury Released in Avirett Case in Waco
A district court jury, after forty six hours of evidence in the Joe Bailey Avirett murder trial, is discharged in Waco. Avirett, a Hubbard youth, faces charges for the slaying of James Malcolm Stewart of Katy, Texas. Prosecution plans to open Roy Curry’s trial tomorrow.
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Waco
Joe Bailey
Avirett
Hubbard
James Malcom Stewart
Katy
Tex
Roy Curry
Tomorror
Two youths fined for hunt violations in Amarillo
Durwood Lee and John Wood, about 20, pleaded guilty before Justice Carder to hunting without a license. They were fined $10 and costs, the minimum provided by law, in the first cases heard since the recent appointment of Game Warden P. Hobson.
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H. Hobson
C. W. Carders
Amarillo
Durwood Lee
John Wood
Justice Carder
Glasses Lost In Benson Case Dear Tack Letter
A reader asks for help locating gold rimmed glasses misplaced between Twenty sixth and nearby areas. The note requests Tack’s guidance and references a Benson case on Page 3.
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Tack
J. R. Benson
Elk Ranching Seen as New Montana Industry
Martinsdale Montana reports rancher Courtland F. DuRand champions elk farming as a profitable alternative to cattle. He estimates five million acres of government land could host private elk ranches and cites a 50 percent higher profit in elk farming. DuRand describes capturing a foundation herd and establishing a 1500 acre semi wilderness ranch for the elk.
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Martinsdale
Mont
Montana
Courtland F. DuRand
DuRand
du Rand
Olton Mail Carrier Goes on Trial for Robbery
J W Dennis of Olton, a former star-route mail carrier between Olton and Plainview, faces mail robbery charges in U S District Court before Judge James C Wilson. Four government witnesses testified by noon including Plainview bank cashier George Schuler and Plainview post office clerks E E Terry and Edwin C Slaughter.
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Lubbock
J. W. Dennis
Olton
Plainview
United States District Court
James C. Wilson
Dennis
George Schuler
Plainview Bank
E. E. Terry
Edwin C. Slaughter
J. F. Wiles
Alex Mood
United States District Attorney
Joe Jones
Pressure Test of City 20 Inch Water Line Success
A pressure test on the new 20 inch water line from the pump station north to Second Avenue was described as perfect yesterday. Work continues along Second Avenue into the downtown district and under the Rock Island tracks toward Harrison Street where it joins other lines.
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Second Avenue
Rock Island
Harrison Street
City Bridge Honors Won by Kiwanis
The Amarillo Kiwanis Club swept the field in the second round of the Inter-City Civic Club Bridge tournament to lead, with A B C second. In first round Rotary and Lions tied for first. The third round is set for the fourth Monday in January at the Oliver Eakle Building.
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Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Civic Club
Rotary
Lions Club
Oliver Eakle
Two Life Terriers Freed on Pardons
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson pardoned Henry Thompson and Alvin Townsley, both life-sentence convicts from Texas counties, conditioned on good behavior. Townsley, who killed C. W. Pield at a 1924 football game, had prior furloughs and a year’s California escape. Thompson’s pardon followed recommendations from prosecutors and a relative described as mother of the deceased.
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Austin
U.P
Miriam A. Ferguson
Henry Thompson
Tarrant County
Alvin Townsley
Williamson County
Townsley
C. W. Pield
Dan Moody
Ross S Sterling
California
Thompson
Robert Hanger
W. H. Tolbert
Ella Ragndale
Hauptmann Listens To Brief Argument In Lindbergh Case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann stood handcuffed in Hunterdon County Court as his attorneys pressed for a bill of particulars in the Lindbergh baby murder indictment. Justice Trenchard postponed the hearing to Thursday to allow Edward Reilly to attend. he promised Hauptmann would be present when the motion is argued.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
Hunterdon County
Charles A. Lindbergh
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Edward Reilly
Trenchard
Hauptmann
Rockefeller Boys Reunited in Texas
In San Antonio on Monday TM Winthrop Rockefeller met his New York banker brother Nelson Rockefeller for a reunion. Both grandsons of John D. Rockefeller. Winthrop had been in Texas oil fields since February learning the petroleum business.
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San Antonio
Winthrop Rockefeller
Texas
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Nelson
John D. Rockefeller
Winthrop
Man Divorced Woman Wounded in Wichita Falls Shooting
In Wichita Falls Elton F. Durham was killed and his ex wife Mary Durham was critically wounded in a double shooting. Durham died from a chest wound. Mrs. Durham was hospitalized with a abdominal injury.
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Wichta Falls
Elton FE. Durham
Mary Durham
Durham
Justice of the Peace
O. L. Gibbs
Heaviest Door Installed Before Berlin Vault
A 35 ton steel door for a Berlin bank vault is installed with a massive metal and concrete foundation. The door is three feet nine inches thick and seven feet eight inches in diameter, weighing 35 tons and part of a 400 ton entrance. It exceeds wartime battleship armor in thickness.
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Berlin
Germany
Japan Seeks End to Washington Naval Treaty
The Privy Council Committee approved Japan's plan to terminate the Washington naval limitation treaty in a formal and expected move announced in Tokyo. The decision signals Japan's shift away from the postwar arms constraint.
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Tokyo
Privy Council
Japan
Gibson opens census office in Panhandle
G C Gibson named farm census director for the Panhandle announced the office on the third floor of the post office building. He will work in Room 334 with preliminary work for the January 2 census starting after a regional supervisor visits midweek. The farm census is described as the most important statistics campaign since 1840.
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G. C. Gibson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Panhandle
Gibson
Allred Vows New Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Governor elect James V. Allred pledged to name a new State Livestock Sanitary Commission when he takes office in January. He intends three members from Texas regions and professions: two cattlemen from South and East Texas and a sheep and goat specialist from West Texas. The move follows a cattlemen delegation from Harris, Jefferson, Jackson, Fort Bend and nearby counties complaining about tick reinfestation.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Osage Headrights To Get 1 750 000 Christmas Gift
Osage tribal headrights totaling 2225 will receive about 1 750 000 dollars as a Christmas payment. The Indian agency at Pawhuska said the allotment is 700 dollars per headright, totaling 1 560 300 dollars, plus roughly 200 000 dollars as an extra 300 dollars to holders with cash on deposit in Washington.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Indian Agency
Indian Bureau
Washington
Mrs. Pearl Motley Dies at 28 in Local Hospital
Mrs. Pearl Motley 28 wife of O. H. Motley of Pleasant Valley died at 10 25 this morning in a local hospital. Besides husband she leaves two sons Buford and Jack Strange. Motley employed by the city. Griggs Funeral Chapel has the body.
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Pearl Motley
O. H. Motley
Pleasant Valley
Buford
Jack Strange
Motley
Griggs Funeral Chapel
Democratic executive committee to meet in Houston
A state Democratic executive committee meeting was called for December 22 at the Rice Hotel Houston Notices were sent by Secretary Vann M Kennedy in Austin December 11 1949)
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Austin
U.pr
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Rice Hotel
Houston
Vann M. Kennedy
Young telegraph messenger dies after bicycle collision
George Ferris aged 16, a telegraph messenger, died at dawn from injuries after a collision between his bicycle and a taxicab near midnight in Austin.
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Austin
U.P
George Ferris
Woman declines Edmonton park honor request
Mrs L R Ithell of Edmonton England refused the Edmonton Council offer to name a city park after her. She works gathering coop provisioning funds by day and chairs the Edmonton district council by night, also serving as Middlesex County Councillor and a justice of the peace. Mr and Mrs Bill Clifford 1422 Tyler Street announce the birth of a daughter on December 5.
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L. R Ithell
Edmonton
England
Edmonton Council
Bill Clifford
Tyler Street
Am arillo Boy Scouts Plan Evening Executive Session
The Amarillo Area Boy Scouts executive council meets at 7:30 tonight at First Christian Church with C. W. Siebel presiding. Bishop Robert E. Lucey will speak. Officers to be elected and group sessions follow. Merit badges discussion led by John McKnight and Guy Saunders. Cub Sea and troop committee topics also on the agenda.
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Amarillo
Boy Scouts
First Christian Church
Robert E. Lucey
C. W. Siebel
Round Table
Selvin Allen
John $. McKnight
Guy Saunders
C. B. Johnson
Bob Johnson
Joe B. Dooley
J. E. Spann
Plan election of Tri-State Fair moguls
Tri-State Fair Association will elect new officers at a board of directors and executive committee meeting Friday at 2 30 PM in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel. Wilbur C Hawk and Ted Taylor will report on the year's activities and other business matters.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Herring Hotel
Wilbur C. Hawk
Oil Output Reduced in Two States
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a 41,000 barrel rise in California crude output last week was offset by declines in Oklahoma and Texas, cutting U S daily production from 2,420,372 to 2,405,846 barrels. Texas saw the largest drop, from 1,012,009 to 967,607 barrels.
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Tulsa
California
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Sailors Die of Thirst After Castaway on Marchena Island
A sailor wrote he grew savage and tired of it before a letter was given to Lorenz to mail. The party, including Nug érraud, reached Marchena Island where they died of thirst and starvation. Lorenz reported the baroness and Phillippson left Charles Island last March heading south in a small English sailing boat. No habitable islands lie directly south of Charles Island.
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Lorenz
Nuggeraud
Marchena Island
Phillippson
Charles Island
Birge Indictment Struck as Jury Panel Expanded
Indictments against Birge reduced after defense motion contends offenses not based on state penal code. Nineteen pickup jurors summoned to join a 48 member panel. Judge Bishop warns jurors to avoid discussions and newspaper reading during the trial. Birge and family present. Birge and wife sworn as witnesses with A D A Bob Underwood assisting.
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Birge
Bishop
H. H., Cooper
A. A. Lumpkin
Lee Pierson
Bob Underwood
Major Simpson
League Concessions in Marseille Murder Case Open Talks
Yugoslavia and Hungary accept League mediation over the Marseille assassination. The council endorses a resolution praising League efforts and forms a committee of experts to draft an international convention to curb political and terrorist conspiracies.
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Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hungary
League
Marseille
Dafoe Delights New York Night Life Night Club Tour
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, famed for the Drowne quintuplets birth, toured New York night spots incognito to avoid hometown readers. He wore a first evening jacket at Carnegie Hall where he spoke on nature’s marvels, famously exclaiming Gosh as the third child arrived.
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New York
Allan Roy Dafoe
Drowne
Ontario
Carnegie Hall
Rotary Hosts Kiwanis Club Luncheon Program
The Rotary Club of Amarillo presided at the Kiwanis Club noon meeting with D A Shirley of West Texas State Teachers College speaking on good after dinner speaking and storytelling. Ray Noblett praised Kiwanian efforts and pledges were made to buy 135 tickets to the Amarillo Lamar football game. Lily Larsen and Mary Roberts Warner provided music. The article also notes the Sydney harbor bridge nearing completion and radio sermons in Gainsboro saloons facing licensing questions.
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Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo
Ray Noblett
D. A. Shirley
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Mr. Shirley
Lily Larsen
Mary Roberts Warner
City commission set to hear bids and routine matters
City commissioners meet at 7:30 tonight in city hall to consider petitions bids for fire hose for the fire department and other routine matters. R W Crawford of Bushland ill at Northwest Texas Hospital is improving. Mussolini issues pamphlets advising newlyweds to rear twelve children. The first counterfeit greenback mimicked the 1862 ten dollar note and circulated in that year.
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R. W. Crawford
Bushland
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mussolini
United States
Markets report hogs cattle and cotton in Kansas City and New Orleans
Hogs 6 000, fairly active with a range of weights. top bid 6.10 for 210 lb and up. Cattle 6 000, calves 1 000. better fed steers steady with demand for 550-900 lb at 35.40 8.25. 900-1100 lb at 85.50. 1100-1500 lb at 5.75 78.75. Sheep 2 500. lambs mostly 26 lower. top native and fed lambs 7.15. Cotton opened steady in New Orleans with March to 12.58–12.60. futures mixed later morning session. Chicago grain table shows wheat and corn quotes.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Inc
New Orleans
Liverpool Cabies
March
May
Maren
Fragmentary OCR sports brief lacks clear event
Disjointed text fragment mentions multiple city names and percentages with no coherent event or outcome. Unable to determine participants, location, date, or result from the readable material.
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Inquiry Committee
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NEW World Telephone Book
New World Telephone Directory
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Annuaire Telephonique International
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