Poultry Show Nears End in Amarillo Fairgrounds
Judging at the Amarillo Tri state Poultry Show in the Automobile Building will conclude today led by Walter Burton of Arlington Texas who finished the Rhode Island Red class this morning. Ivan Hill of Amarillo dominated White Wyandotte and White Rock divisions while Pack Wright of Hereford swept most White Rock honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Fairgrounds
Walter Burton
Arlington
Texas
White Rock
Ivan Hill
Pack Wright
Hereford
Mr. Hill
Sam Billingsley
Yarwell
Hill
Wright
Birds
Claude Baird
Pampe
Mr. Wright
Cock Birds
Constitutional guarantees suspended amid revolt rumor in Cuba
Reports spread of a revolutionary uprising as guarantees were suspended for 60 days in Havana Santa Clara and Camaguey. Police enforced a midnight curfew in Oriente Province amid tense conditions and a pledge from President Mendieta to hold elections or resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Havana
U.P
Carlos Mendieta
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Oriente
Bowerman Infant Given Last Rites
Funeral rites were held for infant Davie Warren Bowerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Bowerman of 2509 Cleveland Street. The loss occurred at the family home Tuesday evening. Rev. S. C. McClain officiated at the service with burial in Liano Cemetery conducted by Blackburn-Shaw funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puneral
Davie Warren Bowerman
D. O. Bowerman
Cleveland Street
SPECIAL OPERATIVES IN DRIVE ON SHOPLIFTERS
Private operatives in plain clothes have been placed in Amarillo stores to deter theft during the holiday season. They circulate among shoppers as merchants and police increase vigilance. Three thefts have already been detected and goods returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Secretary Wallace Urges Tariff Cuts to Aid Farmers
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace called for greater import of industrial goods through tariff reductions in Nashville. He argued tariff reform is essential for restoring economic stability for American farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Wallace
Prosperity Forecast Claims Recovery Amid Roaring Demand
Coolidge aide Herbert Hoover credited Roosevelt with restoring confidence and predicted a great sustained demand for durable goods by June or July next year. He cited charts showing mass demand rising for pig iron and steel during historic depressions as a basis for the forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
A. Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Famed Doctor and Wife Die in Odd Pact
New York reports Dr Harmon Smith, renowned ENT specialist, and his wife died after a dinner then a murder suicide. Police labeled the deaths murder and self-inflicted, with no motive found. Smith, wealthy and famous, collected rare knives. a knife from that collection was used. The couple appeared content at dinner in their four story mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Harmon Smith
Smith
Church Rummage Sale Planned by Willing Workers Class
The Willing Workers Class of the First Christian Church will hold a rummage sale at 215 East Fourth Avenue Friday and Saturday under the direction of Mrs. H. B. Wade. The sale benefits the primary department of the church and members supplied the sale materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
East Fourth Avenue
H. B. Wade
Notable Women Vying for Paramount Position in Society
The article lists twelve electees chosen for prominent social standing. Names include Mrs. Harrison Williams, Princess Sixte De Bourbon Prma, the Hon Mrs Richard Norton, Countess De Saar, Begum Aga Khan, Baronne Von Drieger, Marquise Nicoletta Viseconti, Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Duchess of Alba, Ravonne Eugene De Rothschild, Countess Antonin De Mun, Princess Dorg Ruspoli. Mrs Williams adds life with bright colors and jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Williams
Princess Sixte de Bourbon Prma
Richard Norton
Countess de Saar
Begum Aga Khan
Baronne von Drieger
Marquise Nicoletta Viseconti
Tulsa attorney outlines combined insanity and self defense plea
A Tulsa attorney described a mixed insanity and self defense defense for Kennamer based on an extortion note threatening Virgina Wilcox if $20 000 is not produced The note would be shown at trial The case involves the 18 year old victim and her father Homer Wilcox a wealthy oil man Also Bill Padon 17 pled guilty to malicious mischief and paid a $60 fine for riding with two girls and shooting out street lights during Thanksgiving night Forest Hills incident linked to Kennamer’s earlier admission of killing John Gorrell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torney
Virginia Wilcox
Homer Wilcox
Moss
Kennamer
Bill Padon
Wilcox
A. A. Hatch
Forest Hills
John Gorrell
Padon
Huey Trial: Evidence Details Bullets and Guns Used
Prosecution rests as two guns linked to Borger killing are shown in court. Sheriff Hardee describes shells found and five bullets retrieved from a post office scene. Defense witnesses challenge self defense claim while noting Huey’s post shooting message to a surety company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Sheriff Hardee
Huey
Hardee
Berger
G. L. Warren
Hutchinson County
Warren
R. B. Cowan
Borger Utilities
Cowan
Lions International President Aids Amarillo Zone Meet
Vincent Hascall of Omaha Nebraska president of Lions International will attend a zone meeting in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel Amarillo Friday Also represented will be Lions from Hereford Dalhart Claude Panhandle Borger Plainview Clarendon A business session will feature Mr Hascall’s address In the evening a dance and bridge contest will be held at the Amarillo Country Club Jim Pigman of Dalhart chairs the zone with Earl Damron as secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Hascall
Omaha
Neb
Lions International
Amarillo
Lions
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Hereford
Dalhart Claude
Panhandle
Borger
Plainview
Clarendon
Haschall
Amarillo Country Club
Jim Pigman
Dalhart
Zone
Earl Damron
Lawyer Birge Testimony on $450 Bribe Plot Explained
Night patrolman Lee testified about meetings with Birge leading to alleged bribe payments to influence grand jurors in Max O Bri en case. Birge denied money talks and said the plan was friendship aiding J M O Brien, with $450 to help bring witnesses before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Police Department
Birge
I. O. Willson
A. D. Foreman
Max O'Brien
J. M. O'Brien
Max
O’brien
O'Brien
Chattanooga
Tenn
Randy
Willson
Foreman
Leo Yselding
Legion Hall
Adams
Chief McDowell
Amarillo
Gove
Sher
Illness Fatal to Mrs. V. W. Baker
Mrs. Mamie Belle Baker 21 wife of V. W. Baker died at 9 30 this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital. Survived by husband three children Vern on 7 James Frank 5 Jerry 3 mother Mrs. J F Ewing Crowell Texas brother Clarence Cook Amarillo. Home at 1308 Johnson Street. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in charge. Arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Belle Baker
V. W. Baker
Texas
Pickford Husband Plans World Voyage From New York
Fairbanks has moved east and arrived in New York to inspect a schooner for a round the world voyage. He invited Mary Pickford to join, but she declined as usual. If he returns for holidays, his wife will be away in Seattle opening a new play on New Year’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
East
New York
Hollywood
Mary
Seattle
Record Cold Wave Sentinel Across Southern States
Miami reports an all time December low of 30.4 at 7:15 am with 28.5 at the airport. The weather bureau notes the previous December low was 32 set since 1895. Schools close in Miami Beach, two buildings with heat remain open. Ice forms on exposed water features and crops in the Redland district report varying losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Miami
Fla
Miami Weather Bureau
Richard W. Gray
Airport
Mercury
Chas. M. Fisher
Miami Beach
Redland
Achievement Day marks for Polk Street Methodist women
More than 150 home demonstration club women and guests attended the annual Achievement Day at Polk Street Methodist Church. A noon luncheon featured toastmistress Mrs. O A Blankenship and a program with Thaulow, Grace Hamilton, Beacon Quartette, and talks by local leaders and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
O. A. Blankenship
Potter County Council
Thaulow
Christian Thaulow
Amarillo
Clifford Janak
Willard Grantham
Bill Armstrong
C. C. Grimes
J. O. Haymes
Methodist
W. M. McCarty
Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs
8. L. Edwards
M. L. Parker
P. C. Bennett
Ruth Delzell
Potter County
Laura V. Hamner
8. FE. Fish
Georgia Kirkman
Binford Arne
Fort Worth Christmas Stockings to Be 15 to 20 Percent Fuller
Fort Worth reports a 20 per cent rise in pre holiday shopping and an 18 per cent jump in yearly buying. Retail Merchants Association notes heavy stock orders ahead of a likely peak Christmas shopping rush this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth Fort Worth
U.P
Fort Worth
Jast
Retail Merchants Association
Retail Employment Up in Austin
Austin reports a 20 percent rise in retail employment tied to stronger Christmas business. Sales volume and number of transactions are up, with more purchases and higher average sale amounts than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Birge Trial Testimony and Witnesses Bring Courtroom Drama
On the witness stand Mrs. Birge asserts she was lied about while the defense presents two witnesses who claim Randy Lee admitted making a false statement at the Legion Home. The defense then calls Sheriff Adams and Justice Clark as the state rests after presenting sixteen character witnesses and other testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Home
Lee
Birge
T. M. Montgomery
J. R. Barnhill
C. C. Gibson
E. A. Bradley
F. M. Shaughnessy
W. M. Curl
A. B. Hunsley
H. G. Johnson
Joe Omler
H. A. Nobles
H. W. Blackburn
E. T. Miller
Justice of the Peace
Bob Clark
O'Brien
Bill Adams
Globe News
Pi Code
Justice Clark
Cotton Seed Output and New Orleans Cotton Market Report
The Census Bureau reports four month cotton seed crushed August 1 to November 30 totaled 1 767 722 tons versus 1 983 047 a year ago. On hand Nov 30 1 282 067 tons vs 1 353 691. Crude oil 642 699 882 pounds on hand 100 685 081. Refined oil 434 602 094 produced, on hand 487 369 192. Cake and meal 799 213 tons produced, on hand 299 200. Hulls 459 019 produced, on hand 169 966. Linters 379 550 running bales produced, on hand 164 787. New Orleans cotton opens steady quiet with May 12.61, March 12.62 to 12.69, and later slight gains eclipsed by market fluctuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Mili
Amarillo Banquet Sees Oklahoma City Chamber Lead
Draper of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce will attend Amarillo's largest chamber banquet. A Wichita Falls flying delegation will arrive at English Airport around 10 tomorrow morning. Cities sending many delegates include Perryton Canadian Pampa Borger Panhandle Dalhart Canyon Tulsa Plainview Childress Memphis Clarendon Lubbock Las Vegas N M Clovis N M Tucumcari N M Guymon Okla and Liberal Kan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draper
Oklahoma City
N. M
Clovis
Tucumcari
Guymon
Okla
Liberal
Kan
Bomb explosions hit Boston and Lynn theaters
Fire Chief Dennis Coughlin said blasts in Boston theaters were planted bombs and Lynn police linked a time bomb to their explosion. The Tremont Theater wreckage yielded dynamite fragments. Scrubwomen in the majestic Boston theater escaped injury, though shaken by the basement roar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Coughlin
Boston
Lynn
Majestic
Stratton
Tremont Theater
Plan Last Rites For Lenn' Ballew
Funeral services for Lenn' Ballew will be held at 2 30 Thursday afternoon from First Baptist Church of Clarendon. Burial will be in Clarendon Cemetery. The retired farmer died in Clarendon Tuesday night after 31 years as a resident. Survived by Wilson Ballew and four other sons Fred and Earl Ballew of Amarillo E S Ballew and Donald Ballew of Clarendon and a daughter Mrs Carl Gilliam of Electra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Lew
Or Baptist Church of
Clarendon
Clarendon Cemetery
Ballew
Wilson Ballew
Fred Ballew
Earl Ballew
Amarillo
E. S. Ballew
Donald Ballew
Carl Gilliam
Electra
Texarkana Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Himself
W H Preston, 56, shot his wife to death at their cottage in Texarkana and then killed himself after neighbors, alerted by the woman's screams, found her body and saw him reloading his gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
W. H. Preston
Preston
New York Curb Cuts Woolworth B21 Sale
Fragmentary text notes a curb or street event in New York involving Woolworth at B21 with a 52 percent figure and a 32 minute reference. Mentions Penn Road and Humble Oi with unclear context and scattered phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceee Humble
Penn Road
AiCow
Fresh Aspirin Sealed for Maximum Strength
The United States Pharmacopoeia notes aspirin is stable in dry air but decomposes with moisture, so St. Joseph Aspirin is sealed in moisture proof Cellophane to preserve strength. This packaging promises faster relief from pain and colds and proclaims the product as the world's largest seller at 10¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowerman
Tam
John F
Odd Pact
Tulsa
Lion OF
Hascall
Herring
F Adams
Pickford
Louisville
Asheville
N. Y
Memphis
Cy Patton
Carl Hill
Amy Jackson
J. R. Hogge
Sunnyside Club
New Orleans
Liverpool
Chicago
Jnc. Yr
Clark & Co
Jao F. Clark and Co
Cone Co. S. T
Alaska
Allis Chalmers
Amer Can
Amer
Amer Smelt & Ref
Amer Tel & Tel
Armour & Co
Anaconda Copper
Atchison Top
Columb Gas & Elec
Kaetman Kodak
Klee Auto-Lite
Cra
Gen Foods
Seenee Aay
Gen Motors
Seeenee Stheee
Gillette Razor
Goodyear
Great Northern
Great West Sugar
New
Internat Nickel
Nether
Kelvinator
Kennecott Copper
Kresge
Kroger Groe & Bakaae
Obered Pai
Loews, Inc
Eee Sewers
Lorillard Ater Sees Nee
Mid-Cent
Mo Kan
Nat Distillers
National Steel
NY Central
North Am Aviation Ah
North American Co
One
Northern Pacific RR
Ohio Oil
Socony-Vacuum South Pac RR
Southern Railway
Gas & Flee H
Stewart-Warner
Texas Gulf Surfor
Texas Pac Coal & Oiaw
Tide-Water Asa'n Deserter RT
Timken Bell Bear
Trans-America
Union Carbide
Union Oil
United Corp Am
United Gas
U S
Western Union City
Westinghouse
Elec Sereseters
Rathes
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Rth and
Fillmore Sts
Lenn’ Ballew
Aree Eentiee
Woolworth
Plough
Guy Lombardo
NBC
Llano Quality
Llano
Llano Water Softener Company
Pork
James Steele
Borden
Reyna
Borden's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!