Brooklyn boy mimics Cagney wins film contract
Frankie Burke, 17, from Brooklyn, closely resembles James Cagney in looks and demeanor. After a chance encounter with Warner brothers, Burke earns a seven year contract for a possible youthful Cagney role in Angels With Dirty Faces, though the studio remains unsure how to use him.
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Brooklyn
James Cagney
Warner Brothers
Young Burke
Hollywood
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Burke
Jimmy
Burker
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Orpheum Theater
Warner
Angels
Burbank
Billy Baine
Warner Casting Office
Baine
Prank Vaselle
Warners
Prankle
Man Robbed After Directing Woman For Directions
Lancaster, December 14. J M Wentz learned he had been robbed after reading a newspaper account of another man who directed a woman for directions and lost his wallet with forty dollars. Wentz recalled directing a woman the previous night and found his wallet was gone.
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Lancaster
J. M. Wentz
Wents
Fire Chief Warns of Yale Blazes
Fire Chief George B. Cooper warned Amarillo residents that a Southern custom of observing Christmas is no longer legal. He said it is against the law to discharge fireworks within city limits and cautioned Santa Claus about risks from cotton whiskers and decorated trees, advising not to use lit candies.
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George B. Cooper
One Man’s Diary Serves As Diary for Town
Robinson residents rely on Sam J. Barrick’s diary kept since February 26, 1883 for daily weather notes politics and catastrophes. The diary includes personal matters and public events.
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Robinson, HI
Robinson
Sam J. Barrick
Barrick
He Has Plenty of Ideas No Money Chanter Offers to Amarillo
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce receives repeated offers from a Texas man who presents big business ideas such as a livestock auction yard or a produce house. He lacks funds and insists Amarillo should provide the money, framing each proposal as a great city opportunity.
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Amarillo
County to Move Building at Fair Grounds
Lon Sellars county commissioner told the city commission that a 1931 stable on the northwest corner of the Tri State Fair grounds would be moved to the county poor farm for equipment storage. The city granted consent and disclaimed responsibility for the move.
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Tri-State Pair
Lon Sellars
Please Dim Your Lights Please Dim Your Lights
Texas traffic engineer Harry S. Phillips warns motorists to dim headlights after dark as night travel rises in the holiday season. He notes most headlights offer only about 200 feet of visibility and wet or foggy nights cut that by half.
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Austin
Harry S. Phillips
Texas Highway Department
Phillips
Two Are Held In Spy Case
In Los Angeles the Federal Department of Justice reports the detention of Mikhal Gorin, a Soviet citizen and Intourist manager, and Hafis Salich, a naturalized American tied to naval intelligence, on espionage suspicions. Both arrested Monday night, held on $25,000 bail each, with hearings set for December 24 and potential grand jury action forthcoming.
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U.P
Federal Department of Justice
Intourist
Russia
Constantine Oumansky
Washington
Mikhal Gorin
Hafis Salich
Naval Intelligence Unit
Salich
Gorin
National Defense
Navy Department
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U. S
David B. Head
Barrow Kinship Ties Taint Robbery Case in Dallas
Joe Carson, 24, was sentenced to prison after being found guilty on one robbery with firearms indictment. His accomplice Ollie Miner Smith, 24, pleaded guilty to all five charges and faces a combined sentence tomorrow. They were captured in Cancho County on November 2 with Marie Frances Barrow, sister of Clyde Barrow, and accused of a Drut store hold up on October 9.
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Dallas
Joe Carson
Carson
Henry King
Ollie Miner Smith
King
Smith
Cancho County
Marie Frances Barrow
Clyde Barrow
Building Probe Recommends Board to Regulate Buildings
A joint legislative committee, after studying the New London school disaster of March 1937, will likely recommend forming a board with authority to promulgate building regulations. The panel, finishing its report, wants an existing official roster including the state fire marshal and education and control board representatives to avoid new expenditures.
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Austin
New London
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Roy Tennant, Jr
Longview
Department of Education
Board of Control
Allred Proposes Legislature Control School Aid Policy
Governor James V. Allred urged a new law to fix state aid per pupil, arguing only the legislature can set appropriations. He notes the per pupil aid rose to 22 dollars for 1,563,626 pupils and warns current tax board and education board practices blur lines of control. Andorra is described as a small European state with a brigadier and nine ranks, housing 5,200 residents in 191 square miles.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
State Board of Education
State Automatic Tax Board
Allred
Automatic Tax Board
Board of Education
Andorra
Old Fire Horse Honored In Hollywood Manner
Fredericton reports Hollywood style tribute to Bill the veteran fire horse. After 20 years at the station a new pavement echoed with his hoofprints as officials preserved his name in concrete.
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Hollywood
Fredericton
N. B
U.P
Rhodes hopefuls named from Texas for district competition
Landon Colquitt of Fort Worth a Texas Christian University student and Jesse E Thompson of San Benito with UT two students were chosen by the Texas committee of selection to represent Texas in the Rhodes district competition at New Orleans later this week.
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Rhodes
Houston
Landon Colquitt
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Jesse E. Thompson
San Benito
University of Texas
Texas Committee of Selection
Texas
New Orleans
Conroe Lawyer To Speak in Amarillo Bar Event
Conroe attorney Robert Liles, president of the Texas Junior Bar Association, will speak at the Amarillo Bar Association banquet with principal speaker John H. Sharp associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. The banquet, titled Some Problems Relating to Practice and Procedure Confronting the Courts and Lawyers, begins at 7 15 PM at the Amarillo Country Club. Organizing committee members are William T. Pheiffer William Q. Boyce John R. Fullingim R A Stone and Tom Seay.
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Robert Liles
Conroe
Texas Junior Bar Association
Amarillo Bar Association
William T. Pheiffer
John H. Sharp
Texas Supreme Court
Amarillo Country Club
Mr. Pheiffer
William Q. Boyce
John R. Fullingim
R. A. Stone
Tom Seay
District No 2 Nurses Meet at St Anthony's Hospital
Members of the Graduate Nurses Association District No 2 including the Panhandle will meet at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon in the classroom at St Anthony's Hospital. Rosemary Ratcliff of Northwest Texas Hospital is district president. A recent special meeting in Pampa honored Miss A Louise Dietrich.
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Graduate Nurses’ Association
Two More Paving Projects on File
City commission filed two additional paving proposals for a WPA grant. Property owners pledged to pay for materials to pave the Van Buren Jackson alley between 19th and 20th Avenues. A second petition requests paving on Taylor Street between 28th and 34th Avenues.
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City Commission
Taylor Street
Twenty-eighth
Thirty-fourth
Students Rate Professors Idea Considered at Cal
A UC Berkeley faculty committee led by President Robert Gordon Sproul weighs adopting the Schneider Cleland plan to let students rate professors. The Purdue system uses cards where students assess attitude tolerance presentation of subject matter stimulation of curiosity and general comment, aiming to curb apathetic teaching.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Robert Gordon Sproul
Purdue University
Wimberly Guest of Central Labor Union in Amarillo
J M Wimberly of Austin representing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers spoke at Carpenters Hall in Amarillo as delegates from local unions attended in large numbers. R B Gregg deputy state labor commissioner discussed work hour enforcement activities in Lubbock.
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J. M. Wimberly
Austin
Internationa Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Central Labor Union
Amarillo
R. B. Gregg
Lubbock
Carpenters’ Hall
Dallas Evangelist To Preach Tonight
Roy E. Cogdill a prominent Dallas evangelist will preach tonight at the Central Church of Christ at 7 20 according to Luther G Roberts minister of the church Cogdill though young is an experienced evangelist and is recognized as outstanding among Churches of Christ He is in this section to conduct services at the Church of Christ in Pampa for the next two Sundays
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Roy E. Cogdill
Dallas
Central Church of Christ
Luther G. Roberts
Cogdill
Churches of Christ
Roberts
Church of Christ
Pampa
Jaycees Complete Traffic Survey in City
The Junior Chamber of Commerce traffic safety committee led by Gordon Gill says it has finished a citywide traffic problems survey and will discuss results with city officials soon. The work extends the junior chamber's Not over 50 club and spans several weeks.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Traffic Safety Committee
Gordon Gill
Junior Chamber
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