Lions Club to stage minstrel and musical comedy
Rehearsals have started for a January Lions Club minstrel and musical comedy to aid the crippled children's fund. The community cast includes club members and many outside artists. Mike Hollander directs with Miss Monta Thornton assisting. Rehearsals are at 7 30 evenings at the First Christian Church annex.
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Lions Club
Crippled Children’s Fund
The
Lions
Porter Underwood
Underwood
Mike Hollander
Monta Thornton
Amarillo
Hollander
First Christian Church
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Judge W. FE. Gee
D. Roach
J. A. Rush
E. M. Blackburn
J. N. Beasley
Leland Abbott
Charley Fisk
L. D. Edwards
A. B. Betts
Marvin Paul
W. R. McDowell
S. P. Vineyard
C. B. Rittenberry
H. E. Smith
J. S. Fisher
J. J. Crume
Joe Dooley
Ed McKinney
Joe Parr
E. F. Rittenberry
Dr. Powers
Winter Weather Across Plains Brings Cold Wave to Texas
A belinglindian summer gave way to a prairie gale with temperatures from 12 to 18 degrees. Texas faced a cold wave while Kansas endured the blizzard, yet wheat remained safe. Eastern Rocky Mountain states saw mild weather with light snow in the mountains and normal temperatures.
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Texas
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Cold snap follows misty spell across Middle West
The Associated Press reports Chicago and the north Middle West will clear and warm to sunlit skies but face a sharp temperature drop. Zero expected tonight in Chicago as a piercing wind from the Northwest drives down the mercury with Williston, North Dakota, at 4 below. Doctors warn sunshine is needed to curb a possible influenza outbreak as the misty air carries germs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
North Middle West
Canada
Middle West
Arctic
Old Son
Dakota Prairies
Williston
N. D
Governor Smith Aims to Boost Transportation Progress
The report notes ships landing near Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, a plan that would shorten travel from Lakehurst, NJ. If Governor Smith approves, it could mark a notable step in transportation progress.
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Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Lakehurst
Smith
Maps of Old Panhandle Go on Sale Today
The pictorial Panhandle map of the Llano Estacado by the American Association of University Women goes on sale today. Designed by Isabel Robinson with J E Vets Haley, it shows the 1890 Panhandle with ranch headquarters trails canyons and border scenes in four colors. Sold for $2.50 at local shops. proceeds fund the association’s educational fund.
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Llano Estacado
American Association of University Women
Earl Wyatt
Isabel Robinson
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
J. E. Vets Haley
Texas Historical Society
Panhandle
Hunsley Art Shop
Russell & Cockrell’s
Little Brown House
Women's Art Shop
The
Association
Amarillo
Boy Seeks Ranch Work From County Jail Resident
A 15 year old, JOHN MOORE, requests help finding ranch work. He asks Tack to relay opportunities and says he is strong and willing to work, asking employers to have him visit at the county jail.
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Tack
John Moore
Amarillo letter wades through winter spills and hometown cheer
In a rambling Amarillo column Old Tack laments a harsh winter blizzard and a budding flu epidemic. He shares jokes about stock market chaos, praises a Christmas tree gift and Polk Street decorating, and thanks locals and contributors while inviting advance orders for a forthcoming literary work. A lost purse case concludes the note.
F B Sanford Dies Chief Dispatcher for Santa Fe
F B Sanford of Amarillo Texas chief dispatcher for the Santa Fe lines died at his home at 1620 Hayden Street at 5 this morning after four years of illness. He came to Amarillo in 1917 from Muskogee Oklahoma and is survived by his widow and daughter plus several siblings. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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F. B. Sanford
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Hayden Street
Sanford
Mr. Sanford
W. P. Schopper
Shidler
Oklahoma
W. E. Sanford
Greenville
Texas
J. D. Jarvis
Oklahoma City
The
Muskogee
Katy
First Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Khive Shrine
Knights of Pythias
Griggs
Mine Blast Victims Remain at Home Waiting for word
Miners did not report to the mine today staying at cottages and box car houses. They awaited word from two morgues receiving the victims. The final report relieved their anxiety despite grief. State mine inspector Miller D. Hay began an investigation noting a terrific blast in the lower levels and that miners were likely killed instantly in the deeper sections.
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Miller D. Hay
Mine Blast Sparks Deadly Rush for Surface at McAlester
In Old Town coal mine near McAlester Oklahoma a blast trapped 65 miners. Survivors Charles Penfield Joe Griffin and Frank Parker described the chaotic ascent and the grim toll Parker was killed when thrown from a coal car and crushed. Penfield and Griffin later aided in rescues relying on their shaft knowledge. The blast likely sparked from an electric coal cutting machine.
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United Press
Mcalester
Oklo
Old Town
Charles Penfield
Joe Griffin
Griffin
Penfield
Frank Parker
Parker
Criminal Appeals Court Proceedings in Texas
The Associated Press reports today in Austin on December 18 that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed several defendants including William Pruett Jr and Gertrude Sanford, reversed and remanded Ardell Sanders and others, dismissed appeals for various parties, reinstated and affirmed for L. A. Scroggins, overruled rehearing motions, and granted or set aside judgments in multiple cases including Ex Parte Dillie Lane with a dissent by Morrow.
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Associated Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
William Pruett, Jr
Dallas
Gertrude Sanford
Taylor
C. B. Jackson
Potter
Ardell Sanders
Howard Gossett
Hall
Charley Chadd
Annie Ragsdale
Smith
Eugene Johnson
Bowie
W. H. Stroud
Wilbarger
O. G. Kelley
Dawson
Jose de Pena
el Paso
Dewey R. Hunt
F. L. Eaves
Wichita
Lorain Pope
Cherokee
Jim Casper
W. O. Burns
Bosque
Bennie Shaw
Hunt
L. A. Scroggins
Lamb
James Sowers
Henderson
Elwell Satterwhite
Brazos
Morrow
P. J
Former Archer City Woman Undergoes Major Operation
Mrs. Nell Kilcrease, once of Archer City Texas and now a student at West Texas State Teachers College Canyon, has undergone a serious major operation at Northwest Texas Hospital and is reported resting well.
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Nell Kilcrease
Archer City
Texas
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Canyon
Northwest Texas Hospital
Woman Seeks Work On Farm Ranch Or Tailor Shop
Mrs. Nora Campbell requests employment and asks for help finding a job. She is willing to work on a farm or ranch or at a tailor shop and can be reached via rural telephone number 20.
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Tack
Nora Campbell
Lubbock county approves road bond to pave highway link
A special report notes Lubbock county voters approved a 991000 road bond by five to one, funding paving for Highway No 9 linking Lubbock to Amarillo along with Nos 7 and 53. Paving already underway in Hale, Randall completed, Swisher partly paved, with bond plans in North Plains toward the Oklahoma line and a third attempt success in the county. Nearly 100 miles will be paved as the project advances north toward Stinnett and beyond.
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South Plains
North Panhandle
Swisher County
Amarillo
Stinnett
Ochiltree
Hutchinson
Hansford
Oklahoma Line
Lubbock
Lubbock and
Slaton
Mystery of Connie Franklin Jury Yet to Decide
In a tense Ozark courtroom, four men deny harming Connie Franklin as the defense and prosecution present conflicting testimonies. Tiller Rummer recounts that they pursued her and Connie after a failed marriage plan, while cousins and a mother testify about identities and past cautions. The crowd watches as a key witness hints at a body removal.
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Connie
Mountain View
Morriston
Elmer Wingo’s
Lillie Baker
Tiller Rummer
St. James
Justice Finis Ford
Tiller
Franklin
Marion Franklin Rogers
Arkansas Insane Asylum
Tiller Rumier
Ozark
Connie Franklin
Reuben Harrell
Joe White
Hubert Hester
Herman Greenway
Bill Younger
Cities Agree to Support Santa Fe Plan
Amarillo business leaders and a chamber committee visited Dumas Stratford Perryton Spearman Keys and Boice City Oklahoma to back the Santa Fe route through the Panhandle to Las Animas Colorado. S. J. Cole was authorized to present witnesses and prepare exhibits for the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Las Animas
Colorado
Chamber of Commerce
E. W. Hardin
Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers Association
S. J. Cole
Mason King
Cecil M. Brooks
Panhandle Sash and Door Company
Dumas
Stratford
Perryton
Spearman, Keys
Boice City
Campo
Spearman
Morse
Rock Island
Interstate Commerce Commission of the
Non Jury Civil Docket Occupies Amarillo Court
The Civil District Court with Judge W. F. Gee presiding handled non jury matters. A postponement to January 6 eased workload on suits against the City of Amarillo over alleged water overflow from Amarillo Creek. Ware v city seeks $10,000 in damage. it is the second of twenty seven similar suits. a prior case against J. M. McDaniel awarded the city $3,500.
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W. F E. Gee
Amarillo
Amarillo Creek
Ware
J. M. McDaniel
Roddy Child Dies At Hospital Near Amarillo
Frieda Caroline Roddy aged 2, daughter of Mr and Mrs O T Roddy, six miles southwest of Amarillo, died this morning at 7 20 in a local hospital. Body at N S Griggs and Sons funeral parlor pending funeral arrangements. Mr Roddy a wheat farmer.
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Frieda Caroline Roddy
O. T. Roddy
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs and Sons Funeral
Roddy
Burglars Take 40 Pennies From Fillmore Station
Burglars pried off window boards at Fillmore Service Station 618 North Fillmore entered the building and forced the cash box finding only 40 cents in pennies taken. Police were not hopeful of tracing the loot. Sandstorm staff at Amarillo High School announced state journalism contest awards presented at Belton during the assembly period at 9 15 o clock.
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Fillmore
North Fillmore
Amarillo
Belton
Violence erupts as blows and rocks injure Connie
In a heated confrontation, Hubert Hester struck Connie with a pair of knuckles while Herman Greenway attempted to drag him into the woods. Connie defending himself was then hit with rocks as Joe White allegedly struck him on the head with a large rock.
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Connie
Hubert Hester
Herman Greenway
Joe White
Cop Walks To Station Cost Fifteen Cents
A Chicago officer, on his first shift at Jefferson Park, walked an immense beat from the station toward an imaginary northwest limit. After hours he reached a Prairie police box, then a filling station where an operator explained the long call was local to Chicago and not Des Plaines, ending with the wagon dispatched for the lost patrolman.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oscar T. Hansen
Jefferson Park
C. O
Hansen
Des Plaines
Christmas Decor Sparkles Across Amarillo Streets
Holiday lights brighten Eighteenth Avenue through Washington to Jackson Streets as homes and businesses join a citywide contest. Amarillo National Bank and Fisk Building stand out with festive displays while elevators and a Santa silhouette grace storefronts. Entries close December 24 with $2000 in prizes across seven contest zones, judged on Christmas Day.
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Washington Street
Bivins Addition
Jackson Street
Tenth Avenue
Amarillo National Bank
Fourth and
Polk Street
Fisk
Sixth Avenue
Santa Claus
W. E. Browne
Chamber of Commerce
The
News
the Globe
Denver
Sixteenth Street
Rock Island Railroad
San Jacinto
Painted Roses Prompt Laugh Line
A playful exchange features a painterly dame asking about a rose. The speaker jokes the rose could use rouge to deepen its color, blending whimsy with wordplay in a brief, light moment.
New Orleans Cotton Opens Firm on Better Cables
New Orleans cotton opened firmer with early gains of 7 to 11 points aided by stronger cables and cold rainy weather. Prices moved from January 16.95 to 17.02 and March to 17.80 at midmorning, then eased slightly but remained near highs as the undertone stayed steady amid forecasts of a severe cold wave.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
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