Amarillo Forum Promotes Local Industry Growth
A public forum hosted by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce featured four local industry leaders E W Hardin Walter A Barlow B W Darling and Arch Hunsley. The event outlined aims to expand industry in Amarillo through fuel and power advantages regional resources and a broader wholesale trade reach.
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Amarillo
Ewing
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
H R. Finnell
Regional Soil Conservation Service
H. R. Baker
N. C. Wills
I. R. Tate
W. H. Bailey
Tom Bishop
Eugene
Buie
Farmer John Smith gains from 1935 agricultural changes
Dust storms gave way to rain and better yields in 1935. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reported total income rising to 6.8 billion dollars, with farmers receiving about 597 million in benefits linked to crop adjustments and rental payments. The year broadened the farmer’s role in society and sparked debates over processing taxes and constitutional challenges.
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Associated Press
John Smith
Siun
the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department of Agriculture
Detroit
AAA
Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Senator Long
Talmadge
Congress
Supreme Court
Inflation, murder and art amid a scattered miscellany
The piece blends questions on fish stocking at high altitudes with reflections on oxygen in water, then shifts to Henry Clay Frick’s art bequest and inflation concerns. It details a murder plot in Paterson, a trial of Baron De Clifford in the Lords, and ends with a vivid scene of nobility and ritual in court.
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Henry Clay Frick
Mr. Prick
Fifth Avenue
Frick
Townsend pension plan dominates Michigan election debate
In Michigan the Townsend pension plan split a congressional race with one candidate supporting a monthly $200 old age pension and the other opposing. The piece notes the large following claimed by Dr Townsend and warns of potential inflationary funding and political upheaval as voters leverage public funds.
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Michigan
Townsend
Trial by Jury of Husbands and a Bachelor
A New York case recounts Mrs. Reisman who killed her husband's secretary after discovering the affair. The tale quips about a jury of eleven husbands and one bachelor and muses on who would serve if the genders were reversed. The passage also notes Lake Titicaca as the highest navigable body of water and mentions U S experts to be sent to Bolivia and Peru.
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New York
Reisman
Lake Titicaca
Bolivia
Peru
Sam
English Peers Hear Trial By Their Own Speaking Vow
In a historic proceeding the accused faced a jury of peers in velvet robes and heavy cocked hats as Baron De Clifford sought trial by God and his peers. Each lord declared verdict with on my honor. Thirty four years earlier Lord Russell faced bigamy charges and was pardoned after a short sentence.
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England
Baron de Clifford
Douglas George Hopkins
House of Lords
Viscount Hailsham
Lord Russell
Lords
Edward
Lord de Clifford
Local Church Break-In Ends With Odd Moral High Jinks
Rudolph Greager crawled from a Woodland Avenue Baptist Church window to greet police and a watchman. The man had the minister’s baptism suit and wore rubber pants hip boots and a frock coat. The report notes a bizarre contrast with planets Jupiter and Saturn having larger moons.
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Kansas City, Mo
U.P
Rudolph Greager
Woodland Avenue
Greager
Post Office Clerk Shoots Self Amid Hunting Incident
Henrietta December 1 obituary notes AJ clerk Vaughn died from a gunshot wound sustained while hunting. The report references Vaughn’s over twenty years of service in the Henrietta post office and mentions a separate musical note about Bach and a clavi chord.
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Henrietta
BB Vaughn
Allenru claims relief for rheumatic pain in 48 hours
An advertisement promotes Allenru as safe non opioid relief for rheumatism neuritis and sciatica caused by excess uric acid. It asserts pain relief within 48 hours and notes availability from leading druggists for about 85 cents, in 8 ounce liquid or capsule form.
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America
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Sseer
Schick Dry Shaver
Caron — Coty
Paris
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Renaud D’orsay Hudnut
Ciro
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Vita Ray Cosmetics
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Colgate
Castilian
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Christopher Columbus
Greece
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Marconi
Lafayette
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Tele Eeke
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California
Burgundy
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