Death Claims L O Thompson Druggist Pioneer of Panhandle
L O Thompson 66 longtime Amarillo druggist and head of Thompson Drug Company dies in his hotel suite after years of declining health. Born in Leavenworth Kansas he moved to Texas as a child and arrived in Amarillo in 1887. He led a Polk Street drug store before heading the family wholesale company for 25 years and recently sailed around the world for his health.
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L. O. Thompson
the Panhandle
Ernest ©. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo Hotel
Thompson
Thompson Drug Company
Panhandle
Kansas
Louis Oliver Thompson
G. W. Thompson
Texas
Wise County
Leavenworth
Amarillo
Alvord
Lee Murray
Tom Murray
Thompson Drug
Fourth
Polk Streets
H. W. Williams Drug Company
Rainey Opens Debate as 3.2 Beer Tax Probed
The House debates the Colier bill to fund the budget with a 3.2 percent beer tax. Rainey defends the content as non intox icating while Crowther argues it violates the 18th Amendment. Snell questions the revenue and balancing the budget amid administration and Senate limits.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Crowther
Representative Snell
Rainey
Illinois
Senate
Grant's Cigar Patent Ends In Exploding Puff
Chicago December 204 The cigar allegedly given by General Ulysses S Grant to Horace Norton founder of Norton College was kept in the college museum. Alumni decide to smoke it at the reunion with Winstead Norton lighting it in a Loop hotel. The cigar lighter sparked a dramatic puff when the first puff went off explosively.
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Chicago
Ulysses S. Grant
Horace Norton
Norton College
Williams Point
Winstead Norton
Norton
Insanity Plea Strengthened by Defense Witnesses
The trial of Mrs. Edna Myers continues as defense witnesses push for a finding of insanity claiming she was mentally unfit at the time of the December 5 shooting that killed Mrs. May Stewart. Testimony includes statements about the defendant's distress and the gun used, with police and medical evidence ongoing.
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Edna Myers
May Stewart
Mattie Myers
Harry
Mack Wimberly
Bob Stewart
W. R. McDowell
Don Marsells
Elmer Green
Addington
Myers
1013 ° West Fourth Street
Robbers Loot Oklahoma Bank at Opening
Two men dressed lightly held up the American State Bank in Webber Falls as it opened, forcing the janitor to stay quiet and the cashier to open the vault. They escaped eastward in an old car with about $1,500. A posse led by Deputy Cecil Speights pursued them.
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Webber Falls
Okla
American State Bank
Cecil Speights
Link Gallahar
S. L. Weatherly
Weatherly
Athens Public Attorney Receives Insull Documents
The Ministry of Justice sent to the Athens public attorney materials on the Samuel Insull extradition case. Attorney Riganakos said he would reserve, study, and submit them to the Court of Appeal for hearings anticipated to begin this week.
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Athens
Ministry of Justice
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Riganakos
Court of Appeal
Council of the Court of Appeal
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday with little temperature change. In New Mexico, generally fair Tuesday night and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the extreme southeast. Temperatures rise to about 26 degrees Tuesday afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Mexico
Goodfellows Call for a Thousand Helpers in Amarillo
The Heart-Break Houses need help this Christmas with a thousand Goodfellows to turn heartbreak into homes of happiness. Enlist as general or private, donate clothing or toys, or adopt a family from the daily list and call Goodfellow headquarters for pickup. A crippled 17-year-old and his brothers 11 12 15 are among those awaiting aid.
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Amarillo
Goodfellow
Globe and News
Goodfellow Headquarters
Flu Epidemic Closes Texas Schools and Hospitals Busy
Texas schools statewide shut as influenza spreads with blizzard conditions. Fort Worth dorms report 40 percent illness. Lubbock, Spur, San Angelo and other cities close schools. Dallas and Beaumont see fatalities and widespread illness. Bishop Byrne bans midnight Masses on Christmas Eve.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Christian University At
Fort Worth
E. M. Waits
J. H. Sewell
Lubbock
Spur
Amarillo
Longview
San Angelo
Lampasas
Cameron
Bell County
Temple
Texarkana
Gilmer
Llano
Houston
Dallas
Beaumont
C. E. Byrne
Galveston Catholic Diocese
Unpaid Tax Amendment Ballot Question Challenged
Canvass of November election returns continues in the secretary of state office with figures omitted for the proposed constitutional amendment on selling and redeeming property with unpaid taxes. An injunction stops canvass after Joe Caldwell of Asherton posted a $500 bond, arguing the ballot failed to clearly describe the amendment's purpose.
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Austin
U.P
Secretary of State
Joe Caldwell
Asherton
Baritone Clarence Whitehill Dies From Heart Disease
The internationally known baritone Clarence Whitehill, 61, died of heart disease following a benefit performance Sunday night at the Roxy Theater in New York. He collapsed after the show and died today according to a UPI report.
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New York
U.p
Clarence Whitehill
Roxy Theater
Today By Arthur Brisbane
A compact feature by Arthur Brisbane from 1932 offers reflections on public life and modern society, capturing editorial tone and social observations of the era.
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Arthur Brisbane
The
King Feature Syndicate. Inc
Seaboard train notes Florida citrus outlook and ad tactics
Miami to New York Seaboard line train ride in under 31 hours brings observations on Florida orange crop prospects. L R Powell notes heavy crop quality and citrus advertising could boost railroad receipts, urging organized promotion like California’s Sunkist. Repetition as a marketing principle highlighted alongside Car ads on fronts of Jacksonville Journal.
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Miami
Fla
Seaboard
Pennsylvania Station
New York
Georgia
Florida
Washington
L. R. Powell
Seaboard Executive Department
Sunkist” Organization
California
Cato
General Motors
John H. Perry
Jacksonville Journal
Farm Editor Seth Holman Sent Home After Illness
Seth Holman, farm editor on the Globe News staff, was removed Tuesday from Northwest Texas Hospital to his home at 2415 Ong Street. He had been taken to the hospital a week earlier when he became dangerously ill with the flu.
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Seth Holman
Globe News
Northwest Texas Hospital
Ong Street
Mr. Holman
Hawk Reduces Prices for Lauder Show at Municipal Auditorium
Prices for the Sir Harry Lauder show next Tuesday night December 27 have been cut due to high seating capacity at the Municipal Auditorium. Best seats cost 1.65 and 1.10 dollars with tax, about 500 seats at 0.55 dollars. Reserved seats available at The Globe News office, with chart at City Drug No 1 after Thursday. Mail orders go to Wilbur C. Hawk via The Globe News.
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Harry Lauder
Municipal Auditorium
Wilbur C. Hawk
Globe News
City Drug No
Seabury Whip Cracks Again on Walker and Betty Compton
New York December 20 Seabury in his latest Hofstadter inquiry report names Betty Compton as a recipient of funds linked to former Mayor Walker and lists a 7500 check and securities totaling 41668.93 paid from Walker accounts via missing fiscal agent Russell Sherwood. The report ties these payments to sinister transactions and notes accusations that led to Walker's resignation.
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New York
Seabury
James W. Walker
Tammany Hall
State Supreme Court
Betty Compton
Samuel Seabury
Miss Compton
Walker
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Russell T. Sherwood
Sherwood
Watchful Police Track Holiday Pickpockets
Amarillo police and store detectives report several shoplifters arrested recently as pickpockets target women with large purses. The thieves open the large purse remove the coin purse, take money, then replace the small purse.
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Amarillo
Routine City Commission Session Deliberates Parking Petition
The city commission planned routine business at Tuesday noon. A petition for angle parking on North Fillmore Street between North Second and North Seventh Avenues was presented last Tuesday night by W. Birge, signed by North Fillmore Street property owners, but its consideration date remains undecided.
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North Fillmore Street
North Second
North Seventh Avenues
W. 8. Birge
Two Die of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in City Apartment
Oklahoma City authorities say carbon monoxide from two gas stoves caused the deaths of Mrs. Mable Mershall, 50, and her invalid son Kendrick McClelland, 30, found dead in a closed apartment.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Mable Mershall
Kendrick McClelland
Guy Smiles In Face Of Yacht Death Charges
William James Guy, a smiling Welsh adventurer, awaits trial in Long Beach Superior Court on charges he killed Capt. Walter Vanderwell aboard the schooner Carma. Two crew members identified him as the mysterious visitor who vanished after the captain was shot in the dark cabin. Bail was denied and his lawyers plan a not guilty plea at arraignment next week.
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Long Beach
Calif
U.P
William James
Curly
Guy
Walter Vanderwell
Vanderwell
Marian Smith
Atlanta
Cuthbert Wills
Superior Court
Cotton ginned this year totals 12 million bales
Census bureau reports 12,085,648 running bales ginned before December 13 from this year's crop including 622,125 round bales and 6,677 American Egyptian bales. State ginnings listed show Texas leading with 4,044,000 plus contributions from multiple states.
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Washington
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
States
Amarilloan Near Death
Grady Camp of Amarillo left Monday night for Colorado Springs to be at the bedside of his brother W. E. Camp, an Amarillo printer, who is critically ill.
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Grady Camp
Globe News Publishing Company
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. E. Camp
Amarillo
Democrats Shy From Debt Plan
Washington report notes Democrats avoid active participation in Hoover's debt commission plan. Hoover and Roosevelt discussed the idea but Democrats in Congress show reluctance to join the commission. The president may pursue the initiative without bipartisan input as governors case remains sympathetic but firm against sharing responsibility.
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Washington
Hoover
Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
Debt Commission
Paris Reacts to Hoover War Debt Conference Plan
Paris newspapers doubt Hoover’s proposal to form a world talks body on war debts disarmament and the economy. Excelsior notes the American delegation would lack power to decide and questions the usefulness of a vast experts committee amid looming negotiations before March.
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Paris
Hoover
Excelsior
Paul Boncour
Snow Thaws As Warm Wind Rises In Panhandle
A south wind and sunshine Tuesday sent temperatures above freezing for the first time since December 14 in the Panhandle Plains. Highway No. 5 north of Amarillo was impassable in spots, buses near Vaughn New Mexico faced drifting snow, but most schedules ran. Temperatures reached 39 degrees by early Tuesday afternoon with a low of 26 the previous night. Partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change were forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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No. 5
Amarillo
Vaughn
N. M
Barrymore Ill With Pneumonia Out of Danger
New York reports actress Ethel Barrymore, struck by pneumonia at her home, has been declared out of danger by her physician as of today December 20.
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New York
U.P
Ethel Barrymore
Hill proposes paving new road north of Amarillo
Potter County Commissioner Carl Hill asks reallocation of a $75 000 state grant from widening Highway 5 to surfacing a new road to the Canadian River. He notes a 100 foot right of way exists for Western Avenue road, enabling immediate work and two paved routes north of Amarillo.
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Carl Hill
Potter County
Amarillo Creek
Hill
Canadian River
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo
Ecity
U S Trade Balance Shows Drop From 1931 November
The Commerce Department reports a favorable trade balance of 35 million dollars for November, down from 44.06 million in November 1931.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Commerce Department
Socially Minded Mrs Garner May Introduce Innovations
Mrs John N Garner weighs new approaches for the vice president's wife role. She supports preserving dignity while allowing individuality and possible social innovations. She cites Alice Longworth as an example and suggests she might host House members if her term allows.
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John Garner
Bess Furman
Associated Press
Washington
John N. Garner
Garners
Alice Longworth
Mrs. Garner
Garner
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