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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1934
Page
3
The Christmas Seals campaign opens in Amarillo with Mrs. J L Scott noting rapid progress and a motto to ensure no card leaves without a seal. Seals cost one cent and are sold at White & Kirk and E FE Finklea Jewelry. sale ends Christmas Day.
The 1934 drought devastated 27 states with heat and minimal rainfall. Despite losses in grain and cotton, farm cash income rose to about $6 billion driven by AAA payments, cattle and sheep sales, and nonfarm work. Prices for wheat and corn rebounded, while production policies shifted toward quotas and land purchases. Rexford Tugwell approved as undersecretary spurred upcoming commodity regulation efforts.
Col. Zack T. Miller of the 101 Ranch and the 101 Ranch Circus settled a breach of contract suit against Tom Mix, a motion picture star, over his appearance with Miller’s circus four years ago. Miller had earlier won $66,000 by judgment in Pennsylvania, which Mix appealed. Settlement terms were not disclosed but estimated near $22,000.
New Orleans reports a solitary Irish setter named Cloudburst traveling a 3,500 mile air trip from Cambridge Maryland to Abilene Texas. The plane is piloted by Miss Kathryn Canning the flying stenographer. Cloudburst was a gift from Col Albanus Phillips to C W Wilson a longtime friend and favorite red setter of Wilson. The trip began dawn Wednesday with stops at Richmond Charlotte Atlanta Birmingham New Orleans before continuing to Abilene via Dallas and Houston.
Dr J A Hill of Canyon announces a meeting of the celebration committee at the Herring Hotel tomorrow at 10 30 AM to outline the Panhandle Pre Centennial Celebration scheduled for 1935 Palo Duro Park will be the site and committee members include Sam Braswell Clarendon J D Hamlin Farwell A J Johnson Dalhart T B E Johnson Amarillo Mrs Phebe K Warner Claude etc
County Judge R A DeFee of Hartley County was brought from Channing to St Anthony's Hospital last night for medical care. Attendants said his condition is not at all serious.
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