Amarillo Radio Moves Toward Washington Hearing
The writer heads east by train to represent Amarillo KGNC in Washington for a radio wavelength hearing. He notes talks with possible majors in broadcasting, warns of delays, and mentions a big Goodfellows fund event at The Nat organized by the American Business Club with Lloyd Snyder's orchestra. He observes local traffic and cites ex cowmen like Judge Hoover and Bill McSpadden as examples of southern Texas wealth and change.
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Amarillo
Old Wilbur Hawk
News-Globe
Old Wilbur
Washington
KGNC
The
National
Columbia
Wilbur
Theodore
Ted) Taylor
Wesley
Wes) Izzard
American Business Club
Goodfellows’ Fund
J. W. Hill
Frank Farley
A. B.C
Lloyd Snyder
Santa Fe
Canadian
Judge Hoover
Bill McSpadden
Bari Piqua
Mo&padden
Bol” T
Feed-A-Child Club Aims to Feed 900 Amarillo Children
Community effort in Amarillo mobilizes funds and milk donations to feed public school children. The Goodfellows and the Hellenic American Society contribute to a $875 budget, with the Community Chest and local clubs covering meals, while calls for further donations and a drop-off point at The News-Gibobe are urged.
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Amarillo
The
Goodfellows
Amarilloans
Community Chest
Benjamin Stroud Dies After Weeks of Illness at Home
Benjamin Alvis Stroud, 60 year old retired merchant, died early Tuesday at his home 1110 Van Buren Street after a several weeks illness. Funeral arrangements are being announced by the Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home as relatives are expected to arrive.
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Benjamin Alvis Stroud
van Buren Street
Blackburn
Shaw Punerel Mome
Goodfellows Fund Appeal Receives Amarillo Support
The News-Globe urges donations to feed hungry school children as Amarillo mobilizes. Early gifts include cash from individuals and unions, meat and bread from local firms, vegetables and loaves, jackets, lunch provisions, kitchen equipment, and a Ford truck for distribution.
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Goodfellows Fund
News-Globe
Amarillo
W. W. McIlroy
Carpenters Union
Murry Watts
Otis Williams
J. My Tovo Cocci
Eata Pere
M. M. Mayfield
Earl Sanders
White and Kirk's
George Carns
The
Panhandle Fruit Company
H. D. Porter & Sons
R. D. Houck
Amarillo Baking Company
Mary Bivins
Ray Pinkney
Pinkney Packing Company
J. Lindsay Nunn
Henneman Grain Company
J. M. Tate
Virginia Street
Williams Hardware Company
Phit Club
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Travelers
McKnight Transfer ‘Company
Co. P. Hutchings
Daniel
T. G. Nicholas
Green Brothers Purniture Company
Carleton-Florey Company
Draper-Ross Produce Company
Amarillo Hardware Company
Purr Food Company
Walter Irvin
Ford Truck
Population of United States estimated at 127.5 million
Census Bureau reports 1935 US population at 127 521 000, up 0.71 percent from 1934 and 4 percent since 1930. Projections suggest 137 million by 1945 if growth continues. births number 12 420 000 and deaths 7 423 000 since 1930. Net emigration plus deaths reduce growth by 4 746 000 to July 1 1935.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Lobby Seeks to Block Administration Neutrality Bill
Chairman Mc Reynolds of Tennessee charged before the House Rules Committee that a powerful lobby is trying to block the administration's permanent neutrality bill. He said there is believed to be an organized effort to defeat the measure and that some interests want broad trade and open trade. He noted opposition to a discretionary embargo on war materials shipments to belligerents.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
McReynolds
Tennessee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rules Committee
House
Probated Sentence for Local Doctor in Securities Case
Dr. C. P. Hester of Amarillo pleaded guilty to violations of the federal securities act and received a five day probated sentence. He was among 20 indicted in a Midwest Mortgage Corporation securities and mail fraud case. four others had pled guilty earlier. Trial dates and related quashings follow in the docket.
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Dallas
C. P. Hester
Amarillo
Midwest Mortgage Corporation
Hester
Willan HM
Atwell
RW Jones
A. C
Bottlers Meet at Capitol Hotel On Dr Pepper Plans
The annual Dr Pepper Bottlers meeting gathers about forty bottlers and route salesmen at the Capitol Hotel led by W V Ballew from Dallas. Key speakers include A H Caperton of Tracy-Locke Dawson and R L Peace of Oklahoma City. The program features a dramatization of sales ideas and notes a 60 percent January sales increase over last year.
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Dr. Pepper
Capitol Hotel
W. V. Ballew
Dr. Pepper Company
Dallas
James FE. Clark
A. H. Caperton
Department of Markets
Tracy-Locke- Dawson, Inc
R. L. Peace
Oklahoma City
van Edwards
Edwards Bottling Co
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Clovis
Hobbs
Pampa
Tulsa
Trinidad
Ballew
Dr. Pepper Co
Defense Motion Overruled in Richardson Murder Trial
A defense motion for acquittal was overruled by Judge A J Fires as the state rested in the trial of Mrs Buena Mae Richardson for the murder of Brown Warren. State witnesses testified Warren was held while stabbed to death by Turner Smith at a country dance. Warren’s widow Mrs Brown Warren described threats to “cut Warren in two” before the fatal encounter at Warren’s farm home.
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Warren
Decline Shown In Oil Output For Last Week
Daily U S crude oil production for the week ending Feb 1 averaged 2 830 224 barrels a drop of 17 695 as major regions mostly fell Louisiana rose 9 648 to 188 663 Oklahoma led the decline with 10 775 to 475 275 Texas down about 3 000 to 1 046 446 Eastern states Michigan 142 880 down 5 824 California 675 650 down 5 850 Kansas 137 175 down 2 750 Rocky Mountain area up 730 to 111 960.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
East
California
Kansas
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Amarillo Child Burned When Nightgown Contacted Gas Heater
Two year old Evelyn Putman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Putman, was severely burned when her nightgown ignited near an open gas heater last night. The accident occurred around eight o'clock at the East Ninth Avenue home. Uncle R B Luttrell, first on the scene, beat out the flames. the child sustained burns to her back, legs and arms. A physician stated she would recover.
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Evelyn Putman
E. 8. Putman
Burns
East Ninth Avenue
R. B. Luttrell
Putman
Death penalty sought for ex fireman in California case
Defense attorney E T Miller argued insanity and adultery as the basis for the plea in the murder of a woman in her honeymoon cottage. The Palmer County jury, all farmers, deliberated on the third floor with lawmen guarding corridors as a large crowd observed the proceedings.
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Oakland
Calif
E.T. Miller
Parnell
Palmer County
Earl Booth
Reese Tatum
Joe Witt
January Births and Deaths in Potter County Report
Births remained twice as numerous as deaths in January Potter County total births 80 and deaths 40. The month saw a nightclub shooting on East Tenth Avenue leaving two dead and a suspect charged with murder. One suicide death was recorded. Marcos Ramirez a Mexican national died in a January auto crash. Nine pneumonia deaths and two influenza deaths occurred. Pneumonia declined in Amarillo while mumps remained the only epidemic disease.
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Potter County
East Tenth Avenue
Marcos Ramirez
Amarillo
B. M. Primer
Many Groups Aid in Drive for Food
Several groups mobilize to feed 900 hungry schoolchildren. The American Business Club hosts a Big Brother Ball at the Nat tomorrow night with proceeds to Goodfellows. A Mission Theater matinee Saturday asks for admission as food or any donation. Skelly Oil Station at Tenth and Polk will wash cars all week and donate the $1 fee to the Pund. call 2 3175 for pickup.
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American Business Club
Nat
Goodfellows Fund
Mission Theater
Skelly Oil
Tenth Avenue
Polk Street
Alfred Glenn
Weather chaos as cold wave hits upper Midwest and South
A rapid cold front and heavy precipitation disrupt highways in Wisconsin northward while snow affects the Dakotas Minnesota and parts of Kansas and Nebraska. New York endures sleet turning streets to skating rinks and disrupting elevated transit. Alabama floods surge with rail and highway disruption and two trainmen feared killed near Maylene as Warrior River rises. Meridian suffers seven inch rain flooding suburbs and gas main damage while Birmingham communities flee rising waters.
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Wisconsin
Dakotas
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mississippisippi
Maylene
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Collingsville
Coaldale
Warrior
PWA
Meridan
Miss
Meridian
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railway
Hickory
Village Creek
Former Helpy-Selly Officials Probe Reopened
Adkins and former Helpy-Selly Stores officials face renewed federal scrutiny as a grand jury is recalled to reopen the Priday case investigation.
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Adkins
Helpy-Selly Stores Company
Federal Grand Jury
Priday
Auto Display Opens Tomorrow in Barnard Building
The West Texas debut of the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 and Ford V-8 cut away chassis will be on view at 911 Polk Street in the Barnard Building. Three Lincoln Zephyr cars and a custom V-12 plus over a quarter million dollars in machinery are featured. Oklahoma City visitors include George Boggs Lester Lloyd and John Giesing assisting the exhibit. Science teachers and Amarillo officials attend a Ford program this afternoon. Public hours start at 10 each day through Friday.
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West Texas
Ford Laboratory
Barnard Building
Polk Street
Ford
Lester Lioyd
Advertising Company
Oklahoma City
George Boggs
Lincoln Department
John Giesing
Amarillo
New Deal tactics surface in 1936 Smith campaign Playbook
The piece outlines how Al Smith faces Roosevelt in 1936 with a strategy to laugh off attacks while assessing his strength. It notes his stronghold with New England Irish and waning support among party politicians due to patronage and disloyalty. It describes Catholic endorsements being circulated and charges about the Liberty League and tax strategies amid a charged political season.
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New England
Boss Hague
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Chicago
Smith
Cardinal Mundelein
Notre Dame
Monsignor Ryan
National Catholic Welfare Council
Liberty Leaguers
NEA Service, Inc
Aspgren Services Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Hannah Aspgren 57 will be held at 4 PM Wednesday from the First Church of the Nazarene on Fourteenth Avenue and Lincoln Street Rev L H Dickerson will officiate She died Monday in a local hospital after a pneumonia illness She is survived by husband Oscar Aspgren a cabinet maker and four sons Norma Everett Harry Hilmer and Neils and a daughter in Amarillo Chicago Memphis Joliette and Mosquero New Mexico arrangements are at N S Griggs and Sons chapel until one hour before the service.
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Hannah Aspgren
First Church of the Nazarene
Fourteenth Avenue
Lincoln Street
L. H. Dickerson
Aspgren
Oscar Aspgren
Sweden
Baker
N. S
Call Gas Hearing For February 18
The railroad commission announced a monthly statewide oil and gas proration hearing for February 18 in Austin. The notice confirms the February 18 session as part of routine regulatory proceedings.
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Austin
The
Railroad Commission
Italians Mobilize Civilian Workforce for Roads and Barracks
Mussolini orders 50,000 civilian workers to construct roads and barracks to shield troops during the upcoming rains. He warns of a likely second winter for war. Italian males aged 11 to 32 are drafted for training and accountability.
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Mussolini
Wallace Faces Fresh Floor Fight In Tax Debates
A later bid by Representative Snell of New York to claim the floor failed as he attacked Wallace once more. Treadway accused Wallace of repeating the Supreme Court ruling that ordered the return of impounded processing taxes, calling it the greatest legalized…
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Representative Snell
New York
Wallace
Treadway
Supreme Court
Public official remarks spark impeachment call
In a historic exchange, Treadway denounces Secretary Wallace's remarks as insulting and untruthful and repeats that any public official making such statements deserves impeachment. He frames the issue as a test of accountability for government leaders.
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Treadway
Wallace
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