Boy Scouts Observe Third Birthday Nationwide Event
The Eighteenth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America is celebrated this week with a good turn drive. James E West speaks over WEAF Tuesday night and Walter Head follows Wednesday night. programs air via Tulsa and Fort Worth stations. Sunday urges church attendance and corps marches to civic events with Red Cross and swimming tests planned.
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The
Boy Scouts of America
James E. West
WEAF
New York
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Walter W. Head
National Council
Panhandle
Amarillo
Red Cross
West Texas Teachers College
Canyon
Lee Williams
Body of Car Victim to be Sent to Tulsa
The body of O. E. Shofner age 32 was killed in a canyon highway collision near Amarillo. He will be sent to Tulsa Oklahoma at 7:30 tonight with his brothers Omer and Elton. Burial will be in Tulsa after funeral services Wednesday. The car overturned after the steering gear failed. Shofner’s head was crushed and friends riding with him were injured.
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O. E. Shofner
Canyon Highway
Tulsa
Ohina
Omer
Elton Sho
Shofner
Amarillo
Bere
Optus
Sho
Scout official seeks life saver help for Eagle tests
Scout executive Tom Nelson seeks a Red Cross Lifesaver certificate holder in Amarillo to supervise Eagle scout qualifying tests at West Texas State Teachers College. Twenty boys are expected to be examined in the college indoor pool Saturday.
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Tom Nelson
Amarillo
Red Cross
Nelson
West Texas State Teachers College
Humorous Ambling Letter Reflects Amarillo Life and Woes
The writer skewers census figures, local quarrels, and civic gossip in a rambling Amarillo chronicle. He riffs on population estimates, town events at Third and Polk, a Hickman trial, and local politics while teasing neighbors and opponents with sharp wit. He compares national graft to local humor and hints at moving to a new Elmhurst esque home.
Mother's plea calls for no insanity verdict in Hickman case
A wide reaching letter to courts and jurors urges against an insanity defense for Edward Hickman over the Marian Parker murder. The author argues such a verdict would invite crime and fears for all mothers and daughters, urging punishment to set an example.
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Los Angeles
Edward Hickman
United States
Hickman
Little Marian Parker
Leopold and
Loeb
Leopold
Marian Parker
Doctor Promotes Easyhold Trial for Rupture Cure
A doctor introduces the Easyhold rupture truss as a painless alternative removing leg straps elastic bands and steel springs. The method offers a thirty day free trial with no money upfront and a small price if kept, claiming over 100 000 users.
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Benefit
Lindbergh Heads to Port-au-Prince Haiti for Good Will Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, nearing Havana for a Pan-American conference, left Santo Domingo at 11 am for Port-au-Prince Haiti. The route passed over inland lands with abundant bird life noted along Lakes Enriquillo and Saumatre.
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Associated Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Havana
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Santa Domingo
Toussaint L’ouverture
Lindbergh
Enriquillo
Lake Saumatre
Amarillo Census Finds Small Average Family Size
Census notes in Amarillo show unusually small households with an average of about three persons per home. Officials say native American population and few large foreign or negro families contribute to the deviation from national patterns. Mr. Nicholas departs, praising local cooperation and city development support. Official figures to be released soon show a 139 percent population increase since 1920.
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Amarillo
Brisbane
United States
Nicholas
Board of City Development
Biggs
Washington
Expert testimony on slayer Hickman tests sanity
Dr. H E Schorr, ex Bellevue Hospital examiner, testified Hickman was sane. He noted no inherited insanity but warned mental disorders could be passed to future generations.
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Bowers
H. E. Schorr
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Dr. Schorr
Vanderbilt Clinic
Schorr
Hickman
Capitol Hotel Chief Clerk Arrives for New Opening
Jack Harwell, appointed chief clerk for the Capitol hotel opening February 15, has arrived in Amarillo. He previously served as chief clerk at the Huckina hotel in Oklahoma City and at the Tulsa hotel, with earlier ties to the Tuller hotel in Detroit. He was brought to Amarillo by Capitol manager C A Young, formerly Tulsa hotel assistant manager.
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Jack Harwell
Capitol Hotel
Amarillo
Harwell
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Henino
Tuller
Detroit
C. A. Young
Capitol
Young
Courthouse deeds list numerous transfers and registrations
A courthouse records page itemizes warranty deeds, land descriptions, and car registrations. Entries include Currie to Clara Currie in Wolflin for $10, Jno J Harden to Ida Blair in Ridgemere for $450, and H Burgess to Low Sellars in Bivins for $6250, with many other transfers and registrations across Wolflin, Ridgemere, Mirror, Eakle, and surrounding areas.
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Currie
Clara Currie
Wolflin
W. W. Ballew
C. E. Thompson
C. C
Birge
M. M. Powell
Mirror
Jno
J. Harden
Ida Blair
Ridgemere
T. J. Wagner
Paul D. O'Brien
J. McBroom
Harold H. DeWitt
O. T
Hattie M. Wood
M. C. Hancock
Burgess
Bivins
H. F. Eldridge
A. E. Roark
Beg
E. 14Th
H. G. Strickland
Ed R. Wilson
J. H
Odom
Cotten
A. B
Mee VY. Hill
B. W. Moreman
Deed H. Galle
Key Furr
J. L. Summers
Frank Carter
Roberts
E. L. Allenetux
J. W. Mathis Cor
C. C. Park
Jennie Kirsch
O. W. Shellberg
Eric Horsman
Annie B. Sellars
S. J. Hts
Chas. Allen Etux
J. L. Exum
Eugene S. Blasdel
W. S. Peake
Holland
C. P. Elliott
T. H. Allen
B. B. Breeding Academy
Sandino Sightings Near Matagalpa Population Fears Attack
Sandino is mounted and well armed, sighted in Jinotega and San Rafael del Norte about fifteen miles northwest of Matagalpa. Locals fear he may attack the town, suspecting marines have been withdrawn to reinforce Nueva Segovia garrisons.
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Jinotega
San Rafael del Norte
Greytown
Sandino
Matagapa
Nicaragua
Matagalpa
Nueva Segovia
Beauty Dance at Nat Palace With Grand Prize
Eli Hoover manager of the Nat Dance Palace announces a grand prize dance tonight in cooperation with Ruth Beauty Shop and White and Kirk's balcony. Prizes include six marcels and a permanent wave for the winners and audience.
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Eli Hoover
Nat Dance Palace
Ruth Beauty Shop
White and Kirk’s
British Army to Drop Lance as War Weapon
An army order in London announced the lance will be abolished as a weapon. It will no longer be carried in field training and will be kept only by Lancer regiments for ceremonial use.
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International News Service
London
Egyptian Man Accused of Fifty Nine Divorces and Big Payouts
Isawi Sherif Bey faced Tantah Assizes charged with marrying sixty women over thirty years and dissolving marriages through fraudulent divorces. He was acquitted on criminal charges, but the court ruled civilly that he pay 10 000 to each of two former wives who brought the case.
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Cairo
Isawi Sherif Bey
Tantah Assizes
Isawi
Women Hear Dr Barker on Responsibility to Daughters
Dr Charles F Barker international authority on youth spoke to about 200 women at the Am arillo city auditorium on a mother's duty to her daughter. He urged obedience as the core of childrearing and warned against letting children have their own way, citing Helen Keller as an example of overcoming handicap.
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Charles F. Barker
Amarillo
Rotary Club
Federated Women's Clubs
City Auditorium
Barker
Helen Keller
Dr. Parker
Baptist Church
My Name Is a Treasure I Must Bear Forever
A brief reflection on how a name outlives gifts wealth or health. The speaker credits parents for naming him and asserts the name is a personal treasure that travels everywhere, never leaving his side, demanding lifelong pride and identity.
Amarillo School Head Highlights Education Value
Dr I N McCash president of Phillips University Enid Oklahoma told Amarillo senior high students education matters for youth. He travels with Rock Islands Greater Panhandle Agricultural Opportunities campaign train stopping in Panhandle cities. He cited history math and religion and noted four years of college doubles earning power for graduates.
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Amarillo
I. N. McCash
Phillips University of
Traveling Preacher Seeks Democratic Presidential Nomination
Rever end Alonzo F. Workman a itinerant Missouri Arkansas Kansas and Oklahoma minister filed notices in seventeen states seeking the 1928 Democratic nomination for president He has drawn acknowledgments from Illinois Indiana and Ohio and will prepare a petition once replies arrive He plans to base his campaign in Joplin and said he would not be a favorite son or stalking horse candidate.
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International News Service
Joplin
Alonzo F. Workman
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
United States
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Workman
Houston
Wilson
Pershing
Rev. Workman
Enid Seeks Support for Next Shipper's Meet
Enid Oklahoma seeks Amarillo backing for the next Southwest Shipper's Advisory board meeting. Shippers meet in Shreveport this week with several Amarillo men possible attendees. The convention was held there last year and a special round trip rail fare is offered to board members.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Southwest Shipper’s Advisory Board
Board of City Development
Shreveport
Nada
Fake tale of near burial sparks referral to undertaker
A Virginia undertaker refutes a widely circulated wire story about Miss Fannie Wilson Broyles near burial while paralyzed. He says the tale arose from a romantic reporter and is fiction, noting the Luray News and Courier denied any origin.
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I. C. Bradley
Luray
Virginia
N. 3
Griggs
Virginian
Fannie Wilson Broyles
Broyles
Miss Broyles
United States
Luray News and Courier
Market reports from Kansas City Chicago and St Louis livestock
Hogs receipts 16 000 head and cattle 15 000 at Kansas City and St Louis while Chicago hogs 95 000 head and cattle 18 000 head show lower to slow trading. New York cotton steady after early gains and futures mixed with rain in West Texas. London and New Orleans markets show fluctuations. poultry prices firm in Chicago with live fowls and turkeys quoted.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
The
ST. Louis
New York
New Orleans
Drouth
Liverpool
Radio Corporation
Republic
Gulf States
U. S. Steel
Hoover
Allis Chalmers
American Zinc Preferred
Peoples Gas
Continental Can
Purity Baking B
Nevada Consolidated
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Tack
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Tan
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Rhia
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Hughes
Renj. B. Karger
Dealer
Hupp
Harry Delaney
Propst Motor
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J. J. Currie
Franklin
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Toney Chisum
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Harrison
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Polk St
L. V. Wallace
Nat
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Just Falie
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God
AME
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Texas
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May
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Dupont de Nemours
Eastman Kodak
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Fleischmann & Freeport-Texas
General Asphalt
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Great Western Sears
Ofl
Hopp Motors
Illinois Central
E International Tel
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern Kennecott Copper
Lago Oil
Louisiana Oil & Seeneee
Marland Oil
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Middle States
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery
Ward Moon Motors National Biscuit
Packard Motor
Pan-American Pet
Pete Marquette
Phillips Petroleum Producers & Refiners Radio Corp
American Republic Iron % Steel
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Simms Petroleum Sinclair Cons
Skelly Oil
Southern Railway
Stewart-Warner Studebaker
Texas & Pacific Fee
Texas Pacific Coal & OF
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Union Pacific
U.S
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White Eagle O. & R
Willys-Overland
Dodge Motors
General Electric
Hudson Motors Inspiration Copper
Kanang City
Southern
Louisiana
Ott & Missouri, Kansas
Nash Motors
Pennsylvania
Pure Oil Shell Union
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