Weather and World Gossip From Washington to Amarillo
In Amarillo and Washington items discuss a cold snap with possible snow and a strong norther. The column notes President Roosevelt and Governor Landon hints, Heinz Rexley and Marvin Jones politics, Hochmann case talk, and widespread chatter on partridge introduction in the Panhandle.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
England
District of Columbia
Prince of Wales
Canada
Calgary
Walter Winchell
New York
Hauptmann
Winchell
Hauptman
Newsee
Hoffman
Hearst
East
Landon
London
Marvin Jones
Shepherd
United States Senate
Panhandle
Henry Ford
Stavisky
Europe
Paris
United States
Mar Vin Jones
Amarillo
Florida
Miami
What wet Tack Dear Tack We Seek Night School Work
Two young women aged 21 seek immediate work to enable attending night school. They request suitable employment and sign off as Tack letters, page 14.
Goodfellows Drive Helps Feed Amarillo School Children
Local Goodfellows drive in Amarillo mobilizes donations to feed needy school children. Contributors include Mrs Beasie Aronson Mr Charles J E Lowndes Mrs W H Rife and many local unions and businesses providing money food and goods to support at Sanborn and West Amarillo schools.
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Goodfellows
News-Globe
Amarillo
Spur Youth Freed Of Slaying Charge
Floydada February 7 Melvin Fusey Spur high school honor graduate was acquitted of murder in the fatal beating of J B Speegle at Matador on November 22 A July term in the 110th district court heard the case and reported its verdict to Judge A J Polley this morning Everett McArthur still faces trial in the same case District Clerk George B Marshall said the matter will be urged for the term.
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Fusey
Spur High School
J. B
Ben) Speegle
Matador
110Th District
A. J. Polley
Everett McArthur
Georger B Marshall Sa
Rioting in Hama Leaves Seven Dead in Fresh Outburst
Beirût reports seven killed in fresh nationalist rioting at Hama. The violence follows a day when seventeen soldiers and twelve policemen, along with civilians, were injured in an earlier demonstration.
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Beirut
Syria
Hama
Dairymen Donate Milk and Cash to Goodfellow Fund
Randall County Dairy Association gives 125 gallons of milk daily valued at 50 dollars a day until school ends. Bottled at Borden plant with Community Chest covering bottle costs to meet health standards. About 1,000 children will receive a pint of milk daily. Multiple anonymous donations near one thousand dollars accrue. Local clubs and individuals, including the Panhandle Texas A M Club and the Rows Hotel, contribute cash and beef as part of Adopt a Child efforts.
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Goodfellow Fund
Randall County Dairy Association
Borden
Goodfellow Pond
Will Herring
Ben Stone
Robert A. Stone
Ruth Stone
Margaret Stone
J. W. Ross
Rows Hotel
Harve Allen
Woodmen of
J. Blinderman
Palais Royal
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
C. J. E. Lowndes, Jr
W. L. Autry
E. E. Nolen
Bob Garrett
J. I. Pierson
On the Air Schedule for KGRC Saturday Program Lineup
KVKG radio listings show a full Saturday slate from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM with programs like Organ Reveries Matinee Dance Hour Two Little Notes Pop Concert and News Commentary plus Morning Varieties The Singing Cowboys Jane Walker and Dancing shows. The schedule includes U P News Markets Kansas City Live stock and Miss Mischa Stanley's Music as well as Sunday School Lesson with Mrs Galloway.
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Jack Armstrong
Sonny and
Buddy
Sky Pilot
Randall County
Fats Waller
George Wood
U. P. News
Howard Parker
The
Singing Cowboys
Jane Walker
Southern Singers
Mischa Stanley
Bob Crosby
Kansas City
Paul Lindley
Durant on last volume to refresh European history
Durant explains that the final volume will uncover the history of European invention, statesmanship, science, philosophy, religion, morals, literature and art. He notes his lectures are extemporaneous and tailored to the audience. Four Basle Problems.
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Durant
Basle
Explorer Count de Provok in Africa and Americas
Count Byron de Provok chronicles from Abyssinia to Arabia contrast with Haile Selassie and Queen of Sheba legends. He recounts war images from Ethiopia and previews a lecture tour while praising Rockefeller philanthropy and American resilience amid global crisis.
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Ethiopia
Mussolini
Count de Prorok
Haile Selassie
Count de Provok
Africa
Central America
Abyssinia
Arabia
Blue Nile
Sheba
Weather Averages and Extremes For Amarillo Region
The data summarizes long term climate for Amarillo including total rainfall 693 inches, average minimum 44.5, and 24 hour precipitation peak of 4.16 inches in August 1928. Snowfall peak 206 inches in March 1934 disrupted highways. Wind average 12.2 mph with a high 65 mph in April 1895. April winds exceed March by 0.5 mph. Average sunny days 204, partly cloudy 105, cloudy 56. Rain days 74, snowy 19, thunder 39, dense fog 6. Over 90 F on 51 days yearly. below freezing on 99 days. below zero twice per year. Prevailing winds south and southwest. First killing frost Nov 1. last killing frost Apr 14. Earliest autumn frost Oct 16 1903. latest May 7 1915. Growing season averages 200 days.
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Amarillo
Old Sol
Baker Sues to Recover AAA Taxes from Processors
Alfred Eades of Evansville Indiana files suit to recover more than 150 million dollars in AAA taxes he says were passed to bakers by millers. He claims bakers, not processors, owe the taxes and seek recovery.
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United States
Alfred Eades
Evansville
Ind
Baker
Eades
Black prisoners executed in Raleigh three at once
Three Black men were put to death today in the state prison near Raleigh two by gas and one by electric chair. The executions marked a rare simultaneous death penalty action in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
N. C
Oscar Nomination Highlights From 1934 Screen Year
The piece notes Gable and Colbert for It Happened One Night and Private Words boosting Colbert. Laughton wins for The Private Life of Henry VIII. Hepburn cited for Morning Glory and Alice Adams. Ford leads directing for The Informer with Lloyd for Mutiny on the Bounty and Hathaway for Lives of a Bengal Lancer.
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Gable
Claudette Colbert
Miss Colbert
Laughton
Henry VIII
Miss Hepburn
Alice Adams
the Informer
McLaglen
John Ford
Frank Lloyd
Henry Hathaway
Drug Store Burglar Leaves Fingerprints in Amarillo
Amarillo police expect an early arrest after fingerprints dubbed excellent by Virgil Beavers, head of the identification bureau, tied to a burglary at Fox Drug Store No 5 on Sixteenth Avenue and Polk Street. About $75 in merchandise was taken during the night. The loss was found when employees arrived in the morning.
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Amarillo
Fox
Sixteenth Avenue
Polk Street
Virgil Beavers
Department
Chief rounds up "undesirable" in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Police Chief James E. B. Davis announced a citywide roundup of disruptive characters as he claimed border patrols along a 700 mile front were turning back vagrants. The action follows reports of unrest and calls for stricter urban safety measures.
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Los Angeles
Border Patrol
James EB. Davis
West Coast Assignment At Biltmore Hotel
The narrator mentions heading to the West Coast and quartering at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. He recalls a motion picture about an expedition, noting a hero resembling Count Tall, about 35, and describes the allure of the too girls.
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Oklahoma City
Albuquerque
Salt Lake City
West Coast
Denver
Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles
Academy to announce best picture of 1935 March 5
The best rector picture cartoon music and technical phases of film making will be announced March 5. Mutiny on the Bounty, among a dozen films for best picture 1935, featured Gable Laughton and Tone in the competition.
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Marizoon
W. D. McClure
A.G. Stanley
Debbie Patterson
May Roney-Tutt
J. J. Zofness
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Vawa
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Beeves
International Harvester Company
W. A. Fisk
Karl W. Freeman
W. T. Richey
H. M. Walker
P. G. Barton
G. D. Pence
D. M. Smith
Leland Twaddell
Brian M. Morrow
J. C. Lilly
Agnes Womack
Fred Kelley
J. A Pollard
Roy Sessions
West Amarillo Christian Church
Mission Theater
Circle Five
First Christian Church Aeafk
Psecense
Walter R. Irwin
Sessoscooe
J. R. Crawford
Cheveser
Ed A. Ryan
Panhandle Laundry Company
B. O. Taylor
Plains Creamery Company
R. Isaacson
F. M. Blackburn
George H. McGrath
A. Jewell
Concerne OM
W. B. Stevenson
Cevepves Soo Bob Green Onseees
Lloyd Bivins
G. W. Roberson
Vega
J. J. Williamson
Hellenic American Society
W. L. Williamson
J. C. Pasch
Postna Pyst
Fort Wort
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C. J. White
Cc. R. Allen
R. D. Harwell
A. Janski
G. W. Gwin
A. D. Linley
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H. B. Tharp
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Glenwood School
Lon Sellars
Mann Bakery Company
W. W. McTioy
Carpenters Union
Otis
Panhandle Fruit Company
HY 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 Travellers
McKnight
Vanernd
P. Hutchins
Daniel
T. G. Nichol
Green Brothers Furniture Company
Carleton-Plorey Company
Draper-Ross Produce Company
Amarillo Hardware Company
Furr Food Company
Walter Irvin
Ford Truck
Floydada
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Kgrc
Explorer
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Katherine Woods
New York Herald Tribune
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Canyon
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Will Durant
John D. Rockefeller
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