Texas farmers mobilize to curb foreclosures and push higher prices
Agrarian revolt spreads in Texas as farmers organize state wide groups to block forced sales and seek tax relief. In Weslaco Rio Grande Valley farmers plan a strike to halt shipments until prices rise, cabbage gains 100 percent to six dollars a ton, while Panhandle growers form local bodies to oppose foreclosures.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas House
W. B. Pope
Corpus Christi
Weslaco
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Washington
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Panhandle
Household Hints From Washington on Cold Rooms and Baking Tips
Federal child experts advise dressing a baby for 15 degrees Fahrenheit or colder with a shirt stockings a warm nightgown and a soft sweater while warming the bed with a hot water bottle or sand bag. Toast cocoanut slowly until light brown then use as a topping. A delicate white cake flavor combines vanilla almond and rose extracts in the batter or icing.
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Washington
Federal
Culinary Tips From an Old Notebook
The note suggests adding salt to water for goldfish care and using a silver knife to cut bananas to prevent browning. It also advises to toast oatmeal flakes in a shallow pan in a moderate oven until lightly browned to improve color and flavor when mixed into cookies.
Cheese Adds Flavor To Fruit Salad Dressing
Two tablespoons of grated yellow cheese are added to the salad dressing used for fruit salads to enhance flavor.
Negro liquor trial set for jury in Thursday session
The Dixie 4H Gregg case, charged with liquor law violations, was to begin in 47th District Court Thursday afternoon. Earlier, A. L. Benge was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a theft of a delivery car case from Van Buren Pharmacy after witnesses and defense argued mental unsoundness.
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Dixie
Gregg
47Th District Court
A. L. Benge
van Buren Pharmacy
Benge
Burglar Drills Vault. Stole Liquor and Narcotics
Police report a break in at the Southwestern Drug Corporation vault on Lincoln Street. Burglars used a drill to breach the outside door and breached the inner door, stealing five pints of bonded whiskey and quantities of morphine and cocaine valued over 150 dollars.
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Southwestern Drug Corporation
Lincoln Street
Farm Letters to Tack Propose 35 Year Plan
A reader appeals to Tack for farmer aid noting many plans fail. He claims a new solution gained from 35 years of study and seeks contact with interested parties to discuss practical farm relief.
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
Poem about a poor man in a bread line seeking help for soup and bread. Two neighbors explain the pain of poverty and urge empathy, noting their own hardship while offering assistance to the newcomer at the kitchen door.
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Edgar A
Edgar A. Guest
Hotel Fire Traps Firemen Amid Collapse and Rescue Efforts
A fire at a 250 room hotel trapped firemen as the rear wall collapsed injuring many. Urban and Hoye were injured while digging for trapped men. Guests escaped by smoke filled halls or windows as debris and falling bricks hindered crews. Origin of the blaze remains undetermined and miracles occurred during rescues.
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Urban
Walter Hoye
Hoye
Lawrence McKenna
McKenna
Dodge
Duane Carey, Jr
Duane Jr
Carey
Livestock Commission Cuts Pay Again in Texas
The Texas livestock sanitary commission announces a second 15 percent salary cut for 243 employees, effective September 1. A previous 10 percent reduction was set by the Ferguson-appointed commission at its first meeting last Thursday in San Antonio chaired by Leo A. Callan.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Leo A. Callan
San Antonio
Woman Awarded 1800 in Hair Loss Suit
Lela Viola Mill Sup. 15 won $1,800 in a damage suit against Dr. D L Hess after a district court jury here awarded compensation for hair loss. Plaintiff claimed x ray treatment caused baldness. defense argued scalp disease favus was the cause.
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San Angelo
Lela Viola Mill
D. L. Hess
Kiwanis Leader J. Cole to Visit Wellington Club
J. Cole lieutenant governor of Kiwanis International for the Sixth Texas Oklahoma District will visit Wellington Friday to meet the Kiwanis Club there. He will be accompanied by local Kiwanians including Bill Wallace C C Stewart L G Stewart S L Kirk and Fred Poole.
Judgment and foreclosure in Crane County suit
In 108th district court an $11,562.21 judgment and foreclosure of mechanic's and deed of trust liens were allowed against Lula and Lee Satterwhite of Crane County and John R. and R. F. P. Hancock in a suit filed by Fred Bone of Amarillo.
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Mechanic’s
Lula and
Lee Satterwhite
Crane County
John R. and
R. FP. Hancock
Fred Bone
Amarillo
Child Health Conference Opens in Austin This Week
A state-wide conference on child health and protection begins in Austin tonight and continues Friday and Saturday. The article notes a population density fact: 35.5 persons per square mile in the United States in 1920.
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Austin
United States
Severe cold wave grips Panhandle with frosty readings
The cold spell kept schools open in Amarillo as officials feared closure would endanger children. Temperatures plunged across the Panhandle with readings from 16 below in Boise City to single digits near Clovis and Dalhart. Red Cross workers persisted while a case of ear frost and several cracked motor blocks highlighted the hardship.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Higgins
Texas-Oklahoma
Boise City
Okla
Red Cross
Jessie N. Ross
Amarillo
Temperatures Rise Across Texas After Deep Freeze
After a sharp cold wave, temperatures in most of Texas edged higher with rising afternoon readings. East Texas saw more clouds and warmer conditions, while West Texas faced slower moderation with expected rain and increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday. Citys like Amarillo Pampa Texarkana Lubbock Dallas Fort Worth Wichita Falls Austin Corsicana Abilene Houston reported varied gains from near zero to several degrees above zero.
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Associated Press
Texas
West Texas
East Texas
West Coast
Southwest
Amarillo
Pampa
Texarkana
Lubbock
Dallas
Tyer
Sherman
Denton
Longview
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Austin
Corsicana
Abilene
Houston
Thousands Of Fish Frozen In Galveston Bay Cold
Thousands of fish in Galveston Bay and adjacent streams froze stiff during the cold wave making harvesting easy. Those not frozen were numb and unable to dodge nets as fishermen set out at dawn to scoop them up in shallow water. Trout were among the few that avoided freezing.
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Galveston
Galveston Bay
Hormone Tests To Determine Sex of Unborn Children
University of California researchers announce a prenatal method using two sex hormones found in maternal fluids. The new test reportedly determines boy or girl with about 90 percent accuracy, based on hormone presence in the expectant mother.
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Berkeley
Cal
U.P
University of California
John H. Dorn
Medical
Edward I. Sugarman
Amarillo Hi Ys Plan Northwest Texas Conference Delegation
Five Hi Y clubs in Amarillo will send a delegation of 40 or 50 to the Northwest Texas Older Boys Conference at Plainview Friday through Sunday. More than 400 Texas boys are expected to attend. The Amarillo group aims to bid for the 1934 conference. Rev. Gaston Foote of Amarillo is on the program and a ritual by Capt. R. G. Ghiselin will be presented.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Plainview
Texas
Gaston Foote
R. G. Ghiselin
Fever Child Makes Rapid Improvement
William Oliver Priola, a 17 day old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Priola of 2301 West Sixth Avenue, registered a fever of 110 due to an intestinal disorder. He responded readily to treatment and his rapid improvement is discussed in Amarillo medical circles.
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William Oliver Priola
William
Charles Priola
West Sixth Avenue
Amarillo
Explosion Burned Dallas Grocer Opens Breakfast Fire
N. G. Smith a 35 year old Dallas grocer was hurled 25 feet by a gas explosion that wrecked his home and set it afire as he lit a kitchen stove for breakfast. He is hospitalized with painful burns to hands and face and shock. A Munich professor reports teaching fish to respond to sounds and colors.
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Dallas
U.P
N. G. Smith
Smith
Divers Plunge to Escape Fate Meet Grim Surface Fate
Swimmers attempted escape by diving into channels but were surfaced by passing ships. They drifted unconscious until rescued and gathered. Authorities investigate why they chose the perilous retreat and how the rescue occurred.
Record Cold Grips Midwest and West with Multiple Deaths
Cold snap causes five deaths in Oklahoma and Texas and Oregon while Minnesota and Missouri report fatalities from traffic and exposure. Chicago endures its coldest day in 34 years at 19 as frost and lower readings hit the Plains and mountain states. Water lines freeze, roads delay trains, and farms suffer crop damage in California, Texas, Arkansas, and Colorado.
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Indiana
Missouri
Lincoln
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Orr
Minn
Franklin
Trask
Mont
Oklahoma
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Texas
Arkansas
Dustin
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Idaho
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Alaska
Borger Man Reports Car Taken by Hijackers
E. B. Hawpe of Borger a field representative for an oil company told Amarillo police late Wednesday he was hijacked by two masked men while with another man and forced into his car. The pair drove about two miles along a highway before releasing him. NoDescriptions of the suspects were provided and the report reached police at 11 50 p.m.
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E. B. Hawpe
Borger
Amarillo
Hawpe
Billy Sunday Recovers From Heart Attack in Des Moines Revival
The Rev. William A. Sunday famed evangelist is reported recovering from a heart attack caused by acute indigestion while conducting a revival in Des Moines.
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Billy
Des Moines
William A
Billy) Sunday
Kansas City Livestock Prices and New Orleans Cotton Move
Market notes show hogs at 7,500 head with top near 85 and calves around 6.00, steers 5.00 to 6.76, cows about 2.50, lambs around 5.00. New Orleans cotton opened steady with March at 6.05, May 6.19, July 6.22 as traders weigh firmer prices and demand. The New York stock letter reports a broad rally with several blue chips advancing and general strength across sectors.
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Kansas City
U. A
New Orleans
Extraction Plant Hearing Set for Feb 18 in Amarillo
The Texas Railroad Commission scheduled a February 18 hearing in Amarillo to consider Hagg Harrington and Marsh's applications to extract gasoline from seven wells in Carson and Hutchinson counties and to use residue gas for carbon black. The panel will also review renewals for Cabot Carbon Company and Phillips Petroleum Company carbon black permits.
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U.P
Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Hagg
Harrington
Marsh
Carson
Hutchinson
Cabot Carbon Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Four Prisoners Escape Blaine County Jail
Four men overpowered jailer Joe Wensler and fled the Blaine County jail in Watonga Oklahoma. The escapees were Al and Fred Smith brothers held for burglary and Oca and Frank Burton brothers charged with petit larceny. they remained at large the following day.
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Watonga
Okla
Joe Wensler
Blaine County
Fred Smith
Oca
Frank Burton
Funeral services for Stephen S. Chandler in Oklahoma City
Stephen S. Chandler age 74 longtime Oklahoma City businessman since 1907. funeral set for Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Rush left Wednesday to attend. Mrs. Williams ill and cannot travel. Chandler is father to Mrs. Avery Rush and Mrs. Jim Williams.
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