Weather and beaver tales from the Texas plains
A column reflects on February weather with sand storms blamed on New Mexico and Colorado, notes beaver sightings in Wheeler County, and previews a spring Sportsmen show in Amarillo with five beavers on display. The piece mixes weather, wildlife, cinema notes, and public chatter from the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Colorado
Panhandle
Wheeler County
Amarillo
Newa-Globe
Texas
South
Tracks Down Red Fox Killed With Milk Stop
Local report describes a fox sighting leading to a fatal fox incident. Unclear details reference Orion and Darrell Erdman with fragmented notes. Authorities investigate the scene and preserve the animal remains for examination.
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Red Fox
ORION
Darrell Erdman
Youth In The News Little Folks Leave Home
Childs wanderings and homecomings span the United States. Yvonne Lee is found after 36 hours under a neighbor’s house in Phoenix while Mary Ann Carlson, missing in a New York hotel, plays checkers with a policeman in Brookline. Renwick Knox ferries chickens to an island rather than part with them and Verna Lee Daniel stays with her doll on a Missouri roadside mattress as sharecroppers protest income cuts.
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Yvonne Lee
Phoenix
Ariz
Mary Ann Carlson
New York
Mary Ann
Brookline
Mass
Missouri
Verna Lee Daniel
Sparks Fractured Hip After Fall In Amarillo
Pioneer Amarillo real estate man Tom Sparks is resting well at St Anthony s Hospital after a fall yesterday near his offices in the Blackburn Building He lives at 603 Sunset Ter and fell on Seventh Avenue.
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Tom
Sparks
Amarillo
St. Anthony's Hospital
Mr. Sparks
Sunset Terrace
Seventh Avenue
Blackburn Building
Creel Jones Celebrate 80 Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Gideon Creel Jones in Oakland celebrate eighty years of wedlock with a light hearted toast highlighting humor and a nod to traditional Kentucky dispositions in their long partnership.
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Oakland
Cal WR
Gideon Creel Jones
Kentucky
Delayed Death Takes Convict in Kentucky
Sylvester Warner, 28, was executed on death row at the Kentucky state penitentiary after a five year delay. He and two accomplices murdered John White and his son Clay White during a Casey County robbery in 1933, stealing rings, a watch, and $11. The case bounced through governors Laffoon and Chandler and the state courts before Warner's execution.
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Eddyville
U.P
Sylvester Warner
State Penitentiary
Warner
John White
Clay White
Casey County
Huston Jeffries
Carl Hardin
Ruby Laffoon
Jeffries
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Laffoon
Chandler
State Court of Appeals
The Citadel Held Over at Capitol Theater
The Citadel starring Robert Donat remains on view at the Capitol, with capacity crowds and a new record. Manager Bill Smith said the film is held over due to terrific throngs and public demand.
West Texas Exes Plan Executive Council Meeting at Canyon
West Texas Exes president Clay Thornton announced an executive council meeting for tomorrow at noon in Canyon. The council includes Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hill, Olin Hinkle, John McCarty, Mary Alice Quattlebaum, J. Odus Mitchell, Neville Wrenn, Rual Ford, Carl Clifft, J. C. Baker, and W. B. Weatherford. The group aims to support the college and fund a new science building amid a 17 percent enrollment rise.
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Clay Thornton
Ex-Students’ Association
West Texas State College
Canyon
Thornton
J. A. Hill
Olin Hinkle
John McCarty
Mary Alice Quattlebaum
J. Odus Mitchell
Neville Wrenn
Rual Ford
Carl Clifft
J. C. Baker
W. B. Weatherford
Exes
Seeking Work and Clothing Donations Offer
A reader seeks hourly or half day work in cafe or house duties with references and Sunday free. Also requests clothing donations for children ages 1 to 13, asking to leave a card at North Side Station or bring items to 313 North Van Buren Street in care of Mrs L B Hess.
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Tack
Somone
North Side Station
North van Buren Street
L. B, Hess
WANTS WHITE WOMAN FOR CARE AND HOUSEWORK
Classified notice seeks a white woman to live on the premises and care for two children and perform housework. Interested applicants urged to apply after 6 o clock Saturday. A reader references a coin purse found and a lost $5 bill belonging to a sister, color details unclear.
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Tack
United States Navy Masses in Caribbean for Major Maneuvers
The U S Navy concentrates most of its fleet in the Caribbean Sea for maneuvers starting Monday in the largest sea power display in history. Britain and France plan parallel exercises in the Mediterranean and between Marseilles and North Africa. The operation includes 149 ships 53 000 enlisted men 3 000 officers and 600 planes with 12 battleships 9 light cruisers and 60 destroyers.
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Washington
United States
Caribbean Sea
America
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
Marseilles
North Africa
Panama Canal
Heavy scouting cruisers and training ships noted
A list mentions heavy scouting cruisers along with 14 training battleships and 12 training destroyers as part of a naval training or fleet composition reference. The items suggest a focus on training ships and reconnaissance vessels within a historical fleet.
Amarillo Teachers Set for Two Talks at Meeting
Dr. A. M. Meyer of West Texas State College and Dr. J. B. White Amarillo physician will keynote the Amarillo Public School teachers meeting. Meyer speaks on Guidance and White on Juvenile Tuberculosis. Officer elections for the Amarillo Potter County unit of the Texas State Teachers Association will be held.
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A. M. Meyer
West Texas State College
J. B. White
Amarillo
Meyer
Dr. White
Amarillo-Potter County
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Burglar Takes Case of Beer but Grabs Mineral Water
Oakland proprietor August Dangles reports a thief stole a case of 24 bottles from his restaurant. It was later learned the bottles contained mineral water, not beer.
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Oakland
Cal
U.P
August Dangles
FDR Approves Amarillo WPA Project
President Roosevelt approved a WPA project for Amarillo with a 1720 dollar appropriation. District WPA Administrator A A Meredith said the effort will summarize existing data from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to study social and economic effects of a soil conservation program and aid long range planning for Panhandle areas.
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Roosevelt
WPA
Amarillo
Word
Washington
A. A. Meredith
R. D. Foster
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
Panhandle
A A Meredith Reports From WPA Survey Tour
A A Meredith WPA administrator for the Panhandle area returned last night from a survey and contact trip into Donley Hall Childress and Collingsworth counties. He said the purpose was to contact project sponsors and assist in planning remaining fiscal year WPA projects.
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A. A. Meredith
WPA
Panhandle
Donley
Hall, Childress
Collingsworth
District Boy Scouts Plan Special Rally in Amarillo
District No 1 will hold a special Boy Scout Week rally Tuesday evening at 1 o clock at Central Presbyterian Church announced by Scout commissioner A A Graham. The rally features District 1 troops and Cub Jacks and marks the 29th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
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Boy Scouts of
Amarillo
Central Presbyterian Church
A. A. Graham
Wardrobe items stolen from Abe Zales car
Abe Zale of Zale Jewelry reported a car prowler last night at 1706 Hayden Street removed items from his vehicle around 9:30. The burglar took two suits two electric razors 12 shirts 12 underwear sets 12 handkerchiefs luggage and other articles.
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Abe Zale
Zale
Hayden Street
Mr. Zale
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