Suit Against Local Pilot Goes To Jury
Lizzie W Miller of McLean sues Harold English of Amarillo for 15000 in the death of her 16 year old son William Miller killed January 26 1928 when English piloted airplane crashed at McLean. Jury deliberations began last night after judge denied defense motion for directed verdict.
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Pampa
Lizzie W. Miller
McLean
Harold English
Amarillo i
Clifford Braly
Young Miller
Lowell Staff
Amarillo
Cooper & Lumpkin
Cook
Leftover Makeover Featured In City Cooking Class
Miss Durand leads a homemaking session on reducing waste by disguising leftovers into appealing dishes. The event highlights lobster prep and announces a cake and pie contest with prizes and flour awards. Proceeds go to the Junior Welfare League Children's Clinic with orders taken by phone.
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Durand
Junior Welfare League
Willis Thompson
League
C. B. Garner
Johnson
Johnson Brady Charged in 1928 Slaying of Nathaniel Allen
Report states Johnson Brady was charged with killing Nathaniel Allen also called House Dick on December 3, 1928. Both Brooks and Brady faced murder indictments while Allen faced liquor law violations at the time of their deaths. none of the men besides Johnson were tried due to state court costs.
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Brady
Nathaniel Allen
House Dick
Brooks
Allen
Johnson
Plans for Bivins Student Body Transfer Discussed
Amarillo School Board meets tonight to discuss transferring about 60 students from neighboring schools to fill the new Lee Riving School after a recent parental protest.
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Bivins
Lee Riving
Amarillo School Board
Baker Seeks Fairness Against Repeated Aid Requests
A baker writes a letter expressing frustration that one person is unfairly asked for aid by many individuals for different needs. The author notes their trade and frames the issue as an unfair distribution of assistance.
Pope Pius Radio Address Reaches Global Listeners
The Pope spoke in Latin for about twelve minutes via the Vatican radio link. He urged obedience to pastors and governments, called for conscientious work, and prayed for the infirm to regain health while closing with a benediction.
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Marconi
Marquis Guglielmo
Vatican
Pope
Holy Father
National Broadcasting Company
Oklahoma City men charged in oil well oil undivided interests case
A warrant was issued for L. C. Thorpe of Oklahoma City, said to be president of the firm. Jaggers of Oklahoma City and Mc Clain were released on bonds of 1000 dollars each. The charges allege selling undivided interests in oil wells in violation of state law.
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L. C. Thorpe
Oklahoma City
Jaggers
McClain
Butte Arrives U. S. From Philippines Welcome at Pier
Georges Butte vice governor of the Philippines arrived in Manila from the United States and was greeted by an official delegation and a crowd of several hundred at the pier. A separate Jacksonville note reports a letter threat to A. G. Adams of the First National Bank believed to be from the Crank Face Gang demanding 14000. In Tulsa a man with his four year old daughter killed his wife in a tent near Owasso and was held on murder charges after a nightlong quarrel.
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Butte
U. S
Associated Press
Manila
Georges Butte
Philippines
United States
United Press
Jacksonville
Texas
A. G. Adams
First National Bank
Tulsa
Okla
Ruel Miller
Sheriff's Office
Owasso
Paving Projects Pass City Commission Briefing
At a January 27 session the city commission reviewed PAVING and Avenue along with Nineteenth Avenue. Nineteenth Avenue petition shows over 75 percent owner support while the other exceeds the 60 percent requirement. Owners named the patent ed process paving material and the city adopted the requested type after city engineer E N Stanley advised on the lease. No additional paving issues were discussed.
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Nineteenth Avenue
City Commission
E. N. Stanley
Sixteen Charged With Drunkenness
Sixteen defendants, all charged with drunkenness, appeared Thursday morning in corporation court at city hall. Two were women. Fines averaged sixteen dollars. most could not pay and remained in jail. The docket also included a few vagrancy cases.
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Corporation Court
City Hall
Clever Frocks for Spring by Joan Savoy
Fashion columnist Joan Savoy previews spring suit styles including short and long coated cuts. Highlights include a black silk suit with white Alencon trim, emerald green wool crepe options, and coordinating halo knit turbans.
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Joan Savoy
NEA
Pope Pius Radio Broadcast and Crime Reports Stir Public Interest
A radio audience may hear Pope Pius speak in Latin with English translations and a Vatican address. In Mexico City Guillermina Guerrero allegedly shot a faithless lover and another woman after discovering infidelity. New York faces a falling birth rate and rising deaths from cancer and diabetes, while Prohibition era drunkenness and enforcement remain contentious.
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Pope Pius
Marconi
Guillermina Guerrero
Maximino Acéval
Mexico City
Guillermina
Maximino
Veterans relief plans narrowed for increased loan payments
The Ways and Means Committee narrowed bills on veterans relief to higher loan payments. The Fish plan would raise to 26 percent of face value of veterans certificates, up from 25 percent, while Bacharach’s proposal remains under study. Hines and Treasury undersecretary Ogden Mills testified as the panel recessed for a 2 PM session. Hawley aims for a vote today with Bacharach’s plan projected to cost 1.7 billion if all eligible veterans apply, versus earlier 500 million estimates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Veterans Relief
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bacharach
New Jersey
Hines
Ogden Mills
Treasury
Hawley
Radio listings and postponement of John Drinkwater talk
Radio schedule from Washington and New York stations features a postponed London talk by John Drinkwater to Sunday to avoid Vatican broadcast conflicts. Highlights include WJZ first night play Madam, Lee Morse with Bob Downey, Oliver Smith melodies, Jean Tennyson rounds, and city station programs from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
John Drinkwater
London
WABC
Rhamadam
WJZ and
Chain
Lee Morse
Bob Downey
Oliver Smith
WEAF
Jean Tennyson
Advertising on Utility Poles Prohibited by City Ordinance
Desk Sergeant E Green warns that posting bills on poles is illegal and violators will be fined. Police will report anyone using poles to display placards to HQ. The ordinance protects linemen from slips and falls while repairing wires. Fire of undetermined origin damages a vacant house at 301 North Grant Street. alarm at 8 50.
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Green
Police Department
North Grant Street
Subway underpass construction underway in Amarillo
Electric lights line the street for night work and a city dam unload area. Four hour shifts with foremen and rolls from the Chamber of Commerce labor bureau. Local labor used with some Rock Island skilled workers for reinforced concrete. Subway will be Amarillo’s largest such structure, running from North Second to South Second Avenues, excavation set to begin Monday.
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City Section
Chamber of Commerce Employment Bureau
Amarillo
Rock Island
R. H. Ford
Chicago
North Second Avenue
South Second Avenue
Lincoln Becomes Beard Advocate After Child’s Letter
Governor W M Brucker quoted Grace Bedell of Westfield New York an 11 year old girl who asked Lincoln to grow whiskers to win votes. The letter dated October 15 1860 influenced the emanc mover to grow a beard and Lincoln later kissed the girl on a campaign stop.
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Abraham Lincoln
W. M. Brucker
Michigan
New York
Grace Bedell
Westfield
N. Y
Chatauqua County
United States
Lincoln
Legislature hears case on commissions in school supply sales
The text notes officials allegedly taking commissions on rural and state school supply sales. It explains the enlarged bigamy statute awaiting Governor Ross Sterling after House concurrence with Senate amendments. It cites a North Texas case where under prior law no Texas offense was found.
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Ross Sterling
House
Senate
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Gas conservation bill faces critique in Texas House hearing
The Texas House committee on oil gas and mining heard criticism of a measure by Rep Long from Wichita Falls to grant the railroad commission more power to conserve natural gas. Hearings continue with likely referral to a sub committee for rewrites. Dallas oilman Tom B Cranfill and Fort Worth independent operators rep J H Tricky among those present.
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Austin
House Committee On Oil, Gas and Mining
Representative Long
Wichita Falls
Railroad Commission
Tom B. Cranfill
Dallas
Texas Independent Petroleum Association
J. H. Tricky
Fort Worth
Harry Pennington
Dr Arthur Brown to Speak on Evolution at Tabernacle
Dr Arthur Brown will address the Tabernacle on Ninth Avenue and Van Buren Street with a lecture titled Men Monkeys and Missing Links The talk follows his earlier Wednesday address The Wonders of the Human Body and promises discussion of intricate bodily mechanisms before a large audience
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Arthur Brown
Tabernacle
Ninth Avenue
van Buren Street
Dr. Brown
Absurdities and Collapse of Evolution Talk Planned
The event plans to feature a speaker describing evolution as a chance process, arguing it cannot produce precise accuracy and must reflect deliberate design by a creator. The talk suggests a discussion on why evolution is seen as absurd and collapsing.
Misses and Girls Dress Designs in Spring 1931 Book
Designs for girls and misses dresses in sizes 6 2 8 4 years and 16 18 20 years. Details include yardage for 82 inch material 15 yards for 2 year size and 4% yards for 18 year size plus 44 yard for yoke collar. Prices and ordering via News and Globe Brooklyn N Y.
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News and Globe
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
I Would Not Play It the Dog’s Way
A poem by Edgar A. Guest contrasts human restraint with animal instinct. It praises self control and humane neighborliness over greed and baser impulses, noting two legged humanity as upright beings guided by divine plan.
Oil rate bill faces opposition from Texas speakers
San Antonio and Houston attorneys opposed the measure arguing it would force oil operators to shut wells without buyers for gas and expand regulator costs. Official R D Parker defended the bill to fix oil gas ratios, while critics said the commission already has power to cap gas pressure. Arthur Pinkney Whitney awaited Phillies compromise after unsigned 1931 contract.
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San Antonio
Clarence R. Wharton
Houston
Texan Land and Oil Company
Commission
R. D. Parker
Oil and Gas Division
The
Railroad Commission
Wharton
Parker
United Press
Arthur “Pinkey
Markets and livestock reports from New York Liverpool and Kansas City
The markets column notes Lincoln's birthday closing of financial districts in New York. Liverpool cotton futures ease with several middling prices and a 4,000 bale sale. Kansas City U S D A reports hog and cattle numbers with varied activity and prices across segments.
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Associated Press
New York
Financial District
Lincoln
Livestock Prices And Trade Report
Market notes show cattle prices by weight and grade with quotes for steer and heifer groups. Vealers and stockers offer ranges from milk-fed to end choice, while sheep and lambs move slowly with lambs down about a quarter. Prices span 5.00 to 9.50 per hundredweight across categories.
Chicago Livestock Prices Report Feb 12
The Chicago market report lists cattle calves and hogs with price ranges and movements. Better graded fed steers and yearlings hold steady while other cattle are slow or weak. fat lambs steady to weak with lighter lambs good and high end.
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Kansas City
The
Associated Press
Chicago
End Your Cough With a Simple Home Pinex Mix
A famed home remedy recipe claims mixing 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex with a pint of sugar syrup or honey relieves stubborn coughs after colds. The Pine resin compound soothes inflamed throats, loosens phlegm, and eases chest discomfort. Pinex is advertised as superior, with a money back guarantee and child friendly taste.
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Milt Taggart
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