New Snowstorm Threatens Midwest After Cold Spell
Feb 12 report from Chicago notes rural towns face coal and fuel shortages as a new snowstorm looms. Sub zero to cold conditions persist across North Central and Great Plains with forecasts of more snow and an additional cold wave affecting Wyoming Montana and Nebraska. Main lines cleared but plows struggle on branch rails and side roads amid shifting forecasts. Coal shortages remain acute in hard hit areas as temperatures rebound tomorrow.
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Chicago
U.P
Middle West
North Central
Great Plains
Midwest
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
Byrd To Describe Terrors Of an Antarctic Blizzard
Admiral Byrd visits to recount a Antarctic blizzard described as a cataclysmic fury of wind and ice. His lecture includes motion picture illustrations of the ice cap, with admissions and ticket details listed for a Tri State Fair program.
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Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Dallas
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Lois Black
News-Globe
Coin Harvey Dies in His Hermit's Refuge
W. H. Coin Harvey, 84, pioneer advocate of 16 to 1 silver, dies of peritonitis in Monte Ne Arkansas where he lived as a recluse. He led the Liberty Party in 1932 and opposed the current money system while praising some Roosevelt policies. His wife and three children survived him.
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Monte NE
Ark
Harvey
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas W. Harvey
Annette Harvey
Huntington
W. Va
Marie Hope Hammond
New York
Liberty Party
Liberty” Party
Bryan
Roosevelt
Kansas City
West Texas Chamber of Commerce renewal drive in Amarillo
Scores of firms and individuals have answered the first call for renewal of memberships in the West Texas Chamber of Commerce. The drive, led by Jim Williams, aims to exceed prior quotas as the WTCC convention comes to Amarillo May 11 to 13. Early enrollees include White & Kirk, J. C. Penney, First National Bank, The News-Globe, Santa Fe Railway, S H Kress, Culham Motor, Congress Marvin Jones, and many local firms.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Jim Williams
Oliver Eakle
Amarillo
WTCC
White & Kirk
J. C. Penney Company
Killough & Davies
Amarillo Hotel
First National Bank
the News-Globe
the Santa Fe Railway
S. H. Kress & Company
Cullum Motor Company
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company
Marvin Jones
Southwestern Public Service Company
Russell Stationery Company
Texhoma Natural Gas Company
Williams- Boyce Agency
Bishop E. C. Seaman
Magnolia Petroleum Company
H. A. Marr Grocery Company
Paschal- Texas Theaters
Amarillo Oil Company
Tack Letters Continued From Page 2 Theater and Lost Items
A column contains notices about locating a purse with deposit slips at Palo Duro Apartments and a tan suede leather jacket lost on Nineteenth Avenue. Other classifieds seek work and provide brief applicant notes from Mrs. Florence Jones, Lawrence Beyer, and others in Pampa Texas.
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Palo Duro
Nineteenth Avenue
Harrison and
van Buren
Florence Jones
General Delivery
Pampa
Texas
Death crash testimony looms before air safety panel
Startling testimony on Sen Bronson Cutting's fatal airplane crash is set for the Senate commerce sub committee hearings. Col Harold Hartney leads the inquiry with new findings while officials debate Bureau of Air Commerce performance and weather data accuracy.
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Washington
Sen
Bronson Cutting
Senate Commerce
Macon
Harold L. Hartney
Hartney
Bureau of Air Commerce
Commerce Department
Charles H. Payne
Navy
Department
Payne
Department of Commerce
Edgar Gurell
Eugene Vidal
Funeral services set for James T. Damron in Matador
Funeral services for James T. Damron, 54, who died Monday at the family home on 400 Carolina Street, will be held Sunday in Matador. He was a farmer and a Methodist, living in town 10 years, survived by two sons, three daughters, a brother, and four sisters.
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James T. Damron
Matador
Damron
Carolina Street
Methodist Church
Capt Frank DeWitt Illness Reaches Family Notice
Mrs Mamie Roberts of 601 Fillmore Street has been informed that her brother Captain Frank DeWitt a surgeon in the U S Army is seriously ill with pneumonia after being hospitalized at Hamilton Field California He is stationed there and the medical status is described as critical Authorities note his position as chief radial producer in Europe in Joachimsthal Czechoslovakia where the town recently celebrated extracting the 100th gram of radium from pitchblende
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Mamie Roberts
Fillmore Street
Frank DeWitt
Medical Corps
United States Army
DeWitt
Hamilton Field
Rafael
Calif
Europe
Joachimstral
Czechoslovakia
TRAINING SHIP BATTLES MENINGITIS OUTBREAK AT SEA
Balboa Canal Zone Feb 12 The Navy destroyer Tatnall rushed to assist the training ship California State battling a meningitis outbreak at sea. First case appeared last Saturday with a death Monday and a second case reported. Tatnall carried three Gorgas Hospital physicians and serum, heading toward the California State to aid.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
United States Navy
Tatnall
Pacific
California State
Panama Canal
Navy
Gorgas Hospital
Ellis B Hall Heads Texas Centennial March Committee
Amarillo resident Ellis B Hall leads a committee to select an official Texas Centennial march for bands and orchestras. The panel, appointed by Mrs I D Cole, includes D O Wiley Lubbock Everett McCracken Waco R J Dunn College Station and N J Whitehurst Huntsville. Entries must be submitted by March 1 with a piece reflecting Centennial spirit and a suitable title. Hall will publish the winning march as the Centennial official.
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Ellis B. Hall
Amarillo
I. D. Cole
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
D. O. Wiley
Lubbock
Everett McCracken
Waco
R. J. Dunn
College Station
N. J. Whitehurst
Huntsville
Hall
Texas Tech
Man Held After Quarrel and Shooting
Fort Worth police questioned a 52 year old man after the fatal shooting of Maurice Laird aged 48 in front of the North Side cafe he ran. Witnesses said the gunfire ended a quarrel over rent payments. Laird allegedly fired first, then the other man returned fire multiple times.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Maurice Laird
North Side
Laird
Man and accomplice questioned after shooting. victim Laird dies
Bonnie Hayes, a 28 year old waitress, testified she saw guns in the hands of both men but could not identify who fired first. Laird was shot in the chest face and abdomen. he leaves behind his mother four brothers and a step daughter.
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Bonnie Hayes
Laird
Modern Bayer Aspirin Cold Cure Promoted
An advertisement urges use of Bayer Aspirin to fight a cold quickly. It recommends two tablets with water at onset and a medicated gargle of three tablets dissolved in water, gargled twice, to soothe throat pain and accelerate relief.
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Peoria
Iowa
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Lenmore
Kentucky
Glenmore Distilleries Co., Inc
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Owensboro
Glenmore
Old Thompson
Tareyton
Herbert
Aeme
The
American Tobacco Company
Lawrence Beyer
Tack
Nolane
Heddin
North
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West Tenth Avenue
Bronson
James Damron
Panhandle
Golden Light Coffee
Texas Theater
BAYER
FHA
Amarillo Gas CompAny
Good Gas
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