Rail News Roundup Mixed with Theatre and Trains
Containing notes on a Oklahoma City to Amarillo 8 car special for the play Of Thee I Sing with a polyglot tribute to performers and venue City Drug No. 1 Polk Street. Also reports on Santa Fe freight from Potash Company near Carlsbad, reduced weekend rail fares, hog shipments by Canadian Hog Company, Texas railroad earnings drops and a rash of line abandonments.
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Rock Island
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
White House
City Drug
Polk Street
The
Santa Fe
Potash Company of America
Carlsbad
Potash
United States Potash Company
Los Angeles
Puzzles Don’t Stop This Baby He Eats Them Whole
In Chicago on February 13 a three year old, Richard Mullikan, disassembled a twisted nail puzzle and swallowed a nail. A doctor removed it and said he would be all right. The incident involved Mr and Mrs Lee Mullikan who watched the episode unfold.
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Chicago
Richard Mullikan
Lee Mullikan
Richard
Abandonment Figures Highlight Carrier Burden
The report notes the route as an undue burden on carriers due to low traffic. It contrasts with 917 miles of abandonment recorded in the 11 months of 1931.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Clergymen Urge Soviet Recognition Petition Drives Peace Bid
Four hundred thirty Protestant clergymen in New York state signed a petition urging immediate U S recognition of the Soviet government The document was sent to President Elect Roosevelt by the Fellowship of Reconciliation It follows a similar petition signed by 800 college professors and presidents two weeks earlier The signatories say recognition would promote world peace and mutual economic advantage.
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New York
New York State
Roosevelt
Fellowship of Reconciliation
J. B. Matthews
United States
Runaway wagon fatality claims Hedley farmer
Charles Alfred Hicks aged 61 of Hedley died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital after injuries from a runaway team hurled him from a wagon a month earlier. Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church in Hedley with burial in Hedley cemetery. Surviving are his wife and three daughters.
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Charles Alfred Hicks
Hedley
First Methodist Church
Mr. Hicks
J. Ross
Wasco
Calif
James King
Van Skike Funeral Held Late Monday
LeRoy Van Skike age 52 died Saturday in Amarillo hospital. Services were to be held 4 PM Monday at Griggs Chapel with Rev J D Horton officiating. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. He was an employee at the gasoline extraction plant northeast of Amarillo and had lived here several years. Surviving wife four daughters Shirley Priscilla June Donna all of Amarillo five brothers and four sisters.
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LeRoy van Skike
Amarillo
Griggs Chapel
J. D. Horton
Pierce Street Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
van Skike
Shirley
Priscilla
June
Donna van Skike
Throckmorton families united in Hedley memorial meeting
Throckmorton and Mrs. C. E. Bain of Hedley lead a family gathering attended by Condron Hicks of Wasco California and Wright Hicks, alongside other relatives, marking a local memorial event.
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Throckmorton
C. E. Bain
Hedley
Condron Hicks
Wasco
Calif
Wright Hicks
Fatal Rooming House Fire Claims Tyler Man
Firemen in Tyler Texas say Walter L. Martin 65 died in a rooming house fire on Saturday due to accidental ignition of a blanket as he bent to light a gas heater or sat before it. The blaze was ruled accidental by investigators.
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Tyler
Tex
U.P
Walter L. Martin
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia
Bureau of Banking and Insurance
Commonwealth Ofirginia
Texan to Trial in Dayton Case
Joln Weldon Dial, a 20 year old from Lakeview Texas, was scheduled today to face trial in Dayton Missouri. The case involves detailed allegations that remain under court review with proceedings expected to continue this week.
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Dayton
Joln Weldon Dial
Lakeview
Tex
How to Relieve Headaches In Three Minutes
A narcotic free remedy named B C promises fast relief from violent headaches. Prepared by a registered pharmacist it blends several ingredients to ease pain, muscular aches, colds, neuraglia, fever, and nervous tension in minutes. Available in 10 and 26 cent packages at drugstores.
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B.C
B. C
B, C
Trial set on murder charge in King holdup killing
A suspect goes to trial on charges of murder in the August 5 holdup death of Eldridge N. King, an automobile salesman who was shot during the robbery.
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Eldridge N. King
King
Does Your Husband Love You Ad Ad
A vintage ad explains that intestinal stasis causes fatigue nervousness and poor relationships. It promotes Adlerika an intestinal cleanser by Dr Carl Wendicke claiming quick relief often in thirty minutes and offers a free sample by mail with the address 948 Wabasha St. Paul Minn and local Amarillo drugstores listed for purchase.
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Carl Wendicke
Adierika
Dress Ad
Wabasha
Paul
Mina
Amarillo
Fox Drug Co
City Drug Stores
Ady
Rip cord tragedy ends aerial feud over parachute contest
Los Angeles observers watched Harold H. Bud Brandon, a stunt parachute jumper, die after delaying his rip cord in a contest with rival Spud Manning at the east side airport. Brandon opened his chute about 100 feet above ground, but the delay proved fatal during the aerial circus widely publicized for the feud.
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Los Angeles
Harold H
Bud) Brandon
Spud” Manning
Brandon
Los Angeles East Side
Manning
Detour on Map Detour Maryland Highway Traffic
State Roads Commission keeps Detour, Maryland on the map as Taneytown Keymar highway construction runs. Motorists are routed via a detour through Detour until completion.
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State Roads Commission
Taneytown
Keymar
Piso's Night Cough Medicine Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement promotes Piso's Night Cough medicine claiming it stops night coughing by soothing throat tissues and loosening mucus. It asserts internal action on cold germs and congestion, with doses in 35c and 60c sizes and urges readers to buy from druggists.
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Piso’s
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