Mayor's stern parenting sparks town debate in Amarillo
The letter from Papa Rogers to Justice of the Peace Carder defends a three month driving ban for his son Bob after a speeding arrest. He notes Bob must repay $14 by working and commends the arresting constable while urging courtesy to visitors. The piece also weaves in weather notes, a murder trial forecast, and a large upcoming rabbit drive filmed by Universal News Reel in Hansford County with joint city participation.
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Bob
Justice of Peace
Carder
Amarillo
Ross
Young Bob
Austin
Panhandle
Texas
Universal News Reel Corporation
Hansford County
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Grover
Morse Sunray
Dumas Dalhart
Texhoma
Guymon
Plains
Oklahoma
Preserv
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Buckingham
Precinct 1
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Fair Grounds
H. H. Wachtendorf
Empity
Betty Gow
Mercer County
Hauptmann
Hunterdon County
Lindbergh
Charles) Mitchell
Fast Amwell
John F
Jassie) Condon
Trenchard
Mayor's Son Pays Fine for Speeding
The mayor’s 16 year old son Bob Rogers paid 814 for speeding after being stopped on South Polk Street a deputy constable reported. Rogers pleaded guilty and was released on his own recognizance and faces a three month car ban while he seeks work to repay the loan from his father.
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J A. Buckingham
Amarillo
Rod Roger
Justice of Peace Court
Rogers
Park and road safety notes amid a tense town report
A long page blends training drive tactics with local notices and crime trial excerpts. It mentions hunters forming a barrier net on a plot, a taxi driver’s fine, coat theft at a North Amarillo fire station, speeders warned by police, plus Hauptmann trial remarks and Macon airship disaster details.
Giant Macon dirigible sinks after disaster off California coast
The Macon giant dirigible lies at the bottom of the Pacific after a sudden malfunction near San Francisco. Only two crewmen are missing as survivors are brought to San Francisco Bay by U S Navy cruisers Richmond Concord and Cincinnati. Lieut Commander Herbert W Wiley attempted to recover control but the ship sank stern first ten miles off Point Sur.
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Point Sur
P. M. Jackson
United States
Akron
Shenandoah
Macon
California
C. F E. Courtney
Richmond
Wiley
Pt. Sur
Pt Sur
J. M. Reeves
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Calypson
Tahoe
Mare Island Navy Yard
Red Cross
Revert
Cincinnati
Pacific
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Sunnyvale
Herbert W. Wiley
Richmond Concord
Penny Lunches Served At Brady School
One cent hot lunches are served at Brady School by the PTA chaired by Mrs. O A Blankenship with groceries bought for soup cocoa and other edibles. Students pay only for milk as part of a community effort amid a disaster report and national reactions from officials including Herbert Hoover.
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Brady
Parent-Teacher Association
O. A. Blankenship
Kennamer Trial Reveals Tulsa Slaying Details
In a Tulsa courtroom, Huff testified Kennamer described plans to rent a plane to strike Gorrell and jump, then confessed a plan tied to a Chicago gangster alias Bob Wilson. Witnesses traced Kennamer as the killer of John Gorrell after a Thanksgiving night killing and a scheme to photograph Tulsa society girls.
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Huff
Kennamer
Kansas City
Gorrell
Holly Anderson
Bob Wilson
Chicago
Moss
Oliver
Ted Bath
John Gorrell
Gas pipeline load split sparks landowner appeal
Wheeler County landowners and oil men urged a ratable take of sour gas at a fair price to end waste. They cited three pipelines Consolidated Gas 1550 acres 12 wells taking 40 percent Lone Star 151 wells 33 percent United Gas 26 wells 27 percent. They argued equal load by well volume and acreage, as in oil, would force inefficiencies out and prevent small producers from being price disadvantaged. Leaders O B Harvey Carl Linkey Ed R Wallace spoke for landowners and royalty interests. The session opened with a radio address by Governor Allred endorsing repeal of the current horse racing bill.
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Consolidated Gas Company
Lone Star Company
United Gas Company
O. B. Harvey
Carl Linkey
Ed R. Wallace
Wheeler County
Allred
Farmers rejoice as widespread moisture brings hopeful harvests
Rain and snow spread from Childress to Amarillo and beyond with quarter to half inch totals boosting wheat prospects. Farmers and ranchers on the South Plains report ample moisture to start ground prep, while some North Plains still face limited supply. Officials forecast partly cloudy tonight and Thursday's fair. no stock losses reported in Lubbock area as snows melt and yield hopes rise for Hale Swisher Floyd Castro and Briscoe counties.
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Amarillo
Channing
Dalhart
Texline
Santa Fe
Roswell
N. M
Wellington
Kans
Stratford
Booker
Texas
Shattuck
Okla
Perryton
Vicinity
Sayre
Tucumcari
South Plains
North Plains
Panhandle Plains Wheat Belt
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
New Mexico
Texas and Pacific
Hale
Swisher
Floyd
Castro
Briscoe
Relief Suspended On Strike Threat In Fort Smith
Little Rock officials ordered all federal relief suspended in the Fort Smith area at noon. Gov. Futrell said he was advised militia might be needed to handle agitation for a general relief strike. The move follows turmoil over relief projects and potential strike action.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fort Smith
J. Marion Futrell
Appeals court upholds multiple Old Texas sentences
The Criminal Appeals Court affirmed life terms for Dove Arnold and Arthur Louis Brown, sustaining murder and burglary verdicts in Breckenridge and Tarrant County. Ben McCoy and Houston Woodring of Potter County had 37 year totals for robbery including a 40 cent theft and 2.80 dollars, with five and 25 year components respectively.
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Dove Arnold
Zelma Arnold
Breckenridge
Arthur Louis Brown
Tarrant County
Brown
Senatorship Ethics Clash Over Vaughan Testimony
T. J. Holbrook of Galveston urged Vaughan to appear for questioning and the measure passed with minimal opposition amid debate. Vaughan sought attorneys’ advice and defended reporter confidentiality as essential to the profession, while the Senate warned of contempt if sources are revealed. The episode highlighted tensions between press privileges and Senate secrecy obligations.
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T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
Vaughan
Senate
Holbrook
L. J. Suiak
Unearth prehistoric glyptodons near Brazos River
Remains of glyptodons and giant armadillos from the pleistocene age were unearthed near the Brazos River in Stonewall County by a party from Texas Technological College, highlighting calls for protection of what goes on within these walls.
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Brazos River
Stonewall County
Texas Technological College
Joy to Broadcast Inaugural Show From Station KGRS
Alice Joy arrives at English Airport amid fanfare for the inaugural network broadcast over Station KGRS at 7 p m next Tuesday She plans to sing Believe Me Is All Those Endearing Young Charms Little Man You've Had a Busy Day and Sitting on a Rainbow Irene Beasley urges her to greet Amarillo listeners Radio's Dream Girl will interview amateur talent for the Universal Mills Radio Revue She also aims to visit Palo Duro Canyon and Amarillo on her trip
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Coffe
Miss Joy
Joe Penner
KGRS
Irene Beasley
Amarillo
Universal Mills
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas
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Dusty) Miller
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Ham) Horton
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Arthur Koehler
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William A. Standley
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Herbert Hoover
New York
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Richard Oliver
Kansas City Dental College
Phil Kennamer
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Jeff Harris
W. F. Gilmer
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Newshawk
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Alice Joy
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