Hope for Cage Upsets Grapplers in Serious Mood
Title bout at National Guard Armory features Joseph Kopecky versus Vic Webber as Webber trains in Palo Duro Canyon to peak for the clash. Gus Kallio’s shadow looms from last summer while Oscar Aultman and Gorilla Pogi join the Amarillo card as early week tickets go on sale at City Drug Store on Polk Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kopecky
National Guard Armory
Vic Webber
Webber
Tn Flash
New York
Gus Kallio
Palo Duro Canyons
Kopecky
Oscar Aultman
Mixer
Rod Fenton
Amarillo
Gorilla Pogi
Pogi
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Radio Matilda Leads Quail Championship
Prairie chickens and several copies of Bobwhites were sighted on Missouri wildfowl sanctuary courses during the second day of the national amateur quail championship run by the Associated Field Trials Clubs of America. Radio Matilda, owned by Raymond Hoagland of New York City and Rumson, N. J., drew spectator praise as Blackhawk Kid, owned by Carl Duffield of Tyler, Texas, also ran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgeon
Missouri
Associated Field Trials Clubs of America
Radio Matilda
Raymond Hoagland
New York City
Rumson
N. J
Blackhawk Kid
Carl Duffield
Tyler
Tex
Babe Ruth Likes Golf Second Choice Says Babe Ruth
London report says Babe Ruth after sightseeing before his globe tour would rather play baseball than any sport. He has tried several major sports, including cricket under Alan Fairfax. He notes golf is his second favorite sport after baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Babe Ruth
Alan Fairfax
Australan
Fainting goats tale boxes a classic Ups and Downs
A United Press feature recounts Will Reynolds narrating a herd of fainting goats at Tanglewood North Carolina. He describes testing their fainting reaction, anecdotes with an English guest, and a humorous race related twist before the piece ends with Reynolds leaving to train a colt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Haines
Tanglewood
North Carolina
Billy Goat
Mr. Reynolds
United Press
Leaders Clash as Yan Nigan Seek Upset of Mavericks
Amarillo High School Yan nigan hosts second place Maverick Club Mavericks in a doubleheader at Badger Gym tonight at 7:30 PM. Mavericks eye win to maintain share of top, while Santa Fe tops the league with a perfect 9 0 record. Profs of Fleming Business College visit for nightcap as Bud Arnold and Fairman Dee pace Mavericks defense. Attendance set at 10 cents for both games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Yannigans
Mavericks
Badger Gymnasium
Railroaders
Santa Fe
Fleming Business College
Profs
Bud Arnold
Fairman Dee
Cooper Takes Lead In Palm Springs Open Final Round
Harry Cooper of Chicago led the $2000 Palm Springs Invitation Open after 36 holes with a 131 total. He followed a morning 67 with a 64 in the afternoon, one stroke ahead of Wilfy Cox of Brooklyn and Dick Metz of Chicago, with Johnny Revolta of Milwaukee and Abe Espinosa of Chicago tied on 132 and Ky Laffoon of Denver on 133.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Springs
Calif
U.P
Harry Cooper
Chicago
Cooper
Wilfy Cox
Brooklyn
Dick Metz
Johnny Revolta
Milwaukee
Abe Espinosa
Ky Laffoon
Denver
Italian Syndicate Plans Speed Trial
London February 13 Italian syndicate plans a speed trial to beat Sir Malcolm Campbell's world straight away record with a proposed car of 3100 horsepower, surpassing Campbell's 2500 horsepower. The project is described as being under construction and prepared to take on England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Malcolm Campbell
England
Campbell
Fiske to Lead U S Bobsled Team in 1938 Trials
LAKE PLACID N Y February 13 Billy Fiske famed bobsled pilot who won the Olympic four man title for the United States in 1928 and 1932 was chosen to head a 15 man squad for the 1938 German trials at Garmisch Partenkirchen The selected group includes Donna Fox Ivan Brown Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence and several others from New York White Plains Keene Valley Lake George and nearby towns. Washington February 13 The House seeks a stop watch to time speeches as members demand precise limits and Speaker Burns grants 2 minutes 15 seconds for a Mexican conditions discussion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Placid
N. Y
Billy Fiske
Uncle Sam
America
Germany
Fiske
United States
Garmisch—Partenkirchen
Donna Fox
New York City
Ivan Brown
Keene Valley
Gilbert Colgate
New York
Richard Lawrence
White Plains
J. Hubert
Curtis Stevens
James Bickford
Robert P. Martin
Crawford C. Merkle
John J. Shene
Francis Tyler
E. Hugh Warne Lake Placid
A. M. Washbond
Max T. Bly
Lake George
Washington
Kentucky
Mexico
Blanton
Texas
Burns
Gomez Bets On Babe Ruth For Next Season Hit Bet
Paris report says Lefty Gomez, after losing $10 to Babe Ruth for failing to reach 15 hits last season, seeks another bet on hitting at least 15. Gomez claims a new grip and timing will boost his hitting as Yankee ace eyes improved performance for the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Vernon Gomez
Babe Ruth
Babe
New York Yankee
Gehrig Seeks Higher Pay With Yanks After World Tour
Lou Gehrig leaves a world tour and signals a holdout for a raise from the New York Yankees. He hints the 1935 contract terms at New Rochelle may rise only modestly, despite a stellar 1934 season. The report notes Elanor Gehrig and prior holdout patterns, and comments on a 4,000 increase with 27,000 as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
United Press
Berengaria
Lou
Eleanor Gehrig
New Rochelle
Gehrig
Mona Bell Admits He's Bank Looter
Mona Bell, formerly under sentence for auto theft, confessed with three others to robbing a Buffalo Texas bank of 7656 dollars several weeks ago. He was arrested in New Mexico while recovering from a gun battle wound with Kilgore officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona Bell
Tyler
U.P
Oklahoma
Buffalo, Tex
Bell
New Mexico
Kilgore
Treasury report shows deficits and year figures
Treasury data from Washington dated February 13 lists February 11 receipts at 16 million plus, expenditures at 30 billion, and a balance around 2.209 billion. Customs receipts for the month total 9.236 million. For the year to date receipts exceed 2.170 billion while expenditures reach 4.245 billion, including emergency spending of 2.175 billion, leaving a large excess of around 2.745 billion and gold assets near 8.43 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
The
Second Annual Boy Scout Round-Up Rehearsal Tonight
Tomorrow features the rehearsal for Amarillo’s second annual Boy Scout Round-Up with fourteen acts. Proceeds fund 27 Scout troops one Seascout unit and four Cub Packs as 1000 Scouts and 200 leaders prepare a broad program detailing Scout life from Cub to citizen. A 10 piece Scout band will provide music at the Municipal Auditorium ahead of shows Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Amarillo
Yes It Appears He Liked the New Automobile
Daniel Dudley a private detective sits with Alderman Charles Lease in Reading Pa as a curbside onlooker eyes a new car. A thief has allegedly stolen a personal ear prompting city police to assist in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Daniel Dudley
Charles Lease
Dudley
Norton Ordered to Restructure Texas A&M Athletics
Coach Homer Norton at Texas A M College is empowered to reorganize the athletic staff with Dean T D Brooks confirming approval. Possible removals include Roswell Higginbotham John Reid and Carl Sprague as Norton seeks to add a managerial assistant while funding changes are prepared. Norton completes duties elsewhere then will return to College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
U.P
Homer Norton
Texas A. & M. College
T. D. Brooks
Norton
Brooks
Roswell Higginbotham
John Reid
Carl Sprague
Port Arthur High School
Ethiopia conflict talks amid war scare continue
In a continued report, a diplomat cites Under-Secretary Suvich saying neither King Victor Emmanuel nor Premier Mussolini wanted war. Ethiopia, while not naming a leader for any military expedition, maintains desire to avoid conflict, as stated by Charge dAffaires Yesus in a meeting with the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Suvich
Yesus
Associated Press
Signor Suvich
Victor Emmanuel
Mussolini
Neutral zone agreed in Ethiopia Italy frontier dispute
Addis Ababa February 13 Ethiopian and Italian governments agreed to establish a neutral zone where hostilities occurred and to appoint a boundary commission The Italian minister to Ethiopia was authorized to delimitate the disputed frontier and reduce danger of further clashes. Cypress trees resemble giant bottles with an enlarged submerged portion seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Fthiopia
Ethiopia
Arid
Silent Six Holdouts Await Cubs Contract Talks
CHICAGO Feb 13 The Chicago Cubs face spring training with six holdout players delaying talks on 1995 contracts. Outfielders Chuck Klein Frank Demaree. infielders Billy Herman Woody English. pitchers Bill Lee Larry French remain silent after contracts mailed over a month ago. Owner Philip K. Wrigley plans decisive follow up as the team heads to Catalina Island for spring camp on February 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Chuck Klein
Frank Demaree
Billy Herman
Woody English
Bill Lee
Larry French
Catalina Island
Cub
Philip K. Wrigley
Wrigley
Los Angeles
Amarillo Little Theater stages Little Women at Municipal Auditorium
Over 1200 saw the Amarillo Little Theater production of Little Women directed by Eloise Gipson. Four girls portray Jo Meg Amy and Beth in a Civil War era tale by Louisa May Alcott. Supporting cast includes Stewart Wolflin Martin and Ellis. Costumes and sets praised. Next show will be The Whole Towns Talking under Mrs. Howard Lynch. In Ozark regions bitter weed Helenium tenuifolium yields honey but is bitter like quinine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Charlotte Allen
Helen Hearn Swindell
Meg
Ann Lee
Amy
Wendene Wilson
Shy Beth
T. Duncan Stewart
Professor Bhaer
Charles Wolflin
Grandfather Lawrence
Ardis Martin
Aunt March
Ozark
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Lost aviator search widens in New Mexico
El Paso reports another party of aviators organized to find Arthur H. Johnson, partner of Frank Bowman Jr. who died with his father in a plane crash over New Mexico Sunday. Johnson vanished after leaving Eagle, New Mexico to scout the wreck near Capitol Peak. The Bowmans’ bodies were brought to El Paso for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
U.P
Arthur H. Johnson
Frank Bowman, Jr
Frank Bowman
New Mexico
Johnson
Eagle, N. M
Capitol Peak
Bowmans
Fl Paso
Amarillo Girl Dies in Abilene Then To Be Buried
Miss Colyne Clair Slaughter, 29, died in a Abilene hospital and will be shipped to Amarillo for burial with burial rites pending at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. She is survived by two sisters Mrs Weaver, Mrs Curtin, and Eloise Oakes Slaughter. A North Carolina bill seeks to replace the electric chair with a lethal gas chamber for capital punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colyne Clair Slaughter
Amarillo
Abilene
C. N. Weaver
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
North Carolina
Dog Poisoners At Work Here In Amarillo
Police say wholesale dog poisoners have killed or poisoned over 20 dogs in East Amarillo and now target Wolflin Addition. A police dog owned by Walter Layton was killed and Llewellyn set owner J. J. Adams suffered a loss. Officers found no clues after checking drug store records for poison purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
East Amarillo
Wolflin Addition
John Snyder
Walter Layton
Tenth Avenue
Houston Street
J. J. Adams
Hughes Street
Llewellyn
Mrs Hughes to Become Dallas County's First Woman Judge
Dallas February 13 Mrs Sarah T Hughes will be sworn in as the states first woman district court judge. Her first docket case is Mrs Charles Bowlers suit against a taxi company, tried six times since 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Dallas County
Sarah T. Hughes
Charles Bowler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cage
Grapplers
Vogt Hankison
Antelopes
Doud Cc
Britain
Behrens
Carl Lester
Gittrich
Savage
Santa Fe League
L. Pet
Canyons
Navajos Eerereee Ll
Caverns Sennentale
Rangers
Chiefs
Seeweed
Erate
Scouts
Texans
B. Meyer
Borden's Creamery
Terry's Cafe
Cockrell Lokey
Henry McLemore
Orlando
Fia
Will N. Reynolds
Seminole Driving Club
Market
U. S
Gomez
ST. Louis
Dean
Medwick
A Martin
Yanks
Dean Brothers
Hot Springs
Ark
Dizzy
Paul Dean
Cardinals
Detroit
Pirates
Giants
Jack Cuddy
Aggie
HV Rob Rtson Company
Accountants—Auditors
Oliver E Akl
BDO
Telep Nome
Little
Mrs. Hughes
Aramoun Recreation Club
Russell
Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver Eakle
O'Malley
Luden
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!