Production of Crude Slips Week to Week Across U S
United Press reports a small weekly drop in crude production. Oklahoma rises by 2045 barrels daily driven by Burbank. Seminole pools fall. West Texas and Mid Continent decrease offset by California gain to 615000 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Mid-continent
West Texas
Seminole
Oklahoma
Burbank
California
Tax return reminders and deputy collectors mapped for Panhandle
Income tax guidance continues with penalties for late returns and help for farmers using form 1040 F. Deputy collectors will cover the Panhandle for thirty days offering free assistance, with a detailed schedule listing towns and dates from February 23 to March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Paducah
Wellington
Quanah
Shamrock
McLean
Crowell
Canyon
Childress
Hereford
Memphis
Clarendon
White Deer
Amarillo
Claude
Pumps
Pampa
Dalhart
Perryton
Ama- Mo
Borger
Spearman
Inc
Senator Questions Campaign Finances and Liberty Bond Ties
Senator Nye says he may call Sin clair to testify about campaign fund contributions in 1923. He notes a large Democratic deficit in 1920 and a reduced deficit by 1924 and wonders if hidden Liberty bonds tied to Continental profits helped cover it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
Democratic Party
Nye
Liberty
Continental Company
1928 Flappers Compared To Earlier Jazz Age Women
The piece contrasts flappers with earlier 1920s girls noting smoother polish and refined style. It observes black satin attire gold rouge even cigarette use and graceful dance while drinking from a teacup signaling a calmer, more artful posing of modern womanhood.
Mashburn Faces Liquor Charge In District Court
H. T. Mashburn a former filling station owner goes on trial for liquor law violation. He denies knowledge of liquor found near the station as witnesses are called. A verdict was expected later today. Tommy Polly pleaded guilty to theft of property over fifty dollars and received a two year suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Mashburn
District Criminal Court
Mashburn
Tommy Polly
Census Suggestion for Amarillo Population
A letter from WM. T. Smith proposes a volunteer, unofficial census by forty to fifty residents for one day to address doubts about Amarillo's population being higher than the 33,000 figure from a special census. He offers to participate and asks others to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Globe News
Amarillo
Texas
T. Smith
W T C C Stand On Water Right Is Up Today
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce water rights committee in Fort Worth prepares a final report on the Syndicate Power Company Colorado river water rights proposals. An all day executive session heard testimony as President R W Haynie may testify before the five member committee including Major John B Hawley J A Kemp Dr P C Coleman and Clifford B Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Syndicate Power Company
Colorado River
R. W. Haynie
John B. Hawley
J. A. Kemp
Wichita Falls
P. C. Coleman
Colorado
Clifford B. Jones
Spur
Efforts Made to Find Two Boy Convicts
Authorities, with a $500 reward, renewed efforts to locate John Burns and Samuel Baxter two youthful convicts suspected of murdering two deputy sheriffs. The missing deputies John P. Grove and Wallace McClure left Lafayette with Baxter and Burns to Pendleton reformatory and have not been seen since. Evidence led to Danville and Decatur Illinois where the deputies’ car with bullet holes and bloodstained overalls were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lafayette
Ind
Feo
John Burns
Samuel Baxter
John P. Grove
Wallace McClure
Baxter
Burns
Pendleton Reformatory
Danville
Illinois
Decatur
Ranger Head Makes No Plan On Charges
Ranger Captain Frank Hamer has made no plans to answer a charge of entering premises without a warrant on the Wharton county ranch of F F Damon. The case may be dismissed, with the Adjutant General's department likely to assist if it goes to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Hamer
California Court Rules on Private Liquor Stocks
The U.S. circuit court of appeals ruled that private liquor stocks are immune from seizure unless there is evidence of sale or proof of crime. It ordered the return of liquor seized in a raid on Thomas Fabri’s San Francisco home and held that liquor seized under defective warrants must be returned to the owner and cannot be destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas Fabri
Streets Re districting Committee Meets Tonight in Amarillo
A meeting of the committee appointed for the purpose of redistricting Amarillo and renumbering and naming some streets will be held in the office of A. W. Smalley at city hall at 8 oclock this evening. Suggested plans will be submitted and are expected to be presented to the city commissioners next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
A. W. Smalley
Hungarian Schools Are Ordered Closed
In Budapest on February 14 the minister of education ordered all schools and colleges closed amid fears of anti semitic disturbances. The government considers relaxing enrollment restrictions for Jewish university students. Disorder broke out at Budapest University as Christian students protested the proposal, with Szeged University also striking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Szegedin University
Lindbergh details safe landings and future plans
Col Charles A. Lindbergh describes his Havana to St Louis flight as smooth with no gear trouble and says parachutes are unnecessary for his type of non stop travel. He hints at future stops including a homecoming over St Louis and a flight to Chicago while continuing advisory work with the Guggenheim fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Eaton
United Press
ST. Louis, Mo
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Chicago
Havana
Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aviation
Spirit of
San Diego
Lindbergh
Central
South America
Columbia Field
Lambert Field
I Havana
United States
Rio Grande
Lone Eagle
Mississippi River
Missouri
Cairo
Borger Woman Held Here for Authorities
A Borger woman was arrested and held at the police station at Borger officers request on a reported car theft charge. She says her husband beat her and threatened her, claiming she only used a car she had a right to use to escape a death threat, and she was found with a pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Holger
Amarillo
Colorado
Mayoress of Greenwich Village Dies in Apparent Suicide
Aimee Klein, 18, known as the Mayoress of Greenwich Village, was found dead in a gas-filled room in Sheridan Square. A longtime Village resident since age 14, she danced, sang in cafes, and modeled for artists before her death, police listing it as self-inflicted. some Friday observers call it an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Aimee Klein
Greenwich Village
Aimee Cortez
Sheridan Square
Fridads
New York to Honor French Fliers in City
Dieudonne Costes and Joseph LeBrix, French aviators, arrive from Washington and will be received officially by Mayor Walker. They will be presented with memorial scrolls and honored as theater guests in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
United Press
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph LeBrix
Paris
South Africa
South America
Washington
Walker
Lestes
LeBrix
Young Wife and Man Killed by Husband in West Virginia
West Virginia report says Daisy Lawrence aged 17 and Emory Yarbour aged 50, both of Cinderella, were killed by Daisy's husband Robert Lawrence aged 19 in his East Williamson home. Lawrence surrendered after the shooting and is jailed at Mingo county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prose
Williamson
W. V
Daisy Lawrence
Emory Yarbour
Cinderella
Robert Lawrence
East Williamson
Lawrence
Mingo County
Federal troops kill 12 rebels in Michoacan clash
A four hour battle near Las Trojes in Michoacan state left twelve rebels dead and several prisoners executed. Father Francisco Del Rio was reported to have led the rebels in the engagement according to a dispatch to the Universal newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Mexico
Las Trojes
Michoacan
Universal
Francisco del Rio
Kansas City Must Pay Back Salaries in Civil Service Case
A court of appeals ruled Kansas City must pay five former city employees 14 107 in back salary after they were discharged allegedly in violation of civil service rules. The plaintiffs claimed political or religious motives for the dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kansas City
Kanasas City
Tax officials visit Panhandle region schedule
D G Hunt from Wichita Falls division chief of the Internal Revenue department outlines a deputy collectors schedule for the Panhandle. Miss Lita Witt city tax collector is home with a cold and Miss Alma Roach assistant collector is home injured from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Hunt
Wichita Falls
Internal Revenue Department
Panhandle
Lita Witt
Alma Roach
Fort Wayne to Be Used for Detroit Aviation Field Plan
Gov. Fred W. Green outlined a plan to retain Fort Wayne for Detroit and Wayne County and use the surrounding grounds as an aviation field. The proposal calls for the state to obtain Oscoda land desired by the army and transfer it to Detroit as part of Fort Wayne lands purchase for aviation purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Lansing
Mich
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Wayne County
Fred W. Green
Selfridge Field
Oscoda
Southern business leader Callaway dies at 57 in Georgia
LA GRANGE Ga Feb 14 Associated Press long a leader in Southern business circles and nationally prominent in the textile industry EF Callaway Sr died here Sunday at the age of 57 a notable figure in regional commerce and textiles passes away leaving a void in Southern business leadership
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Associated Press
LA Grange
EF. Callaway, Sr
Foreign War Vets Plan to Erect Home in Texas City
Veterans of Foreign Wars in the city aim to raise funds to buy land for a home for disabled veterans widows and children. The facility would offer rented apartments and a separate area for those in need with its own complete services. A public dance February 18 at the Herring hotel and a February 16 meeting at the First National bank building are planned to support the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Texas
Herring Hotel
First National Bank
Stability of the United States Depends on Party Government
Nicholas Longworth told the National Republican club at its Lincoln Day dinner that responsible party government is the backbone of the United States. He warned that departing from this system could lead to anarchy and that Europe’s bloc party model would be disastrous for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
United States
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
National Republican Club
Europe
Clara Bow Resting After Appendectomy
Clara Bow, Hollywood actress, underwent an operation for acute appendicitis and was declared resting easily at a hospital in Hollywood. The United Press report states she is progressing well and resting peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Bow
United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Supreme Kingdom of Order Opens Offices
Tulsa at the Mid-Continent building ninth floor hosts the opening of the Supreme Kingdom of Order offices. Supporters say the new group counters atheism and patriotism decline while Edward Young Clarke, ex Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, guides it from Atlanta with Tulsa handling business and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tulsa
Oklo
Sovereign Fortress of the Supreme Kingdom
Mid-Continent
New Order
Edward Young Clarke
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
Police Seek Car In Crash In City
Amarillo police seek a Hupmobile roadster and its driver after a crash with a car owned by J. A. Wolfe at 1309 A Jefferson Street yesterday. The license 776 394 does not match the Hupmobile, per police records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
J. A. Wolfe
Jefferson Street
Dowdle Returns to Regents Shoe Department
J. B. Dowdle returns to the Regents at 512 Polk Street to resume leadership of the shoe department after previously heading it and later directing the Booterie. He served several years with Regents before moving to the Booterie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowdle
Regents Department
J. B. Dowdle
Regents
Polk Street
Mr. Dowdle
Booterie
Coupe Stolen in Canyon Recovered in Glenwood
A Ford coupe stolen in Canyon days ago was found by the police in Glenwood last night. The car was in excellent condition and had been driven only a short distance since the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
Glenwood
Clerks Plan Meeting for July Postal Convention
Fifty members of the postal clerks and carriers association met in the county judge's courtroom last evening to map preliminary plans for hosting a postal clerks and carriers convention in town on July 4 and 5. They also discussed forming a ladies auxiliary of the postal clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Clerksand Carriers Association
Postal Clerks and Carriers Convention
Postal Clerks
Tax Assessors Rendition in Amarillo for 1928 Property Values
City tax assessors prepare the annual rendition in Amarillo. All property will be assessed to compile the 1928 tax rolls with values set for taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Man Hangs Self In Dallas Hotel
A man registered as R. M. Keller of Kansas City was found dead this morning in a Dallas hotel, suspended from a door by a belt. Local authorities reported the death as a suicide and began an investigation into the circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Dallas
R. M. Keller
Kansas City
Funeral Held for Daughter of Judge Hall
Mrs. J. B. Deal of Crockett, daughter of Judge R. W. Hall of Amarillo, died after an operation in Palestine. Funeral services were held at 10 this morning. Survived by Judge Hall and Mrs. Hall, three daughters Elise and Mary of Amarillo and Mrs. Wallace Brown of St. Louis, and a son Dr. Neal Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Deal
Crockett
R. W. Hall
Amarillo
Neal ‘Hall
Deal
Palestine
Hall
Elise
Mary
Wallace Brown
St. Louis
Neal Hall
Seek Woman Death Sentence Commuted
Relatives and friends of Doris Palmer McDonald in Toronto seek commutation. Her mother Mrs Hazel Snyder has enlisted Chicago club women. Doris, adopted daughter of Dr Frances Palmer of Oklahoma, may receive support from an independent campaign led by Dr Palmer in New York.
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United Press
Chicago
Doris Palmer McDonald
Toronto
Hazel Snyder
Doris
Chicago Club
Frances Palmer
Oklahoma
Solons Called as Witnesses in Burns Contempt Trial
Washington February 14. Senators James E. Watson Moses and Shortridge were called by the defense as character witnesses in the Sinclair Burns contempt trial. They were to testify on William J. Burns, the noted detective hired by Harry F. Sinclair to supply jury shadowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
James E. Watson
Moses
New Hampshire
Shortridge
California
Sinclair
Mine Disaster Probe To Begin In Timmins
Officials say a government investigation into the Hollinger mine disaster that killed 39 miners and caused about $200 000 in damage will start within days. Rescue crews from Pittsburgh and Toronto battled toxic gas as 37 bodies were recovered and two men remained missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Timmins, Ont
Hollinger
Pittsburgh
Toronto
Texas Textbook Commission Debates Geography Contract Costs
In Austin on February 14, the State Textbook commission met in executive session to discuss and vote on public school book adoptions. Officials aim to determine the main six year contract cost for geography titles funded from the state treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
State Textbook Commission
Child Leaps Twenty Feet To Safety In Fire
A five year old boy escaped death by leaping twenty feet from a burning apartment into his mother’s arms in Dallas Texas. Mrs J G Hamilton and her child were trapped on a roof as flames surrounded them. The mother carried him to the edge and leaped to the ground then urged the boy to jump and was caught in her arms as he jumped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Dallas
Texas
J. G. Hamilton
Police Seek Help Locating Local Woman Minnie Kearns
Amarillo police requested assistance to find Minnie Kearns 24, 5 ft 2 in, brunette with shell rimmed glasses who left home with another person taking her 9 month old baby. No trace found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Minnie Kearns
Auto Style Show At Nat This Week
An added attraction at the Nat Dance palace tonight and tomorrow night will be a special display of the new Nash models. Five new models will be displayed on the Nat floor and dancers and others may inspect the cars freely during the evening's dance program. Virgil Proctor and his orchestra will furnish the music for the dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Dance Palace
Virgil Proctor
Fire Devours Home in Grim Warning Poem
An Edgar A. Guest verse describes a house as red roofed like poppies and invaded by demonlike figures. The man in the poem warns that through steel channels the fire moves, urging the occupant to hurry home as the house burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Markets Report From Major Cities and Chicago Cotton Movements
Hogs and cattle receipts reported across Kansas City and East St Louis with mixed prices and slow demand. Chicago hogs eased while cattle held steady and New York cotton opened easy before rally on January consumption data. June and October contracts rose amid light trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associatedress
Panama
Chicago
The
Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Census Bureau
New York Stock Market Opens Upward Amid Gains and Oils
At the opening, markets show advances for General Motors Bethlehem Steel Westinghouse Electric Montgomery Ward and Anaconda. Gold Dust and Canada Dry Ginger Ale move sizable blocks while rails and other issues slip later. New Orleans cotton futures rally on bullish consumption figures amid wage and market tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Aesecieeu
Ree
New York
General Motors
Bethlehem Steel
Westinehouse Electric
Montgomery Ward
Anaconda
Canada Dry
DuPont
Vanadium Steel
Sears Roebuck
Wilson "A
A. Greene Cananea Copper
Consolidated Gas
Warner Brothers Pictures
Kansas City Southern
Union Pacific
Philling
Marland and
Standard of New Jersey
Houston Oil
New Orleans
Liverpool
Drouth
Tiverpool
Sninners' Federation
James E. Bennett & Co
Allis Chalmers
Allied Chemical
American Car
American Lo American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
American Steel & Foundry
American Telephone & Tel American Ken Anaconda Copper Associated
Atchison, Topeka & Sania
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio Barnsdall Corporation
California Petroleum
Etro de Pasco
Chicago & Alton
Chicago & Northweste
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paule Rock Island & Paci
Chile Copper
Chrysler
Coca Cola Weelorado
Fuel & Tron
Colorado & Southern
Consolidated Cigars
Crucible Steel
Dodge Motors
DuPont de Nemours
Stman Kodak
Famous Players Fish Rubber
Fleischmann Yeast
Freeport-Texas Asphalt Electric Motors
Great Western Sugar
Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
Illinois Central
Independent Oil & Inspiration Copper
Ohio Oil
Packard Motor
Pan-American Pet
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil
Timken Roller Bearings
U. S&s
U. Bi
Ieee Beast
Porrign Exchange
White Eagle
Accomated Press
Willys-Overland
Nash Motors
Republic Iron & Steel
Southern Pact
Woolworth
Hoover Booster Addresses Lions Club in Amarillo
Captain J F Lucey of Dallas an active Republican and Hoover booster told the Lions at noon in Amarillo that Hoover is Americas great goodwill ambassador and well qualified to be president Miss Ruth Abramson entertained with readings Col H H Haines and J W Deiss spoke briefly and Philomathean debate team invited Lions to next Tuesday night contest A stray market rates list and poultry note follow in the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Lucey
Dallas
Texas
Herbert Hoover
Lions Club
Amarillo Oe
Hoover
America
Lucey
Ruth Abramson
Lions
Col
H. H. Haines
J. W
Fort Wor
Denver
Kenneth Woodward
J. J. Deiss
Philomatheon
Philos
Forum Society
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W.T.C.C
Ranger Head
Jefferson City
Secretary of War
Dwight P. Davis
Greenwich
FT. Wayne
Detroit Aviation Field
U. S
Supreme Kingdom of Order
Solons
East ST. Louis
Ill
Avenslatad Pras
Oklahoma City
Fort’ "Worth
Lereee
Wisconsin
Idaho
Sunset Burbanks
Florida
Bliss
Cuba
Associated Preagy
Owen
Strate Strom
Hoover Booster
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Tokyo
Montreal
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