Realtors Act For Property Tax Reduction Drive
The Amarillo Real Estate Board moved to press for property tax relief by lowering assessments and setting a tax limit. The board announced 318 members, with President Charles A. Green noting broad city business representation. Wade H. Brymer urged revising homestead exemptions to protect $3,000 of value from taxes as about 65 percent of income went to taxes. Albert J. Randall warned of a housing shortage and rising building costs, predicting Amarillo must build about 320 houses yearly for five years to meet demand.
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Amarillo Real Estate Board
Charles A. Green
Amarillo Board
State Association
Wade H. Brymer
Amarillo Hotel
Brymer
Randall
Albert J. Randall
Amarillo
United States
Abyssinia ruler faces Mussolini as tensions rise
The piece portrays Emperor Haile Selassie pressed to discipline unruly chiefs, potentially pay indemnity to Mussolini after attacks on African colonies. It notes Mussolini’s demand for cash and salute to the Italian flag as a cost of peace, with a sharp aside about Selassie’s claims of Solomon and Sheba lineage and looming air power in the encounter. It adds a profile line on Jack Doyle in London.
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Abyssinia
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Selassie
King Solomon
Sheba
Greece
Mexico
Prophet of rise and fall faces Baer as Zionist ships sail
The article notes Jack Doyle predicting ascent, Max Baer challenging him, and Palestine ships Mount Zion and Tel Aviv starting regular sailings linking Palestine, Constanza and Trieste. It reflects on Jewish navigators, notes Columbus ancestry, mentions Hitler's black-coated guards and brown-coats, and hints at fear of trusted armed troops.
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Mount Zion
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Constanza
Trieste
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Atlantic
England
Christopher Columbus
Hitler
Courthouse Records Transfers and Classic Car Listings
Courthouse records show transfers in section 74 block 2 and Miller Heights and Carr subdivision with values around 1650 and 2000. A list of vintage car models and buyers includes Ford coupes Tudor and V-8s, a Terraplane, Plymouth sedan, and other prewar autos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C.H. Tanner
W. J. Maughey Et al
A. B. M. Panhandle Building & Loan
Sherwood Moore
Miller Heights
George H. Steele
FE. L. Patton
Carr
Sam B. Motion
H. H. Cooper
Hughes
Dalhart business changes include new service station owners
Dalhart reports a week of business shifts with Main Street Service Station bought by Bill Jones and R. G. Grimmer. Miss Gladyce Tucker, formerly of Amarillo, is opening the Correct Beauty Shop in Dalhart.
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Globe
Dalhart
Bill Jones
R. G. Grimmer
Gladyce Tucker
Amarillo
Amarillo Country Club Holds Evening Stockholders Meeting
The Amarillo Country Club will hold its annual dinner and business session at the clubhouse this evening at 6 30. President U N Olver announced the election of officers and directors for the coming year and committee reports will be heard. Members and guests were asked to reserve seats early.
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Amarillo Country Club
U. N. Olver
Club
Electric guns smash atoms in powerful new research
O T Kreusser director of the Jackson Park Museum of Science and Industry says giant electrical guns bombard atoms with millions of volts to split nuclei. He notes the method yields energy far beyond chemical reactions and enables artificial radioactive materials previously found only in nature.
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Chicago
Fed
O. T. Kreusser
Jackson Park
Kreusser
California Institute of Technology
Scientists May Remove Alibi From Golfing
Toronto report says researchers seek chemical control for brown patch on turf at golf greens. J Hunter Gooding Jr and G F Miles discussed prevention over cure, noting a spray with cresol mercury and chlorophenol mercury as principal ingredients to protect greens.
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Toronto
J. Hunter Gooding, Jr
Wilmington
Del
G. F. Miles
Gooding
One House Assembly Move in Ohio Election
The first move toward electing a single house Ohio legislature follows developments in Cleveland with Red. 14 reports on reform efforts and political maneuvering aimed at restructuring the state’s legislative system.
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Cleveland
Red
Ohio
Methodist Church Anniversary Fete
Next Sunday marks the anniversary of the organization of Tenth Avenue Methodist Church. Officials of the church and the Woman's Missionary Society, Nebraska plan, have started a Citizens' League initiative. The league proposes a constitutional amendment for a unicameral assembly of 194 members with 24 senators and 180 representatives.
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Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Woman's Missionary Society
Nebraska
Citizens’ League
League
Allenru Rheumatic Pain Relief Ad Claims Fast Cure
An old advertisement touts Allenru as a safe prescription remedy for rheumatic pain and neuritis caused by excess uric acid. It promises relief within 48 hours and urges readers to ask for the product from druggists nationwide.
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Americ Jiet
Church observance schedule with lunch and programs
A church plans a day starting with a 9 45 church school program followed by worship and a pastor s sermon. A basket lunch will be served in Assembly Hall with fellowship afterward. At 2 00 the ladies of the church will present a program and all members are urged to attend with baskets.
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Assembly Hall
Three Minute Relief From Periodical Pains
An advertisement touts "RB" as a fast acting relief for periodical pains and common ailments. It claims a blend prepared by a registered pharmacist with multiple ingredients to ease pains in minutes without opiates.
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Realtors Act
Levy
Iceland
Jack Doyle
Mayfair
London
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Norma Shearer
Wimpole Street
Frank Morgan
Cellini
Grace Moore
William Powell
Associated Press
Mr. Doyle
Max Baer
Courthouse Records
Babe Macy
Geo. P. Harrington
W. G. Bailey
Johnson Ranch Royalty, Inc
Evelyn Kennedy
Continental Supply Company
Pontiac
Mack Torriston
Chester H. Watson
Sonneborn Bros
H. H. Heath
Olds
Joe C. McClelland
Studebaker
R. G. Wolf
Ford
R. C. Snodgrass
Plymouth
Country Club
Seersucker
Lux Toilet
Hollywood
LUX
Methodist Church
Ul? Sale
Lydia EF
Pinkham
The
Jug
Barcelona
Jergen
Pacquin
Woodbury's
Lis
Uur Nail
Probar Junior
Inuba
Regus
Willams
Colonial Club
Ingrams
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