Mother In Law Day urged at cattlemen convention in Amarillo
A humorous plea urges cowmen to bring their mothers in law to the Amarillo Fat Stock show and cattlemen convention the first week of next month. The piece promotes entertainment and a Roosevelt address, then wanders through jokes, weather, a bicycle theft notice, and regional chatter about Lubbock’s growth and a proposed Texahoma state idea with Amarillo as capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Ming
Paramount Theater
Funeral services for Thomas P Hackler in Amarillo
Funeral services for Thomas P Hackler 54 of Amarillo will be held at 4 PM today at Polk Street Methodist Church. Dr L N Lipscomb will preside. Interment in Llano Cemetery. He died Tuesday in Raton NM from a heart ailment. Survivors include his widow Elizabeth a son J P Hackler and three daughters Mrs J R Wiggins Mrs R O Green and Mrs Glen C Farris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Hackler
Amarillo
Raton
N. M
Polk Street
L. N. Lipscomb
Methodist Church
W. R. Armstrong
Ben Manning
Otis Trulove
Sam D. Vaughn
R. 5. Killough
W. A. Askew
Llano Cemetery
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Hackler
National Dry Goods Company
Panhandle
New Mexico
Edwards, Miss
Fort Smith
Ark
Belleview
Weaver Brothers Visit Amarillo With Elviry and Family
Moris Higley profiles the Weaver family show during a visit to Amarillo. Elviry called June, guides the act between Richard the two year old and the troupe. The group evolved from Weaver Brothers Abner and Cicero into a larger family act led by Elviry and later joined by Willa Johnny Harrison and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver Brothers
Elviry
Amarillo
Little Richard
Morris Higley
Weaver
June Weaver
Richard
June
Abner Weaver
Leon
Cicero
Frank Weaver
Elvtry
Abner
Max
Charles Weaver
Willa Weaver
Willa Ups
Johnny Harrison
Georgetown: Trial of C E Heldingsfelder Declared Deadlocked
In Georgetown on Feb 15 the second trial of Houston attorney C E Heldingsfelder for embezzling 34500 from Mrs Adele Pipkin of New York was set for March 19 after a Harris County jury, dismissed by District Judge Harry A Dolan following 22 hours of deliberation, reported deadlock eight for conviction and four for acquittal. The state pursued the embezzlement count seeking up to ten years. Heldingsfelder claimed a Christmas Day lure by a bandit posing as a client led to the loss of the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
C. E. Heldingsfelder
Houston
Adele Pipkin
New York
Harry A. Dolan
Heidingsfelder
Harris County
Ennis Judge Enters Supreme Court Race
Ennis judge John H. Sharp announced his candidacy for associate justice of the state supreme court to succeed T. B. Greenwod who will retire at year end. Also reported is the death of Everett Jochum and Evelyn Dearlove found shot near Liberty Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John H. Sharp
Ennis
State Supreme Court
T. B. Greenwood
Palestine
Kansas City
Everett Jochum
Missionary Slain as Bandits Strike Chinese Mission House
Father E Charest a French Canadian Catholic missionary was shot dead by two bandits who invaded the Liao Yuan mission north of Mukden. Chinese servants at the mission were killed as the attackers escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Changchun
Manchukuo
E. Charest
Liao-Yuan
Mukden
Senate panel approves radio bill to curb outlaw stations
Washington February 15 Senate interstate commerce committee votes a favorable report on a bill to stop outlaw radio stations from using remote control to beam broadcasts on the air from foreign sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Today
Thompson Walker Face Indictments
A joint indictment charges Whitey Walker Blackie Thompson and Ray Johnson Oklahoma convicts who escaped during a fishing party with robbery with firearms of J Caldwell jewelry store December 16. Indictments allege kidnapping Caldwell and wife were dropped. The men and Walker's wife were returned to Texas after capture in Florida. Walker held at Palestine jail. Thompson and Johnson in Harris County safekeeping. Indicted for bank robbery at Palestine and Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Whitey Walker
Blackie Thompson
Ray Johnson
Oklahoma
Caldwell
Walker
Texas
Florida
Anderson County
Palestine
Thompson
Johnson
Harris County
Marlin
Retrial Sought for Two Youths in Texas Slaying
Fort Worth February 15 U P Motions for new trials on life terms for Jack Carter 20 and Justine Conde 23 were filed after district court jurors found them guilty of murdering A E Horton during an attempted holdup in 1931 Their attorneys argued the punishment was too severe Dewel Fowler also received life imprisonment as a co defendant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.P
Jack Carter
Justine Conde
A. E. Horton
Dewel Fowler
Teachers Officer Urges Salary, Pension Reform
Miss Faye Read of Pueblo Colorado, president of the National Classroom Teachers Association, spoke to Amarillo Teachers Association members urging state legislation for minimum teacher salaries and for retirement funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Read
Pueblo
Colo
National Classroom Teachers Association
Amarillo Teachers Association
Amarillo Teachers Club
Immigration Office To Get New Manager
WPLD Crossman of Port Arthur will assume his duties as head of the Houston immigration office next week. He has led Sabine Port Arthur and Orange immigration stations for seven years and will succeed retired E R. Dilworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Crossman
Port Arthur
Sabine
Orange
E. R. Dilworth
Traylor Long Bank Career Ends In Funeral Service
Funeral services for Mr Traylor will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers and the plot burial will be announced later. Traylor rose from district school teacher to vice president of major banks including Ballinger Texas East St Louis Chicago and finally led the First National Bank. He contributed to civic life and held the presidency of the First National Bank since 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Traylor
Ballinger
Tex
Stockyards National Bank of
East St Louis
First National Bank of Chicago
First National
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Paof
Ater
Volunteers Seek Missing Boy in Rockford Search
About 200 volunteers comb shacks and cellars around Charles Backus Jr.’s Rockford home eight days after he vanished. Sheriff Bell ordered the intensified hunt while investigators question the boy’s father who denies kidnapping and repeats that the boy left the house after being scolded for not changing clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Ill
Charles Backus
William C. Bell
Backus
Roosevelt weighs air mail plan with possible Congress message
President Roosevelt may draft a special message on the air mail issue as Farley accuses 14 aviation chiefs of collusion in 1930. Some firms could be barred from bidding for five years unless they reorganize. Farley claims most contracts were tainted, prompting a court battle over cancellations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Mail
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Farley
Aviation
Gray Stone
Pan-American air races fatal crash claims pilot Merle Nelson
Capt Merle Nelson of Hollywood Calif was burned to death when his comet night flying plane crashed in front of the grandstand at the Pan American air races leaving his aircraft destroyed and spectators shocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Merle Nelson
Holbywood
Calif
Memphis officer Grounds buried after fatal shooting
Services for Officer Grounds will be held at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev. Huckabee officiating. Officers Yelding Harper Turner Wilbur McDaniel McNeill and Price are pallbearers. all Amarillo and Potter County peace officers are honorary pallbearers. Grounds’ mother died in 1931 in Memphis. The disturbance began when Hammonds, intoxicated, threatened his wife Hazel and fired from behind a picket fence, fatally wounding Grounds before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Grounds
J. 8
Huckabee
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Leo Yielding
Sid Harper
Marshall Turner Wilbur McDaniel
W. D. McNeilis
Carley Price
Amarillo
Potter County
Hammonds
Hazel
Cleveland Street
American Girl Dies in Vienna Street Fighting
Alice Borowetz, 17, daughter of Bay Ridge native Borowetz of New York, died from wounds suffered during Vienna street battles last Tuesday. She had been visiting relatives for a year and a half and planned to return to the United States. Her father seeks a State Department investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
New York
Borowetz
Alice
Bay Ridge High School
Brooklyn
America
Hull
Rioters clash in New York over Austrian rebels
Demonstrators numbering about 3000 marched around the Austrian consulate at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in sympathy with Austrian revolutionists. Dozens were bruised and scores knocked down as police moved to disperse the crowd after clashes with patrolmen and subsequent street fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
42Nd Street
Robert Minor
Freidrich Fischerauer
Minor
Poisonings, Family Tales Tie Widow to McLean Intrigue
Mrs. Erwin recounts repeated cane sorghum poisonings aimed at her family, a torn flour sack blamed by neighbors, and alleged actions of sister Kate Shockley and traveling evangelist husband. She recalls aids and tensions during nine months of investigation amid questioned loyalties. The piece ends noting the first U.S. naturalization law from March 26, 1790.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Erwin
Lloyd
Japanese Occupy Suiyuan Near Soviet Border
Japanese dispatches from Harbin report Suiyuan on the Amur River 35 miles from Khabarovsk occupied by a Japanese detachment. The army communique says the action marks the goal of the winter anti bandit campaign in northern Manchukuo and took effect February 1, giving Japan its closest approach to Khabarovsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Harbin
Suiyuan
Amur
Khabarovsk
Rengo Agency
Manchukuo
Texas association lists authorized capital by city
The document details credit crops and production of livestock and dairy and poultry products with association offices in Texas. It lists authorized capital stock for multiple cities including Amarillo Austin Beaumont Bryan Corpus Christi Corsicana Dallas Fort Worth Gainesville Laredo Lubbock Marshall Mexia Palestine Plainview San Angelo San Antonio Sherman Texarkana Tyler Harlingen Victoria Waco Wichita Falls and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Bryan
Corpus Christi
Corsicana
Dallas
Fort Worth
Gainsville
Laredo
Lubbock
Marshall
Mexia
Palestine
Plainview
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman
Texarkana
Tyler
Harlingen
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton Markets Report
Kansas City trading showed active cattle and sheep with calves steady and stockers scarce as hogs tops neared 4.40 while cattle weights above 250 gained. New Orleans cotton opened steady, trading up to 12.55 for October futures as traders awaited the Bankhead bill and a broader market bounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U. S
New Orleans
Liverpool
Letter from mothers-in-law on convention proposal
Dear Tack the writers express appreciation for a convention idea aimed at mothers-in-law. They note their group is unusual since their daughters married men, making all their in-laws female, and they imply mixed reactions to the plan.
A Mother Endorses Najol for Family Health
Edith C. Davidson of St. Louis recounts her two boys improving with Najol after early health problems. She credits regular use for fewer illnesses and no doctor bills, praising Najol’s economy and claiming the family remains well with proper directions. The ad urges readers to share their Najol stories and notes two forms, plain and Cream of Najol, available in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith C. Davidson
Virginia Avenue
St. Louis
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. W
J. R. McKinley
Jefferson Street
Parison
Sam
Ole
Olay
Earl Irwin
Sixteenth Avenue
A. P Sights
Clinton
Okla
Lubbock County
Reno
Blaine
Caddo
Comanche
T. P. Hackler
Flviry
Rura
Supreme Court
Immigration Office
Hunt For
Senate
East Fourth Avenue
Crays and Coffey
South Fillmore Street
Austria
Rome
Giornale d'Italia
Czechoslovakia
Budapest
Magyarsag Today
United States
Aircraft
Douglas
Somete
American Gear & and
Ave Cities Service
Gulf OU
Humble Oil
Kal Gil Scoupon
Ries Dard
Kentucky
Standard of
Gettt & CO
John F. Clark & Co
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelt & Ref
American Steel Fdys
American Sugar
American Tel & Tel
American A Mg
Anaconda Eevee
Topeka
Santa Auburn Auto
Hendix Aviation
Bbarnedall
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Canadian Pacific
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Chrysler Motor
Veesee
Freeport Texas
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodrich Tire
Goodyear Tire
Great Northern EE
Watebe
Houston Oil
Hudson Motor
Hupp Motor
Illinois Central
International Harvester
Haat
Het Ea
Ohio Oil
Packard Motor
Penney J Cy Voee
Pennsylvania Rr
Petroleum Corp Phillips Pet Producers & Pure Oil
Radio Corp of America
Radio Keith Orph
Coor
Republic Steel
Reynolds Tobacco
Royal Dutch
St Louis
Dopfd
Union Carbide
Union Oil
United Aircraft
Cerreee Western Union
Westinghouse Electric
Woolworth
Montgomery- Ward
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chrysler
Western Union
American Sugar Refining
U. S. Smelting
Sears- Roebuck
Bas
Rye
Aeees
St. Joseph
St.Joseph
Vincent Lopez
Plough
NBC
Address Stance Incorporated
Park Avenue
New York City
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!