The Maton name debate and a kitchen burglar tale
A reader laments the choice of naming a new dirigible The Maton instead of The Amarillo, citing local employment impact and interstate contractor issues. The letter also recounts a night scare at the Tack house, where the mother in law armed with a meat cleaver chased a burglar, and ends with a curious note about a lost pocketbook in the ladies room with a $2 reward.
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Tack
Coathouse
F. R. Bacon
WHAT THEY Write 7 Tack Dear Tack Editorial Note
A partial letters page fragment discusses editorial difficulty in obtaining information and mentions “Dear Tack” and “See YACK LETTERS Page 3” as stray references from the newspaper. The readable portion highlights concerns about access to information and reader correspondence channels.
Murray feted in home town
Collinsville Texas hosts Governor William H. Murray of Oklahoma for a homecoming celebration. A 40 mile parade from Durant with traffic control and coffee and sandwiches planned for the noon hour. Thousands of visitors expected to hear the governor speak as locals celebrate his arrival.
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Collinsville
Tex
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Durant
Okla
Ultimatum to Lion Forest Forts Near Woosung
The Japanese delivered a stern ultimatum demanding an end to all Anti-Japanese actions and the cessation of the Shanghai boycott. They promised no shelling of withdrawing Chinese troops and vowed not to advance from current positions, backed by a strong military force in the river. The note arrived three weeks after marines entered the Chapei district.
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Lion Forest
Woosung
Lion Hill
Nanking
Kuramatsu Murai
Shanghai
Chapei
U S Denies Involvement In Tokyo Note Framing
Washington denies Tokyo’s claim that the United States helped draft the note delivered by the League of Nations council. The State Department says it had no knowledge of the note’s framing or delivery. China and Japan are warned they may bear damages for Shanghai fighting.
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Washington
State Department
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Council of the
League of Nations
China
Shanghai
Switchman Injured After Auto Train Collision
James C. Rowe a switchman for the Fort Worth and Denver railroad is in St. Anthony's Hospital with compound fractures of both legs from a crash at the Buchanan Street crossing. Police say he was struck by a car driven by Willis Hill of 310 North Fillmore Street as he rode on the front of a switch engine at night.
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James C. Rowe
Fort Worth
Denver
St. Anthony's Hospital
Buchanan Street
Rowe
Willis Hill
North Fillmore Street
Henry J. Allen Named Assistant to Dawes at RFC
P. Henry J. Allen former Kansas senator is appointed assistant to Charles Gates Dawes, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, marking a return to national service in Washington.
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Washington
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Charles Gates Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Presidential Poll Shows Roosevelt Leads in New Mexico
In a Globe f New Mexico lead poll, Franklin D Roosevelt tops the tally with 173 votes, Alfred E Smith 614? and John Garner among others. The Sunshine State ballots push Hoover and other candidates to small totals as the day’s counts reach 138 for Oklahoma governor Alfalfa Bill Murray?
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New Mexico
Sunshine State
Oklahoma
al Smith
John Garner
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred FE. Smith
John N. Garner
Seeres le Newton D. Baker
Eeeerseneeeeeees
William E. Borah
Srseeveeseuerers
Charles G. Dawes
Sebegaseeeeres
Herbert E. Hoover
Hiram E. Johnson
William J. Murray
George
Norris
Gifford Pinchot
Ceeisens Oo
James A. Reed
Melvin A. Traylor
Owen D. Young
Ccseevercevvereerseesveser
Damot
Diesel engines to power towns and farms of future
A 3000 horsepower Diesel engine shipped from St. Louis to Freeport New York signals a shift to publicly owned power plants. Experts foresee small Diesels lighting isolated farms at a fraction of current pole costs, enabling communities to generate their own power and light.
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America
St. Louis
Freeport
N. Y
Credit expansion bill nears Senate passage at nightfall
Garner opens this summer with 175 million passed by the House and boosted by about 3 million in Senate committee action before a favorable report. The committee held firm on the 100 million road construction plan, refused 135.5 million more for highway projects to ease unemployment. Washington February 184, the credit bill moves toward near certain Senate approval, framed as a measure to bolster bankers with idle funds and securities.
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House
Senate
Washington
Hervey Trial Passed as Jones Receives 10 Years
In a criminal district court session, Willie Lee Jones, identified by Marian Fay Davis and Lucille Pierce, was found guilty of assault with intent to murder and given a 10 year term for a shooting in a so called fake party incident. Wiley B. Hervey’s trial was postponed until Friday or Saturday. Davis was shot in the right thigh during the scuffle between the two girls and a male party described as Hervey.
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Wiley B. Hervey
Criminal District Court
Willie Lee Jones
Jones
Marian Fay Davis
Lucille Pierce
Miss Pierce
Davis
Hervey
Miss Davis
Markets Rally On Bank of England Rate Cut Gains
New York stocks firm after Bank of England cuts discount rate to five percent. Industrials rise while Southern Pacific dips briefly and market sentiment improves on signs of business strength. wheat and grains show mixed moves as cattle and hog markets in Chicago Kansas City and New Orleans trade steady to firm.
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B.” American Woolen
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Ane
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Stone & Webeter
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Tex Pac Land
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Union Pacific
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Unid Air
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United Carb Teeresent
Ws Missouri Pac RR
Nited Corp
Yevssa
Montgomery Ward
U S
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Warren Bros Company
Wee Maryland RR
New American Taser Western Pac
Northern Pac
Western Union Aes Eereene
Otis Filerator Co
Willys Overland
Woolworth
Paramount Publix
Pathe Exchange
Worthington
Penney J C Cow
Nine-Year-Old Treads Pleasures of Growth
A poem where a nine year old voices fatigue with rules and politeness. The speaker longs for adult freedom from constant scolding and duties, imagining life at thirty two or three without “No!” and forced spinach. The piece reflects childhood restraint and yearning for autonomy.
Flood Crest Expected as Trinity River Reaches 36.4 Feet
Dallas reports the Trinity River water at 36.4 feet with Weather Bureau predicting this level will constitute the crest. The forecast indicates no immediate crest rise beyond this point, aiding flood management plans for the area.
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Dallas
Trinity River
United States Weather Bureau
Mrs Martha Arnett Dies at Wildorado
Martha Laura Arnett, 68, died at 3 a m at her daughter's home two miles south of Wildorado where she had lived six years. Survived by four sons and five daughters including M L Arnett Amarillo H M Arnett Amarillo J R Arnett Sterling J Q Vanersdol Wildorado J W Burris Amarillo Lee Arnett Wildorado Shelby Townes Baker Amarillo. Member of the Methodist Church. Body in care of Blackburn Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Martha Laura Arnett
J. R. Vanersdol
Wildorado
M. L
H. M
J. R. Arnett
Amarillo
Sterling
J. Q. Vanersdol
J. W. Burris
Lee Arnett
Shelby Townes
J. M. Baker
Methodist Church
Blackburn Funeral Home
Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin touted for safe births and mixed health
A health claim lauds Dr W B Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as ideal for mothers and children. It cites a Pratt County record of over three thousand births with no maternal or infant loss in fifty years of practice in Illinois. The copy urges use for digestion, constipation, and tired or sick-appearing patients.
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Pratt County
W. B. Caldwell
Illinois
Albuquerque Chamber Secretary Visits Amarillo
L. N. Kramer secretary manager of the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce was in Amarillo today meeting with the local chamber highway committee on interstate highway problems. He praised the Texas Panhandle red building program and lauded Dallam County voters who approved a 360000 dollar issue to pay for 93 miles of highways in the county.
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Texas
Welfare Association
Tulsa
Stokes
Texas State Highway Commission
Austin
Ma Ferguson
Dallam
L. N. Kramer
Albuquerque, N. M
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Kramer
Texas Panhandle
Dallam County
Damascus oldest city in ape world
A fragment notes Damascus as the oldest city in the ape world, with unclear context and minimal readable details about its claim or source.
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Damascus
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