Amarillo Fire Insurance Rate Survey Under Way
Five Texas fire insurance department inspectors are surveying Amarillo to set new fire insurance rates. Eugene Smith says no rate prediction yet. two months needed to determine if mercantile property owners will pay more or less. Inspections focus on construction wiring and maintenance, not water facilities or fire equipment.
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Amarillo
Texas Fire Insurance Department
Eugene Smith
Smith
Plan miscarried as damp wood smoked before burning
Today Paul Block takes charge of the Los Angeles Express in a bold rise from newspaper owner to property manager. He publishes fine portraits of Mellon and Smith and declares ambition to make newspapers useful, while Gandhi travels to New Delhi with a day of reflection. The piece notes 22,731 moving picture theaters and 25,000,000 automobiles in the United States, reflecting abundance and complaint.
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Paul Block
Los Angeles Express
Andrew W. Mellon
Alfred £. Smith
Black
Department of Commerce
Europe
United States
Senate backs Smoot bill for veterans hospital funding
The Senate Finance Committee favorably reported a lump sum of 20,877,000 for new veterans hospital facilities and a 0 percent reduction in in hospital allowances for World War II veterans. The measure substitutes a House bill of 12,500,000 and leaves project locations to the veterans administration and the Federal Board of Hospitalization.
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Smoot
iBy Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Hines
Veterans Administration
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Dear Tack Letter Critiques Stone Price Theory
A reader rebukes J. E. Young for excessive rhetoric in critiquing Mr. Stone's grain price theory and the grain exchange. The writer argues Stone’s ideas are flawed and would warrant high office if proven, asserting Young misreads Stone's concepts.
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J. E. Young
Mr. Stone
Lord Chesterton
Macaullay
Grain Exchange
United States
Coronation rehearsal and stock show kickoff in Amarillo
Amarillo prepares for coronation rehearsals for the Fat Stock Show pageant running March 2 to 6. About 20 local princesses will participate with national scenes and flag bearers, as Hal C Worths Black and Gold Orchestra provides the score. The event aims to unify Panhandle cities in a statewide pageant effort.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Texas Panhandle
New México
Hal C. Worth
Black and Gold
Lester Peacock
Panhandle
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
French Engineers Study American Railway Methods
Two French railway engineers, Bourgoin and a companion, toured Amarillo and spoke of strong ties with the American people. They praised U S engineering and planned travels to New Orleans then East, before returning via New York. They described Indo China’s delta challenges, including 15 to 20 feet of annual rainfall. They left with Santa Fe officials to examine U S railway practice.
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Amarillo
New Orleans
New York
Bourgoin
Delta Road
Indo- China
Louisiana
Mississippi River Basin
Indo-China
W. W. Kelly
W. H. Rochester
J. W. Stewart
R. W. Prentice
Santa Fe
California Judge Rules on Palmer Will Murder Quandary
In probate proceedings Judge Scovel rules that a murderer cannot benefit from a victim s estate under California law. The case hinges on whether Mrs Post must be convicted or exonerated before the Palmer estate can settle. Attorney White argues no precedent exists for such a trial and contends two women planned a mutual liberation in a love compact.
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Post
West Texas Cities Seek Gas Rate Cut
West Texas city representatives from over 30 towns met in Abilene to urge competition in natural gas sales and distribution. If competition fails, they push for joint action to build pipelines and pursue municipal ownership of distribution systems.
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West Texas
Associated Press
Abilene
College Band Will Tour Panhandle
The Amarillo Junior College 42 piece band directed by Wilbur Upchurch leaves at 8 30 tomorrow morning for a goodwill tour through Borger Panhandle Pompa Groom and nearby cities. They will parade through each city and perform concerts at high schools with talks at different schools. Howard Federer of WDAG and merce accompanies the group. Transportation is provided by the Amarillo Automobile Dealers Association.
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Amarillo Junior College
Wilbur Upchurch
Borger
Panhandle
Pompa
Groom
Amarillo
Howard Federer
WDAG
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Automobile Dealers Association
Boy Dies After High Voltage Wire Burns
Adolphus Glisson, 15, died in a Fort Worth hospital after severe burns from a toy parachute near Sycomore Creek. He received a blood transfusion but passed away several hours after the injury on February 19.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Adolphus Glisson
Sycomore Creek
Canadian youth denies slaying charge in Newton girl case
Jose Rosales, 22, held in the investigation of the brutal death of Lucille Price, 18, Newton Kansas, denied being in Newton. Authorities said his description matches a Rosales known to local officers, and he carried a card bearing the name when arrested on a southwest bound freight train Tuesday.
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United Press
Jose Rosales
Lucille Price
Newton
Kansas
Rosales
Oil Parley Called by Oklahoma Governor Mourray
Gov. Mourray summoned executives from oil companies to a Capitol conference to discuss conditions amid complaints of discrimination in proration and extraction from small producers with town-lot wells. The session aims to address the issues but specifics were not provided.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
W. H. Mourray
Capitol
Amarillo Dance Night Set by Tri-State Fair
Amarillo elites will attend a Monday night dance in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel under the Tri-State Fair Association and Amarillo Fat Stock Show. Wilbur C. Hawk calls it one of the year's finest dances with Milt Taggart and his Eleven Vagabonds providing music. Admission is $1.50 per person with no cover. proceeds benefit the Fat Stock Show. The event runs from 9 o'clock, March 2 to 6.
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Amarilo
Tri-State Fair Association
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Milt Taggart
Southerners Debate Corn Pone Etiquette in Potlikker Row
A humorous Associated Press dispatch from New York on February 19 notes Southern tastes diverge over corn pone and potlikker. Irvin Cobb favors hot corn pone with sips of potlikker, while Thomas Dixon rejects it, Carruthers Ewing suggests soaking in potlikker with beer, and George Gordon Battle avoids potlikker. Emily Post weighs in by echoing Roman custom.
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Associated Press
New York
Irvin
Cobb
Paducah
Thomas Dixon
Carruthers Ewing
Memphis
Tenn
George Gordon Battle
North Carolina
Emily Post
Rome
Building permits sought for filling stations hearings
Applications are being filed this week with the city's zoning and planning board. If no action is taken within 10 days the permits are considered granted. Rejection can be appealed to the city commission. The ordinance provides security for future building, prompting many to apply for permits before the law took effect.
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Zoning and Planning Board
Planning Board
City Commission
Perjury Trial for Lucille McCarty Dawns Before Jury
Lucille McCarty faces a perjury charge in criminal district court with the jury expected to decide this afternoon. State counsel completed closing arguments after 9 am with the earlier testimony detailing her alleged break of a whiskey jar and a cut on her hand, supported by officers who testified to whiskey on the car floor and clothing at the time of arrest.
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Lucille McCarty
Criminal District Court
M. M. Scott
C. W. Farley
Butcher Fined Under City Food Law in Amarillo Trial
Homer Jacobs, a butcher, paid a $10 fine after a corporation court trial for placing unprotected meats on display. Inspectors from the Amarillo Potter County health unit enforce that foodstuffs be protected from dust and flies. A soda jerk was fined $10 for not wearing a cap and another defendant $10 for not securing a health permit. Health permits are free, health certificate exams cost $1.
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Homer Jacobs
Amarillo-Potter County
Cars stolen in Amarillo average over two daily this month
Police records show Amarillo has reported more than two car thefts per day this month. About half of the stolen cars have been recovered, with six of the 39 thefts occurring in surrounding territory.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth Pastor Dr. Forrest Smith Dies
Fort Worth Baptist leader Dr. Forrest Smith, longtime pastor of Broadway Baptist Church and president of the Texas Baptist General Council, died at his Fort Worth home. He served as a member of the Baptist Foreign Mission Board and trustee of Southwestern Baptist Seminary. Clergy Dr. G L Yates and Dr. J E Nunn praised his steadiness and leadership. Services set for Friday in Fort Worth.
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Forrest Smith
Broadway Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Texas Baptist General Congestion
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
J. E. Nunn
Smith
Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
South
Panhandle gas groups plan mass meeting over bills
Gas producers and chamber leaders in Pampa Bor ger McLean Shamrock and other Panhandle centers urged telegrams to the legislature for more time to attend hearings. A mass meeting to form a committee for Austin action against two gas tax bills was unanimously approved.
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Chambers of Commerce
Pampa
Borger
McLean
Shamrock
Chansler Weymouth
Panhandle
Austin
Keffer
Radio Round-Up Schedule Shifts on WEAF and WABC
Radio listings show WEAF hosts at 8 with the B A Rolfe dance orchestra at 9 Toscha Seidel and concert orchestra on WABC at 9 30 altered from earlier time Annette Hanshaw Roy Atwell Eddie Connors Charles Ross Taggart and Fred Monroe on WABC and network at 10 30 with a new time for the segment.
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Toscha Seidel
Wabc and Chain
Annette Hanshaw
Roy Atwell
Eddie Connors
Charles Ross Taggart
Fred Monroe
WABC
Television and Radio Schedule Snippet
EGRS 6 30 to 7 Milt Taggart's Orchestra 7 to 7 30 Organ Program by John Josey WDAG 8 30 to 9 Chevrolet Chronicles 9 30 to 10 30 Mayor's Loyalty Program.
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EGRS
Milt Taggart
John Josey
WDAG
Chevrolet
Convicted bandits stole money from vault and were captured
The robbery duo forced Mr. Hedrick into a vault to seize bundles of currency while one guard stood watch. McGee and Stephenson were arrested at LeFors that afternoon and the looted money recovered that night from old overalls under a house in a nearby oil field.
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Mr. Hedrick
McGee
Stephenson
LeFors
Markets Hoping for Steady Trade Across Livestock Decks
Kansas City reports 6 000 hogs mostly steady with top sows 5.15 to 5.65 and cattle friend steady to weak across 2 500 calves. Chicago shows 83 000 hogs with top 7.40 and cattle slow to weak, while East St Louis notes hogs steady to lower and New Orleans cotton opens steady before midday declines.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
Associated Preas
East 8St. Louis
East ST. Louis
U. 8
D. A
City City
Caution Urges Immediate Medical Call If Flu Suspected
The advisory warns that any sign of possible flu symptoms should prompt an immediate call to a doctor to seek guidance and avoid delay in care. It emphasizes timely professional input for evaluation and treatment decisions.
Missing the party sparks quiet family news
A fragment describes a woman who declines a social event to avoid missing something important. She later returns with news for her sister, who consoles her and notes the crowd and the hall were vibrant. The tone hints at fame gained by presence at the event and the emotional impact of absence.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin A Laxative For Women
A long standing remedy promotes bowel movement by using fresh laxative herbs and pure pepsin. It claims to suit the delicate female system without habit or diet changes and to cleanse sour bile and waste. The product is recommended for headaches biliousness and constipation and is said to be popular with over a million women.
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