Phillips Day fuels Amarillo with Phillips Petroleum support
Amarillo hosts Phillips Petroleum Company staff amid a big local presence. Citizens praise the firm for jobs and service at Phillips stations. Fundraising for Chester Grounds daughter Shirley Ann grounds momentum with ticket drives and benefit events including a planned play and dances. The News-Globe notes Red Wertz’s community standing and highlights Mother‑in‑Law Day Club activities and local humor.
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Mildred True
Sophia Meyer
The
News-Globe
Phillips men form parade to open meet
A Phillips Petroleum Company sales conference in Amarillo opened with a parade led by the Amarillo High School band. About 300 employees and 38 trucks participated, followed by a group photo at the Herring Hotel and a film presentation in the Crystal Ballroom. The afternoon featured talks on retail marketing and a banquet to close the session. Attendees traveled from the Texas Panhandle, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
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Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Plains
Texas
Panhandle
Phillips Bunch
Phillips “66
Phillips Oils
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ball
Phillips Stations
Walt Kinderman
Bartlesville
A. M. Hughes
J. E. Bacon
Roy Cunningham
Lou Willie Walt Kinderman
George Norman
Cunningham
H. O. Starks
Texas Panhandle
New Mexco
Oklahoma
Ginger Rogers Back From Brief Holiday
Hollywood report states Ginger Rogers left a Kingman Arizona dude ranch Friday night to return home. The actress wrote a note to her mother saying she would be perfectly safe. A film studio urgently needed her for work and the sheriff’s missing persons bureau was alerted.
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Cal
Ginger Rogers
Kingman
Ariz
Miss Rogers
Lela
Woolley Estate Settle Out of Court in Dallas
The dispute over Dorothy Jaynes Woolley’s estate, linked to the shooting case involving Toy G. Woolley, has been settled out of court. Attorneys said Toy G. Woolley will not receive any portion. the residue goes to Dorothy’s mother Esta Joynes. Net assets are about $5,000 plus real estate.
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Dallas
Dorothy Jaynes Woolley
Toy G. Woolley
Woolley
Esta Joynes
Youth Kills Father in Oil City
Seventeen year old Russell Graham was charged with killing his father in Oil City after beating him with a hammer and stabbing him five times with a butcher knife following a dispute over the radio. Police quoted the youth saying I dont know why I did it. The report also notes traffic congestion on Broadway and Fifth Avenue in New York City as a busy spot.
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Oil City
Russell Graham
Educator Urges Girls to Drop Artistic Pursuits
Cleveland, Feb 22 UP. Dr William F Ogburn of the University of Chicago tells teachers gathered for a convention that many college girls chase painting sculpture and story writing, while the nation needs trained women in business like accountants bankers and sales managers. He cites rising female employment and predicts more women in the workforce within two decades.
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Cleveland
William F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
Ogburn
Drought Aid Session Opens as Delegations Gather
Mayor Ross D. Rogers opened the session with no relief aid arriving yet. A delegation is likely to be chosen to push the plea in Washington and Austin. Attendees include several from the Oklahoma Panhandle for the relief talks.
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Ross D. Rogers
Washington
Austin
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kidnaping suspect questioned after cafe stop
A kidnaping suspect was detained after drinking coffee with a policeman. Mayo drank a cup and chatted with the desk sergeant who removed his belt neck tie and pocket contents before locking him up. The man, kept in a cold cell, kept his overcoat on. A neck scarf used as a noose was found in a pocket.
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Mayo
Hollywood Premiere With Real Movie Doubles Arrives in Amarillo
Arrangements are complete for a genuine Hollywood Premiere at the Paramount next Friday and Saturday as part of the Brown Derby Revue featuring Gene Morgan. The show uses real movie doubles and a full studio lighting and sound setup, with roped streets and loudspeakers for ceremonies, followed by a stage vehicle about Hollywood nightlife and performances by the Moore Twins, Libraine Lloyd, Johnson and Johnson, Judy and Cheron, and an impersonation of Sally Rand's famous fan dance.
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Amarillo
Gene Morgan
Hollywood
Grauman's
Mae West
Laurel and Hardy
Jean Harlow
John Gilbert
Greta Garbo
Ann Harding
Gary Cooper
Joan Blondell
Joan Crawford
Mickey
Minnie Mouse
Sally Rand
Moore Twins
Joe Griffith
Libraine Lloyd
Johnson
Judy and
Cheron
Mason degree ceremonies set with speakers and supper
Masons well and D R Garner will participate in degree ceremonies. At 6 o'clock refreshments will be served. The night program begins at 7 30 and closes at 10. Speeches include Washington the Mason by C H Conner of West Texas Teachers College Canyon. Other speakers will be James C Guleke and W F Nix.
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the Mason
C. H. Conner
West Texas Teachers College
Canyon
James C. Guleke
W. F. Nix
Chinese papers charge Britain as aggressor in West China
Shanghai reports in Shunpao accuse Great Britain of pressing a sphere of influence in Szechuen and upper Yanetse valley. Yunnanfu dispatches claim 2,000 British troops entered Panhung district, Burma border, since January 1 to build roads and seek gold mines. British legation in Peiping denies troop entry, saying civilians are conducting geological work in eastern Burma near Yunnan.
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Yanetse
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Panhung
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Burma
Peiping
China
Legation
Mellon name brought into postal probe
Washington February 22 Walter F Brown postmaster general in Hoover era testified Andrew W Mellon R K Mellon and W L Mellon wrote him to push an air mail contract for Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Brown said Andrew Mellon did not raise the matter with him personally though he saw him often and called the letter perfunctory He added the Mellons sat on the Pittsburgh aviation industries board of directors and the probe followed questions about Brown's market operations while in office.
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Washington
Walter F. Brown
Hoover Administration
Andrew W. Mellon
R. K. Mellon
W. L. Mellon
Pittsburgh Aviation Industries, Inc
Andrew Mellon
Brown
R. K
Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Board of Directors
Mellons
Roosevelt
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee
Hoover
Joseph Bagley
Senate
House
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Young Negro Gets Death for Murder in Houston
In Houston on February 22 Shadrack Green a 17 year old Negro was sentenced to death by a jury in Criminal District Judge Whit Boyd's court for the murder of Tom Anderson a 52 year old former city commissary worker. Green admitted the shooting claiming self defense after Anderson struck him with a sledge hammer in the backyard on December 11.
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Houston
Shadrack Green
Whit Boyd
Tom Anderson
Anderson
Green
Minister’s Son Dies Of Gun Wounds In Texas
Fort Worth Texas February 22 The son of a minister H W Peck Warren who was under charge of bank robbery died yesterday from bullet wounds. Three men Boyd Shannon J R Lewter and L Cantrell faced murder complaints. Warren was shot Monday night at a parking station following a dispute after a dice game according to officers.
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Texas
H. W. (Peck) Warren
Boyd Shannon
J. R. Lewter
L. ©. Cantrell
Warren
Ship Aground Off California Coast
A 5,000 ton tanker Swift eagle ran aground on reefs off Cerros Island near Lower California. Heavy seas battered the vessel as coast guard cutters and the Santa Catalina relay sent word the boiler room flooded and the crew of 40 faced possible danger. The Swifteagle was en route from San Pedro to New York with 80,000 barrels of petroleum products, owned by C. D. Mallory of New York.
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Cerros Island
Lower California
Swifteagle
Coast Guard
Santa Catalina
American Guard
San Diego
San Pedro
New York
C. D. Mallory Company of
Texas Banks In Best Condition On Record
Fort Worth Feb 22 state Banking Commissioner E C Brand said at the Texas Bankers Association meeting that the state banking system is at its best ever with 243 of 500 banks expanding capital via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation exchanging 8 million in debentures for new capital. He noted higher prices for farm commodities improving the banking picture and only six banks operating on a restricted basis.
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Texas
E. C. Brand
Texas Bankers Association
Brand
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress actions and stock market probe widen
Senate investigates stock exchange propaganda against regulation while Richard Whitney testifies. Subpoena issued for George Harriss as Pecora names Teagie and Sinclair to probe call loans fueling speculation amid broader house and senate work on veterans’ benefits and diplomatic pay scales.
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Washington
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee Today
George Harriss
New York Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
New York Exchange
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Fletcher-Rayburn
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Committee
Harriss
Fletcher
Exchange
Pecora
Walter C. Teagie
Harry F. Sinclair
Queen Mary Buys Wool Undies For Royal Hubby
London reports Queen Mary purchases wool underwear sets at the British Industries Fair to guard King George against England's chilly spring. She selects several wool sets and orders silk stockings in multiple colors, noting prior year purchases and mixed reactions to fashion displays.
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London
George
England
America
Sandino Forms Coco River Cooperative to Aid Nicaragua
Senor Augusto Cesar Sandino returns to Coco River operations and builds a collective farming society named FRGO-Operativo Rio Coco with about 100 former followers. The Nicaraguan government funds the effort with a monthly bonus of $1,000, aided by Agriculture Minister Sofonius Salvatiierra who notes Sandino seeks self reliance and may accept outside aid if needed, including from the United States.
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Coco River
Wiwili
Bocay
Frgo-Operativo
Rio Coco
Sofonius Salvatierra
Sandino
Salvatierr
United States
Denison Pilot Killed In Local Plane Crash
Lieut. Pred I. Patrick, 40, of Shreveport, was killed when his pursuit plane crashed into a plowed field near Denison Texas. Witnesses said the motor cut out at about 200 feet after circling his hometown three times. He died after being extricated and rushed to the hospital. the plane did not burn.
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Barksdale
Shreveport
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Lieut
Patrick
Kings and royals at royal ceremony church procession
King enters church and takes throne opposite royal family as Princes of Albert lead kings, princes, and ambassadors to the choir. Crown Prince Leopold and Prince Charles wear brown uniforms with gloves and appear moved before tomorrow’s enthronment, with Boris of Bulgaria, Albert Lebrun, Umberto, the Prince of Wales, and Nicholas of Romania in attendance.
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Leopold
Prince Charles
Charles
Boris
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Prince Umberto
Prince of Wales
Prince Nicholas
Romania
Carol
Confederate Vet Henry Taylor Dies at 106 in Texas
Henry Taylor a 106 year old Confederate veteran died at his daughter's Wichita Falls home yesterday. Born December 26 1827 in Smithville Tennessee he moved to Texas at age 47 and will be buried in McKinney his former home on Thursday.
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Henry Taylor
Martha Clark
Smithville
Tenn
Texas
McKinney
Rotary World Meeting Planned by Cline as Chairman
Cline served as chairman of the arrangements committee for a world-wide Rotary International gathering in Belgium several years ago. He praised King Albert for his democratic attitude.
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Cline
Rotary International
Belgium
King Albert
Moisture Forecast Fails To Appear In Amarillo
Amarillo's moisture forecast again collapsed under sunshine as dark clouds moved on. Chief Weather Bureau official H T Collman says conditions will be fair and warmer with night temperatures around 25 degrees and a rise expected tomorrow. No snow was reported in the Panhandle last night.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
May Trial Opens in Sturdivant Death Case Against the Ruthfords
Arthur Lee Moore, chief defense counsel, admitted in court that Sturdivant died from gunshot wounds and was found in the Trinity River in Tarrant County. E M Bilger Jr testified to finding clothing and personal effects of the slain men after a July trip to Ray's Crossing on the Trinity where a wire basket was recovered from the water.
Kansas City Livestock Prices Reported For Week
Markets report from Kansas City Feb 22 to Feb 28 shows Dept. of Agriculture cattle figures with 2,500 calves and 500 fed steers and yearlings, milk-fed cattle, stockers, and feeders up to 6.55. calves and vealers active, with hogs and sheep noted. Lambs up as much as 19 to 15 cents higher, ewes and yearling wethers showing gains, top lambs around 9.96 with strong demand across categories.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Dept. Agra
East Texas refineries face threat from new bill
In Austin on February 22, witnesses warned that appointing the railroad commission to inspect refinery records could extinct independent East Texas refineries. Fred Upchurch said opponents allege a propaganda push to squeeze independents, while supporters note the commission already can request reports from producers and transporters. Separate suit seeks 692 dollars from Texas Employers Insurance Association for alleged eye injury.
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Austin
U.P
Railroad Commission
Senate
Fred Upchurch
Commission
Fred E. Wilson
J. M. Radford Grocery Company
Texas Employers Insurance Association
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