Rites Set for Drowned Babe Virgil Lee Pond
Funeral services were planned for 4 PM Wednesday at Boxwell Brothers Chapel for Virgil Lee Pond age one of Mr. and Mrs. V L Pond of Pleasant Valley. Rev T D Sumrall to officiate. Burial in Llano Cemetery. The child drowned Tuesday near the home as parents worked nearby. He would have turned one Friday. Pond an engine foreman with Santa Fe. formerly with Fort Worth and Denver at Childress.
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Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Virgil Lee Pond
V. L. Pond
Pleasant Valley
T. D. Sumrall
Fundamentalist Baptist Church
Pond
Santa Fe
Fort Worth & Denver Railroad
Childress
Indicted Texans Tied to Major Smuggling Ring
Corpus Christi reports 13 Texans indicted for conspiracy to violate national customs laws, with three named: J. C. Lambert, R. L. Estes, and T. W. Turner of San Antonio. Federal grand jury returned the indictments after a seizure of 600 gallons of contraband liquor near Linton last November 15.
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Corpus Christi
J. C. Lambert
R. L. Estes
T. W. Turner
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Trans
Linton
Texas
District Court Men In Canyon This Week
District Judge Henry S. Bishop District Attorney Grady Hazlewood and reporter Norman Minter are in Canyon for the three weeks term of Randall County court. The new prosecutor is with the grand jury Wednesday and trial on the criminal docket likely starts next Monday.
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Henry S. Bishop
Grady Hazlewood
47Th District Court
Norman Minter
Canyon
Randall County
County tax collector stays on to wind up 1932 delinquent taxes
Bill Collins retired Monday as county tax collector but remains on the job with his deputies. They have set up in the school tax collector’s office to finish 1932 delinquent taxes and related work, which the new collector cannot handle. About a week is needed before the old organization disbands.
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Bill Collins
Best Remedy for Cough Is Easily Mixed at Home
An old home remedy promotes Pinex with a sugar syrup solution for cough relief. A pint bottle is filled with 214 ounces of Pinex and topped with sugar syrup. the syrup is made by boiling two cups of sugar in one cup of water. The ad touts cost savings and quick relief from loosened phlegm and soothed membranes.
Mother receives honorary law degree for family career
Mrs. Otelia Compton 74 of Wooster Ohio is awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Western College for Women in Oxford citing her distinguished motherhood. Her sons Karl and Arthur Compton became MIT president and Nobel laureate. daughter married Indian college president.
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Otelia Compton
Western College For Women
Ralph K. Hickok
Mid- Ohio
Karl T. Compton
Princeton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur H. Compton
University of Chicago
Dr. Millikan
Chicago
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Wilson Compton
Washington, D. C
Charles H. Rice
Ewing College
Allahabad
India
Western College
Senate Orders List of Jobs Open as Rewards
A Senate resolution passed on Tuesday directs the civil service commission to list all positions not under civil service rules and their salaries. The list will be provided to the Senate for appointments by the incoming administration, with hundreds of posts in question.
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Senate
McKellar
Tenn
Civil Service Commission
First Tax Receipt To Good
The first tax receipt bearing the name Good is noted in the record, marking an initial financial acknowledgment for public assessment. This early document signals the start of tax collection processing tied to the Good designation within the observed system.
Sixth Annual Ladies Night of the Canyon Rotary Club
The Canyon Rotary Club held its sixth annual Ladies Night Tuesday in the Presbyterian Church basement with a dinner by church women. Oscar Gano presided as president and Dr J A Hill of West Texas Teachers College led the program celebrating the club charter anniversary. Senator J W Reid gave the main address and greetings from Amarillo were conveyed by Norris Ewing and B I Barfield. Amarillo delegates included Mr and Mrs Barfield and others.
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The
Canyon Rotary Club
Presbyterian Church
Oscar Gano
J. A. Hill
West Texas Teachers College
J. W. Reid
Gano
Warren
Norris Ewing
Amarillo
Auto License Tags Boom in County Office Sales
Auto license sales in the county tax collector’s office surged at the start of the year with more than 100 licenses issued Tuesday. Miss Jewel Davidson urged cash or cashier’s checks for payments as the office shifts to weekly cash commitments, noting the need for a head light certificate and last year’s tag receipt. Motorists have until midnight February 1 to avoid penalties on licenses.
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Jewel Davidson
Miss Jewel Davidson Sworn In As Tax Collector
C C Good, a bank clerk, received a poll tax receipt at 10 30 Monday morning after Miss Jewel Davidson was sworn in as county tax collector.
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Jewel Davidson
C. C. Good
Young Folk Miss Repose She Avers
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the President Elect, comments on today’s youth, noting their greater freedom and abundant opportunities yet lacking privacy and leisure. She says youths have time for many things but not time to think and must be constantly occupied to stay content.
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New York
James Roosevelt
Judge Addressing Wife Desertion With Severity
The judge states he must deal severely with wife desertion and expresses strong feelings on the subject.
Refugee Defends Status Amid Court Challenge
In a Tit-Bits item a speaker insists he is a refugee not a deserter, addressing the judge with the claim that he fled for safety and seeks asylum rather than desertion. The fragment captures a courtroom moment and a refugee defense expressed under questioning.
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Sambo
Creomulsion Promises Quick Relief for Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as a remedy for bronchial infections and chronic coughs. It cites creosote as a key ingredient among six others and claims fast, safe relief with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Postpone Extradition Case for Ryan and Palmer
A hearing on the governor of New Mexico’s requisition for the extradition of Frank J Ryan and R M Palmer, wanted on a charge of obtaining property under false pretenses, was postponed indefinitely before Governor R S Sterling. The postponement came on the 4 application of Ryan’s attorneys who said he was too ill to attend. The men were arrested in El Paso.
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Austin
New Mexico
Frank J Ryan
R. M. Palmer
R. S. Sterling
Ryan
el Paso
Pipeline meet Friday in Dallas announced
Leslie McKay, chairman of the East Texas pipeline connections committee, called the group to meet in Dallas next Friday at 10 A.M. The note appears in Austin city coverage dated January 4.
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Austin
Leslie McKay
East Texas Pipeline Connections Committee
Dallas
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Cold Remedy Ad
A medical notice extols Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as a four action cold cure. It claims to open bowels kill germs relieve headache and fortify the system with safe use for all ages. Available in 30c and 50c sizes with a boost during epidemics.
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Grove
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