Special Train Brings Green Pastures Cast to Amarillo
Nearly 100 actors travel on four six car special trains to Amarillo for The Green Pastures at Municipal Auditorium. The New York cast includes Richard B. Harrison Daniel L. Haynes Dee Dee Green George Randol Susie Sutton Edna Harris and Thomas Russell. Two performances offer comedy spectacle drama and music by Hall Johnson Heavenly Choir with balcony seating limited for colored patrons. Tickets available at the Fair Theatre.
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Angels
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
New York
Richard B. Harrison
de Land
Daniel L. Haynes
Adam
Dee Dee Green
Gabriel
George Randol
King Pharoah
Susie Sutton
Noah
Edna Harris
Flapper of
Heaven
Zeba
Thomas Russell
Cain
James Fuller
Fairy Theater
Man May Face HoldUp Charge At Canyon Bank
Extradition proceedings began to return Virgil Johnson to Canyon Texas to face possible bank robbery charges. Hastings Nebraska officials said they would not seek extradition for a $27000 robbery four years old due to doubtful identifications. Johnson is among three men sought since May 1931 after the Canyon bank robbery. Indictments had named Jim Thomas and Jim Clayton who are now serving prison terms in other states.
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Joplin
U.P
Virgil Johnson
Canyon
Texas
Hasting
Neb
Johnson
Randall County
Grady Hazlewood
Jim Thomas
Jim Clayton
Thomas
Hazlewood
Hastings
Clayton
Missouri
Bond Set At $2500 In Narcotics Case
Charles H. Woolsey, arrested in Pampa, is held as a federal prisoner in Potter County Jail after pleading guilty at U S Commissioners Court to a charge of having narcotics sent through the mails. Bond set at 2500. He allegedly received morphine cubes mailed from Dallas. an AP report notes a related indictment for theft of a tobacco laden truck in May 1933 and prior bond forfeitures totaling 25000.
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Charles H. Woolsey
Pampa
Potter County
U. S. Commissioners Court
Woolsey
U. S
Bill Lampe
M. B. Johnson
Dallas
Johnson
Associated Press
Plymouth unveils high speed 1935 all steel body car
Engineers highlight a lighter stronger Plymouth with a torpedo shaped body fitted to a rigid frame at 46 points. It features floating ride hydraulic brakes, centrifugal brake drums, and a new wheel cylinder design for longer brake life.
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Plymouth
New Plymouth
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Railroad life spans news and staff changes across lines
Notes on the dead letter office handling Christmas mail and return addresses, promotions in Dallas union freight roles, and deaths of railroad leaders. Reports include Angell's move to assistant general freight agent in Fort Worth, Davis filling the Dallas vacancy, and William Sprouse's sudden death in San Francisco. Also touches on rail electrification, Santa Fe stock, and grade crossing relief plans.
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Postal Service
George R. Angell
Dallas
Rock Island Railway
Fort Worth
Angell
L. B Denning
C. B. Davis
Amarillo
Davis
Roscoe Turner Stops Here on Trip East
Roscoe Turner the American speed flier arrives in Amarillo in a Boeing bi motored plane carrying six passengers. He and his party had breakfast and left English Field at 9 15 after arriving 8 15. Turner recently flew from London to Australia in a speed race won by two Britons.
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Roscoe Turner
Amarillo
New York
English Field
Turner
London
Australia
Los Angeles
Fort Bliss Recruiting Party Seeks 100 Panha Civilian Corps
Fort Bliss will send a recruiting party to enlist over 100 Panha youths for the Civilian Conservation Corps. The event will be at the American Legion Home near the Municipal Auditorium between 8 and 10 o clock Monday and Tuesday.
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Fort Bliss
el Paso
Cotion Corps
R. BE. Forsythe
S. Army
American Legion Home
Municipal Auditorium
Texas Jumps in Mine Output in 1934 Over 1933
A U S Bureau of Mines survey shows Texas mined more gold silver copper and lead in 1934 than 1933. Output valued at 563 890 dollars with 468 ounces of gold 816 623 ounces of silver 30 000 pounds of copper and 570 000 pounds of lead. Silver price boosts reopened Presidio and Hazel mines and others near Alamore.
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Washington
Texas
United States Bureau of Mines
American Metal Company
Presidio
Shafter
van Horn
Allamore
el Paso
Twins among Cecil Jerred family in Wilbur
Wilbur Washington report notes Cecil Jerred and wife have 19 children, including two pairs of twins. The eldest child is 22 years old. The item highlights large family size in a small town.
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Wilbur
Wash
U.P
Cecil Jerred
Liquor Question Eyed For June Vote In Texas Legislature
Austin January 4 Officials report anticipated referendums on prohibition and a general sales tax as the 44th Texas Legislature opens. The Senate Tax Research Committee backs a 2 percent sales tax to retire about 800 million in bonds. Lt Gov Woodul supports June repeal referendum, expecting passage.
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Austin
U.P
Senate
Walter Woodul
House
Woodal
AAA To End Cattle Program In Potter County
The final cattle purchases under the emergency buying program are set for Monday January 14 at the Amarillo stock yards. Government buyers will handle the sale with all Potter County farmers urged to list cattle with County Agent P C Bennett.
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Potter County
Amarillo
P. C. Bennett
Tack Letter Locates Dalhart Woman's Glove
A Tack letter found a lost pigskin glove for Mrs. Max K. Smith of Dalhart. Mrs. Smith told Old Tack her son lost the glove on New Year’s Eve, and Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi sent it to her this morning. The glove was handed to the postmaster by someone who picked it up near the federal building.
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Max K. Smith
Dalhart
Church and business linked in Amarillo sermon
Dr. C. C. Grimes of Polk Street Methodist Church told Amarillo Rotary Club that business life hinges on churches and religious institutions shape modern commerce. He urged businessmen to support churches, noting festivals like Christmas Easter Mother's Day and Thanksgiving aid communities. The talk was at the invitation of the club's program committee members H. B. Lautz Clyde Smith Paul Edquist and Dr R. P. Parcells.
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C. C. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo
Grimes
Club
H. B. Lautz
Clyde Smith
Paul Edquist
R. P. Parcells
Orchestra on Program for Sunday Bible Class
Mrs B B Holland and her orchestra will entertain the Newton Hill Bible class at the First Christian Church Sunday morning meeting. H A Shaw and Miss Doris Shaw will direct the class singing while Judge W E Gee and Dr R C Snodgrass lead the Bible lesson. The class meets at 9 40 o clock.
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B. B. Holland
T. Newton Hill
First Christian Church
H. A. Shaw
Doris Shaw
W. E. Gee
R. C Snodgrass
McCraw backs Jones as presidential timber frontier
Houston January 4 Jesse H Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp is urged by Attorney General William McCraw to be the man to wear the mantle when the President leaves office. He tells the Houston Rotary Club Texas should act as a single unit and warns officials against selfish interests.
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Houston
U.P
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Freet William McCraw
Dallas
McCraw
Houston Rotary Club
Texas
Priests Named Fire Department Chaplains in Brookline
Brookline Massachusetts priests Rev George M Dowd of St Marys of the Assumption and Rev William R Leslie of St Marks Methodist Episcopal Church have been commissioned as fire department chaplains.
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Brookline, Mass
Brookline
Plymouth thrills with quick acceleration and smooth ride
A promotional piece extols the new Plymouth car models showing rapid speed perception. It emphasizes swift acceleration, “60 70 80” feeling like 50, and a stable, curve-hugging ride without swaying.
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New Plymouth
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