Amarillo to host Shaw play The Apple Cart
Amarillo architect Guy A. Carlander urges locals to see George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart in Amarillo on January 16. He praises the cast seen in Denver and says the play blends wit and politics with universal appeal. Reservations now open via Globe-News. Matinee 50 cents to 2 dollars. evening 50 cents to 2.50.
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Guy Carlander
Amarillo
The
Panhandle
George Bernard Shaw
Guy A. Carlander
Denver
Shaw
Mr. Carlander
Miss Lewis
Globe- News
Wilbur C. Hawk
Globe-News
City approves reduced licenses for Amarillo plumbers
Amarillo city commissioners cut annual plumber license fees from 50 to 25 dollars after adopting a reduced fee amid use of four part time inspectors. The move aligns with a plumbing ordinance amendment and allows plumbers to tap sewers, a prior prohibition now considered an oversight. Earth from World War dead graves mixes with native soil at the Shrine in Winthrop, Maine.
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Amarillo
Ernest Oo. Thompson
J. N. Vernon
H. Ernest Smith
Winthrop
U.P
France
Federal Tax Added to Top Price Crazy Quilt Seats
Amaryillo booking for January 28 adds 10 percent federal amusement tax to all seats over three dollars. The top price at 3.50 becomes 3.85 including tax as Wilbur C. Hawk announces the surcharge to simplify reservations. Billy Rose has been guaranteed 5000 dollars to bring Crazy Quilt here with cast members Fanny Brice Phil Baker and Ted Healy.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Mr. Hawk
Hawk
Billy Rose
Potter County Funds Aid Aged and Widows In 1931
About 450 dollars a month was spent on widows and aged people in Potter County during 1931 per county probation officer files. Mrs. Jessie N. Ross distributed funds to 14 widows and 16 aged individuals, aside from county farm residents, with juvenile work down and only one girl sent to the state reformatory. Ross also managed county Red Cross funds, reporting 1,036 citizens contributing 1,219 dollars. Red Cross funds were depleted on October 1, 1931, with 994.06 dollars to be used in the county.
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Potter County
Jessie N. Ross
State Reformatory
Ross
Red Cross
Little Theater postpones Silver Cord at McKinley School
The Little Theater delays The Silver Cord to Monday and Tuesday night at the McKinley School auditorium. Director William Russell cites unfinished sets as the reason. Tickets go on sale Saturday morning at City Drug No. 1, 517 Polk Street.
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Little Theater
William Russell
McKinley School Auditorium
Russell
City Drug No
Polk Street
Amarillo School Board Adopts New By Laws To Cut Costs
The Amarillo school board approves a new by law framework reinforcing superintendent authority and monthly meetings, discards standing committees, and aims to reduce maintenance costs and possibly teaching staff by rebalancing school boundaries. Tax valuations total about 66.7 million dollars.
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Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
Mark Hardin
Flashes of Life and Holiday Notes Across States
Across Pasadena and New Brunswick Christmas and sport collide as a 17 year old Donald Douglas remains comatose after a car crash. In New Jersey a fatal boxing match occurs when James Dunn hits Dennis Duff. Havana observes Night of Three Kings with gifts for children. Rodanthe marks Old Christmas with services and feasts. Sea Cliff votes 100 percent for Sunday movies. Wisconsin track meet to be dropped in 1932 after a revival.
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New Brunswick
N. J
New Jersey Reformatory
James Dunn
Dennis Duff
Marriage license business slips to New Mexico
December saw only ten marriage licenses issued in Potter County with a 25 percent drop from the prior year. Officials say the three day posting rule and health certificate deter licenses while many couples seek marriages in New Mexico where no delay is required.
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New Mexico
Ted Blackburn
Texas
C. G. Landis
Potter County
J. W. Minter
Mystery patient of Austin returned to Galveston
The mystery patient from Brackenridge Hospital, 39 year old James F. Wilson, was sent back to Galveston where he will become a ward of the state at the Texas Psychopathic Hospital. He says he spent part of his childhood there. Gertrude, the woman he named, did not return. His identity remains unknown as he was found wandering the streets in early December.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Galveston
James FE. Wilson
Texas Psychopathic Hospital
Gertrude
Gun mishap fatal in San Antonio husband blamed
Rudolph Matthews cited an accidental pistol discharge from beneath a pillow as the cause of his wife Mrs Matthews age 34 being fatally shot as she undressed for bed late last night. Justice of the Peace John R Shook to hold an inquest today.
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San Antonio
U.P
Rudolph Matthews
Lub Survey Crew Starts TWA Network Lubrication Tour
Captain Frank M Hawks aviation adviser of the Texas Company and J D Duke Jernigin along with five other pilots of Transcontinental and Western Air Inc began a lubrication supply survey of the TWA network. They left New York on Monday after the Texas Company contract to supply all lubrication for two years. The itinerary covers 20 stops with conferences at Newark Philadelphia Harrisburg Pittsburgh Columbus Fort Wayne Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Springfield Mo Tulsa Oklahoma City Kansas City Wichita Amarillo Albuquerque Winslow Kingman Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Frank M. Hawks
Texas Company
J. D. (Duke) Jernigin
Trancontinental and Western Airs, Inc
New York
Newark
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Springfield
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Wichita
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Winslow
Kingman
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Jenkins Freed in Probe of Cattleman's Slaying
Houston, June 6. M A M Buddy Jenkins was freed from detention today after questioning in the investigation of the slaying of Preston Austin, a cattleman, in Hot. The probe continues as authorities pursue leads amid a tense rural area.
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Jenkins
Houston
Jun
Buddy Jenkins
Liberty
Preston” Austin
Reopened Slaying Case Yields Multiple Detentions
In Hot Springs two years ago the prosecuting attorney urged release for W F Martin and another man already freed on bond. Last week Scrivenor, Shanks, Martin, and Jenkins faced a re interrogation into the case. Scrivenor was held in Houston, Shanks jailed in Dallas.
Cartrdige New Clue in Manchaca Road Murder
A cartridge found beneath a bridge near where Lawrence Hanley was shot on Christmas Eve emerged as the latest clue in the Manchaca road murder investigation. Hanley, riding with University of Texas graduate student Anna Mae Pyland, was fatally shot as he stepped from his car. Travis County grand jury now probes the case.
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Austin
U.P
Lawrence Hanley
Manchaca
Hanley
Anna Mae Pyland
University of Texas
Travis County Grand Jury
Listerine Claims Cut Colds By Half Or More
A medical supervised report says gargling full strength Listerine twice daily can cut colds by 50 to 66 percent and shorten illness by about 96 percent in duration. The ad notes germ destruction and tissue healing, endorses Lancet, and urges regular use at home, office, and travel.
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Listerine
Lancet of London
Lambert Pharmacal Co
St. Louis
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