Special state licenses due Patton warns Amarillo firms
R. B. Patton from the state comptroller’s office warns Amarillo businesses to pay special state licenses and occupation taxes to avoid trouble. He will canvass the district for three months, with occupation taxes in Amarillo estimated at 12000 dollars. The new law covers theaters, vending machines, pawn brokers, money lenders, and others, with specific amounts due.
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Amarillo
R. B. Patton
State Comptroller’s Office
Austin
Patton
County Agents to Be Guests at Banquet in Amarillo
County agents and adult farm club members from seven Panhandle counties will attend the Recreation School in Amarillo. They will be guests of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce at a banquet tonight at the Herring Hotel starting at 6:30. The school opened Tuesday and runs through tomorrow, sponsored by Texas A and M Extension Service with W P Jackson directing. About 30 attended today's classes at the University Club rooms.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Little forced to resign at Wisconsin
Madison Wis Jan 7 A legislative probe reveals George E Little was effectively forced to resign as director of athletics at the University of Wisconsin. The athletic council chair Prof J F A Pyre could not name a reason for the resignation when questioned by Assemblyman Oscar Schmiege Rae Mednick five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Mednick underwent a major operation in a Dallas hospital her condition is satisfactory today
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Madison
Wis
George E. Little
University of Wisconsin
J. F. A. Pyre
Little
Oscar Schmiege
Shirley
Rae Mednick
Harry Mednick
Fillmore Street
Dallas
Carter
M.C
Suspect Held in Slaying of Stenographer in San Antonio
San Antonio Jan 7 A man was held on vagrancy charges as authorities pursue links to the slaying of Mary E Baker Navy Department stenographer in Washington last April 12. Officers found a typewritten article describing the death on his person and fingerprints matched those on file with the Washington detective bureau. He claimed innocence and said he had been held in California before release.
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San Antonio
Mary E. Baker
Navy
Washington
Washington Detective Bureau
California
Flier Dale Jackson Dies in Inverted Spin Crash
In Miami Florida Dale Jackson a famed stunt and endurance flyer collapsed during testing of an experimental Curtiss amphibian before the All American air races. The 29 year old was found dead in the wreckage after his inverted spin failed at altitude. He had teamed with Freddie Lund and LeRoy McGregor and was renowned for the St Louis Robin endurance flight with Forest O Brine.
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Dale Jackson
Jackson
Walter Beech
Curtiss-Wright Companies
St. Louis
Beech
Freddie Lund
LeRoy McGregor
Lund
Forest O'Brine
Greater St. Louis
Lambert St. Louis Flying Field
Momentous Flight Time Record Reported in 1930
A record flight duration of 647 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds was achieved in 1930, marking a historic milestone in long endurance aviation. The milestone followed an extensive air mission extending across many days, reflecting advances in aircraft reliability and endurance testing.
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Felts
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