B C D workers plan convention fund source in Amarillo
The Board of City Development committee on conventions met in the Amarillo hotel and favored using organization funds for next year’s program rather than public subscriptions. A special committee will confer with city officials. The Amarillo Bar Association reported a 3500 fund for the state convention in July, with each member adding 100. The panel also voted to send W A McIntosh and Col. Thompson to the State Teachers association executive meeting in Fort Worth to choose next year’s convention city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Development
Amarillo
J. B. Patterson
Col
Ernest Thompson
Floyd Studer
T. E. Johnson
Amarillo Bar Association
Bank For
W. A. McIntosh
Colonel Thompson
State Teachers Association
Fort Worth
Texas
Auto Show Observes International Day With Guests
The National Automobile Show in New York observed international day with over 100 representatives from 35 foreign countries as guests. Nations listed include Canada Venezuela Austria Sweden Syria Poland Spain Germany Belgium Colombia Cuba Haiti Romania Newfoundland Denmark Netherlands Italy Finland Japan Mexico South Africa Panama Bahamas Australia Argentina Hungary France Bolivia Brazil Czechoslovakia Uruguay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Canada
Venezuela
Austria
Sweden
Syria
Poland
Spain
Germany
Belgium
Colombia
Cuba
Haiti
Rumania
Newfoundland
Denmark
Holland
Italy
Finland
Japan
Mexico
South Africa
Panama
Bahamas
Australia
Argentina
Hungary
France
Bolivia
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
Uruguay
Funeral services for Lewvrett Jack son Moore
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Blackburn-Boxwell Funeral Home for 1-year-old Lewvrett Jack son Moore, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Moore of 205 Jackson Street. He died at 10 o clock Monday morning and burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn-Boxwell
Lewvrett Jackson Moore
Albert Moore
Jackson Street
Memorial Park Cemetery
King George Passes a Good Night in Buckingham Palace
London January 8 The Associated Press reports no bulletin was issued from Buckingham Palace but authorities state that King George had a good night and his condition remained the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Buckingham Palace
George
Ford for Sale To Go to Highest Bidder
NEW ORLEANS January 8. Uncle Sam sells Fort St. Phillip and about 2000 acres along the Mississippi to the highest bidder. The fort with a long service record dates to Spanish possession and played roles in the War of 1812 and Civil War. Fort Jackson lies nearby on the opposite bank. This marks the 114th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. Miss Irby Mae Holley of Paducah enrolled in Amarillo Business College for secretarial training.
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New Orleans
Uncle Sam
Fort St. Phillip
Plaquemines Parish
Mississippi River
Fort Jackson
Louisiana
United States
Confederacy
Irby Mae Holley
Paducah
Amarillo Business College
Amarillo Business College welcomes new entrants and local movers
Dorothy Tanner from Ohio and Raymond Goetz of Lubbock enroll in the Amarillo Business College for stenographic and combined courses respectively. Judge W A Palmer resumes full-day office work. Betty Austin and her mother travel to Denton due to illness and a death in the family. Mrs. C A Galloway takes a stenographic post with Amarillo Implement. F E Ravey’s sister from Jacksonville visits at 1602 Pierce. J W Harris of Tulsa joins the complete course. Mr and Mrs C Moore of 1907 address student community connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Tanner
Ohio
Amarillo
Minta Angell
Tucumari
C. A. Galloway
Amarillo Implement Company
F. FE. A. Ravey
Jacksonville
Texas
Pierce Street
J. W. Harris
Tulsa
Amarillo Business College
C. ©. Moore
Hoover studies late developments after Latin American trip
President elect Hoover pursues rapid briefings on political shifts during his absence in Central and South America. He meets with Vice President elect Curtis and plans breakfasts and conferences with top lawmakers including Borah Newton Robison Free White and Julius Klein to align on questions and policy.
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Washington
Hoover
Central
South America
Congress
Charles Curtis
Senator Borah
Idaho
Hoover Home
Walter Newton
Minnesota
National
Robison
Kentucky
California
White
Maine
Julius Klein
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Commerce Department
Birth of a baby girl reported on Pierce Street
The notice records the birth of a baby daughter yesterday on Pierce Street. It also notes J A Harris confined to bed with the flu and several local moves and career developments including J W Sanders moving from Canadian to 2400 Hughes Street and planning to open an office. Vera Holcomb takes a stenographic post with Williams Hardware. Ray Parks bedridden at 314 E Sixteenth Street with the flu. Walter Struve and Boyd Powers enroll in Amarillo Business College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Street
Walter Struve
Hale Center
Amarillo Business College
Boyd Powers
Guster City
Oklahoma
Singing Newsie Visits Amarillo On Annual Trek
Charles M. Nichols the singing newsboy tours Amarillo on his continental trek. He crosses the continent yearly twice, funding his work by selling newspapers. He uses a baritone to sing popular songs and imitate Al Jolson while selling papers for Slim Lane of The News-Globe before moving to Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Nichols
Amarillo
Nichols
Sonny Boy
al Jolson
Slim” Lane
News-Globe
Dallas
Blackmer Pays $200,000 Over Court Refusal to Testify
United Press reports Harry M. Blackmer, Denver oilman, facing contempt for not returning from Paris to testify in the Sinclair Teapot Dome cases. Marshal Snyder has seized over $200,000 from Blackmer's attorneys under Walsh law. If upheld, funds go to the government. Blackmer appeals the first seizure. James O Neill, another Sinclair ally, was subpoenaed while abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Snyder
Blackmer
Blackmoor
Supreme Court
James O'Neill
Fy Sinclair
Carson Road Work Plans Authorized by County Court
Carson county commissioners court orders Resident Engineer O. M. Simpson to prepare plans and specs for paving twenty miles of 0 S Wehways 66 from the Gray county line toward Amarillo. Panhandle official A A Callahan notes the move as West Texas paving pace. A contract was let for thirty miles of Highway 23 from between Francis and Panhandle to the Gray county line near Pampa, completing a fifty mile paving link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson County Commissioners Court
O. M. Simpson
Gray County
Woos
Amarillo
Duke A. A. Callahan
Panhandle
Carson County
West Texas
Francis and
Pampa
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B.C.D
King George
Ford
C. H. Middaugh
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Herring Hotel
Jars of Vicks
Vicks Laboratories
Vicks
Newsie
Paris
Sinclair
Ity United Press
Harry M. Blackmer
Denver
Sinclair Fall
Sinclair Teapot Dome
Carson
Nees
And
His
True Story
WOR
Newark
WEAN
Providence
WNAC
Boston
WPBL
Syracuse
WMAK
Buffalo
WCAU
Philadelphia
WJAS
Pittsburgh
WADC
Akron
WMAL
WKRC
Cincinnati
WGHP
Detroit
WMAQ
Chicago
KMOX
St. Louis
WCAO
Baltimore
WOWO
Fort Wayne
KMSC
Kansas City
WLDW
Oil City
WSPD
Toledo
KOIL
Council Bluffs
WHK
Cleveland
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