Dry Bureau staff increase approved by House in propagation of prohibition
Immediate increase of the prohibition bureau’s agent staff by 130 won House approval. Senate action pending. The deficiency appropriation, costing over 500000, trimmed a 10000 item for publicity after committee objections. Wickersham Commission work paused for a week before final report readiness for President Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition Bureau
House
Senate
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
Justice Department
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Prohibition
Hoover
Wickersham Commission
House Judiciary Committee
Amarillo bids to host 1931 State Teachers Convention
Amarillo prepares to pitch for the 1931 State Teachers Convention as the executive board meets in Fort Worth. Mayor Thompson and Chamber of Commerce head Vernon plus Superintendent McIntosh travel to present figures and sales talks to attract about 5000 teachers from across Texas for the November gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Ernest O. Thompson
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. McIntosh
Thompson
Harve Hal Avants
Texas Outlook
Texas
War film triggers Vienna riot over All Quiet on the Western Front
Austrian Fascists clash with police after the American war film All Quiet on the Western Front is shown in Vienna. Two thousand officers fought rioters near Urania bridge and the Jewish quarter. Home Guard and troops joined. The Prater rally turned violent with windows smashed and 100 arrests. many injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vienna
Urania Bridge
Danube
Home Guard
Prater
Laff That Off at Senior High Auditorium
In the Black Mask comedy Laff That Off three buddies pledge undying loyalty to each other. The trio of young men appear Friday night at 8:20 in the Senior High auditorium, played by the listed actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior High
Weedon to Lead Revival Sermon in San Jacinto
Rev Frank Weedon of Jacksonville will speak on Gods Blockade on the Road to Hell at San Jacinto Baptist Church. The revival begins tonight at 7 30 and runs through Sunday with daily services and sixteen additions reported to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Frank Weedon
Jacksonville
San Jacinto Baptist Church
English clergyman marks eleven years with Burma blind
An English clergyman living mainly on rice and wearing native dress has completed his 11th year of missionary service among the blind in Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Thoxine Promises Fast Relief for Children’s Coughs
Children’s coughs and sore throats targeted before getting worse. Thoxine is a doctor’s prescription claimed to relieve irritation within 15 minutes and address the internal cause. It comes in pleasant tastes and forms priced at 35c 60c and $1.00, with a money back guarantee. Sold by all druggists.
Popes Encyclical Denounces Birth Control and Modern Inventions
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI issuing a strong encyclical condemning birth control and modern science used against marriage. He denounces divorce and attacks on Christian marriage, urges sex education for youths, and calls for equal aid to married mothers alongside unmarried mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Morgan
United Press
Vatican City
Jan
Pius XI
Lambeth Bishops Conference
Reasor
Ships Fog Bound In British Ports Creates Delays
Heavy fog held about 100 ships in British ports. The Mersey area was shrouded and Manchester suffered a five day fog unseen in a generation. Bronchitis and pneumonia caused many deaths and traffic was impeded. Several accidents and injuries occurred. Little Miss Asabell Wall arrived at 8:20 a.m. Monday at 716 Pierce Street in Amarillo weighing 7 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Mersey
Manchester
Asabell Wall
Harold Wall
Pierce Street
Asabell
Amarillo
Two Pilots Die in Ada Oklahoma Air Crash
Ada Oklahoma reports the death of Wayne Spencer a 21 year old transport pilot and Lee Davis both of Ada when an experimental plane crashed after a wing collapsed at 150 feet altitude. They had taken off from Ada airport and flew three miles before a wing strut broke. The aircraft was bought from an Oklahoma oil company and only two of its type were built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ada
Okla
Wayne Spencer
Lee Davis
Spencer
Davis
Oklahoma Oil Company
Three Die In Marshall Plane Crash In Dense Fog
A plane en route from Fort Worth to New Orleans crashed eight miles west of Marshall Texas in heavy East Texas fog killing pilot Arthur O. Brown co pilot Errett Williams and student Robert Wilson returning to New Orleans. The We dell Williams line operated the flight leaving Dallas at 9 50 am and the wreck followed two hours later. Brown and Williams were well known pilots with ties to Davis Air Lines and Southeast air racing. The report also notes a separate fatal fog crash near Overton on Sunday involving three travelers en route from Shreveport to Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marshall
Tex
Jan
East Texas
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Arthur O. Brown
Errett Williams
Robert Wilson
Overton
Shreveport
Dallas
Wedell-Williams
Brown
Davis Air Lines
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Williams
Miami
Panhandle Organization Plans Meeting In Amarillo
Invitations mailed to about 75 residents across the Texas Panhandle announce the annual Panhandle of Texas meeting at the Amarillo Hotel on Friday January 16. Directors will be elected from each Panhandle city to appoint an executive body. Railroad immigration officials from five lines will attend to aid in forming the new group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle of Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Panhandle Plains of Texas, Inc
Plains
Direc
Tors
Panhandle
Cotton Belt
Santa Fe
Fort Worth & Denver
Rock Island
Confusion Eased by Air Whistle on Electric Train
The St Paul crew explained the whistle aboard the electric train backing into a tunnel sounds like an air whistle rather than a regular steam whistle. Knight acknowledged and the program proceeded without further incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Broadcasting Corporation
Empire Builders
Great Northern Railway
Raymond Knights
St. Paul
Minnesota
Knight
Great Northern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Randal Drug Co
R. P. Parcells
Ridgeway
Zelley
Verlon Twaddell
Weedon
San Jacinto
E. L. Smith
Dean’s
Dee
Oklahoma
India
India Trade Mission
Panhandle Organization
New Waterloo Place
France
BAYER
Ambrose J. Weems
KUKU
O. K
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bete Teremone Company
Pat Nya
Jay Vittle
RY Mela Oo Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!