Women Plan 1929 State Meet Gathering in Amarillo
The Amarillo Business and Professional Women’s Club hosted a six o’clock dinner to discuss bringing the 1929 state meeting to Amarillo and urged broad attendance at the Abilene May gathering. A emblem tableau featured Winged Victory and other figures as new members were introduced. Visitors included Mrs. Gertrude Cole and Mrs. Nora Scott with local professional ties.
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State Organization of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Amarillo
Abilene
Ola Boyles
Bertha
Warren Wand
P. H. Buthker
W. R. Pumphrey
Ship of Commerce
Bessie M. Landis
H. H. Hall
White and Kirk’s
King
Pueblo
Colorado
Grace Webster
Texas Wheat Growers’ Association
Irma Griggs
Lcensed
Gertrude Cole
Palo Duro Hotel
Nora Scott
H. V. Robertson
Ruby Stith
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Hughes Street
Dobbins Case Continued From Page One
Dobbins case is set for trial this term of court. The note continues from page one.
Hassell to Die for Murder of Stepchild and Others
Hassell, condemned for the murder of his 21 year old stepson Alton Hassell and additional family killings, is moved to Huntsville to serve the death sentence. His resentencing followed an appellate affirmation of the New trial outcome and stays granted by Governor Moody. He confessed to killing eight people including a wife, seven stepchildren, and others in California.
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Huntsville
Hassell
Parnell
Alton Hassell
California
Purvis
Moore
J. W. Martin
Palmer County
Trassell
Plainview
Farwell
Hunts Ville
Hessell
Tatum
Dan Moody
Court of Criminal Appeals
Old Tack
Hickman
Kansas City
Little Billie
Tootale
Girl Scout Troop Formed in San Jacinto
A San Jacinto Girl Scout troop was organized yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Mildred Austill director of the Amarillo council. Twenty one girls attended the first meeting and a larger crowd is expected next Tuesday at Wilson School where future meetings will be held.
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San Jacinto
Mildred Austill
Amarillo
Amarillo Notes of Fire, Jokes, and Birthday Cakes
A collage of letters and anecdotes from Amarillo includes praise for local firefighters noting delays in locating fires, comments on fire masks, and a letter from a 10 year old asking the judge not to hang a convict. The column also shares birthday cake news, jokes about cattle banking, and notes on local figures and sports figures training for high school.
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Butler
Jim Jeffries
Tom Sharkey
Sandow
Tack’s Understudy And Civic Rants In One Page
A Panhandle community column notes Ray Caldwell of Pampa born Christmas 1925 may someday join The Globe as Kernel Tack’s understudy. It also cites Lamb-Trulove wedding chatter Amarillo politics with Wiley Pollard’s sheriff bid and Tack’s claim of placing 46 people in jobs over six weeks while critiquing local law enforcement and Sabbath enforcement.
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Ray 8. Caldwell
Kernel Tack
Tack
Amarillo
Mr. A. Nut
Letters to Tack defend page and anonymous readers
An anonymous writer defends Tack against W A Askew's criticisms of the page. The writer argues readers deserve space for thoughts even without signatures and urges not to censor or overreact to critique. He cites Christ and suggests readers can find meaningful content beyond signature lines and front-page headlines.
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W. A. Askew
Christ
W. A
Adam
Globe
Arthur Brisbane
Them Texans Reader Letters on Local Nuisances
A constant reader writes to Mr. Tack praising the column and urging tighter rules on chickens and paper blowing, concerns about broken windows in vacant houses, and questions on preventing vandalism. The letter ends with a challenge to the county attorney’s office.
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Mr. Tack
Tack
Billie
Goat
Perry E. Dunlap
Buchanan
Crooks
E. Tack
Amarillo
Texas
Praise for Them Texans in a Christmas Letter
A captain in the U S army endorses Them Texans praising Tack's humor and philosophy. The excerpt includes a poem about submarines and a soldier’s view of life aboard boats, submitted by a ratee who has served on numerous navy vessels.
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Tack
U. S. Army
Amarillo to Decide Sewage Plant Plan This Week
City commissioners will choose between two sewage disposal proposals for Amarillo. W Kiersted of Kansas City proposes a treatment plant, while Bank Jones favors conveying sewage through Imhoff tanks to the Canadian River via pipeline. Decision rests with Commissioners Harris and Brymer, City Manager Bartlett, and City Engineer Jones.
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Amarillo
W. Kiersted
Kansas City
Bank Jones
Kiersted
Jones
Imhoff
Canadian River
Bivins
Harris and
Brymer
Bartlett
Senator Carper Urges Rail Rate Reductions for Farmers
The column argues for lower railroad freight on grain, noting Uncle Sam's spending enables Canadian competition. It criticizes higher inland rates, suggests subsidies or canal projects to aid distant farmers, and compares U.S. canal funding with European water transport. Northwest Canadian wheat reaches markets along the Panama Canal at low costs.
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Carper
Kansas
Uncle Sam
United States
Europe
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Gulf
Favorite Sons May Be Named in Democratic Dinner Talk
At the Jackson day dinner in Washington on January 11, supporters discuss potential presidential nominees and convention sites. Governor Smith's candidacy is favored by several commiteemen from New York Illinois California Wisconsin West Virginia Washington and Minnesota. Other named possibilities include Reed Ritchie Walsh Donahoe Woollen Hull Glass Pomerone Robinson George Ayres and more as cities Chicago San Francisco Cleveland Detroit Miami St Paul and Houston figure in convention talks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Smith
New York
Ilinois
California
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Minnesota
Democrats Flock to Washington Amid Convention Contention
Washington dispatch reports Democrats arriving to pick the 1928 convention site face internal strife led by the 54000 member National Woman's Democratic Law Enforcement League. Key figures include Senators Heflin and George, with Smith supporters rallying in Cleveland Chicago San Francisco and Miami as contenders. John M Callahan backs Smith while Georgia endorses Senator George.
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Wy United Press
Washington
National Woman's Democratic Law Enforcement League
Heflin
Alabama
Patrick S. Callahan
Louisville
Kentucky
al Smith
New York
Real Estate Board backs WDAG 1000 watt station bid
Amarillo Real Estate Board votes unanimously to support WDAG in securing a 1000 watt broadcasting station. Committee led by Robert Nash says WDAG ready to finance upgrades and that consolidation with another station is not feasible. Board also notes county commissioners meet Saturday on precinct redistricting and names committees to update by laws and review commission rates. A. L. Randall speaks on Financing Real Estate.
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WDAG
Amarillo
Royce Gant
Atwood
Messrs. Short
Gilvin
Hadfield
Messrs. Cooper
Odom
Mackenzie
A. L. Randall
Prin
Fire disrupts theater show. crowds calm as smoke fills venue
A blaze from a defective flue in a balcony beauty parlor caused heavy smoke at the Fair theater. Actor Rody Jordan kept 100 spectators steady as the audience exited calmly. Estimated damages run to 2000 dollars, with Wagner Jewelry reporting 1250 dollars in losses. store and beauty parlor expected to reopen in a few days.
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Fair Theater
Rody Jordan
Wagner Jewelry Company
Wagner
Last Hours of Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Gray
Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray await execution at Sing Sing as Governor Smith has refused clemency. Warden Lawes notes transport to the chair will begin with guards. Gray shows resignation. Snyder clings to faint hope, eating little and staying in bed while awaiting midnight Thursday.
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Lewis FE. Lawes
Sing Sing
Snyder
N. Y
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Smith
Lewis Lawes
Gray
Samuel L. Miller
Isabella Gray
Ruth Snyder's nerve begins to fail on eve of execution
Ruth Snyder shows increasing distress in Sing Sing as Governor Smith has refused clemency and execution by electric chair nears. Judd Gray, to die with her for the Albert Snyder murder, remains largely uninformed but calm. Officials prepare final arrangements for the executions and related procedures.
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Associated Press
New York
Ruth Snyder
Sing Sing
Smith
Judd Gray
Albert
Gray
Snyder
Oil Worker Killed in Hondo Auto Crash
James E. Stalsby, 80, an oil field machinist, was killed instantly in an automobile accident in Hondo, Texas, on January 11. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
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Associated Press
Hondo
Tex
James E. Stalsby
Tuly
Red Light Warnings In Life Spark Thoughtful Lesson
A dialogue between a father and daughter uses traffic signals to teach restraint and conscience. The daughter muses on life needing amber and green lights, while the father explains the family goal to halt at red and proceed on green, guided by inner signs of right.
Arto to attempt world record in display card writing
In Kansas City Russell and Cockrell announce Arto the Display Card Writing Wizard will start at 2:00 p.m. Friday and write non stop until 8:00 p.m. Saturday. He will sketch cartoons and draw two cards with one hand. He aims to beat a 1250 card record with Pathe News cameras recording.
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Arto
Russell and Cockrell
Arta
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Pathe News
Course in Cream Making Is Planned
Announcement of a short course in ice cream making at College Station has been received by the Board of City Development. The course will run January 16 to 20 and be led by J L Thomas, dairy specialist of the Texas A and M Extension Department.
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College Station
Board of City Development
J. L. Thomas
Texas A. & M. College
Qld Tacks Program for Amarillo Growth and Fairness
A list of proposals for Amarillo including lower utility rates cleaner streets more parks viaducts and traffic improvements. The plan calls for open media access golf course lake public use and regulated police driving through signals with a goal of livability and industry attraction.
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Court House
Bivins Lake
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C. T. Dobbins
Borger
Mildred Elston
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Cay
Reid Hotel
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James E. Bennett & C
Allis Chalmers Allied Chemical & Dye
American Can
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American Tele. & Telx
Anaconda Copper
Calimac Chile
Chrysler
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Crucible Steel
Dodge Motors
du Pont de Nemours
Scessee
Famous Players
Fleischmann Yeast
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Great Western Sugar
Houston Oil
Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
Illinois Central
Independent Oil & Gas Inspiration Copper
International Nickel
International Paper
Kansas City Southern Kelly-Springfield
Pan-American Pet
Pennsylvania
Haymore-Marquette
Phillips Petroleum
Ieee Cuce
Radio Cope. of America
Seara, Roebuck & C
Shell Union Oil
Simms Petroleum
Sinclair Cons
Oil Skelly Oil
Southern Pacific Southern Railway
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Texas Oull
Texas Oil
Texas & Fa
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Ily Timken
Union Pacific
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Qld Tack
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