Khiva Temple Shriners Install New Potentate J H Read
Shriners at Khiva Temple elected J H Read of Memphis as potentate to start the new year, succeeding James C Gulerie. The annual meeting named the divan and staff including t P Parcells Pink L Parrish J N Riggs Guy A Carlander Arthur H Ware George Stapleton and others with Gulerie Nicholson and Caldwell as imperial and Texas Shrine council reps. Read vows a good year and honors Past Potentate Jimmie Guleke with the jewel.
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J. H. Read
Memphis
Potentate Read
James C. Gulerie
T. P. Parcells
Amarillo
Rabban
Pink L. Parrish
Lubbock
J. N. Riggs
Guy A. Carlander
Arthur H. Ware
George Stapleton
Imperial Council
A. J. Caldwell
Texas Shrine Council
T. Nicholson
Shamrock
Nicholson
Texas Shrine Counel
Jimmie Guleke
Guleke
Potentate
Winch Fined $100 In Sunday Show Case
A verdict of guilty and a $100 fine was handed to Will R. Winch the fourth Sunday movie case tried here. The county attorney urged harsher punishment for repeated offenses as Winch testified, the only defendant to take the stand. Four convictions now total $250 in fines, with two more trials pending for opening shows on January 1 and January 8.
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Will R. Winch
Leo Sparks
Winch
Wineh
H. K
Amarillo
Grover Hill to Speak on Panhandle Farm Radio
Grover B Hill secretary of the Panhandle Cover Association will discuss livestock farming on the Panhandle of Texas during the 6 30 a m Farm Development broadcast. The regular program period will feature the adapted livestock theme for listeners nationwide.
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Grover Hill
Panhandle
Texas
Grover B. Hill
The
Brady Man Is Given Four Year Suspended Sentence
O. M. Curry received a four year suspended sentence in Brady Texas for the murder of T. B. Milburn two years ago. Milburn had been acquitted of criminal assault against Curry's sister shortly before the shooting, according to trial testimony.
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Associated Pres
Brady, Tex
O. M. Curry
T. B. Milburn
Milburn
Curry
Stolen 1926 Dodge Sedan from downtown parking
A 1926 Dodge Sedan belonging to J. L. Quicksall of 104 Bellview avenue was reported stolen from a downtown parking area last night. License 776-081 and motor 850-293 identified the vehicle.
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J. L. Quicksall
Bellview Avenue
Escaped Prisoners Still At Large In San Angelo
Six of the nine inmates who escaped from the city jail by sawing bars remain at large as of Thursday. Three of the nine were recaptured on Wednesday, while reports place several escapees in San Angelo.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
British Who's Who Expands to 34 000 Biographies
The 1928 edition of Who's Who in Britain offers 84 000 biographies, up 2 000 from last year, describing a wide range of English notable figures. The publishers call the volume "1444 cubic inches of fact" and note the growth in recognized names.
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International News Service
London
England
Tactless Texan highlights a family in need amid gas outage
Globe reporters investigate a Amarillo family of a mother Sam Levisee and four children aged 4 to 9 living in a front yard fire to cook syrup after gas was cut off over a house dispute. Helpers raise money and gas turned on as the father searches for work.
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Globe
Kirkwood
Sam Levisee
Amarillo
Letters to Mr. Tack Detail Rent Request and Job Seekers
A reader writes about renting a two room furnished house with water and garage and asks where to view it and pay rent in advance. Another note asks to place a fireman seeking work ad in the situations column, seeking local employment or move to Oklahoma City for family reasons. A third inquiry questions why laws are said to be broken in Amarillo.
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FE. R. Tack
Texas
E. R. Tack
The
Santa Fe
Ford
Oklahoma City
Mr. Tack
Amarillo
Tack
Modern dirigible dream relies on a million steer skins
In Akron the Goodyear plant employs hundreds of workers to inspect cattle tissues for gas cells of the Navy dirigible Los Angeles. About one million skins from steers are used to line 15,000 yards of fabric, with tight controls, sealed rooms, and precise conditions to prevent failure of the airship’s cells.
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Allende Sumner
Akron
Great
Goodyear Rubber Company
Nature
Navy
Los Angeles
Seattle
Cellini
Chicago
Goodyear
Sunday Shows Boost Amarillo Reader Letter
A reader praises Sunday shows and urges Amarillo to progress with the age. He suggests payment boxes or donations at entrances and defends leisure outings as a stress relief, inviting the editor to publish the full note.
American fiancée faces strange Hindu wedding rites in India
The former Maharajah of Indore’s American fiancée Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle faces three days of purification rites and a fire ceremony as she converts to Hinduism for marriage. The secretary for Indore’s former ruler hints the wedding may occur in Ceylon due to objections in India.
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Harry E. Beily
United Press
Calcutta
India
Maharajah
Indore
Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Miller
Miss Miller
Colombo
Ceylon
Indorse
Palmer Guilty in Negro Slaying, Sentenced to Two Years
Brady Texas Jan 12 Perl Palmer found guilty of murder in the slaying of William Lewis, a negro, six months ago and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Brady, Tex
Perl Palmer
Willia Lewis
Heights Grocery Adds Meat Market
The Help Yourself Grocery at 210 West Fifth Street installs a modern meat market led by C. E. Marden as head butcher. Proprietor Silas Hart says the market will specialize in baby beef and corn fed veal.
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Help Yourself
West Fifth Street
Silas Hart
C. E. Marden
Hunters Urged to Remove Venison as Season Ends
Deputy state game warden 8. D. Turner succeeds St. Johns in Abilene and states the venison storage law will be enforced. Hunters are told to remove all venison from cold storage as the season has expired and storage limits apply.
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D. Turner
St. Johns
Abilene
Snyder stay case fate hangs on judges as exec order debated
Governor Smith conferred with his legal adviser and with Ottinger and Warden Lawes about the stay of execution for Mrs Ruth Snyder. An assist ant attorney general may tell Justice Levy of the ruling and seek vacating the order. If refused, the appellate court may be asked to vacate.
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Justice Levy
Back in Governor's Hands Ruth Snyder Death Decision
Ruth Snyder fate rests with Attorney General Ottinger to decide if she faces the electric chair at Sing Sing tonight or if Justice Levy's stay is valid. Governor Smith previously denied clemency as officials debate the stay's legality and possible federal actions. Mrs Snyder awaits in prison as Gray seeks reprieve and officials ready final arrangements for execution.
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Pinal
Lewis F. Keemle
United Press
New York
Albert Ottinger
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Aaron Levy
Smith
Executive Department
Justice Levy
Snyder
Lewis E. Lawes
Lawes
State Department of Corrections
Attorney General's Office
Governor's Department
Levy
Appellate Division
Henry Judd Gray
Mrs. Snyder
Gray
Albany
Lena Meier Dies at Home at 38
Mrs Lena Meier 38 wife of A C Meier of 608 North Jackson died yesterday at their home Survived by husband son Russell and daughter Helen The body to be sent by Griggs and Sons to Lincoln Nebraska for burial.
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Lena M. Meier
A. C. Meier
North
Jackson
Russell
Helen
Griggs and Sons
Lincoln
Nebraska
Boyhood Fades As Men Set To Work Worldwide
A wartime style poem notes mothers weep as boys join ships and trains to work the world. It laments parting, the call of duty, and the transition from boyhood to manhood with echoes of Edgar A. Guest.
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Bart
Mart Laudery
Edgar A. Guest
Markets Report See-Saws Across Regions and Commodities
Kansas City cattle hogs and sheep trade shows varied demand with top hogs at 8.35 and cattle up to 16.00 for high states. Chicago hogs steady to 8.45, cattle steady with best steers at 18.25, lambs around 13.00, New Orleans cotton rises on strong demand, and Oklahoma Fort Worth regional livestock mixed with feeder prices.
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Chicago
Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Associated Fress
Oklahoma Livestock i
The
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Jan
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New York
Commission House
Liverpool
Lnbor
Lancashire
Census Bureau
New Orleans
Bankers Offer Rewards for Dead Bank Bandits Hopeful Crest
W M Massie president of the Texas Bankers Association announced up to 5 000 rewards for each man killed during bank robberies or resisting arrest with no red tape in investigations The total potential payout could reach 25 000 The plan earlier paid for two men killed in Odessa and Massie said payment for a Cisco shooting will follow once the shooter is identified The association members fund the rewards by 5 from each bank and 25 000 marks a cap on member costs
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Texas Bankers’ Association
W. M. Maasie
Massie
Louis Davis
Cisco
Odessa
Amarillo’s bold program for a better city
Qld Tack outlines a wide plan for a bigger, fairer Amarillo with lower utility rates, cleaner streets, more parks, improved traffic, new public works, and tighter oversight of police and fire operations. The list includes no parking on courthouses lawns, a municipal golf course, Bivins lake access, and elimination of railroad crossings.
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Qld Tack
Amarillo
Bivins Lake
Lmits
Amazillo
San Jacinto
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