Five-Power Conference Opens In London Next Week
London prepares for the five power naval limitation talks with delegations from Japan Italy France and the United States arriving to join Britain. The conference opens in the House of Lords next Tuesday with King George delivering an address as hotels report full bookings and crowds gather.
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Associated Press
London
Japan
Delong
Plymouth
Royal Chamber
House of Lords
King George
Proletariat exile and air travel forecast in old newspaper column
The column contrasts revolutionary rhetoric with religious piety and envisions a societal shift as Russia and the world confront wealth and oppression. It notes the Atlantic to Pacific air line promising cheaper travel, predicting five hundred miles for $25 and air travel halving bus costs within ten years, transforming routes like Chicago to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Air Line
Chicago
Florida
Mayor Praises New Chamber Booklet on Amarillo
Amarillo mayor Ernest Thompson hails a Chamber of Commerce issued two page booklet with illustrations and data on city industry and conditions. He says it is the best literature on Amarillo and urges all residents and outsiders to obtain a copy via the chamber. He credits T. E. Johnson and publicity committee for their work.
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Amarillo
The
Panhandle
Ernest Thompson
Chamber of Commerce
Publicity Department
Thompson
T. E. Johnson
College Hour to Air on WDAG in Amarillo
West Texas State Teachers College Canyon will broadcast College Hour on WDAG Saturday night from 7:30 to 8. The program, led by Mason King of the Chamber of Commerce, aims to educate newcomers to Amarillo trade. T. Reeves of Canyon will helm the show with information drawn from the college.
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West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
WDAG
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
King
T. ¥. Reeves
Col
Man Seeks Immediate Work and Referrals
Classified plea from John Pond and others listing willingness to work, including seeking driving, electrician, seamstress, sales, and housekeeper roles. Names addressed to Tack for job leads with contact hints through siblings and family. Narratives stress urgent need due to unemployment and a sick spouse in Tulsa.
Beauty standards clash as nations vie for modern Venus
A French beauty official argues there is no international standard and Americans prefer plump, athletic women while Latins favor a slimmer ideal. He notes judges favor classical Venus measurements at pageants. In September twenty European beauties travel to Rio de Janeiro for competition.
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France
Venus de Medici
Brazil
South America
Fiona
M. Maurice de Valeffe
Broadway
Main Street
Galveston
Atlantic City
Europe
Rio de Janeiro
Gasoline Fire Destroys House in Buchanan Street
A gasoline fire at 204 Buchanan Street destroyed a one story frame dwelling belonging to Mrs. C. T. Herring. Mrs. George Lavelle rented the house. W. C. James, staying there, was cleaning when a spark ignited fumes. he suffered minor burns. No insurance covered the building or furniture. Nine new Ford cars owned by Walter Irwin, Inc. were damaged by a separate incident, with total losses undetermined.
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Walter Irwin, Inc
C. T. Herring
Buchanan Street
George Lavelle
W. C. James
C of C Traffic Committee Meeting Planned
The traffic committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 12 o'clock tomorrow at the Kansas City Waffle House. Am arillo's role in the Santa Fe northern Panhandle project will be discussed. J. Cole will report on his Austin trip about new truck rates.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Panhandle
J. Cole
Austin
Henri Scott Steals Comic Barber Opera at Auditorium
Henri Scott leads a six member Chicago company in The Barber of Seville at the Auditorium as part of the Artist Course. Louis A. Webb provides piano but the production is described as sparse with limited staging and ensemble.
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Henri Scott
Opera Company of
Chicago
Louis A. Webb
Don Basilio
Melvena Passmore
Rocina
William Phillips
Austin
Figaro
Barber
Charles Boggs
Bartolo
Rhys-Rees Morgan
Count Almaviva
Barber of Seville
Congress considers presidential alcohol reform proposals
Congress faces a set of recommendations including a ban on nonentry into the United States at president designate points, transfer of prohibition enforcement to the justice department, and expanded federal enforcement. The Senate judiciary committee and House committees will review the proposals, with wider implications for enforcement and court resources.
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Immigration Committee
District of Columbia
Coast Guard
Commerce
Judiciary Committee
Prohibition Enforcement Unit
Treasury
Justice Department
Committee On Expenditures
House
Senate
Capitol
Norris
United States
Prohibition Enforcement
Doran
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Border Patrol
Ferguson Begins South Plains Inspection Tour
Howard Ferguson, newly named general manager of Panhandle Plains of Texas Inc, leaves today to visit Plainview Silverton and Quitaque. He returns for a board meeting at the Amarillo Hotel at 11 o'clock Thursday.
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Howard Ferguson
Panhandle
Gas Plant Blast Kills One in Shenandoah
Virgil Bettis was killed and Hugh Sherduck seriously injured in a January gas plant explosion in Shenandoah Iowa. Bettis’ body was found about an hour later. the cause remains undetermined.
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Associated Press
Shenandoah
Iowa
Virgil Bettis
Hugh Sherduck
Bettis
Dentists Seek Pyorrhea Patient for Meeting Demonstration
Dr. A W Ward, pyorrhea surgeon from San Francisco, will perform a real operation before the Panhandle Dental Society meeting this Friday and Saturday. Ward is famed for surgical pyorrhea treatment, drawing emphasis on the local event. Dr. B Younger in Fisk Building offers free treatment for qualified pyorrhea patients during a professional clinic, with X rays required before starting.
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A. W. Ward
San Francisco
Panhandle Dental Society
Ward
Dental Society
B. Younger
Fisk Building
Younger
Legislature to Meet Monday in Extra Term
Governor Moody issues proclamation calling a special session of the 41st Texas Legislature for Monday January 20 at noon to consider prison centralization and office fee regulation. Reports from committees urge action on prison reform with a proposed new central plant near Austin at 4 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
Huntsville
Imperial State Farm
Houston
New Orleans
Census Bureau
Farm Loan Board
Hoover absolved by Senate lobby panel in sugar talks
The Senate lobby investigation committee cleared President Hoover of impropriety in dealings with Cuban and American sugar interests. It said opponents tried to incite Latin American antagonism over a sugar tariff rise, estimating campaign spending at over 400000 dollars with roughly 175000 to 200000 by supporters and 200000 to 225000 by opponents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate Lobby Investigation Committee
Senate
United States
Mill Official to Speak at Realty Meet Amarillo
Cc. T. Matthews of the Great West Mill & Elevator Co Amarillo will be the principal speaker at the Amarillo Real Estate Board luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel at 12 noon Wednesday. His subject will be rationing of foods for poultry cows hogs and sheep. The luncheon is 75 cents a plate and open to the public. The Realtors seek a large turnout of farmers and business men for agricultural development.
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Cc. T. Matthews
Great West Mill & Elevator Company of
Amarillo
Presbyterians and Groom Meet Tonight In Church Gym
The crack Presbyterian basketball team faces Groom town at the church gym in a return engagement. Groom, one of the outstanding independent aggregations in the city, averages well above six feet and plays fast and clever.
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Crack Presbyterian
Groom Town
Church Gym
Gywom
Episcopal Convocation Opens in Amarillo Sunday
The twentieth annual Protestant Episcopal Convocation in the North Texas missionary district will meet at St. Andrew's Church Amarillo from 11 AM Sunday January 19 to 4 PM Tuesday. Rev Carroll M Davis of New York will preach with a weekend program including speakers from Colorado Abilene and Amarillo.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
North Texas
St. Andrew's Church
Amarillo
St. Andrew's
Carroll M. Davis
New York
Department of Missions
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Christ Church Cathedral
St. Louis
Thos. R. Smith
Colorado
W. P. Gerhart
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Abilene
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Dr. Davis
F. A. Foster
Seaman
Tyler Street
Davis
J. C. Tollman
Houston
Woman’s Auxiliary
Southwest
Woman's Auxiliary
Henry S. Gooch
Herring Hotel
Wright Wilson
E. W. Little
Harriet Hubbell
St. Andrew’s
Seamon
Panhandle Lumber official named Wichita Falls chamber aide
Dudley B. Foy traffic manager for the Panhandle Lumber Company in Amarillo will become assistant manager of the Wichita Falls chamber of commerce. He will head the traffic and industrial departments starting February 1, with John Boswell announcing the choice after a directors meeting. No successor at Panhandle Lumber was named.
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Dudley B. Foy
Panhandle Lumber Company
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Foy
John Boswell
Oklahoma Chamber Official Heads to Washington for Panhandle Aid
F M Butler of the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce joined a special train from Texhoma with Oklahomans and Texans to lobby in Washington D C for federal aid to A M College at Goodwell. He will also press for a Federal Reserve Bank in Amarillo. The train will stop at Niagara Falls on its return. Vernon notes the Goodwell college would benefit the northern Panhandle.
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F. M. Butler
Chamber of Commerce
Texhoma
Washington, D. C
Panhandle
O. V. Vernon
Sister of air victim dies at home here
Mrs. Alice Busey 36 sister of Emmett Myers who died in an air plane crash Sunday afternoon died at her home 2206 Buchanan early today She dies unaware her brother had preceded her in death Funeral services for Mr Myers were postponed a double funeral will be held from the First Christian Church Wednesday evening Survivors include a daughter 16 a mother and three sisters and three brothers all of Amarillo Mrs Busey belonged to the First Christian Church Woodmen Circle and the Circle drum corps Burial will be in Llano cemetery
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Alice Busey
Emmett Myers
Buchanan
Busey
Mr. Myers
First Christian Church
Clark Buckner
G. C. Schurman
West Amarillo
H. M. Riddle
S. Joiner
W. J
H. T
G. D. Myers
Amarillo
Woodmen Circle
Circle
Pallbearers
Ruby Poindexter
Gladys Whitten
Evelyn Smyth
Ethel Davis
Irma Holt
Travo Crawford
Marie Smith
Bessie Hensley
Merle Huey
Mrs. Willis
Juanita Larsen
Lillian Wiseman
Irene Boxwell
Z. Z. Polz
Lowell Stapf
Joe Cannon
Ed King
Wade Johnson
Arthur Smith
Boxwell Bros
Llano Cemetery
Dance Hall Shooting Probe Details Timeline
Witnesses describe events from 1 o clock to 4 o clock this morning at the dance hall. Several persons were detained briefly until White’s alleged statement was given.
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White
Rail Hearing Testimony Discussion Near Amarillo
Representatives from Moore and Sherman counties meet at the Chamber of Commerce to confer with S J Cole head of the traffic department on testimony and exhibits for the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing January 22 on the proposed Santa Fe Route north from Amarillo to Las Animas Colo
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Moore
Sherman
Chamber of Commerce
S. J. Cole
Traffic Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amarillo
Las Animas
Colo
Kansas City and Midwest Livestock Markets Report
Livestock market summary from Kansas City and East St Louis, Fort Worth and Chicago with hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep trading across the regions. Prices moved generally higher for hogs and mixed for cattle, vealers, and lambs, with regional top quotes noted for various weight classes.
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Kansas City
The
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Chicago
Hollywood Workers and Friendly Hearts in 1920 Tribute
Edgar A. Guest honors Hollywood studio workers behind the stars praising the bricklayer, mechanic, widower, fiddler, gardener, and young helper. The writer laments loneliness and celebrates courage, good nature, and shared dreams among film crew and their families in a heartfelt public note.
Poultry Chicago to New York Stock Market Snapshot
Poultry markets steady in Chicago with prices unchanged. The New York Stock Letter notes an irregular stock market opening with narrow changes as Simmons and Westinghouse Electric rise about a point. Rail and utility stocks show early gains while select names ease. Foreign exchange opens firmer with sterling near 4.8613.
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New York
Associated Press
Simmons
Westinghouse Electric
Chesapeake & Ohio
General Electric
Internationsl Telephone
Fox Film
American and Foreign Power
Columbia Graphophone
Missouri
Kansas Texas
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Standard Oil
New Jersey
American Telephone
Southern Railway
Rock Island
Pennsylvania
American Power & Light
Electric Power & Light
Stone & Webster
Bethlehem Steel
American Woolen Preferred
General Railway
Penny a Day Insurance Lets You Buy Up to 100 Month
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co limits coverage to 100 monthly for total disability with 2 400 total cost and 1 000 for death. No medical exam required and you pay nothing until you inspect. Send name address age beneficiary to receive policy in 10 days free inspection. Limited to 100 000 applicants today.
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The
Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co
Moriasty Bldg
Kansas City
Thorougly
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Lee Sanders
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South Plains
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Hollywood
Edgar A. Guest
Jno. F. Clark Brokerage Co
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Allis Chambers
Allied Chemical & Use
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Amerada Corporation
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Sceene
American Republics Pry
American International
American Steel Foundry
Gen Armour of Illinois
A M Byers
American Tobacco
Atchison, Topeka & SF
Baldwin Locomotive
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Bangor & Areostock
Gillette Razors
Glidden
Goodyear
Goodrich
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Great West Sugar
Eee Enerennene
Hershey Aae
Hudson
Hupp Motors
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Johns Manville
Julius Kayser
Kelly Springfield
Kelvinator Weweae Kennecott Copper
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Seer
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Nash Motors
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National Power & Light
Northern Pacific
North American
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St Hole
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Calumet & Hecla Co
Canadian Pacific
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Crucible Steel
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Wks Engineers Public Service
Endicott-Johnson
General Electric Freeport Texan
General Motors
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Secove
Packard Motors
Pennsylvania West
Pullman
Oty Saar Bakery
Redio-Keith Orpheum
An Reading Co
Remington Rand
Republic Lan
Sly
Seneca Copper
Shulte
Southern Pacific R R
Esseee Studebaker
Eee U Hk
St. Joseph Lead
Stewart-Warner
Union Pacific
United Aircraft
United Carbide
Atlantic
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Beacon Sane
Delaware
Louisiana
Mid-Continent
Sinclair
Shell Union
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Bois Tidewater
White Eagle
Phillips
Pan. Prod
Pan American Bssee BS Producers & Record Prairie Oil & Gas
Bi Prairie Pipeline
Pure Oil Co
Toee Wren
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Arkansas Gas
Ossase
Arkansas
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Electric Bond & Shoes
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England
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Humble Ae
Lone Star Gas
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Standard
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