Wall Street odds shift as Roosevelt leads in presidential race
The piece notes volatile betting on Roosevelt's re election from 6 to 1 to 3 to 1 then even money. It cites Wall Street favoring Roosevelt while Hoover remains an earnest rival as eastern bankers and tariff interests back him. It includes stray anecdotes on oil price rises, wheat prospects, and a parade of light anecdotes and songs.
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Washington
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Corpus Christi
South
West
Hoover
Republican Party
New England
Four Bandits Loot Farmhouse Wounding Teen Near Lipscomb
Four bandits entered the Babitzke farmhouse six miles southwest of Lipscomb and shot 19 year old Ben Babitzke in the back of the head before looting cash and demolishing furnishings. He is in serious condition in Shattuck Oklahoma. The assailants wore blackface paint and masks and escaped with undisclosed loot. Sheriff J B Shanan said the family could not identify the attackers.
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Globe
Lipscomb
Jan
Here
Ben Babitzke
Christian Babitzke
Babitzke
J. B. Shanan
Odd Facts and Historical Snippets Jump Through Time
A collage of curious notes covers topics from Lindbergh’s press clipping habit to Baltimore blocky housing, Ethiopia’s single newspaper, and peculiar trivia about lard cravings, marriage happiness, tax savings, bearded presidents, and historic flag authorization.
Help Wanted Ad Fragment From Personal Notices
A damaged notice fragment presents job seeks from a widow with a daughter seeking work as a hotel maid ranch cook or grocery clerk. Another entry from Mrs A P asks for companionship and a farm family home. A third snippet shows a married man with two boys seeking farm or ranch work on sharecrop basis. A stray line mentions a missing brown pigskin purse with school items.
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Tack Tam
Mir
A P
North Horan Street
Evangelist Flacks Draws Crowds at Tabernacle Church
In Tabernacle Baptist Church, Rev J B Flacks Hebrew Christian evangelist and Bible teacher draws large nightly crowds with talks on eternity and prophecy. Tonight's topic is What Profit and Wednesday's final address Why Is There No Peace on Earth at 7 30.
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Flacks
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Amarillo
SEEK COMPANION AND WORKERS AD OFFER
A reader seeks companionship from sober honest men aged 53 to 63 for a home. Classified notices request employment: a middle aged lady offers nursing and housework. a young girl seeks evening child care. a man and wife seek farm work. a widow seeks housework help. dog and other personal ads include missing items and contact numbers.
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Tack
John Higgins
Hereford
Texas
Pampa
Tex
Death Takes Mother Of Amarillo Woman
A Pikeville Kentucky death claims Mrs. B. M. Estes mother of Amarillo resident Mrs. Ed Huskey. Survivors include three daughters Mrs. William Cooke of Pikeville and Mrs. John Newberry of Inez and two sons T. A. Warren of Dallas and Buford Estes of Pikeville plus five grandchildren. She was a member of the Christian Church.
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Pikeville, Ky
Ed Huskey
North West
Eighth Avenue
William Cooke
Pikeville
John Newberry
Inez
T. A. Warren
Dallas
Buford Estes
Estes
The
Christian Church
Contract Awarded To Oil Companies
Secretary Ickes awarded a one year contract for government royalty oil from Salt Creek Wyoming to Sinclairs Wyoming Oil Co and Sonic vacuum Oil Co. The joint bid sets a premium of two cents per barrel above the highest field price for oil or lower gravity oil in Oklahoma Kansas or Wyoming, whichever is higher, for the year starting January 1 1936.
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Washington
Ickes
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
Sinclair-Wyoming Oil Company
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Kansas
Russia's Military Budget Increased 1936 Plan Announced
Moscow reports the Soviet Union will spend 14.8 billion rubles on the 1936 military program, up from 8.2 billion last year. At the current exchange rate, next year’s military outlays approximate 3.108 billion dollars as the total government budget totals 78.5 billion rubles, said Comisar Grinko.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Comisar
Grinko
Blossom Time Charms Fort Worth With Delightful Cast
Fort Worth reviews applaud Blossom Time at the Paramount Theatre with an endearing cast led by J Charles Gilbert as Franz Schubert and Helen Arnold as Mitzi. The Schubert Romberg operetta offers warm songs and a romantic plot, drawing a full house and strong praise from Bess Stephenson.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Bess Stephenson
Bob O'Donohoe
Majestic Theater
Earl Carroll
J. Charles Gilbert
Franz Schubert
Mitzi
Baron Schober
Helen Arnold
Schubert
George Trabert
Robert Lee Allen
Pat
Marjorie Sweet
Bella Bruna
Romberg
It's a Good Thing He Didn't Step on Them
In Fort Worth on January 14, two officers discovered two men searching a grass fire scene pre-dawn. One man cried that his teeth had fallen out in the grass and were recovered later from an upper plate. He thanked the officers as the pair drove off.
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Supreme Court
White House
Estern
America
Motion Picture House
Fort Worth
Jan
Huffman
McMahan
Warships to reach Arosa Bay before Geneva talks
Southern fleet units head to Arosa Bay Spain by Friday ahead of the League of Nations session in Geneva on Monday. Laval seeks new conciliation with Mussolini’s Italy, while talks with the US ambassador and other envoys continue. Italian reports claim 1000 bags seized from an Ethiopian column. mutineers in Ras Muluqhetto’s forces are punished.
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Spain
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Gibraltar
Laval
Vittorio Cerruti
Mussolini
League
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Jesse I. Strauss
United States
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Tembien
Ras Mulugheta
Relief convenes Chest directors in Amarillo Building arcade
Relief convenes at the Chest headquarters in the Amarillo Building arcade with a roster of directors led by President Barlow and G A McCullough. Half the participating agencies receive funds in the new campaign including the Social Welfare Association Salvation Army Mexican Relief and Potter County School Children's Relief. The initial Chest campaign targets a $30,000 minimum and confines agencies to original budgets after the first solicitation.
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Amarillo Building
The
Community Chest
Barlow
G. A. McCullough
Robey Funk
Jim Farwell
DeCoster
H. W. Galbraith
Walter Irvin
J. M. O'Brien
G. W. Luke
Herbert Budke
J. H. Florey
Robert E. Lucey
A. E. Meyer
Wilbur C. Hawk
Earl Wyatt
Social Welfare Association
Salvation Army
Mexican Relief Organization
Potter County School Children's Relief Group
Mav
Social Center
Community Chest faces shortfall as relief ends
Amarillo leaders warn the drive will miss its $30 000 goal as federal and state relief dry up. Eight hundred families face hunger and cold. 4 000 people need clothing and shelter. City mayor calls for urgent fund-raising and local reorganization to support eight agencies through June 1 with potential new relief period after.
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de Coster
Texas Relief Commission
E. C. Seaman
Marie Antoinette
Amarillo
A. E. Meyer
Potter County
Ross D Rogers
Amarillo College
Panhandle
Wilbur C. Hawk
Pred DeCoster
DeCoster
Roosevelt
New York Times
Townsend Plan Revival and Pension Proposal Hearings
The Townsend plan movement surges anew with summer and fall enthusiasm. Investigators collected data on its inner workings and the committee is ready to hold hearings on the $2004 month pension proposal when decided. Senators face pressure from a strong, organized campaign aimed at impacting re election prospects.
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Townsend Plan
Congress
Townsend
Potter County Sets Salaries. One Still To Decide
Potter County officials adopt new salary levels for sheriff, tax collector, auditor, clerk and treasurer with specified bases. County Attorney Howard Anderson remains to be set after returning from San Francisco. A special investigator for the district attorney was denied, while Doris Jackson was approved as secretary. A flower fund was created in memory of veteran Jim Alexander.
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Potter County
Howard Anderson
Anderson
San Francisco
Calif
Alex Davidson
Bill Adams
Frank Buckingham
Sheriff's Department
Grady Hazlewood
Buckingham
Percy Gibbs
Emmett Galloway
Galloway
Doris Jackson
Randall
Armstrong
Potter
Jim Alexander
Joe Gray
Alexander
Doctors protest exam charges and state law mandate
Doctors denounced the state required examination as an unfair burden, noting patients pay for examinations and claiming the system subsidizes the doctors. Dr. Puckett spoke against the arrangement and said physicians have benefited while families pay high fees for services.
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Dr. Puckett
All Star Program Set for Amarillo Jaycee Meet
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce organized an all star program for a general public mass meeting Friday at 7 45 pm in the Red Room Amarillo Hotel. Binford Arney president announced speakers John W Darby Austin representing Texas Wild Life Council A W Brisbin representing National Youth Administration and Ralph G Bray Dallas Rural Resettlement Administration. Sportsmen from Panhandle and young businessmen urged to attend.
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Amarillo
Arney
Panhandle
Darby
Medical Association plans free clinic to replace health unit
The medical association proposes a free clinic funded by city and county to aid those who cannot pay. Puckett notes charity work, while Judge Riggs and Mayor Rogers coordinate the joint conference set for 2 pm. Among the Moors, midnight marks a wedding rite.
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Medical Association
The
Puckett
J. N. Riggs
Ross Rogers
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