New Work to be Offered in Spring Term at Amarillo High
Enrollment for the spring semester at Amarillo Senior High begins January 24. A new manual training department offers shop work and mechanical drawing, with an architectural drawing course hoped for next term. Home economics expands to include a dining room, food labs, and sewing rooms. New teachers join the commercial department and a salesmanship course may be added. Graduation requires seventeen credits with specific distributions. criteria limit course loads. C M Rogers outlines requirements and bulletins were distributed Friday.
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Amarillo
Texas
C. M. Rogers
Anton Joins West Texas Chamber of Commerce Network
Anton, twenty five miles northwest of Lubbock, was added to the West Texas chamber of commerce towns in the Panhandle. A unit director and publicity director were named, with B Frank Bennett coordinating West Texas operations as memberships surged. Anton lies on the Santa Fe railway and promotes rich soil and farming prospects. Bennett later added ten members at Hale Center.
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Anton
Lubbock
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
B. Frank Bennett
West Texas
Santa Fe
Bennett Salon
West Texas Chamber of Ecommerce
Hale Center
Old Tack's Amarillo program for a bigger, better city
A historic platform listing goals for Amarillo including lower utility rates, cleaner streets, more parks, a municipal pool and golf course, and elimination of railroad crossings. It urges regulation of police and emergency driving signals, improved infrastructure, and attracting new industries while improving livability and cost of living.
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Ama Illo
San Jacinto
Amarillo
Unlucky Day Myths vs. Predictable Accidents
The article argues that accidents could have been foreseen from accumulated statistics, while superstition assigns blame to a cursed day. It notes superstition dies slowly as people crave marvelous explanations and cites Shakespeare's Hotspur on portents and fate versus ordinary causes.
Abie's Irish Rose Delights Oklahoma City Audiences
Oklahoma City praises Abie's Irish Rose from the Daily Oklahoman. The play comes to Amarillo's Shrine Auditorium for Saturday matinee and night, benefiting the Fair association. Eight characters, brisk humor, touching pathos, and strong selling power headline the production. City Drug store handles seat sales.
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Oklahoma City
Abie
Daily
Oklahoman
Amarillo
Oklahoma
Tself
Shrine Auditorium
City Drug Store
Card playing dancing allowed for a high Christian character
The 78th annual Diocese of Texas session opened with addresses supporting limited card playing and dancing under proper conduct while denouncing church fund raising entertainments as crutches. Liberal speakers defended making gospel practical for modern people, noting no desire to destroy faith.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Ecard
Diocese of Texas
Protestant Episcopal Church
Clinton S. Quin
Houston
W. Russell Bowie
Grace Church
New York City
Edmonds Sees Good Conditions On Northwest Plains
John R. Edmonds, district agent of the Texas A and M College Bureau of Extension, tours Northwest Texas on a regular inspection trip. He notes despite dryness, general conditions look good with ample financing, farmers diversifying, and overall stability in the region.
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John R. Edmonds
Texas A. & M. College
Bureau of Extension
Edmonds
Texas
German Blast At Goet klingen Smelting Works
A blast furnace explosion at Voetklingen Smelting works caught workers in a stream of hot metal. Two bodies were recovered badly burned, several men missing, sixteen seriously injured as molten metal flooded the workshop, hindering rescue efforts.
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Voetklingen
Sarre
Germany
Goetklingen
J Horace Griggs to Take Post Lectures
J Horace Griggs assistant manager of NS Griggs and Sons left yesterday for eastern points to take a post graduate course in emblaming and to visit equipment houses to arrange additions equipment for the firm at home and in Canyon
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J. Horace Griggs
N.S. Griggs and Sons
Eastern Points
Canyon
Baby Daughter Dies In Bramblett Home
Eva June Bramblett, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs O F Bramblett, died yesterday morning at a local hospital. The body was taken by N B Griggs and Sons today overland to Wellington for burial.
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Eva
0. F. Bramblett
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Wellington
Funeral Under Way as Sheriff Hunt Slayer of Child
In Flint Michigan funeral services were held for Dorothy Schneider a six year old kindergarten student as over 100 police and sheriffs officers pressed a massive manhunt for her slayer described as a man with a rare sexual dementia. Descriptions of the abductor and his dilapidated sedan were broadcast across the Midwest. four army planes scouted the area but found no trace.
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United Press
Flint
Mich
Jan
Dorothy Schneider
Bay City
Michigan
Oscar C. Olander
Public Eafety
Benson Creek
Middle West
Army
Vetan
Coolidge Urges Peaceful Unity in Western Hemisphere
President Coolidge emphasizes community over individual policy in his Pan American address. He pledges to foster shipping, air travel, highways, and other peaceful avenues, insisting nations of the hemisphere are equal partners and should solve disputes with justice rather than force. He defends self government, warns against military grandeur, and favors moderate national defense to preserve moral integrity.
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Coolidge
United States
Nota
North
South America
United States Congress
American Congress
America
Tacna-Arica
Moody Silent Future Plan
Governor Dan Moody hailed Texas winning the Democratic national convention after returning from Washington. He declined to discuss the wet-dry issue, praised Houston’s edge in securing the convention, and credited Joase Jones for convincing eastern compromisemen. Moody indicated plans to seek re election as mayor and promised a later statement on national politics' effect on his stance.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Dan Moody
Washington
Houston
Miami
Fla
Moody
Joase Jones
San Francisco
Boraragss
Lindbergh Hunting Big Game in Panama Wilds
Panamanian chase finds Col Charles A Lindbergh resting during a hunting expedition in Chiriqui Province about 200 miles from Panama City. French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix, en route to New York, say they will not attempt a New York to Paris flight yet.
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Preas
Panama City
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Lindy
Ne paCen
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph Lebrix
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Lebrix
Fekad
Snes
Caracas
Venezuela
Voyage to Understanding: Law, Charity, and Friendship
A speech urges balancing legal form with spirit in international relations. It praises consideration and cooperation as the highest law, recalling Columbus and the founding fathers. The speaker calls for exploration toward complete understanding and lasting justice through law and charity.
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Columbus
Bolivar
Washington
President Machado Welcomes Latin American Delegates at Pan American
Cuba’s president Garardo Machado y Morales greets President Coolidge and Latin American delegates in Havana for the sixth Pan American conference. He extols Pan Americanism as a cooperative path to peace and justice, stressing fraternity and shared progress. G. Hamnett and family of Fort Worth, district Maytag manager, staying at Angelus hotel.
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Irese Navana
Garardo Machado Y Morales
Cuba
Coolidge
Machado
Calvin Coolidge
Denogg Cles
North America
Perso
Nations of
America
G. & Hamnett and Family of
Fort Worth
Angelus Hotel
Hamnett
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Oil Fight Expected to Cost Royal Dutch and Subsidies
The Oil Fight argues Royal Dutch and its subsidies would pay 12,760,000 and Standard Oil 4,000,000 annually if unchecked. The Standard says Royal Dutch halted buying Russian oil after failing to secure a Russian petroleum monopoly. It notes Britain’s Royal Dutch can skip Russia due to Romanian fields, while Standard Oil would save 6,000 miles by shipping Russian oil from Black Sea ports to India and Ceylon.
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Standard Oil Company
Standard
Royal Dutch Company
Russia
India
Ceylon
Standard Oil
Roumania
United States
Black Sea
Filing Rates of GOP Party Is Month Away
Washington dispatch reports Republican primary filing dates approaching with Hoover and Lowden expected to announce candidacies within weeks. Mellon may tilt Pennsylvania’s 79 convention votes to Hoover, boosting initial strength. Ohio and New Hampshire petitions due Feb 24, while Ohio leaders seek broader primaries for Willis. Butler says Coolidge should not be drafted again. Rumors swirl about campaign managers and new organizers.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Frank Q. Lowden
Ilindla
Ohio
New Hampshire
Treasury Mellon
Pennsylvania
Hoover
David A. Reed
John 8. Fisher
Mellon
Commerce
Carmi Thompson
Willis
Butler
Republican National Committee
New York
Coolidge
Charles D. Hilles
Curtis
Senate
Kansas
Interior
Engineer dies in Texas flyer wreck at Taylor
Engineer S. B. Carewe of the Texan Missouri Pacific passenger train died from burns after the train ran into an open switch in Taylor yards last night. Fireman O. G. Bennet was critically injured as the locomotive overturned. Eleven coaches derailed with no injuries to passengers.
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United Press
Taylor
Tex
Carewe
Texan
Missouri Pacific
O. G. Bennet
New Mexico Asks Boundary Rehearing in Supreme Court
New Mexico filed in the U S supreme court a petition for rehearing of its boundary suit with Texas over ~24000 acres of land along the Rio Grande near El Paso. The high court had recently awarded most of the land to Texas.
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Washington
State of
New Mexico
United States Supreme Court
Texas
Rio Grande River
el Paso
High Court
Fire destroys block in Avant Oklahoma
A gas stove explosion at the Eagle Cafe led to a fire that wiped out an entire business block in Avant Oklahoma early Sunday. Damage is estimated at 35000 dollars. Tulsa hose company arrived and dynamite was used to stop the flames.
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Associated Press
Avant, Okla
Eagle Cafe
Tulsa
Magazine Editor Given Prison Term
United Press reports in St. Louis that Harry Turner editor of Much Ado magazine was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary after a mail obscenity conviction. Co defendant Miss Alice Martin publisher was fined 1000 dollars.
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St, Louis
Harry Turner
Federal Penitentiary Today
Alice Martin
Turner
You Have Burdens of Your Own Deep in Debt
A fragment presents a moral line about personal burden and debt, warning against lending to a stranger. The questionable text repeats a stanza attributed to Edgar Allan. The readability is limited and lacks clear news context or identifiable entities.
High School Students Face Booze Agents at Party
Chicago report says seventy Medill high school students face prohibition agents over a drunken party at Club Bagdad after a raid. Students claim proper chaperoning by school officials and that most attendees had not visited a night club before. Agents report over 20 youths visibly intoxicated with some girls likely under age.
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United Press
Chicago
Medill High School
Bagdad
Alexander Jamies
Prohibition
Sunday Theaters Arrests Prompt Bonding of Managers
The sheriff's department arrested the manager and each employee of the Fair and as sion theaters yesterday as shows opened. They posted bond, and the theaters reopened for the rest of the day unmolested. Another pending Sunday movie case is to be tried in justice court early this week.
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Sheriff's Department
Justice Court
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