Habeas Corpus Fails Bailey Still in Jail
Attorneys failed to obtain Bailey’s release after a habeas corpus hearing. J L Bailey and S F Montgomery are charged with assault and intent to kill after a shooting at a local dance hall on January 1. Bailey remains jailed in Potter County. bond set at 2500. Montgomery earlier posted bond and was released.
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J. L. Bailey
S. F. Montgomery
Potter County
Bailey
Reese S. Tatum
Dalhart
Montgomery
Nat Dance Hall
Weather Prophet and Year 1930 Forecasts from Amarillo
The essayist, calling himself Old Tack, mocks weather lore before predicting a harsh winter and a mixed 1930 outlook. He cites Amarillo 25-year records, forecasts blizzards fading by May, and offers quirky prophecies on politics, sports, economy, and international events while noting his own feigned seer status.
Dog and plant notices and weather musings from ERASMUS TACK
In a rambling local column Erasmus Tack laments world worries and hawks several dog notices including a German police sought for a lost 10 month old male collared dog. He offers a $5 reward plus Old Tack's $2 and provides Thomas’s address 1717 Tyler Street and phone 9879. Also outlines rose plant distribution plans for Amarillo readers and notes a found Collie and a missing pit bull with rewards. The Weather Palooka closes with a tentative forecast and Byrd’s polar hopes.
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J. E. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Old Tack
Tyler Street
Harrison Street
Alaska
Cold wave flakes Texas as record lows sweep South
The cold spell grips Texas and nearby states with sub zero readings in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Texas cities report new winter lows including Dallas Sweetwater and Gainesville. Amarillo records 1 degree above zero while Wichita Falls notes its third coldest morning and Dallas its fifth. Temperatures plunge to 18 below in Kansas and 4 below in Enid Oklahoma as the chill spreads.
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Port Arthur
Sweetwater
Texas
Dallas
Gainesville
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Big Spring
Mexia
Waco
Abilene
Houston
Austin
Associated Press
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Almena
Kas
Norton
Enid
Okla
Oklahoma City
Bartlesville
Columbus college approves German language requirement change
The college decides to grant priority to French and German over Spanish and Italian for the bachelor’s degree. It defends continued study of German, arguing it makes Goethe Schiller and Heine accessible, regardless of the wartime context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus College
New York
Schiller and Heine
Boy Crank Attack Over Gasoline Incident on West Tenth
Bruce Dodd 16 a Cal Fairey San Jacinto No 2 employee was injured after an altercation with three men and three women who demanded gasoline on West Tenth Avenue. Dodd struck one assailant with a crank. the group fled to a nearby house. Dodd was hospitalized with a head injury. police filed reports.
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West Tenth Avenue
Bruce Dodd
Cal Fairey
San Jacinto No. 2
Dodd
Lester Stone
West
Ninth Avenue
North Texas Hospital
W. R. Mefe
New Santa Fe Ticket Office Opens With Crowd
The up-town Santa Fe ticket office at Ninth and Polk Streets opened with a bang. City Ticket Agent Earl Brame led the celebration as locals bought inaugural tickets. The first local ticket went to Dr. R. S. Killough for Canyon. Ed Hardin and his wife bought the first two tickets for a New York trip on January 19.
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The
Santa Fe
Ninth and
Polk Streets
Earl Brame
Ed Hardin
Amarillo
New York
R. S. Killough
Canyon
Jim Cook
Ben Short
Mary K. Harty
Howard Williams
Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company
Letter writers urge fair school-site planning for Belmon t Park students
A reader letter from Lockney Texas criticizes proposed new school sites, noting 48 Belmont Park children must walk up to 1.5 miles in wind and blizzards. The writer calls for bus service and safer routes, urging attention to the need for pupil transportation.
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Tack
Belmont Park Addition
Amarillo Joins In Battle On Tax Law
Amarillo businessmen join a state wide effort to defeat an income tax measure in Texas. The Texas Uniform Tax Association forms districts and clubs, with Frank Butler chairing District 9 and O V Vernon as secretary treasurer. Twenty five Amarillo charter members donate ten dollars each to fund legislative opposition.
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Amarillo
Texas
Texas Uniform Tax Association
Frank Butler
O. V. Vernon
Sugar tariff debate and senate roll call noted
The senate debated a sugar tariff increase as Senator Connally urged restraint, arguing farmers would only gain about one fifth of a $54 million rise. He criticized tariff supporters for backing farm relief while opposing the export debenture plan, citing Ransdell and Vandenberg. Voting pairs and absent members were listed with party affiliations and states.
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Brossard
Kendrick
King
Ransell
Baird
Bingham
Couzens
Dale
Deneen
Frazier
Goldsborough
Gould
Greene
Grundy
Hale
Hastings
Hatfield
Hebert
Howell
Johnson
Kean
McCullough
McNary
Moses
Nye
Oddie
Patterson
Phipps
Shortridge
Smoot
Steiner
Sullivan
Thomas
Idaho
Townsend
Vandenberg
Walcott
Waterman
Peterson
Ransdell
Louisiana
Michigan
Utah
Harrison
Cutting
Copeland
Robinson
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Fletcher
Fees
Glenn
Reed
Pittman
Nevada
Stephens
Mississippi
Insanity Hearing Granted for Bank Robbery Death Suspect
Eastland Texas January 16 Judge Elza Been granted an insanity hearing for E. Allen, sentenced to death for bank robbery, and stayed the execution by injunction until after the February 10 hearing.
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Associated Press
Eastland
Tex
Elza Been
District Court Today
E. ¥. Allen
Princeton Dean Eisenhart Elected President of Professors
Washington January 16 Dean Luther P Eisenhart of Princeton University elected president of the American Association of University Professors in a meeting here He will lead the organization for the coming year guiding policies on higher education and scholarly standards.
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Eiseneant
Profs
Washington
Dean Luther P. Eisenhart
Princeton
Dead Man Found Fixing Flat Tire in Amarillo
A man, reportedly dead, was found at the scene of a tire blowout on South Tyler Street near Canyon. Police described a rapid cascade of events from a car sliding into a ditch to a doctor declaring the driver dead, with officers arriving at the scene to find him upright.
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Amarillo
Tyler Street
Canyon
Frank Gamblin
Speedy Wilson
Flood Reach Across Indiana Rivers With No Loss of Life
National guardsmen aided emergency efforts to protect the White River bridge at Hazelton and evacuate residents as flood waters swelled rivers across Indiana and neighboring states. Crests threatened Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri areas with multiple levee damages and submerged highways while communities reported no fatalities.
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White River
Indiana
Hazelton
Ilinois
Little Wabash
Kaskaskas
Embarrass
Vermilion
Danville
Rankin and Hoopeston
Missouri
Kentucky
Shawneetown
Ohio
Ottawa
Cleveland
Poplar Bluff
Robbery at Floresville Targets Local Store
Burglars pried open a rear door with a loose iron bar and stole about 2500 dollars worth of merchandise from G. C. Merchant’s store in Floresville. Sheriff A. B. Carnes has no leads. Also mentioned is a separate note that Dr. Guy E. Snavely of Birmingham Southern College was elected president of the Association of American College Professors.
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Floresville
Associated Press
Texas
G. C
A. B. Carnes
State Dems discuss excluding unfaithful members from primary
Venable B. Proctor of Victoria, a member of the State Democratic Executive committee, says loyalty is essential and he will vote to rigidly exclude unfaithful Democrats from the primary. He favors a pledge to vote for and support nominees in the primary. The committee will consider Senator Thomas B. Love of Dallas for a place on the ticket after his Hoover 1928 vote.
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Associated Press
Austin
Venable B. Proctor
Victoria
Democratic Executive Committee
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
Hoover
Dumas Farmer Dies in Local Hospital
Nate Oxford, 45, stock farmer near Dumas, died in a local hospital at 5 45 this morning. He moved from Erath County ten years ago. Survived by wife and seven children and his father Judge W J Oxford, with services set at 3 pm at the Dumas Methodist Church. Burial in Dumas Cemetery. Body in state at N B Griggs & Sons until 11 am Friday.
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Nate Oxford
Dumas
Erath County
Mr. Oxford
W. J. Oxford
Stephenville
Griggs & Sons
Earnest Walker
May give Lamesa man new hearing
Robert Durham, accused of shooting his father, is deemed insane by a county court ruling and faces a potential second sanity hearing in district court if the grand jury indicts him. The county court ordered commitment to a State insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uni Lamesa
Robert Durham
A. W. Gibson
Durham
Cayton Seeks Randall County Judge Post
Canyon’s A. Cayton declares candidacy in the Democratic primaries for Randall County judge. He aims to win South Amarillo votes across the county line, citing business and public affairs experience and pledging careful, efficient office handling.
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A. Cayton
Canyon
The
Globe
Randall County
Amarillo
Cayton
Farley Hosts Annual Banquet With Burlesque Skits and Fiddler
About 100 friends and employees of Cal Farley Goodrich were entertained last night at the Amarillo Hotel. The event featured burlesque skits by Farley organization members, kid boxing and wrestling exhibitions, and music by Zeke Welchell, an old time fiddler. The dinner marks the organization’s annual affair.
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Cal Farley
Goodrich
Farley
Amarillo Hotel
Zeke Welchell
Vega Infant Dies in Vega Home Burial Set for Today
Roy Ivy Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Roy Ivy of Vega died at his Vega home at 6 o clock yesterday Burial planned in Vega at 3 this afternoon with N 8 Griggs & Sons of Amarillo in charge
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Roy Ivy, Jr
Roy Ivy
Vega
Griggs & Sons of
Amarillo
Market report from multiple U S and international livestock and cotton markets
Hogs and cattle across Kansas City Chicago Fort Worth St Louis and New York cotton markets show varied moves with hogs lower by 10 to 20 cents in several reports while lambs and sheep rise in some areas. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans trend steady to firm with gains in March and May positions.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Liverpool
Farm Loan Board
Upward Struggle Against the Mire in Edgar Guest Verse
A poem excerpt by Edgar A. Guest contrasts returning to easier, familiar calico life with advancing toward higher ground and gentler life. It questions the wisdom of regressing from progress as people justify desire and improvement despite past contentment. Copyright 1929.
Pine orders decrease in New Orleans mills report
Southern pine mills show orders down 30.46 percent week over week with shipments falling 0.04 per hundredweight and production up 6.50 percent. End of week on hand pine orders reach 171,136,000 feet as receipts tally for Chicago butter and New York stock market begin trading activity.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
New York
Assoc. .2d
General Electric
American & Foreign Power
Pennsylvania
Consolidated Gas
Union Carbide
American Telephone
U. &. Steel Common
Texas
Montgomery
A. M. Byers
McCrory
American Water Works
American Power & Light
Engineers Public Service
American Rolling Mills
QuPont
Loose Wires
Fox Film
Loews
U. S
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Pink Partrish
Lubbock
China
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Kernel Erasmus Summerfield
Cicero Tack
Shrevesport
Grant Street
1009
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Byrd
South Pole
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Palooka
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Lockney
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Frederick S$. Moody, Jr
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Los Angeles
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Met
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Wagner
Massachusetts
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Shipstead
Randall
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Calico
Edgar A. Guest
John F. Clark Brokerage Company
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Allied Chemical & Dye
Allegheny Corporation
Amerada Corporation
Tee
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American Car & Foundry
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American
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American Steel Foundry
Ete Eeee
Bay American Power
Bat American
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American Smelt & Ref
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American Tel & Te
American Tobacco
Atchison, Topeka & SF
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Best & Co. Weueee
Bendix Aviation
Bosch Magneto
Briggs Eeereeeee
Brunswick-Balke-Col
Bucyrus-Erie Company
Burroughs Adding Machine
California Packeeteeeeee 68 Calumet & Shaoesos 80% 30% Calumet & Arizona
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Canada Dry Pets
Central Alloy
Cerrode
Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
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Fisk
Fox Films
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Generml Mills
Ilette
Glidden
Goodyear
Goodrich Pewere
Johna Manville
Athens
New York Central
Vesttbhy Lit
Oliver Farm
Pillsbury
Packard Motors
Pullman Posse Wo Purity Bakery
Say 4'S
Radio Corporation
Baty Radio
Keith Orphen Pyaay
Reading Cosadpeeenes
Remington Rand
Republic Tron
Cone Tbm Iw
Sears Roebuck
Seneca Copper
BN Shulte
Sotevedens Ray
Southern Pacific RR
Studebaker
Stan St. Joseph
Stewart Warner
Timken Roller
Texas Gulf
Union Pacific
United Aircraft ” Oo
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United Corporation
United Cigar
United Fruit
United Gas Imp
United States Rubber
Ae Ee
Hes U
Steel
Vanadium Corp
Vt 2
Warner Rosay Westinghouse
Western Union Nenee
Willys Overland
Woolworth
Wee Eenee
Clerc Atlantic
Barnsdall
Delaware
Independent Oil & Gas
Mexican
Sinclair
Simms
Shell Union Es
Skelly
N. Y.ae
Asenserese
Texas Pac. Land & Trust
Texas Pacific C. & O
Texas Corporation
Tidewater
Union Oil
E Calif
White Eagle
Phillips
Pan-American
Arkansas Gas Seeemeeneenere
Mara
Butler Bro
Banadian Marconi
Curtiss Flying
Oea
Ford of
England
Gulf
Humble Oil
Victor
RADIO
Slr
Polk
Dia
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