Exalted Ruler Walter Meier to Visit Amarillo for Elk Meeting
Walter FP. Meier grand exalted ruler of B P O E will visit Amarillo next Sunday for a local Elk meeting. He is a brother of A C Meier of Amarillo who moved from Omaha to serve Panhandle territory. Meier’s career spans teaching law and leadership in Elks during 1919 onward. He is the first western member elected to the national Elks top office.
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Walter FP. Meier
Amarillo
Elks
A. C. Meier
Meier
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Tyler Street
Omaha
Neb
Panhandle
Walter Meier
Seattle
Wash
Washington University
Spokane
Washington State
Elks’ Association
Milwaukee
Elkdom
Pretty coed gets orchid from Farley in Cleveland
Miss Peggy Dent a Wittenberg College student sought business facts from Postmaster General James A. Farley and recalled receiving an orchid along with his help. She says the conversation occurred during a Saturday visit while Farley stayed at a Cleveland hotel.
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Cleveland
James A. Farley
Wittenberg College
Peggy Dent
Farley
Revolution Heroine Canonized by Pope
Pope Pius I canonized Mother Thouret, healer and educator of the French revolutionary era, joining Giacanna Antida Thouret to the saints. Swiss guards sounded trumpets at St Peters as bells rang across Rome. Thousands of worshippers from Italy, France, and beyond cheered in joy.
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Vatican City
St. Peters Cathedral
Mother Thouret
Pius
Rome
Giacanna Antida Thouret
Universal Church
Last Rites For Mrs H P Canode In Amarillo
Last rites were held for Mrs H P Canode 36 at Sacred Heart Cathedral Amarillo with Rt Rev Msgr A F Amirault officiating. She was buried in Canode mausoleum Llano Cemetery and survived by an adopted son her mother four brothers and four sisters. An unrelated note estimates adding one kernel of corn per ear could boost annual yield by over 5 million bushels.
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H. P. Canode
Sacred Heart Cathedral
A. F. Amirault
Canode
Llano Cemetery
Corn and Hog Codes Ready for Farmers
Potter County agricultural agent P. C. Bennett announced the corn hog program. Eligible hog owners with three litters yearly in 1932-33 may sign, reducing litters and market hogs by 25 percent in 1934. Payments include $5 per hog on 75 percent of base-year production and 30 cents per bushel on allotted corn yield.
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Potter County
P. C. Bennett
Weather Bureau Records Reveal 1933 Year in Review
The U S Weather Bureau reports 1933 totals with 12.22 inches of precipitation for the year and a temperature range from 104 degrees in June to minus eight in February. Snowfall was 2.9 inches, with 0.01 inch on April 25 and 2.9 inches on February 26, while downtown wind averaged 10 mph and peaked at 40 mph on January 21.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Two Men Sentenced in Walburg Bank Robbery
Mendel Martin and Ray Darrell of Taylor were each sentenced to 22 years for robbery with firearms and theft of an automobile in the Walburg State Bank looting on November 8. The district court jury delivered the verdicts in under an hour. The men planned the crime for some time and narrowly avoided a wreck during their escape.
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Georgetown
Mendel Martin
Ray Darrell
Taylor
Walburg State Bank
Town
Darrell
Circleville
U. K. Abandonment Approved for Texas Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad to abandon 26 miles of track between Gardendale and Fowlerton Texas. The action affects the line’s Gardendale to Fowlerton segment and alters regional rail service.
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U. K
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
San Antonio
Campsites go to two towns in Panhandle sales drive
Manuel Mares and Robert Ricks of Amarillo based Robert Ricks Realty Co. travel to Claremont and Pampa to sell 22 Beaver Lake Park home sites a mile north of Red River New Mexico. L. O. Kerschner joins to haul logs for two cabins for Amarillo buyers as agents promote private, exclusive resort living in northern New Mexico's Carson National Forest.
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Manuel Mares
Robert Ricks
Questa
Taos
Beaver Lake Park
Amarillo
Mares
Kershner
Raton
N. M
Panhandle
New Mexico
Ricks
Relief Board Sets 4 30 Session On Potter County Aid
A special Potter County Relief Board session was scheduled for 4:30 this afternoon at the courthouse to survey relief needs and local business conditions. Decisions from the session will be sent to the Austin commission headquarters and may determine relief curtailment dates.
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Potter County
Potter County Relief Board
Commission
Austin
River Road Gathers to Form New Girl Scout Troop
Miss Daffin Lowrey Amarillo Girl Scout Council directs a meeting with River Road girls and mothers at 4 pm Wednesday in River Road School. residents north of Amarillo urged to attend as they organize a new troop.
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Daffin Lowrey
Amarillo
Bank condition report shows First National Bank of Amarillo 1933
The document presents the December 30 1933 condition of the First National Bank of Amarillo Texas listing assets such as loans, U S government securities and cash plus liabilities including deposits capital and surplus. It includes signatures of bank officers and notaries.
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Reserve District No. II
Amarillo National Bank of
Amarillo
Texas
United States
Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
Reserve District No. 11
First National Bank OF
Banking House
Banking House Reserve
State of Texas
Potter
T. H. E. Fuqua
D. Vaughan
Aimee Semple McPherson to Appear at Tri-State Fair
The Tri-State Fair schedules Aimee Semple McPherson for February 1 at Municipal Auditorium with afternoon tickets 25 and 40 cents and evening 25 40 and 75 cents. Ted Taylor, fair secretary, notes her long missionary career spanning multiple continents and 36 supported missions.
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Tri-State Fair
Aimee Semple McPherson
Ted Taylor
The
Fair Association
Municipal Auditorium
City Commission Set To Act On Junk Dealer Ordinance
City Commission meets at 7 30 tonight to act on a junk dealer ordinance and handle routine items as City Manager H R Smith notes. Separate market report shows a net drop in visible grain supplies with wheat down 3 243 million bushels and corn oats rye and barley similarly reduced.
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H. R. Smith
New York
Gen Johnson Has Code ABC Well in Hand
Washington January 16 UPI The ABC codes escolist by Gen Hugh S Johnson include alloys casting athletic goods and many consumer items. The general and his deputies have held hearings on each code listed and on additional ones for various industries.
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Gen. Johnson
Washington
ABC
Hugh S. Johnson
Kiwanis Club Honors New Amarillo Officers Banquet Dance
Amarillo Kiwanis Club held a banquet and dance at the Country Club honoring its new officers. More than 260 Kiwanians and guests attended as Dr. Jason Robberson was named president, with Erwin Ochsner as first vice president, Billi Gistrap as second vice president, and Ed Spann as secretary-treasurer. Dancing and bridge followed, featuring Gene Galle School of Dance performances and solo songs by Mrs. Alta Potts Turk with Miss Rosalie Coffee accompanying.
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Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Jason Robberson
Erwin Ochsner
Billi Gistrap
Ed Spann
Wesley Izzard
Gene Galle School of Dance
Alta Potts Turk
Rosalie Coffee
Code hearings wrap as statistics show progress
The report notes 522 hearings completed and 197 codes approved while 519 codes remain to be considered. Citizens observe a silver lining as the code job nears completion and the process continues.
Hitler Has Chance To Reenter League
Geneva January 16 Chancellor Hitler and Germany were offered a path back into the League of Nations through the Saar plebiscite. The Saar Basin voters will decide next year if the region becomes French or German as the League oversees. Rene Massigli, French delegate, urged allowing Germany to send a Saar plebiscite representative to the council if she wishes.
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Geneva
Hitler
Germany
Saar
League of Nations
Rene Massigi
League Council
France
Mexican Pays Debt To Relief Worker
Felix Ramiz, a Mexican in dire circumstances, repaid a $4750 grocery aid debt to Red Cross worker John T. Herd. The case, once forgotten, resurfaced when Ramiz said he would repay the relief gift.
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Felix Ramiz
Red Cross
Ramis
Ramiz
John T. Herd
Herd
New Primary Teacher at River Road Post
Miss Lois Foster formerly of Goodlett Texas is named as the new primary teacher at River Road post. The appointment follows a local education board decision and highlights Foster’s background in elementary instruction and community involvement.
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Lois Foster
Goodlett, Texas
Backache Relief Claim: Rheumatic Agony Subdued
A report summaries a brief note that a person suffered a backache and rheumatic agony but claims relief after treatment or remedy. No specific names, dates, or places are provided in the readable text.
Desperate Plan Looms on Isolated Island
On a sunbaked island Curt, Paul, and Ralph endure heat and danger as Paul shoots at distant canoes and Ralph lies wounded. Curt resolves to take drastic action tomorrow to try to save Ralph, while Candees drift and the camp remains exposed to the brutal conditions and drifting threats.
Movement in River Road School Staff
Miss Foster began her new role as primary teacher at River Road School on Monday morning. Superintendent Carl G. Cuffts announced changes as Miss Bery Douglas recently resigned from the faculty.
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River Road
Miss Foster
Carl G. Cufft
Bery Douglas
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