Realtors Told of Interest in Palo Duro
Amarillo real estate leaders discussed tourism development at a weekly luncheon led by J. A. Bush. He argued Amarillo must attract visitors to Palo Duro Canyon and Adobe Walls with railroad cooperation. The group also planned to attend the commissioners court meeting on redistricting and heard A. L. Randall discuss real estate financing as rates trend lower with stabilizing conditions.
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Amarillos
Palo Duro Canyon
Adobe Walls
J. A. Bush
Amarillo
W. A. Askew
A. L. Randall
Delays Sought in Fox Trial Amid Mental State Fight
District Attorney Asa Keyes faces defense continuance moves as Edward Hickman’s murder trial nears on January 25 for the Marian Parker case. Hickman’s alienists deem him sane, while defense experts call him hopelessly insane. A mysterious package, later found to hold radio tubes, was sent from Des Moines and returned.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Asa Keyes
Edward Hickman
Keyes
Kansas City
Jerome Walsh
Hickman
Marian Parker
Walsh
Des Moines
Jaws
California in Air Endurance Record Trial
Spirit of California piloted by Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith and Lieut George Pond circled the San Francisco Bay region with throttled engines. After 24 hours aloft at 8 09 16 a m the endurance attempt continued.
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United Press
San Francisco
Tea
Spirit of California
San Francisco Bay
Fokker
Charles Kingsford-Smith
George Pond
U.S. N
Old Tack's Program for a Bigger, Better Amarillo
A historic campaign platform outlining aims for Amarillo including lower living costs, reduced utility rates, enhanced city services, more parks and trees, a municipal pool and golf course, elimination of railroad crossings, and improved road and bus routes. The plan promotes cleaner streets, regulated police and emergency driving, and attracting new industries.
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North
Amacillo
Nce
San Jacinto
Amarillo
Rattlesnakes Oysters and Oil Debate on Corpus Christi Trip
The narrator recounts a hunting expedition from Amarillo to Corpus Christi with William Tucker and Ray Holland. They encounter rattlesnakes while duck and quail hunting near St Joseph Island, recounts of venomous bites, and a lesson on whiskey’s effect post bite. The piece also covers Tucker’s conservation work, the Humble oil pipeline dispute, and Corpus Christi’s future as a fishing and tourist hub.
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St. Joseph's
Gulf
Dan
Mr. Bob
John Snider
Bob
Ray
Mr. Tucker
Corpus Christi Bay
Tucker
Rockefeller
Texas
Corpus Christi
Miami
Corpuss
Mustang Island
Industry body mulls city financing plan in Amarillo
The Board of City Development’s new industrial committee met at the Amarillo hotel in its first session to discuss forming a city wide financing body for promoting worthwhile industries. Walter A. Barlow chairs the committee with members L A Ferree H M Brown John Gilvin J I Paul T E Durham D D McIlroy and Dr R P Vineyard.
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Board of City Development
Walter Barlow
Great Weat Mill & Elevators Company
Amarillo
Walter A. Barlow
L. L. Ferree
H. M. Brown
John Gilvin
Paul
T. E. Durham
D. Mc Iroy
R. P. Vineyard
Houston in ample shape for demo meet
Former Texas governor W. P. Hobby said Houston is assembling ample facilities for the Democratic national convention next June. A survey is under way and conditions will be met with an ample auditorium hotel accommodations and even homes to host delegates and other guests.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Houston
W. P. Hobby
Film Star Renee Adoree Injured in Auto Collision
United Press reports Renee Adoree, famed film star, sustained cuts and bruises after a taxicab she rode in collided with a truck in Los Angeles. The accident occurred January 18 and caused injuries but no word on recovery.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Renee Adoree
Court of Criminal Appeals Proceedings Report
In Austin Texas on January 18 the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed several defendants including B 8 Pettyjohn Jack Augustine Pena alias Archie Parr Bee Nicolaa Covarrubias and others. Reversed and remanded cases include Tom Mc Donald Earl Collins J O Petty and John Parr and Francis Hamilton among others. Appellant's motion for rehearing was overruled in the listed docket.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Pettyjohn
Jack
Augustine Pena
Archie Parr
Bee
Nicolaa Covarrubias
Bexar
Biggins
Ellis
Otis Yeager
G. G. Richardson
Jones
Ben Widener
Navarro
C. A. Briggs
el Paso
Ignacio S
Sepulveda
Bessie Young
Falls
Tom McDonald
Bowie
Earl Collins
J. O. Petty
Dawson
H. N. Rice
Johnson
John Parr
Franklin
Francis Hamilton
Williamson
Appellant
J. B. Mason
Taylor
M. L. Jones
Throckmorton
E. F. Dennis
Potter
T. L. Vaughn
Jose Franco
Business Men Asked to Join in Plant Here
Letters were mailed to forty Amarillo business men by the Broom Corn committee of the Board of City Development requesting aid to finance a $9,000 broom corn factory. The plant aims to supply local and regional broom needs, spur broom corn growth, and create a market center with about twelve workers employed.
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Broom Corn Committee
Board of City Development
J. B. Coe
Walter Blackburn
Clarence Williams
Amarillo
Wilson and Long in In Run Off Primary
In New Orleans and statewide early returns point to a runoff for the Democratic nomination for governor between Riley J. Wilson and Huey P. Long. With about half the precincts reporting, Wilson led in New Orleans and Shreveport while rural areas closed the gap. Early totals show Wilson 61,150 and Long 38,187 with Simpson at 44,110 in city precincts, and statewide figures show Long leading Wilson in some districts as results trickle in.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Riley J. Wilson
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Shreveport
Wilson
Long
0. H. Simpson
Simpson
Claiborne
Cyr
Ford
Pavy
Smith
Tire Firm Installs Modern Repair Unit
Allison and Webb, Seiberling tire dealers, install a new vulcanizing plant at their Fillmore and Seca streets station. The shop operates under H. Jesse, with nine years in vulcanizing and repair work, approving every repaired casing before release. Free repairs apply to protected Seiberling tires, while public tire repair is also offered for all brands.
Man Killed in Car Crash at Texarkana
TEXARKANA Jan 18 J E Bacus 30 was killed when his car overturned in a ditch late Tuesday after the driver J A Valraven failed to see a washout in the road in time to stop. Valraven escaped injury.
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Texarkana
Associated Press
J. E. Baccus
Here
J. A. Valraven
Hit and Run Case Remains Unresolved in Fort Worth
Rock Island officer Bob Francis found a man lying on North Taylor street after reports of a dead man near the tracks. The victim, moved to Claude and later died, showed a head injury but could not recall being struck or any witness to the incident. Police cite possibilities including a fall or epileptic episode, with no conclusive evidence of a hit-and-run or train impact.
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Mr. Bob
Bob
Rey
Ray
Corpus
Mr. Tucker
Gaither
Bob Francis
Rock Island Railway
Taylor Street
Francis
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
Francia
Ben Robinson
Mr. Francis
Mr. Robinson
Claude
Rebels warn Sandino followers before Jinotega move
Rebels believed to warn Sandino's followers to vacate Jinotega after Sandino reportedly left El Chipote to announce his arrival with two bombs that exploded as forecast. The scene shifts with Major General John A. Lejeune and Brig General Logan Fel arriving as U.S. ships discharge Marines and supplies at Corinto.
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Sandino
Jinotega
el Chipote
John A. Lejeune
Marines
Logan Feland
United States
Corinto
Nicaragua
Sandino followers flee into Honduras across border
Advices from La Union report Nicaraguan rebel General Sandino's followers have fled into Honduras after being routed by American marines at Somotillo. Some wounded rebels reached Mapala, Honduras and La Union as they escaped northward via the Rio Negro.
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Iby
Associated Press
San Salvador
Salvador
la Union
Sandino
Honduras
Somotillo
Rio Negro
Mapala
Hotelling to be arraigned in county where crime was
Fear of mob violence forced authorities to move Hotelling via automobile across the county line to hold arraignment in the car, then return him to the state reformatory. Governor Green expects a swift Jonia circuit court trial and has proposed a sanity hearing with three alienists to determine insanity after sentencing. If sane, he goes to the penitentiary. if insane, to an asylum. Life imprisonment is the maximum penalty for telling, as Michigan has no capital punishment except for treason.
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Mr. Tucker
Rockport
Ray
Sorensen
Corpus
Fish and
Longview
Governor Moody
Texas
Moody
Tucker
Captain Sorensen
Gulf
Florida
Associated Press
The
Corpus Chamber of Commerce
Bay
Flint
Genessee
State Reformatory
Jonia
Green
Hotelling
Michigan
Equal Opportunities and Privileges in Modern Business
Will Rogers quips on equal opportunities and special privileges, noting today’s productive machines far exceed a great grandmother’s output while business broadly learns to organize and produce yet remains untaught in generosity. He argues we are distant from true equality, yet not far from its reversed state.
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Will Rogers
Informal Dance at Herring Hotel Tonight
Col Ernest Thompson announced an informal dance at the Herring hotel tonight with Henry Santrey's famous orchestra providing the music. Santrey's orchestra recently performed on the Orpheum Interstate vaudeville circuit at the Fair theater.
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Herring Hotel
Henry Santrey
Col
Ernest Thompson
Mr. Santrey
Orpheum
Fair Theater
Body of man found near Valley Junction held for ID
Hearne Texas January 18 officers held for identification the body of a white man found late Tuesday in a pasture near Valley Junction. A negro boy discovered the body in Fred Wood's pasture about two and a half miles from Hearne.
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Hearne
Texas
Valley Junction
Fred Wood
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Tonight at Painters Hall
The Ladies' Auxiliary No. 10 of the Painters union will hold its regu lar meeting in Painters hall at one o'clock this evening. All members are requested to be present.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 10
Painters Union
Painters Hall
If money were power then the rich would be happy
Edgar A. Guest reflects on life as a puzzle across a poem from 1928. He ponders happiness not in wealth but in work and health, noting rich men envy toil and strong souls endure. The piece contrasts rest and restlessness, suggesting fulfillment comes from inner perception rather than riches.
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Steshing W. L. P
Paes
Edgar A. Guest
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report January 18
Livestock markets across Kansas City, St Louis, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Chicago and Liverpool show varied results. Hogs steady to higher with top prices around 84.40 in Kansas City and 8.60 in St Louis. cattle mixed with fed steers around 11.75 to 14.50 in KC and 12.5 in St Louis. sheep strong with lamb values near 12.85. Cotton markets fluctuated with New Orleans and New York prices drifting, while Chicago grain and poultry bids moved on weather and demand signals.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Ala
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Jan
Fort Worth
Chicago
The
New York
Ly News
Texas
Liverpool
New Orleans
Wall Street
Nhe
Austin
Moody speech wrecks ticket plans at Jackson Day dinner
Governor Moody’s remarks at the Washington Jackson Day dinner challenge talk of a Moody Smith vice presidency. Texas former Democratic national committeeman Thomas Love says Moody should dispel eastern Democrats’ belief he seeks the New York governor’s ticket. Also includes stock market listings from New York brokers.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Moody
Washington
al Smith
Thomas B. Love
Smith
New York
Two Robbers Killed in Grocery Store Robbery
Semiole Oklahoma January 18 Fred Brown eighty died and Floyd Hobbs forty believed dying after attempting robbery of B W Sutton grocery one and a half miles southeast. Brown killed instantly Hobbs wounded with bullet in brain. C F Gunther Suttons brother in law fired through wall. The store had prior robberies.
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Associated Press
Okla
Fred Brown
Floyd Hobbs
B. W. Sutton
Here
Brown
Mra. Sutton
Hobbs
C. F. Gunther
Sutton
Man Adjudged Insane After Girl Attack
Fort Worth January 18 Wi Clark 40 was charged in the lunacy court with being of unsound mind after an attempted attack upon Estelle Faulkner four years old in an alley behind the child’s house. Clark was jailed pending his next hearing. A large knife was seen. the child remained unharmed.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Clark
Luna Court
Estelle Faulkner
Faulkner
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Santi E. Bennett & Co
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American Tele. & Telz
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Gerre de Pasco Copper
Chicago & Alton
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