May Robson and Eleanor Roosevelt in Amarillo chat
The writer praises May Robson in A Lady For A Day and praises Eleanor Roosevelt’s White House role and charm. He laments small town decadence with leg shows in Amarillo and suggests swimming pools as a better use of funds. He mentions a sheep incident near English Field and a $15 reward for the drivers’ names amid local gossip.
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Franklin Roosevelt
United States
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Washington
Public Dances To Celebrate F. D. R. Birthday
Amarillo civic leaders planned three dances at the Roseland Legion Home and Nat. Amusement halls for January 30 to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation. President Roosevelt will speak by radio as funds from ticket sales support infantile paralysis victims. Mayor Ross D. Rogers chairs the observance with $1 per couple minimum.
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Warm Springs Foundation
Roosevelt
Roseland, Legion Home
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Pampans Buy Resort Sites Near Red River
Pam pa residents purchase two Beaver Lake Park homesites near Red River City and prepare four cabins with building to start immediately. Manuel Mares and L. O. Kershner of Raton New Mexico report deed contracts signed with Glen Pool and F. P. Shaw Jr of Pampa. Beaver Lake Park sits in Bitter Creek Canyon a mile and a half from Red River City as model vacation homes ready for spring and summer use.
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Pampa
Red River
Texas
Manuel Mares
L. O Kershner
Raton
N. M
Amarillo
Polk Street
Glen Pool
F. P. Shaw, Jr
Red River City
Bitter Creek Canyon
News-Globe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Church Man Ordained as Priest Today
Rev. Paul Welter Henckell of Dallhart was ordained minister with the rank of priest at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church this morning. Bishop RE. C. Seaman opened services with a sermon. Leading North Texas Episcopalian ministers attended. After the ceremony a luncheon was served by church women.
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Dalhart
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
RE. C. Seaman
North Texas
Protestant Episcopal Church
Seaman
Mrs. Jewel Hand Buried at Canyon Cemetery
Funeral services for Jew el Rita Hand age 28 were held at Griggs Chapel with Rev. Robert C Jones and Rev. E B Fincher officiating. Burial followed at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon. Survived include two young sons four sisters and a brother.
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Griggs Chapel
Robert C Jones
Church of Christ
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
G. W. Taylor
Frank Ivins
R. M. Benning
E. O Bailey
J. L. Holcomb
R. E Anthony
Dreamland Cemetery
Canyon
Dear Tack Letters Page Request for Lost Article Help
A reader asks Tack to publish a letter requesting help locating a lost item and notes appreciation for the column. The message asks print space on the Letters Page to solicit assistance from readers.
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Tack
Father and Son Scuffle Ends in Accidental Death
Richardson testified that a heated dispute over money led to a scuffle with his son Elga. A pistol discharged during the confrontation, killing Elga in what he described as an accident. His wife prevented the father from killing himself in the garage after the incident.
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Richardson
Elga
Oil trust directors face bond and trial in Conn suit
Will Allow Bond Fact and others, named as directors of Tullans bank, were arraigned and granted bond while awaiting preliminary trial. Springer testified the directors controlled the business and bore personal responsibility for company acts. He described trust company practices including repeated sale and record of mortgages, delinquent tax deeds, and misrepresented securities to deceive bank examiners.
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Frank Haskell
As & Sharon
Conn
Springer
Grown Ups Return to School Under Emergency Education Program
About 150 adults enrolled last night in Amarillo for the first night classes of the Emergency Education Program at the senior high building. Twenty four teachers will staff the classes. Supt. W A McIntosh says there are few restrictions and urges employed people to attend. the program is not limited to the unemployed. More than 199 attend the afternoon sessions and there is no cost to participate.
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Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
Farm credit association forms with 7.5 million capital
The new farm loan setup will offer sound loans with about six percent interest. It will be rediscounted with the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston. Offices are in the Nunn Building at Fifth Avenue and Polk Street. J Lindsay Nunn serves as president and other officers include W E Bennett R V Converse and Far L Shelton. Borrowers become stockholders for 5 percent of their loan. Loans max 18 months and up to 50 percent of total capital and guaranty fund, with real estate liens only as secondary security. Directors meet next Wednesday at 10.
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Byron Gist
Wallace Says Farm Is Aided By Experiment
Secretary Wallace told the Senate agriculture committee that eight months of the farm experiment under the agricultural adjustment act proved it would work. He cited near full compliance by partners in contracts to cut production and looked ahead to longer term plans for more farm flexibility. He admitted some goals, such as milk marketing agreements, were not fully realized.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate
Walace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Revue leaders push for clean show amid protests
Church leaders and O L Taylor along with Mason King submitted a petition with several hundred names protesting the show here as obscene. Ned Alvord, advance manager, wired that the production is clean and above average in elaborateness. Ticket orders and turnbacks were noted as seating options and reservations urged to be claimed before Saturday.
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the Fair
Mason King
Ned Alvord
San Francisco
King
Mr. Taylor
Schmitz To Be In Concert On Monday Night
Panhandle music lovers await a Monday concert by E Robert Schmitz at the High School Auditorium. He is hailed as a top world pianist by Deems Taylor and will perform a colorful program. Emil F Myers sponsors the Artist Course third number with tickets 25 to 110 cents depending on seating.
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Panhandle
Robert Schmitz
Deems Taylor
Schmitz
Emil F. Myers
Amarillo College of Music
To Bury Higgins Woman in Kansas
The body of Mrs. Dorothy Mae Doyle, 25, who died yesterday at a local hospital, is scheduled to be sent to Lebo, Kansas for burial. She was the wife of J. R. Doyle, a Higgin rancher, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Loyd Jones of Higgins. Survivors include their 10 month old son John Barton Doyle, a sister Mrs. Allan Harwell of Honolulu, and a brother M. L. Jones of Berkeley, California.
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Dorothy Mae Doyle
Lebo
Kan
Europe in an Age of Quiet Diplomacy and Mirrored Power
The piece surveys European diplomacy as a web of shifting envoys, pacts, and self interested calculations. It notes ministers and ambassadors moving across capitals, questions France’s alignment with Russia or Germany, and warns that future conflict may hinge on covert power plays rather than open covenants. It casts Geneva’s old ideals as gone and portrays Metternich era tactics revived in a modern, whispering diplomacy.
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Probability and shuffle quality in bridge hands
The article discusses the odds of holding all trumps and critiques card shuffling. It cites a one in 159 billion chance under random play, notes real games deviate from pure randomness, and argues more hand shuffles improve hand quality. Professor Woodruff's experiments show at least four shuffles per hand reduce weak hands and boost enjoyment.
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Woodruff
Sinking yacht rescue and cold sea struggle reported
A yacht without radio signals fights rough seas and cold while two pumps operate. Medora Gehben signals three women on board by lifting arms atop the tossing cabin as Gulfland responds with a rescue. Lifeboat transfers misfire but sailors save the trio amid bitter cold. Markets show mixed moves with copper and several majors rising while Sterling leads currency shifts.
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Gulfland
Medora Gehben
Stogner Remains In Critical Condition After Transfusion
Lou Stogner Amarillo oil operator remained in critical condition after a second blood transfusion at St Anthony's Hospital yesterday evening. He showed slight rally briefly but had a restless night. His father B B Stogner and sister Mrs J W Chaffin of Electra were at his side, both injured in a highway accident while traveling to Amarillo.
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Amarillo
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J. W. Chaffen
Electra
Burial Rites Today For Mrs. McKibben
Last rites for Marguerite J. McKibben, who died Monday morning, are set for 4 p.m. at Griggs Chapel with Reader from the First Church of Christ, Scientist officiating. Pallbearers include Cc. B. Lawler, N. P. Henderson, James Lawson, J. F P. Wright, W. S. Carlin, and J. N. Browning. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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James Lawson
J. F P. Wright
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Memorial Park Cemetery
Markets Report From Kansas City and New Orleans
Kansas City hogs and cattle quoted with gains and steady to higher trends across weights and classes. New Orleans cotton opened active then eased with sterling decline weighing on prices, while New York stock letter notes dollar and pound dynamics influencing markets.
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