Old-Time Ball in Pampa Revives Yesteryear Fashions and Song
In Pampa on Thursday a banquet by the Ameri- can Association of University Men featured old-time dress and games. Miss Loma Groom and others sang, while Mrs. Ivy Duncan wore a 1895 black double-breasted outfit with bonnet. Attendees recalled Merry Widow hats, rat’s nests, and Virginia reels as speakers praised local history and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa
Clementine
O. W
Henry Thut
Henry Lovett
Gray County
Dr. Hicks
Perry LeFors
LeFors
Ivy Duncan
Greenville
Texas
John Kelly Houssell
T. E. Simmons
Ruth Siddons
City forester cut to save park funds in Amarillo
The Amarillo city commission explains eliminating the park forester to cut costs while preserving parks. It notes the financial crisis and commitment to protecting park beauty, assuring sufficient staff and foreman to maintain the system without deterioration. Temple Robinson’s position is cut solely for salary saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs
Temple Robinson
Sandies fans cheer in Pampa and Amarillo bets
Welcome remarks by Mrs O E Will and Mrs Tom Rose set a lively tone at a Pampa gathering. Dr Parcells bets a suit on Amarillo winning district title, while Odus Mitchell prepares a young Pampa squad to challenge Amarillo. Sheriff Bill Adams accepts courtesy from Bill Thompson, correcting misimpressions. A big dance Saturday night at Fat Stock Recreation Hall features the Melody Maids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Will
Tom Rose
Pampa
Dr. Parcells
Amarillo
Sandies
Odus Mitchell
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Fat Stock Recreation Hall
Foremrly Lindy Land
Lower
Polk Street
Melody Maids
Letters on the Eighteenth Amendment attract reader notes
A correspondent criticizes the repeal strategy for the Eighteenth Amendment and states they voted for repeal. The letter appears in the Tack letters section, referenced as a page item.
Former Amarillo city officer A I Armstrong dies at 60
Funeral services for Amarillo pioneer A. D. Armstrong will be at 2 p m Saturday in Griggs Chapel. He was the second city manager and a former alderman, served on the city commission in 1920, and founded the first International Harvester branch in Amarillo. Interment at Llano Cemetery. Surviving: widow Frances, mother Elizabeth, brothers Harvey and J Armstrong, sisters Marie Armstrong and Mrs John R Jeffords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
A. D
Ai” Armstrong
Griggs Chapel
Armstrong
International Harvester Company
Madison Street
Christian Science Reader
W. B. Allen
F. 8. Davis
Earl Fuqua
J. N. Riggs
de Bryant
B. L. Kingsland
Llano Cemetery
Frances Armstrong
Elizabeth Armstrong
Clearwater
Harvey A. Armstrong
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. Armstrong
Marie Armstrong
John R. Jeffords
Vanities to Open in Auditorium With Two Shows
The Vanities musical revue, produced on a large scale, will run two shows in the auditorium, seating nearly 3,000. Matinee and night performances will be identical, with Al Trahan as master of ceremonies and Lucille Page leading a company of dancers. Thirty stage hands and 17 musicians will support elaborate settings and lighting effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Drug
Hawk
Mr. Hawk
al Trahan
Mitchell
Durant
Lucille Page
West
Texas
Melody Maids Benefit Dance for Fat Stock Show in Clovis
Promoters invite readers to a Saturday night benefit dance featuring the Melody Maids for the Fat Stock Show. The notice asks residents to offer rides to a young college student and provides Miss Howell at the News Globe office as the contact for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Maids
Clovis
Miss Howell
News-Globe
Filibuster Fates Hinge on Glass Bill Battle
Senator Glass presses the bank bill as filibuster rules set one hour per amendment with half hour speeches. Long and Senator Thomas push for changes to align with national bank policy while Roosevelt gauges cabinet picks and contemplates an April extra session to organize the new administration after March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glass
Roosevelt
Long
Thomas
Dem
Okla
Washington
Congress
Stimson
Senator Johnson
California
Johnson
Democrats Block Tax Legislation In Short Session
In Washington on January 20 Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee overrode Republicans and defeated all tax proposals for the brief session. Oregon Republican Hawley failed to advance last year’s administration bill with a sales tax, while Bacharach of New Jersey lost a bid to extend the gasoline tax. A Senate move to set the prohibition repeal as next Monday’s special order was blocked, though Republican Blaine of Wisconsin indicated he would renew the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Hawley
Oregon
Bacharach
New Jersey
Senate
Blaine
Wisconsin
Landslide traps car with two women for half mile
A landslide stretched half a mile burying a car with two unidentified women inside. They were not injured but remained unable to exit the vehicle.
Roosevelt Eyes Fast Action On Farm Relief And Bankruptcy
President-elect Roosevelt urged rapid passage of the farm relief bill and bankruptcy reform during meetings on Capitol Hill. He held talks with Senator Robinson and other lawmakers as he prepared to discuss foreign policy with President Hoover and attended the inaugural parade preparations with Pershing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Robinson
Senate
White House
Hoover
Capitol Hill
John J. Pershing
Senator Bulkley
Ohio
William Green
American Federation of Labor
E. A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
McDuffie
Oliver and Bankhead
Alabama
McClintic
Oklahoma
Lirovich
New York
Douglas
Arizona
Kvale
Farmer-Laborite
Minnesota
LaGuardia
Independent Republican
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Corporation Board
Frank P. Walsh
New York State Power Authority
Mr. Roosevelt
Muscle Shoals
Grain tax quotas set by crop size under 1933 decree
The section explains a grain tax tied to crop size where larger yields raise the tax. The 1933 quotas apply to collectives and individuals as a special levy calculated per hectare on spring sowing plans and the winter crop acreage, with the government paying fixed prices.
Guthrie Trial Ends in Hung Jury in Morerman Case
A Guthrie jury failed to reach a verdict in the case against W. N. Guthrie charged with the fatal shooting of Colver Morerman. The trial began Monday and jurors were dismissed yesterday after an unresolved deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Lubbock
W. N. Guthrie
Colver Morerman
A B C Leaders to Take Seats at Ladies Night
Newly elected officers of the American Business Club will assume office Friday night during the Ladies Night program at the Capitol Hotel starting at 7 o'clock. John R. Armstrong becomes president, Lowell Munday shifts to chairman of the board, with Harlie B. Cook and Clyde H. Holtzclaw as first and second vice presidents. C. Henry Tyler is secretary and Elmer J. Scott treasurer. Buck Weaver is sergeant-at-arms. New governors include Roy Burke, Horace Griggs, Roy Brittain and James O. Cade for two years, with Ellis B. Hall, W. B. Gunn and A. O. Walker adding one more year. Richard Galle arranged the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Business Club
Capitol Hotel
John R. Armstrong
Lowell Munday
Harlie B. Cook
Clyde H. Holtzclaw
C. Henry Tyler
Elmer J. Scott
Buck Weaver
Munday
Roy Burke
Horace Griggs
Roy Brittain
James O. Cade
Ellis B. Hall
W. B. Gunn
A. O. Walker
Richard Galle
Oil price cuts posted for Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana
Crude oil posted prices fell across multiple basins with Empire and Shell announcing new schedules. Texas Company posted 40 to 64 cents per barrel across grades with drops up to 26 cents. Magolia denied any cut while Refugio and Darst Creek declines were noted. Oklahoma Kansas Texas schedules now show a 52 cent top by Stanolind and Shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Company
Courpe
West Texas
New Mexico
Gulf Coast
Refugio Heavy
Miranda
Pettus
Salt Flat
Darst Creek
Empire
Standlind
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Co
SHELL
Houston
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Magnolia
Dallas
W. L. Holmes
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Louisiana
Texas House Bills Seeks Tax Relief and Reforms
Lawmakers advance measures on reducing the poll tax to one dollar and seventy five cents, allow county tax collectors to collect school district taxes, limit mining rights suits, license fishermen and dealers, require primary nominees to swear party loyalty, tax money lenders, prohibit slot machines, exempt a wife’s wearables from seizures, tax equity in real property, fund county old age pensions up to twenty dollars monthly, and bar fraternal societies from raising rates after five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Goodwill Group to Meet Saturday for C of C Job
The Business Goodwill committee of the chamber of commerce will meet at City Hall headquarters Saturday at 10 o clock. Chairman Bill Beechler asks all committeemen to attend. Jim Bowen, city assessor and tax collector, has been ill but likely returns to his office Monday after a brief appearance Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa
The
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Beechler
Jim Bowen
Bowen
Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Ad
Cooling Blue Star Ointment melts on the skin sending medicines into pores to kill itch tetter rash eczema foot itch ringworm and similar irritation. Money back if it fails.
Third concert by Philharmonic Symphony in Amarillo
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra staged a varied third concert at Municipal Auditorium with an opera concert of Martha by Balladettes and Balladers from Amarillo College. Miss Mildred Hart narrated the plot as conductor Ellis B. Hall led the ensemble through overtures and familiar tunes including The Merry Wives of Windsor, March of the Toys, Orpheus in the Underworld, March and Profession of Bacchus, The Mill in the Forest, and In a Monastery Garden. The full civic orchestra draws from top local musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo College
Mildred Hart
Ellis B. Hall
Farmer Dies At Relative's Home Near Vega Sector
Albert F. Howell, 58, a farmer, died at 12:30 Friday morning at his brother in law C. B. Steward's home three miles northwest of Vega. Survived by four brothers O. D. Howell of Alva Oklahoma C A Howell of Oklahoma City Oscar and Ward Howell of Fairview. Body in state at the N. 5 S. Griggs & Sons Chapel pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vega
Albert F. Howell
Steward
O. D. Howell
Alva
Okla
C. A. Howell
Oklahoma City
Oscar
Ward Howell
Fairview
Oklo
N. 5
S. Griggs & Sons
Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton Markets Lead Jan Trade
Hogs traded around 4,000 head with top hogs at 8.25 per hundredweight on 160 to 225 lb stock. cattle and calves broadly steady with steers 4.00 to 6.75. lambs strong with fed lambs at 6.85 and ewes around 1.50. In grain, Chicago table shows mixed wheat and corn quotes while New Orleans cotton rises on Liverpool cables then eases after weekly mill takings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Chicago
John F. Clark & Co
New Orleans
Liverpool
New York Stock Letter Sees Rally After Quiet Trade
The stock market posted a brighter tone with light volume and select gains. American Can U S Steel American Telephone Allied Chemical Dupont Case American Tobacco B Liggett Myers Westinghouse led 1 to 2 point rises while Union Pacific and Lackawanna advanced over 2 and 1 respectively, with Harvester Eastman National Dairy Chesapeake Ohio Southern Pacific and Standard of New Jersey climbing modestly. Investors viewed Hoover and Roosevelt meeting on policy as a favorable sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Claude A. Jagger
American Can
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Dupont
Case
American Tobacco
Liggett & Myers B
Westinghouse Electric
Union Pacific
Lackwan
Am Steel Ae Joss Otepnver
Stenee
Tel & Peeee
Weeene
Atlantic
Auburn Auto
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco
Weeree Dane
Tee
Bendix Avia’ Oe
Best & Co
Bethlehem Steel
Bohn Aluminum
Borden Corp
Borg & Warner
Briggs Mfg
Bklyn Man Transit
Pons Pet Mith Hing
Canada
Ory Ty
I 'S Caterpillar
Cerro de Pasco
Ches Cop Natneare
St Pau
Northwestern
Wsn
Ssss
Aix Chrysler Mtrenner
Vibes
Colo Fuel & Iron
Eeee
Colo Gas & Elect
Colo Carbon
Eee
Ee Tae
Com Investmenta
Omwith & Southern
Congoleum & Nairn
Dupont de Nemours
Eastman Kodak
Oss
Autolite
Seeneeares
Flee Power & Light
Sea
Foster Wheeler
Fox Film
Eeeeese
Freeport Texas
Aceenee
Gen Mills Ss
Gillette
Razors
Goodrich Tire
Goodyear Tire
Graham-Paige M
Grand Union
Gt Northern Ry
Gt West Sugar
Grigsby Grunow
Hershey Chocolate
Houston Oil
Houston
Hudson
Mtra
Itt Central Ry
Ind Rayon
Int
Harvester
Nickeleeeee
Sts
Shoeenere TG
Tel & Tel
Johns ‘Manville
Kelvinator Corp
Kennecott Copper Sane
SS Kresge Arevenees Setee
Kroger Groc & Bakit Seenee
Texas
Montgomery
Murray Corp
Wane Cone
Nash Mtrs
Natl Biscuit
Cash Register
Natl Dairy Products
Seeeeee
Weeeeeten
Natl Distillers
Natl Power & Light
Paramount Publix
JI C Penney
Steaeeees
Pennsylvania
Petroleum Corp . Peoples Gas
Lt & Coke
Phillips Pet
Tenee Public Service Corp
Anes
Pullman Corp Ener
Wee
Radio Corp O
Radio
Keith Orphenman
Ftemington Rand
Republic Teel
Reynolds Tobacco
Royal Dutch
Safeway Store Sone
St Joseph
Seaboard Oil One Ord
Sears Roebuc Wee
Shell Union Oil Wae
Simms Pets Bi
Socony
Porto Rico
South
Cal Edison
Southern Pac Ry
Southern
Southern Brands
Standard Gas & Electric
Stand Oil NJ
Stewart-Warner
Stone & Ebster
Texas Cory Mtrs
Orp
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Texas & & Pacific Coal Oil
Texas & Pacific Land
Tidewater
Transamerica
Union Carbide
Union of
Uni Aircraft
Uni Carbon
Uni Corp
Uni Fruit Beers
Uni Gas & Imp
Ind Alcoho
Power& Light
Vanadium Orp
Hy Warner Rose
Warren Bros
Western Union
Kentucky Man Praises Black-Draught Laxative in Adverts
Hickory Kentucky resident W N Futrell declares Black-Draught best for constipation after years of dull fatigue and failed remedies. He says it brings satisfaction and urges others to try the pleasant tasting syrup sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Mr. W. N. Futrell
Hickory
Beware the Cough or Cold that Hangs On
An ad touts Creomulsion as a remedy for persistent coughs and colds, claiming it soothes inflamed membranes, inhibits germs, and aids recovery from bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. It promises money refunded if relief isn’t achieved with directions followed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bampa
Loma Groom
M. W. Jones
Lynn
Charles Thut
C. T. Hunkapillar
Mr. Hunkapillar
Galain
Amer- 2 Association of University Men
J. B. Massa
Darrell Jackson
Alex Schneider
Dr. H. H. Hicks
Lynn Boyd
Schneider Hotel
Schneider
Southwest
A. B. Golston
England
Mary Idelle Cox
Miss Cox
R. B. Fisher
Roger McConnell
Adeline
H. H. Hicks
Mrs. Hicks
Bill Thompson
Jack
Bill Adams
Thompson
Mr. Adams
Mr. Thompson
Adams
A. D. Armstrong
DEMOS
Ment
Great Britain
France
Ind
Mills
A.B. C
Kansas City Livestock
Jno
F. Wae & Co
T. Close
Juneau Gold
Allegheny Corp
Allis Chalmers
M & For
Car & Fury
Am International Eeeeeen
Smelt & Ref Soaeens Ae
Aluminum Corp of America
Ark Nail Gas
Associated Gas
Wasene
Ford Mtrs Co
Eure
Gulf Oil
Suee
Humble Oil
Lone Star Gas
National Fuel Gas
Standard Oil
Salt Creek Products
United Gas
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