Signs on Stone Point Prospectors Toward Panhandle Gold
Prospectors hunt for buried metal along the Canadian River, guided by rock markings on Fuqua ranch land 20 miles north of Amarillo. Baker and Anders, leaseholders of 160 acres with options on more land, plan mining on ore reported to yield up to $9 per ton gold and 30 percent copper. Local history cites Indian and Spanish sign lore. engineers deem the diggings as ancient or long-abandoned, with pay dirt and possible lost mine in sight. The operation is set to resume soon under agreed lease terms.
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Fuqua
Amarillo
Potter County
H. L. Baker
Jim Anders
R. A. Blackshear
San Antonio
High Plains
Texas
Old Mexico
Childress
Baker
Fuqua Ranch
Bakers-Anders
Anders
Creomulsion Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
A vintage advertisement extols Creomulsion as the potent remedy for lingering coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims the product soothes inflamed membranes and loosens phlegm, offering a money back guarantee if not satisfied from the first use. The ad emphasizes buying Creomulsion as a single, unhyphenated word.
Woman Dies En Route to Hospital in Ambulance
Mrs. Lulu Emeline Floyd aged 47 died in an ambulance at 12 15 this afternoon while being transported to a local hospital. She had long illness from a heart ailment and was wife of Chester F. Floyd chief clerk to the Rock Island Railroad agent. They lived at 1612 Lipscomb Street. A native of Clarendon she moved to Amarillo 26 years ago and belonged to First Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Funeral arrangements are pending. Surviving husband three daughters and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Emeline Floyd
Floyd
Chester FE
Rock Island Railroad
Lipscomb Street
Clarendon
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
Eastern Star
N. 8
Griges & Sons
Wayne E. Taylor
Leola Dell
Loree Floyd
Dell W. Harrington
el Paso
Laura Harrington
Mary Holmes
Honolulu
Hawaii
Poll Tax Payments Slow Ahead of January Deadline
Only a few people are paying poll taxes daily as the county faces a Jan. 31 deadline. Receipts this morning totaled under 75 and about 7,000 polls remain unpaid, signaling long lines at the courthouse near the end of January if voting strength holds.
Sheriff’s Department Returns Forgery Suspect to Amarillo
The sheriff's department brought James Brockwell back to Amarillo to face an indictment charging forgery. He was apprehended in California and held for local officers. He is wanted in Canyon on a similar charge.
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Sheriff's Department
James Brockwell
Amarillo
Brockwell
California
Canyon
Game Commission Still Under Fire
A Texas Senate committee hearing on the state game commission and department accused officials of political mismanagement. Vernon former chair Jess Showers blamed Will J. Tucker for malpractices, citing use of patrol boats for pleasure, inflated expense accounts, pollution near oil fields, and unnecessary spending.
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Austin
AXA Senate
State Game Commission
Department
Qov
James V. Allred
Jess Showers
Vernon
Commission
Will J. Tucker
Gulf
Tucker
County Dads Work On Road Program
Potter County commissioners pursue a WPA style road improvement plan to employ over 100 men for at least 90 days. County Judge J Newt Riggs said details are unfinished but aim to aid several county roads with revised material handling.
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Potter County
J. Newt Riggs
All Comforts Of a Modern Home Here
EAST BETHANY New York January 20 1938 a weathered farm hand Joseph Barclay 22 years old explains his plan to woo a girl with a streamlined bicycle fitted with a six tube radio in a basket on the handlebars an automobile aerial and a battery to power the unit He says he pedals up to 100 miles every other Sunday to call on his girl or girls after losing his driver's license for reckless driving.
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East Bethany
N. Y
Joseph Barclay
Kibler Infant Dies. Body to White Deer for Funeral
Rosa Lea Kibler infant daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Kibler died at 1007 North Fast Eighth Street. Griggs Funeral Home will take the body overland to White Deer for funeral services tomorrow at 10 o clock. Burial will be in White Deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Lea Kibler
A. L. Kibler
Eighth Street
Griggs Funeral Home
White Deer
Burta
Panhandle Man Charged With Illegal Fuel Transportation
BE. V. Porterfield of Panhandle was charged in justice court today with unlawfully transporting motor fuel without a manifest. Justice C. W. Carder set bond at $700. The comptroller's department filed the charges. The hauling of certain fuel including casing head gasoline and drip gasoline without papers showing its origin in a felony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. V. Porterfield
Panhandle
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Comptroller's Department
Man Charged With Theft Of Wash Sink
Finest Berry faces theft charges pending arraignment today before Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder. He is accused of stealing a wash sink valued at $13.75.
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Finest Berry
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Berry
Hearing on injunctions against three firms postponed
Judge FE C Nelson indefinitely postponed an injunction hearing against three businesses amid restraining orders issued last Saturday. Clarence Willmering Walter Willmering and George Johnson were barred from the Turf Club Crown Bar and Buffet and the Lewis Hotel as alleged gambling venues. postponement granted until the defendants file a joint reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. C Nelson
Clarence Willmering
Walter Willmering
George Johnson
Turf Club
Crown Bar
Lewis Hotel
Panhandle Location Shift For Paramount Film
Paramount plans the western picture Marching Herds to film in Texas shifting from the Panhandle to locations around San Antonio and near Laredo. Producer Lucien Hubbard toured cattle country in January to scout a suitable setting for the horse opera.
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Paramount Studios
The
Panhandle
Texas
Associated Press
Hollywood
Lucien Hubbard
Paramount
Texas Panhandle
News Today
San Antonio
Laredo
Amarillo High Band Broadcast From New Band Room
The Amarillo High School Band will be aired on KGNC tonight from 6:00 to 6:30 PM. The program, performed by a 85 plus member ensemble directed by Oscar Wise, features Cincinnati Post March, Finlandia, Buddies, Go Down Moses, Strains From Erin, and March of the Steel Men with various soloists and an arranged horn quartet.
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Amarillo
KGNC
Cincinnati Post
Frank Simon
Jean Sibelius
Holmes Cornet
P. A. Quarles
Ted Whited
Moses
Cheyette Roberts
James Neece
Avery Rush
Roy Reed
Carl Hendrix
Erin
Cailliet
Beisterling
Oscar Wise
Texas Company Men Hold Meeting Here
Zone 10 agents and about 20 officials gathered at the Herring Hotel for a Texas Company meeting. Morning speakers included J. A. McCrory O. E. Kolb and B. L. Swindell with Dallas representative Swindell among the afternoon speakers alongside Frank W. Leach and EB. L. Swidell. McCrory led the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Company
Panhandle
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
J. A. McCrory
O. E. Kolb
B. L. Swindell
Dallas
Frank W. Leach
EB. L. Swidell
Water Conservation Meeting Scheduled in Amarillo
Notices mailed by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announce a Panhandle Water Conservation Association meeting of directors and executive committeemen next Wednesday at 1 30 PM in the Amarillo Hotel. Carl Hinton, association secretary, will report. he is delayed returning from Washington due to snow in Virginia.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
The
Panhandle Water Conservation Association
Amarillo Hotel
Carl Hinton
Association
Washington
Hinton
Virginia
Firemen Demonstrate Automatic Resuscitator at Amarillo
Amarillo firemen gathered at central station to witness an automatic resuscitator and inhalator. Safety men from Southwestern Public Service Company and other utilities attended. The department had relied on a manual inhalator for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Central Station
Southwestern Public Service Company
Fog and Dust Obscure Vision at Electra
Thick fog and dust reduce visibility to about a quarter mile in Electra today causing travel delays and cautious driving as crews monitor conditions.
Markets Report Kansas City and New Orleans Prices
Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show solid demand with practical tops around 8.50 to 8.60 for 140 240 lb hogs and calves trading up to 8.50 for yearlings. Cattle and sheep volumes noted with quotable prices for fat cows and lambs. New Orleans cotton prices rise, March at 8.64 and December at 8.87, as trading remains steady. New York stock list shows varied performance across major firms and industries with notable moves in daily prices.
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New Orleans
Empty Boxes Case Ends With Parolee in Custody
Elmer R. Curb, on parole for a federal charge, was captured after shoplifting six empty hosiery boxes from Schulte United Inc. on Polk Street. Assistant manager E. J. Sprowls spotted him, the chase ended at the curb, and Curb was jailed and fined $50 plus costs.
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Elmer R. Curb
E. J. Sprowls
Schulte United, Inc
Seventh and
Polk Street
Mr. Sprowls
Sprowls
Max Bevens
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Curb
Employes
Lemmon Shows Slight Improvement After Operation
Robert Lemmon son of Dr J R Lemmon underwent a serious operation at St Anthony s Hospital Tuesday and was reported slightly better this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lemmon
J. R. Lemmon
St. Anthony's Hospital
Weather and crop prospects in western states report drought and scarce moisture
Colonel Sparkman notes limited winter and spring planting with poor sub soil moisture in Kansas and Colorado food shortages due to grasshoppers. Oklahoma reports little wheat and need for moisture while drought areas in Harding County show severe crop losses. overall prospects look slightly better in immediate areas after past drought years.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Sparkman
New Mexico
Harding County
Weather report cites mixed conditions across New Mexico and Texas
Directors report variable moisture and prospects across regions. Southwestern New Mexico sees normal irrigation moisture while Texas Panhandle remains dry and wheat prospects depend on rain. Northwestern New Mexico reports poor range conditions with no snows. Texas South Plains notes better conditions with ground moisture and hopes for another good crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Tom Finley
New Mexico
Texas South Plains
Homer Robbins
Farm tenancy program talks conclude at five state meeting
Paul V. Maris director of the Bankhead Jones tenant purchase program Washington and John E. Hill chairman of the four state advisory committee on farm tenancy Amarillo led the closing program. After adjournment of the five state school of instruction state and county committeemen will convene for a school on the new farm purchase program conducted by Mr Hill and the discussions will continue until Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Maris
Bankhead- Jones
Washington
John E. Hill
Amarillo
Mr. Hill
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Game Commission
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Schenley
Camere
Jn Bamoa
Erenu
Amelia
Trinmadlier-Taatt
Chenley
Wes
Haley
Schenleys
Shdhishey
Sohenday
iRadas Tee Seihanien
Americen Geome
Seernigh
AE Inleys Beack
Serach
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
New York
BE. A. Pierce & Company Amarillo
CST Allied
American Smelt & Ref
American Big Mills
T & T Sevens
Armour & CO
Anaconda Copper
Atchison Top & §& Bi Hc
Commonwealth & South
Crosley Radio
Esquiecs
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Continental Motors Tillyly
D—Dougless Aircraft
Deere & Company
General Baking BN
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodrich
Goodyear
Great, Western Sugar
Gimbel Bros
Houston
Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
Hecker Products
International Harvester
International Tel AX
Johnn Manville
Kennecott Copper
Long-Bell Lumberst
Martin
Glenn Luise
Miami Pole
Minneapolis
Moline
Montgomery Ward
Schenley Distillers
St Joseph Lead
Cs.ses
Searsepuck
Socony-Vacuum
South Pac R R Wa
Southern Railway
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Ate Server, Inc
Standard of NJ
Stone & Webster
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Texas Pac Coal
Tide Water Assa
Trans America
Thompson Products
Texas Gulf
United Aircraft
United Air Lines
United Corpay
United Gas
Steel
el Warner Breeze
Western Union
White Motors
Wilson & Co S
Woolworth
Aoky
British Isles
Home Office
E. A. Pierce & Company
PeBreen
New
Amarillo Printing Co
Dra
C. S. McCollum
Southwestern
Smith ‘Bros
Tures
America
Greyhound
Denver Okla
Tulsa
ST. Louis
Chicago
Union Bus Depot
Taylor Street
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COORS
Rocky Mountain
West Lath Ave
Adolph Coors Company
Golden, Colorado
Amarillo Stoneware Company
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