Schools Need Delivery Car for Lunch Program
The school system requests an extra pickup or sedan to aid lunch deliveries as cold weather increases demand. Nine hundred sixty lunches were served at noon, with beef and milk fund donations also needed. Donations can be sent to George M. Waddill at the Potter County courthouse or call Superintendent Rogers 6928. Recent gifts include $25 from Mrs. R. B. Masterson Sr, $10 from the Woman's Club, plus bakery and service contributions from local businesses.
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Ols
Alex Thompson
George M. Waddill
Potter County
R. B. Masterson
Woman's Club
Joe A. Schmidt
Metz
Jenkins
Cal Farley
Floods sweep Pittsburgh and midwest as rivers rise
The Pittsburgh area faced its biggest flood since last March as the Allegheny and Monongahela swelled to 32 to 33 feet, closing streets and cutting power in Crafton and other districts. In Indiana and Kentucky thousands abandoned homes with 18,000 homeless in Kentucky and 46,000 in Indiana, while cities like Evansville and Paducah prepared for peak levels comparable to historic floods.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Mononahelia
Crafton
Ingram
Greenfield
Squirrels Hill
Nees
Walter Wedoviak
Allegheny General Hospital
Creasey Grocery Company
Lawrenceville
Monongahelia
Ohio
Golden Triangle
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Kentucky
Lawrenceburg
Haareton
Shawneetown
Louisville
Padieah
Bvanaville
Cairo
Ono Valley
Loumle
Kereka
Wagatdounan
What The Write to Tack Job Help Letter
Dear Tack Tam writes seeking employment assistance and mentions owning a fairly good truck. He asks if Tack can help find work and notes a willingness to perform available tasks. The message appears in Page 8 under Letters.
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Tack Tam
Ghouls Loot Zaharoff Tomb For Jewels At Chateau
Paris dispatch reports ghouls smashed the Balaincourt burial chapel near Pontoise and opened the Duchess of Marchena's lead casket in search of jewels, leaving Sir Basil Zaharoff's casket untouched as bones were scattered and later restowed. Police investigate in the wake of the burglary.
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Zaharoff
Paris
U.P
Sir Basil Zaharoff
Sir Basil
Chateau de Balaincourt
Pontoise
Europe
Judges Talk WPA Projects and State Care Demands
Potter County and 100 others face funding strains as WPA project costs rise after new regulations. Judge Newt Riggs returning from Austin reports counties struggle to sponsor relief programs while focusing on care for the insane blind and dependent children. Legislative committee notes 2,000 inmates in jails needing hospital care. state and county dependents receive larger appropriations this year, pending legislature action.
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Potter County
Newt Riggs
State County Judges Association
Austin
Riggs
State Board of Control
Right on the Brink War warning from Ben Ames at St. Andrew's
War correspondent Ben Ames warned listeners at St. Andrew's Episcopal parish house that any man who does not strive to prevent war is criminally insane. Ames, recently returned from Italy after covering the Ethiopian invasion for United Press, urged action to avert conflict in Europe.
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Europe
Ben Ames
St. Andrew's Episcopal Parish
Ames
Italy
United Press
Truck Driver Dangers Highlight Texas Road Hazards
In Austin on January 22 thousands of truck drivers live on their rigs driving long stints without rest. Maj Walton Hood of the Texas railroad commission calls gasoline truck drivers the most dangerous. He cites itinerant peddlers who live in trucks and various subterfuges as risky practices across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas
Walton Hood
Motor Division
State Railroad Commission
Hood
New Mexico
West Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas City
Panhandle
Roosevelt calls Supreme Court legislation an iff y question
Washington January 22 President Roosevelt described any move to legislate on the Supreme Court as an iffy question and said he would not schedule conferences on the topic. He noted Senator Minton would confer after receiving Justice Department studies from Attorney General Cummings on possible constitutional paths to the administration's economic goals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Minton
Democrat- Indiana
White House
Cummings
Justice Department
Jury awards Fuller $210 for injuries from messenger cyclist
A 108th Civil District Court jury found Mrs. M. L. Fuller entitled to $210 for injuries after a Western Union messenger on a bicycle struck her. The telegraph company was not held liable and was instructed to cover its costs, despite the plaintiff seeking $1,100 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil District Court
M. L. Fuller
Western Union
Telegraph Company
Ultimatum Demands Surrender in Northwest China Rebellion
Military authorities issue a midnight deadline to the Communist inspired revolts in Shensi Kansu and Tsinghai regions. Reports indicate the uprising has spread threatening the safety of 38 Americans as tensions rise nationwide.
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Nanking
Northwest
Shensi
Kansu
Tsinghai
Fleming Chooses Grubstake Over Teeth in Money Crunch
In Chelan Washington Curtis C Fleming a 63 year old Townsend plan tester chose a grubstake over a new set of teeth after receiving 200 dollars for a five day test. With 50 21 dollars left and possible another 200 due February 15 he plans beans bacon flour and coffee for survival. Merchants promote a 2 percent levy on tagged velocity dollars to seed a kitty for pension payments. By day six the fund holds 13 64 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelan
Wash
Curtis C. Fleming
Townsend
Fleming
Post Office Banquet Set for Tomorrow in Amarillo
Tomorrow night at 7 30 the Amarillo Post Office will host about 250 employees from Panhandle offices at the Amarillo Hotel. Judge R Walker Hall will deliver the principal address as representatives from Plainview Pampa Childress Littlefield Floydada Farwell Texico and other offices attend.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
W. D. DeGrassi
R. Walker Hall
Court of Civil Appeals
Plainview
Pampa
Childress
Littlefield
Floydacia
Farwell
Texico
New SEC Rules Aim to Curb Stock Speculation
Washington January 22 United Press The Securities and Exchange Commission will implement within two weeks new rules to curb speculation on stock markets by exchange members. The plan would end daylight trading by requiring full margins on all trades for members on their own accounts and reduce reliance on shoe string funding. A three point program also seeks to separate broker and dealer functions on and off exchange floors.
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United Press
Washington
U.P
Securities and Exchange Commission
Stenson Robinson Services Set Today
Funeral services for Stenson Robinson a 59 year old retired insurance inspector from San Antonio will be held at Blackburn Shaw chapel this afternoon. He died here Thursday night from burns after clothing caught fire in front of an open fire Tuesday morning. The body will be sent to San Antonio for burial where he had lived 15 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. His wife and son suffered minor burns while extinguishing the flames.
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Stenson Robinson
San Antonio
Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
Robinson
E. W. Robinson
Fountain Terrace
Evacuations Ordered for Cairo's Lower-Section Families
About 300 families in Cairo's lower sections were warned to evacuate their homes due to imminent danger. Local authorities urged residents to seek safer areas while assessing structural stability and flood risks in the district.
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Cairo
Louisville Faces Worst Flood in History As Ohio Crest Looms
Flood workers warned Louisville could suffer the most serious flood ever as the Ohio River neared a crest of 50 feet. Water topped levees at city edges, the eastern peninsula area was submerged, evacuation persisted overnight, and rail lines and schedules were abandoned while limited highways remained. Relief officials said remaining routes would sustain the city’s food supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Ohio
Central Business
Fort Worth hitchhiker charged with murder in Salazar shooting
Paul Laves a 33 year old hitchhiker from Fort Worth was charged with murder today in the shooting of Martin Salazar a 38 year old Valverde produce trucker in San Marcos.
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San Marcos
Jan
Paul Laves
Fort Worth
Martin Salazar
Valverde Produce
Football Is World Favorite Sport
Washington discussion notes football as the world favorite sport while baseball dominates in America in a national mood, with soccer played in the United States but overshadowed by the American football appeal and limited global reach.
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Washington
Jan
America
United States
Four Die in Hutchinson Oil Test Boiler Explosion
A boiler explosion at a wildcat oil drilling test northwest of Hutchinson in Rice County killed four men just before midnight. The victims were Jack Stone C. Lemon Sterling Ralph Crelly Lusk and J G Calame Lyons.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Rice County
Jack Stone
C. 8
Lemon. Sterling
Ralph Crelly
Lusk
Wyo
J. G. Calame Lyons
Five held for questioning in officer Edwards killing
In San Antonio on January 22, local police questioned five men and two women as the investigation into the death of Motorcycle Officer A. A. Edwards continued. The case remains active with authorities pursuing leads and reviewing evidence gathered at the scene.
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San Antonio
A. A. Edwards
Baby Born With Heart Outside Body Clinging to Life
A infant girl born with her heart outside her chest remained alive in a St. Louis hospital incubator. Doctors said survival to date is miraculous and warned that internal placement would likely fail. The heart protrudes, about two to two and a half inches, kept moist by saline, with a gauze cover and constant supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
New York Man Sought in Amarillo Search Drive
Amarillo police asked to join a hunt for a man from New York driving a green sedan with license 9013. A radio message from Duncan Oklahoma to Clovis New Mexico said the man’s mother is critically ill in Schenectady and relatives want him to return to New York by plane.
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Amarillo
New York
Schenectady
Duncan
Okla
Clovis, N. M
Upward Trend In Real Estate Prices: A Fact Not Dream
Real estate prices are rising now with lots once around 500 dollars still cheap and homes moving higher. The piece urges immediate action for buyers, claims the boom is near and advises watching the Globe News Wart Ads Real Estate columns for daily best buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News
Weather perils hit citrus belt and western states
A cold wave looms with orange and lemon crops at risk and 4,000,000 smudge pots burning as smoke drifts over Los Angeles. Imperial Valley faces record freezing, threatening Jeter crops, late peas, and other vegetables. Cattle losses rise as stockmen meet in Salt Lake City to save stranded air shipments amid widespread winter damage across Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.
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Los Angeles
Imperial Valley
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Cotten to Represent Texas at Water Conference
Amarillo member Tom Cotten of the state planning board will be named Texas representative at a water conservation and flood control conference in Little Rock Arkansas February 12 and 13 as announced by Gov James V Allred. The eight state meet is called by Gov Carl E Bailey of Arkansas for governors of states drained by regional rivers. Allred cited Canadian River as the Texas stream likely to be addressed in proposed legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Tom Cotten
Amarillo
State Planning Board
Texas
Little Rock
Ark
James V. Alfred
Carl E. Bailey
Arkansas
White
Allred
Canadian
Prayers For Predecessor Of Pope XI At Sickbed
Pope Pius XI, gravely ill, recited prayers for Benedict XV from his sickbed in Vatican City. Mass was held in the adjoining private chapel as Aminto Milani, his chief physician, reported a bad night with excruciating left leg pain and periods of semi suffocation keeping staff vigilant.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Benedict XV
Pius
Aminto Milani
Panhandle Banquet Draws Huge Local Delegations
More than 200 reservations are set for the all Panhandle banquet in Amarillo Hotel Red Room tonight. Delegations from Panhandle regions, Eastern New Mexico, and Western Oklahoma converge on Amarillo, notably Friona with 10 tickets and Portales led by J G Greaves and college officials. Banquet begins at 7 PM with Guy Saunders presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Hunt
D. C. McNaughton
Guy Saunders
Amarillo Chamber Leader Toasts Entertainers at Banquet
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce president as presiding officer Cal Farley will be the toastmaster introducing the entertainers and principal speaker Dr. J. A. Hill of Canyon at the upcoming chamber event.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Cal Farley
J. A. Hill
Canyon
Benoit Pleads Guilty in State Policeman Murder Case
Alcide Frenchy Benoit pleaded guilty in circuit court to a first degree murder charge for the abduction and killing of State Policeman Richard F. Hammond on Wednesday morning in Monroe Michigan.
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Monroe, Mich
Alcide (Frenchy) Benoit
Richard F. Hammond
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