Severe Winter Predictions Echo Past Panhandle Crises
A weather note recalls brutal winters from August warnings by Mr. Tack and cites cattle losses in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota. It compares current cold to 1911 12 Panhandle blizzards, noting old-timers call it the harshest era since 1518 flu deaths.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oll High Plains
Panhandle
Idaho
Tack
Augusta Sullivan Daughter of Waco Couple
Fragmentary obituary note mentions four year old Augusta Sullivan of Waco as daughter of Mr and Mrs R Sullivan and granddaughter of Jack Vincent. The rest of the text is garbled with unclear references to Amarillo and old anecdotes about skating and a flood.
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Augusta Sullivan
Town Talk and Odds and Ends from the Ledger
The column riffs on weather forecast delays, a birthday note, and Texas tax dollars, then recalls 1918 cattle losses north of Amarillo. A mother warns against underage clubbing for 17 and 18 year olds, and chatter about a Jess Rogers Buck Carter Chevrolet show draws crowds. Buck Carter laments Motor turnover.
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Jess Rogers
Buck Carter
General ‘Motors
Buck
Weather warnings and public forecasts stir ranchers and towns
The article debates the reliability of weather forecasts and livestock warnings as storms sweep the Northwest and threaten the Panhandle. It praises Mr Tack for early warnings while criticizing the weather trust for late notices and argues for weekly, clearer forecasts to help cattlemen prepare.
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Raton
Raton Pass
Rocky Mountains
den- Ver
East Raton
Caco Oprage
Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Clovis
Hereford
Plainview
Borger
Ohree
Old Tack
Weather Trust
Tack
Trust
Mr. Tack
Denver
Havre
Mont
Cayuse Creek
Wyo
Springfield
Colo
High Plains
Death Suspect Escapes Jail in Spectacular Break
A 29 year old man, Herman Lee Ross, charged with murdering Galveston Detective John Reifel and liquor store employee Guido Nesti, escaped from the county jail by sawing bars and lowering himself three floors. He then forced a Galveston cab driver to drive him to Houston at gunpoint. Ross, a tuberculosis patient, has a statewide arrest warrant.
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Sear
Galveston
Aiquor
Herman Lee Ross
J. D. Lewis
Houston
Ross
John Reifel
Guido Nesti
Attacked Woman Case Seeks Change of Venue
Stratford Jan 24 Attorneys for Lloyd E. Howard seek a change of venue in the attack on a 75 year old semi invalid woman in Texhoma Oklahoma. The case called in 9th District Court with Judge Harry Schultz presiding. A large witness list was summoned as weather delayed proceedings. Howard arrested Nov 23 two hours after the incident and is jailed in Potter County.
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Stratford
Lloyd E. Howard
Jexhoma
Tex
9Th District
Harry Schultz
Dalhart
Schultz
Attys
E. A. Simpson
R. A. DeFee
Amarillo
Howard
Special Venire
Nesses
Grelock
Texhoma
Oklo
Potter County
TACK OFFERS CHILD CARE AND IRONING SERVICES
Classified notices show offers to care for children by Tack and a reader seeking ironing and sewing work from home. Additional item notes a reader seeking a job in a motherless home. Separate dispatch reports France to turn Rochambeau Field air base near Cayenne over to France tomorrow.
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Tack
North Grand
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Rochambeau Field
Cayenne
French Guiana
France
US Air Force
Army
Police Break Up Student Plot Against Taranto Ship
Reports from the Taranto naval base said police thwarted a student plot to blow up the training ship Colombo instead of allowing it to depart for Russia under the Blobe News peace treaty.
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Rome
Taranto
Colombo
Russia
Dallas Hit by Torrential Rains and Flood Warning
The weather bureau issued a flood warning as heavy rainfall drenched Dallas and surrounding areas. By noon Dallas reported about 2 inches of rain with more expected, while towns like Anna, Sherman, McKinney and Greenville recorded locally higher totals. The East Fork of the Trinity watershed bore the heaviest downpour as farmers were urged to move livestock from lowlands.
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Weather Bureau
Dallas
Comed
East Fork
Trinity
Anna
Sherman
McKinney
Greenville
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Kansas City cattle and calves traded with steady to higher prices on slaughter cattle and steady to weak on killing calves. Feeders and stockers showed moderate activity while cows moved 15.75 to 17.95, with some lots 60 to 60 higher on selected weights. Sheep and hogs were listed at various steady to higher bids amid overall market softness.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Conte Mises
Maithy
Priday
Fe Bondake
Bae
Rhe Financial Industrial Fund
Court Debates Highway 66 Funding and Detention Center Plans
County officials discuss financing for the Highway 66 right of way while debating a planned juvenile detention home. Auditor recommendations aim to keep road and bridge funds near prior levels, amid lingering questions on termination of the Cox services and potential reemployment. Local resident Van Hall questions postponement, prompting assurances of action.
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Ley
Cox’ Services
Crudgington
Cox
Northwest
Texas
van Hall
van Buren
Crudeington
Amarillo Globe-News
Hall
Steve
F. E. Jordan
Commissioners Court
House Honors Horany Father In Automobile Pedestrian Death
The Texas House adjourned in honor of S. J. Horany father of Rep. Jimmy P. Horany after he was killed in an Archer City auto pedestrian accident this morning. The Senate planned to convene later as the Legislature entered its third week amid stalled committee work.
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Austin Austin
House of Representatives
S. J. Horany
Jimmy P. Horany
Horany
Archer City
Senate
Couple Held On Forgery Charges In Gillespie County
Sheriff Bob Loth said Mr and Mrs Hill were arrested yesterday and charged with passing a forged check at a Fredericksburg appliance store. Hill, 26, is from Coleman and his wife, 24, formerly lived in Fort Worth. Also noted, 85 German children aged 1 to 12 emigrated from Hamburg to South Africa, arriving at Amsterdam en route to host families.
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Bob Loth
Gillespie County
Loth
Fredericksburg
Hill
Coleman
Fort Worth
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Union of South Africa
Firemen Rescue Woman and Heirloom Girdle From Fire
Kansas City dispatch reports firemen saved Mrs. Mary Breen 65 from a burning apartment. They returned to rescue her girdle from a trunk at her request, which contained $2,200 sewn into the lining.
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Kansas City
Mary Breen
ICC Hearing Opens Here on New Mexico Grain Freight Rates
The ICC hearing before Examiner F M Weaver opened at 9 30 AM in Amarillo Hotel on a formal complaint by Eastern New Mexico Grain Dealers Association alleging discriminatory rates to the West Coast. Shippers from New Mexico argued rates are too high compared with northern points as carriers Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Rock Island testified.
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Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Santa Fe
H.R. Wright
J. M. Souby
San Francisco
G. J. Sirois
Amarillo Island
Hubert L. Pierce
After- Pacific
Winter Storm Worsens Across Panhandle District
Snow and spitting sleet across most of the district hazardize roads as temperatures hover 3 to 8 degrees above zero. Amarillo reports few outages while Clovis and Lubbock close. two rural buses fail to run at Yampa and several schools suspend sessions with high absentee rates.
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Perryton
Rural Electrification Administration
Dalhart
Borfer
Shamrock
Plainview
Tucumcari
Farris
J. W. Horn
Santa Fe
Vere
Panhandle
Rock Island
Pratt
Liberal
Kansas
Amarillo
Braniff
TWA Airlines
Pioneer
Clovis
Lubbock
St. Anthony's
North- West Texas Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Dwight Morrow
Forest Hill
Glenwood
Summit
Yampa
Martha Thomas
Pampa News
Hereford
Authorize Land Sale for Stadium by County Commissioners
County commissioners authorize Frank Harrison to act as sale commissioner for a public auction of two large parcels at Tri State Fair. Resolution defines site locations for Sandie Stadium and practice fields. Notices must run 20 days before sale in courthouse and weekly newspapers for three weeks.
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Frank Harrison
Tri-State
John Peterson
Sandie
Harrison
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Weather Department
Raton Mountains
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White House
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Key Farr
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Lehigh
Port Kdheny
Ceed Ae
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Grane Co
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Secons Vacie Lette Safety
Slidden Co Goodail
Houd-Hershey Houston
Ollco
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Wits
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Fosnenn
Lagann
Apiaeaces
Riratet
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Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Directors
Pierce
ICC
America
Portland Cement Association
Tower Petroleum
Cash & Carry
Georgia
Tyler
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