Beware of strangers and bold home robbers in Amarillo
Public alert warns residents to beware of strangers calling at homes as inspectors or census takers. Reports claim sensational robberies around Amarillo with incidents of fishing pole thefts and trousers missing. Advice includes dog presence and shotgun readiness. notes on public commentary and economic optimism amid 1932 concerns.
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Amarillo
Electric Light Company
Gas
McDowell
Adams
Mr Mauldin III H L Mauldin Confined With Influenza
Mr Mauldin III H L Mauldin is confined to his home at 1712 East Eighth Street with influenza, according to reports from his family on Thursday.
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MR. Mauldin III
H. L. Mauldin
East Eighth Street
Mrs Belmont Dies in Paris Leader of the Four hundred
Mrs. Oliver P. Belmont died in Paris at 80 after paralytic strokes in May and November. Daughter Consuelo Vanderbilt Bal san was at her side. sons W. K. and Harold Vanderbilt were in America. The New York society figure had lived in France since 1924.
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
A reflective poem contrasts children at play with aging adults. The speaker notes children find music in noise and carefree joy, while adults grow weary yet cling to vanity and self-importance as sorrow and doubt persist. The piece asks if life’s trials teach grown minds anything.
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Edgar A. Guest
Burrus Leader with Dallas Cotton Mills Dies
Burrus, longtime Dallas industry figure and financier, born in Missouri, built a statewide grain business in McKinney, led the Dallas Cotton Mills near Love Field, and chaired bank boards including American Exchange National Bank and Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank. He also served on the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway board.
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Panhandle
Fort Worth
Burrus
Missouri
Dallas
McKinney
Tex
Dallas Cotton Mills
Love Field
Dallas Financial Institutions
American Exchange National Bank
Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway
Burglary Case Begins In Criminal Court
Trial of Lester Smith for burglary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber warehouse began in 47th District Court. This is a new trial after a prior guilty verdict and three year penitentiary sentence. Jury selection faced delays as the panel ran short and a woman and a Negro appeared on the pool, reflecting the Potter County jury wheel system.
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Lester Smith
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
47Th
Smith
Henry
Bishop
Texas
Grady Hazlewood
R. M. Gardner
Potter County
Burrus Panhandle Elevators Dominate West Texas Storage
Mr. Burrus, familiar to West Texas grain men, built the Burrus Panhandle elevators after starting in February 1931. They now store 2,600,000 bushels, the largest storage structure in the area, with additional Lubbock elevators holding 1,500 bushels.
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Burrus
Amarillo
West Texas
Burrus Panhandle
Lubbock
Exchange Sternly Disciplines Group
The New York stock exchange suspended six members for one month to three years in a sweeping action. Several were with Smeltzer Clifford and Co. or Ludwig Robertson and Co., which withdrew as clearing members of the stock clearing corporation. The penalties targeted bond traders for paying gratuities to exchange employees or other financial institutions without approval.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Smeltzer Clifford and Co
Ludwig Robertson and Co
Stock Clearing Corporation
Exchange
De Valera Leads Irish Dail Vote in Early Count
Dublin Jan 26 As votes pour in in the general election President De Valera's Fianna Fail holds 33 seats, Cosgrave's opposition 16, independents 6, center party 3 and labor 2. De Valera poised for presidency with a majority over all other parties. The tally shows Fianna Fail with 22 seats to Cosgrave's 9, independents four, Labor one, New Center one, with 116 seats total to fill. Previous February result had Fianna Fail 72, Cosgrave 57, Labor seven.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
de Valera
Cosgrave
Independent Party
Center Party
Labor Party
Labor
Fianna Fail
Ireland
Free State
Dail
Comann Ngaedhael
William T. Cosgrave
New Center Party
Fianna Fair
Farmer
Amarillo Plans For Clayton Old Western Dance
Amarillo will be represented at the fourteenth annual Old Western dance in Clayton New Mexico on Thursday through Saturday. Cattlemen share westward yarns while locals youths wear frontier attire. Attending from Amarillo are Mayor Ross D. Rogers Don Hunsaker Bill Beechler John Snider and T E Johnson.
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Amarillo
Clayton
N. M
Ross D. Rogers
Don Hunsaker
Bill Beechler
John Snider
T. E. Johnson
Blaze Destroys Furnished House on Louisiana Street
Early Thursday a fire gutted a furnished house at 1005 Louisiana Street. Fire marshal J. E. Spann investigations point to incendiary origin. The Mayo family occupied the home. owner unknown. A burning car on East Tenth Avenue prompted an alarm later Thursday morning.
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Louisiana Street
J. E. Spann
Mayo
East
Tenth Avenue
Lewis Selznick dies at 62 in Los Angeles
Lewis J. Selznick, 62, a pioneer of the film industry, died at his Los Angeles home after six months of illness. Present at his bedside were Myron Selznick, David O. Selznick, Howard Selznick, and his wife Florence. Funeral services were held at the B'nai Brith little chapel with Rabbi Edgar F. Magin presiding.
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Los Angeles
Lewis J. Selznick
Myron Selznick
Hollywood
David O. Selznick
R. K. O. Film Studios
Howard Selznick
Selznick
Florence Selznick
Little Chapel
Fire damages Kohler Brothers plant in Sudbury nickel hub
A Thursday morning fire caused light damage at Kohler Brothers dry cleaning plant located at 2918 West Sixth Avenue. The blaze started in a small boiler house at the rear, likely fed by an oil burner, in Sudbury Ontario a center supplying 85 percent of the world’s nickel.
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Kohler Brothers
West Sixth Avenue
Texas Laundry Owners Elect Officers in 26th Convention
Houston January 26 Texas Laundry Owners Association completed its 26th annual convention electing D T P Nelson of Texarkana as president Roy M Doss of Dallas and Arthur J Fitzgerald of Houston were named vice presidents C R Simmons of Sweetwater and A A Yates of San Antonio joined the executive committee The panel will later choose between Dallas and Lubbock as the 1934 convention host city.
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Houston
U.P
Texas Laundry Owners Association
D. T. P. Nelson
Texarkana
Roy M. Doss
Dallas
Arthur J. Fitzger
C. R. Simmons
Sweetwater
A. A. Yates
San Antonio
Lubbock
Farmer Sam Wilkerson Sentenced to Life for Hemmingway Slaying
Oklahoma City Jan 26 Sam Wilkerson a bottom land farmer convicted for killing loan broker Isaac Hemmingway and burying the body in a field withdrew his motion for a new trial and was formally sentenced to life imprisonment the penalty fixed by the jury.
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Oklahoma City
Sam Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Isaac Hemmingway
War Department awards Fort Sam Houston project contract
The War Department awarded a $253,440 contract to Christy Dolp Construction Co. of Dallas for three fields and 21 officers’ quarters at Fort Sam Houston Texas. Work must be completed within 330 days.
Free Thursday Dance At Amarillo Fat Stock Show
Amarillo residents may attend a free dance at the Fat Stock Show Amusement Center on Polk Street starting at 9 PM. The Melody Maids Orchestra will play, with no ticket sellers or takers, to promote a cowboy costume dance slated for Saturday night.
Flier Recalls Narrow Escape and Plans for More Ships
The letter recounts a bombing run where a fragmenting bullet injured the pilot, leaving a fractured skull and the loss of an eye, yet he managed to fly 15 minutes back to base. Yerex plans to return to Amarillo for another ship, and reports four ships owned with a fifth in prospect. Dee and Mrs. Graham accompany him. Stapf, once active across the Southwest, now runs a machine shop in Amarillo after a long flying career and a near encounter with Lindbergh before the famous Atlantic flight.
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Yerex
Stapf
Amarillo
Honduras
Dee” Graham
Municipal Field
Graham
Dee
San Francisco
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Suspend Orders on West Panhandle Gas Field
The Texas Railroad Commission suspended enforcement of its gas proration order for the West Panhandle field pending litigation. Three companies Texoma Cities Service and Canadian River Gas won federal injunctions, making enforcement against them unfair to the other field players.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
West Panhandle
Texoma
Cities Service
Canadian River Gas Companies
Deny Appeals on Liquor Sentences in U S Court
The U S district clerk received the mandate denying appeals from Walter W. Willmering Quintus Thompson and John R Sneed on a liquor conspiracy conviction Judge James C Wilson presided The sentences were two years each for Willmering and Thompson and 14 months for Sneed all to Leavenworth Penitentiary
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U. S
James C. Wilson
Walter W. Willmering
Quintus Thompson
John R. Sneed
U.S
Willmering
Thompson
Sneed
Leavenworth Penitentiary
New Orleans
Fire evacuation at veterans’ building forces 200 from beds
In Tupper Lake New York, January 26, a fire or undetermined cause sent about 200 patients from the veterans administration building last night. Six patients were carried down ladders by firemen as a precautionary evacuation in the smoke filled corridors.
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Tupper Lake
N. Y
Veterans’ Administration
Briton Favored to Lead Geneva World Conference
The League of Nations council invited Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of England to preside at the world monetary and economic conference and ratified other decisions from yesterday's organizing committee meeting.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Teague files appeal in Kitty Gordon slaying case
M C Teague, convicted at Pyote Ward County for the Kitty Gordon killing and given 16 years, filed an appeal today in the court of criminal appeals. The trial occurred in Taylor County on a venue change.
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Austin
M. C. Teague
Pyote
Ward County
Kitty Gordon
Court of Criminal Appeals
Taylor County
Dobson Bank Vault Loot Tails Off After Overnight Heist
Yeggmen blew the vault at the Bank of Dobson North Carolina early today and escaped with all funds estimated between nine and ten thousand dollars. Local authorities launched a search for the robbers and secured the scene for investigation.
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Dobson
N. C
Yeggmen
Bank of Dobson
Markets: Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton
Kansas City hogs and cattle bids showed slow trading with Hogs at top $3.10 for choice 170-210 lb hogs and cows and calves at mixed prices. New Orleans cotton opened steady with March around 6.14–6.16, later easing slightly. market quiet with narrow swings and hedging activity.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
S. Dept. of Agriculture
New Orleans
Red Cross
Amarillo Philharmonic Directors Set Friday Meeting
The Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra Association will hold a 7:30 PM Friday meeting at the Her ring Hotel to discuss welfare matters. All interested in the orchestra, which is presenting a concert series this season, are invited to attend.
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Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
Herring Hotel
Philharmonic Orchestra
Death by own action at Howard County oil field
Justice of the peace returned a verdict of death by own action in the case of Nathan W. Garringer about 40, an oil lease employee, found dead in his home as a fellow employee discovered him. A fire poker appeared to have been used to push the shotgun trigger with the muzzle against his head.
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Waseem Teen
Bolvents
Southern
Congoleum PT Nswe
Cescseevees
Con Insurance
Con Motors
Saetee Corn Products
Tees
Curtiss Wright Eae
Curtiss Wright A
Davison Chemical del & Lackwanna Ry
Drug Inc
Weaneee
Dupont de Nemours
Douglas Aircraft
Eeenee
Delaware & Hudson
Eastman Kodak
Elec
Autolite Saree Seer
Pow & Light Teeee
Eric B
Marshall Field
Heesene
Wwees
First Nail
Seenee
Foster Wheeler
Freeport Texas
Gen Asphalt
Gen Baking
Gen Electric
Gen Foods
Gen Gas & Gen Mills
Gen Motors
Signa
Gillette Razors
Goodrich Tire
Wees
Western Sugar Eeeves Grigsby Grunow
Houston Oil Hershey Chocolate
Do New
Hudson Mtrs
Central Ry
Int Cement
Harvester Ooteses
Nickel
Eater
Tel & Tet Aes
Johns Manville
Kennecott Copper Tee
Kroger Groc & Bakoo
Lehman Corp
Liggett-Myers Bo
Lorillard Tobacco
Lou Gas & Electric See
McKeesport Tin
Mo Kan & Texay
Mo Pacific
Montgomery Ward Eee
Nash Mtrs
Natl Biscuit
Natl Cash Register
Natl Dairy Products
Natl Distillers
Natl Power & Light
NY ¥ Central Ry
Nynh &H Ry
North American Co
Q North Pacific Ry
Ohio Oil O
Otis Elevator
Pac Gas & Electric
Packard Mtrs
Paramount Publix
J C Penney
Penn Ry
Peoples Gas Lit & Coke
Eeeerri Ig
Bis Petroleum Corp Panes Seve Bh
Phillips
Phillips Peteeeeees 1% Praitee 7% B4 Public Service Corp
Pullman Corp
Setese
Betenrreee Teeeee
Radio Corp Radio Keith Orpheum Aeane
Remington Rand
Aeees Bay
Republic Steel Reynolds Tobacco Coerae
Tas F. Clark & Co
Servel Co
Shell Union ‘Oil
T. Clone Simmons Corp
Socony
Juneau
South
Porto Rico
Amerada Corp
Southern Ry
Allis Chalmers
Ase
Southern Brands
Stewart & Warner Speed
Stone & Webster
Stodebaker
Nerethee Am International Erseeee
Texas Corp Feed
Ut Am Locomotive Eater
Texas Gulf
Armour & Co
Texas & Pacific Land Trust
Am Power
Tidewater Asto
Transamerica
Am Smelt & Ref
Union Carbide
Stee
Union Pacific Ry
Uni Aircraft
Tel & Tel
Secvsese
Uni
Wtr Works
Uni Corp
Sig Am Tobacco
Uni Gas & Jmp
Ind Alcoho
Atlantic
Pipe & Fury
Auburn Auto
Smelt & Re
Aviation Corp Ceneees
Rubber Wee Baldwin Soco
U S Steel
B & O Ry
Eane
Utils Poweright Barnedall
Vanadium Corp
Bendix Aviation
Warner Bros
Western Union
Bethlehem Steel
Westinghouse Electric
Bohn Aluminum
Woolworth Corp
Ory
Cerro de Pasco Copper
Gulf Oil
Cees
Ches & Ohio Wee We
Humble Oil
Tae
Cheee ” Lone Star
CM & St P Ry
National Fuel Gas
Pee Eweee A Chi & Northwest Ry
Standard Oil Ind
United Gas
Big Spring
Justice of the Peace
Nathan W. Garringer
Howard County
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Lick
Babson
Wilson
Saturday Evening Post
President Hoover
Nappanee
Indiana
Mr. Hoover
Chuck Roast
Pinkney
J.T. Simmonds
NEW York Society
Paris
Oliver
P. Belmont
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont
Dgar A. Guest
Irish President's Party
Amarilloans
Clayton Dance
Blaze
Lewis Selznick
Sudbury
Ontario
Tack
Ays
Tal
Randal Drug Stores
Meet OF Texas Laundry Men
Capudine
Cupid Cruises
Adonell Massie
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Miss Massie
J. H. Massie
American National Red Cross
RED Cross Courthouse
Fiddler
West Panhandle Gas
Pennsylvania
New York Central
American Tobacco
Union Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Santa Fe
American Can
American Telephone
Eastman
Montgomery Ward
National Biscuit
U. S. Steel
Preferred
General Motors
Reynolds and Liggett & Myers
Chicago
John F. Clark & Co
Eciatica
Engli
Jivaka
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