Soil conservation measures adopted for Dust Bowl area
A two day conference of soil conservation specialists adopted plans for wind erosion control in the Dust Bowl area across five states. Recommendations cover terrace construction for wheat lands, contour farming, strip cropping, and a plan for continuous wheat followed by moisture friendly crops when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Plains
Dust Bowl
General Assembly
Washington
Committee On Soil Conservation
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestive Help
A nostalgic ad touts Pape's Diapepsin for slow stomachs and acid indigestion from sedentary office life. It claims tablets eaten like candy ease sourness, gas, and pain after meals, ending "food fear" with after meal use.
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Pape
Mr. Pape
Dictionary of Latin inscriptions pushed to 2136 publication
Columbia University expects its Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Epigrapha to be finished within 2136, far ahead of the original 2812 estimate. Editor Clinton W. Keyes says added staff will cut the time to about a quarter of the initial projection as the work, issued in 22 page sections, nears the third section of volume two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Clinton W. Keyes
George N. Olcott
Keyes
Dark Brown Eggs and Other Oddities From Across Cities
A string of quirky 1930s dispatches reports blue yolks for a breakfast gown, snow shovel lawsuits, a former slave’s pension remark, and police equipping horses with lights in Vienna. Other items include a Boston concert for commuters, a police sergeant riding a horse to an accident, and a watchman’s jail sentence for finding $2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Milady
New Hampshire
East Hampton
Conn
Roy B. Pettengill
State Police
Music Supervisor to Visit Amarillo for Texas Centennial
Miss Neil Parmley state supervisor of music will be in Amarillo February 7 and 8. She will direct songs for the Texas Centennial massed chorus at Dallas June 13 and invites all rural Panhandle schools to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Parmley
Amarillo
Dallas
Panhandle
Local Notes Highlight Births Art Events and Personal News
The column lists a newborn son to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Howes of 303 Fairmont Street and notes Bob as a famed Golden Lawnstorms fullback. It covers Amarillo Art Association tea guests, out of town visitors for Alexander Hogue’s exhibit, troupe members in México City, a humorous Filipino-English anecdote, poet Mary Miller Beard’s recognitions, and local cultural happenings including Palo Duro State Park preservation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Howes
Fairmont Street
Bob
Amarillo Art Association
Herring Hotel
Alexander Hogue
Harriet Kruser
Norman
Okla
Thomas K. Simms
Pampa
Isabel Robinson
Canyon
M. H. Schaffer
Des Moines
Towa
Mary Miller Beard
Edna St. Vincent Malloy
Harriet Monroe
Margaret Sangster
Lucia Trent
Grace Nell Crowell
Mary Carolyn Davies
Helen Welshiemer
Cornwell House
Mrs. Beard
Amarillo
Local passion play cast includes Judas role for Mr Matthews
A Passion Play company that performed here months ago names Mr. Matthews to play Judas. A Pleasant Valley School District meeting at 7 30 PM aims to organize a Boy Scout troop and a Cub Troop with speakers Chief Marvin Paul Guy Saunders and A A Graham. Adult School Music class members provide music. Amarilloans attending Esther Johnsson concert at Borger are listed along with several local visitors and deaths. Bishop Seaman to conduct Episcopal services in Borger next Sunday at 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passion Play Company
Mr. Matthews
Judas
Pleasant Valley
Marvin Paul
Guy Saunders
A. A. Graham
E. C. Seaman
Borger
Oil For the Lamps of China Review at the Rex
In a year of top films Oi For the Lamps of China shows at the Rex with sincere production and strong character work by Josephine Hutchinson and Pat O'Brien. It lacks the splendor of The Crusaders and the Bounty cast but offers color from the Chinese backdrop and a happier ending than the book. Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper are teamed in OShaughnessys Boy, a likely final pairing for Beery and McLaglen audiences.
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Paramount
Warner Baxter
Filmusical
Paddy O'Day
Jane Withers
Pinky Tomlin
Texas
Madge Evans
Robert Young
REX
China
Pat O'Brien
Josephine Hutchinson
Rialto
O'Shaughnessy
Jackie Cooper
Wallace Beery
THE
NAT
Lloyd Snyder
Victor McLaglen
O’shaughnessy
Convicted Man in Canyon Pays Fine
S. M. Clark was convicted by a Canyon justice court jury on a cock fight accusation and fined 10 dollars plus costs totaling 28 dollars. The arrest occurred near Palo Duro Canyon on December 22 after Sheriff Barnett and deputies rounded up numerous defendants. About 20 pleaded guilty and received 14 dollar fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Clark
Canyon Justice Court
Bob Barnett
Randall County
Clark
Barnett
Palo Duro Canyon
Beery and Cooper Star In Rialto Comedy Drama
Beery plays a animal trainer whose son Cooper is misled by a vindictive aunt into believing his father caused his mother’s death. The film follows the familiar Cooper Beery formula with a widely tested plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Rialto Theater
Beery
Cooper-Beery
First to Contest a Case on the Charge
The report notes the first contestant on the charge in a legal case. It states approximately 2320 more cases remain to be tried, signaling a large docket and ongoing judicial activity.
Satisfied Patients Dr Rea of Minnesota Visits Amarillo
Dr Rea a licensed specialist from Minneapolis Minnesota advertises stomach liver kidney and rectal disorders treatment without surgery at the Amarillo hotel on February 4 and 5 from 9 30 AM to 4 PM. The list of patients includes Mrs A J Bradshaw R W Perry Mrs L K Wardlow Chas Frederick Paul P Stengel Ignatz Kromicky Mrs Joe Meyer C E F Claire Mrs J E Brown Herbert J Blaschke J B Swanzy C H Mathis Mrs B A Gardner Mrs Thos C Rogers Mrs B R Richardson Willie Coper Mrs Albert Dodgens Mrs B E Howell Tom McNeil and others with conditions such as pellagra ulcers gall stones diabetes cancer and rheumatism. Dr W D Rea of Minneapolis runs a medical laboratory and has practiced since 1898.
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Dr. Rea
A. J. Bradshaw
Winnsboro
Texas
R. W. Perry
Barry
L. K. Wardlow
Santa Ana
Chas
Frederick
Schulenburg
Piles
W. J. Franklin
Hearne
Paul
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Harrol Brooks
Morris Drug Store
Polk St
Harrol Brooks Drug Store
Council For Crippled Children
Blackburn Bros
Hartford
Jacob Schwolsky
Kansas City
Richard Lilard
Vienna
Boston
North Station
Works Progress Administration
Alviso
Calif
Gallagher Ranch
Twain
Hot Springs
Idaho
Maxim
Miami
Fla
Charley Welch
Charley
Dunn
N. C
Elephant Tulsa
Andy Fryar
Hollywood
Carole Lombard
Carole
John Coffey
Bangs
J. M. McCain
W. H. Fuller
Alabama
Palo Duro State Park
Randall
Armstrong Counties
Hal C. Peck
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
J. B. Matthews
Amarillo Little Theater
KGNC
Trinidad, Colo
Jimmy Claybrook, Jr
Stinnett
J. F. Marvin
J. A. Cox
North Taylor Street
Mt. Sterling, Ll
Mrs. Cecil Jones
Mr. Jones
Buffalo Grocery
R. C. Jones
Plains Chevrolet Company
Ea Heeled
Rea
Minnesota
Amarillo Hotel
All America
Main Street
Fifth Avenue
Schenley
Strai
Ford Dealers
Southwest
Universal Credit Company
Ford
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