Presbyterians Prepare for Big Fourth Picnic at Magenta
Plans are set for a Presbyterian picnic tomorrow at Magenta. A special train departs Denver station at 9 AM with tickets sold at the church office and Denver station. on train purchase available. Excursion tickets cover the afternoon train. Free car parking under police protection at the station. Church offers rides for those without cars with baggage loaded with watermelons ice cream and refreshments. Rail fare is $1.15 for over 16 and 50 cents for ages 5 to 16.
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Magenta
Denver
Two Firemen Die in Two Trains-Truck Collisions
In Houston, Texas, late last night two trucks rushing to a Kensington fire were struck by the same Houston Belt and Terminal railroad train at separate grade crossings. Firemen H. L. Oxford aged 34 and E. H. Grant aged 27 died soon after. Six others were injured, some seriously.
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Houston
Tex
Kensington Addition
H. L. Oxford
E. H. Grant
Houston Belt and Terminal
Sleep and excess amid politics and prophecy in 1930s column
A reflective column rails against excess including smoking and insomnia while noting world figures and events. It praises sleep as a national blessing, mentions Ahmed Zogu's brief kingship and health concerns, Harold F. McCormick welcoming his Swiss-affiliated family, egg hatch rates, Mississippi land settlement, and Women's suffrage in the Isle of Man as context for progress.
Champion cowboys and relatives dictated by kinship
Six years as world champion roper, cousin relations among Tack, Charley Irwin, and Floyd Irwin. a slain all around cowboy linked to Tack. Charles Irwin Jr, current world bronco rider champion. Mrs Frank L Minor of Wyoming, cousin to Charley, Frank, and Will Irwin, visiting Amarillo at 310 East Eighth Street with historic cowgirl ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folke
Frank Irwin
Frank
Tuck
Charley
Tack
Floyd Irwin
Charles Irwin, Jr
Frank L. Minor
Wyoming
Charley Irwin
Will Irwin
Amarillo
William Stenger
East Eighth Street
Western blood and rodeo plans from Amarillo kin
A narrator boasts of western heritage and kin, mentions Mrs. Minor and Mrs. Cook, a Wyoming trip, and plans to study bronco busting at Y-SIX ranch. Also notes a missing dog, a chess loss to Howard Paul, and a banker winner in golf with excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Dick Dowse
Wyoming
Howard Paul
Amarillo Country Club
O. W
They were 44K take action to stop Dear Tack
A fragment reports frustration over a railroad rockus during a return from a construction job in Pampa. The writer contemplates possible action and notes strong local feeling about the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Pampa
Rockus
Patchy Road Feud Spurs Boycott Threats Between Pampa Amarillo
The text records a heated dispute between Pampa and Amarillo over railroad links to Dallas and Fort Worth. It suggests boycotts as leverage, urging both sides to meet and argue their positions to win support. The piece notes rivalry and calls for reasoned negotiation amid regional tensions.
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Pampa
Amarillo
Dallas
Fort Worth
World rodeo set for Amarillo with $7500 prizes
Ticket sales exceed expectations as Tri State Fair association leaders announce a world wide open rodeo at Texan park featuring cow milking, steer riding, and bull dogging. Vaughn Craig Johnson and three women performers headline along with four carloads of untamed horses and a 100 performer lineup. Two daily shows with arc lights and loudspeakers will broadcast contest results to visitors expecting a historic Old West showcase.
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Wilbur
Hawk
Tri- State Fair Association
Texan Park
Clyde Miller
Claud King
Vaughn Craig Johnson
Miss Johnson
Ben Kinnan
Grace Runyon
Europe
Kirwan
Amarillo
Callaway Speed Run Toward Amarillo Cut Short by City Rule
Jack Callaway aiming to set a speed record from El Paso to Amarillo was due in Amarillo midday. Mayor Thompson asked the city limits finish on West Tenth Street be skipped due to a recent accident. Callaway drives a Chrysler 75 roadster and covered 90 miles El Paso to Albuquerque in 71 minutes. The car then heads to Texan Park rodeo after the finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Callaway
el Paso
Amarillo
West Tenth Street
Thompson
Callaway
Albuquerque
Panhandle Motor Company
Chrysler Distributors
Chrysler
Texan Park
Car Crash Kills One Injures Three in Plainview Night Accident
A late night wreck near an all night cafe left McMurtry dead at the scene and Ellis, Wilson, Bruton and others injured. The mother of McMurtry and the driver Ellis witnessed the collision as a sedan rammed the truck parked by the cafe opposite the street. Ambulances rushed the injured to hospital but three died. Funeral services set for Wilson and McMurtry with Bruton awaiting arrival.
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John
Plainview
C. H. Espy Transfer Company
McMurtry
H. W. Martin
West Tenth Avenue
Ellis
Griggs
C. T. McMurtry
Clarendon
Presbyterian Church
Joe Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Buchanan Street
The
Santa Fe
Young Bruton
E. C. Bruton
Clarksville
Texas
Bruton
Masonic Lodge
Sears-Roebuck and Company
el Paso
Dallas
Wilson
Griggs and Sons
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
de Molay
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Five Other Auto Accidents Reported In Amarillo
Five additional accidents occurred within six hours yesterday evening in Amarillo besides a fatal crash that claimed three youths. Injured include Francisco Sinero with possible paralysis, Lee Dabney with minor injuries, and J G McClintock who was badly cut. Police plan strict traffic enforcement to curb violations.
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Amarillo
Francisco Sinero
Lee Dabney
Plainview
St. Anthony's Hospital
Panhandle
Sinero
Dabney
Chamber to Entertain Bar Visitors Here
Three clerks from the chamber of commerce assist in registering Bar Association delegates at the Herring hotel lobby as 4 000 invitations go out. Chamber helps with transportation and musical programs for the convention and seeks car lendings from local members with courtesy stickers. Delegates wives and visiting lawyers are invited to Palo Duro canyon trip this afternoon. a barbecue at Jack Hall’s ranch and a Country Club dance are planned for Friday.
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Chamber of Commerce
O. V. Vernon
Herring Hotel
Palo Duro Canyon
Jack Hall
Appellate Judges Association Meet Delayed For Members
The Appellate Judges Association meeting at Capitol hotel was postponed awaiting arrival of multiple members from down state. Also noted were Chief Justice James W. McClendon Austin and Justice J E Hickman Eastland among attendees. Amarillo lawyers joined NM Bar session in Clovis. Navy hostesses planned a luncheon. swans in Landskrona Sweden now fed from a public fund bank account.
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Marvin Jones
Business
Professional Women’s Club of
Amarillo
Mary Lamb
Hallie Harper
Landskrona
Sweden
Oklahoma Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Oklainton
Mrs. Betty Graves, 69, died from injuries after an automobile collision three miles east of Oklainton. Six other people were injured when her car, carrying passengers, crashed into a parked, unlit vehicle.
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United Press
Vernon
Oklainton
Betty Graves
Lubbock Man Dies After Car Collision Near Abernathy
John R. Davis aged 70 a Spanish American War veteran died in Lubbock from injuries received when struck by a car at Abernathy nineteen miles north of the city. He was helping a woman after her car ran into a culvert following a collision between two autos.
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Lubbock
United Press
John R. Davis
Abernathy
Here
Davis
Market Summary from St. Louis and Fort Worth Livestock
Hogs across St. Louis rise 10 to 20 cents with 160 to 280 pound stock at 11.95 to 11.60 dollars per hundredweight and packing sow sales around 10. Cattle in St. Louis mostly higher with steer prices near 18.00 to 16.75 and cow values 3.00 to 9.50. Fort Worth reports hogs up to 10.95 rail, 10.26 truck tops, cattle and calves strong, yearlings 12.50 to 19.00, cows to 10.25, heavy weights to 12.00, sheep with wethers 7.75.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Gattle
Chicago
Nat Biscuit Bee Ae Sevice
Nash Mtrs
Nat P &L
North Amer
Mtrs
Ie Crue Steel
C &O
Fisk Rueler
NYC Pathe Common
Sup Steel
United Corp
Cerro Dé Pasco
Cola Gas
Ta P
Chile
Congolenm
Can Pac
Gons Gas of
A&aatm
Chrysler
Cola 6Phone Co
Davidson
Dupont
Elec P&l
Dee Erie
Fox
Fleischmann
Freeport Tex
Dee Tee
Gen Elee
Greene Cananea
Mtra
Nevada
Packard
Rem Rand Srey Ibs
Red K Orpheum
Stewart Warrer
Eee
Woolworth
BO Willys Overland
Atts Westinghouse
Aee
Warner Bros
Baeee
Wright Aero
Kinney Co
Famous Players
Louis Gas & Elec
Ches Corp
Pathe News Frisco
Wene
Jno
F. Clark Go
Esgave
Sinclair Seen Seentee Bi Amer Loco
Wanes
Shell Union Seer Ray
Amer Sm & RE
Eveeeee
Mil Nee Ee En
Amour of
Il A
Cal
Texas Pac Land & Trust
Texas Corp
B&o
Tidewater
Beth Steel
Phillips See Ebeeneeeewagetere
Brown Shoe
Pan American
Bt Briggs
Barnsdall Corp
Ag & Gas Oere
Prairie Oil
Calumet & Hecla
Prairie Oer
Text Pacific Cap
ATM
Gen Mills
Hudson
Hupp Mtra
F. Clarke Co
Nickel
Tel
Aviation Corporation Fee
Johns-Man
Gil Mont Ward
Standard of India
MK &T
Mathieson
Trans Air Trans
Ween
Malia
Aeerenee Nat Cash Reg
Kansas City Livestock and Cotton Market Update
Chicago and Kansas City livestock prices show hogs and cattle mixed with gains and steady trends across 190 to 210 pound hogs and 950 to 1500 pound cattle. Cotton markets in New York Liverpool and New Orleans edge lower early but recover modestly on weather and crop reports.
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New York
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Engineers of Six Railroads Debate Strike
Locomotive engineers from six western railroads explore a strike to force recognition of an independent grievance agreement with their international brotherhood. Several lines have voted, others near a vote, as talks between engineers and railroad officials stall over jurisdiction with firemen and enginemen.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Western Railroads
International Brotherhood
R. E. Edrington
The
Brotherhood
Missouri Pacific
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Edrington
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Engineers
Firemen’s and Enginemen’s Brotherhood
Briscoe career moves span multiple railroad divisions
From December 1908 to July 1910 Briscoe served as agent and operator at Vaughn, then from 1910 to 1912 as agent at Clovis. He later became transportation inspector on the Pecos division, truck and night chief dispatchers, day chief dispatcher, and train master in February 1914. He was promoted to assistant superintendent at Amarillo in November 1920, then superintendent of the Panhandle division at Wellington, Kansas, on March 15, 1926, before transferring to East Amarillo as Plains division superintendent on November 1, 1928.
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Santa Rita
Vaughn
Clovis
Pecos
Amarillo
Panhandle
Wellington
Kansn
Plains
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Presbyterians
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Albania
George
London
Harold F. McCormick
Harvester Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Department of Agriculture
United States
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Hoover
Isle of Man
Great Britain
Amarillo Home Brewers’ Association
Dan Moody
Virginia
Exellytown
Skellstown Chamber of Commerce
Amari'ls
Oklahoma
Frontier Day
Cheyenne
Southwest
Amarillo Bar Association
M. M. Cook
Troubles
Boston
Mount Tamalpais
Blythedale Canyon
Adolph Ebehardt
Mill Valley
Presidio of
San Francisco
Allen
Peck
Stanley G. Zimmerman
South Hayes
H. McCasland
Taylor
Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
E. A. Cannon
North Virginia Street
Cannon
Lew Childre
Harley Sadler
Frank Martin
van Buren
Third Avenue
Harrison Street
J. A. Thomas
Willinton
Hoyt Gibbing
Johnson Street
Sixth Avenue
W. R. McDowell
Homer A. Callaway
M. V. Turner
McDowell
Canyons
Majestic Radio the World's Finest Radio Panhandle Music Company
Lit. Polk
Liverpool
Briscoe
Che Associated Press
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