Acreage in cotton in cultivation announced today
The government reports 45,815,000 acres in cotton in cultivation this year, down 2.7 percent from last July 1 and 166,000 acres less than last year’s picked area. No production forecast is given until August based on July acreage minus 10 year state abandonment. State figures for July 1 cultivation include Virginia 90,000. North Carolina 1,724,000. South Carolina 2,205,000. Georgia 3,818,000. Florida 106,000. Missouri 383,000. Tennessee 1,227,000. Alabama 3,652,000. Mississippi 4,814,000. Louisiana 2,071,000. Texas 17,500,000. Oklahoma 4,070,000. Arkansas 4,012,000. New Mexico 183,000. Arizona 212,000. California 278,000. other states 19,000. Lower California 101,000 not included in California or U.S. totals.
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Virginia
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Old Mexico
United States
Tactless Texan Mimics Hollywood Diet Backlash
The column critiques the Hollywood diet craze and urges natural weight gain as normal. It notes age related weight changes, laments frail figures, and shares a peculiar two week to two week meal plan emphasizing grapefruit and steak with various meats and vegetables.
Betty Ann Holloway Improves After Second Operation
Betty Ann Holloway ten year old daughter of Ed Holloway head of the Amarillo Police Bureau of Criminal Identification has shown some improvement after a second major operation in a hospital at Austin. Mr and Mrs Holloway left last Friday to be at her bedside. Earlier Betty Ann sustained severe injuries to a shoulder after a swing accident. The notes describe meals for a hospital diet and mention Melba toast.
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Austin
Betty Ann
Ed Holloway
Bureau of Criminal
Amarillo
Man Wounded in Gun Battle Indicted Here
Local painter J. R. Nicholas was indicted for assault with intent to murder after a gun battle with taxi driver H. W. Hyde outside the Herring Hotel over domestic troubles. Hyde was released after testifying self defense. Nicholas, now jailed, had filed for divorce and refused to see his wife.
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Potter County
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St. Anthony's Hospital
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Local Pastors and Residents Make Short Trips
Reverend J R Hicks of Panhandle bishop First Baptist Church visited Amarillo on a business trip. Mr and Mrs R J Spicer of Amarillo visited friends in Clarendon this week. Miss Eloise Hill returned to Clarendon after five weeks visiting Mrs J F Bradley in Amarillo.
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Panhandle
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Amarillo
R. J. Spicer
Clarendon
Eloise Hill
J. F. Bradley
Local Notables Return From Trips and Birth at St. Anthony’s
Dr Richard Keys recovering after surgery at St Anthony s Hospital with bright prospects. Dr and Mrs W J Shudde back from week in Colorado. Miss Cleo Bradley of Farmers and Bankers Life returns from Rio Grande Valley vacation. W W McClarty of US Water Softener Corp ends Canadian business trip. City Manager Bill Durham returns from Pearl Lake fishing trip. Mr and Mrs E A Banes announce birth of son at St Anthony s Hospital Belleview NM.
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The
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Rio Grande Valley
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Pearl Lake, Colo
E. A. Banes
Belleview, N. M
Son
St. Anthony's Hospital
Seven Plead Guilty To Vagrancy In Court
Seven alleged vagrants arrested by Chief of Detectives M. M. Scott and Dick Graham appeared in municipal court before Judge R F E Wheeler. They entered not guilty pleas this morning and trials were set for July 11. No other cases were heard.
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City Hall
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Rural residents push for telephone system in Happy area
In Happy area residents urge installation of a real telephone system after months of service cuts. They accuse the local line manager of denying rural lines, leaving most households without usable service for two months or more.
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8 Telephone Company
Lnee
Oil production rises in Rocky Mountain and Texas panhandle bars
The week ending July 5 shows U.S. light crude output up 11 256 barrels daily, offset by heavy crude declines for a net gain of 5 659 barrels. West Coast and Gulf regions steady, Oklahoma and Kansas fall, Rocky Mountain leads with a 13 328 barrel rise.
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Okla
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Texas Panhandle
United States
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Texas
Self government, Europe and Hoover’s strength amid stock turmoil
The piece argues the United States cedes autonomy to Europe through a peace pact and notes Hoover’s rising political power as Congress winds down. It highlights stock gambling, investment trusts, and a surge of new shares fueling a volatile market, with observers blaming investor disbelief when downturns occur.
McMillans Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Dan Cupid's long union marked fifty years as Mr. and Mrs. John W. McMillan held a Golden Wedding anniversary in Amarillo. The couple plus many descendants gathered. they have five children, 16 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Their life included service at Houston post office, sales work for Plano Implement and other firms, later running the King Hotel in Amarillo.
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Moline
Ill
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Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company
Amarillo
King Hotel
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Pine Bluff
Ark
George McMillan
Chicago
M. L. Johnson
San Pedro
Calif
Raymond Holden
Fort Worth
John W., Jr
Holden
Johnson
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Bandit hijacks Dallas couple on lonely road
A lone hijacker forced C. A. Hancock and Miss Julia Farmer to drive a rented car out of Dallas. Two miles out he robbed them of a small amount of cash, then abandoned the vehicle in the residence district. The couple walked to a phone to report the robbery.
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C. A. Hancock
Julia Farmer
Hancock
Merger Seen as sole remedy for Amarillo lenders
Attorneys for Amarillo Building and Loan and Texas Plains Building and Loan say merger offers stockholders relief after a 10 percent loss and forced liabilites reduction. They warn opposition could trigger $100000 to $200000 in local losses while a merger guarantees partial restitution via a trust fund and scheduled payments. A Wednesday injunction hearing before Judge W F Gee is scheduled.
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J. 8. Cunningham
Amarillo
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A. Simpson
Wales H. Madden
Amarillo Building & Loan Association
Colonial Holding Corporation of
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Texas Plains Building & Loan Ancostasie
Mother seeks absent son Logan Turnbull in Amarillo search
Amarillo police are seeking Logan Turnbull after a letter from Mrs. W. S. Turnbull of Lyman Nebraska. She says Logan, last heard from three years ago, planned to move to Amarillo to work in oil fields with Continental Oil Company. His brother William Turnbull is critically ill in Denver and asks for Logan.
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Nebr
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Wyo
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Fitzsimmons Hospital
Denver
Colo
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Chicago
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Fire at Best Maid Food Company causes major damage
Fire last night caused between 700 and 800 dollars in stock and building damage at the Best Maid Food Company on West Sixth Street. Flames under grease kettles started the blaze, reported by the fire department. Alarm came in at 8:55 p.m.
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Mrs Marie Ward Dies in Hospital
Marie Ward 16 wife of I L Ward of 1116 Johnson Street died at 7 this morning at local hospital. She leaves husband daughter Dorothy Marie mother Mollie Redding Tulsa brother Edgar Redding Oklahoma City sisters Emma Hivgely Okmulgee and Mia Vara Hawkins Tulsa. Body in care of Blackburn Funeral Home. Arrangements pending relatives.
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Man killed at Peru identified as Amarillo resident
Identification comes after a man killed July 1 at Peru, Tennessee, was identified as a resident of Amarillo based on a letter to Police Chief W. R. McDowell. Sergeant Elmer Green announced the findings at police headquarters.
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W. R. McDowell
Acreage Cut in Cotton Exceeds One Million
Washington July 1 The crop reporting board of the department of agriculture reports about one million and a quarter fewer acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1 compared with the previous year.
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Department of Agriculture
Cotton markets in Liverpool and New York slide on bearish signals
Liverpool shows dull cotton spot prices with American middling fair at 5.85 and futures steady near 7.11 for July. New York opens barely steady after weak Liverpool cues, with July near 12.99, then sliding to around 12.98 as government report expectations weigh on market. New Orleans follows with a weak start and further declines ahead of the government report.
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