Fair Poultry Show Meet Tomorrow
Preliminary arrangements for the Tri-State Fair Poultry Show will be outlined at a Panhandle Poultry Association meeting Thursday night at the Chamber of Commerce office. President Robert Ricks announced today that the show is expected to surpass former events based on the many entries received. All members are urged to attend. the session opens at 8 o clock.
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Panhandle Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Ricks
Tragedy continues as German flood toll rises
The report cites 35 drowned with fear of higher casualties as President Von Hindenburg attends a memorial in Koblenz. An American boy, Raymond Lawler, aged 7, and his sister Katherine were among the victims. grandparents and relatives describing the disaster near Treves after the bridge collapse.
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Russell
von Hindenburg
Coblens
Freeman
Berlin
Raymond Lawler
Treves
Raymond
Katherine
Con
Associated
Grandpa
Wit and War Tales From a War-Torn Page
A column reflects on youthful folly and reserved courage from naval heroes to Wolfe and Quebec. It warns about the fate of Jews in Romania and foresees Russia’s looming aggressor as a broader warning about justice and power.
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Romania
Carol
Bukowina
Portugal
England
Holland
Russia
Amarillo tree sitters spark local chatter and bold plans
A columnist details Amarillo youths climbing trees to draw attention amid political rivalries. He notes press skepticism, debates over a bet on horse racing, and warnings about matrimonial insurance schemes while urging prudent recreation and public discussion. The piece references Clint Small and Rev. Frank Norris, plus local groups like the C. W. club and Weedmen of the World.
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Clint
Frank Norris
Old Clint
Texas
Norris
State Senate
Senate
Clint Small
Nell Williams Dies Today at Local Hospital
Miss Nell Williams age 19, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Williams of 2111 Polk street, died at 9 35 this morning after an operation for appendicitis. Born near Shamrock she moved to Amarillo 11 years ago and graduated from Stephens College Columbia Mo last spring. She is survived by her parents two sisters and one brother. Body is at Griggs funeral home pending arrangements.
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Nell Williams
Roy Wil Nama
Polk Street
Miss Williams
Shamrock
Amarillo
Stephens College
Columbia
Roy Williams
Vivian MacAlpine
Bill Mac
Panhandle
Campaign Climax Bids for Votes as Election Nears
Fragmented notices from Fort Worth to Amarillo show candidates urging turnout and meeting voters. A fatal car crash in Revere, Massachusetts, claimed a young mushroom farmer, while volunteers and locals search for lost rugs and spare tires amid the political scramble.
Tax Board Reviews 3500 Property Renditions This Session
The city equalization board, including Sam Seay M. T. ONeill and Chester Adams, meets with City Tax Collector James Bowen to review about 3500 renditions of property valuations. The session, expected to last two weeks, includes a stenographer and staff from the adjutant office.
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Sam Seay
O'Neill
Chester Adams
James Bowen
Poem from Palo Duro Visit Sent to Mr Tack
Dear Mr Tack I write after my first visit to the Palo Duro canyons and adjoining landscapes. This note accompanies a poem I composed inspired by the rugged scenery and the sense of exploration it stirred.
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Mr. Tack
Palo Duro Canyons
Road conditions from Amarillo to regional towns via U S routes
The Panhandle Auto Club reports road status: Amarillo to Oklahoma City rough and dry. to Roswell passable with mud. to Tucumcari mud near state line. to Higgins good. to Clayton muddy all the way. to Borger paved. to Lubbock good. Amarillo to Wichita Falls and Fort Worth via routes show mixed conditions.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
U. 5
Oklahoma City
Roswell
Canyon
Texico
New Mexico
Tucumcari
Higgins
Clayton
N. M
Borger
Lubbock
U. S
the Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Bootleg Whisky Run Ends In Amarillo Pursuit
A police briefing describes two bootleg runners sent from Panhandle with 11 gallons of whisky to collect $77. In Amarillo a transfer occurred and a group of three negroes assaulted a runner, fleeing with the liquor. Police seek the missing 11 gallons and apprehend the other suspects.
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Amarolo
Panhandle
Amarillo
Merger plan outlined for Texas Plains Building & Loan
The merger originated about two months ago by J C Crane who led Amarillo branch work with Colonial Holding Corporation approval. Wade H Brymer and Earl Fuqua will hold key roles as secretary treasurer and president respectively while J C Allen of Colonial ties joins as executive vice president. The Texas Plains Building & Loan Association expands across the North and South Plains and West Texas.
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Ficials
J. C. Crane
Amarillo
North
South Plains
Wade H. Brymer
Texas Plains Building & Loan Association
Colonial Holding Corporation
J. C. Allen
Amarillo Building & Loan Association
Texas Plains Building & Loan Associations
Texas
Earl Fuqua
Amarillo Banker
W. FR. Brymer
Texas Plaing Building & Loan Association
Underwood, Johnson, Dooley and Simpson
E. A. Simpson
P. Dobbs
Ogden
Utah
Henry Harman
P. L. Reppert
Reppert
Buckley Shot During Recall Campaign Turmoil
Buckley was shot near the heart in the La Salle hotel as recall supporters pushed for mayor Bowles to win re election. He had earlier witnessed two gangsters shot in a car on Adelaide street signaling three weeks of gang warfare. Bowles called the slaying terrible and sought state law enforcement aid amid recall attacks tied to gambling ties.
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Buckley
Eight Erick men jailed on U S charge
Eight of the 23 Erick Oklahoma citizens sought on federal conspiracy charges are in the Oklahoma county jail awaiting arraignment before United States commissioner Fred Green. George F. Long and deputies arrested 21 men at Brick Monday and yesterday, including M. Y. Baker and C. T. Calvert. Two others reportedly fled to Amarillo Texas.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Erick
Okla
Oklahoma County
Fred Green
United States
George F. Long
Brick
Long
M. Y. Baker
M. L. Inman
C. H. Phillips
Pilot Hart- Simplex Nosed Over In Arkansas Air Derby
In Little Rock Arkansas the fourth lap saw 12 ships take off. Hosler was badly shaken after his plane nosed over during takeoff. he was removed to a hospital. The plane was demolished while 11 other planes fled the course without incident. Herman Hamer of Chicago led early and held elapsed-time lead with Lee Gehlbach of Little Rock challenging. Dexter R Smith, brother of Basil B Smith, reported forced down near Hamburg Pennsylvania but uninjured.
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Simplex
Little Rock
Ark
Hosler
Detroit
Herman Hamer
Chicago
Roosevelt Field
L. I. Hamer
Lee Gehlbach
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Dexter R. Smith
Basil B.smith
Hamburg
Penn
Earthquake Near Naples Causes Deaths and Communications Blackout
A strong quake near Naples killed at least 15 people including Countess De Rossi Vargas. Telegraph and telephone lines went down, delaying reports as police surveyed Naples. two explosions occurred at Pozzuoli about 1 a.m. and the epicenter was mapped in the Sarno zone. Religious services will be held to thank for lighter damage.
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Rome
Naples
Countess de Rossi-Vargas
Pozzuoli
Bay of Naples
Vesuvius
Alessandro Malladra
Sarno
Local Briefs Highlight Travels and Promotions
Miss Virginia Lowllwood of Phillips Petroleum will vacation two weeks in Stephenville. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hughes return from Santa Fe and Las Vegas. Col. Jim Bolton resumes work at the Amarillo Building after illness. C. E. Andrews plans an August Colorado tour. Mrs. C. E. Morrow to visit Chicago relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wells back after Red River trip. C. V. Vernon returns from Fort Worth business trip for the Amarillo Chamber. A. C. Murray promoted to manager at Western Union's largest branch.
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Clint Small
West Texas
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Cisco
Virginia Lowllwood
Phillips Petroleum Company
Stephenville
Mrs. H. B. Hughes
Santa Fe
Las Vells
New Mexico
Col
Jim Bolton
Brummett-Hill “Cowpen
Amarillo
C. E. Morrow
Mart Rolls Townsend
Chicago
C. V. Vernon
A. C. Murray
Western Union Telegraph Company
Curtiss Design Links to Flight Fame and Balloon Tests
Notes trace the Curtiss name from early air engine design to speed records at Ormond Beach and 140 mph milestones in 1906. It recalls Baldwin's balloon tests with a Curtiss motor and the growing ties between planes, balloons, and the era’s pioneering aviation spirit. Also lists local society notices from Amarillo including guests, travel, illness, and business moves.
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New York
Hammondsport
Curtis
Baldwin
Oaksland
Calif
Curtiss
Amarillo
Rykoff Resigns as Chairman of Soviet Council
Unconfirmed reports from Moscow say Alexis Rykoff has resigned as chairman of the Council of Soviet Commissars, the Soviet premier role. Rumors of Stalin's possible removal or takeover had circulated before the July 13 Politburo election.
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United Press
Berlin
Moscow
Alexis Rykoff
Council of Soviet Commissars
Soviet Union
Rykoff
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Politbureau
Stalin
Father sets blast kills two children in Pa home
In Barnesboro Pennsylvania a blast from dynamite believed set by a father amid marital strife destroyed the Langham home at Emeigh Run. A one year old boy and a five year old girl died. the mother Mrs. K Terry Langham was injured. A search followed as officers investigated the husband’s whereabouts.
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Associated Press
Barnesboro
Bla
K. Terry Langham
Emeigh Run
Here
Langham
Funeral for Baby Smith at 5 Today
Funeral for 3 year old Billy Jo Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Smith, who died at the family home on 2802 South Front Street, will be held at Blackburn Funeral Home at 5 this afternoon. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
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Billy Jo Smith
Floyd Smith
South Front Street
Blackburn Funeral
Llano Cemetery
Rock Island Officials Visit in Amarillo
Rock Island general passenger agent Jno. G. Farmer and traveling passenger agent W. E. Kammero visited Amarillo as guests of local Passenger Agent H. W. Clutter. Farmer praised the Panhandle business outlook and noted Vega line grading and a pending Shamrock Line permit decision as near-term developments.
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Jno
G. Farmer
Rock Island Line
Fort Worth
W. E. Kammero
Amarillo
H. W. Clutter
Farmer
Panhandle
Endurance monoplane Greater St. Louis flies 48 hours
The Greater St. Louis, piloted by Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, circled Lambert Municipal field for 48 hours in the air. At 7 11 a m CST the fliers said everything was going smoothly. In Tokyo a Cabinet Council decision foresees over 480 tobacco brokers losing jobs within a year as part of a rationalization plan.
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United Press
Tokyo
Maracaibo - Am
Phillipa Os
Prairie O & G
Prairie
Richfield of
Cal
Reiter-Foster
Royal Dutch
Simms
Sinclair
York
Skelly Ay Io
F. Clarke
Bre
Penn aTg
Marillo
Bidy
Allegheny Corporation
Tide Water
Allis Halmers Bai
Union of Cal
Arian & Foreign P
American Bank
Venex
American
Warner-Quinlan
American Car & Fou
American Locomotive Bay
Yester
American Power Ig
Amer Siaelt & T
American Steel Fi ‘Oundrys
American Tol & Telec
Superpower
American Tobacco
Durant Motors
Baltimore & Ob
Elec
Best & Company
Fokker Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Ford Motor Ltd
Rohn Aluminum & Brass
Ford of Can
Brooklyn Branawick Balke Collender
Lone Star Gas
Phepeewene
Mavis Hottling
Bucyrus
Bulova
Nat'l Fuel
Ae Burroughs
Niagara
Pennits
Technicolor, Inc
Canada
Th Trana Am Corp
Columbia Grapho Tone
Belvente
Commonwealth & Sou’ U
Congoleum Nairn
Sensei Film
Market notes drift with weather in easing cotton and livestock
Trading quiet as weather reports delay clear signals, New Orleans and Liverpool cotton futures edge off from highs after initial rallies. Prices stay near yesterday's closes with October around 13. one and December near 13.12. livestock markets in Kansas City Chicago and St Louis show varied but largely steady earnings amid thin demand.
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Liverpool
Weather Bureau
Texan
Lcrop
New Orleans
Associated Press
He Never Looked For Angels Here
Edgar A. Guest reflects on human frailty and endurance in a poem about facing life with open eyes. The speaker notes that one should bear burdens, seek kindness, and maintain faith despite doubt and hardship.
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Angels
Edgar A. Guest
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Secretary of the Navy
Nelson
Veesel
Wolfe
Quebec
Abraham
Tack
Erasmus Tack
Dallas Dispatch
Dr. Parcells
Entiste
California
Fair City
Mississippi
Amsarillo
C. W. Club
Weedmen of the World
O. W
Bill Thompson
L. A. Foster
Bill Collins
Conway
Canadian
M. F. Callihan
TAX Board
Mise Louise Barris
Four Madden
Pipkin
Ommeye
Hee
Carlsbad
New
Ret Tey, Nee Ack
Hart
C. E. Andrews
The
Allen Engineering Company
Colorado
J. B. Woodward
National Fraternal Association
3. A. Shelberg
Thomas H. Montgomery
Montgomery Collection Bureau
Amarillo Building
KE. T. Scott
Miami
District Court
Soviet Council
Baby Smith
Rock Island
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
Ohio
East Shore
Virginia
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Uebt
Risa
To & Pointe
U. S. Steel
American Can
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
Public Service of
N. J. Byers
Coca Cola
New York Central
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
General Motors
Standard
N. J
Ong J W. Jens
Continental Baking A
Continental Motors Coty, Tager
Crucible Steel Cuba, Company
Davison Chemical
Delaware & Hudson Co
Aeela, Lac & West
den & Rio G W RR
Detroit Edison
Electric Boat Co. i Electric Power
BaStady
Endicott. Johnson Fairbanks Morae
Thy
Gotham Silk Hore
Graham Paige Granby Consolidated Copper
Great Northern Rapid
Great Western Sugar Grigaby Granow
Hahn Department Stores
Houdaille Hershey
Hudson Motors
Illinois Central Air
Interboro Rail Transit International Cement International Harvester
Johns Manville
Kansas City Southern Rir
Julius Kayser Elvinator Corporation
IBM Kolster Radio
Reage & Co
Kroger Grocery & Baking
Lambert
National Biscuit Co
New York Central RR
NH & H RR
Northern Pacific
Thy Oliver Farm Equipment
Pathe Exchange
JC Penney Co
Pennsylvania RR
Pillsbury Flour Mill
Chicago Grain Table
Feapeese
F. Clark Brokerage Co
Keith Orpheum
Radio Corporation
Remington Rand
Reo Motor Car
Republic Iron & Steel
Reynolds Tobacco
St. Joseph
Schulte
Bay
Sears Roebuck
Simmons Company
Southern California Edison Bay
Standard Commercial Tobacco March
Stone & Webster
Studebaker Corporation
Dec. Ee Oe
United Fruit
Land— United Ga Improvement
Duly Wes
Winamny
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