Dance Will Add To Horse Show At Tri-State Fair
A real horse show and a dance by Kerry King and his orchestra join the Tri-State Fair on August 6 at the Tri-State Fair Grounds. The dance at the Nat Dine and Dance Palace starts 9:30 PM and lasts four hours, with King leading a versatile band noted for two bands and jug specialty by Buddy Janoush. Admission 75 cents per person or $1.50 per couple. reservations 20167.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Tri-State Fair
Tri- State Fair Association
Kerry King
King
Buddy Janoush
Clavie Rogers
Three Majors
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Ilinois
Louisiana
Texas
Sylvan Beach
Houston
Casino Park
Fort Worth
Gull Lake Resort
Michigan
Hotel Heidelberg
Baton Rouge
Embassy Club
Panama
Services Thursday For Henry Detten
Henry Detten 74 died Monday night at his home eight miles north of St. Francis. Services will be held Thursday at 9 am at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Burial in St. Francis Cemetery with N. L. Griggs & Sons in charge. He had lived in the St. Francis area 27 years and was a wheat farmer. Survived by five sons and two daughters.
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Henry Detten
St. Francis
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Griggs & Sons
Detten
Amarillo City Commission Passes Two Resolutions
The Amarillo city commission approved a contract with Panhandle Construction Company of Lubbock to improve Amarillo water ways and authorized purchasing part of the water mains in Bivins Addition. The commission also approved bids for tax receipt blanks and supplies, authorized buying a horse for the city, noting a team of horses has long worked the slip grader and one horse died last week.
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City Commission
Ross D. Rogers
Panhandle Construction Company
Lubbock
Amarillo
Bivins
H. R. Smith
Last Rites Held for Morris Edgett Funeral
Morris Edgett 44 is laid to rest in Liano Cemetery after a funeral mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral conducted by Rev. W S Rosen. He died at home on Fairmont Street Monday night and served as a World War veteran.
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Morris Edgett
Sacred Heart Cathedral
W. S. Rosen
Liano Cemetery
N.S. Griggs Sons
Mr. Edgett
Fairmont Street
Amarillo to Accept Bids for Tax Receipts and Roll Sheets
The City Commission of Amarillo Texas will receive sealed bids on August 7 1934 at 8 PM for fourteen thousand original tax receipts and three copies of the same plus three hundred tax roll sheets. Bid requires certified or cashier’s check equal to 5 percent of bid. city may accept or reject any bid. City Manager H R Smith notes deadline July 25 1934.
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Amarillo
Texas
Tis-rite
Garner's Lazy Rest Keeps Garner Away From Politics in Texas
Uvalde Texas July 25 Vice President Garner enjoys a relaxed routine at his 15 acre Texas home. He shuns political duty preferring time with family, his hens and occasional cow camps while rejecting active involvement in Texas politics. He jokes about guards and jail-like scrutiny and mentions his wife Mrs Garner as his secretary who handles visitors.
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R. W. Barry Uvalde
Texas
John N. Garner
Garner
Senate
Siberia
Iaua
Tennessee
United States
Tom Connally
Connally
Genevieve
Tulley
Adam
John Nance Garner
Dalhart legislator Clint Small praised in public record
A. C. Johnson of Dalhart releases a statement detailing Clint Small’s legislative record benefiting the Panhandle. It highlights opposition to race gambling, support for the gasoline tax refund for farmers, highway wage laws, and the moratorium law with notes on careers and Retainers.
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Clint Small
Senate
Panhandle
A. C. Johnson
Dalhart
Johnson
Senator Small
Amarillo
Small
Texas
Senate Journal
Rail traffic revenues rise in first five months of 1934
State auditor reports passenger service train revenues gained 415 330 25 in the first five months of 1934 over 1933. Five month total reached 5 562 962 90, up from 5 147 632 65. May 1934 Texas rail revenue 632 250 99 versus 560 710 in May 1933. May miles run 1 445 030 versus 1 451 311 in 1933.
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Austin
Jay
State Railroad Commission
Texas Railroad
Record on Allred case and a disputed million dollar check
The doc discusses Texas Attorney Generals Pollard Bobbitt and Allred in a dispute over land tracts and a five million dollar school land payment. It cites Supreme Court of Texas pages, refutes claims, and credits Clint Smalls in Senate for gasoline tax refund groundwork.
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Texas
General Allred
George H. Templin
Austin
Allred
Claude Pollard
Supreme Court
Southwestern Reporter
Supreme Court of Texas
Pollard
District Court
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Trial Court
James V. Allred
Geo. Z. Wilson
Attorney General's Department
Clint Smalls
Senate
Farmer
Clint Small praised for tax relief and road bond leadership
The speaker credits Clint Small with saving Texas taxpayers over 10 million dollars since 1929 and reducing local taxes through road bond relief. Randall Potter and other counties show lower rates as evidence of his statewide impact and readiness to lead as governor.
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Comptroller's Office
Carson County
Castro
Dallam
Deaf Smith
Hall
Hansford
Ochiltree
Potter
Potter County
Clint Small
Potter County Sees 605 Absentee Votes Cast
Six hundred and five absentee ballots were cast in Potter County this morning with officials predicting 680 or more once remaining mailed ballots arrive. The midnight deadline passed with the county clerk’s office open until midnight to accommodate late voters. Deputy County Clerk John A. Brakcup said an estimated 50 to 75 ballots had been mailed from the county.
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Potter County
John A. Brakcup
Two Recruits Leave for Army Posts
Two recruits accepted by the U S Army recruiting office departed for army posts in Denver and Cheyenne Wyoming. William Mastings of Stratford assigned to Fitzsimmons General Hospital left for Denver while Bert F Cerveny of Mundy enlisted in infantry and left for Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne. Forsythe noted remaining vacancies at Warren and called for applicants aged 18 to 30 with at least eighth grade education.
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U. S. Army
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
William ©. Mastings
Stratford
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Bert F. Cerveny
Mundy
Fort Francis E. Warren
R. EB. Forsythe
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Joan Blondell
Rat O'Brien
Zasu Pitts
H. E. Jones
W. 10Th St
Alwaya
James
June DeLong
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Dave Allen
Gloria Marsh
District Attorney's
Associated Press
Stewart Warner
A. J. Arnold
Amarillo Electric CO
Schilling
Schilling CU
Santa Fe
P. H. Winstead
T. B. Gallaher
Douglass Montgomery
Ian Hele
Mee Marsh
George Meeker
M Bodil
Rosing
Fred Kohler
DeWitt Jennings
Hedde Hopper
Catherine Doucet
Frank Borzage
Eddie Duchin
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