Double burial for Amarillo family in gas explosion
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Albert Ecker, 44, and her 15-year-old daughter at Tabernacle Baptist Church after a gasoline jar exploded at 504 Roberts Street. The tragedy left the mother and daughter dead within hours, with the father and four other children surviving, and the home heavily damaged.
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Albert Ecker
Roberts Street
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Robert Pryde
Ecker
H. 8. Odom
D. Hendrix
J. J. Gear
W. L. Molyneaux
D. R. Grisham
I. M. Giles
Miss Ecker
R. X. Scheihagen
D. ¥. Wrather
Russell Gifford
C. C. Moore
G. L Hogal
L. M. Giles
Llano Cemetery
Blast
Nelda
Esther
Velma
A. E. Gunter
Norman
Bill
Amarillo
Albert
Lebanon
Kans
Harvey
Riverton
Neb
Eckers
Kansas
New Industries Attract Panhandle Oil Riches Near Amarillo
A Lawrence Hagg survey details Panhandle oil and gas growth near Amarillo with 190 million barrels produced to Jan 1 and 60 000 barrels daily current output. It notes 2 780 producing wells of 3 027 drilled, 30 pools, and potential over 250 million more barrels. It highlights carbon black plants 24 plants making 54 percent of world supply, 116 000 tons yearly helium from a government plant eight miles from Amarillo, and expanding gas lines to major cities.
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Amarillo
Lawrence Hagg
Oil and Gas Division
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
Hagg
B-C Pain Reliever Promises Quick Headache Relief
A North Carolina duo of druggists created a compound marketed as B-C claiming three minute relief from any headache including neuralgic sciatic or rheumatic pains. The ad states it calms nerves improves mood and has no after effects and is sold ten or 25 cents at drug stores and soda fountains.
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North Carolina
Farm power mix shown by survey of Minnesota farms
A survey of 538 Minnesota farms found power use distributed as 30 percent by horses 30 percent by automobiles and 25 percent by tractors.
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Minnesota
Giant Fossil To Be Moved From Castle Cliffs
The mas todon skeleton found at Castle Cliffs will be removed tomorrow to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum in Canyon. Floyd Studer oversaw the dig, and McKnight Transfer and Storage Co will transport the massive bones free of charge, with a ten cent fee mentioned for a related service.
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Castle Cliffs
Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum
Canyon
Skeleton Exhibition Proceeds Benefit Society
A skeleton on display was opened to visitors on the grounds. Proceeds from the exhibition will go to the Society, supporting its charitable aims.
Amarillo School Board to Meet Evening Session
Amarillo school officials board members will gather at the high school tonight to discuss several pending matters. Superintendent W A McIntosh announced the meeting and the items under consideration.
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Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
Grasshopper plague prayer service draws 1200 in Elk Point
In Elk Point South Dakota county residents gathered for a religious service with more than 1,200 attendees seeking deliverance from grasshopper hordes ravaging crops. The gathering reunited at the same site where ancestors prayed for relief six decades ago.
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Elk Point
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