Oasis Lake closure announced and regional sport show touts wildlife
A. V. McQuiddy cautions fishermen Oasis Lake is closed and no fishing is permitted. The piece promotes an upcoming Sportsman’s Show in Amarillo featuring 28 live waterfowl varieties, Texas elk and bighorn sheep, Alaska wolves, retrievers, and motion pictures with admission set at 40 cents for adults and 20 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. McQuiddy
Canadian
Oasis Lake
Texas
Palo Duro Canyon
Davis Mountains
Sub To Stay Below Awhile PORTSMOUTH Squalus salvage plan
Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole told a naval court the sunken submarine Squalus cannot be raised for at least a month. The 1430 ton sub lies 40 fathoms off the Isles of Shoals with 26 dead and 33 rescued. Salvage requires diving under extreme conditions and several stepwise lifts to shallow water.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U.P
Cyrus W. Cole
Naval Court of
Isles of Shoals
Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Japan Faces Formal War Move Against China Debate
A petition proposes formalizing Japan's undeclared war in China to obtain a legal blockade and protect foreign interests. Signers include Kanichi Otake Yujiro Miyake Jumataro Hoda with ties to ultrapatriotic groups like Toyama's Black Dragon society. Toyama, famed cabinet breaker, leads behind the scenes politics and has been linked to numerous political murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Kanichi Otake
House of Peers
Yujiro Miyake
Jumataro Hoda
Toyama
Black Dragon” Society
Coul
First of New Radio Towers Is Completed
Amarillo sees the first of three new radio towers completed. The KFDA tower at Fifth Avenue and Polk Street rises 182 feet with 108000 pounds of concrete at the base. Other planned towers include the Amarillo police Panhandle station at Fourth Avenue and Madison 185 feet high and KGNC at its transmitter 370 feet high. The Santa Fe general offices nearby reach 188 feet 6 4 inches.
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Amarillo
Polk and
Taylor Streets
Fifth Avenue
KFDA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Fourth Avenue
Madison
KGNC
Santa Fe General Offices
More Honors For Kiwanis
Amarillo Kiwanis Club earned honorable mention and second place in achievement among clubs of similar size. The club won the attendance award for clubs over 100 members with 96.84 percent attendance led by Gale Battey. Orla Allen sent a telegram noting the international attendance award and district totals at the Boston convention.
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Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Sim Kelly
Orla Allen
Boston
Amarillo Club
Gale Battey
Kelly
Amarillo
Knudson
Minnesota
Guilty Plea in Drunk Driving Case and Forgery Conviction
Harvey King pleaded guilty in 47th district court to drunken driving and received a $50 fine and 30 days in jail. Clarence Johnson pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to two years in prison.
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Harvey King
47Th District Court
Clarence Johnson
Burglars Net Zero At Welfare Office
Burglars entered the Welfare Association at 313 West Fourth Avenue but nothing was stolen according to officials. Police said they secured excellent clues and later solved the disappearance of a pocketbook from Clayton Grocery, 415 East Fifteenth Avenue, containing over $43.
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Welfare Association
West Fourth Avenue
Clayton
East Fifteenth Avenue
State Police Salary Cuts Reported Across Ranks
Texas state police faced salary reductions after the legislature adjourned. Captains 15 across districts lose 300 per year, sergeants 18 lose 120, patrolmen 200 lose 180, and the drivers license examiner patrolmen also incur 180 cuts. Patrol chief in Austin drops 300. overall force decreases by 30 and Panhandle district may lose additional personnel.
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Jim Line
Panhandle
Texas
Austin
World facts and oddities from an old newspaper page
The piece lists varied trivia including King Zog’s alleged marriages, the General Sherman tree’s size, spelling quirks kept by the Chicago Tribune, fire frequency in the US, shifting American consumer habits, a 1633 Massachusetts court record on an unconsented marriage, and Yorkville as a Nazi-leaning hotspot in New York.
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Zog
Albania
Italy
General Sherman
California
Chicago Tribune
United States
Massachusetts
Joyce Bradwick
Alexander Beck
Yorkville
New York
Upper East Side
Bruno Hauptmann
America
Wet TACK BY DAY OR HOUR
A fragment from a personal notice shows a young married woman seeking guidance on housework timing and methods, with continuation referenced to page 19. The readable portion emphasizes domestic tasks and timing but lacks broader context or identifiable names.
Judge Awards $1500 to Corrine Henderson in Cigarette Vending Case
Judge E C Nelson in the 47th district court ordered Corrine Henderson to receive $1500 for injuries from a cigarette vending machine falling on her at Standard Cigarette Service Inc. A prior jury had awarded $3477. with half of the new judgment going to the plaintiff’s attorneys. The note about toads and frogs is not relevant to the case.
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E. C. Nelson
47Th District Court
Corrine Henderson
Triangle
Standard Cigarette Service, Inc
Pipe bids reviewed for golf course project by city engineer
City engineer studies proposals for four or five miles of pipe and a pump for the municipal golf course. Bids were opened this morning and read. Six proposals were submitted with several offering alternates. The contract will be awarded at 10 o'clock tomorrow in a special city commission session.
British British subject stripped by Japanese gendarmes at Tientsin
Cecil Davis honorary agent for New Zealand in Tientsin reports being slapped and forced to undress by Japanese gendarmes while barred from a concession shed. He endured 15 minutes naked as foreign women passed by. Lord Halifax protests Japan over the incident.
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Cecil Davis
Tientsin
New Zealand
United States
Frederick W. Hinke
Davis
London
Lord Halifax
Mamoru Shigemitsu
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