Vernon Returns After Attending Meetings
C V Vernon secretary of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce reports a two week South Texas tour securing conventions and advancing highway talks. He pushed for 80 foot rights of way on Highway 33 to Amarillo, noted a $28,485 reappropriation for maintenance, and an $12,846 paving grant to extend Randall County concrete road. He also promoted Amarillo for the 1931 state highway board meet and the West Texas Chamber push.
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Amarillo
C. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
South Texas
Vernon
Austin
Carson County
State Commission
Commission
State Highway Commission
Randall County
Thirty-sixth
State Board of Pharmacy
Fort Worth
Atends
Houston
Christian Endeavor Association
Wichita Falls
Panhandle
Wanted small white Spitz priced under five dollars
A reader asks for a little white Spitz under five dollars for a young girl and offers contact times. A separate notice offers a one year old lynx cat for donation, directing interested parties to Canyon Texas location.
Widow Seeks Work in Amarillo With Two Children
A widow with two children seeks employment offering 20 years nursing experience yet willing to take any job. She lists addresses and phone numbers in Amarillo and asks for help finding cooking, harvesting, or road gang work. She notes she is alone and hopes for a stable position. A 16 year old girl also seeks summer work cleaning houses, ranch work, or child care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Joe
Tack
Alabama Street
Catarah Healed by New Method Promises Vitality
Dr David H Bokhof medical director at Lucerne Clinic Kansas City announces a new system for nasal catarrh treatment. The method uses cenose amino and aims to restore body resistance and relieve catarrh and its complications. He published a copyrighted guide “Nasal Catarrh and Its Home Therapy” detailing the home approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Bokhof
Westport
Stefon
Kansas City
Lucerne Clinic
Quick glance at gamblers, unions, and a royal plane
A tale of two pro gamblers near reality checks ends with the county saved from loss as Allan Hoover begins a manufacturing apprenticeship in New Jersey. The Prince of Wales orders a luxurious enclosed airplane for his birthday, while Mussolini’s hard work creed spreads to Germany with Fascists gaining strength in Saxony and Berlin.
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Allan Hoover
New Jersey
American Radiator Company
Prince of Wales
Mussolini
Germany
Saxony
Berlin
News Briefs Contined From Page One Details
The report notes a hospital confinement since June 11 for cirrhosis of the liver. United Press details in Chicago describe fresh evidence in the murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Alfred J. Lingle and the gang murder case linked to former police commissioner William F. Russell. Breckenridge reports fingerprints of Marvin Smith alias Roy Burkham sent to Huntsville to verify the gun battle capture with four officers last night.
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United Press
Chicago
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
William F. Russell
Breckenridce
Marvin Smith
Roy Burkham
State Penitentiary
Huntsville
Tax Payments Show Slight Hike Today
City tax payments rose modestly this morning but there was no rush to city hall, says tax collector James Bowen. Only three days remain to pay before a 10 percent delinquency penalty, with about 40 percent of dues due before July 1 still unpaid. Two extensions have been granted, and no further extensions are expected.
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James Bowen
Bowen
Used Auto Show Begins in Amarillo Display
A used car show starts this week in Amarillo showcasing reconditioned autos rather than new ones. The Franklin Amarillo Company partners with Franklin Motor Car Factory and local dealers, using the former McCarty showroom at Ninth and Polk for the event featuring reconditioned used vehicles and a novel merchandising approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Franklin-Amarillo Company
Franklin Motor Car Factory
Franklin
9Th and
Polk Streets
McCarty Motor Company
Judge Will Not Convict Ball Stealer at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO June 26 A municipal judge dismissed charges against a boy who picked up Hack Wilson’s foul tip at Wrigley Field and refused to surrender it to an usher. The judge said a foul ball landing among spectators is a lost ball for the Cubs and praised the boy for grabbing it.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Cubs
Allegretti
Hack Wilson
Baptists Hold First Service In New Home
The First Baptist Church held the opening service in its new building during a covenant meeting held at the educational wing beside the main auditorium. No exact opening date was announced. Dr G L Yates, the pastor, said a formal dedication would likely occur late July or early August. Prayer meetings will occur each Wednesday in the educational building while Sunday services stay at the Municipal Auditorium until dedication.
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The
First Baptist Church
G. L. Yates
Voters to decide on revised county courthouse plan
County officials say a new courthouse can be built for half the expected cost. They have studied revised plans by local architect Wm. C. Townes and will submit detailed proposals to voters for approval.
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Lynch
Wm. C. Townes
Flashes of Life from World Briefs
The report covers Mrs. Lindbergh’s birth certificate noting her profession and work setting in life. It also mentions Mrs. J Dewey Soper planning two years as a medical missionary among Hudson Strait Eskimos. Other items note Leo Mazatti’s court win over a patent ad misuse and Lord Derby on prohibition during a U S visit. A Brussels professor plans a nine mile balloon ascent for observations.
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Associated Press
Englewood
N. J
Baby
Montreal
J. Dewey Soper
Lake Harbor
Hudson Strait
Brownwood Bank Falls to Open After Withdrawals
Brownwood State Bank, led by president O. C. Walker, failed to open today as heavy withdrawals over the past week drove directors to close the nine year old bank with $62,000 in capital and surplus. A plan to pay depositors will be set at a forthcoming stockholders’ meeting.
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Bownwood
Tex
Brownwood State Bank
O. C. Walker
36th Division Members Gather for First Reunion
OKLAHOMA CITY June 26. Buddies of the 111th ammunition train unit of the 86th Oklahoma Texas division gathered here for a first reunion. More than 300 were expected, with hope to form a permanent organization to meet annually.
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Oklahoma City
111Th Ammunition Train
86Th Oklahoma- Texas Division
Supreme Court Proceedings and Rehearing Actions
A sequence of Texas Supreme Court items lists judgments reversed and rendered for plaintiffs in error, remands to district court, motions granted on rehearing, writs of error refused, and mandates advanced or overruled across cities including Austin Dallas Bowie Galveston Hidalgo Jefferson Lubbock McAllen Wichita. The docket covers cases involving Home Insurance Company, Liberty Independent School District, City of Dallas, Kansas City Southern, and various firms and individuals.
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Austin
Supreme Court
P. F. Gwynn
Belle Wisdom
Tichita
Sepreme Court of the
United States
Home Insurance Company Et al Ve. C. J. Dick, Et al
Galveston
G. A. Cato
And
P. Ry. Co
Bowie
J. F. Richardson
Liberty Ind
Liberty
Harry Allsman
H. Robison
Upton
J. R. Duvall
City of Dallas
Dallas
City of
Liquid Carbonic Company
McClennan
Clara Schultz
L. E. Whitham and Company
Wichita
Rites Today for Jeff Meadows of White Deer
Funeral rites for Jeff Meadows 33 of White Deer proceed from White Deer Baptist Church at four this afternoon with Rev Douglass Carver officiating. Burial will follow in White Deer cemetery under N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home. Meadows, manager of White Deer Motor Company, died from burns after a gasoline engine backfired igniting gasoline near his work. He is survived by his wife, his parents Mr and Mrs B B Meadows, five brothers and three sisters.
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Jeff Meadows
White Deer
White Deer Baptist Church
Douglass Carver
White Deer Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Meadows
White Deer Motor Company
Mr. Meadows
B. B. Meadows
H. F
Paradise
Texas
W. QO
Parnell
R. L
R. J
J. R
Floyd, N. M
S. O. Clark
Lubbock
W. W. Clark
Woolford
Effie May Meadows
City Jail Empty as Court Idle in Amarillo
Amarillo's city jail has been empty for 24 hours and no cases were on the docket in corporation court at city hall this morning. Judge R. E. Wheeler noted the quiet, while Police Chief W. R. McDowell said he was afraid to speak.
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Amarillo
Mother Hubbard
Corporation Court
City Hall
R. E. Wheeler
W. R. McDowell
Man Leaves Plane In Wrong Wichita
J R Smith of Wichita Falls rushed home after a business trip to Tulsa and boarded a taxi in Oklahoma City only to realize he was in Kansas. The confusion stemmed from the similar names Wichita Falls Texas and Wichita Kansas and the era of air travel.
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Wichita
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls
Texas
Eas
J. R. Smith
Tulsa
Kansas
Japanese Ship Steward Slain Aboard Tatsuta Maru
Ryozo Kitamura chief steward on the Tatsuta Maru was murdered at sea near Shimoda as the liner passed Kobe to Yokohama. Passengers and crew were questioned in Yokohama. one drowned sailor was the only other missing person. Police suspect a stowaway as the likely enemy.
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Yokohama
Japan
Ryozo Kitamura
Shimoda
Kobe
Kitamura
Man Spanks Woman Motorist After Collision
HANFORD Calif June 26 A 30 day jail term was imposed on John Sorder an oil worker after his car brushed fenders with Mrs Merle Fitting of San Francisco He chased dragged her from her car and spanked her claiming shell shock as his motive Presented as a moral tale from a small local incident.
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Associated Press
Hanford
Calif
John Sorder
Sorder
Merle Fitting
San Francisco
Lorder
Judge Takes Part Of New Citizen In Slander Case
CHICAGO June 26 Lorn Linder a Sweden born immigrant now an American citizen arrested neighbor Virginia Murphy after she called him a foreigner He proclaimed I’ve got my second paper The judge assured Linder his rights as a citizen and warned Murphy to desist from slander in this case
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Associated Press
Chicago
Stars and Stripes
Lorn Linder
Sweden
America
Virginia Murphy
Linder
Padden
Miss Murphy
Votive Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral Opening Adoration
A solemn votive mass honoring the Sacred Heart and a Blessed Sacrament procession mark the Forty Hour Adoration at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Services begin at 7 o'clock with high mass and continue through Sunday, with the Love of the Sacred Heart sermon by Bishop Gerken. Altar Society ladies guard the hours, and litany and benediction close the day. Masses are set for 6 o'clock Friday and Saturday mornings.
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Ladies of the Altar Society
R. A. Gerken
D. D
Funeral for Adams Youth at 2 Today
Funeral services for James Moore Adams ten year old son of Mr and Mrs J T Adams 909 North Grant Street drowned yesterday morning in a swimming hole north of the city were held at 2 oclock this afternoon from the home of his uncle J M Adams 1606 Pierce The boy youngest son of Mr and Mrs Adams lost his life while swimming in a water hole on the farm of his uncle J M Adams seven miles north of the city The Rev J C Sisemore pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church officiated Burial was in Llano cemetery Pallbearers were B W Rhodes M B Cotton J F Salmond and M C Wisdom Besides his parents James is survived by three brothers John T Jr D M and Joseph Adams and two sisters Mildred and Louise He was a nephew of J M Adams of the Adams Dry Goods Company.
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James Moore Adams
J. T. Adams
North
Grant Street
J. M. Adams
Pierce Street
J. C. Sisemore
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
B. W. Rhodes
M. B. Cotton
J. F. Salmond
M. C. Wisdom
James
John T. Jr. D. M
Joseph Adams
Mildred
Louise
A G Floyd Drowns Near Waynoka Oklahoma
A G Floyd, 33, a Santa Fe railway engineer and former Amarillo resident, drowned near Waynoka Oklahoma yesterday. He leaves a widow and two children along with his parents, two brothers and two sisters. The body will arrive this afternoon and be cared for by N S Griggs & Sons pending arrangements.
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A. G. Floyd
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Waynoka
Okla
Mr. Floyd
FP. C. Floyd
Floyd
Frank C
Owen W. Floyd
B. F. Bates
Plainview
A. E. Hahn
Mobeetie
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Love To Support Senator Sheppard For Fourth Term
San Angelo Texas June 26 Senator Thomas B Love of Dallas candidate for governor today was publicly on record for the re election of United States Senator Morris Sheppard after a speech last night when he advised anti Tamanyites to forget the political differences of 1928 and return the senior senator to a fourth term in Washington Sheppard had campaigned for Alfred E Smith two years ago while Love led the party revolt that placed Texas in the Republican column.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Texas
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
United States
Morris Sheppard
Washington
Sheppard
Alfred E Smith
Love
Officers Return Man to Oklahoma
Jackson County officers plan to go to Corpus Christi Texas to return William B White charged with obtaining money under false pretenses Corpus Christi authorities notified local officials that they had arrested White a complaint filed here alleges an illegal business transaction on January 5 1928 White allegedly named four automobiles not his as security on a 1750 note the note was given to John Hensley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Altus
Okla
Jackson County
Corpus Christi
Tex
William B. White
White
John Hensley
Costly teacher warns, son of doctor replies menacingly
A Cologne gossip item notes a strict teacher threatening to summon the boy’s father, while the doctor’s son retorts that visits cost three dollars each, reflecting humorous social friction in a local humor column from Lustige Kolner Zeitung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
Stunt Motorcycle Race At Tri-State Pair Grounds Sunday
One of the feature rides at the Tri-State Pair grounds will tackle ocean waves next Sunday evening. Lonnie Johnson leads a field including “Skeet” Ford and Amarillo riders Chester Grounds and Charles Cover. A fast track record may be challenged as the event starts at 7 PM with no admission.
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Tri-State
Lonnie Johnson
Lnd
Lonnie
Thorson
Ford
Amarillo
Chester Grounds
Charles Cover
Tri-State Fair Association
Funeral for Border Patrolman of Laredo
Laredo June 26 Funeral rites were planned today for Robert W. Red Kelsay United States border patrolman who died last night of wounds suffered yesterday in a gun fight with Mexican liquor smugglers on the banks of the Rio Grande. Federal officers believed Kelsay s assailants escaped into Mexico, though one left a trail of blood indicating he had been wounded in the exchange of shots.
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Laredo
Robert W
Red) Kelsay
United States
Rio Grande
Kelsay
Mexico
Markets Turnover Mixed Across Livestock and Grains
Kansas City reports Hogs 5,000 with top $5.85 and cattle prices steady to strong including steers at $10.50 and cows up to $6.75. Chicago and Fort Worth markets show hogs steady to down, cattle steady to higher with steers near $10.75, lambs weak, with grain and dairy notes and New Orleans cotton futures firm on Liverpool cues and weather risk.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Asociated Press
U. 8
East ST. Louis
The
Wed for Life Sets Man Woman apart in Love
A poem by Edgar X. Guest from 1930 argues that only those who vow to wed for life can endure marital strains. It contrasts lasting commitment with fleeting unions, claiming patience, wit, and love grow when couples stay together and face challenges. The piece reflects traditional marriage ideals and tolerance within a long-term partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar X, Guest
New York Cotton Opens Steady on Heat Outlook
The New York cotton market opened steady with an 11 to 14 point advance on firm Liverpool cables and hot south weather. July edged 13 points higher near 18.46, with new October about 12.82 as months showed 6 to 9 point retracements from early highs. Trading quiet later as new crop calculations limited activity.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
New York
Texas
Central Valley
N. Y
Liverpool Cables
Prospecta
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Beanie
Myrtle Carmon Russell
Kentucky Street
Mrs
Paul Frye
North Fillmore St
Canyon
John Downing
Canyon, Texas
D. S. 1816
East Ninth Avenue
S. H
Kitty
Kloman
NORD
Legge
Farm Board
Sam
Clarence Woolley
New Home
Taris
Leo Mazatti
Lord Derby
Brussels
Picard
Brussels University
Augsburg
Brownwood Bank
36Th Division
Supreme Court OF Texas
ADAMS
Senator Sheppard
Oklahoma
Border
France
Jno. F. Clark Brokerage Co
BOM
Barrela
Southern
Elie
North Carolina
Virginia
United States Steel
American Can
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
American Tobacco
Eastman Kodsk
Auburn Auto
Worthington Pump
J. L Case
Allied Chemical
Call
Granby Cons
Great Northern Rapid
Great Western Sugar
Houdaille Hershey
Eeee Eee
Hadeon Motora
Aes
Interboro
International Cement
International Harvester
Johns Manville
Rpeee Eee
Kansas City Southern Rrl
Julius Kayser
Tpeeresebee
Kelvinator Corporation
Olster Aeee Eee
Pullman Peeseebveres Seeee
Keith Orpheum
Radio Corporation
Remington Rand
Baty Reo Motor Car
Sky Republic Iron & Steel
Ord
Reynolds ‘Tobacco Resa
St. Joseph Lead
Universal Pipe & Rad
Vanadium Corporation
Wee
Warner Bros Pictures
Warren Bros Co
West Maryland RR
Western Union Secreecsace
Westinghouse
Jno
F. Clarke
White Motor Co
Wees and Thy Amarillo
Willys Overland Air Reduction
Woolworth Co
Eeseres
Allegheny Corporation
Yellow Truck & Coach
American & Foreign Power
American Canerasereetes
American Car & Foundry
American Power & Light
American Rad & S
Mfe
Maracaibo
Atlantic
Gat Steel
Gulf of Penn
Associated Dry Goods
New
At&s
Auburn Automobile
Aviation Corporation
Wali
Baltimore & Ohio
Best & Co
Bethlehem Steel
Ecanes Bly Ae Pierce
Bulova
Prairie
Burroughs
Richfield
Cal California
Reiter-Foster
Canada Ry
Weeee Teagere
Royal Dutch - 51S
Celotex Co
Sinclair
Cerro de Pasco
Checker Cab Mfg
Chesapeake Corporation
Chicago & Northwestern
Penn Oil
Cmslp&pac
Am Superpower
Ark Nat Gas
Delaware & Huron Co
Assd Gas & Elee
Dela, Saca & West Steer
Canadian Maroon
Detroit Edison
Cent Pub Srv
Eastman Kodak Tees
DeForest Radio
Faton Axle & Spring
Thee
Durant Motors
Elec
Bond & Share
Toch Electric Boat Co
Fokker Aircraft
Ford Motor Ltd
Endicott Johnson
Fisk
Gillette Razors
Niagara
Glidden Co .Sone
Penroad Corp
Technicolor
Gold Dust Corp
Trans Am Corp
Goodrich Tire & Rubber
Trans 1 Air Trs
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Gotham Silg Hose
United Gas
Graham Paige
Wajol
Rajoh
Importansi
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