Red Cross to start swimming classes July 6 at Gem Lake Pool
The fifth annual Red Cross swimming and life saving school opens Thursday July 6 at Gem Lake pool west of Amarillo Country Club. Courses include beginner and advanced levels for all ages with free instruction and a five cent pool admission.
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RED Cross
Gem Lake
Red Cross Swimming and
Amarillo Country Club
Scout
Marvin J. Paul
Paul
Marjorie Allen
Damon Blake
Walter 5. Mellor
Bill Cazzell
Jearn
Wallace's Plane Disaster Near Goodland
A United Airlines passenger plane carrying Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace was destroyed by an explosion and fire after a forced landing near Goodland Kansas Pilot Gordon Darnell warned of motor fumes and landed in a corn field four passengers were saved including Wallace Cal Ward and George W Catts The plane was en route to Denver from Kansas City Salina stop avoided further loss Mail and express also survived
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Kan
United States Airways
Henry A. Wallace
Kansas City
Salina
Gordon Darnell
Express
Wallace
Cal Ward
Farmers Union
Kansas
George W. Catts
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Denver
Thomas Stepsin as New Revenue Taker
W A Thomas of Dallas an estate man was sworn in as collector of internal revenue for the Northern District of Texas by Jed C Adams. He told department employees under the retiring Republican official George C Hopkins that they would be kept for an indefinite period but not retained too long. You can't expect Democrats to retain Republicans indefinitely.
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Dallas
U.P
W. A. Thomas
Texas
Jed C. Adams
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Thomas
George C. Hopkins
Liberal Tax Law Hurts Arm Claim
McAllen Hidalgo County auditor Charles K. Leslie Jr told the State County Auditors Association in Fort Worth that a tax penalty remission law makes collection harder and urged Governor Ferguson to consider a special session to address the problem.
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Fort Worth
Charles K. Leslie, Jr
McAllen
Hidalgo County
State County Auditors Association
Leslie
Ferguson
U S Liquor Test Office in Dallas to Close
The Dallas Office of the federal bureau of industrial alcohol will close July 1. The district office covering Oklahoma and Texas will be moved to New Orleans. Dallas police seizures will be analyzed by government chemists, with a new police order expected soon.
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Dallas
Federal Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Oklahoma
Texas
New Orleans
Advertising brings back the wanderer in a railroad column
A rambled tale shows a castaway recruiting via signal flags, then trades seas for railroads to Amarillo. The piece notes local events including a dance in Painters Hall, a telegram of visitors, and a July rodeo at Anvil Park with prizes and a camping-friendly three-day schedule.
Santa Fe personnel take vacations and return to duty
Santa Fe division staff members are on leave or returning to work after trips. Engineers, managers, and clerks resume rounds. several travel to Kansas City Lawrence Kan and Hutchinson Kan while others visit Chicago Las Vegas and Clovis for rest and recreation.
Rail labor, rates, and Morgan claims frame Texas rail scene
The piece notes the National Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters resisting a company union in federal court. It reports Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe seeking ICC approval to abandon nine miles between Bragg and Saratoga Texas, and a joint Texas Railroad Commission hearing in El Paso on Texas and Pacific’s plan to end Loving and Hobbs services. It cites June 24 rate grants of two cents a mile for Southern Pacific and Santa Fe within New Mexico, contingent on patronage. It also quotes Senator Norris accusing J P Morgan of power to influence railroads and wages. The article mentions Fritch of Rock Island visiting Amarillo and Liberal with executives noting rising freight and reinstatements.
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Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bragg
Saratoga
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
el Paso
New Mexico State Corporation Commission
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Loving
Hobbs
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
New Mexico
How to Relieve Headaches In Three Minutes
An advertisement for B. C. remedy promises fast relief from violent headaches within minutes. It claims a pharmacist made formula blending several ingredients to act quickly and also eases muscular pains colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs. Available in 10 and 26 cent packages at drug stores.
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B. C
Tragic Truck Collision Kills Three Near Waller
Three Black residents of Navasota were fatally injured in a highway crash near Waller Texas. A truck with cotton collided with another vehicle carrying a heavy cotton bale that was hurled 180 feet down the road.
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Houston
U.P
Waller
Here
Rear Admiral Brother Held in Bank Case
John Cooke Grayson brother of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson was among four men indicted by a DC grand jury over a Park Savings Bank shortage. He allegedly informed bank vice president Robert Stunz of examiner visits in exchange for overdrafts and a $4000 credit not deposited. Stunz killed himself and left a note blaming the Park Bank shortage estimated at 1.7 million dollars.
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Washington
John Cooke Grayson
Cary T. Grayson
District of Columbia
Park Savings Bank of Washington
Grayson
National Bank Examiner
Treasury Department
Robert 8. Stunz
Federal Bank
Stunz
Park Bank
BonKora Promises Quick Fat Loss and Youthful Feelings
The claim touts BonKora as free of dangerous drugs while boosting health and reducing fat rapidly. It emphasizes feeling younger and looking younger, but readers should be cautious of scams and seek verification before reliance.
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BonKora
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la Salle Hotel
Panhandle
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Anvil
Henry O'Leary
Santa Fe Division
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Melrose Apartments
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Las Vegas
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R. L. Swink
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O'Leary
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Henry Snodgrass
Tennessee
Orville Morrison
National Brotherhood of Pullman Porters
George W Norris
United States Senate
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Morgan
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Rock Island
Liberal
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Dalhart
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W. E. Danver
Fritch
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Amarillo Hotel
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W. Lombard St
Baltimore, Md
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Mra. Halleck
Pely
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C. E. Hardy
Goose Creek
Tawa
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