Double Probe Started Into Fatal Blast
Stone Mountain Georgia reports two investigations opened after a compressed air tank exploded at the Stone Mountain Granite Corp quarry as workers entered the time keeper’s building. Seven men were killed and six injured, with the dead including superintendent C. G. Davis and driller C Z Cowan among others. Injured workers John Swain Morris Brown and Carl Sewell listed as most seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated P. Stone
Mountain
Ated i
Prospect
Stone Mountain Granite Corporation
Stone Mountain
C. G. Davis
C. Z. Cowan
J. D. Glaze
Cal Howard
Cody Smith
Charles Haynes
Will Maddox
John Swain
Morris Brown
Carl Sewell
Kansas City praise and worry mix in lively page one notes
A Chicago smallpox feature contrasts past dread with today while Kansas City figures, Da Vinci dreams, and Wall Street buoyancy frame a column of local pride. Florida shipping booms and Florida crowds mirror national optimism, as car traffic and business activity flow southward.
Westbrook Named for Accident Board Chair
Twenty one senators urged Governor Dan Moody to appoint Senator Ed Westbrook of Sherman as chairman of the Industrial Accident Board to replace Judge James W. Swayne. Endorsers listed include Williamson, Russekl, Patton, Holbrook, Hardin, Parr, Witt, Wirtz, Cousins, Miller, Pollard, Beck, Garner, Martin, Hyer, Berkeley, Moore, Small, Parrish and Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Ed Westbrook
Sherman
Industrial Accident Board
James W. Swayne
Grayson County
Williamson
Russekl
Patton
Holbrook
Hardin
Parr
Witt
Wirtz
Cousins
Miller
Pollard
Beck
Garnet
Martin
Hyer
Berkeley
Moore
Small
Parrish
Love
Traveling salesman details firm head a good boss in Chicago
A Chicago man visits the employer of a traveling salesman praising the head as a fine fellow and well liked. The stenographer, a foreign descent but fluent in English, overhears a threat to “bump off” the angry caller and remains at work as tensions rise amid talk of payback and press chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Real estate for sale by owner on Canyon highway
E C Weber of Amarillo appeals to Tack with a sincere notice to publish a sale ad for his property known as Hollywood. The 1.5 acre site eight miles from Amarillo and ten miles from Canyon includes a 20 by 80 foot building with hardwood floors and a 50 by 5 foot dancing area, plus facilities for oil. The business, two years old, grossed 10000 last year despite road closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Canyon Highway
Amarillo
Canyon
Hollywood
Randall
E. C
Jack) Weber
Box
Texas
Fried chicken dinners with hot biscuits and cream offer welcome relief
A reader volunteers jokes for printing and invites Tack to visit for a fried chicken dinner with hot biscuits and cream, noting a tough winter and willingness to share more when time allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Marriage License Law Delayed 90 Days Says County Clerk
County Clerk Ted Blackburn announced the marriage license law will not take effect for 90 days and will issue licenses under prior conditions during the interim. Senator Clint Small informed Blackburn the law would not be immediate, and health certificates may be required for men under the new provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Blackburn
Blackburn
Clint Small
Banquet of 699 Total Abstainers At Amarillo Church
About 699 men who never drink attended a large all state banquet at Central Presbyterian Church in Amarillo last night with 700 at attendance. The event, organized by the Women's Missionary Society, featured regional groups and performances including Kentucky’s jubilee singers and Texas blue sunbonneted girls. Speakers included L. L. Ferree C. S. Lambie Judge Sam B. Matlow Mrs Phebe K. Warner and J. O. Gulerie. Mary Miller Beard read one of her poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Presbyterian Church
RK. Thomson
Amarillo
Women's Missionary Society
Kentucky
Texas
L. L. Ferree
C. 8. Lambie
Pennsylvania
Sam B. Matlow
Tennessee
Phebe K. Warner
Claude
Ilinois
J. O. Gulerie
Mary Miller Beard
Dewey Hunt Sentenced to Electric Chair in Dallas
A Dallas jury sentenced Dewey Hunt to death by electric chair for the November murder of street car operator Samuel Cole. The verdict, reached on the first ballot, followed evidence linking Hunt to the crime despite his insanity plea. Cole was shot during an attempted holdup at the controls of his car on November 3.
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Associa
Dallas
Dewey Hunt
Samuel Cole
Hunt
Cole
Passehl Goes On Trial Charged With Assault
Edwin Passehl, known for a six day hunger strike in Potter County jail, faces trial in district court on assault with intent to kill. The charges stem from a two week old jail break attempt in which he allegedly attacked jailer Marshall Nelson with a sharpened table knife. Five inmates tried to escape but fell back after hot oatmeal spilled on the floor. Passehl has spent much of his life in reform schools and penitentiaries and is held for burglary of a filling station and several Amarillo residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Passehl
Potter County
District Criminal
Passehl
Marshall Nelson
Passehil
Amarillo
Carlander to Draw Plans for Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka
Architect Guy A. Carlander returns from Topeka after signing a contract with Santa Fe for a new five story fireproof hospital. The 85 bed facility will feature tower operating rooms a clinic department laboratories and x ray services with predominantly single rooms. This follows the Albuquerque hospital project he prepared plans for in 1926.
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Guy A. Carlander
Topeka
Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe Hospital
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Dining room jokes and gravy referenced in column
A reader signs off from Madsen Dining Room sending jokes to a columnist. The note mentions dinners and cream gravy with a playful exchange attributed to Mrs Jas Madsen and E R oe, referencing the dining business and a contact phone.
Tack Letters Page 19 Notes from Tack Letters
Notes in the Tack Letters page reference Mr. John L. McCarty and Mr See. The item appears as a brief community notice or reader correspondence column. Further specifics are unreadable in the provided excerpt.
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Wwld Life Pictures
John L. McCarty
Clyde Tatum Dies In Hospital Here
Clyde T Tatum 30 proprietor of the Golden Rule Barber Shop on West Seventh avenue died in a local hospital at 11 last night. He came to Amarillo a year ago and the body lies in state at N S Griggs Sons. It will be sent to Maude Oklahoma for burial. His parents Mrs and Mrs W C Tatum will receive the body at Maude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde T. Tatum
Golden Rule
West Seventh Avenue
Amarillo
Griggs & Sons
Maude
Oklahoma
W. C. Tatum
Initiation of Hoo-Hoo 10 Set For Saturday
A general concatenation of the Amarillo Hoo Hoo club will meet at the Crystal Ball room of the Herring hotel Saturday night. About 25 new members or Kittens are to be initiated as 150 members and many Kittens are urged to attend. A business meeting was held at noon at the Amarillo hotel to discuss plans for the International Order of Hoo Hoo convention to be held here in September. Tomorrow night at 8 anoth er business session will precede the concatenation at 9:09.
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Amarillo
Floods Spread Across States Cut Roads And Crops
Tallapoosa river floods cause farm land damage while North and South Carolina report many bridges out and highways under water. Broad French Catawba and Swannona rivers exceed flood stage spreading water widely. Ohio faces danger from multiple rivers though hopes rise as levels fall. Missouri and Illinois show relief potential but remain at danger.
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Tallapoosa
North
South Carolina
Catawba
Swannonna
Ohio
Maumee
Scioto
Tuscarawas
Missouri
Illinois
Floods Threaten Four Southern States As Rain Subsides
The Associated Press reports floods across Georgia, Southern Alabama, North and South Carolina after 48 hours of rain. Eight people died, including a child near Lincolnston, a boy in Augusta, and an eight year old in Butler. Bridges and roads were washed out as floodwaters rose.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Lincointon
Augusta
Butler
Wurzbach Campaign Contributions Admit Voluntary Gifts
A Texas congressman and candidate faced questions over campaign money from Roy B. Nichols, postmaster of Houston, in August 1924. Witness E. Kendell testified the contributions were unsolicited and from lifelong friends, with Wurzbach insisting voluntary gifts do not violate criminal law.
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Union National Bank of
Houston
Texas
Wurzbach
Horsbrugh dies after illness. cattleman known figure
Horsbrugh died at his wife's bedside after more than four weeks of illness. He came to Amarillo in 1904 and ran an office in the Amarillo hotel lobby, widely known among cattlemen nationwide. The body will arrive via the Santa Fe at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and lie in state at N. Griggs & Sons until funeral arrangements are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsbrugh
Amarillo
Amarillo Hotel
Santa Fe
Griggs & Sons
At the Theaters and Vaudeville Highlights
The Fair shows Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in A Woman of Affairs on its first day, plus The Mission with Weary River and Richard Barthelmess. Also listed are Vitaphone vaudeville Movietone News, Deandi Headin' for Danger with an all star cast, and The Lewis Players with Nat-Rine Emerson and his orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greta Garbo
John Gilbert
Richard Barthelmess
Vitaphone Vaudeville
Movietone News
Deandi
Danger
Lewis
Emerson
Bake Cherry Pies To Reform Sinners
Leonard Smith in Gaffney South Carolina baked a dozen big cherry pies to reform neighbors he believed were sinning. He handed them out freely but police arrested him, as he claimed a spirit ordered the pie distribution.
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The
Associated Press
Gaffney
Leonard Smith
Farm hand pleads guilty to forgery in district court
C. T. Miller a 37 year old former evangelist and farm hand admitted forging his employer W. E. Bennett's name on a $120 check and received a two year suspended sentence. Bennett testified Miller was a top worker and would be rehired if suspended sentence imposed. Miller said he was drunk when writing the check and had moved from Ohio to care for Bennett's purebred cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Miller
W. E. Bennett
Randall County Commissioners Court
Miller
Ohio
Bennett
Huge Texas Delegation Heads to Capital Inauguration
The largest Texas delegation ever to attend a Republican inauguration travels to Washington aboard a 12 car special train with 250 aboard and another 250 expected. The group includes a 36 piece Simmons University cow boy band in sombreros and chaps led by honorary leader Dott E. Smith, famed Texas Ranger.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Simmons University
Washington
Dott E. Smith
Two confess Buckholts bank robbery in Texas
Leland Charles also known as Leland Holder and Carl Altenberg confessed to robbing Buckholts State Bank Tuesday night. About $30 was recovered after Charles led officers to a river bottom stash near Reed's Lake. The stolen car had been wrecked near the lake with a $20 gold piece found in Altenberg's shoe and another coin in his hat sweatband.
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United Press
Cameron
Tex
Leland Charles
Leland Holder
Carl Altenberg
Houston
Buckholts State Bank
Blaywock
Temple
Charles
Reed's Lake
Waco
Altenberg
Wall Street Stages Wild Enthusiasm
Wall street opened with bullish surge on the New York Stock Exchange. In the first half hour prices rose by as much as 1 to 20 points as a dozen stocks started with large blocks of shares, many hitting new high records.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Bethlehem
Central
Argy Steel
Radio
Union Pacific
Kennecott
Anaconda
Nevada Consolidated
Calumet & Hecla
Park Utah
American Smelting and
Inspiration
Marshal Foch Shows Further Improvement
Paris bulletin from March 1 reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch improving as pulmonary congestion subsides. Doctors note temperature 37.1 C and pulse 84, with a good night and return to taking food.
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United Pres
Paris
Ferdinand Foch
The Business Man Turns Cold to Love
A man leaves tenderness behind for wealth and success. He prioritizes work and money over his wife, failing to comfort her or share affection. Years pass with loneliness as he pursues fame and fortune, never understanding her need for companionship.
Markets Report from Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Sales
Livestock and commodity summary across major markets. Hogs steady to higher with top $11.10 at Kansas City. cattle and calves mixed with good to choice steers and vealers noted. Chicago runs show higher hogs and strong cattle demand, with varied prices for fed yearlings and cows. Cotton and grain futures move on early gains and selling pressures.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
Associated Presa
East ST. Louis
The
Liverpool
New York Stocks Mixed As Markets Open Steady
Trading opened with mixed moves as foreign exchanges held steady and key industrials showed small gains. Notable quotes include Allied Chemical, Cananea Copper, and Bethlehem Steel among many listed names with varied fractions and percentages.
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New York
James E. Bennett & Co
P. C
Allied Chemical & Dye
Andes
aThy
Great Northern
Houston Oil
Missouri, Pacific
TBM
Montgomery Ward
Moon Motors
Nash Motors National Biscuit
National Dairy Produce
New York Central
Nevada
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Oleveskblag
Pan-Amer
Pet. & Trans B
Pennsylvania
R. A
Pere-Marquette
Phillips Petroleum
Postum
Pririe Oil & Gas
Prairie Pipeline
Pullman
Telg
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper Atlantic Ref
Ajax Rubber
Baltimore & Barnadall Corporatio
Bethlehem Steel
Seeeeelly
Brooklyn Man
Traneit
Tan Burroughs
Bucyrus Erie
Canadian Pacific
Cerre de Paseo
Chesapeake & Chicopedes
Chicago
Milne
R. I
Chile
Chrysler
Cities Service
Coca Colm
Congoleum Colorado
Davidson Chemicaly le Ae Dupont de Nemours
Erie Railroad
Famous Players Fish Rubber
Ford of England
Fox Movies
General Asphalt Freeport Texan
General Motors
General Mills
Hup Motors
Eves
Escscese
Independent Oil & Gas
Esceee
OLY Inspiration
International Cement International Nickel International
International Petrole International
Toh & Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southe
Kelly-Springfield
Kelvinator Kolster_ Radio Lima Locomotive
Lowe's, Inc
Loose Wiles
Mack Trues
Marland ‘Oil
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Middle States
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Radio Corp. of America Radio Corp
Reading Railway
Royal Dutch
Seneca Copper
Shell Union Oil Shutter Stores
Sinclair Cons
Oil
Southern Pacifics Standard
Standard of California
Standard of Indiana
Standard of New York
Stewart Warner
Eveerren Hee Brudebaker
Texas
Seees
Westinghouse Elec
Atchison
Vanadium Steel
Ite Motors
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Stone Mountain Quarry
Voltaire
Catherine of Russia
Duke
Mr. Nichols
Leonardo da Vinci
Joseph Duveen
Leonardo
Colonel Coats
Dickey Brothers
St. Louis
New Orleans
Tampa Daily Times
Florida State
Carl Fisher
Florida
Miami
ASK Westbrook
Tromité
Harry Montgomery
News-Globe
Weather Station
J. Y. Graves
Fillmore Street
Mansel Merriman
Mellroy’s
Mansel
O. W
Angarillo
Cow City
Baca
Dea
Hell
Baca County
Fort Worth
Pitchfork Smith
Frank Norris
Norris
al Smith
Gil Scouts
T. E. Mahoney
T. J. Keller
Anose Irvin
Hughes Street
Pat Sparger
Cheyenne Terrace
Zita Keller
West 9Th Street
Mary Jane Morrow
Jefferson Street
North Fillmore Street
Toney
Muriel Hatherly
J. W. Mathewson
Christy Mathewson
Charles and
Harry Cook
S. Bowyer St
Carlander
Clyde Tatum
Solon
WOR
WADC
WKRC
WGHP
WMAQ
KMOX
KMBC
KOIL
WSPD
WHE
KRLA
WCCO
WOWO
KYA
KMTR
KJIR
WDOD
WBRC
WREC
KLZ
KDYL
KFJF
KTSA
WDSU
Cowboy
Simmons
Buckholts
Marshal Foch
Edgar A. Guest
Commission House
Hester
Transit Grain and Commission Co. Brokerage
Fl. Worth
Adams Express
Midland Steel Products
Goodyear Rubber
Union Carbide
Johns
Ville
Majestic Radio
Panhandle Music Company
Polk
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