Probe fatal explosion at Breckenridge plant
Officials investigated a Breckenridge Texas Humble experimental plant blast that killed Dr J W Pugh 25 and Jack Lucas weld er and left assistant superintendent GA Anderson critically burned. Pugh's wife flew in from Austin after notification. a huge tank was blown 76 feet into the air and the fire was controlled.
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United Press
Breckenridge
Tex
Humble Experimental Plant
Here
J. W. Pugh
Jack Lucas
G A. Anderson
Health Office February report shows deaths births and inspections
Amarillo recorded 51 deaths and 60 births in February. 29 white boys and 81 white girls. Eleven contagious disease cases and six not released. 104 calls to hospitals and homes, 95 office calls. 196 certificates issued including 159 food handlers and 87 barber operator licenses. 300+ analyses by Jack Wyatt chemist plus 50 hours of sanitary work. 200+ dairy inspections and 149 samples. 91 food and drug permits issued, 74 permits cancelled.
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Amarillo
City Health Department
Jack Wyatt
Blast Wrecks Dallas Laboratory
An explosion wrecked the Texas Test Laboratories in Dallas injuring P. D. Cretan, 28, severely burned on his face and arms with eye injuries. Damage was estimated at 6000 dollars and investigators said heat expansion from a drum of high test gasoline stored in the lab likely caused the blast.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas Test
Ig Laboratories
P. D. Cretian
Frisco Leads in Phones Per Person
San Francisco tops the world in telephones per capita, with one in three residents having a phone. Los Angeles, though housing 357,000 instruments, trails in ratio at one to 3.74 people. The figures, by A B Fry of the State Railroad Commission, place San Francisco ahead while LA ranks fifth among U S cities.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Los Angeles
A. B. Fry
State Railroad Commission
Fry
United States
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
More School Days Proposed for Connecticut Students
Hartford March 7 The state board of education proposes six additional school days per year to modernize public education. They cite holiday frequency rising education spending and an enriched curriculum as reasons for expanding the school year from the current average of 184 days of attendance.
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Hartford
Conn
State Board of Education
Connecticut
Charters Granted in Texas Secretary of State List
The secretary of state issues new charters including E. T. Kelly Oil Co of Amarillo with capital stock of 40 000 and incorporators E. T. Kelly W. J. Adams and M. L. Kelly. The Abilene Women's Club of Abilene has no capital stock with incorporators F. Clark M. B. Herring and Glenn Cor tie.
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Austin
Tex
E. T. Kelly Oil Co
Amarillo
E. T. Kelly
W. J. Adams
M. L. Kelly
Abilene Women’s Club
Abilene
F. Clark
M. B. Herring
Glenn Cor- Tie
Restless Nights Promised Relief From Bladder Irritation
Mrs. B R Ball of Olean New York shares her experience with Lithiated Buchu Keller Formula claiming it relieves nighttime urination by cleansing bladder deposits and reducing acidity. Tablets priced at 2 cents each via Feller Laboratory Mechanicsburg Ohio or Randal Drug.
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B. R. Ball
Olean
N. Y
N. Union
Feller Laboratory
Mechanicsburg
Hio
Randal Drug
Eighteen Year Goitre Removed
Mrs. S. W. Mahan of Idalou Texas reports removing an eighteen year goitre with Sorbol Quadruple a colorless liniment. She endorses its ease of use and affordability and mentions obtaining more information at Randal Drug or Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio. Sold by all druggists.
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S. W. Mahan
Idalou
Texas
Randal Drug
Sorbol Company
Mechanics- Wirz
Ohio
All Druggiate
Officer Guilty in Negligent Death of Boy
Longview Texas march 7 a jury found A C Yeager a special officer guilty of negligent homicide in the February 9 fatal shooting of 14 year old Wesley Harbison He was fined 100 as he testified the shooting was accidental He said he slipped on ice coated ground while pursuing several men in railroad yards and his pistol discharged
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Associated Press
Longview
Tex
Wesley Harbison
A. C. Yeager
Yeager
Untimely Strike Halts Play After Harbison Collision
A late stoppage followed when Harbison remained down after a collision. Trainers attended and the game paused for about half an hour before play resumed.
Colorado man claims hay moving record
August Schroeder delivered what he claimed was the world’s largest load of loose hay to a Colorado alfalfa mill. The 23 ton 590 pound stack measured 33 feet long 32 feet wide and 16 feet high and netted $278.95 at the $12 per ton price.
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International News Service
Wiley
Colo
Mar
Schroeder
Tack steer brings 231 dollars to home for children
Tack Joe Sneed’s four year old steer weighed about 1815 pounds and sold for 231.25 dollars for the Presbyterian Children’s Home. Swift & Company of Fort Worth bought the steer at 12.75 dollars per hundred pounds after an Amarillo auction Wednesday. The steer drew wide weight estimates from 1600 to 3600 pounds. Mrs W O Kretsinger and son Bill Jr visit Kansas City relatives and plan to return to 1705 Taylor Street this week.
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Joe Sneed
Presbyterian Children's Home
Swift & Company of
Fort Worth
Amarillo
W. O. Kretsinger
Bill Jr
Kansas City
Taylor Street
Eighty year old railroad ticket unearthed in Atlantic Mass
The oldest found ticket dates to four years after the Old Colony Railroad began operations. It bears the signature of Joseph H. Moore, first superintendent, who personally signed tickets. The relic belongs to W. H. O'Brien, a local railroad agent, passed to him by a neighbor.
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International News Service
Atlantic
Mass
Old Colony
Joseph H. Moore
W. H. O'Brien
Crowe and Cowan Rep Bill Land Entertains During Cattlemen’s Meet
Bill Land traveling representative of Crowe and Cowan stays in town to entertain friends amid the Cattlemen’s convention, adding a social note to the event.
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Bill Land
Crowe and Cowan
Cattlemen's
Nathan Hale School Preserved by Fund Donation
A historic Nathan Hale School house perched above the river valley is assured ongoing existence through a substantial fund from Arthur Jared Silman. The Connecticut site recalls Hale teaching after Yale 1773 and attracts pilgrims, with another Hale schoolhouse noted in New London during the Revolution era as Mr and Mrs Harry Tioner and daughter return from a visit.
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Eric
Annecent
Arthur Jared Silman
Connecticut
Nathan Hale
Yale
Nathan
New London
Dandruff Gone with Odorless Zemo Antiseptic
Odorless Zemo promises quick dandruff relief and scalp soothing effects. The antiseptic liquid is described as invisible and odorless and is advertised to treat itching skin pimples and eczema with a clear skin result. A bottle is offered in multiple sizes including 60 cents and a dollar.
McCoy's Tablets Promise Easy Weight Gain Guarantee
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as sugar coated weight builders easy on the stomach. It claims millions use them monthly and offers a money back guarantee if a thin underweight person does not gain 5 pounds after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, with improvement in health.
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North America
McCoy
America
Hem-Roid Pledge Promises Quick Pile Relief Guarantee
Dr. Leonhardt announces Hem-Roid is guaranteed to banish pile misery with fast action even in stubborn cases. Hiem-Roid claims to remove blood congestion in the lower bowel, the cause of piles, offering joyful relief quickly and safely or costs nothing. City Drug Co and druggists nationwide sell it with this guarantee.
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Dr. Leonhardt
City Drug Co
Real Estate Man Injured in Austin Car Crash
Victor Bengston, a real estate man in Austin, was injured perhaps fatally in an automobile accident reported on March 7. Police and emergency crews responded at the scene. Further details on his condition and the cause of the crash were not immediately available.
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Austin
Associated Press
Victor Bengston
Landowner H C Nelle Seriously Injured In Accident
H C Nelle a landowner and realtor was seriously hurt in an incident reported Wednesday. Bengston sustained a fractured skull in the same event.
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H. C. Nelle
Bengston
Rock Island Conductor Ben Moore Returns From Mayo Clinic
Ben Moore a Rock Island conductor has returned from Rochester Minnesota where he received treatment from the Mayo Brothers.
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Ben Moore
Rock Island
Rochester
Maany
Mayo Brothers
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