Booklets Show Amarillo as Convention Hub
Booklets printed by the Board of City Development will invite meetings to Amarillo. The eight page 8 by 11 inch guides include hotel cuts a map of Amarillo central to the Panhandle region and images of Palo Duro canyon and oil fields. Copies go to the Cattlemen's convention in El Paso next week and to the Panhandle Hardware and Implement association in April.
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Auxcrillo
Board of City Development
Amarillo
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Palo Duro Canyon
Death Sentence Upheld by Texas Tribunal Today
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the murder conviction of Tillman Simmons of Bexar County for the August 20 1924 killing of R F Usry and affirmed the death sentence. The court denied a hearing for F M Snow and its ruling extended to a related Erath County case.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tillman Simmons
Bexar County
R. F. Usry
Court of Criminal Appeals
F. M. Snow
Erath County
Gambling taxes boost French revenue in 1926
Government receipts from casino taxation reached 252,000,000 francs about 10.8 million dollars in 1926, marking a substantial rise from the prior year as gambling proved profitable for France despite costs to players.
Holland Produces Unsinkable Fiber Rope With Foam Core
A Dutch firm unveils a fiber rope that floats and resists sinking. It uses four foam rubber cores, each with a specific gravity one quarter that of cork, giving buoyancy.
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Holland
California Rain Compared By Amarillo Visitor
Dick Ware returns from three weeks in California claiming it rained daily except three. He notes his 8-year-old son Tol boasted Amarillo wins over California, even about million dollar theaters, which Tol judged as not better than the Fair.
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Amarillo
Dick Ware
California
Tol
Mutual Liking Sparks Doomed Romance Weathers Paris
Romantic quips drift from a Paris column as Mae Mele notes a couple share a taste but squarely misreads love. A Parisian wit remarks George’s vanity while a friend ruefully acknowledges unrequited desire and social feuds. The piece closes with a playful but sharp historical fact about white elephants.
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George
Paris
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Kentucky
Cora Morehead
Peile
Miss Morehead
Brussels
Adatchi
France
Japan
Mme. Balsan
Nice
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Duke of Marlborough
Vatican
Winston Churchill
Oxford
Asquith
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Riviera
Spencer
Duchess of Marlborough
Colonel Balsan
Madame Balsan
Topeka
Kans
L. E. Thorpe
Ellen J. Buckland
NEW Brunswick Records
Muddy Water
Harry Richman
Ev’rything
Wanderer
Fox
Fox Trot
Vincent Lopez
Casa Lopez Orchestra
Homer Rodeheaver
Edith Mason
Allen McQuine
Mhonogt
Nog St. Pie
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H. L. Barnard
H L Barnards
Sudan
Barnar
Southern Flowers
Southern
Randal Drug Company
Martial Go Foum and
Barnard’s
Viscas Milans
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