Motlow Calls Docket for County Court
Judge Sam B. Motlow called county court docket with over thirty trials planned for this week and next. Charges against Chief Gaither for false imprisonment were continued to the next term. M N Rose, jailed ex-aide, faces simple assault trial this afternoon.
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Sam B. Motlow
H. L. Gaither
M. N. Rose
Potter County
Bill Owens
Wester Sexton
Chas Tobb
C. L. Taylor
5. Wilson
Edgar Wyatt
Albert Long
Alice Clevens
Ed Jenkins
H. L. Mayo
E. P. Berry
J. L. Hardin
P. N. Underwood
Susie Lewis
Eva Moore
Martha Stephens
Henry Jefferson
J. H. Hartman
Cecil Galloway
W. N. Parker
H. L. Dillard
Bo” Dillard
Horace Wells
John Hooper
Legislature considers prison site compromise and funding
Lawmakers debated a compromise bill to concentrate Texas prisons on state land with a 45 day window for a special session. The proposal, already accepted by the senate, sets up a prison board with the attorney general lieutenant governor and speaker to study sites and report to officials and newspapers. A $1 million appropriations funds start of work while no action was taken on the $175 million bond issue.
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Hr. N. Graves
Georgetown
Austin
Dewey Young
Wellington
Ramsey
Darrington
Senate
House
Rising Newcomer Wins Praise in The News Parade
The private secretary role earns high praise for Miss Shea in The News Parade. Her New York charm influences Broadway fashion as she promotes Danderine hair care, praised for keeping hair clean, lustrous, and easy to style in motion picture work.
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New York City
Miss Shea
Amarillo News Sketches on Weather, Sparrows, and Local Tales
A windless March winds through the Panhandle as a landowner laments gusts and a sparrow trap misfire. A decoy duck missing prompts a Crawford household alert. Children at the Children's Home receive care and Mother Irvin’s nightly goodbyes. Local business murmurs, a looming lawsuit, and forthcoming gas-rate changes hint at economic shifts in Amarillo.
Bird House Expert Warns on Building in County Library Contest
Gladstone Calif author of Permanent Bird Houses offers multiple don ts for youth entrants in the Potter County Free Library contest. He urges proper placement height ventilation cleaning openings sizes and protection from sparrows for martin and bluebird houses and notes specific construction details and placement guidelines.
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Bird House
Gladstone Calif
Potter County Free Library
Calif
Martin
Fraternity talk and odd notices brighten Amarillo column
A quirky Amarillo column reflects on youth, fraternities, and a barber college student while noting unusual March bath statistics and a missing white dog with black spots. The editor invites owners to claim the pet at Mrs. Murray Elson, 1400 Washington Street, phone 23515.
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Murray Elson
Washington Street
Why Amarillo Police Favoritism Questioned in Polk Street Double Parking
A reader asks why a wealthy Amarillo resident can double park on Polk Street without penalty while others cannot. The columnist replies that officers may overlook some but deny systemic favoritism, noting personal experiences with both leniency and fines.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Forester Urges Trees Watered After High Wind
City forester Temple H. Robinson warns high winds dry soil and plants. He urges thorough watering of trees and evergreens if wind subsides this afternoon or tomorrow. Neglect now could show effects during the growing season. he backs a city irrigation water contract to aid residents.
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Temple H. Robinson
Robinson
Home damaged by blast and fire on Monday
An explosion followed by fire caused more than $1,000 damage to the home and furniture of S. H. Moseley at 724 Mirror Street late yesterday afternoon. The Moseleys were away in Clovis and returned hours later. Fire officials report about half the loss was to furniture. The department also answered four false alarms last night.
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S. H. Moseley
T24
Mirror Street
Moseley
Clovis
New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
May
New York
Wall Street
Nowell Appeals Liquor Conviction in District Court
Defense attorneys file notice of appeal for Joe Nowell recently convicted on liquor charges. He confessed to delivering a quart of whisky to Constable Allen S Johnson after the constable named one of Nowell's friends. Nowell posted a $1500 bond and is released.
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Joe Nowell
Nowell
Allen S. Johnson
City Manager Sees Routine Agenda for Tonight’s Meeting
Jeff D. Bartlett city manager says no major items before the city commission in its regular session tonight. The agenda includes routine matters such as paying contracts and petitions.
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City Commission
Jeff D. Bartlett
Local Notes On Visitors Births And Absences
Mrs C W Guttridge and two daughters Mary Jane and Betty Ruth returned to Tulsa after a three month stay in the city visiting Mrs Lottie Wine inegar and Mrs M L Robbinette. Clinton Wilson and Ralph Formby groups visited, birth announced for a son at St Anthony Hospital, former Miss Lottie Reese now Mrs Formby. Mrs Robert Fuller ill at home six miles south, Eva Nicholson joins Amarillo Business College bookkeeping, J A Logan ill Northwest Texas Hospital, Lucile Andrews begins Amarillo Business College secretarial course.
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C. W. Guttridge
Mary Jane
Betty Ruth
Tulsa
Lottie Wineinegar
M. L. Robbinette
Clinton Wilson
Grover
Ralph Formby
St. Anthony Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital. Mrs. Formby
Lottie Reese
Robert Fuller
Eva Nicholson
Amarillo
Traffic violations cross class lines in city letters
A reader notes that families of all classes face fines for traffic violations with some escaping notice while others are flagged. The writer believes leniency may depend on knowing the police officers, though no systemic bias is stated.
Candidates file petitions for mayor and city commissioners
Petitions for mayor and city commissioners must be filed with the city secretary by 6 PM on March 21. Each petition requires 244 names, five percent of the 4 468 votes cast in the last general election. No candidates had filed as of now. The April 2 election date is set.
Prohibition campaign, aviation power, and economic odds
The piece weighs the limits of enforcement and the cost of prohibition education, notes Lindbergh’s Mexico City flight amid revolution, praises air power and 1928 airways growth, and reports March bank clearings soaring with New York leading.
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Uncle Sam
New York City
Sparks Warns On Trade Name Registrations
County Attorney Leo Sparks tells Amarillo proprietors using trade names to register their firm names with the county clerk. He notes many firms comply but he estimates 100 to 150 businesses still operate in the city without recorded trade names.
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Amarillo
Leo Sparks
Sparks
Mrs Kate B Johnson Dies in Amarillo
Mrs Kate B Johnson 75 of Covington Kentucky died at her daughter Mrs F G Dennis home 1005 Hardin Drive East Amarillo She is survived by two sons J L and R L Lee of Los Angeles California The body will be in Boxwell Bros Funeral Home after 3 this afternoon and will be sent to Covington for burial early Thursday morning
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Kate B. Johnson
Covington
F. G. Dennis
Hardin Drive
East Amarillo
J. L
R. L. Lee
Los Angeles
California
Boxwell Bros
Rebels Advance and Government Confiscates Rebel Leaders
Rebels push toward Mazatlan with 5,000 Iturbe forces while a waterless desert stalls progress between Camacho and Torreon. Federal rail bridges are said to be destroyed to slow the insurgents. Government seizes property of Generals Cruz Manzo Aguirre and Sonora Governor Topete, valued in the hundreds of thousands. General Simon Aguirre is captured for court martial. Vera Cruz movement reportedly crushed with 1,000 rebels surrendering.
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Camacho
Torreon
Escobar
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Iturbe
Cruz
Manzo
Aguirre
Fausto Topete
Sonora
Simon Aguirre
Jesus Aguirre
Vera Cruz
Movement of troops to guard U S town
Movement of a small body of troops to the Mexican border for the protection of Naco Arizona and to guard the water supply of Bisbee eight miles from the international line was reported to the war department today by Maj General Lassiter commander of the eighth army corps area at San Antonio.
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U. S
Cyed
Ashington
Naco
Arizona
Bisbee
International Line
War Department
Lassiter
Eighth Army Corps
San Antonio
Concentration of Rebels at Torreon Reported
Juarez reports the Mexican revolution hinges on a forthcoming clash at Torreon. Rebels massed for a major battle against government forces led by P Elias Calles. Troop trains arrived from Juarez and a 500 man civilian militia joined the rebels with hundreds more from nearby towns enlisting and moving to Torreon.
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Torreon
Associated Press
Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
P. Elias Calles
Sonora
Baja California
Yaqui Indians Moved Toward Chihuahua Front Lines
Mexican revolutionary leaders awaited battle line drawings near Torreon and Mazatlan as about 2,000 Yaqui and Maya rebels camped at Agua Prieta were moved into Chihuahua to join Gen. Juan Gonzalo Escobar. They would help confront Gen. P Elias Calles while another rebel force pressed toward Mazatlan led by Gen. Ramon Iturbe.
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Chihuahua
Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Torreon
Mazatlan
Mexico City
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Juan Gonzalo Escobar
P. Elias Calles
Escobar
Calles
Sinaloa
Jaime Carrillo
Ramon F. Iturbe
Mutiny Against Rebels Reported from Sonora
First reports from the American embassy in Mexico City describe mutiny against rebel commanders in Sonora. General Armenia at Tecoripa with 400 men refused to join General Manjo after exchanging shots with rebels and withdrew toward the Chihuahua border.
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United Press
Washington
Sonora
State Department
Mexico City
Armenia
Tecorpia
Manjo
Chihuahua
The Teacher’s Eye Reads My Hidden Weakness
A reflective verse tracing the speaker’s school days where the teacher spotted unprepared moments and exposed feigned wisdom. The poem comments on judgment, learning gaps, and life’s later insistence on genuine skill over bravado.
Markets Show Mixed Activity Across Hogs Cattle and Cotton
Kansas City reports hogs trading up to 11.60 on 200-280 lb weights with top sows and cattle mixed, Fort Worth notes higher hogs and steady cattle, Chicago grain and livestock futures firm while New Orleans and New York cotton trade show early gains followed by profit taking. broader activity reflects varied demand across major markets.
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Kansas City
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Chicago
Allied Chemical & Dye
A. M. Byars
American Can
American Locomotiv
Bethlehem Steel
Briggs Body
Brooklyn Man
Transit
Burroughs Adding Machine
Canadian Pacific
Cerre de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mil & 8 P
RS & P
Chile
Chrysler
Davidson Chemicals
Dupont de Nemours
Y Erie Railroad
Famous Players
Essseres
Fisk Rubber Fleischmann Yeast
Fox Movies
General Asphalt
Wee General Electric
General Motors
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison Topeka & Atlantic Ref. Co
Ajax Rubber
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnsdall Corporation
Coca Cola Congoleum
Colorado Fuel & Iron Consolidated Gas
Continental Motors
Corn Products
Crucible Steel
Cuban American Sugar
International Harvester
International Nickel
International Paper
International Tel
Lorillard Tobacco
Louisiana Oil & Ref
Mack Trucks
Marland Oil
Mexican Seaboards
Mid-Continent
Middle States
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Central
Nevada
Cons
North American Cement
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Vis
Pan-Amer- Pet
Trans B. Pennsylvania R. Re
Eeeese Pere-Marquette
Seceeseres Phillips Petroleum Ssece
Standard
Standard of California
Standard of Indiana
Standard of New Jersey
Standard of New York
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Texas Gulf Sulpher
Texas Corporation
Texas & Pacific
Texas, Pacific Coal & Oil
Tidewater Oil
Timken Roller
Union Pacific
Union Carbide
U. S. Rubber
United States Steel
Vacuum CA Vip Veeereeceveen
Vanadium Steel
Victor Talking Machine
Warner Brothers
Westinghouse Electric
White Eagle O & R
BBY White Motors
Wallys-Overland
Woolworth
Wright Aero Corp
Yellow Cab O
Northwest Texas rainfall boosts small grain crops amid light showers
Weather reports from Wichita Falls Childress and Gainesville on March 12 note beneficial rainfall across Northwest Texas. Totals include .86 inch at Wichita Falls and hail followed by rain in Gainesville with minimal damage reported.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Childress
Gainesville
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Aloyioug
Isops Tower
Alogious
Barber College
Trey
Bartlett
Caesar
Lindbergh
Rickenbacker
America
Majestic Radio
Panhandle Music Company
SIL Polk
Edgar A. Guest
Anaconda
National Cash Register
U. S. Steel
Packard Motors
Radio
New York Federal Reserve
Kennecott Copper
American
James E. Bennett & Co
Radiator
National Distillers Preferred
Midland Steel Products Preferred
International Telephone
Southern Railway
Wright Aeronautical
Commercial Solvents
James E. Dennett
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