Darrow Dies at 80 in Chicago After Long Illness
Clarence Darrow famed defense attorney died in Chicago at age 80 after a lengthy heart ailment. He rose from a country teacher to national prominence defending the oppressed in cases including Debs, Leopold and Loeb, Scopes, and other high profile defendants. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Ruby
Paul
Jennie Darrow Moore
Darrow
Eugene V. Debs
Big Bill” Waywood
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Brennenberg
Idaho
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Little Bobby Franks
John T. Scopes
Granville Fortescue
Thomas Masaie
Honolulu
Readers Use Tack Column For Lost Items And Help Wanted
The News-Globe column Dear Tack lists lost items including a black kid glove, a red purse, a brown leather folder with a rosary and car key, plus contact details for returning items. It also includes help wanted notices from Mrs. Shelton and others seeking a practical nurse, home manager, wheel chair, work, and farm or grain elevator jobs.
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Mrs. Shelton
Mississippi Street
Radio Schedule Fragments Tie Pacific Island Notes
The clippings list a stacked day of radio programs and NBC lineups from Monday and Tuesday with varied shows and times. An ending sentence notes nine of the Hawaiian Islands are inhabited, hinting at a regional detail.
Amarillo High Speech Teams Earn Creditable State showing
Amarillo High School public speaking students at Wichita Falls state contests earned a creditable record with no first places. The boys A team reached quarter finals, B team exited in round two, Bill Ferguson finished second in extemporaneous speaking among 16. North Dallas High and Wichita Falls won the tournament with 1535 teams entered.
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Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Bill Ferguson
Amarillo High School
North Dallas
Library shelves reflect city business conditions says librarian
Public library shelves are a sign of good business, according to Russell Shunk the city librarian who told a board meeting that a library is an exact barometer of business conditions. He added that when business is good people have more money to spend on recreation and when it shrinks they stay home to read.
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Toledo
W.A
Russell Shunk
Allenia Capsules Promise Swift Relief for Rheumatism
An advertisement extols Allenia Capsules as a fast and safe remedy for rheumatism and related pains. It claims excess uric acid and circulating poisons cause symptoms and that the capsules expel them, noting relief within 48 hours and a price of $1.90.
Tech Concert Tomorrow by Texas Tech Band at Amarillo
The Texas Tech Band will give a concert tomorrow night at 8 in the Amarillo High School auditorium. A 55 member touring group from a 135 piece ensemble will perform a varied program from classical to modern and popular music featuring Archie Montgomery and his talking banjo and Richard Godeke on trumpet. Admission is 15 cents for students and 25 cents for adults. public invited.
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Texas Tech
Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Sam Houston
Tech Band
Panhandle
Archie Montgomery
Richard Godeke
Rossini
Stabat Mater
Bird's Eye View of Aviation Conference Shows Why It Succeeded
Dick Martin recalls the Southwest Aviation Conference in Oklahoma City highlighting Amarillo’s chartered TWA Douglas arrival, hospitality by hostess L B French, pilot Ted Weaver, and First Officer B H Dally. Attendees from 57 towns across 16 states, banquet hall models, and the Palo Duro Canyon flight marked a bustling, well organized event with emphasis on airports and aviation policy discussions.
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Southwest Aviation Conference
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
L. B. French
Roy Smith
Tucumcari
Line
Red
American Airlines
Ales
Ed Ritchey
Fort Worth
Tom Cotten
Chamber of Commerce
Palo Duro Canyon
Weaver
Vernon Gunn
Douglas
Jimmie
Doolittle Addresses Banquet Crowd In Amarillo Speech
Major Al Williams blasts current military and naval flying methods at a banquet held for 1 500 attendees. Oklahoma City airport displays numerous aircraft while WPA workers enhance runways and drainage, and locals imagine a modernized aviation hub in Amarillo.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Amas
Doolittle
al Williams
Oklahoma City
Traffic victim released from hospital after bicycle incident
Dan Roach injured Thursday when he fell into the path of a car while trying to mount a bicycle has been sent home to 4224 West Thirteenth Street. He suffered superficial injuries to his right leg from a collision with a car driven by J. M. Petty of 1320 Van Buren Street.
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Dan Roach
West Thirteenth Street
J. M. Petty
van Buren Street
Observers Expect Japan to Pause Hankow Drive Over Europe
Neutral diplomats and military experts in Shanghai believe Japan may halt its southward advance on Hankow to watch the European crisis. If fighting erupts in Europe, Japan is thought to seek terms with China for a quick settlement. The Hankow push is viewed as Japan’s costliest China campaign so far.
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Shanghai
U.P
Japan
Hankow
Europe
China
Amarilloans To Join Shamrock St Patrick’s Day Parade
Amarillo residents plan a Thursday morning motorcade from the Chamber of Commerce at the Amarillo Hotel for Shamrock’s St Patrick’s Day fete. Clay Thornton coordinates the event. Two buses will carry the Amarillo High School band to Shamrock for the celebration.
Wyresey Emancan ad promotes BC formula relief
An advertisement touts BC as a quick acting prescription like remedy to relieve a headachy feeling after a bad night. The copy emphasizes instant comfort and a helping hand from the product.
Patent remedy BC claims quick relief from headaches
An advertisement touts BC as a fast acting remedy not containing opium or derivatives. It is promoted for relief of headaches neuralgia muscular pains and nervousness with 10 cent and 25 cent sizes available.
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Wien Tack
Sixth
Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
Polk Street
Tack
Burton Boyd
South Summer
Pampa
Madison Street
Jim Jackson
Monroe Street
Tam
T. W. Rives
Calvin Stapp Tulla
Mr. Avery
Newp-Cilote
Avery
Reetha Bhame
Detroit
Goodwill Industries
Central Presbyterian Church
Amarillo Presbytery
Miriam A. Peterson
Philadelphia
Margaret Gibson Hummel
Portland
Ore
Frank B. Travis
Childress
Corvallis
Oregon State College
M.qg
North Taylor Street
Uife
Ocoleene, Tm
Minnie
Spurgeon Johnson
Dimmitt
Tesas
NBC
Sons of the West
Don Winslow
The
Navy
Uncle Ezra
Voice of Firestone
Loretto
Jerry Blaine
Jack Denny
Malcolm Claire
Ranch Boys
Green Brothers Orchestra
Xavier Cugat
Morrow Thomas
National Farm and Home Hour
News
Dr Maddys
Ma Perkins
Vic and Sade
Joseph Gallicchio
Nina Dean
Samuel Goldwyn
Hollywood
Norway
Sigrid Gurie
Thomas W. Stuart
Sigrid
Oslo
Cucamonga
Calif
Goldwyn
London
Amarillo Printing Co
Fifth St
Dick Martin
H.V. Robertson&Co
Oliver Eakle
Amarilloans
Shamrock Fete
City Shoe Shop
Shoe Repairing, Dye and Shine Service
West Seventh
Wyresey
Nashten
Ivory
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