Amarillo Leads Lubbock In Long Bridge Match
The Amarillo bridge team holds a 6 048 point lead over Lubbock after 26 of 46 rubbers in an inter city contract match. Mrs Meyers and Mrs Inman and partners have played since Wednesday, with estimates of a 42 to 46 hour play and no sleep. Meanwhile a separate note reports Lindbergh baby negotiations and a surge of fake kidnappers, with a predicted return and large cash reward.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Harry Meyers
Gordon Inman
Ross McWhorter
Eunice Bondurant
Texas
East
Mr. Culbertson
Mr. Lenz
Meyers
Inman
McWhorter
Bondurant
Southwest
High schools pace curricular revision in modernized courses
At a North Central Association meeting, G W Willett reports survey of 500 high schools showing widespread curricular revision. English studies emphasize modernization, current events become daily, textbooks cut, and social problems topics rise. Domestic science shifts toward shop and tea room management with budgeting and banking topics common.
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Chicago
North Central Association of Colleges
G. W. Willett
la Grange
Willett
Four City Men in Texas Covered in Auto theft Ring Probe
State highway patrolmen under Sergeant Routh cooperated with Amarillo police in checking stolen cars. Dallas officers consider possible arrests and note women may be involved. Edward A. Gormley and R. G. Woods of a national auto theft bureau from Dallas conferred with local police and patrols on car recoveries.
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Texas
Routh
Amarillo
Dallas
Edward A. Gormley
R. G. Woods
Burea
Dress Shoppe Opens Fifth Anniversary Sale
The Hollywood Dress Shoppe at 725 Polk Street launches its fifth anniversary sale lasting several days. The event features dresses hose hats underwear coats and women’s apparel with Rosaine Brand of Rose and the Co-Ed dresses highlighted. A large staff of experienced sales ladies is on hand.
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Hollywood
Polk Street
Galveston Opens Municipal Airport and Celebrates
Galveston inaugurates its municipal airport at a cost of 25000 dollars. An American Airways mail plane from Dallas was the first commercial flight to land at the new field. A formal opening celebration is planned for April.
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Galveston
American Airways
Dallas
What They 4 Write To Tack Santa Fe Farm Arrival
Dear Tack Mobéeetie expects between one and ten thousand people here next Monday for the arrival of the Santa Fe farm and See Tack letters Page 3.
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Farr
Balmy
Mobéeetie
Santa Fe
Spelling Bee Draws Challenge at Tenth Avenue Church
An old-fashioned spelling bee at Tenth Avenue Methodist Church gains momentum as Dan McGrath and Judge Motlow dispute who can spell the final word. Hubert Cole vows to out-spell both. cash prizes and flowers or cigars are promised. Judge Motlow will preside. refreshments by the Ladies Missionary Society and Boy Scouts. Admission is free with a small contestant fee.
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Tenth Street Methodist Church
Sam Motlow
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Dan McGrath
Sam B. Motlow
Motlow
McGrath
Hubert Cole
Cole
Roosevelt
W. F. Nix
Ladies Missionary Society of the Church
Distribution of farm products and public interests debated
The piece argues for wide distribution of farm goods by any capable distributor, criticizing limits on business freedom as harmful. It notes the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case and reports James A. Reed, a former U S senator, recovering from a dangerous gall bladder operation in Mayo Clinic Rochester.
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James A. Reed
United States
Missouri
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Mr. Reed
Blast Victim Improves After Panhandle Explosion
Roscoe Vance twenty was improving at St Anthony s Hospital after a gas blast that wrecked three Panhandle buildings causing an estimated fifty thousand dollars in damage. Vance suffered burns to head hands and feet while four others including J L Raines and Esco Baker were hurt. The blast occurred after a gas leak was sought near a grocer s refrigerator.
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Roscoe Vance
Panhandle
St. Anthony's Hospital
Vance
J. L. Raines
Ed Baker
Esco Baker
W. H. Rogers
Ireland's St Patrick's Day stance in 1921 faiths and reforms
A four point plan for the Free State Ulster union with aims to end the oath to King George, end over ten million dollars yearly land annuities, and suspend Cosgrave military courts. The Saul ceremony in County Down marks the day with a giant Saint statue planned on Slieve Willin Mountain, overlooking the shore where Patrick landed in 432 A D.
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Free State
Ulster
King George
Cosgrave
St. Patrick
Saul
County Down
Slieve Willin
Bishop Clears Docket of 32 Old Charges
Spring house cleaning of the 47th district court criminal docket led to dismissal of 32 cases on motion of District Attorney Edw W Thomerson. Judge Henry H Bishop cited insufficient evidence and inability to locate defendants and witnesses for cases many over four years old. Names include Webster, Beatrice Winstead, Hepner, Swain, Emmins, Coleman, Tipps, Nichols, and others in theft forgery embezzlement and mortgaged-property removals.
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47Th District Court
Henry
L. Robin
L. Robinwitz
Beatrice Winstead
R. A. Hepner
A. B. Swain
J. H. Hoe
Ted Emmins
S. C. Coleman
Ww. cC. Tipps
S. Haney
Fred Cooner
W. G. Allen
Joe Hanson
Joe Scott
C. D. Little
Frank Watson
E. F. Bluhm
Powers Decries Death Law on Death Row in W Virginia
Harry F Powers, awaiting execution for the murder of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, paced his cell and denounced capital punishment. Charleston high court refused to intervene. U S District Judge Baker denied habeas corpus. Reprieve or supersedeas possible before tomorrow night’s hanging.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Hope
Harry F. Powers
Ment
State Supreme Court
Charleston
William Baker
United States District Court
Clarksburg
Clue In Highway Slaying Points To Michigan Town
Texarkana Ark March 16 Authorities seeking to solve the slaying of an elderly man near here found a clue pointing to Port Huron Michigan. They tentatively identified the victim as Ed Royal. His battered body was found before discovery of a car in Texarkana identified as the murder vehicle.
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Texarkana
Ark
Port Huron
Mich
Ed Royal
Xarkana
India
Callif
Royal
Gas bombs quell mob of striking miners at Ohio mine
Gas bombs were used to quell a howling mob of 800 striking miners who sought to storm the Black Diamond Coal Company mine at Lathrop. The action followed yesterday’s reopening when 60 diggers returned to work amid protests by 7,000 striking miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Black Diamond Coal Company
Lathrop
Jimmie Jaynes Funeral Held in Vega
Last rites for 17 year old Jimmie Jaynes were conducted at the Baptist Church in Vega with burial in Vega cemetery. He died at the family home in Dallas Tuesday. Survivors include his parents, two brothers Jack and Dan, and sister Edna Fay.
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Jimmie Jaynes
W. H. Jaynes
Dallas
Baptist Church
Vega
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Jack
Dan
Edna Fay
Oil Freight Charge Revision Is Deferred
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed the effective date of its petroleum freight rate revision from April 15 to July 14 due to railroads not completing required clerical work. The decision affects routes between Southwest points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
Seven men indicted in oil theft conspiracy cases
Longview March 17 officers obtained warrants for seven men indicted on charges of conspiracy to steal oil from flowing wells in the East Texas field. Indictments followed an investigation into oil taken via by-passes at several wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
East Texas
Dallas
Texas
Leonard Pack
Col
Chas. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Greenwood Cemetery
Hunter to Speak March 26 at Mineola
Judge Tom F. Hunter of Wichita Falls, a governor candidate, will open his campaign with an address in Mineola on Saturday March 26, as announced.
Kidnap Crisis Prompts Police Alarm Across Cities
Newsroom dispatches report heightened kidnap fears as investigators press a high profile case. A Lindbergh ransom phone call from Dallas is dismissed as a crank hoax while Ely Culbertson posts guards for his two children amid threatening letters.
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Ely Culbertson
New York
Fifi
Bruce
Queen's Husband to Be Staged by Little Theater
Next Tuesday and Wednesday the Little Theater presents The Queen's Husband a Robert Sherwood comedy. The action unfolds in a mythical palace with uniformed men and elegant gowns for women. Mrs. Cecil Putty stars as the queen with costumes from a New York house.
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Little Theater
Robert Sherwood
Sherwood
Life
New York
Queen
Cecil Putty
Thomerson Dismisses Adams Assault Case
An untried charge of assault with intent to commit criminal assault against Charley Adams, 47, a former used car lot employee, was dismissed by District Judge Henry S. Bishop on motion by the district attorney. The companion case has been tried and Adams already received a 50 year penitentiary sentence, the motion states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Adams
Henry S. Bishop
Ruth Mildred Fire Rescue Echoes Through Norfolk Harbor
The master and five crew members of the Ruth Mildred were rescued as their fishing schooner burned to the waterline near Hampton Roads. Other vessels answered the blaze, and half an hour after ignition the crew were taken aboard the Arie for transport to port.
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Norfolk
Ruth Mildred
Hampton
Arie
Burglars Try to Enter Major Drug Store
Burglars attempted to force entry at the Major Drug Company's store at 500 West Sixteenth Avenue. The break in was found at 2 30 this morning when patrolmen noted the battered front door and scratches. Police suspect the burglars fled after passersby drew attention.
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West
Sixteenth Avenue
Grain and Livestock Markets Report From Kansas City
Wheat and oats prices listed with minor changes. Hogs trading around 4.35 top for 170 to 220 pound range, cattle and calves showing varied shifts with steers and cows in the mid range, vealers modest, stockers and feeders around 4.50 to 6.25, and sheep trading slowly with lambs steady to weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Tulips Dug Up In Spring Restore Fall Planting Plan
The speaker recalls digging up four tulip bulbs after blooms faded and foliage died. They stored the bulbs through fall while they died, intending to replant them this season. They note that currently none are visible.
New Orleans Cotton Market Mixed After Opening Rally
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady with Liverpool bids stronger. May traded up to 6.92 and October to 7.28 before easing near noon as stock fears and tax worries weighed, with later gains offset by declines from earlier highs.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Bank of England
Federal Reserve
New York Shares Steady Amid Rail Rally After February Income News
Quiet session in New York stocks see selling pressures easing as rails slip less and Chesapeake and Ohio gains after reporting February net income of 1,470,744. Union Pacific recovers, Santa Fe turns early loss into small gain, American Telephone rises after decline, and other majors rebound from losses. Market theory cites possible triple-bottom testing for a fresh advance.
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New York
Cheseapeake
Ohio
Chesapeake
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
U. &. Steel
American Can
American Telephone
American Tebseco
Allied Chemical
Chesapeake and Ohio
General Motora
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August
Howard Randall
South Carolina Street
Howard
Old Tack
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Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Newark
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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Edgar A. Guest
Sandard
Seerees
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Tex Pac Land
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United Carbbeens United Corp
UN Gas Improv
Pipe & Fdyettee
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Vanadium Corp One
Warner Bros Pic
Warner-Quinlan
Warren Bros
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Wes Maryland RR
Western Pac
Western Union
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West House
Willys Overland
Genater
Woolworth (Fw) Co
Gen Motors
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Gillett Razor
Big Glidden
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Barnsdall Seeee
Continental Itty Hahn Dept Stores
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Hupp Motors Internat
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Mid-Continent
Central
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Petroleum Corps
Inter Cement Seteer
Phillips
Nickel
Boty Prairie O. & G
Prairie
Manville
Warner-Quinlan Vee Hsgt
Calace Kelvinator Corps
Reiter-Foster Aeeneee Kennecott Copper
Rio Grande Oil
Kresge (Ss) & Co
My Royal Dutch
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F. Clark Brokerage
Wis Kreuger & Toll
Salter
Kroger Gro & Bak
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Shell Union
BAN
St'd of
Indiana
ADA Louisville G & EB Stud
N. J. Vacuum + bees
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Bo Texas Corp
May
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Tex Pac Ld
Cal
Mathieson
Shly
Missouri Kaa & Tex
Missouri Pac RR & Co
Yeater
Montgomery Ward
T. May
Rae Nat'l Biscuit
Nat'l Cash Regree
Am Alum. Co
Am. Corp
Nat'l Dairy
Arid
Nat'l Distillers Pr
An Gas & Electric
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Eaereene aMtty
Nat'l Steel Corp
Seebee
Superpower
Nevada Pe
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York Cent
Asse Gas & Elec
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Setteeenee
Bay DeForest Radio
Durant Motors
Paramount Public
Elec
Bond & Share
Pathe Exchange
Ford Motor Ltd
Ae Penney (Jc) Co
Ed Ford
Canada
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Fox Theatre
Pillsbury
Millaesses
Niagara
Pwess Sewers - Rep Iron & Sane
Pennroad Corp
Radio Tube
Reynolds
St. Regis
S. Louis San Francis United
Sears Roebuck Eotepecuie Senses
United Gas Corp
Any Simmons Company
Seer
United Lt & Pw
Woolworth Ltd
Cal Edison
F. Clark Brokerage Co
Allegheny Corp
Alaskan Juneau Gold
Allis Chalmers
Ameralia
American Cancer
Am International
Eaaee
Rad & SS Mfg
Mills
Smig & Steeee
Am Steel Foundry
Wks & E Pw
Woleno Cotes Oy
Anaconda
Assoc Dry Goods
At & RR
Auburn Auto
Bethlehem Steel
Bohn Alum & Brass
Blysevasersees
Borden Coaseoee
Borg Warner Abi
Bklyn-Manhat Trans
Brunswick Tem & Add
Burroughs Ay
Canadian Pacific
Case J I Co
Cater
Chesapeake, Ohio
Chesapeake Corp
Chi St
P & Pac
Chi & N_W RR
I & Pac
Chrysler Corp
Cluett Peabody & Co
Coca Cola Coord
Cola
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Columbian Carbon
Comm
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Wasees Congoleum-Nairn
Ind Pees
Seegeee
Curtiss Wright
Davidson Chemrosa
del Lac & West RR
Eee
Dome Mines
Ee Drugs Ae Dupont
Eeeeas
Eastman Kodak Eaton Axle & Sp
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Elec Pow Boners
Eureka Vacuum Field
Marshall
Eeseesee
Eeee Eee
Fos Wheeler
Eae
Fox Film
Esse Freeport Texas
Werner
Steinway Standard
Grippe
Doan
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