Dust storms and a diamond mystery in Amarillo area
A long column describes ongoing dust storms across the plains with record severity and social humor about community life. It also reports a diamond ring found at a high school later returned to a principal, plus local notices about a gardening drive, cooking school, licenses, and local personalities in Amarillo and surrounding towns.
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Wichita
Kansas
Denver
Denver House
New York
Washington
Amaila
Asveryone
R. B. Norman
Old Tack
Norman
Mr. Norman
O. W
News-Globe
City Auditorium
Dorothy Covert
Moore County
Weather Bureau
Amarillo survival noted in buried ads and odds and ends
The column digests a Pampa classified note offering 28 houses in Amarillo for sale and move at about $500 each, then shifts to frank remarks on Amarillo’s hardship, population shifts, and comparisons with Pampa, interspersed with trivia and odd facts from various topics.
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Amarillo
John J. Bradley
Combs-Worley Building
Darrow accounts and alleged surreptitious reports cited
The transcript recalls Darrow describing reports read by some readers and noting that legal requirements to submit them to the President were disputed. He mentions a budget figure around 100 dollars, comparing it unfavorably to the National War Ahem balance, and reflects on staff salaries during a difficult period.
White House Cancels Social Events Amid Howe Illness
All White House social engagements were canceled as Secretary Louis McHenry Howe’s condition grew worse. Mrs. Roosevelt canceled a tea. Howe’s heart ailment left him extremely critical, with Hartley Howe summoned from Boston for support.
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Washington
White House
Louis McHenry Howe
Burns Prove Fatal To Plainview Child
Dorothy Duvall, 3, died in Plainview of burns suffered while playing with firecrackers at her parents home in Running Water. The child and a brother had been playing with firecrackers yesterday.
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Plainview
Dorothy Duvall
Ed Duvall
Texas House Approves Old Age Pension Plan
A state old age pension bill cleared a crowded House calendar with unanimous support from the Constitutional Amendments Committee. Voters would decide in a August 24 special election on a constitutional change to permit up to 15 dollars monthly for indigent citizens over 65, with a federal match anticipated.
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Austin
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Dusty Maize Towns Bunker Down As Dust Storms Spread
Huge dust clouds from the southwest blanket Kansas and Nebraska towns. Streets, homes, and schools suffer. lights burn day and night. Traffic slows, chickens roost early, and residents report a pervasive earthly odor after spring showers.
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Kansas and
Nebraska
Markets in New Orleans and Kansas City report mixed livestock and cotton activity
New Orleans cotton opened quiet with fractional advances in May July and October contracts but trading remained light and prices drifted. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets showed slow activity with mixed price moves across weight classes. sheep and lambs also moved little amid generally weak activity.
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New Orleans
Coteton
Conevux Bureau
Kansas City
U. S
Senate battles over soldiers bonus bills and Farley probe
The Senate positions against reducing the bonus bill and limiting it to two years. Patman and Vinson factions clash in the House over financing methods. Huey Long absent amid obstruction tactics. Farley probe risks fines for franking, while a Boston businessman reports receiving share-our-wealth material in mail.
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Joseph T. Robinson
Alva B. Adams
Colorado
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate
Patman
Vinson Soldiers
House
Huey Long
James A. Farley
Farley
Post Office Department
Senator Long
Crandall Funeral Slated Friday
Funeral services for William Paige Crandall 79 retired miner will be at 2 p m Friday at Boxwell Brothers Chapel Rev J D Horton will officiate Pallbearers include A K Wordschmidt Sam Morris Walter Wirtz Claude Craig Harvey Yarbrough and D H Barnes Burial will follow at Llano Cemetery Survivors comprise the widow two sons Ralph and Frank Crandall Amarillo two daughters Mrs George Hook Plains Miss and Miss Margaret Crandall Oakland Calif
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William Paige Crandall
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
J. D. Horton
Pierce Street, Baptist Church
A. K. Wordschmidt
Sam Morris
Walter Wirtz
Claude Craig
Harvey Yarbrough
D. H. Barnes
Llano Cemetery
Crandall
van Buren Street
Ralph
Frank Crandall
Amarillo
George Hook
Plains
Margaret Crandall
Oakland
Calif
Four Youths Held On Theft Charges In Amarillo
Four Amarillo youths under 17 are jailed on theft charges after police say they stole three hats from Montgomery Ward at 4:30 pm and appeared in County Judge Riggs court. They were released to return today, then rearrested at 7:20 pm on alleged robbery charges. Also noted are U S railroad passenger totals and revenue from 1928 to 1932.
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McClatchy Brothers
California
Sacramento Bee
Fresno Bee
Modesto Bee
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Pithole
Penn
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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J&no
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T. Tinea Gold
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Amer Smelt & Ref
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Amer
Amer Tel & Tel
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Atchison Ton & S
Auburn Auto
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Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Esas
Aan
Borden Ry Aes Manutac Ween
Briggs
Canada
Chrysler
Columb Gas & Firecay
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Consol
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Elec Auto-Lite
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Power & Lite
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Texas
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Seeee Ann Af
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Loew's Inc
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Seaboard
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Sy Riley
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Amarillo
Potter County
Montgomery Ward
J. N. Riggs
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