All Elective Offices Must Go Professor Says
Walter F. Dodd of Yale University argues at the Southeastern Citizenship Conference in Atlanta that abolishing all elective offices except the governor would improve state government. He contends multiple elected officers lack single accountability, comparing it to a private business run by many officers answerable only to stockholders.
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Associaed Press
Atlanta
Walter F. Dodd
Yale University
Southeastern Citizenship Conference
War, bootleggers, and a deadly Brooklyn clash echo through era
The piece recounts Tom Slick selling oil holdings for 30 million dollars and planning a Europe trip. It notes Mexico's war dynamics with General Escobar fleeing Torreon and looting. It covers the Jones law's first case in New York, a probation breach, and a Brooklyn racketeers fight where Policeman Maloney was shot dead.
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New York
Brooklyn
Old New York
Manhattan Island
Daniel J. Maloney
Sergeant McGarty
Policeman Maloney
Amarillo man helps mother obtain goat milk for baby
A letter in Amarillo describes multiple local sources offering goat milk or mothers’ milk to aid a sick baby. Contacts include Mrs J B Gray, Mrs Reese Allen, Dr E A Johnson, and Mr Johnson or Mr Izzard who will dispatch reporters to locate milk. Messages express gratitude for gifts and memories of community, with birthday notes and thanks to several residents.
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T. E. Johnson
Wes
Izzard
News- Globe
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Izzard
el Paso
J. B. Gray
Jackson Street
Reese Allen
Wichita Falls
Allen
Herring Hotel
Alabama Street
E. A. Johnson
Ben Ammons
Twenty-second
Buchanan Streets
Erasmus Tack
Missing Pets and Community Notices Spark Amarillo Letters
A jumble of reader notes from Amarillo describes a lost Boston terrier named Zip, rewards offered, and local calls about goats, bread, flowers, and birthdays. Messages mention goa t milk sources, goat prices, and social chatter from residents including Henry Meadors and J F Howard.
Sell or loan of cook stove offered by Mrs Bromley
A letter from Mrs Bromley of 804 N Jackson offers a small second hand cook stove that bakes well and heats a room. She will lend it or sell it for 3.00 dollars and encloses a likeness of the recipient.
Lost Toy Poodle Teddy Seeks Return From Pleasant Valley
A little girl Geraldine Pennington of North Side Station asks for help finding her white curly poodle Teddy with a brown hip spot. She disappeared Sunday March 17 while she attended Sunday school and church. A $2 reward is offered to E R Tack for return.
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E. R. Tack
Pleasant Valley
North Side
Teddy
Geraldine Pennington
North Side Station
Exra
Five Best Features On Air Saturday
Radio listings announce Saturday evening programming across networks. Goldman Band leads at 7:00 CST on WJZ WEAF NBC with Damrosch at 8:00 on WEAF NBC and at 9:00 a National Radio Forum features Congresswomen McCormick and Owen. Rolfe's Orchestra closes the night.
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United Press
WJZ
NBC
Goldman
WEAF
Walter Damrosch
WABC
CBS
National Radio Forum
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ruth Bryan Owen
Rolfe
Labor Unions Host Meetups and City Campaigns
The Central Labor Union in Amarillo hosted a busy week with a box supper and dance at Carpenter’s Hall organized by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Typographical Union. Speakers included Col. Tompson’s proxy attorney J C Gulekie and Fred Fisher leading meetings while plans to fund a delegation to the State federation were discussed. The Painters Union and Railway Conductors Auxiliary held sessions, recruiting new members and mapping spring entertainment. The Switchmen Union announced a meeting in Mills Hall and pilots join federal forces amid a spike in labor activity across Amarillo institutions.
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Carpenters Hall
Vox Populi
Col. Tompson
J. C. Gulekie
Fred E. Young
W. H. Brymer
Leo Sparks
Mesdames L. Quinn
W. E. Johnston
Oo. G. Wilson
E. O. Leithauser
Central Labor Union
Carpenter's Hall
Harve Oliver
Fred Fisher
Sam Norton
Daddy” Lyons
Ww. E. Johnston
Reading
J. O. Miller
Amarillo
G. T. Haubrich
Zeke Welchel
W. W
the Order of Railway Conductors
Odd Fellows Hall
Harry Sager
W. O. Kreisinger
Painters Union
Painters Hall
A. White
Lodge
Marguerite’s Artwork Hints at Ambition's Peak
A fragment notes a daughter named Marguerite and references her drawing as a sign of high ambition. The brief meditates on the aspirational theme without additional context or details.
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Marguerite
Gibson Town Water System Runs Itself for 20 Years
Gibson Georgia uses a direct water power setup fed by a creek and springs. A water wheel drives a shaft connected to a cable pumping water from a well into a wooden tank supplying 600 residents with drinking water and fire protection, all without expense or labor.
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Associaed
Gibson, Ga
Gibson
Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested After Brady Pursuit
Three boys and Nigh were arrested hours after a bank heist as they drove toward Brady in an unarmed car with no resistance. Four girls were detained in a nearby residential area. Bill Awalt, brother of Lucille Awalt, was jailed on liquor possession charges found during the raid on a home tied to the robbery. he is free on $1,000 bond.
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Nigh
Brady
Bill Awalt
Lucille Awalt
Liberty
Rebels take off from Laredo under Col Rojas
At 8 30 a m the group of rebels departed with Colonel Rojas aboard. Lieuts Raoul Azacarate and Rodolfo Rico of the Mexican air service accompanied him as they headed toward Laredo Texas.
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Ington
Laredo
Tex
Rojas
Raoul Azacarate
Rodolfo Rico
Mexican Air Service
Liberals Target Inheritance Tax to Break Estates
Glasgow dispatch reports university liberal societies approving a four generation inheritance tax plan. The graduated duty would apply on every succession, not death, with the state paying an annuity of five percent on the taxed amount to the recipient.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Union of University Liberal Societies
Officer Dies Under Colorado Snow Slide
Steamboat Springs Colorado March 22 Deputy Sheriff Charles E Gibbs aged 45 was killed by a mountain snow slide. Farmers with a volunteer posse found his body buried under snow while he was en route to serve papers on two men operating a coal mine.
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Associated Press
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Charles E. Gibbs
A A A LeaderVisits Amarillo Club Luncheon
J A Roderick, the American Automobile Association headquarters man, visited Amarillo to discuss local branch problems and attended a noon luncheon hosted by the local club at the Amarillo hotel.
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J. A. Roderick
American Automobile Association
Amarillo Hotel
Sherman heads to New York on buying trip
M. Sherman of Marizon left the first of the week for New York City on a buying trip. Miss Elizabeth Garvey is confined to her home at 1616 Monroe street by illness.
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M. Sherman
The
Marizon
New York City
Elizabeth Garvey
Monroe Street
Answers Letter After 15 Years Apologizes
WAHOO Neb March 22 Peter Creisel living in Austria should win the hand painted ink well W J Harke of Wahoo wrote Creisel in March 1914 advising him of his brother's death Today he had Creisel's answer Creisel said he was sorry to appear so lax in replying but explained he had been a soldier in the Austrian Army until 1918 and then was held prisoner in Russia for another 10 years
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Associated Press
Wahoo
Nebr
Peter Creisel
Austria
W. J. Harke
Creisel
Russia
Markets Report Kansas City and Other Livestock Bids
Kansas City livestock markets show mixed results with hogs steady to firm and cattle calves mostly steady to higher on various weight classes. Oklahoma City Fort Worth and Chicago reports mirror firm to modestly higher trading, while cotton and grain markets swing on weather and Liverpool cues.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Associated Press
Mar
Fort Worth
ST. Louis
East 8St
Louis
Market summary shows gains in miners and fuels after rate signals
Early trading saw moderate gains with large blocks changing hands. Gold reserves rose and the 5 percent rediscount rate held by the New York Fed supported prices while copper oil and railroad equipment issues led the advance.
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Aeronautical
New York Federal Reserva! Bank
Houston Oil
Greene, Cananea
Vangua ! Copper
American
For Power
Union Carbide
Allied Chemical
Baldwin Locomotive
Rumley Common
A. M. Byers
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Travis Street
Irene Gilliam
Jimmie Earl Bailey
Taylor Street
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KSL
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KGO
KOMO
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WIBW
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KLZ
KDYL
KMTR
KYA
KJR
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Bridge
the Angels of Light
Big Springs
Henry Meadors
Henry
Zip
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Fred C. Bones
Canyon
T. E. Jones
W. L. Ottinger
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A. A. Mincher
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Marie Ellie Bonthke
Goleiad Street
Alamo Place
J. F. Howard
Arthur Street
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Dallas
Shepperd
Howard Williams
Joe Williams
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P. H. Butcker
Bromley
Jackson
BY John Moore
Finch
Arkansas
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Millers Hall
North Amarillo
A. Strong
C. H. Gray
San Antonio
Ed Tull
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
Carlsbad
Virginia
Kentucky
Amalgamated Coal Corporation
Texas & Pacific Railway
Marshall
Longview
Mineola
Municipal Auditorium
Farwell
Friona
Ernest Thompson
Herring
Raymond Foster
Rock Island Ananias Club
Life Insurance
Will M. Benton
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Liverpool
May
Liverpol
Transit Grain and Commission Co
Ft. Worth
Anaconda
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Arizona
General Motors
Wright
Rubber Sugar & CO
BONDS
LaSalle
Beaver St
Amarillo Bldg
Paul I. Odor of
Roswell
Mrs
J. W. Burks
York
James EB. Bennett & Co
P.C
Ooo
Andes Copper
American Smelting & Re
American Tobacco
Atchison Topeka
Atlantic Ref. Co
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnsdall Corporatio
Hethlehem Steel
Brooklyn Man
Burroughs
Canadian Pacific
Gerre de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mil. P
Chile
Earysier
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Colorado Fuel & Iron
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N Y
Continental
Motors
Continental Oil
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Davidson Chemicals
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Dupont de Nemours
Erie Railroad Bereene
Famous Players
Gt Fisk Rubber
Fleischmann
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Peewee
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Eneral Motors
SAM General Mills
Tilmots Central
Independent Oil & Gas
Inspiration Cooper Beeeee
International Cement Tae
International Harvesters
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International Paper
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Kelly-Epringfield
Kelvinator
Lily Kennecott Copper
Kolster Radio
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Lowe's Inc
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Wtaee
Phillips Petroleum
Postum
Gah
Prairie Oil & Gas
Pullman
BAS Ay
Purity Bakery
St Radio Corp. of America Oo
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Qi Reading Railway
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
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LOM
Hell Union Oil
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Thane
Texas, Pacific Coal & Oil
Tidewater Oil
Transcontinental Oil
Union Pacific Benee
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Victor Talking Machine
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Elec
Corccess
White Eagle
White Motors
Eee
Willys-Overland
Tee
Woolworth
Seenee
Wright Aero. Corp
Yellow Cab
Majestic Radio
Panhandle Music Company
Polk
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