Burning Tree Falls With Five Dead In Mississippi Crash
A massive Mississippi pine burned for three days before toppling onto a car near Leap. Driver David Goff and his fourteen year old daughter died instantly. Five Goff children aged 11 to 14 perished or were fatally injured. Horace and Erastus survived with serious burns.
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Associated Press
Leap
Miss
David Goff
Nettie
Hattie Goff
William Goff
Edna
The Tactless Texan Birthday Rants and Local Grumblings
The columnist vents about birthday fame and readers as the city faces changing fortunes. He complains of readers dwindling, a disliked Salesman Sam, cowmen leaving for Palm Beach, and locals tiring of Washington carpetbaggers amid Amarillo’s shifting scene. He notes Miss Mary Grady Beadle’s address confusion and recalls a birthday cake gift.
Nears of volcanic activity and religious reform in New York
Java volcanoes spew steam and lava as earthquakes shake Adirondack trees and houses. The British debate a new prayer book with bishops backing a proposal and the Commons balking. An old plan to determine genuine biblical books is revived amid modernist skepticism.
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Java
Adirondacks
New York State
Lords
House of Commons
Commons
Retirement of Scotland’s famed detective Arthur Neil
Superintendent Arthur Neil of the Big Five of Scotland retires after 35 years in the detective force and 18 years of service with no sick leave. He earned 251 awards and commendations for notable cases including Chapman the innkeeper and George Smith the bride-drowning suspect. Hard Candy made in America is popular in the Philippines.
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Arthur Neil
Scotland
Neil
Nei
Chapman
George Smith
America
Philippines
Tack's Ambitious Amarillo Reform Agenda
A sprawling program outlines aims for Amarillo including a viaduct to North Amarillo, more hotels, apartments, office buildings, and storm sewers, plus lower rates for utilities and taxes. It calls for a municipal pool and golf course, a public Bivins lake, more newspapers, and infrastructure like a central bus depot and airport. It advocates harsher penalties for crime, anti kidnapping measures, and energy toward attracting new industry while expanding services for residents.
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Amarillo
Bivins Lake
San Jacinto
Palo Dare
Mrs Allred of Wildorado Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Deeda Pearl Allred 47 wife of I A Allred of near Wildorado died in a local hospital at 4 yesterday. Surviving are daughter Mrs L B Fowler and sons I A Allred Jr and E L Allred all of Wildorado. She was a Baptist church member and Woodman circle. Funeral services will be held at Palo Duro Baptist church with time pending. Blackburn funeral directors in charge.
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Deeda Pearl Allred
I. A. Allred
Wildorado
L. B. Fowler
I. A. Allred, Jr
E. L. Allred
Palo Duro Baptist Church
Blackburn Funeral Directors
Three Oklahomans in Day Celebrate Birthdays
Oklahoma City March 23 three residents over a century old marked the day. Elizabeth Gillis of Tulsa turned 107 and kept her pipe burning as longtime aviators urged a birthday airplane ride. Guthrie’s Thomas Sloan aged 115 earned his first black eye after a collision with a car. Enid mourned 105 year old Elizabeth Barnes who had smoked since girlhood.
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Oklahoma City
New German Ice Compound Trials At Breslau Exhibit
German chemists perfect an artificial ice product that does not melt at 208 degrees and can be poured onto wood to form a skating surface. Demonstrations at Breslau exhibition hall show skating possible in all seasons without machinery. A lunar rainbow was seen over Mord Firth, Scotland.
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Breslau
McDonald hanged for taxi murder in Valley Field
George McDonald, dubbed a notorious confidence man, was executed at 4 50 am after being convicted for the July slaying of Adelard Bouchard, a taxi driver who was robbed of 70. The case linked his wife Doris Palmer McDonald to the crime and involved a tense jail night with guards and searchlights.
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Associated Press
Valley Field
Que
George McDonald
Adelard Bouchard
Doris Palmer McDonald
McDonald
Crippin
Jesus
Redeemer
John McDonald
Sydney
N. Y
Portland
New York
Broadway
United States
Nada
Treat
Bouchard
Huntingdon
Quebec
Montreal
McDonalds
Butte
Mon
Free Throw Record Falls to Ellen Baird at WTSTC
Flashes of Life item notes Ellen Baird of West Tennessee State Teachers' College setting a new free throw record by hitting over sixty in a row. The brief mentions her achievement amid other society notes and a distant cactus display from Los Angeles praised by FE H Wilson of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Ellen Baird
West Tennessee State Teachers’ College
New York
Bakers and Whitneys
Los Angeles
FE. H. Wilson
Arnold Arboretum
Boston
Missouri Co-Eds Turn Lindy Down
In Columbia Missouri University women reject Colonel Charles A Lindbergh as a husband noting he is too popular for a successful marriage. The survey shows co eds would not consider Lindbergh suitable as a spouse.
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Missouri
Y United Press
Columbia
Charles A. Lindbergh
University of Missouri
Lindbergh
Nye Defends Actions as Inquiry Touches Sinclair Ties
Senator Nye defends actions in the oil inquiry amid charges of impugning others. He cites initiating an investigator on privately furnished information linking Continental Trading to the Republican National Committee and recalls pressuring witnesses including Will Hays. He notes allies and rivals within the Republican and progressive factions and contrasts timelines with Batistaville history references.
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Indiana
Republican Party
Robinson
Smith
Oil Committee
Sinclair
New York Racing Commission
Nye
Continental Trading Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Republican National Committee
New York City
Will Hays
Norris
Texas Company brings large all metal tri motored plane to Bivins field
A huge crowd welcomed the Texas Company's all metal tri motor plane arriving at 4 PM at Bivins field. Captain Hawks will pilot and explain the craft while public inspection is offered. The plane features a 74 foot wing span, three 200 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engines, a three ton weight, two ton payload, 900 mile range and 15 000 foot ceiling. Texas Company officials and guests will ride over the city and evaluate aviation fuels and lubricants.
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Bivins’ Field
Texas Company
Hawks
United States Army
F. M. Hawks
W. H. Noble
F. B. Byrnes
I. B. Elliot
H. J. Flake
B. E. Hull
P. J. Clausen
Leonard Warden
Crossword Puzzle Teases with Unusual Clues Across and Down
A newspaper puzzle page presents a challenging crossword with odd terms and tricky clues. The horizontal list includes entries like to telephone and region while the vertical section features rollers for furniture and lights among other hard to solve words.
Irie Lic and Odds for a Crossword Clue
An OCR fragment lists numbered clues and partial answers such as cat’s foot frozen water scatter hay rolls of film and sea eagle among others with entries like Eucharist vessel anger and securing hinting at a puzzle or glossary of terms from a historical newspaper page.
Thomas A Wise Dies. Veteran Actor Passes at 72
New York reports Thomas A Wise longtime American stage figure died of heart disease on the eve of his 73rd birthday. He was known for the role of Senator Langdon in The Gentleman From Mississippi.
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Thomas A. Wise
New York
Senator Langdon
Mississippi
Charters Granted for Amarillo and Corpus Christi Firms
Austin March 23 charter actions include Lenix Company Amarillo with 85 000 capital stock and incorporators F E Lenix J H Lenix R F Lenix West Texas Farm Products Association Stamford with multiple incorporators. The Nueces Hotel Company Corpus Christi amends purpose. Maintenance Engineering Corporation Houston increases capital stock from 10000 to 30000.
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Austin
Lenix Company
Amarillo
F. E. Lenix
J. H. Lenix
R. F. Lenix
West Texas Farm Products Association
Stamford
J. W. Jenkins
N. W. Willer
C. A. Williams
The
Neuces
Corpus Christi
Maintenance
West Seventh White Way Push Nears Completion
West Seventh street from Tyler to Davidson nears completion of a white way lighting system with eight single lamp lights per block and four at intersections. Overhead lighting work in Roberts addition and the Country Club is paused while a Southwestern Public Service contract for 39 lights is reviewed. 24 lights were installed before the Country Club civic club asked a delay pending a more adequate system and iron posts versus overhead lights became the main issue.
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West Seventh Street
Tyler
Davidson Streets
Roberts
Country Club
Southwestern Public Service Company
Civic Club
Borger Lions Help Crippled Panhandle Children
In Borger a Lions Club luncheon united about 35 members to aid five crippled Panhandle children. Miss Duncan outlined hospital care. fund-raising quickly surged to 507.50 with later plans for monthly contributions. I. M. Smiser and local leaders organized collections and transport to examinations. A Borger Herald banner proclaims the success and future support.
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Borger
Chamber of Commerce
Black Hotel
Lions
R. T. Qualls
Oklahoma City
J. H. Hughes
Mr. Spencer
Miss Duncan
the Panhandle
Panhandle
Mr. Smiser
Burger Herald
I. M. Smiser
Linens Club
Galveston Cotton Man Westerlage Dies at Home
William V. Westerlage secretary of the Maritime committee of the Galveston Cotton Exchange and board of trade died today at his home in Galveston Texas. He joined the Galveston Maritime association thirty years ago. Dr. Charles A. Phillips in New York predicted his own death years after inhaling chlorine in hospital work. He foretold the date of his passing and died on that date.
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Galveston
Tex
William V. Westerlage
Maritime Committee
Galveston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
Westerlage
Galveston Maritime Association
ARC
New York
Charles A. Phillips
Just Pollis' by Edgar A. Guest
A nostalgic verse by Edgar A. Guest reflecting on homeland and distance. The speaker longs for a northern home while remembering palm trees and blue sea. A mocking bird chirps as the poet contemplates staying abroad or returning to familiar friends.
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Edgar A. Guest
Kansas City and Chicago Live Stock Market Report
Summary of market receipts and prices from Kansas City and Chicago with hogs cattle and sheep figures. Kansas City notes hogs 3 500 head steady to strong top 8.26, cattle 100 head steady prices 7.25 to 12.00, sheep 2 000 head top wool lambs 16.76. Chicago market shows hogs 28 000 head uneven mostly strong to slightly higher top 8.60 for 180 210 pounds, cattle 2 000 head steady to strong best fed steers 13.46, sheep 9 000 head steady to strong wool lambs 17.00 17.85. East St Louis reports hogs 14 500 head slow price 8.50 8.60, cattle 700 head steady vealers 15.00, sheep 1 000 head light sales.
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Kansas City
the Associated Pre
Chicago
East ST. Louis
Boston
London
Mohale
Texas
Cotton and stock markets slide with mixed early activity
New York and New Orleans cotton markets opened easy with declines of 9 to 18 points as Liverpool cables and weather maps influenced prices. May and October saw limited rallies after initial losses, with March down about 19 points, while New York and London prices fluctuated and traders covered to steady levels. The day also featured a sharp rise in New York stocks as traders reacted to federal reserve loan data and merger rumors amid broad market gains.
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Vorcee Rey
New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Texas
Hester
Bears Rally Pushes Downtrodden Stocks Higher on NYSE
Speculators renew buying on the New York Stock Exchange after a bear phase, with General Motors debuting 15 000 shares at 183 to 185, an overnight gain of six dollars. Radio and Victor Talking Machine rise on merger talks while Montgomery Ward, GE, Sears Roebuck, Du Pont and Case Threshing climb. St Louis–San Francisco hits a record high among rail shares.
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Hudson Motors
U. S. Steel
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
General List
General Motors
Victor Talking Machine
Radio
Seare-Roebuck
Montgomery-Ward
Case ‘Threshing
DuPont
Rails
Frisea Common
New York
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
General Electric
Sears Rockbuck
du Pont
Case Threshing
St. Louis
San Francisco
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Tack
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Mr. Tack
Familes
Palm Beach
Florida
Lloyd
Dallas Herrold
Houston
Mary Grady Beadle
Prospect Street
Oak Haycett
Borjeer
Great Sleuth
Allred OF
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Mdonald
Taxi
Farwell
Doris
Edward Walker
Jacob Meyers
Meyers
Walker
Senate
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
John W. Davis
House of Morgan
Beaumarchais
Plane OF Texas Company
Stir
Speec
Georgia
St.aes
Debt Council of Churches
Irie Lic
Deane
West Seventh
Just Pollis
Edgar A.guoa
Chicago Livestock the
4 Bross
East ST. Louis Livestock
Acencighad Pre
Cotton and Drews
Liverpool Cotton
Cuba
the Asociated Press
Commercial Bulletin
U. S
New York Central
James E. Bennett & Co
Adam Allie Chalmers
Allied Chemical & American Can
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
American Steel & Foundry
American Telex & Telex
American Tobacco
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Associated Dry Goods
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnedall Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
California Petroleum
General Asphalt
General Flectric
Great Western Sugar
Houston Oil
Hupp Motors
Ilinois Central
Independent Oil & Gas
Inspiration Cooper
International Harvester
International Nickel
International Paper
International Tele, & Teles
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern
Kelly Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Louisiana Oil & Re
Mack Trucks
Marland Oil
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Middle States Oil
Karers & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Jaggnewcolery, Ward & Co
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Bisenit National Distillers
Packard Motor
Pan-American Pet
Pennsylvania
Pere Marquette Phillips Petroleum
Mnited States Steel
Victor
Seeten
Willys-Overland
Woolworth
Producers
Cys Ce
Radio Cory, of America
Republic Tron & Steel
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Oil
Simma Petroleum
Sinclair Cons
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Stewart-Warner
Studebaker
Texas Gulf
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pacific Coat & Oil
Timken
Tinton Pacific
Magellan
Pacific
Luca Della Robbia
James FE. Bennett & Co
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