Old Fiddlers Promise Varied Entertainment At Auditorium
Old Fiddlers promised a night of diverse acts at the Municipal Auditorium Friday with seven fiddle sets including classics like Sally Gooden Arkansas Traveler Green Corn and Inn’ Ol Paint plus square dancing tap numbers and singing. Eck Robertson and family of Boritt Hugh Roden and friends Bud and Buster Leavell and Dr C H Lloyd of Vega will appear. Tickets at City Drug Store. Admission 50 or 75 cents with no reserve charges.
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E Municipal Auditorium
Ld Fiddlers
City Drug Store
Sally Gooden
Arkansas Traveler
Kingur
Amarillo
Eck Robertson
Hugh Roden
Bud
Buster Leavell
Harley Sadr
C. H. Lloyd of
Vega
Burke suspect captured in farmhouse during dawn raid
Authorities allege Burke has a $90,000 bounty on his head. Richard Franklin White of Kansas City is identified by St. Joseph Police as Burke after a dawn farmhouse arrest. He is jailed in St. Joseph while facing charges from about a dozen murders and robberies totaling near a million dollars across Detroit Toledo Chicago and other cities.
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Burke
Richard Franklin White
Kansas City
B. T. Andrews
St. Joseph
St Joseph
Detroit
John Kay
Toledo
Ohio
Cadillac
Mich
First National
Peru
Ind
Farmers’ and Merchants
Jefferson
Wis
Chicago
Louisville
Charles Skelly
Radio network dream spans same channel vision continues
Continuation from page 1 outlines plans for synchronized broadcasting across WEAF WTIC and WJZ plus others. If four stations cooperate a full network on a single channel may be possible, yet success hinges on reception quality for the average listener. Tonight programs include Bernice Claire with Rudy Vallee from Buffalo, Delia Baker in American melody moments, Paul Robeson with orchestra, and local station schedules. Majestic radios feature a new multi screen id tube reducing cross talk and noise at Amarillo Electric Co.
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Bernice Claire
Rudy Valee
Buffalo
WEAF
Hain
Bred Browne
al Llewelyn
WABC
Delia Baker
Paul Robeson
Inging
WJZ
Robbery at drug store nets near 47 dollars in cash
A masked bandit entered the drug store around 1 am Thursday, took all cash except 1.95 in coins from the register totaling about 47 dollars. Attendant Warren and a customer Peninger were frightened. the thief fled after taking a billfold containing 23 dollars. A second fragment notes horses sleep while standing with locking legs.
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Warren
Peninger
Fixa
Tex as Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign Urged
The text notes preventable fires originate in basements attics and closets from accumulated combustibles. It calls for cleanup and painting efforts led by households merchants and manufacturers. Mayor Thompson praises last year’s results and expects equal or better outcomes this year.
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Texas
Thompson
Missouri Kansas Texas To Acquire Beaver Meade Englewood Line
Number 7 today authorized the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway to acquire control of the Beaver Meade and Englewood Railroad Company, an 85 mile Oklahoma line. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad had sought to purchase the Englewood line, but the Missouri Kansas Texas intervened after Rock Island filed its application.
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Missouri Kansas Texas Railway
Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad Company
Oklahoma
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Englewood
Missouri Kansas Texas
Rock Island
Johnson Tern Is Suspended After Murder Conviction
A. B. Johnson was found guilty of murder in the death of Otis Lee Adams and received a suspended five year sentence. The trial revealed Johnson’s claim that his 17 year old daughter Elizabeth took her own life to avoid scandal, amid claims of intimacy with Elizabeth by Johnson. Key witnesses included J. P. Collier and Robert L. Williams, with Williams later discredited. The trial spanned Monday to yesterday, amid ambushed testimony and defense by Williams and Johnson.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
A. B. Johnson
Otis Lee Adams
Port Arthur
Elizabeth
Adams
Johnson
J. P. Collier
Robert L. Williams
Williams
Austin
Commission urged to trim Gulf Coast oil fields
The committee proposed cutting production in marginal districts including Panhandle North Texas and West Central Texas to support marginal wells. It urged the Railroad Commission to reduce purchases and distribute the difference, suggesting Yates field from 89 500 to 70 000 barrels and Big Lake from 26 000 to 12 000 barrels, and to consider reductions in Refugio Barber's Hill Humble Pierce Junction and Spindle Top fields.
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Panhandle
North Texas
West Central Texas
Railroad Commission
Yates
Big Lake
Gulf Coast
Barber's Hill
Humble
Pierce Junction
Studebaker Corpes
Southern Pacific
Southern
Eee
Union Pacific
United Archt & Tpt
Old Cigar
United Corp
United Fruit
Baby
United Carbon
Sscress Ae
UN Gas Improv
US Rubber
Bly
Union Carbide
US Pipe & Far
US Steel Reese
Uniy Pipe & Ra
Est
Tan
Warner Bros Pic Ae
Allied Chem
Allegheny Corp
Allis Chalmers
Yester- Amerada Eters
Amer Metal
Maracaibo
Gulf of Penn
Houston
Imperial Oil, Ltd
Steel Fadrys
Tel & Tel
Tees
International Pet Eeeneee
Wks & E
Mexican Seaboard
Pacific-Wes Oil
At&Éssf RR
Panhandle P
Auburn Auto
Petroleum Corps Bia Aviation Corp
Ttese
Phillips Severe
Baldwin
Pierce Petaueeene
Pe Balt & Ohio
Ul Prairie O
Gene Bendix Aviation
Apa
Best & Co Andeces
Prairie PP
Bethlehem St
Pure Oil - Oe
Bohn Alum & Br
Borden Co
Ile Briggs Mfg Co
Royal Dutch
Borg Warner
Sinclair
Burroughs
Pyalty
Seone Ik
Kansas
Case J
N. J
Canadian Pacific
Celotex Co
St'd
Calif
N. Y
Calumet & Hecla
Chesapeake Corp - Ats
Indiank Teres
Silby
Chespeake Ohio Tone Paneer
Sunray Oil Corp
Bee Ay
CM & St
GRI & P RR
Texas Corp Evereees
Coca Cola Co Sever
Tex Pac Cl & Oil
Cola Fuel
Texan Oi! & Land
Columbia G & Ls
Sane
Congoleum Nairn Ss
Tcense
Union Oil
Cola Colambia Grapho
Venzuelan Pet
Columbian Carbon Opt Warner-Quinlan
Ohio Oil Watersooes
Com! Solvents
Comwich & Sothe
I Continental
Continental Mra Coast Film Indo
Gly Consolidated Gas
ces +o
Baking A . Onan
Cater
Coty Inc
Aenee
Jahy Crucible Steel
Ware Bow
Cutler Stereos
Curtiss Wright
Curt Wright
Davidson Chem
Dela & Hud Co
del Lac & Wes
den R
Detroit E
Dupont Wee
Eastman Koda
Faton Axle & Spr
Elec Auto Lite
LEEY
Elec Pow & Lt
Elec Ste Battery
Endicott Johnson
Endicott Johnson Weee Tees B5 35 Erie Railroad
Wee Wees
Marfield & Co
Weeee Gillette S Raz . Neeeree
Glidden Co
Etseee
Gold Dust Corp
Goodrich T & R Ace
Goodyear T& R
Graham Paige Sree - Aly Granby
Northn
Grestern Sugar
Sissseeee Oy
Montgomery Ward
Ee Eee
Murray Corp
Reneteee
Wees
Atl Air Trans
Bellas He
Natl Dairy Pr
Natl Biscuit Co
New York
Cen
Natl Cash Reg
Nevada
North America
Oliver Farm Imp
Ord
Paramount Publix Co
Pathe Exchange
Packar Bteaes Sane
Penney (Jc) Conae
Pennsylvania
Pillsbury Fire
Jssyeves
Ullman
Radio Purity
Radio KO
Real Silk Hose
Remington Rand
Rep Motor Car
Rep Iron & Stoe
Reynolds Tob Boe
St Joseph Lead . Org
Schulte Stores
Sears Roebuck
Baty Simmons Co
Soun Gal Fdison
Ily
Stan Prands Inc
Stand Gas & el
Bat
Stone & Webster
Stewart Warner Sesessssers
R H Johnson Dies Today in Amarillo Hospital
Roy H. Johnson 43 died at a local hospital at 3 25 this morning after a brief illness. He lived in Amarillo 14 years and worked with Johnson Machine and Welding Co. He is survived by his wife and nine children. Also surviving are his mother Mrs M J Johnson of Dorchester Nebraska four brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are pending with N S Griggs and Sons pending arrival of relatives.
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Roy H. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Amarillo
Johnson Machine and Welding Company
North Polk Street
Millard
Richard Lee
Leta
Margaret
Ada Bess
Valerie
Virginia Rae
Beverly
Bonita
M. J. Johnson
Dorchester
Neb
Art Johnson
C. E
H. L
James H. Johnson
Dick Martindale
Lillian Johnson
N. 5
Griggs and Sons
Three Black suspects sought in Dallas abduction robbery
Police hunted three drunken Black suspects after a white woman was held against her will, driven off, robbed, and threatened in a downtown Dallas incident. A bystander pursuit followed as Mrs. F. I. Herle, recovering from shock, reported the assault and robbery.
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United Press
Dallas
F. I. Herle
Pioneer Oldham Farmer Dies After Weeklong Illness
Henry Frederick Klein, 75, longtime Oldham County farmer and Adrian resident for over 22 years, died at his home five miles southeast of Adrian at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday after a illness. Survived by widow and nine children: Edward W E and A C Klein of Adrian. Mrs Otto Redlick of Ottawa Illinois. Mrs R W Parker of Kemp Texas. Mrs John Halliburton of Vega. and three daughters. He was a Methodist. Body at the farm. funeral arrangements to be announced by N B Griggs and Sons.
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Henry Frederick Klein
Oldham County
Adrian
Klein
Edward
W. E
A. C. Klein
Otto Redlick
Ottawa
R. W. Parker
Kemp, Texas
John Halliburton
Vega
Methodist Church
Griggs and Sons
Predict Big Wheat Crop in Oklahoma 1931
Associated Press reports from Enid Oklahoma that Paul E Peeler president of the Oklahoma Farmers Co operative Grain Dealers Association predicts a 49 000 000 bushel wheat crop for 1931 despite a 5 to 10 percent acreage reduction in the area. He argues favorable weather could lift the harvest by about 10 000 000 bushels over last year during the convention opening.
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Associated Press
Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Paul E. Peeler
Elk City
Oklahoma Farmers’ Co-operative Grain Dealers’ Association
Peeler
Road Conditions Report From Amarillo Route List
The Panhandle Auto Club notes slippery or impassable sections on multiple routes from Amarillo. U S highways 370 66 366 60 385 show slippery conditions with heavy snow around Clayton New Mexico. Borger to Lubbock remains on Oilfield Highway paved.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
U. S
Oklahoma City
Roswell
Tucumesh
Higgins
Clayton
N. M
Borger
Lubbock
the Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Summary Across West Texas and Dallas-Fort Worth Area
A brisk weather report notes Amarillo dropping to 85 after overnight rain totaling 0.35 inch, mist and cool, cloudy conditions forecast for Thursday. Abilene measured 0.23 inch. Lubbock saw sleet, snow and a sandstorm with 0.03 inch moisture. Other towns reported rain totals from 0.18 to 1.00 inch, with forecasts of snow in the north and a cold wave with subfreezing lows through Thursday night.
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Amarillo
Abilene
Lubbock
Plainview
Fort Worth
Dallas
East Texas
Tyler
West Texas
Oklahoma Braces for Belated Blizzard and Cold Snap
The Associated Press reports a snow-laden northwesterly gale bringing a belated blizzard to Oklahoma. Temperatures near 8 degrees in the northwest rising to 80 in the southeast with rain and potential sleet or snow. Strong northerly winds forecast statewide.
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The
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Guymon
Blizzard Closes In From Northwest With Cold Kansas Night
By The Associated Press in Topeka on March 26, spring weather rapidly yielded to a winter blizzard. Wind and heavy snow moved in from the northwest as Kansas faced a hard freeze with temperatures dipping to 10 to 15 degrees tonight.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Snowfall Hits Western Kansas Towns Overnight
In Salina dated March 26, heavy snow covered parts of western Kansas. Colby logged two inches overnight while Phillips recorded rain and snow. Oakley saw heavy snow, and Plainville Hays Beloit Lacrosse and Scott City experienced rain.
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Associated Press
Salina
Kan
Kansas
Colby
Phillips
Oakley
Plainville
Hays
Beloit
Lacrosse
Scott City
Blizzard Strikes Rockies Halting Air Mail and Traffic
A blizzard from Medicine Hat roared into the Rockies paralyzing air mail traffic and freezing roads across Wyoming and Northern Colorado. Frigid winds swept the region with snow and sleet, dumping six inches in Rawlins and driving temperatures to zero. Montana and Canadian provinces also reported subzero readings.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Medicine Hat
Rockies
Wyoming
Colorado
Rocky Mountain States
Havre
Mont
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Pocatello
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sheridan
Wyo
Galveston Pier Damaged by Fire
Fire partially destroyed Pier 14 on the Galveston waterfront last night. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze and halted its spread to adjacent structures. The cause remains undetermined but welding sparks from nearby workers are suspected.
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United Press
Galveston
Pier 14
Mrs Emma Snow Dies at Noon Today
Mrs Emma Alice Snow, 51, wife of Robt L Snow of 4103 East Youth Avenue, died at St Anthony's Hospital today around noon. Her body is in state at Boxwell Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. She is survived by her husband, two sons Joe Lee Snow of Brownfield and Toney Edwin Snow of this city, and a daughter Mrs Roonie Settle of Amarillo.
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Emma Alice Snow
Robt. L. Snow
East Youth Avenue
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Boxwell Funeral Home
Joe Lee Snow
Brownfield
Toney Edwin Snow
Roonie Settle
Amarillo
Frank Norris and Associates Buy Radio Station KGFG
Rev J L Neville reports that Dr Frank Norris and associates have purchased KGFG in Oklahoma City. The station will back Fundamentalist work. Neville, McCall and Mrs P C Nichols are connected with the venture as Norris plans to organize a Fundamentalist Church in Oklahoma City.
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J. L. Neville
Oklahoma City
KGFG
Frank Norris
First Baptist Church of Fort Worth and Associates
Neville
M. A. McCall
Oklahoma City Tabernacle
P. C. Nichols
McCall
Norris
San Antonio
Fire damages two homes on Tenth Avenue
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a furnished house at 618 West Tenth Avenue, owner listed as Bob Strickland. Alarm from Tenth and Madison at 8 a.m. firemen fought for about 90 minutes. tenants were away, $2,500 damage noted. In a separate blaze at 1313 Fillmore Street, the E L Smith residence suffered several hundred dollars in damage, blamed on an automatic heater and reported by the homeowner, proprietor of Smith Jewelry.
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West
Tenth Avenue
Madison Street
Bob Strickland
E. L. Smith
Fillmore Street
Smith
Smith Jewelry
Fifth Avenue
Amarillo Re-advertises Water Contract and Wells Land Bid
Thursday morning city manager Bill Durham said only water supply bids merit attention. No session Tuesday due to lack of business and Mayor Ernest O. Thompson's absence. Two bids for supplying Amarillo with 2.5 million gallons daily for 10 years were rejected. re-advertising for bids on land title for five wells was authorized.
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Bill Durham
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Kansas City
New York City
Washington, D. C
Amarillo
Commission
Oil Worker J H Frazier Dies After Long Illness
J H Frazier aged 45, an oil field worker, died at 9:30 this morning in a local hospital after a long illness. He had no known living relatives and was survived by one close friend, Pete Heffner of Skellytown. The body will lie in state at Blackburn Funeral Home until funeral arrangements are made.
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J. H. Frazier
Pete Heffner
Skellytown
Blackburn
Section Worker Held in Burglary Case
W. H. Barth, a section worker with the Fort Worth & Denver railroad, was arrested by deputy sheriffs at Boden section house south of Tascosa and jailed on charges including burglary and receiving and concealing stolen property while working on the section gang.
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W. H. Barth
Potter County
Boden
Fort Worth & Denver
Tascosa
Power Station Aims 250 Watts For Fundamentalist Church
A 250 watt station plans to operate on 1370 kilocycles and will be used exclusively for the work of the Fundamentalist Church.
Jury Deliberations Resume in Wichita Falls Doctor Case
In Henrietta Texas a 19th District Court jury resumes deliberations in the murder trial of Dr. H L Reed a former National Guard Captain. The defendant testified denying the operation on Mrs R D Longley was illegal. The defense challenged her dying declaration to her husband about her illness as testimony.
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United Press
Henrietta
Tex
19Th District Court
H. L. Reed
National Guard
R. D. Longley
Wichita Falls
Longley
Lemons Condition Reported as Fair
Attending physicians say M. W. Lemons manager of the Lemons Thompson Grain Company is in fair condition. He was stricken last Sunday and taken to St Anthony's Hospital. He was released Tuesday morning but returned in an ambulance that afternoon due to complications.
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M. W. Lemons
Lemons-Thompson Grain Company
Lemons
St. Anthony's Hospital
Market summary from Kansas City Fort Worth and Chicago hogs cattle and sheep
U S D A reports crowds at Kansas City Fort Worth and Chicago with hogs uneven and lower on some lots, cattle steady to mixed, calves and vealers varied, hog top near 7 65 at Kansas City and Chicago top around 8 00. Cotton in New Orleans opened steady then eased, later recovering with May to 10 92 and October to 11 48 amid rain, colder outlook and strong demand for goods.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Fort Worth
U. S. CA
Chicago
Tong
Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
An old health ad warns that constipation worsens with age and can lead to piles and other disorders. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe, effective laxative for all ages, claiming gentle action, no griping, and broad popularity.
Bayer Aspirin Promotes Quick Pain Relief in Daily Aches
An advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin as reliable for headaches colds sore throat toothache and neuralgia. It urges carrying tablets for sudden pains on streetcars or in theatres and suggests genuine Bayer tablets are heart safe and effective.
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Bayer
Manhood Fails in Crisis by Edgar A. Guest
Poem recounts a man once seen as strong who faltered when danger arose. He avoided help, claimed weakness, and deserted when storms hit. The verse contrasts boastful courage in calm times with fear in a crisis, ending with the revealed truth.
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KGBS
Radio Nuts
John Josey
WDAG
City
Tack
Lumbago
SLOAN
Young Fiddler
Eck Robertson, Jr
Municipal Auditorium
Robertson
Johnson Tern
R. H. Johnson
Oldham
Kansas Area
Emma Snow
Frank Norris and Associates
RADIO
New Orleans
Liverpool
Jno
F. Clark
Yesterss
Ark
Natu
Elec
Aves
Cenadian Marconi
Cord Wee Eens
Snes Ory
Rey Fly Midwest Utilities
Ats Niagara Hud Pr
Pennroad Corp
Tana
Air Trans United Gas
Let & Pwr
Verde
Western Air Express
Edgar A. Guest
W. B. Catowent’s
Doctors Family
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