Telegraph at Kings College Exhibition Reveals Wheatstone
The Kings College Strand lecture room hosts the original Wheatstone telegraph apparatus built 1834 75. The exhibit features a diamond shaped receiver with five magnetic needles and a 25 point letter map omitting Q. A London police telegram using KW spelling helped catch John Towell, boosting telegraph fame.
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United Press
London
Kings College
Strand
Charles Wheatstone
Great Western Railway
Paddington
Slough
John Towell
Egic
Kwaker
Flashes of Life: Social Light and Global Notes
A selection of brief items notes Countess Festetics seen with a colored meerschaum pipe in Cannes, women owners rising in Kentucky derby nominations, Tolstoi daughter selling her home for taxes, Georgie Courtney’s marriage license in Greenwich, Captain Pugnet of Ile de France a multi talented linguist and artist, and Chinese dealers increasing control in the Netherlands East Indies trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cannes
France
Alexandre Festetics
Riviera
Five Best Features On Air Thursday
Radio listings show a slate of programs across networks. At 7:30 CST Then and Now on WABC and CBS, 8:00 Revelers and Orchestra on WEAF and NBC, 8:30 Recording Artists on WABC CBS and NBC, 8:30 Boulder's Orchestra on WIZ and NBC, and 9:30 NBC Concert Hour.
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United Press
WABC
CBS
WEAF
NBC
WIZ
Boulder
Bombs explode in Chicago causing damage and injuries
Two blasts hit Chicago in quick succession. One blast, the year's strongest so far, damaged a grocery on the near North Side and injured several people with about 20 000 dollars in property loss. A large car with four or five men was seen nearby. The second bomb targeted the Dorle Social and Athletic club on the West Side, wrecking the doorway though no one was inside.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dorle Social and Athletic Club
Methodists to Hold Group Conference in Amarillo
Rev. W. M. Pearce will lead the second quarterly conference for Amarillo four churches at Polk Street church at 7 30 this evening. Reports from pastors and department heads on the work of the churches will be presented to stimulate friendly rivalry and wholesome fellowship. Pastors are L N Stuckey Polk Street J M Fuller San Jacinto H A Nichols North Buchanan J E Walker East Tenth Avenue.
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W. M. Pearce
Amarillo
Polk Street
L. N. Stuckey
J. M. Fuller
San Jacinto
H. A. Nichols
North Buchanan
J. E. Walker
East Tenth Avenue
Local visitors and personnel changes fill city this week
John Oakes returned from Dallas after a week away in the city. Mrs. Maud Shilling is absent from work at White & Kirk's due to illness. Horton Tracy of Tulsa spent the past weekend in Amarillo visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Setzler and their baby from Shamrock were here with Mrs. Setzler's sister Miss Willie Wiley. Miss Ethel Burns joined the White & Kirk's approval desk. Bill Weidman came home from Dallas after visiting. Glenn Sturman of the Kirsch Mill inery Co. of Kansas City was in town on business yesterday. George Tracy of Tulsa spent the weekend here. Mrs. J. C. Berry of Clovis is visiting, staying at the Amarillo Hotel.
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John Oakes
Dallas
Maud Shilling
White & Kirk
Horton Tracy
Tulsa
Amarillo
W. F. Setzler
Son
Shamrock
Glenn Sturman
Kirsch Millinery Company
Kansas City
George Tracy
J. C. Berry
Clovis
Amarillo Hotel
Courthouse Records and Property Transfers Noted
Courthouse records show warranty deeds from Mrs. Gertrude McBride to Rupert W. Andrews and others, with various parcel references and dollar amounts. Vehicle registrations list owners in Amarillo and surrounding firms. building permits note two homeowners with project costs. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Dickey of Dimmitt visited Mrs. H. H. Hall over the weekend at 1306 Parker Street.
Ears Deceive You When You Listen to Chimes
In Northampton on March 27 a study by Smith College physicist Professor Arthur Taber Jones concludes listeners misjudge bell tones. He finds the strike note of a bell is a full octave higher than perceived. The report notes this puzzling effect observed during chime listening.
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United Press
Northampton
Mass
Arthur Taber Jones
Physics Department
Smith College
Texarkana Mayor and Hotel Owner Dies
Texarkana Texas March 27 George T Conway 4 mayor of Texarkana from 1924 to 1937 and owner of the One Million Dollar Grim Hotel died Tuesday Funeral services were to be held today He is survived by his wife and six children.
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United Press
Texarkana
Texas
George T. Conway
Priest sentenced in Ukraine for anti-Soviet activities
Valher Ash eberg, a Catholic priest in Dnieper Petrovsk Ukraine, was sentenced to three years imprisonment for alleged anti-Soviet activities. Prosecutors said he spread propaganda unfavorable to the Soviet regime taught religion to children and encouraged superstitions about spirits among peasants.
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Moscow
Valher Asheberg
Dnieper-Petrovsk
Ukraine
Bootleggers Aide Civic Uplift In Revere
Police sold confiscated stills for 251 dollars with 200 dollars spent on an electric sign reading Build Up Revere. R. H. Norton returns home after thirty days visiting relatives in Mexia and Fort Worth.
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Revere
Mass
Nootleggure
R. H. Norton
Pierce Street
Mexia
Fort Worth
Mrs Chewning Rites Set for 3 Today
Funeral services for Mrs G R Chewning who died in a Font Amarillo railroad crossing accident will be held at 3 this afternoon from Griggs chapel with Rev W C Garrett officiating. Pallbearers include Mack Pilot J W Walter Dugan Taylor Harry Britt H E B Ansley and R B Workman. Burial in Llano Cemetery. She is survived by her husband two young sons and her parents and several siblings. Mrs David L Hollis also a victim.
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G. R. Chewning
Font Amarillo
Griggs Chapel
W. C. Garrett
Second Baptist Church
Mack Pilot
J. W. Walter
Dugan Taylor
Harry Britt
H. E B. Ansley
R. B. Workman
Llano
David L. Hollis
Double tragedy burial follows Sunday services at chapel
A burial took place yesterday at Liane cemetery after Sunday services at the same chapel. The notice advertises Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy used by dentists for severe gum disease and promises a money back warranty through City Drug Store if it fails.
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Liane Cemetery
Leto
City Drug Store
Remedy Adverts Colds Grippe Flu Dengue Malaria
An advertisement touts a fast acting remedy claimed to cure colds grippes influenza dengue bilious fever and malaria as the most speedy treatment available. The blurb markets quick relief and broad efficacy across multiple tropical and temperate ailments.
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Wheatstone
Lowisville
Graham Fair Vanderbilt
L. G. Kaufman
James B. Brown
F. Ambrose Clark
E. Denemark
Margaret G. Marshall
E. L. Swikard
A. Vaughan
A. C. van Winkle
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Leo Tolstoi
New York
Georgie Courtney
Greenwich
Conn
Virginia Howard
Atlantic City
Georgie
Pugnet
Ile de France
Netherlands East Indies
Buddie
His
Robert L. Dickey
Bos
Methodists
Amarillo Electric Co
Polk
Courthouse Records
Gertrude McBride
Rupert W. Andrews
D. Arthur Clark
C. C. Considine
B. H. Brands
Ethel Coard
Wolf
Agnes J. Webster
H. C. Holman
Webster
Sam B. Motlow
Mary V. Goff
A. F. Smith
A. Fillmore
Hereford Motor Co
Ford
Wm. T. Goodson
Maryland
Amarillo Olds
Olds
Ino
Cowan
Hughes, Packard
Amarillo Co
Packard
Mrs. C
E. 12Th
Cullum Motor
Dodge
A-Loaf Baking Co
Arthur St
Perry Lewis
W. S. Sloan
13Th St
Mirror
G. C. McCasland
Georgia St
Sunset Park Addition
Brick V, Co
Mrs. McCarty
San Angelo
L. D. Heyser
Etzger
Privat
Broadway
William Powell
Jammer Hall
Loutre Brooks
Jean Arthur
Stan Leuvel
Oliver Hardy
Hear Hoover
the Patriot
Sorrell & Son
the Last Command
Circus
King of Kings
Sadie Thompson
Deandi
Lee
Lobitsch
Florence Vidor Lewis Stone
Neil Hamilton
Paramount Picture
T. J. Warren
Vincent & Stewart
Jazz Bandits
Mahavier Sisters
Keith Time
Francis Sisters
the Palace
Henrietta Straw
Nannette Shaefer
Polly Jessup
The
Boys
Washington
Dean’s
Dean's
J. J. Heiland
Silver St
Boston
Doan
Foster
Milburn Co
Mig Chem Bullalo
J. E. Langston
Oliver Eakle
Amarillo Tent & Awning CO
Aig
Emember
Tri-State Fair
Wilbur C. Hawk
Fiddlers
Jess Morris
Dalhart
Milt Trout
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