Tales of big wins and big losses in stock frenzy
Reports from The New York Times and The New York Herald Tribune describe wildly varying stories of fortunes and losses in the extreme market rally. Analysts note many gains, some losses, and massive commissions while traders call for limits on trading days amid frantic activity.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
George Briggs Buchanan
New York Stock Exchange
Buchanan
Replogle
Durant
Livermore
Exchange
Segr
Board of Governors
All California Dams Under Suspicion
The coroner's inquiry into the St. Francis dam collapse nears its end as Mulholland dam above Hollywood is opened for inspection and all other California dams face official scrutiny. State Director Rert B. Meek urged appointing an engineer to inspect all dams and report findings.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
St. Francis Dam
Mulholland Dam
Hollywood
California
District Attorneys Office
Mulholland
Rert B. Meek
Sacramento
Children’s Home Work Progressing at Presbyterian’s Home
Work on an 18 by 36 foot addition to the Presbyterian’s Home for Children nears completion. The one story structure will join the main building with a large laundry area and separate girls and boys baths. contractor M C Hancock leads construction. Vienna lifts motion picture ban if new theatres meet police standards. North Wales plans an artificial lake three miles long for electric power.
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Presbyterian
Home For Children
George J. Irvin
M. C. Hancock
Vienna
Austria
North Wales
Moody asks Chicago to return man in jewel theft case
Gov Moody issued a requisition seeking Archie Goldstein alias Archie Goldstein alias Abe Goldstein from Chicago to face a Fort Worth charge of a $60 000 jewelry theft. The suspect allegedly substituted a dummy trunk for Joe Optican s jewelry trunk, which was moved to Handley and later to Dallas with diamonds valued around 20 000 recovered.
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Moody
Chicago
Austin
Tex
Gov. Moody Today
Archie Goldstein
Abe Goldstein
Fort Worth
Joe Optican
Handley, Tex
Dallas
Burton Roach
Potter County
Denver
Goldstein
Optican
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Amarillo Business Leaders Back Tri-State Exposition Catalog
Williams of Williams Hardware among Amarillo magnates who bought ad space in the 1928 Tri-State exposition catalog, endorsing a larger fair with free admission to boost regional attendance including Panhandle towns. Separate notes mention a 450 foot stainless steel ballast chain for St Pauls Cathedral and greenhouse-grown produce in Worthing England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Hardware Company
Amarillo
Lam
Williams
Panhandle
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Fiddlers to Play Varied Tunes Here
County contests announced for Roosevelt and Quay counties in New Mexico indicate top old fiddlers will converge April 27 for the Tri-State exposition second contest. Prize money will reward stunt fiddling as Hugh Roden returns to feature the event.
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Roosevelt
Quay
New Mexico
Tri-State
Panhandle
Hugh Roden
Childress
Texas
Oklahoma
Hospitality group to be elected here
A committee will be appointed by A. Peterson of Hanson Post No. 64 to join a statewide Hospitality committee led by Leonard Whitington of Fort Worth. They aim to aid W. J Hood in welcoming Legionnaires traveling to the National American Legion convention in October in San Antonio. Plans seek to route trains through Amarillo and show strong local support.
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A. Peterson
Hanson Post No. 64
American Legion
Leonard Whitington
Fort Worth
W. J Hood
Texas
San Antonio
National American Legion
Amarillo
National American Legion Executive Office
Peterson
Hanson Post
National Association
McCoy's Tablets Offer Ironclad 5-Pound Gain Guarantee
Underweight men and women urged to use McCoy's Tablets to gain at least five pounds. The ad promises full satisfaction or money back after four 60 cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, with the druggist authorized to refund. Stores listed include Fox, Randal, and Post Office Drug Stores.
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McCoy
Fox, Randal
Post Office
America
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Foot Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil for tender swollen feet corns and calluses. It claims pain disappears in minutes after two or three applications and swelling reduces with regular use. The piece pressures a money back guarantee through Fox Drug Co and other druggists.
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Moone
Fox Drug Co
Amarillo Eyes Legion Post For National Welcome Plan
More than sixty committees push to recruit 1,000 Hanson Post members in Amarillo. After reaching the quota the group will press to influence routing of special trains nationwide through Amarillo to gain publicity and attract Texas visitors.
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Amarillo
Legion
Hanson Post
Texas
Three Rubber Seeds Honored At Institute Exhibition
Sir Henry Wickham displayed three rubber seeds at the Institute of the Rubber Industry exhibition in Westminster. They are the last remaining seeds from a cargo of 70 000 seeds gathered by Wickham, highlighting a notable historical collection.
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Sir Henry Wickham
England
Henry
Institute of the Rubber Industry
Westminster
British rubber enterprise sparks global trade link
Banks of the Amazon in 1875 sent specimens to Kew Gardens in England. The Brazilian government guarded rubber monopoly until the British consul allowed export as rare botanical items. Sir Henry’s venture laid the groundwork for Britain's rubber industry in the East. KEARNEY Nebraska to install a new hitching rack and horse shelter as farmers drive horses to town.
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Banks of the Amazon
Kew Gardens
England
Royal Gardens
Kew
Brazil
Sir Henry
Kearney
Little Green Capsule Frees Rheumatic Patients
Suffering men and women once bent with swollen joints report relief from rheumatic pain after taking Allenrhu Number 7, a small green capsule. The ad claims one capsule per hour for ten hours then continued use until all pain and stiffness vanish, urging readers to request Allenica No. 2 and noting Fox Drug Co. as a supplier.
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Allenica
Fox Drug Co
America
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Clarence Williams
Fournier D'Albe
A. M. Low
Raymond Phillips
D’albe
Houston
France
Tokyo
STATE
Legionnaires
Fox Drug Company
Emerald Oil
Kwitcherkirkin
Amarillo Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Vulcariz
Drug, Shoe and Dept. Nores
Scholl
Bud
Roy
Ted
Bill
Firestone
Miles
Olen
Firestone Service
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