Prison Body Called Again In Meeting
The Senate penitentiaries committee met again after the first hearing on prison concentration bills. Judge W C Huggins urged central state location near a stream for power and production, suggesting savings could fund moves. W G Jones and Luis Mims joined, noting Southeast Texas escapes fueling citizen fears. R M E Scott attended as advisory chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Senate Penitentiaries Committee
W. C. Huggins
Houston Chronicle
W. G. Jones
Houston
South Texas Motor League Association
Luis Mims
Freeport
R. M. E. Scott
Richmond
Citizens’ Advisory Committee On Penitentiaries
Huggins
Jones
Texas
Court House Records Acreage deeds and vehicle registrations
Court records list warranty deeds transferring lots in Ama. Hts Rev. Gardens and Robts plus details of grantees and consideration. Vehicle registrations include owners and addresses for Nash Ford Durant and Amarillo lines. Building permits note two projects by C E Lester and Mrs. Ferguson and a contractor. Manchuria now produces nearly four-fifths of the world's soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Box
Earle Black
T. W. Cotten
Norris Ewing
C. C. Ter
B. B. Karger
J. M. Sadler
Rev. Gardens
F. P. Jackson
Lula Crouch
Ford
Walter Irvin
N. H. Webb
E. 12Th
Durant
Hill Motor
S. C. Johnson
East Amarillo
Chevrolet
Plains Chevrolet
W. E. Darner
Texas Grill Cafe
Olds
Amarillo
W. T. Gillman
Harrison
Hutchinson Motor Co
Geo. L. Smith
Bill Clapton
Old Town
A. L. Lawdon
Manchuria
Two Marriages Are Two Too Many
Ella Mae McMullen seeks the return of her 5-year-old daughter while facing potential suits from both her husbands. She earlier left E W McGruder in 1920 after a trip to visit her father. he later disappeared in South America and was reported killed in an airplane crash. She then married Earl McMullen, believing McGruder dead, but he has reappeared and may sue for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Enoch Arden
Ella Mae McMullen
Ella Mae
E. W. McGruder
Norman
Oklo
South America
Earl McMullen
McGruder
Tuberculosis Death Rates Fall in Soviet Cities
The Associated Press reports a health commission finding a downward trend in tuberculosis deaths across Russian cities. In Leningrad the rate fell from 88.2 per ten thousand in 1904-08 to 21.1 in 1927, while Moscow dropped from 34.5 in 1901 to 16.9 in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
Leningrad
Amarillo Boy Meets Lon Chaney at MGM Studio
Amarillo boy visits the MGM Studio and meets Lon Chaney "the man with a million faces" while a guard offers welcome and a credit pass. Chaney discusses silent versus talking pictures, noting he might make a talkie if needed as a dramatic interruption occurs with a splash and a large pool scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Hollywoo
Lon Cheney
M-G-M
Lon Chaney
Man With
Hollywood
Lon Chaney in Thunder described by youthful observer
A 13 year old reporter notes Lon Chaney on the Thunder set near Santa Fe station in Los Angeles. He observes Chaney in a brown suit with tortoise shell glasses and a mustache, describing his voice and fatherly look. He mentions reflective shields, a snow storm illusion created with corn flakes, and a light stuffed toe-sack weighing five pounds at two dollars per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Chaney
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Court House Records
HEA SeRvice
Divretic
Randal Drog Co
Mike
E. T. Kelly Oil Company
P. D. Box
Amarillo, Texas
Charis
L. M. Lawrence
Fillmore
Jack Smyer
Phyllis Haver
R. PF. L
Majestic Super-Dynamic Speecesi
Anics Go
Majestic Radio
Majestic
Grigsby-Grunow Company
Dickens Avenue
Chicago
Mighty Nonarch Air
Polk St
Nistert
Worth
Rous
Mey
Ven
Soret
Polk Street
Worth M. Smyer
Madison Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!