Wholesalers See Strong April Gain in Amarillo Trade
Wholesale firms in Amarillo report April business well above a year ago with several companies posting large increases. The Wapies Platter Co up 40 percent, Brown Cracker and Candy up 92 percent, and brisk activity expected across farming related dealers as planting and cultivation begin. The J E Bryant Co notes gratifying growth and Armour and Swift packing houses also report substantial gains.
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Amarillo
Brown Cracker and Candy Company
Promao
Bryant Company
J. E. Bryant Company
Armour & Company
Swift & Company
Half Minute Interviews from Amarillo Echoes in Crisis
Ben Short reports telegrams to Gov. Neff about voting in Amarillo and lingering partisan tension. Judge Sam Motion recalls Dr. Rucker aiding many show folk, educating orphans, and offering help on the road. Jim Gover recalls buffalo bone sightings on the plains and a striking mirage near Potter County.
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Ben Short
Pat Neff
Amarillo
Sixteenth Street
Pat
Sam Motion
Dr. Rucker
Jim Gover
Potter County
Moderates Retain Lead in German Election
Berlin reports a noon recount shows United Socialists 100, Nationalists 96, Center Clericals 62, Democrats 26, Communists 62, and Bavarian 6. The coalition still holds a slim majority though leaders say a non Socialist coalition is unlikely. Paris officials view the result uncertain, noting 200 deputies opposed to the reparations report.
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Berlin
Reichstag
United Socialists
Nationalists
Center Party of Clericals
The
Democrats
Communists
People’s Party Oe
Bavarian People’s Party
Socialists
People’s Party
Paris
Northwestern dealers join grain rate fight
Representatives of grain shipping interests from several Northwestern states joined Iowa grain men in Des Moines to protest freight rate increases on grain from the northwest to Texas. Railroad commissions of South Dakota and Iowa also attended as the hearing continued from Omaha and Kansas City.
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Des Moines
Northwestern States
Iowa
Northwest
Texas
South Dakota
Omaha
Kansas City
Mrs. Cunningham Returns From Burial Trip
Mrs. C. C. Cunningham has returned from Combanche where she went last week for the burial of her husband.
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Cunningham
C. C. Cunningham
Combanche
Amarillo wholesale firms upbeat on year prospects
Amarillo wholesale fruit and produce firms report a 40 percent rise in business over the first four months. Shortages of vegetables limited some sales but overall wholesale activity matches last year and firms remain optimistic for the year ahead.
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Amarillo
Efforts Renewed in Amarillo Scout Fund Campaign
The Boy Scouts council of Amarillo restarts drive for the Stout fund to sustain operations for the coming year. Officers announced by Thomas Nelson include C. B. Makeig as president, J. la Nann as vice president, and L. C. White as treasurer, with A. A. Graham leading finance and C. A. Fisk Organization. A Palo Duro camp is being prepared for next month as applicants sign up.
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Boy Scouts Council of
Amarillo
Stout
Palo Duro Canyon
Thomas Nelson
C. 8. Makeig
Pres
J. la Nann
Howard Williams
Jack Edwards
Max Merry
L. C. White
C. M. McCullough
A. A. Graham
Here There and Everywhere Visit Noted and Local Notices
Here and There and Everywhere in Miami reports visits and business from W. M. Daugheter. Judge Reese Tatum convened district court at Hereford Monday. Local notices include ties to Dallas visits and army enlistments of Royce Smith and Charles Sutton in Hiawali field artillery.
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W. M. Daugheter
Miami
City Cleaners
Dyers
Reese Tatum
Hereford
Anna Laura Sawyer
West Texas Teachers College
Canyon
Ils. O. Johnson
Lubbock
W. A. Stahl
Royce Smith
Tex
Charles Sutton
Marlow
Okla
Hiawali
Benton court of honor election names officers
The Benton court of honor lists Dr. J. J. Crume as publicity head with R. P. Parcells and others, and elects H. M. Russell H. W. Galbraith and T. B. O'Brien as members at large to the executive committee.
Woodley drilling well in Shamio ge district
Be L Woodley, lately from Shreveport Louisiana, drills a well in the Bowers field near Shamrock in section 45 block 17, down 600 feet with encouraging conditions. Several other drills are active nearby including Whit tington in Sec 6 block A8 and Palaska Oil in Sec 128 block 23.
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BE. L. Woodley
Amarillo
Shreveport
Bowers
Shamrock
S. B
Fir. Woodley
J. O. Whittington
Palaska Oil Company
Woodley
Skink and
French
Angus
Union Petroleum Company
Tulsa
Barker
Woodley Petroleum Company
Woodley Company
Panhandle
Children’s Home Inmates Take Auto Ride and Picnic
Inmates of the Presbyterian Children’s Home were given a 4 percent ride yesterday afternoon by the Young Women’s Association of the First Baptist Church. After the ride a picnic lunch was served near the building, and the association members are pledged to make clothes for the children.
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Presbyterian Children’s Home
Young Women’s Association
The
First Baptist Church
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