TrI- motor Fire Delights Amarillo Crowds
Five Sunday passengers of Transcontinental and Western Air Lines recount a dramatic Amarillo landing when a west bound trimotor Ford caught fire. Crews and English Field workers contained the blaze to the central motor and cockpit, with damage under $1000. The plane landed safely, passengers flew out on a replacement from Albuquerque within three hours. Pilot M O Bowen slowed for landing as gasoline ignited from a broken line after a backfire.
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Transcontinental and
Western Air Lines
California
Amarillo
Ford
English Field
Albuquerque
M. O. Bowen
Larry G. Fritz
T. and
W. A
Birds and frogs forecast politics and weather in Amarillo letters
A column blends humorous ornithology with political prophecy about Hoover, Roosevelt, and Al Smith while frogs around lakes are imagined to predict national fiscal fate. Letters from H A Nobles discuss wage cuts for teachers, tax concerns, and the need for sound economy. Annie Good and May Bell appeal for aid and work.
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Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
al Smith
United States
New York Stock Exchange
H. A. Nobles
Amarillo
Texas
Tack
May Bell
Trade for Auto and Lost Glasses Notices
A residence painter seeks to swap painting labor for a car to support his family at 911 Houston Street. A boy 11 from Glenwood School asks for help finding lost glasses near the Santa Fe fence at a ball game and offers a reward. A third note mentions a reward for a coat found or returned on May 4.
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Glenwood
Bobbie Smith
Houston Street
Taxpayers' League Efforts Stir Mood Across Boroughs
A reflective note discusses how the Taxpayers' League is pushing to lift public mood and spur action amid civic concerns. The author surveys local sentiment and hints at upcoming civic debates, urging engagement.
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Taxpayers’ League
Lost tan sport coat with green orange scarf
A person reports a lost tan sport coat with a green and orange scarf, asks for its return to 1314 East Eleventh Avenue, promising a no questions asked reward.
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East Eleventh Avenue
12 year old girl questions WWI soldier compensation and bonus
A child writes about her disabled World War I sailor father from Norfolk Virginia. She recalls his long disability pension and hospital visits in Cincinnati. She questions veteran benefits and criticizes medical reviews while noting the bonus controversy and her concern for her father.
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W. W. Whitford
Norfolk
Navy Hospital
Mason's
Muskogee
West
Mason
Cincinnati
Ohio
Letter to the editor on wage cuts and relief
A reader argues against further salary reductions and urges preserving jobs, noting widespread unemployment and hunger among families. She urges reform to create work opportunities, warns against social unrest, and criticizes wealthier readers who resist sharing with those in need.
Who Am I I am the prohibitionist
A reader contest piece rails against Prohibition, claiming it created racketeers and youth crime. The author asserts in fourteen years the system produced liquor consumption and prison crowding, ending with the line I am the prohibitionist.
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America
U. S
Amarillo Bar Group Heads to State Session in Mineral Wells
Amarillo lawyers travel to Mineral Wells for the fifty first Texas Bar Association meeting May 19 20 and 21 with H G Pipkin of Amarillo as toastmaster at the banquet. Fort Worth Dallas and Mineral Wells organize an elaborate program with speakers including Guy A Thom president of the American Bar Association and Martin W Littleton a renowned Texan attorney. Mineral Wells lawyers plan cordial entertainments for visiting barristers and families.
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Amarillo
Texas Bar Association
Minera
Wells
H. G. Pipkin
Bar Association O
Home stomach ulcer treatment promises relief without cost
An ad claims guaranteed relief from stomach ulcers and related disorders through a fifteen day home treatment offered by Longhorn Laboratories. It insists the scheme is not a patent medicine, requires no surgery, and promises instant relief or the trial is free. Mail write to Lock Box 1291 Dept 127 Dallas Texas.
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Longhorn Laboratories
Dept
Dallas, Texas
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Sons OF Nassau Strut
Associated Press
Princeton University
Tax
Annie Good
Joe Thurmond
Canyon
B. B.R
Magnolia
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and
New Mexico
Buchanan Street
West Eigth Avenue
Daddy
Wall Street
Mother
Laverne Thurman
North Garfield
Rome
France
Russia
Alexander
Tailoring CO
the Independent Cleaners
AT All Wyatt Food Stores
Concho
Brown
del Monte
Great West
Red Snapper
R. C. Coon
Prohibition
C. L. Dysart
Wright Printing CO
Taylor St
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