Air Notables Visit Amarillo Briefly
Two famed aviators Roscoe Turner and Frank Hawks visited Amarillo yesterday at English Field. Hawks, aboard a TWA eastbound flight, stayed ten minutes while Turner, forced to cancel an engagement due to a dust storm, rested at the Herring Hotel before continuing to Borger and the Panhandle oil fields. Turner, Hollywood resident, heads toward Mississippi with companions R S McMillen and Eddie Martin.
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Air
Amarillo
English Field
Roscoe Turner
Frank Hawks
Hawks
TWA
London
Australia
Turner
Herring Hotel
Mother's Day Reflections and Railroading Notes
The column memorializes Mother's Day origins and urging filial tribute, then shifts to railroad progress. Readers are reminded of acts of kindness by rail crews, cites Mr. J C Quigley of Wichita praising railroad service, and notes advances in locomotive power and streamlined passenger cars shaping future travel.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Globe-News Rotary Club
Mexico City
Amarillo
Mason King
Globe News
Locomotive capable of 120 mph and open meeting planned
A stream lined steam locomotive can reach 120 miles per hour while a courthouse lawn meeting is announced for Saturday night to discuss a chain letter scheme promising riches. The item also notes lake recreation with fishing and boating and a bold chain letter prank including a $100,000 cash request.
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City Dam
Blue Lake
Skoots
Prosperity Club
Kelly
Alcatraz Island
Richard Bruno Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Raymond Hamilton
Huntsville
Texas
al Capone
Tarzan
Amarillo
Dust fences and dust control along western railways
Railroads deploy dust barriers along right of way in eastern Colorado and western Kansas. Union Pacific builds four foot high wire and lath fences. Rock Island uses steam jet dust blowers. Santa Fe tests suction dust removal. Fort Benning hosts a tiny armed rail line with slow speed trains. Old copper case unearthed in Providence with Pony Express relics.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Colorado
Kansas
United States Army
Fort Benning
Georgia
Providence
R. I
U.P
Jeremiah Remington
Pony Express
FERA School Postpones Free Public Education Program
The FERA Adult School free program, directed by Louis Co. Griffin, is postponed to Monday at 7 30 PM in the High School Auditorium. Readings by M Stuckey and Lena May Brown, guitar numbers by Joe and Marie Ramos, talks on education government and economy, a one act comedy The Lovers Errand, tap dancing, piano solo, and a black face comedy by George B and J B Cox are listed among the acts.
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Amarillo College
Alta Potts Turk
College Voice Astructor
Bernard Meyer
Lucile Pipkin
Byron Ogle
Helen Galloup
Dinty Moore
Theda Clark
Charles Nash
Joe Kapelus
James Daisley
Bill Dee
Ruth Butler
Boys
Alma Jean Rogers
Dorothy Jean St Clair
Betty Mason
Marjorie Davis
David Park
Ruman Newby
Hjalmar Bergh
Rosalie Coffee
Jo Martini
FERA
Louis Co. Griffin
Joe and
Marie Ramos
J. A. Reddell
C. E. Turner
Alfards
L. B. Cox
D. L. Malin
George B
J. B Cox
Tie For Honors in Amateur Contests
A lively amateur event in Fair Theater radio contests tied for first with Tabby Sue Walker and Stepin Catcher sharing top honors. The J Sisters took third, Jimmie Allard hosted as master of ceremonies, and WDAG aired The Scarlet Pimpernel as part of a two day local run. Lake Vanern noted as Europe’s largest lake outside Russia.
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Dan
Fair Theater
Tabby Sue Walker
Stepin Catcher
Jimmie Allard
Th Riario
WDAG
Alexander Korda
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Municipal
James Dailley
Jesus
Ann Jarvis
Philadelphia
J. C. Quigley
Wichita
Kan
Santa Fe Magazine
California
Miami
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Papa
Mamma
Nolan
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis San Francisco
Missouri-Kansas- Texas
St. Louis-San Francisco
Roosevelt
Washington City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mt. Clare
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
American Locomotive Works
Schenectady, N. Y
Killough @ Davies
Ee Kalar Peant
Sport Oxfords
Etyida
Cooper
Killough
Davies
Arrow
Stetson
Ae Pioneer Braces
Wienern - McOry
America
Killougit and Davies
Brigham Young
John R. Brinkley
del Rio
Rock Island
The
Santa Fe
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee
Fera School
Lake
Vanern
Sweden
Russia
Braniff Airways
Austin
Mexico
Fort Worth
Ar. Austin
Wichita Falls
Dallas
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Houston Galveston
Dallas-Brownaville
Porter
English
Wen Te
Palm Beach
Slyses
Smart Swanks
Killough & Davie
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