West Texas Chamber assigns exhibit spaces for Abilene convention
Exhibit spaces for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce annual convention in Abilene on May 29 to 31 were allocated by district. District No 1 including Amarillo received an ideal location with plans to display the district’s territory. Howard A. Ferguson was chosen to arrange the exhibit. Average district display budget is about 50 dollars.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce Organization
Abilene
Stamford
Amarillo
Howard A. Ferguson
Panhandle Plains of Texas
Bishop Cannon Announces Resignation From Chair
The conference heard Bishop Cannon say he would surrender the chair to Bishop Beauchamp of Virginia due to conditions known to the conference. Bishop Dubose of Nashville protested a Dallas News article accusing bishops of political compromise, insisting no such action occurred. Mouron of Charlotte supported Dubose, while Rethbert Smith listed Cannon and others as having undue political involvement in 1928. all were exonerated. The cited conditions involved charges against Cannon for stock market gambling.
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James E. Hughson
Canada
Hughson
Prohibition Inquiry Committee
Congress
Cannon
Bishop Beauchamp
Virginia
Bishop Dubose
Nashville
Dallas News
Dubose
Mouron
E. B. Mouron
Charlotte
N. C
Radio Features Tonight on National and Columbia Chains
Radio features air tonight across multiple networks with several program blocks. The lineup includes WOAI KOA KSL WOW WDAF and more on WEAF and a Jones and Hare package on WJZ plus WFAA WKY KOA KSL WLW WSM WHAS and others.
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Jessica Dragonette
WEAF
Woewo
Woal Koa
KSL
WOW
WDAF
KPRC
National Broadcasting Co
Jones and Hare
WJZ
WFAA
WOAI
WKY
KOA
WLW
WSM
WHAS
National Broadcasting
Si and Chain
KGRS
Moxtam Kmbc
WMAQ
KOIL
WOWO
WLAC
WISN
WBRC
Columbia
the Quakers
WJZ and
Chain
WBAP
Wee Kvoo
KTHS
K ¥I
W8b
Amos
N’ Andy
Aloe
WRAP
WDAI
KDA
IKSL
National Oe Co
WDAG
Columbia Chain
Silent soundproof studios mark talkie era growth
Hollywood reports a boom in soundproof film stages with fourteen new facilities on the Paramount lot. Mae Clarke discusses age and career plans while Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey perform on a live NBC broadcast, briefly breaking dialogue to sing as the orchestra starts.
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Hollywood
Paramount
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
NBC
Wheeler
Woolsey
Severe storms lash Louisiana and Texas causing damage and outages
A strong storm system drenched the region from Paris to Texarkana with 6 1 2 inches rainfall. Cars stalled near Bagwell and Clarksville as crops suffered from washout. In Texarkana a severe lightning event delayed telegraph service. Northwest Louisiana and east Texas saw downed power lines and uprooted trees. Ida, Rosston and Mira towns lost communications and power. No injuries reported.
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Shreveport
L la
Louisiana
Texas
Ida
Rosston
Mira
Oklahoma Faces Serious Flood Threat After Weeks of Rain
Unrelenting showers in Oklahoma raise rivers and creeks across the state. The North Canadian River led the flooding as water levels rose from a Woodward cloudburst and heavy rainfall. No relief appeared as low clouds lingered over the region.
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Oklahoma City
Oklo
Oklahoma
Woodward
Ite
British air and ground forces clash with Gandhi revolt
The report describes British and Indian troops fighting in India with air bombing from powerful British planes over Sholapur and Pashawarm. It notes religious tensions between Mohammedans and Hindus and the small British presence compared with the vast Asian population.
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Sholapur
Pashawarm
Indus
Exhibit truck routing plans formulated for Panhandle plains
Plans for routing exhibit trucks of the Panhandle Plains Texas will be sent from Amarillo this year to the South and Middle West. The itinerary committee met at 2 pm in the Chamber of Commerce offices. Members include Hetman Clutter Rock Island Amarillo G L Boykin Claude M B Oats Wichite Falls Z T Tinsley Santa Fe O H Lloyd Vega and Howard A Ferguson is the director.
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Panhandle Plains
Texas
Amarillo
South
Middle-West
Chamber of Commerce
Hetman Clutter
Rock Island
G. L. Boykin
Claude
Fort Worth
Denver
Wichi
Trapper testifies on slayings of two brothers in Texas
P F Robidoux veteran trapper, 58, testifies he killed James and Willett Moore in self defense during Dec 11 scuffle on Guadalupe River. He faces continued cross examination as murder trial resumes. A second item notes Sydney Franklin praised by John Hays Hammond for his face, amid Madrid report.
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Associated Press
Victoria
Tex
P. F. Robidoux
Kenyon Island
Guadalupe River
James
Willett Moore
Seadrift
Marine Editor Receives Mysterious Letter at Globe
A joke about Amarillo streets and a New York ship company publicity letter reaches the Globe office. No department accepts the marine matter, as editors decline to handle ships in a paper lacking a shipping section. The publicity is omitted.
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Amarillo
New York
Globe
Society
Yard and Garden
City Urges Early Tax Payment to Avoid Rush
City officials warn residents to pay over half a million dollars in remaining taxes within two weeks to dodge penalties. Auditing shows 285 499.75 collected so far, with 802 153.83 total for the year and 516 654.08 left untaxed before delinquency on June 1.
Health status shows little contagion in Amarillo
Amarillo nears mid spring with no major disease spread as the health map shows four quarantine cases three scarlet fever and one smallpox. Authorities note no uptick with warmer weather and the illness pattern from fall and winter remains.
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Amarillo
Radio Owners Violating Law In Cleveland
City engineer reveals Cleveland radio owners violate a municipal code requiring a 50 cent permit to erect an outside aerial. Each day a non permitted aerial remains up counts as a separate offense with fines from 10 to 100 dollars. Officials say no drastic action or jail likely.
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United Press
Cleveland
Asbad
Peace prospects brighten in India Gandhi talks
Reports from Bombay indicate the liberal press expects an early government move toward negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi. Simultaneous sessions of a government meeting and the All India Congress hint at decisive action before the weekend. Meanwhile Mme Sarojini Naidu was arrested for a salt raid and later released. Rioting near My Mensingh Benegal wounded about 90 as police clashed with volunteers over liquor deliveries. Dharsaana salt panks raids continued with small parties halted at the fringe.
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Associated Tress
Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
all-India Congress
Mmé
Sarojini Naidu
Mahatma
Abbas Tyamji
Dharsaana
School Board Approves West Amarillo Junior High Bid
The Amarillo School board accepted Clem Anderson’s 140 630 bid for the West Amarillo Junior High School with a 15768 heating and plumbing contract by Johnson and Davis. Architect J Roy Smith oversaw the project and Anderson promised six month completion. The Bivins building part of the half million dollar program remains unlet. further bids will be sought within days.
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Clem Anderson
West Amarillo
Amarillo
Johnson and Davis
J. Roy Smith
Anderson
Bivins
Sherman Citizens Plan Local Protective Force After Martial Law
Sherman residents meet to form a protective force to safeguard lives and property amid post riot tensions. Col. Mc Gee hints martial law easing soon while a military inquiry questions suspects ahead of grand juries. Riots last week burned the Grayson county courthouse and a Black man, George Hughes, faced accusations of attacking a white woman.
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Sherman
Lawrence E. McGee
Grayson County
George Hughes
Military Court of Inquiry
Flashes of Life From The Associated Press
Sandwich report notes the Prince of Wales in chocolate red plus fours and a striped cap at a golf event. London reports a court debutante with a woman chauffeur and a liveried footman drawing attention on a recent function. New York shares a statistic on non fatal bathtub injuries from 22 visiting nurse associations totaling 6585 cases last year with 46 percent occurring during bathing.
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Associated Press
Sandwich
England
Bobby Jones
Prince of Wales
London
New York
Nine American Women Presented to King and Queen
London May 16 Nine more American women were presented at a royal audience with King George and Queen Mary. Mrs Charles G Dawes wife of the U S ambassador led a group of socialites included Mrs Robert P Scripps of Ridgefield Conn wife of the editorial director of the Scripps Howard newspapers She wore white georgette with diamante trim and a silver lace court train.
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United Press
London
Charles G. Dawes
United States
King George
Queen Mary
Robert P. Scripps
Ridgefield, Conn
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Short Changer Short Changed as Clerk Calls Police
A youth ran a small suburban grocery with a $10 bill and received change. The customer claimed the exact amount and tried to reclaim $10 while keeping a $5 bill. The youth threatened to call police and the man left with unresolved confusion, leaving the clerk $5 to the good.
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Amarillo
Tomer
Years is verdict for store holdup
Twenty years in the penitentiary for Ed Summers was the verdict of a jury in district criminal court yesterday. Witnesses testified he robbed Bradford Grocery on East Tenth with a shotgun, taking about 25 dollars from the cash drawer and leaving an equal amount. Summers did not testify. Harwood Beville defended him. he was previously acquitted of a similar charge. A second robbery charge in the Miller Pharmacy case will be pursued.
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Ed Summers
District Criminal Court
Summers
Bradford
East Tenth
Harwood Beville
Miller Pharmacy
Edw. W. Thomerson
Vinita Bank Closed By State Order In Oklahoma
The Farmers State Bank of Vinita was closed today by order of Assistant State Bank Commissioner Charles Alexander. Bank examiner J. D. Pennington was placed in charge. The body of cashier J. S. Martin was found in a pasture near Vinita Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Farmers State Bank of
Vinita
Charles Alexander
J. D. Pennington
J.S. Martin
O V Vernon to Head State Civic Group
O V Vernon director of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce was named chairman of the civic program at the State convention of Texas Chamber of Commerce Secretaries Association. The meeting will be in Plainview June 5 6 7 with all civic details under his supervision.
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O. V. Vernon
Amarillo
Funeral Rites for Garwood Set for Saturday
Houston May 16 Funeral services for Judge H M Garwood 66 distinguished lawyer civic leader and former state legislator who died at his home here Thursday will be held Saturday He served in the State House 1886 1889 and in the Senate 1890 1892 among his offices were county judge of Bastrop county State University regent president of Texas Bar Association and vice president of the Second National Bank
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Houston
H. M. Garwood
State House of Representatives
Senate
Bastrop County
State University Regent
Texas Bar Association
The
Second National Bank
School to serve big chicken dinner tonight
A chicken supper cafeteria style will be served at Humphrey's Highlands school at 6 PM under the Parent-Teacher Association. Local candidates are urged to attend and will have a chance to introduce themselves. Public is invited.
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Humphrey's Highlands School
Parent-Teacher Association
Kansas City and St Louis Livestock and Market Report
Markets report hogs at Kansas City with 6 000 head steady to 9.50 top on 180 240 pounds. Cattle and calves steady with steers 10.00 to 13.50, fed yearlings 10.00 to 12.76, cows 7.50 to 9.50, stockers 9.25 to 12.00. Sheep steady with spring lambs 106.00 and best shorn lambs 8.75. Also includes St Louis hogs at 10.10 to 10.20, cattle up to 11.50 for wealers, and sheep at 11.00 for good spring lambs.ether markets: Chicago grain firm on export demand, poultry and butter prices steady, New York cotton opens higher then steadies around 16.08 to 16.19 for July.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
New York
Texas
Central Belt
Chicago
Jno
F. Clark Brokerage Co
Hupp Motore
Inspiration
International Rooster Soop
International Tel & Telg
International Nickel
Julius Ki
Kansas
Southe
Kennecott
Kreuger
Kreuger & Toll
Lorillard
Sae Wee
Louis Gas & Lee Wee
Hiva Lowe's Inc
Mack
Radio Corporation
Radio Keith Orpheum
United Fruit
Warner Bros
Warner Quinlan
Westinghouse Brakes
Westinghouse Weneweee
Western Union
Tram White Motors
Willys Overland
Woolworth
Yellow Cab
Atlantic Eeeeeereaereremenees
Barnsdall Saee One
Dela
Teunes
Ind
Oil & Giee
Touisiana
Mexican Seaboard
Middle States
Dno. F. Clarke & Co
Allis Chalmers
Allied Chemical
Allegheny Corporation
Amerada Corporation
American Car & Foundrys
American International
American Power & Light Ace
American Rolling Mills
American Foundry
American Steel
American Tel
American Tobacco
A. M. Byersey
AT & Santa Fe
Aviation Corporat
Auburn Automobile
American Waterworks
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Eeel Lly
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden Company
Borg Warner Or Tee
Bosch
Briggs
Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeake Corporation
Cuba Corporation
Chicago & Northweste
Mil & St. Paul
Pfd
Rock Island
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Columbia Gas Tee
Columbia Graph Co
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Superpower Bay
Arkas Gas
Commonwealth
South
Assoc
Amer
Maracaibo
Continental Motors
Continental Can
Central Pum
Consolidated Gas
Elec
Shrhidrs
Delaware Lackawanna
Bond & Share
Detroit Edison
Fokker
Droge
Ose
Ford
Eng
Dupont Fastman Kodaks
France
Sree
Eaton
Canada
Fox
Goldman Sachs Eee
I Gen Baking
Humble Oil
Fisk Rubber
Internat. Oil Oy
Frreport
Texas Feeenee
Isco
General Electric
Lone Star Gas
General Railway Signal
Nia. & Hudson
Glidden
Pet. Corp. of
Goodyear
Penn
Balaty Goodrich
Indiana
Salt Creek
Granby
Graham Paige
Transamerica - Tree
Great Northern
Great West Sugar
Grigsby Grunow
United Gas
Seeeedas
Houdaille Hershey
Hudson Motors
Mussolini Utterance Protest Logged In Rome
French Ambassador Maurice De Beaumarchais met Foreign Minister Dino Grandi to protest Mussolini speech at Leghorn. The premier warned that if frontiers were threatened a mass thunderbolt would be launched against any invaders before 66 000 listeners.
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Associated Press
Rome
Maurice de Beaumarchais
Dino Grandi
Chigi Palace
Leghorn
Mussolini
Hospitals urged to follow 54 hour law for women workers
Texas state board of control advises hospitals to observe the 54 hour work limit for women employees when seeking appropriations from the next legislature. The observance is expected to raise about 400000 dollars in needed funds, per R. B.
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United Press
Austin, Ton
State Board of Control
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Gains
Cotton prices edged higher at New Orleans with favorable cables. July rose about six points, October up twelve, and December ten, as weather in the western belt boosted new crop levels.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Golf Ode: Youth Masters Horton Smith On The Course
A playful verse declares golf as an arena where youth holds mastery while Horton Smith, aging, would be outpaced by younger blades. The speaker muses on physical limits and the inevitability of time altering drives and performance in the old man's game.
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Horton Smith
Cotton and stock market drift amid mixed futures
Shares and commodities show muted activity as cotton futures rise while July slips. Reports of rain and weak crop prospects boost new crop months October and December, with September and July trading near highs. Liverpool spot cotton prices edge higher as U S markets weaken under limited public support and modest earnings fail to lift confidence.
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OFC
Mae Clarke
Miss Clarke
Britain
McCaulay
Canadian Sun Life Assurance Company
Trapper
Madrid
Sydney Franklin
Brooklyn
John Hays Hammond
Franklin
Gandhi
Vainita, Oklahoma
STATE
Garwood
Liverpool
Golf Truth
Horton
Edgar A. Guest
Associate! Press
United Nation
Johns Manville
A. M. Byers
Warner Brothers Pictures
Auburn Auto
Vanadium
Delaware & Hudson
Worthington Pump
J. I. Case
Keith Albee Orpheum
du Pont
American & Foreign Power
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United Aircraft
Bohn Aluminum
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Jackeon
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