Well I am back and ready to report weather and life
The note covers a weather forecast predicting general rain over the weekend, a comparison to last year’s drier May and a wetter fall. It mentions Wes Teward’s fright with a revolver and rifle in a roadside ride, a shift from Dust Bowl talk to Bulls Day in Amarillo, and a critique of politics and agriculture prices along with race track warnings to potential bettors. It ends with a brief local item about snakes found in a den at Longmont Coro and a man killing garden snakes after disturbing a decayed post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Amarillo
Hula Pioneer Honored in San Jose Birthday salute
Mrs A T Herrmann who says she introduced the hula dance to the United States marked her 93rd birthday in San Jose California. She learned the art in Hawai in the 1880s and later performed at a hula party in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
A T. Herrmann
United States
Help Wanted and Household Help Notices
Widow seeks work and bar night club run capability with references to move anywhere. Also request for a night companion to stay with wife, assist housework weekend access. Reader address at 10 Lincoln Street Apartment. Letter appears in Tack Letters page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Lincoln Street
Companton
Markets Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton
Kansas City livestock report shows hogs topping 11.25 with various weights and cattle sales including 1285 lb steers at 11.85, plus sheep market around 13.25 for native lambs and Texas clipped lambs at 10.25. New Orleans cotton opens steady with July at 12.47 to 12.51 during morning trading amid quiet yarn and cloth markets and mixed fund activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
New Orleans
Liverpool
Hill to Represent Agency at Five-State Erosion Meeting
Amarilloan Grover Hill, senior agricultural economist, will attend the five-state regional rally on erosion. He was invited from Garden City Kansas to join officials from Parker Hanna of extension L H Hayter Resettlement Admin and H H Finnell Soil Conservation Service. John McCarty, Panhandle Authority president, will preside at the Amarillo Hotel meeting after 10 o'clock registration as delegates arrive. more official names arrive at Amarillo Chamber of Commerce offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Resettlement Administration
H. H. Finnell
Soil Conservation Service
Panhandle Authority
John McCarty
Amarillo
Brockelhurst on Way to Arkansas
Lester Brockelhurst, 23, itinerant slayer, and his 18-year-old sweetheart Bernice Felton were en route to Little Rock, Arkansas, in custody to face a first degree murder charge. Felton’s father Abraham Felton, who had guarded him under a parole from an Illinois reformatory, left with Illinois officials for Rockford to accompany the pair. Gov Lehman’s decision to send them to Arkansas rather than Illinois or Texas drew Brockelhurst’s disappointment. he hopes to see his mother before execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Lester Brockelhurst
Bernice Felton
Little Rock
Ark
Abraham Felton
Illinois
Rockford
Brockelhurst
Herbert H. Lehman
Arkansas
Tlinots
Texas
Four Cousins Reunite in Amarillo After 14 Years
Four relatives Buddy Cecil and Ves ter Lambright of Fresno California reunite with Virgil Beavers head of the Amarillo police criminal identification bureau in Amarillo. The Lambrights driven by Iva Walters from Fresno to Fort City Oklahoma in 48 hours to visit their ill father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Buddy
Cecil
Vester Lambright
Fresno
Calif
Virgil Beavers
Criminal Identification Bureau
Lambrights
Iva Walters
Fik City
Oklo
Beavers
Japanese Visitors To Be Feted By Amarillo Chamber
Distinguished visitors from Japan will be entertained here tomorrow by Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors. On a transcontinental trip, notable Japanese businessmen will stop in Amarillo after leaving the Pacific Coast. Walter Barlow, chamber president, said arrangements are made to meet the delegation tour them and have them as guests at a directors meeting tomorrow night in the Amarillo Hotel. A representative of the International Business Relations Association of New York accompanies the Nipponese party. They arrive on two special Santa Fe cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Pacific Coast
Walter Barlow
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
International Business Relations Association of New York
Ed Green Recounts Old and New Kiwanis Clubs
Amarillo Kiwanis Club president in 1925 Ed Green spoke at the weekly luncheon on club work now versus a decade ago. The inter-club relations committee led the program with Hugo Loewenstern as toast master. Irving Tolzien Orchestra provided music, and R Q Silverthorne of Plainview, lieutenant governor for the sixth division, attended as a guest. The six week attendance contest ended yesterday with American and National leagues. final results will be tabulated later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Green
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Hugo Loewenstern
Irving Tolzien
R. Q. Silverthorne
Plainview
Mae West Wins Court Battle Over Claimed Marriage
Hollywood May 18 Mae West defeated a bid by Frank Wallace to declare her married. Superior Judge Robert W Kenny sustained her demurrer and Wallace has 20 days to amend. Mae must appear before Judge Emmet H Wilson to answer questions from a deposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hollywood
U.P
Mae West
Frank Wallace
New York
Robert W. Kenny
Demurrer
Wallace
Mae
Milwaukee
Emmet H. Wilson
Federal Cases Continued From Page One
Federal cases listed include eight months suspended terms for Mr. and Mrs. Price, a 10-day jail sentence for M. L. Bates on liquor tax, 10-day sentences for Albert Allen, a six months suspended term for Wm. A. Moore over a forged money order, and a suspended six months term for Thomas Day a 19 year old from Lubbock for untaxed whisky. Tomorrow's session will hear two more cases.
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Thomas Day
Lubbock
Death of William H Mauldin 77 at Amarillo home
William H Mauldin 77 died at 7 am at his family home 113 West Thirty sixth Avenue after a lingering illness. He had lived in Amarillo 10 years. Surviving: wife, two sons Carl Mauldin St Louis Okla Jess Mauldin Long Beach Calif daughters Mrs Ethel Chambers Mrs Sybil Jones both of Amarillo and Iona Mauldin Long Beach. brother I N Mauldin Pauls Valley Okla. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home when relatives arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Mauldin
West Thirty-sixth Avenue
Amarillo
Carl Mauldin
St. Louis
Okla
Jess Mauldin
Long Beach
Calif
Ethel Chambers
Sybil Jones
Iona Mauldin
I. N. Mauldin
Pauls Valley
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Recital at McKinley School Showcases Diverse Dance Talent
In the McKinley School auditorium last night, about 40 dancers and 30 band members performed under instructors Sylvia Tell and Johnny West. Highlights included Funeral Marche with roles such as Sorrow and Death, plus Czardas by Tell and senior ballet, plus unique tap pieces. Over 400 attendees.
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McKinley School
Sylvia Tell
Johnny West
Academy of Music and Art
Chopin
Gloria Devore
Helen Hutcheon
Elizabeth Morris
Nancy Henderson
Gaynor van Shaw
Agnes Rose Larson
Betty Jean Mead
Florence Whittington
Grossman
West
Carolyn Pestor
Courtoutstanding test case on Volstead Act validity
The piece notes Rhode Island's first test of the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment drew wide criticism for not detailing its reasoning. It recalls the Clarke case in 1931 as a unanimous later judgment after many court personnel changes. It highlights Justice Van Devanter's aging, retirement rumors, and mentions Brandeis Reynolds and Sutherland as liberals nearing retirement eligibility under Sumner's bill. Van Devanter had reduced activities to fishing and duck hunting prior to his wife’s 1934 death in Europe.
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Rhode Island
van Devanter
Supreme Court
Congress
Sumner
Louis D. Brandeis
James C. McReynolds
George Sutherland
Europe
Washington
Texas bank raid defendants in court case
Long term Texas pen prisoners Hub Stanley and Charles Lewis alias Charles Britton face bank robbery charges. Swaine Jones and Vivian Dennis also charged for the same Friona State Bank looting on June 29 1936 along with Mrs Myrtle Vowell in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hub Stanley
Charles Lewis
Charles Britton
Swaine Jones
Vivian Dennis
Friona State Bank
Myrtle Vowell
Boyd Aero Service Opens at Municipal Airport
Boyd Aero Service holds a two day formal opening at Municipal Airport with a tri motor Ford plane for day and night flying and a five place bi plane for thrill flights. J Boyd and George Christopher manage the venture leased from the city for private plane service student training and flying. Fred Kane veteran pilot operates the large plane while Fred Hissong of Skelly Oil Company cooperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Aero Service
Municipal Airport
J. Boyd
George Christopher
Fred Kane
Ford
Fred Hissong
The
Skelly Oil Company
Dwight Morrow PTA Meeting Tonight at 8 O Clock
The Dwight Morrow Parent-Teacher Association holds its regular meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the schoolhouse. Senor Morin, president, urges all patrons to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Morrow
PTA
Dwight Morrow Parent-Teacher Association
Senor Morin
Royal support clouded by opposition to Duke wedding plans
The passage notes that some readers view the Duke’s marriage as a royal setback while King George VI and Queen Mother Mary appear to back the wedding. It adds the British government is described as the dissenting side in the dispute over the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George VI
Mary
Government of
Great Britain
Hinton backs Highway 66 board stance amid quiet reform
The president of Highway 66 faces sharp letters from Hinton promising support or telling him to go, while noting affairs were fine before the new president. The chamber avoids postage costs, praising harmony. Mussolini’s tactics cited as a parallel, with Hinton unable to pass the buck on decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mussolini
Mr. Hinton
Highway 66
Mister Hinton and the secretary line a Polk Street quip
A Polk Street remark notes Mr. Hinton as the secretary in a light exchange. He asks a salesman if they have met before, replying that he is the secretary. The comment adds that Hinton “fills” every place on 66 except the gaps.
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Mr. Hinton
Polk Street
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Southwest
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Dalhart
New York City
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Republican Party
Roosevelt
Panhandle
Fair Grounds
Gen. Hieman
Tri-State
Longmont
Coro
W. C
US Light Club
E& A. Pierce & Co
BE. A Pierce & Co
BA. Pierce & Co
Aca Amer
Amer Smelt
Amer Big Mills Penseaay
Amer Tel & Tel
Mg Arour
Ay Radin AS
Ae Consel
Remington Rand
Republic Steel
Curtiss Wright
South Pac RR
Deere & Co
Southern Railway
Eaton Mla
Um Ry
Pw & Lite
Waly Se
Sperry Carp
Stewart Warner
Gen Foods Mu Et Studebaker
Gen Motors Ae
Ti Gen Pub Service
Texas Car
Texas Gulf Sulfur
Goodrich
Texas Pac Coal
Woolworth
Long-Bell Lumber
Moe
Mack Truck
Texas RR
Kas & Texas
Montgomery
Ward
Murray Corp'n - Nash-Krelvinator
IRG
Natl Dairy Prods
Pwr & Light NY
Gentral AN
North American Aviation
North American Co
Ohio Ov
Otis Hotel
Ae Packard Mtreay
Paramount
Penney Co
Pennsylvania RR
Phillips Petrol
Hill
Schilling
Lux
Dale
Japan
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
McKinley
Ventory
Area Insurance Es
Hinton
OUR
E. M. Blackburn, Sr
Andy
God
H. A. Shaw
Generous
RTE
Kentucky
Albert BR. Blanton
Dixie Distiller
Mimi
Mom
Te Wood
Keeretyery Cope
Scheniey Diewrtborors, Inc
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