South Texas airmail may restart between Amarillo and Fort Worth
Air mail service suspended since September 5 may resume within a week on the Long Marman line. Washington schedules show Amarillo to Brownsville via Fort Worth with Dallas as headquarters. Planned operations include three routes with Galveston and Brownsville links and multiple daily departures, Central Time.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Washington
Long- Marman, Inc
Here
Brownsville
Dallas
Long-Marman, Inc
Galveston
Library urges early return of all books
Potter County Library requests borrowers return overdue books this week to speed circulation. Librarian Ruth Delzell notes about 150 books are presently out and a minimum penalty is being assessed.
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Potter County
Ruth FE. Delzell
Delzell
Last Rites Honor William D. Rush
Funeral services at Boxwell Brothers Chapel for William Doyle Rush who died at his home on Monday. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named as Harry Gladman Fred Budd William Chapman Jack Whitehead Bert Fuqua and Claude Covington.
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Boxwell Brothers
William Doyle Rush
Lincoln Street
Memorial Park Cemetery
Harry Gladman
Fred Budd
William Chapman
Jack Whitehead
Bert Fuqua
Claude Covington
Legislator W F Pope Hospitalized After Abdominal Operation
W F Pope, a Texas House representative from Corpus Christi, is a patient at Nix Hospital in San Antonio following an abdominal operation. The procedure was needed after a severe strain and his condition was reported as satisfactory.
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San Antonio
W. F. Pope
Corpus Christi
Texas
Nix Hospital
Yount Heiress To Pay Million In Income Taxes
Yount heiress Miss Mildred Yount heir to over four million at her father M F Yount’s death must pay more than one million in inheritance taxes to state and federal governments. The estate totals four million twenty two and one hundred and twelve dollars. state tax about two hundred twenty one thousand two hundred fifty four and federal tax eight hundred fifty three thousand three hundred forty dollars, all due in cash.
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Beaumont
Mildred Yount
M. F. Yount
Railroad Rounds and Rumblings From Amarillo
G R Miller, Santa Fe master mechanic, returns to Amarillo after business at Clovis and west. J B Briscoe rode the Rock Island from Amarillo to Clinton and back by rail motor car on Santa Fe rails Thursday. J H Cooper takes a week off to visit relatives in Kansas. Jim Ott fills the vacancy. R H White returns to Amarillo after visiting points west. J F Eubanks leaves for 30 days leave at Cleburne and Texas points south. H G Jones announces the birth of Carl Edward, 8 pounds, 1 oclock Sunday at 1505 Jefferson Street. Ray Work calls a fuel meeting May 29 at 1 in the general office auditorium. Gertrude Gowdy kept home with measles at 1508 Buchanan Street.
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Amarillo
Clovis
J. B. Briscoe
Rock Island
Clinton
J. H. Cooper
Kansas
Jim Ott
Tenth Avenue
H. G. Jones
Santa Fe General Managers Office
Jefferson Street
Carl Edward
Ray Work
Headache Relief Touts Thedford's Black-Draught Use
Mrs. J. A. Hightower of Carthage Texas says headaches from constipation ease after taking Thedford's Black-Draught a dose when symptoms appear and notes her head becomes comfortable quickly. She claims long relief since using the vegetable laxative. Children like the syrup.
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J. A. Hightower
Carthage
Texas
Heat Costs County Windows Crash as Prisoners Break Glass
Amarillo area faces heat wave costs as Potter County buys new window glass daily for jail windows. Prisoners use broomsticks to break panes when attempting to open outside windows, causing frequent damage. Judge Simpson notes insurers refuse to cover these windows, prompting a jail safety proposal. Jail official Landis suggests replacing glass with tin panes opposite handles.
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Amarillo
Potter County
J. M. Simpson
Gib Landis
Railway income soars for Class 1 lines in 1934 first quarter
The Bureau of Railway Economics reported that Class 1 railroads earned 112.28 million dollars in the first quarter of 1934, more than three times the 34.55 million dollars in early 1933. The study covered 148 roads over 239,426 miles. Norma Shearer, daughter of a Canadian locomotive engineer, rose from poverty to stardom.
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Bureau of Railway Economics
Norma Shearer
Miss Shearer
Treasury Report Washington May 23 Treasury Receipts and Expenditures
The treasury position on May 23 shows receipts of 6 799 414 21 dollars and expenditures of 86 024 298 36 dollars. The balance stands at 2 062 970 688 96 dollars with customs receipts for the month at 15 874 141 08. For the fiscal year since July 1 receipts total 2 684 319 4 184 dollars and expenditures 6 291 353 212 50 dollars including 3 526 829 122 13 dollars of emergency expenditures, gold assets are 7 765 564 500 35.
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Washington
The
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Spain Seeks Trade Treaty With America
Madrid May 2 Negotiations for a commercial treaty between Spain and the United States will start within a month, secretary of state Pita Romero told the Associated Press Romero expects the accord to be arranged without difficulty and foresees harmonious mutually beneficial trade relations. The piece also includes a separate Chicago court scene where Judge Matthew Hartigan reminds a witness not to call the judge by his first name and Merkin swears to tell the truth about a window breaking.
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Madrid
Spain
United States
Pita Romero
Romero
Associated Press
Merkin
Matthew
Your Skin Shows What You Eat Shredded Wheat Ad
An advertisement touts Shredded Wheat as a healthful staple for skin and energy. It claims the cereal provides carbohydrates proteins minerals vitamins and bran for bone structure regularity and disease resistance prompting readers to try it themselves.
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Mid-west
Phillips
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