Sanborn School Holds 93 Seventh Grade Commencement
Commencement exercises at the Sanborn School auditorium honored 93 seventh grade graduates. Edna Houston was valedictorian with Mary Ellen Connelly as salutatorian. other honorees included Jack Bullock Dee Lemaster Willie Grace Green Sue Curtis Evelyn Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanborn School
Edna Houston
Mary Ellen Connelly
Jack Bullock
Dee Lemaster
Willie Grace Green
Sue Curtis
Evelyn Boyd
Beulah Sheridan
Miss Tone Read
J. D. Andrews
Ronald Lee Best
T. O. Bune
Frank Holcomb
Bobbie McBride
Calvin Stock
Charley Turner
Alford Werner
Billy Nix
Tommie Nix
Manuel Quintero
Bobbie Jack Kemp
Harvie Johnston
Naomi Callahan
Florine Caudill
Betty Greathouse
Nettie Greathouse
Carmen, Rivers
Geneva Smith
Thelma Walker
Betty Lou Webb
Beulah Markham
Paula Mincher
Margaret Newcomer
Hazel Palmer
Hazel Riddle
Opal Lee Roachelle
Aubra Nellsmith
Lois Whitacre
Carolyn Willbanks
City Hoppers Provoking Amarillo Civic Unity to Fight Infestation
Inter-civic council and city county officials meet to organize a cooperative city wide campaign against hopper pests. Poison is scarce on vacant lots but thousands of pounds are being spread in Potter and Panhandle counties with WPA workers aiding poison mixing plants. An odd scheme involves rear ends from old Model T Fords used as poison mixing machines, highlighting local ingenuity in the pest fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Nordyke
Amarillo
Inter-civic Council
Potter
Panhandle
WPA
Potter County
Rites Set For Robertson in Amarillo Funeral
Funeral services for George Francis Anderson Robertson 89 a longtime Amarillo resident and former undertaker will be held Saturday at 3 PM at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel Rev E B Fincher of Ellwood Presbyterian Church will officiate Pallbearers include G A Mullough J E Dyer D E Noland Frank Carl John Wheatley and Guy Whitcomb He is survived by three sons two daughters and three sisters and burial will be in Llano Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers direction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Francis Anderson Robertson
Amarillo
Pleasant Hill and
Nesbitt
Miss
A. B
P. M
F. W. Robertson
C. P. Roberts
Sadler
Ben Tarver
Forest City
Ark
Hugh Henley
Pleasant Hill
Alice Henley
Llano Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers
Scientists Start Study To Make Flying Safer by Cutting Holes in Wings
California Institute of Technology researchers led by Dr. Clark B. Millikan begin experiments on altering the boundary layer of air over wings. By cutting slots in a model wing they seek smoother airflow to allow slower, safer landings and reduce drag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Clark B. Millikan
Institute
Dr. Millikan
Amarillo May See Oil Boom Amid Public Debate
Column reflects on proposed oil tests northwest of Amarillo extending through the city core. It praises Rob Wertz and Amarillo Gas Co for backing the project while noting a planned drilling block near Eighteenth and Harrison. It mentions local church supper, grasshopper reports, and various national notes and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. FE
Red) Wert
Amarillo Gas Company
Sinclair Company
Mr. Wertz
Huddleston Seeks New Trial in Amarillo City Damage Suit
M I Huddleston filed for a new trial in his suit against Amarillo alleging 25000 dollars in damages for injuries from a grader accident while employed by the city. A 108th district jury awarded 5000 dollars and found the city not negligent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huddleston
M. I. Huddleston
Amarillo
108Th District Court
Amarillo widow Sara McCoy dies at home
Mrs. Sara Adeline McCoy year old resident of Amarillo for the past decade died at 8 30 am at her home 1108 N Tyler Street She is survived by three sons Walter McCoy Can yon W B McCoy Amarillo J McCoy Amarillo and two daughters Mrs Mear Wall Canyon and Mrs Pearl Adamson Yuma Arizona Also survived by one brother Sam Rose Alvord Texas Funeral arrangements will be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home
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Sara Adeline McCoy
Amarillo
Tyler Street
Walter McCoy
Canyon
W. EB. McCoy
Mear Wall
Pearl Adamson
Yuma
Arizona
Sam Rose
Alvord
Towas
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Local resident asks for clothing after house fire
A letter from a resident describes a house fire about a month ago and asks Teck for clothing donations or assistance. The note mentions continued coverage on page 3.
Nudist Witness Defends Film Theater Trial
Mrs. Inez Brown a nudist testified in Los Angeles on May 27 defending theater owner Harold Wenzler over promoting the film Unashamed. She described nudism and the Lake Elsinore colony and cited police approval despite lewd poster concerns.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Inez Brown
Colony
Olympic Fields
Lake Elsinore
Brown
Wenzler
Robert Shinn
Joseph Call
Patton School Graduation Exercises Held at Carter's Chapel
Patton High School for Colored will hold graduation exercises this evening at 8 o clock at Carter's Chapel C M E Church Second Avenue and Jackson Streets. P R Taylor pastor of Carter's Chapel will deliver the commence ment address. Program includes grand march invocations salutatory clas s oration and diplomas presented by the school board with remarks by C M Rogers Amarillo superintendent.
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Patton High School For
Carter's Chapel
C. M. E.church
Second Avenue
Jackson Streets
P. R. Taylor
W. R. Dixon
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward Bryant Johnson
To Honor Air Mail Week Participants
Pilots postal employes and news papermen who joined Airmail Week will be honored at a banquet in the Schneider Hotel Saturday night in Pampa. Postmasters W. D. Doe Craasi of Amarillo and C. H. Walker of Pampa will be co hosts. About 25 from Amarillo include Carl Bentaen Thornton Oxnard Charlie Boyd and John Payne the four feeder pilots on May 18 designated pickup day of airmail week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schneider
Pampa
W. D. Doe Craasi
Amarillo
C. H. Walker
Carl Bentaen
Thornton Oxnard
Charlie Boyd
John Payne
Amarillo Ynitinity
Panhandle woman lawyer sets records in Texas bar exam
Amarillo’s Fancher Archer and the firm note the lawyer finished law school in two years, earned a top Texas bar score of MS with an 84 average, won the 1934 Phi Kappa Delta Speech Award, and predicts a woman justice on the Supreme Court while liking private practice and Panhandle life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Fancher Archer
Texas
Phi Kappa Delta
Bandit High-Speed Run Ends Near Kilgore After Rocketed Shootout
Hamilton and Walters pursued a fleeing bandit car as it sped from town. The exchange of fire occurred along Kilgore highway, then the bandits disappeared off the road. In Kilgore a man in a broad brimmed hat entered a baseball park ticket office and demanded cash from cashier Clete Lee, prompting a report to Police Chief Jack Freeman. An hour later a scene unfolded near Gladewater as a related event continued north of Kilgore.
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Akirta
Hamilton
Walters
Kilgore
Here
Baseball Park
Apital
Clete Lee
Lee
Pelee
Jack Freeman
Gladewater
Teoee
Attempted car start leads to suspect identification
The owner Mrs. J. C. McDowell appeared as two men tried to start the car. Officers identified one as possibly Hamilton and the other Walters. Hamilton is Ray mond Hamilton's brother. Ray mond Hamilton was executed and was a Clyde Barrow gang member. Floyd Hamilton faced car theft charges in Montague County and was held for trial when he escaped.
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J. C. McDowell
Hamilton
Walters
Raymond Hamilton
Texas State Penitentiary
Clyde Barrow
Floyd Hamilton
Montague County
Hamrick and Jinks Attend County Auditors Convention
H. G. Frosty Hamrick the county auditor and Mary Jinks his assistant attend the County Auditors Association convention Mrs Jinks will speak on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamrick
Mrs. Jinks
County Auditors
H. G
Frosty” Hamrick
Mary Jinks
Mexican bandits die from air attack during revolt
Six of the bandits were killed by airplane bombs as Americans aboard a Dallas bound train were evacuated. Frank B. Steel and Miss Gertrude Cadey were among the passengers. The government ordered tighter communications security and arms smuggling prevention as guerrilla fighting persisted and President Lazaro Cardenas sought to restore tranquility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Steel
Convention of the Sons of Veterans of the War of Independence
Gertrude Cadey
Steel
Washington, D. C
Dallas
Tex
United States
Cecilin
Lazaro Cardenas
Foreign influence noted in Cedillo coverage
The article cites Cedillo receiving direct aid from foreign elements, while noting there are many outsiders eager to see him prevail. It highlights concerns about external backing affecting the outcome and mentions unnamed actors supporting Cedillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedillo
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Sanborn
Inter-Civic Club Council
City Hoppers
Robertson
Devon Francis
Oklahoma City
Eighteenth and Harrison
Bayings
St. Francia
St. Francis
St. Francis School
New Mexico
Annle Purvid
Clayton
Clyde Tingley
Springfield
Crowell
Sevres
France
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Bora
Eanpieyes
General Electric
Department of Labor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J .Thoreau
Jag
Paygese
Sir Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Mary Queen of Scots
Napoleon
Burns
Rob Roy
American Legion
Chicago
U. S
Mar Murray
New York
Bermuda
Patton
Odds and Ends
Aioe
Milburn Easom
Shoe Dept
Cardenas
Fiaser
O.K
Cullum Motor Company
Hudson
Scholls
Pustic WE Service Company
Michaels, Stern
Kirsebaum
Hom
Polk
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