University 10 offers special work in city
Mr Brewer receives unanimous Board of Regents approval to continue his statewide program for another year. The Amarillo project opens to all regardless of qualifications with enrollments around 600 expected. Locations include Fort Worth Wichita Falls El Paso and San Antonio with courses starting October 11.
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Exiversity Courre
Pepehotogy
Saleemarsh
Amarille
Peer Et Amarilly Theatre
Wu A
Hewston
Wee
Bar Antonio
Washington
Board of Regents
The
Texas University
Amarillott Ie
Beer Haul Continued as Raids Seize Bootleg Stock
A raid led by Sheriff Pollard seized beer stock valued around 6000 and destroyed hundreds of gallons of illicit beverages. Officers reported beer in large crates and 40 gallon barrels as evidence of shipping scale operations. One customer attempted to plead for bottles before being deterred and jailed.
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Custoner
Me. Pollard
Peonage Case Docket Highlights Sentences At Leavenworth
In a federal court proceeding on the Peonage docket, Thomas Wright of Sweetwater pleaded guilty to counterfeiting after attempting to pass a dollar bill. He received 18 months at Leavenworth. Dave Tilton of Bisckwell and Cecil Keith of Wewoka were found guilty of auto theft. Keith’s verdict was overturned and he was released, while Tilton received one year and a day at Leavenworth. Oil cases to be heard in the remaining ten days of the term.
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Thomas
Wright
Sweetwater
Leavenworth
Dave Tilton
Bisckwell
Oklahoma
Cecil Keith
Wewoka
Keith
Wilson
Tilton
Rebels Driven Back After Major Harbor Battle
The clash began with a bombardment from a gunboat in the harbor as infantry and cavalry from Colima City moved in. After street fighting, the outnumbered Maranillo troops held their ground then retreated. Rebels suffered 82 dead and 73 wounded. federal forces 20 dead and 26 wounded. Several rebel leaders were captured and executed per official reports.
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Colima
Woman hunter kills four African lions returns from expedition
London May 28 reports Mrs Madia Foljambe of Worksop Nottinghamshire killed four African lions with four shots in a seven week big game expedition. Her husband accompanied her as a Rhine scene and nearly a score of large snakes fell to her rifle.
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London
Madia Foljambe
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
Wit
Amarillo Snapshots and Local Tales From a Turbulent Week
A collage of anecdotes from Amarillo and Fort Worth recalls a wagon of events. A child expelled for a Shakespeare quiz answer, a teacher fatherly rebuked, a spiked beer defense, sightings of a rattlesnake and a rattling rumor mill.+
What They Write To Tack What They Write To Tack THE COLLEGE CAMPAIGN
The piece urges continued effort to promote a college campaign in Amarillo. It argues university status would benefit the city, comparing to church founded colleges and noting precedent from major schools. It likens Amarillo to Southern Methodist University at Dallas.
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Tack
Goa
University of College
Amarillo
America
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
Southern Methodist University At
Dallas
Inter
Separation Asked By Pair After Four Years Of Marriage
A long married couple from Clanton raise twelve children and face estrangement after forty years together. The wife explains her husband’s thrifty ways and their poverty not being the cause, noting she stayed home raising children while he worked. She laments their home emptiness as the husband returns each night.
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Clanton
Engined
Charles Hawking
Hawkins
Hawken
Mistletoe Creamery
C. ©. Cunningham
Cunningham's Flower Shop
Mother Irvin
Presbyterians meet in Tulsa for second week of assembly
In Tulsa on May 8 three thousand Presbyterians gathered for the second week of the 14th general assembly with four main issues. The focus centered on replacing two Princeton seminary boards with a single governing board amid modernist and fundamentalist tensions. The committee planned to present 23 candidates for the new board and tentative members for another proposed board.
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Tulsa
General Assembly
Princeton Seminary
Princeton
N. J
Sidest Presbyterian School
American
Anti Smith Forces Win in North Carolina
The Associated Press reports that anti Smith forces gained momentum in North Carolina through precinct meetings ahead of the June 2 primary and state convention. Early returns from 84 of 100 counties show Cordell Hull leading Governor Smith by 154 votes, with Hull at 879 to Hall's 584 and other categories totaling the remainder.
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Charlotte
N. Y
Smith
North Carolina
Houston
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Hall
Hull
Boy Kills Red Bird and Then Hangs Himself
A 12 year old, Edward Perrone, killed a red bird then hanged himself in San Antonio. A note to his parents said he killed himself over the bird incident. The story includes other unrelated text about correspondence schools and a letter from W H Coe urging Amarillo to establish a college. Dwight Morrow left San Antonio for New York and Washington on vacation.
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Boy
Red Bird
United Frees
San Antonio
Texas
Edward Perrenot
Morrow
N. Y. San Antonio
Dwight Morrow
United States
Mexico
New York
Washington
Showings of The Thirteenth Chair Benefit Seats On Sale
Three sections of the auditorium seats at 75 cents each for a Thursday night showing of The Thirteenth Chair. Proceeds benefit the Tri State Fair Association. Tickets available at the Fair office 12 Polk Street. The Little Theater production earlier played at the high school auditorium and impressed with a professional, suspenseful mystery.
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Ae Eral
Urge Scouts 10 Register Soon For Camp Here
The Amarillo Boy Scout camp at Camp William Warner invites scouts to register early for a two week or one week session. The camp offers swimming diving boating and life saving tents with two nearby lakes. Indian relics discoveries add interest and specialists will run daily programs during the leadership course weekend attendees praised the site.
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Gerute
Seapeter
Amarillo
Stout
William Warner
Thomas Heon
Boy Scout
Lamar Bankers Slain in Wild West Robbery
A posse in Lamar mobilizes after A N Parrish, president of the First National Bank, and his son John Parrish, cashier, are shot during a robbery attempt. Governor Adame attends the ceremony as Dr Wipinger’s body is found, while FE A Kessinger, a kidnapped cashier, may have been used as a shield during the pursuing gun fight. Peru’s conquest by Francisco Pizarro in the 1500s is noted.
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Lamar
A. N. Parrish
First National Bank
John FP. Parrish
Parrish
W. H. Adame
Colorado
Dr. Wipeinger
FE. A. Kessinger
Lamar Bank
Rainfall Tells Mixed Panhandle Weather Story
Rain fell across the Panhandle with amounts from a quarter inch at Amarillo to an inch and a half at Texico. Scattered showers were reported along the route with towns like Santa Fe Vege and Glen Rio noting light rain. Fort Worth Denver line reported no rain on its routes while sprinkles appeared in Canyon, Panhandle, Pampa, Miami and Canadian. In the Pease division a quarter inch was noted at Clevis and Melrose.
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Panhandle
Amarilla
Texico
Sante Pe
Reek Llend
Vege
Glen Rio
Fort Worth
Denver
Banta Fent Canyon
Pamps
Miami
Peese Division
Clevis
Melrose
W N Miller Appointed GM Truck Dealer in Amarillo
W N Miller formerly of Vegas has been named General Motors truck dealer for the Amarillo district. He opened an office at 207 Pierce Street and will oversee sales of fifteen GM trucks ranging from half ton to larger models in Amarillo and surrounding territory.
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W. N. Miller
Vegas
General Motors
Ameville
Revival at Mission Opens Tonight in East Amarillo
Rev J C Steemore of Tabernacle Baptist Church leads a two week revival at the Baptist mission on Sixth and Houston streets with Tabernacle Choir and orchestra providing music. East Amarillo residents are invited to attend as Bible preaching begins nightly at 8.
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J. C. Steemore
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Baptist Mission
Sixth and
Houston Streets
Tabernacle Church
East Amarillo
New Rates Set To Roll Across Local Firms
Transportation department head J. Cole says the volumes show a portion of the new tariff in the Southwestern grain cases. Officials examine reports and a meeting of local shippers is expected soon to discuss rates effective July 4, affecting virtually every business in the area.
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Southwestern
Transportation Department
Board of City Development
J. Cole
Crossword Puzzle Clues From Historic Page
Puzzle list includes sailor dish phrase for a baked dish and items like to write hastily and carelessly and to implore. Also features terms meaning floats rubbed dirt quarter pint exchange cremation doctor born apart and more with bracket and raccoon allied mammal and near key phrases.
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You
Word Spells From Clues and Short Phrases
A playful list of short clues and phrases touching on time hints a holiday eve existence and natural imagery. It includes items like geyser mouth, backbone theme, journey related terms and a reference to male honey bees, spikes fastening, and smokeless powder.
Adrian Girl Dies in Local Hospital Today
Maggie Pearl Glasscock aged 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glasscock of Adrian, was brought to Amarillo seriously ill and died in a local hospital at 11 30 this morning. The body rests at N B Griggs and Sons funeral parlors awaiting plans with burial likely in Vega. Mr Glasscock is well known in Adrian.
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Maggie Pearl Glasscock
Glasscock
Adrian
Amarillo
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Vega
Blame Husband's Manners for Wife's Death
Chicago May 28 Mrs Gladys Drew drank poison after quarrel over her husband Edward Drew's table manners at a restaurant. He later found her dying at home, blamed by authorities for the tragedy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Gladys Drew
Edward Drew
J H Allard Shows Much Improvement
J H Uncle Jim Allard who runs a Harrison Street grocery reports improved health after nearly two months in Northwest Texas hospital. He fell in his store and dislocated his hip, a serious injury given his age, but he is now able to be about again.
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J. H
Uncle Jim) Allard
Harrison Street
Northwest Texas
Jim
Fifteen Monarchs of the Sky and Fearful Danger
Edgar A. Guest observes fifteen pigeons and invading aircraft overflighting fear as a younger generation mocks danger. The poem personifies birds and warlike intruders, warning of a new peril and an older heart filled with fear.
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Bey
Edgar A. Guest
Kansas City Livestock Market Notes and Prices May 24
Receipts total about 16 000 head with cattle and sheep trading steady to lower. Cattle details show steer and yearling prices around 12 to 14 dollars for common and medium grades, cows and bulls mixed, vealers from 12 to 14.5 dollars. Sheep reports indicate top spring lambs at 14.25, lambs 14.50 to 16.00, ewes 4.00 to 8.25, with market steady to lower overall.
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Kansas City
Mediam Te Choles
Mediam
Jha
Fis von ii
Oman
Lée
Sutta
Market report from East St. Louis stockyard
Hog and cattle quotations show 17,000 hogs with top at 9.75 and 180 to 280 pound loads. Cattle receipts reach 3,500 with steady tone for steers and heifers. Spring lambs bring 14 to 14.25 and fat clipped ewes bring 6 to 9.90, with no mature lambs listed.
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East ST. Louis
New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Light Offerings
The cotton market opened steady in New York with early gains around 2 points but declined as weather news failed to confirm unsettled South conditions. October slipped to 20.68 before a late rally on covering, while July touched 20.83 and October 20.06 as private crop fears and midmorning weakness appeared.
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New York
Associated Prese
Liv
South
New Orleans
Liverpool
J. M. Shannon Dies at 80 in San Angelo Texas
J M Shannon banker rancher and former capitalist died at home in San Angelo Texas at age 80 He headed multiple banks including Guaranty State Bank San Angelo Central National Bank and First State Bank of Big Lake He helped form Western Reserve Life Insurance and chaired Wool Growers Central Storage He held Crockett County ranches described as among the largest in the region Born in Louisiana he lived in California New Zealand and Australia before moving to West Texas in the 1880s.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Tex
J. M. Shannon
West Texas
First National Bank of Snyder
Ozona National Bank
Western Reserve Life Insurance Company
Wool Growers Central Storage Company of
Louisiana
California
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Crockett County
County Clerk Pittman Returns From Wells
M. F. Pittman county clerk who has been in Mineral Wells for the past three weeks has returned to Amarillo and was in his office this morning. He says he is feeling much better though still a little weak. He arrived yesterday morning over the Fort Worth and Denver.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Port Worth
FE. M. Pittman
Mr. Pittman
Denver
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Abie
Honess Bey
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Fotke
the Rattiennaire
Khel
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Seditorium
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Peru
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Mission To Start
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Phil Pressig
May
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L. F. Borden
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Herman Hall
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J. M. Stidger
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Adrian Girl
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Allie “Chemin & A Ng
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American T. 'S
Amrican Woolen Peereres
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Itimore & Ohio
Waukee
St. Unicaxo
Rock Island & Pacific
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Wells
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Montgomry Moon Motors
Eee
Knabe
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