Amarillo fashion award sparks mixed public reply
A volunteer committee crowned Malcom Shelton and Nat Glenn as the top dressed men in Amarillo amid complaints of bias in the Bill Wilson Award. The note lists many contenders and warns against selecting only a few, while local items mention a missing terrier, band tickets, and social musings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Wilson
Amarillo
Malcom Shelton
Nat Glenn
Shelton
Glenn
California
New York
Texas
Ivor Davies
Dean White
Chansler Weymouth
Ben Lipshy
Charles and Dick
Arthur Ware
Lee Bivins
John van Dale
R. C. Neeley
Charley Fisk
John Gordon
Hugh Lumpkin
Neal Hall
J. W. Hendricks
B. M. Brittain
Orley Allen
Him Witherspoon
Jack Little
Jack Nichols
George Quillin
Wes Izzard
Tack
The
Committee of Fair Play
Urban crime rates in large and small centers compared
Police statistics show robberies occur seven times as often in cities over 250000 as in towns under 10000. In big centers 189 people are known to the police per ten thousand, compared with 94 per ten thousand in smaller centers.
Facts and figures from a rapid-fire 1930s snapshot
A compilation of brief historical notes covers topics from Tobin’s weight gain as Boston mayor and Broadway’s Tobacco Road run to neurasthenia trends among women, pencil waste, marriages required by German factories, fabric durability, Roosevelt’s weather order reversal, English law on eavesdropping, and transatlantic air schedules. It also notes life expectancy implications, Mars color, old electric cars, Disney’s Snow White run, Soviet anti Semitism, and musician wages for phonograph work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Tobin
Boston
Tobacco Road
Broadway
Abie
Boston Herald
Teddy Roosevelt
U. S
Mars
Canton
Boy Scouts
Walt Disney
Soviet Russia
Pets to good homes with contact for Kits and a pup
A reader offers two Persian kittens and a small pup for placement in loving homes. Interested parties may call 621 Bryan Street for details. A separate note seeks housework and companionship work in Amarillo. The writer is middle aged with references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Bryan Street
Gloves Lost in Amarillo Football Game Find Return
A visitor in Amarillo during a football game reports losing a pair of black gloves downtown. The owner asks the finder to please return them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Emmett
Taylor Street
Telephone
Tack
Amarillo
Couple seeks house or housekeeping work for rent
Middle aged couple offers to work in exchange for a small house or housekeeping rooms. Husband skilled in repairs and wife experienced in general house work. References available. Reply to Reader at 1402 Johnson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Johnson St
Contined on Page Nine Reference Note
A fragment appears to reference a married man and continuation on page 9. The readable text provides minimal context and no clear event or outcome.
Chapman Arrests In 1931 Hijacking Case At Miami Oklahoma
Records indicate on April 360 1931 Chapman was arrested in Miami Oklahoma for carrying concealed weapons and hijacking. He was transferred to state authorities where the charges were pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas State Police
Federal Bureau of Identification
Chapman
Miami
Pia
Czechs Again Under Knife
Vienna reports a German Italian conference on dismembering Czechoslovakia set for tomorrow. The talks hinge on urging changes based on the 1920 Trianon treaty and racial nationalist aims amid plans for southeastern European realignment. Ribbentrop and Ciano will chair with Hungary and Czechoslovakia foreign ministers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Paris
Versailles
Trianon
Europe
Danubian
Goering
National Zeitung
Essen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Kolomon Kanya
Frantisek Chvaikovsky
Elusive bank robber Chapman pursued across states
The long pursuit profiles Charles Chapman, linked to multiple bank robberies from 1931 to 1938, with arrests in New Jersey and Oklahoma, trials in Louisiana and Arkansas, escapes from Shreveport and Cummins prison, and a 1986 kidnaping charge leading to a 25 year sentence. He remained a top federal target cited by J Edgar Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Nhile
Florida
Ventnor City
N. J
Mays Landing
Muskogee
Okla
Minden
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Shreveport
Arkansas
First National Bank
Hope
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Camden
van Buren
Ark
Union County
South Arkansas
Arthur Ellis
Ouachita
Gulfport
Miss
Arkansas Penitentiary
Fl Dorado
Cummins
Buddy Sadler
O. Hugh Lindsey
Charles O’keith
Atlanta
Tex
Lindsey
Sadler
Louisiana
Linden
Slap-Happy Chapman Enters Khiva Temple Race
Amarillo hotelman W. M. Chapman declares as Ring Candidate for Khiva Temple Ceremonial. He rails against the Patrol, vows shorter school hours, bigger pay, no taxes, and daily biscuits, with A. D. Goldfine as campaign manager. Fall ceremonial on November 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M
Chapman
Amarillo
Khiva
Patrol
A. D. Goldfine
Ring
Oklahoma prisoner Kennamer granted vacation to care for ill mother
Phil Kennamer 23, serving a 25 year sentence for the 1934 slaying of John Correll Jr., received a six month leave to be with his ailing mother in a plan advance by his father, Federal Judge Franklin B Kennamer. The move requires a sanity exam and official approval by Gov. Marland and a guardian will oversee him during the leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Phil Kennamer
Tulsa
John Correll, Jr
Kennamer
Franklin BE. Kennamer
State Pardon and Parole Board
Arizona
FE. W. Marland
Pardon Board
John Correll
State Penitentiary
Virginia Wilcox
Homer F. Wilcox
Gorrell
Kansas
Japanese views on China's rejuvenation and Fascist alliance
Shiratori asserts Japan's wartime actions are for China's rejuvenation and that Chinese will accept sacrifices. He acknowledges difficulties and material costs, cites emperor duties, and praises Fascism while condemning Anglo-Saxon influence and U S democracy. He favors alliance with Italy and Germany to resist a popular front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Shiratori
Italy
Germany
Popular Front
Glass House
United States
Soviet Russia
Spanish Rebels Held on Northeastern Front
Government dispatches reported the insurgent offensive on the Ebro front in northeastern Spain had been fought to a standstill. Although rebels claimed the drive continued, Barcelona dispatches said the insurgents made no advance after their surprise Sunday morning attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
Ebro
Spain
Barcelona
Roosevelt Speech From Will Rogers Memorial To Air Nationwide
President Roosevelt will deliver a five minute broadcast from Hyde Park during the Will Rogers Memorial dedication in Claremore Oklahoma. The nationally heard address will be transmitted Friday over the Columbia Broadcasting System starting at 2 to 2 05 o'clock Amarillo time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Roosevelt
Will Rogers
Claremore
Oklo
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hyde Park
Keck
Railroads Consider Federal Aid to Avert Wage Cut
U S railroads may use federal aid as an alternative to wage reductions. H A Enochs and J J Pelley say a strike is distant while leaders meet in Chicago to decide on canceling a 15 percent cut. Roosevelt backs a speedy peace plan and proposes a joint labor management committee to draft remedial legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. J. Pelley
The
Association of American Railroads
Roosevel
Roosevelt
Pelley
George Harrison
Railway Labor Execcutives’ Association
Labor and Management
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Rob Ames
Carl Simon
Mary
High Genes
Tata
Word
Dey Drug
Wee
Amald Town
Polk Street
Dutch Mantell
Thee
Nia
Charlies FC
Hughes
Gene Tunney
America
Louis Schimelin
Hauptmann
Hindenburg
Ros
Mien
Christopher Columbus
Grand Rapids
Mich
SOSA
Bridge Studio
Bute
Amarin Hotel
M. M
Calvert
Kansas City
Wilcox
High Hat
Phillips’ Milk
Magnesia
Rogers
Lsea Pa
Radiorgan
Nunn Electric
Shelton Radio and Electric
Plainview, Texas
Best Variety Store
Panhandle
Boney, Earl, Broadview, N. M
City Drug Store
McLean, Texas
Community Public Service Co
Perryton
Spearman, Follett, Texas
Cicero-Smith Lumber Company
Mobeetie, Texas
Childress, Texas
Douglas Hardware Company
Shamrock, Texas
Dabiel Electric Company
Clayton, N. M
Deal Lumber Company
Keres, Okla
Farlow Electric Co
Canyon, Texas
Fort Sumner Electric Company
Fort Sumner, N. M
Higgins, Texas
Fullwood Battery & Electric
Hereford, Texas
Gray Supply Company
Dumas, Texas
Holdeman
Harold, Booker
Keith Appliance Company
Borger, Texas
Pinson Electric Company
Canadian
Portales Hardware Company, Portales, N. M
Pursley Food Store
Miami, Texas
San Jon
San Jon, N. M
Shamburger Radio & Electric Co
Dalhart, Texas
Spangler Music & Electric
Beaver, Okla
Stanfield Mercantile Company
Grady, N. M
Starkey Electric Company
Wellington, Texas
Taylor Appliance
Memphis
Trueblood
Lipscomb, Texas
Wheeler Auto & Electric Supply
Wheeler, Texas
Clovis, N. M
Willis
L. L. Perryton
Radio Electric
Flovdada, Texas
U.S
H. A. Enochs
Management's Ways Committee
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