Amarillo Considers $864000 Refunding Bond Issue
City officials urge citizens to vote on November 10 to authorize an $864000 refunding bond, promising no increase in indebtedness and a lower tax rate. If approved, 1931 taxes drop from 1.44 to 1.00 per hundred valuation, spreading payments over forty years at reduced rates. Signed by Mayor Thompson and commissioners J N Vernon H Ernest Smith and manager W N Durham.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Thompson
J. N. Vernon
H. Ernest Smith
W.N. Durham
Annual Optometry Clinic Opens in Amarillo Under Dr Skeffington
More than twenty optometrists from North Texas and New Mexico have gathered in Amarillo for the fourteenth annual three day clinic led by Dr A M Skeffington of Chicago director of the Graduate Clinic Foundation of Optometry. The first general meeting was held at the Herring Hotel. A Panhandle directors group met with Dr Skeffington to plan continued study and clinic activity. Tonight a general delegation clinic is set at the Herring Hotel with actual patient cases presented. The event runs through Tuesday afternoon before Skeffington heads to Phoenix Arizona for a follow up meeting.
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North Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
A. M. Skeffington
Chicago
Graduate Clinic Foundation of Optometry
Herring Hotel
Panhandle Plains
Skeffington
W. A. McIntosh
L. L. Price
Kress
W. T. Patty
Floydada
W. D. Biggers
Lockney
B. M. Harrison
Littlefield
George Heath
Friona
W. C. Cox
Muleshoe
J. L. Warren
Bovina
O. L. Davis
Sudan
L. W. Sloneker
Laval Optimistic On Plans With U S
Paris reports Premier Pierre Laval returning from the United States voicing confidence France will keep the faith on international collaboration. He announced plans to arrange an international conference on reparations revision early in December as crowds cheered him in Le Havre.
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Paris
France
U.S
Pierre Laval
United States
Washington
Swart
le Havre
Jury Empanelled In Potter County Court At Law
Jury empanelment was the order of the morning in Potter County court at law with Judge E C Nelson Jr presiding. The docket call set several civil cases for the week and a few criminal matters may be disposed of. The county court docket is largely cleared though some contested cases remain.
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Potter County Court-At-Law
E. C. Nelson, Jr
Nelson
Bishop's Court Opens Monday for Potter County case
Potter County criminal district court to convene in Amarillo next Monday November 9 with Judge Henry Bishop DA Edw W Thomerson and Court Reporter Norman Minter in Claude to conclude the Armstrong term. Ten week term juries are drawn, and a special venue of 150 men chosen to pick a jury for murder defendant B C Baker trial set for November 16 over the killing of Jack Dennis at an Amarillo filling station last June.
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Potter County
Sheriff’s Department
B. C. Baker
Baker
Jack Dennis
Amarillo
Dennis
Russia's Wheat Output To Stay In Country, Boosting Living Standards
The Soviet Ambassador said the population faced severe rationing to allow export of part of the crop, but this year's very large and high grade wheat would stay in Russia. The decision aims to raise living standards and accelerate the five year plan.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Oil man C. E. Noland dies after early Monday hospital visit
C. E. Noland a 30 year old oil distributing agent from Boise City Okla died early Monday in an Amarillo hospital. He is survived by wife Minnie and children Hugh and Jeannette plus parents T. E. and Mrs. Noland of Pecan Gap and six siblings. The body will be sent to Greenville for burial by N. S. Griggs & Son Monday night.
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C. E. Noland
Boise City Okla
Amarillo
Noland
W. E. Noland
Minnie Noland
Hugh
Jeannette
T. E. Noland
Pecan Gap
L. Nolan
Public Health Nurse Supervisors Visit Amarillo
Miss Katherine Hagquist state supervisor of public health nurses visits Amarillo. She meets at health unit headquarters with Miss Mil dred Garrett city county nurse and announces Grace Buzzell will be the new public health nurse at Hereford. Nell Hall moves to breath relief work at Brady headquarters.
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Katherine Hagquist
Amarillo
Hagquist
City Hall
Mildred Garrett
Grace Buzzell
New Braunfels
Hereford
Nell Hall
Brady
No Sleep Rest Caused by Stomach Gas
Mrs. A. Cloud says years of stomach trouble and gas left her nervous and sleepless. Ad lerika relieved all stomach problems and now she sleeps fine. Post Office Drug Co., Fox Drug Co. and City Drug Stores.
Weeks Named Editor of Texas Christian Advocate in Texas
Rev. A. J. Weeks, former presiding Methodist elder of Sherman district, is named editor of the Texas Christian Advocate. He succeeds Dr. E. V. Cole, who becomes presiding elder of the Denton district. Changes also shift district presiding elders and pastors across Sherman, Denton, Decatur, Paris, and Oak Cliff in the North Texas Conference.
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McKinney
North Texas
Decatur
W. F. Bryan
Oak Lawn
Dallas
Ira C. Riker
Oak Cliff
S. M. Black
Tyler Street
Paris
G. C. French
Plane Crash Kills Five Hunters Near North Bend
Five men die when a plane returning from a hunting trip crashes on a highway near North Bend Washington and bursts into flames. Pilot John Blum 32 Seattle and passengers Dr Russell J McCurdy president of the Kings County Medical Society Arthur D Hodge 35 Ray Sutherland 31 and Harold De Spain 30 are reported victims fire blocks rescue efforts. shotgun shells explode during the tragedy.
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North Bend
Wash
Here
John Blum
Seattle
Blum
Russell J. McCurdy
Kings County
Back in U S Mr Sherwood Fades From Scene
Russell T. Sherwood, wanted in New York to testify before a legislative committee, fled across the border at Laredo with his bride and disappeared within eight hours. He complained the money moon turned into a nightmare after balking at tests over a joint strong box with Mayor James J. Walker. Sherwood, interviewed before leaving San Antonio, said he would stay a day or two but would not reveal his location. Efforts to locate him later proved unsuccessful.
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San Antonio
Tex
Laredo
Russell T. Sherwood
New York
Legislative
Sherwood
Legislative Committee
James J. Walker
Two Children Die As Costumes Blaze
Ripple Gannon aged 13 and Edna Norvell aged 9 died in Dallas from burns after their Halloween costumes caught fire from jack o lanterns. Nancy Lattimore 13 and two adults, Mrs. R C Gannon and Mrs Hannah Moore Frazier, suffer critical burns and are hospitalized at St Pauls Hospital.
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Dallas
U.P
Ripple Gannon
Edna Norvell
Burns
Nancy Lattimore
St. Paul's Hospital
R. C. Gannon
Hannah Moore Frazier
Gannon
Bank Robbery Steals 3000 In Sioux City Hold Up
Two men robbed the Morningside State Bank in Sioux City today, escaping with 3000 dollars. The report notes Chicago as a major railway hub and interior waterway center.
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Sioux City
Morningside State Bank
Chicago
Ladies Slip and Girls Undergarments Fashion Book
Advertises ladies slips in sizes Small to XL with bust measurements and yardage for materials plus lace or bias finish. Also lists girls undergarments in ages 2 4 6 8 with material needs. Offers UP-TO-DATE BOOK OF FASHIONS FALL 1931 for 15 cents and sends orders to News-Globe Brooklyn address.
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News-Globe
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
Pierce Street Revival Draws Growing Attendance
Interest and attendance rise at the Pierce Street Baptist Church revival on Fifth Avenue and North Pierce Street. Rev A J Gross announces services continue this week each evening at 7 30 with tonight's topic Why Do Gods People Suffer and the Ungodly Seem to Prosper under musical direction of U S Sapp.
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Pierce Street Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
North Pierce Street
A. J. Gross
U. S. Sapp
Teachers Association Meeting Focus At Amarillo Reach
School leaders gather as Panhandle Superintendents' Association prepares for Amarillo meeting November 26 28. Speakers include Waddill and Younger on Texas tax issues and constructive faculty meetings with a round table on common topics.
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Texas
Carruth
Waddill
Younger
Texas State Teachers Association
Amarillo
Do Tell Promoted For Menstrual Pain Relief
An advertisement from Fox Drug Stores urges women to use Do Tell for relief of menstrual pains and cramps. The copy emphasizes guaranteed relief and frames the product as a trusted option for period discomfort.
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Fox Drug Stores
Local educators and officials listed in regional roster
Fisher of Pampa, H. C. Robertson of Alanreed, M. V. Williams of Miami, J. M. Metcalf of Plemons, J. W. Reid of Dumas, C. H. Dillehay of Hereford, M. V. Compton of Vega, W. H. Younger of Tulsa, Guy B. Tabor of Farwell, H. P. Webb of Olton, I. H. Turney of Claude, and superintendents from Quanah Shamrock Turkey Silverton Happy and White Deer are named in a regional roster of officials.
President Hoover Honors Kemal Pasha as Turkey Turns
The piece notes President Hoover congratulating Kemal Pasha on Turkey’s republic birthday and praises leaders like Mussolini Hindenberg Laval for building prosperity postwar. It mentions Turkish reforms and critique of religious rule, while recounting football plans to end a deadly flying wedge following Richard Sheridan’s death at West Point.
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Hoover
Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Kemal
Mohammed
Sultan
Italy
Mussolini
Germany
Hindenberg
France
Laval
Richard Sheridan
West Point
Education and safety in football and taxation views
The piece argues for protecting players on the field and questions the flying wedge’s relevance to youth football. It cites Alvan Mc Cauley of Detroit and discusses taxation burdens on motor vehicles, noting 26,300,000 owners who are mostly farmers and workers.
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Alvan McCauley
Detroit
United States
A Bill on Silver and Gold Sparks Tax Debate
The passage argues that taxing automobiles used for earning a living would hurt workers and an industry employing millions. It contrasts a one dollar silver certificate with higher denomination notes redeemable in gold or lawful money, suggesting the currency reflects unequal value for the common people.
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George Washington
United States Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
S S S Tonic Promises Clear Skin And New Strength
The ad touts S S S as a long proven tonic that improves skin health by boosting red blood cell count. It claims over 100 years of success in restoring vitality and promotes the vegetable formula as Mother Nature's remedy with a price-saving larger size.
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S.S.S
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Bishop's Court
Rexall
Kc Sale
KGRS
Crryry Dave Stores
Amarill
Weeks
Advocate
MR. Sherwood
Iowa
Wreaty
Universal
Edward G. Robinson
Karamount
le Constance Ennett the Common Law
Robert W. Chambers
Joel McCrea
Plas— News
Paramount
Paul Lukas
Charlie Ruggles
Dorothy Jordan
Vicienne Osborne
Sennett
Paramount Sound News
Alexander the Great
S.8.s
Country Club
Sinclair Pennsylvania Oils and Greason
Forest Avenue
Alexander
6Th and
Polk
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