Pair Nabbed Here for Joe Done at Sayre
Two Oklahoma men aged 22 Clint Mecham and A F Hastings were arrested in Amarillo after a Sayre lookout was issued for two men who hijacked an Elk City filling station. They allegedly kidnapped Elk City operator Leonard Purdom and forced him to ride two miles from Elk City. A third man John Morris 22 Marlow was cleared after claiming he was hitchhiking to Phoenix.
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Oklahoma
California
Phoenix
Amarillo
Sayre
Elk City
Okla
Clint Mecham
A. F. Hastings
Clinton
John Morris
Marlow
Morris
Lela
Shamrock
Leonard Purdom
Hastings
Mecham
Purdom
Sid Harper
Marshall Turner
W. T. Yelvin
Lawson Gilliam
Beckman County
Cook
Pay Last Tribute To T. P. Holcomb
Last rifles for Thomas P. Holcomb, 72, were to be held at 3 p.m. today from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Rev. J. Sisemore of the Tab ernacle Baptist Church conducted the service. Holcomb died Wednesday. he was a Potter County stock farmer.
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Thomas P. Holcombh
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel
J. ©. Sisemore
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Mr. Holcomb
Potter County
Beautiful but Dumb Pigeon Roosts on Town Clock Dial
A Kingston New Brunswick pigeon perches nightly on the rim of the town clock dial beneath the VI, settling before 6 o clock and being brushed off by the clock hands each evening.
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Kingston, N, C
Mississippi proposes licensing cotton growers under new plan
Mississippi agriculture commissioner J. C. Holton urged the Farm Administration to license all cotton growers and set individual quotas with a $10 an acre tax on land above the quota. Plantings would be measured in May and excess cotton could be destroyed. loans and debentures would help align prices with world markets. Holton said the aim is a fair proration benefiting all farmers.
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Washington
Holton
Mississippi
South
AAA Cotton Official Devises New Scheme
Oscar Johnston, manager of the AAA cotton pool, unveiled a ten point production control plan in Memphis. He argues better international relations would negate further government action and urges shifting processing taxes to manufactured goods and widening foreign markets.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oscar Johnston
AAA
Johnston
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Mississippi Delta
Courts Issue 19 Wed Tickets
In Potter County last October Cupid’s pace lagged as 29 couples wed in the divorce period and 26 divorces were granted in two district courts. Licenses issued included B B Hopkins and Minnie Warnken, Lorenza Banks and Fannie Mae Pierson, Alvis Klein and Maye Whitlock, Jess Couch and Lilly Bell Walker, Chester Cameron and Irene Towery, Leonard Smith and Muriel Parren, C C Warren and Geraldine Maples, L N Brown and Frances Snodgrass, E F Hamberlin and Jewell James, A Jay McCoy and Minnie D Watters, Gus Britten and Othel Walling, C H McElyren and Gladys Steadman, Robert Stone and Clara Lane, H E Heniksen and Ruth McClain, M S Albright and Zella Palmer, Harold Hilgers and Lavera Ann Jones, T Duncan Stewart and Eleanore Frey, Marcus Ford and Bada Christian, D B Hamilton and Birdie Helton, J J Tosh and Emma E Gordon, Robert L Moore and Dessie Skaggs, B W Higle and Charlotte Benson, J O Fowlkes and Alene McCollum, Benton Sprathing and Kathleen Co jean, Frank Little and Juanita Allen, Floyd Bradford and Lucilie Rieck, Clyde Shaffer and Irene Shamblin, and several Black couples Harry Brown and Blanche Hester, Alvin Johnson and Jurardine Mangang, Sam McKinney and Rosie Lee Slider.
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B. B. Hopkins
Minnie Warnken
Lorenza Banks
Fannie Mae Pierson
Alvis H. Klein
Maye Whitlock
Jess W. Couch
Lilly Bell Walker
Chester Cameron
Irene Towery
Leonard H. Smith
Muriel Parren
C. C. Warren
Geraldine Maples
L. N. Brown
Frances Snodgrass
E. F. Hamberlin
Jewell James
A. Jay McCoy
Minnie D
Emma E. Gordon
Robert L. Moore
Dessie Skaggs
B. W. Higle
Charlotte Inez Benson
J. O. Fowlkes
Alene McCollum
Benton J. Sprathing
Kathleen Cojean
Frank L. W. Little
Juanita Allen
Floyd Bradford
Lucilie Rieck
Clyde Shaffer
Irene Shamblin
Harry Brown
Blanche Hester
Alvin Johnson
Jurardine Mangang
Sam McKinney
Rosie Lee Slider
Court awards Campbell family $750 in auto collision case
District Judge W E Gee awarded $750 to Mr. and Mrs. C G Campbell and their children Betty Sue and Louree of Wheeler County against Mr. and Mrs. W W McIlroy of Amarillo for injuries suffered August 12 when their car collided at Tenth Avenue and Polk Street. The breakdown: $300 to the Campbells, $350 to Betty Sue, $100 to Lauree. Campbell to pay court costs.
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W. E. Gee
C. G. Campbell
Betty Sue
Louree
Wheeler County
W. W. McIlroy
Amarillo
Campbells
Gee
Campbell
Betty Sue Campbell
Lauree Campbell
Tenth Avenue
Polk Street
MclIiroy
Waterworks Project to Begin Monday in Amarillo
Machinery for Amarillo's water works program is set up and construction starts Monday. Initial work will repair the drain line on Ong Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, leading to the reservoir. About 250 men will be employed for several months through the National Reemployment office at 408 East Fifth Avenue, with Panhandle Construction Company of Lubbock handling the job.
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Amarillo
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Ong Street
National
East Fifth Avenue
Panhandle Construction Company
Lubbock
Nation Divides Labor Regions Across 17 Districts
The National Labor Relations Board splits the country into 17 geographical districts to handle labor disputes. Districts include Seventh covering Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas Mobile Pensacola and parts of southeast Texas through Houston and Corpus Christi with New Orleans as an office along with Twelfth covering Illinois Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa Des Moines and Thirteenth covering Oklahoma Texas and Fort Worth. Jakie Gore a top Dallas high school star is projected as a key SMU back this fall.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Mobile
Pensacola
Orai
Texas
Houston
Corpus Christi
New Orleans
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Des Moines
St. Louis
Kansas City
Thirteenth
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Jakie Gore
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
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Joe Done
T. P. Holcomb
Schilling
C&c Fruit & Produce CO
W. van Landingham and
D. D. Milwee
West Sixth Avenue
N. W. Jonathan
Lge
Steffen’s
Fancy Creamery
Arnholz Coffee
P. O. Bakery
Pinkney’s
Cotton
Cupid
Lapp Ty
RED & White
U. S
California Marsh
Swift
Brookfield
Crystal White
Kellogg's
Supreme Bakers
Ven
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