Them Texans aims for charity sale and plans for a melon venture
Old Tack promotes the second edition of Them Texans with one dollar copies to benefit the Amarillo Children’s Home. Proceeds from all sales go to the home. advance orders urged from town and country readers. The note includes local gossip, jokes, and plans for a new melon named by a contest, plus varied local anecdotes.
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Horace Russell
Russell & Cockrell
Pease
Amarillo
Lindbergh
Smith
Russell
Panhandle
Charity drive aids grandmother and grandchildren in need
Mrs. George L. Smith and Mrs. Henry Hertner of Amarillo seek help for a grandmother and her three grandchildren after the mother’s death and the father’s partial support from Michigan. Donations fund tickets to Michigan and housing, with a local barber offering rent-free shelter. The piece urges support to reunite the family and notes concern over homeless children. It also mentions a gentleman with an Omaha- tagged dog and a sports note about the Sandies’ chances in district play.
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George L. Smith
Job seeker seeks local employment in Amarillo with mail experience
A married mother with a schoolgoing son requests assistance from Mr. E. R. Tack to find local work in Amarillo. She is 30, healthy, not afraid of work, and has four years of mail carrying experience, preferring to stay in Amarillo if possible.
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E. R. Tack
Amarillo
Hoover Party to Sail Next Monday for South America
Washington ordered the battleship Maryland to transport Herbert Hoover from a Southern California port, slated to depart San Pedro on November 20 and sail to Balboa near the Panama Canal before proceeding to South America, with Valparaiso, Chile, as a distant possible port of call.
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Associated Press
Stanford University
Calif
Washington
Maryland
Herbert Hoover
South America
California
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Balboa
Pacific Entrance
Panama Canal
Hunters’ Island
San Francisco Bay
Valparaiso
Chile
National Guards Raid New Orleans Area Gambling Spots
National guardsmen raided Beverly Gardens and Fargo's grocery in Jefferson parish near New Orleans early today on Governor Huey P. Long orders. About forty patrons were at the grocery with $12,000 in currency seized and gambling paraphernalia collected. Beverly Gardens patrons reportedly escaped through windows. Gouvernor Long said militia will act to curb gambling in Louisiana.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
National
Huey P. Long
Three Die as Train Hits Auto in Cobleskill
In Cobleskill New York a Delaware and Hudson passenger train struck an automobile at a grade crossing. Three men died Joseph Mead 24 August Delande 30 and Philip Derizco 35. Two others were injured.
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Associated Press
Cobleskill
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson Pasenger
Joseph Mead
August Delande
Philip Derizco
Seek Negro for Slaying Houston Man
Houston police seek a black suspect after a 27 year old street car motorman R. B. Melton was shot and killed in what witnesses called a cold blooded slaying in Houston. The shooting occurred last night and authorities asked nearby cities to aid in the manhunt.
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Houston
R. B. Melton
Armistice parade honors and prize winners in Amarillo
The Lions club float won second in its division while the American Legion auxiliary took first for best decorated auto. The High School Sandies auto placed second with a giant football, and the United Daughters of Confederacy were third. Honorable mentions went to Federated Women's Clubs Kiwanis Salvation Army and Amarillo post office display. The parade featured Dave Derden's band military units and veterans groups, a flyover by Harold English and his pilots, and the Dough Boy memorial dedication. The day closed with a banqu et and dance at the Amarillo hotel after a Texan park game and a grand march.
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Lions Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Sandies
United Daughters of Confederacy
Federated Women's Clubs
Kiwanis Club
Salvation Army
Amarillo Post Office
Dave
Sheriff's Department
Poce Depart
Women's Federated Clubs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Parent- Teachers Associations
Central Labor Unions
Dave Derden
Rotary Club
American Business Club
Automotive Club
Realtors
Harold English
A. Peterson
American Legion
E. C. Nelson
C. L. Kilgore
Hanson Post
Amarillo-Vernon
Texan Park
Amarillo Hotel
Will A. Smith
A. W. Mack
Edinburgh
Scotland
Tolzien Orchestra
Man Confesses to Involvement in Harlem River Drowning
Henry Stevens, 32, admitted to his role in the drowning of William Pritz, 19, after a July 1927 dispute near Coney Island. Stevens told the bereaved father he helped push Pritz into the Harlem river, with Maher later charged with homicide. Detectives also charged Maher as the investigation unfolded.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry Stevens
William Pritz
Harlem
Stevens
Pritz
Williams Maher
Coney Island
Maher
Harlen River
Mothers of Yannigan Players Form Club
The mothers of the Yannigan football squad at the high school plan to organize tomorrow afternoon. They are asked to meet at 2 at Mrs. C. J. Boyd’s home on 3610 Van Buren Street. The group will mirror the Sandstorm Mothers organization.
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C. J. Boyd
van Buren Street
Piles Cured or Costs Nothing Ad Offers Free Trial
An advertisement by W. R. Darling Ton offers a regular $1 treatment of a home remedy for piles at no cost if it fails to cure. Send to 1138 Euro Building, Kansas City, Missouri, for a free trial to prove effectiveness.
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W. R. Darlington
Kansas City
Mexican Federals Rout Insurgents in Colima Clash
A dispatch from Guadalajara reports insurgents who attacked Autlan were chased by Federal troops at Comala Colima and severely punished. Thirty two insurgents and twelve soldiers died in the engagement.
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The
Associated Press
Mexico City
Bteouleten Today
Guadalajara
Autlan
Comala
Colima
Convention Opens With Luncheons And Banquet In Amarillo
The state convention began with a morning business session at Central Presbyterian Church. Luncheons were held at the Herring Hotel and the high school cafeteria, hosted by the Amarillo Council of the PTA and W. A. McIntosh respectively. Mrs. 8. M. N. Marrs arrives for tonight’s ban quet at the Herring Hotel honoring the national president.
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Herring
State Board of Managers
Amarillo
Parent-Teacher Association
Herring Hotel
W. A. McIntosh
C. Hi, Mason
E. R. Rittenberry
W. N. Durham
J. R. Dyche
Hugh Umphries
M. N. Marrs
Col. Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
G. T. Vineyard
Potter County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Laura V. Hamner
S. M. N. Marrs
Tom Williams
Central Presbyterian Church
Stephen Chamness
Will T. Decherd
Noyes Darling Smith
W. E. Hoskinson
Polk Street Methodist Church
L. E. Ledbetter
Wood
A. F. Wood
Texas Congress
R. T. Ellis
State Teachers Association
A. A. Grussendorff
West Texas State Teachers College
Fisk Medical & Professional
Amarello
Curtain Club Repeats Play Tonight At East Eighth Street
Curtain club presents two one act comedies Who Kissed Barbara and The Rector tonight at 8 15 in their East Eighth Street workshop. Harold White directs with a noted UT Texas Little Theater background. Proceeds aid the Christian Endeavor missionary pledge.
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Barabara
C FE
East Eighth Street
Harold White
Curtain Club
University of Texas
Howard Boxwell
Lorris Sheppard
Edward Pierce
Amy Gill
Zella Boxwell
Baleah Huff
Walter Haag
Londa Richardson
Margot Shaw
Willard Gill
Charles Sheppard
Lloyd Boxwell
Barbara
H. A. Shaw
Charles
Louise Wilde
Christian Endeavor Missionary Pledge
Assassinations Rise Prompting Demands for Action in Soviet
In Moscow on November 12 six Soviet officials including a woman were assassinated last week. Pravda warned violence grows, especially in rural areas over grain collection and taxes on rich peasants, with three peasants sentenced to death and many others held. Dispatched reports described murder of officials teachers and correspondents and library fires. A library window shot killed a woman communist. A driverless horse returned to a Soviet official's home near Briansk and his widow found his body in the wagon.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Today
Pravda
Ivestia
Sclaroda
Briansk
Armistice Day Court House Closes for Observance
In commemoration of war dead and the tenth Armistice Day most court departments closed. Only the sheriff's office remained open. Judge Henry Bishop opened court briefly to charge the new grand jury and start the district criminal court November term, then adjourned until Wednesday. County and district civil courts were adjourned for the day.
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Court House
Henry
Bishop
District Criminal Court
Flowering plants known in the British Isles
A note lists that flowering plants known in the British Isles exceed 250 species with variations noted. The fragment references regional horticultural or botanical cataloging likely from a garden or natural history column.
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British Isles
Grand Jury urged to indict for concealed weapons
Judge Bishop urged grand jurors to indict for illegal carrying of deadly weapons alongside murder charges to ensure proper punishment. He warned against indicting innocents and asked jurors to guard against bias as the 40 men await a Wednesday session. Foreman Walter N. Jensen leads the panel, with 12 jurors named from 16 called.
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Bishop
Walter N. Jensen
Quincy Ford
Sam Sulenberger
Charles Adkisson
B. I. Barfield
B. H. Buthker
Ed Engman
Joseph T. Glover
W. S. Rule
G. C. Davis
W. D Gilvin
Robert Ricks
Mr. Jensen
Foreman
Gunboats Race to Aid Beached British Ship Near Foochow
Ship Hsin Chi beaconed that pirates surrounded her at Foochow. 900 Chinese villagers and a few foreigners, including several Anglo Americans, had been landed. Gunboats raced to the scene as hostile islanders menaced passengers and crew. The Dutch steamer Tjitaroem rode alongside the Hsin Chi during the emergency.
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Shanghai
Hsin Chi
Foochow
Tollefsen
Tjitaroem
Rhineland barrier delays disarmament, says Benes
Prague reports foreign minister Eduard Benes declares a world conference on disarmament advisable after German reparations and Rhine evacuation are settled. He says disarmament talks are nearing solution and technical preparations nearly complete before parliament committees.
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Associated Press
Prague
Eduard Benes
Thoughts on law, politics, and a tense world week
The column notes a Pennsylvania judge ruling that a sleeping-woman's statements cannot be used in divorce cases, and discusses attitudes toward what women think. It also reports Hoover likely to keep Mellon in cabinet, favoring trained business appointees for consulates. Germany marks ten years of the republic with somber mood, reflecting on World War I defeat.
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Pennsylvania
Man and child die in Texas highway crash near Ranger
A Sunday highway crash between Caddo and Ranger, Texas, killed F. B. Poulter 35 and Albert Keller 2. Their bodies were taken to Ranger for burial.
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Ranger
The
Associated Press
Breckenridge
Tex
Caddo
F. B. Poulter
Albert Keller
Man Killed While Dusting Car In Corsicana
Sam D. Johnson 49 Hubbard City merchant was fatally wounded when a pistol accidentally discharged as he dusted out his automobile in Corsicana Texas on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Tex
Sam D. Johnson
Hubbard City
Man of Amarillo Builders Levi Singleton Dies
Levi Singleton a renowned Amarillo builder remembered for landmarks including the Elks Home and Panhandle building plus many public schools died. Survived by his widow four daughters and one son with sisters in Corsicana and Waxahachie. Active pallbearers listed among local figures. numerous honorary pallbearers named. Singleton came to Amarillo in 1902 from McLellan County entering a planing mill then contracting. He was a member of Central Presbyterian Church and the Knights of Pythias.
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Amarillo
the Panhandle
Elks
Panhandle
Ray A. Allman
Paducah
Texas
F. A. Zimpfer
Jane
Mildred Singleton
Martin Singleton
T. W. Bounds
Corsicana
Waxahachie
Central Presbytrian Church
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Singleton
McClellan County
Joe Holt
Livestock Markets Report From Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City hogs are down 25 to 50 cents with top at 9.10 while cattle and calves hold near steady. slaughter steers and yearlings command 12.50 to 17.50 per hundredweight with various weight bands. Chicago hogs fall about 10 to 20 cents with top 9.35, cattle and calves steady at 13.00 to 17.50 for select steers, and alfalfa- related notes amid 22,000 cattle and 8,000 calves reported.
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Chicago
The
Associated Press
Market Report: Beef Cattle and Sheep Prices
The report lists prices across cattle categories: yearlings at $13.50 to $14.00 per hundredweight, cows $9.25 to $12.00, bulls $9.75 to $11.25, vealers $18.76 to $15.50, and stocker and feeder steers good to choice. Sheep show 80,000 fat lambs down and lambs good and choice around $18.00 per head, ewes $4.50 to $6.85.
East St. Louis Livestock Prices Report
East St Louis market notes November 12 show hogs 170-260 lb at 9.25, pigs total 8,000 dollars. Cattle and calves listed with 6,500 and 8,000, steers to 12.50, cows 8.00 to 9.25, vealers 17.50. Sheep fat lambs at 14.00.
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East ST. Louis
Associated Press
East ST Louis
New York Cotton Opens Firm as Prices Rally
The New York cotton market opened firm with Dec up to 19.60 and May to 19.04, trading 23 to 27 points above Saturday. Despite some youth urban selling, active buying and covering supported the advance, with midday values around 19.51 for December and 19.49 for March, 17 to 19 points higher.
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New York
Associated Press
Liverpool cotton prices and futures steady with strong sales
Spot cotton in Liverpool showed higher values across grades with 6000 bales sold including 4200 American. Futures closed steady with December at 10.16 and July at 10.06. Fort Worth consignments noted. Poultry prices listed from Chicago for fowls, springs, turkeys, ducks and geese.
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Liverpool
Associated Press
The
Chicago
New York Stock Letter Opens With Broad Market Rise
The New York market opened higher with Katy at 310, a 3 point gain from last week. Timken Roller Bearing Continental Insurance International Combustion and Pennsylvania Railroad led early gains while Western Union and New York Central posted solid blocks. Trading moved in large lots as many issues advanced, radio shares hit a high, and a few names declined on profit-taking.
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New York
Associated Press
Katy
Hick
Timken Roller Bearing
Continental Insurance
International Combustion
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Union
New York Central
American Car
National Cash Register
Mexican Seaboard
Texas Continental Oil
Kennecott Copper
General Motors
Montgomery-Ward
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Mr. Jordan
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H. E. Bozeman
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J. W. Crudgington
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R. Thomson
Avery Turner
Red Cross
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Mothers OF Yannigans
Christian Endeavor
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Majestic Radio
Iseehubes
Panhandle Music
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Mr. Mellon
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Just Folkay
Edgar A. Lone
Edgar A. Guest
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W. H. Fuqua
H. W. Blackburn
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Ray Wheatley
George M. Ledford
A. N. Olver
John Boyce
Joe Sneed
FE. L. Roberts
Fred Bone
J. N. Freeman
George Parr
J. R. Wrather
J. T. Moore
A. Stewart
Transit Grain and Commission Co
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