Editorial Commentary on Prohibition and Public Life
Arthur Brisbane critiques Prohibition and political shifts as Democrats gain control while the Anti Saloon League holds sway in Congress. He notes European reactions and personal anecdotes about liquor, college suspensions, and the social impact of alcohol. The piece also covers Amarillo city charter amendments and a December special election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
Amarillo
City Commission
Dempsey plans conditioning trip and boxing talk
Jack Dempsey said he trains to stay in good shape for personal benefit rather than expecting a return to fighting. He discussed Stribling, DeKuh, and Schmeling, predicting a future bout between Stribling and Schmeling, and said he may travel between Dallas and Los Angeles while remaining on the coast for a few weeks. He noted enthusiasm for flying and praised English Field as a fine stopover amid pleasant weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
Globe News
English
Dempsey
Leonard D. Sacks
Dallas
Los Angeles
Western Air Express
Georgia
Stribling
Max Schmeling
Chicago
Detroit
Jack
Sacks
English Field
Baptists Open State Meeting In City Today
Dr. L R Scarborough of Fort Worth was unanimously reelected president as the Baptist General Convention of Texas opened its forty fifth annual session at Municipal Auditorium. The 805 delegates represented 4000 cooperating churches and 600000 members, the largest state Brotherhood. Officers were reelected or elected by unanimous vote, with pastors and lay leaders named for executive roles as the convention proceeded with prayers and tributes to pioneers in Baptist work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee R. Scarborough
Fort Worth
Baptist General Convention
Dr. Scarborough
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
L. R. Scarborough
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Beaumont
Pat M. Neff
Scarborough
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Conevention
D. B. South
San Antonio
J. L. Truett
Whitewright
J. Wi. Pace
J. BE. Nunn
Amarillo
W. W. Chancellor
Mineeval Wella
Harlan J. Matthews
Marehall
M. T. Andrews
Texarkana
J. A. Pace
A. D. Foreman
Houston
L. KR. Millican
EL Pano
Dietrick
Paisano
J. M. Carroll
M. P. Morrow
J. C. Pender
Abilene
Associated Press
Sweetwater
Tex
Northwest Texas
Methodist-Episcopal Church, South
H. A. Boaz
Cal C. Wright
Snyder
John W. Price
Petersburg
J. W. Hint
L. E. Todd
Superannuate Endowment Fund
Dr. Hunt
McMurray College
Boyd McKeown
Football Tickets For November 22 Now Available
Reserved seats for the Simmons Cowboys of Abilene versus the W. T. C Buffaloes Canyon game will be played at Butler Field in Amarillo on Saturday November 22 at 230 p m Box seats 150 sections A and B reserved 125 Grandstand 1 not reserved Mail checks to Wilbur C Hawk care The Globe News or call the Globe News office or City Drug Store from 9 a m November This is the only senior college football game in Amarillo this year Tri State Fair sponsors the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Cowboys
City Drug Store
Amarillo
Oil Fire Fatal to Two Workers Inglewood Field
Two oil workers died from burns in one of two fires that caused about 100000 in damages. William L. Murray, 84, of Norwalk, and Steve Fall, 40, of Modena, were welding a tank at York Smulling Number 1 when it ignited. Five others injured. A separate Venice Beach field blaze burned a steel derrick after burning for nearly 20 hours. Dr. C. C. Deen, Magnetic Masseur from Glen Rose, Blackstone Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
William L. Murray
Norwalk
Steve Fall
Modena
Murray
Fall
York
Inglewood
Venice Beach
Venice
Road parley in Vega to discuss revived Tascosa Trail
Highway boosters from Hartley Oldham Dallam and Potter counties plan a Vega meeting to discuss reviving the historic Tascosa Trail linking Channing with Potter County and Amarillo. The route requires a new bridge over the Canadian River and would shave about 12 miles between Channing and Amarillo. Local officials and landowners from Dalham Hartley Oldham Dallam and Potter counties attend with Amarillo Chamber reps Bill Lampe W W Chilton Carl Hill and Globe News via.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vega
Channing
Potter County
Amarillo
Panhandle
Canadian River
Dalhart
Dallam County
North Plains
Phursdey
Hartley
Oldham
Dallam
Bill Lampe
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Chilton
Carl Hill
The
Globe News
Eyeless seer denies contact with occult claims
Hayward Thompson, a par-optic wizard, rejects any claim to see the future. He argues such powers would be used for personal ends, not for charging others. The public speaker, famed for sermons before thousands, is described as logical, charitable, and financially successful through exhibition work. Willis H. Thompson and Walter D. Caldwell back his cautious stance and business acumen. Page 3 THOMPSON.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward Thompson
Los Angeles
Willis H. Thompson
Franklin Amarillo Company
800 East Tenth
Thompson
Walter D. Caldwell
James Slemp
Gibson Oil Corporation
State Defends New Oil Suit Against Proration
United Press reports in Austin that the Danciger Oil and Refining Company seeks to halt state oil proration by the Railway Commission. Judge Calhoun denied dissolving a temporary injunction. the case will be tried on its merits with an early date set after attorney conference. A second suit by Louisiana Oil and Refining Company protests Darst Creek field proration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Austin
Danciger Oil and Refining Company
State Railway Commission
Panhandle
Dewey Lawrence
Calhoun
Associated Press
George Calhoun
Darst Creek Field
Louisiana Oil and Refining Company
Hoover era enforcement report fuels Republican debate
Washington dispatch reports a brewing controversy as President Hoover s law enforcement commission drafts a report on prohibition seen as pivotal. Rumors say it may touch national beer policy or repeal sentiments, while party figures spar over strategy and repeal prospects. Page 2 continues.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Republican
Hoover
Congress
Bandit Quartet Slays Four At Treasure Farm Hideout
A fashionably dressed woman and three young men killed Cornelius Horrigan, his brother-in-law Patrick Gorman, and Gorman’s son Paul at a remote Wisconsin farm 17 miles from Boscobel. The attackers, posing as hunters, fled after looting the house while residents Ellen Horrigan and others were present. Local lore of buried treasure surrounds the case as neighbors recall earlier diggings on the Horrigan property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boscobel
Wis
Cornelius Horrigan
Horrigan
Patrick Gorman
Paul
Stephen
Horrigans
Ellen
Huron
Miss Horrigan
Two Youths Matted by Bullets in Oklahoma Robbery One Dead
Two youths attempted a bank robbery at Marland State Bank in Oklahoma. Jimmie Jackson, 20, Pawhuska Indian, was killed. Carter Camp, 18, Pawhuska, was wounded but captured. About $2,000 in cash recovered. Officers lying in wait from two directions. witnesses present. A separate note reports fire damage at a Gulf Refining service station.
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Oklahoma
Marland
Okla
Jackson
Camp
A. Redman
Ponca City
Elmer Cole
Ivan Webb
Clint Miers
Claude Tyler
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Henry Isham
Noble County
Frank Muskrat
J. C. Roberts
Mail Pilot Survives Fog Leap From Air Mail Flight
Dick Merrill, air mail pilot, bail out at 5000 feet after fuel runs out 22 miles north of Shelby. He lands safely near a farm house with a twisted ankle as his plane wrecks nearby. Radio beacon failure and four hours of drift precede the dramatic parachute jump.
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Associated Press
Shelby, N
Dick Merrill
Air Mail
Iflis
Merrill
Shelby
Charlotte
Disarmament talks stall over land armament limits
Geneva reports wide differences among delegates at the preparatory disarmament commission. The American plan for a mixed direct and budgetary limit drew mixed reactions from Japan France Belgium and Norway. France pressed budgetary control as the only practical path, while the United States and Japan debated feasibility and preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Navy
Opinnion
United States
Japan
France
Belgium
Norway
Muasia
Count Maswigli
Ambasadore Hugh & Gibson
Mrs Warner in Farm Aid Plea Highlighted By Texas Clubs
At the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs annual convention in Houston Texas Lawrence Westbrook urged greater use of cotton and a tariff on jute as part of aiding farmers He and Mrs Phebe K Warner of Claude pressed for more cotton use and farmer help A motion picture committee report urged "less lurid" posters and titles noting it is easier to promote good films than condemn bad ones Boxwell Bros ambulance Ph 5211
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Phebe K. Warner
Claude
Westbrook
J. K. Beretta
San Antonio
Federation
Charity Chest pledge to fund Amarillo relief drive
Charity workers describe bitter winters and hunger in Amarillo while pledging full support for the Community Chest campaign opening next Monday. The goal is 60000 dollars with a drive from November 17 until met, supported by Welfare Association Red Cross Salvation Army Junior Red Cross Boy and Girl Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garford Wilkinson
Community Chest
Social Welfare Association of
Amarillo
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Church
Welfare Association
Day Nursery
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo and vicinity forecast fair and slightly warmer tonight and Thursday. West Texas partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with warmer readings over the Panhandle. New Mexico fair tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the extreme east portion Thursday. Temperature extremes today at 1 o'clock were 59 and 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Girl Who Offered To Wed for 1009 Jailed for Fraud
New York reports Sally LeBlanc of Queens County was convicted for fraud after offering marriage for 1000 dollars to aid her aged mother. Using the alias Ruth Miller, she eloped with Suchi Suzuki who paid 750 dollars and then vanished. She blamed Jack Madison and his wife for the situation. all sentenced November 21.
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Associated Press
New York
Queens County
Sally LeBlanc
Oxford
Miss
Ruth Miller
Suchi Suzuki
Bedford
Mass
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
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Globe
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Europe
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New Jersey College For Women
New Brunswick
Collee
Socrates
Napoleon
Spinoza
Jefferson
Lincoln
Griggs Ambulance
Schmeling
Strib
Baptists
City
DR. Nunn
C. C. Deen
Glen Rose
Blackstone Hotel
Morris Higley
Prohibition
Amos W. Woodcock
West Coast
Woodcock
Mitchell
Honolulu
Fess
Simeon D. Fess
Republican National Committee
Rep
Britten
Ulinoig
National Committee
Bandit
Methodists
Gulf Refining Company
Eighth Avenue
North Fillmore Street
the Associated Press
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
Chest Fund
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