Potter County Relief Board Faces Exam Fee Dispute
The Potter County Relief Board and Texas Relief Commission clash over 25 cent vs one dollar fees for medical examinations of relief roll applicants. Physicians oppose the 25 cent rate, insisting on a dollar per examination, arguing fairness and merchant pricing. A committee report and board chair Julius Dorenfield Jr. await final decision as examinations must classify applicants into four work suitability categories.
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Potter County Relief Board
Civil Works Program
Texas Relief Commission
Potter County Medical Association
County Relief Board
Potter County
A. F. Lumpkin
G. T. Vineyard
Richard Keys
Julius Dorenfield Jr
County Medical Association
Lumpkin
Government program to aid unemployed women in 1933
Federal emergency relief extends help to hundreds of thousands of unemployed women and girls. Resident schools will provide food shelter clothing and training in trades with house mothers overseeing living quarters and activities. Jobs will be created nationwide in public works and civil services, with sewing rooms nur sing and clerical training expanding in many states.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Emergency Relief Organization Today
Real Dent
Civil Works Administration
Public Works Organization
Hopkins
Elien 8 Woodward
Federal Relief Administration
Woodward
Los Angeles
Becaus
Suspects questioned in murder of wealthy Texas veterinarian
Dr A M Clifford a 56 year old veterinarian and widower was slain. His body was found on a farm near Temple Texas after he disappeared days earlier. Authorities questioned one or more persons in secret as a man telephoned him to tend cattle. A $100 reward spurred search and foul play was suspected within 48 hours. The body showed signs of a prior struggle and dragging.
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Texas Rangers
Clifford
Here
Texas
UT President Benedict Turns 64 Recalling Expulsion Incident
President Florry Yandell Benedict of the University of Texas marked his 64th birthday in Austin recalling student days at Cleveland College Weatherford where he was expelled for refusing to tell on fellow pranksters.
Amarillo Area Fair and Cooler Tonight and Wednesday
Forecast issued for Amarillo and vicinity. Fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico area also fair tonight and Wednesday, with colder readings in the northeast and extreme north central tonight and warmer conditions in the northeast on Wednesday. Temperature extremes today up to 46.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
One U S Trip Cheerful In Miami Easy
Arthur Brisbane describes a cross country journey from New York to Miami via Washington and the gulf coast, meeting ordinary Americans along the way. He notes a Red Indian family he encounters at a small station, illustrating everyday life beyond Wall Street.
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U. S
Miami
Henry Ford
Fla
America
New York
Washington, D. C
Washington
Seaboard
Louisville and Nashville
Southern Pacific
Jacksonville
Gulf Coast
Texas
New Orleans
California
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Profit Taking Being Probed
Senate stock market investigators disclosed that a signed syndicate agreement on October 24, 1928, set 1,130,000 Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpora tion shares at 30 dollars a share. The bull market move soon pushed the stock well beyond its syndicate price, yielding a 6,356,250 dollar profit to Harry F. Sinclair and associates.
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Washington
U.P
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Senate
Sinclair
New York
Oil Corporation
Ruloff Ff. Cutten
F F. F. Hutton and Company
Better Egg Quality Linked To Longevity Says Scientist
Dr George L Streeter of the Carnegie Institution says the egg cell a person develops from largely shapes long term health. He notes wide variation among human eggs with about a quarter not fit to be born and only the exceptionally good egg sustaining strength to 80 without special hygiene or environment.
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F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Washington
George L. Streeter
Carnegie Institution
Streeter
Printed Salesman Ad Promises Daily Business Inquiries
A brief sales pitch touts employing a printed salesman to sell services. A ten word want ad under BUSINESS SERVICES promises daily exposure rain or shine and claims such salesmen cost as little as a day.
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Rain Or Shine
Business Services
Amarillo Symphony Opens Season With Public Debut
Amarillo's 50 piece symphony orchestra debuts at the Municipal Auditorium at 8:15 pm with a double program featuring guest artists the Balladettes and Balladors and the Amarillo College choruses. Tickets 15 cents general. box office opens 7 pm tonight. city sponsorship cited.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditoriuum
Amarillo College
Ellis B. Hall
Symphony
Alta Potts Turk
A. E. Meyer
The
Panhandle
Pastor Shoots Peace Officer in Ringling Oklahoma
In Ringling Oklahoma on November 14 Reverend C O Bigbie pastor of the First Baptist Church shot and seriously wounded Justice of the Peace C J Tidwell during an office confrontation. Tidwell a former Ringling mayor was wounded in the chest and treated at a local Ardmore hospital. Bigbie surrendered at Waurika sheriff's office and was jailed as officials reviewed charges with Tidwell's condition uncertain.
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C. J. Tidwell
Ringling
Jefferson County
Bigbie
Waurika
L. B. Gova
Earl Pruett
Tidwell
Goza
Death claims Frank Yount founder of Yount Lee Oil
Beaumont Texas November 14 Miles Frank Yount 53 prominent oil man and longtime regent of the University of Texas died last night He discovered new deep sand in Spindletop field built Yount Lee Oil Company from humble starts as a rice and cotton worker to a leading industry figure Born near Monticello Arkansas he moved to Beaumont at 17 and drilled water wells then oil wells In 1909 his land purchases in Spindletop propelled his fortune as the company grew from a 5000 capitalization to a regional powerhouse with vast oil holdings
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Beaumont
Texas
Miles Frank Yount
Yount-Lee Oil Company
University of Texas
Yount
Monticello
Ark
Sour Lake
October Cotton Consumption Reported by Census Bureau
The Census Bureau reports October cotton consumption at 503,873 bales of lint and 66,838 bales of linters, up from September figures of 499,486 lint and 76,451 linters, and from October last year’s 501,893 lint and 63,329 linters.
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Washington
Census Bureau
British to Build Three New Cruisers in Naval Plan
In the House of Commons Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell the first Lord of the Admiralty announced a revised naval program that will include constructing three new cruisers. The brief statement was delivered amid broader wartime defense discussions.
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London
Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Admiralty
House of Commons
Forty four Texas clubs join State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Fortytour four new clubs in Texas affiliated with the State Federation of Women’s Clubs at the 36th annual convention in Austin. Federation District 5 covering South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley led in club additions with twelve new groups. The assembly heard reports from officers and chairmen as junior clubs proliferate among young women, and a bid to complete a permanent headquarters in Texas culture was urged with action over mere resolve.
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Texas
State Federation of Women's Clubs
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Volney Tayior
Browns- Ville
Dorothy Turman
Chest workers urged to attend budget meeting tonight
All workers on the Community Chest drive for its $55,000 budget are requested to be present at 7 30 tonight in the Amarillo Hotel. About $26,000 has been reported to Chest headquarters. Directors hope the $55,000 goal will be reached in the next two weeks. The budget covers the minimum needs of eight participating agencies.
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Amarillo
Mussolini Moves to Dissolve Chamber in Corporate State Plan
Italian premier Benito Mussolini announced the dissolution of the chamber of deputies signaling the first step in a new program to establish a corporative state. National industrial guilds would hold great power within the system.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Lindy Seeks New Southern Atlantic Air Route
CALDELAS DE TUY Spain Nov 14 Lindbergh plans a staged Atlantic exploration via the southern route, not a nonstop flight. He and Mrs Lindbergh were ashore after a forced landing near Santana Spain and expect to press toward Lisbon, following Geneva departure. Aviation officials see the Winslow map as the basis for evaluating both northern and southern transatlantic routes this year.
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Charlies A. Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic
Colonel Lindbergh
Indbergh
Santana
Spain
Lisbon
Pradera
Lindbergh
Fiom
Geneva
Allen Winslow
Pan-American Airways
Bermuda
Azores
Italo Balbo
Italy
Chicago
Lindberg
Balbo
Greenland
Iceland
North Atlantic Ocean
County lines redrawn in Potter County Precincts 1 and 3
Potter County Commissioners updated Precinct 3 to include former Precinct 1 territory west of the Canadian River and north of the Fort Worth and Denver railroad, while Precinct 1 remains centered on Amarillo. The court seeks state relief to take over the county farm and cover agent salaries, citing a $5,000 annual farm maintenance cost and current county agricultural work payroll of $195.33 monthly, declaring an emergency.
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Potter County Commissioners’ Court
Fort Worth & Denver
Amarillo
Texas Relief Commission
State Relief Commission
Potter County
Oil Prices At 1900 W 3, Versatile Offer
In a brief classified style note oil is listed at ten gallons for a good price range of 30 to 35 cents per gallon. The entry appears under a street address 1900 West Three, suggesting a local supplier or sale location.
Contempt cited in New Orleans senate inquiry clash
Amid hoots and catcalls Edward Righter counsel for ex Senator Broussard and Francis Williams faced contempt citations as the special Senate committee probing the Ren Overton election heard testimony. Sen M M Logan demanded marshals and threatened contempt for disturbers after Righter read a statement that they were withdrawing from the inquiry. Huey P Long and his organization had backed Overton and had just left the witness stand as the tension rose.
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New Orleans
Edward Righter
Edwin Broussard
Francis Williams
New Oreans
Senate
Ren
John H. Overton
Sen
M. M. Logan
Kentucky
Logan
United States
Righter
Senator Broussard
Huey P. Long
Senator Long
Senator Overton
Mr. Rightor
Texas oil production quota set at 868000 barrels daily
Austin November 14 The Texas Railroad Commission sets state oil allowable at 868412 barrels daily with the federal share 75 000 barrels daily The Fast Texas field is limited to 394000 barrels daily while Panhandle North Texas West Central and Fast Central quotas are listed at 42000 56500 25000 and 43911 respectively The new order takes effect tomorrow morning and reflects lower production than current levels amid new completions and similar field allocations across the state
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Texan
Panhandle
North Texas
West Central Texas
Central Texas
Divorce Granted to Mary McCormic by Prince Serge
Mary McCormic, famed opera singer, obtained a divorce from Prince Serge of Georgia after two years of marriage. She testified he isolated her, forbade friends, threatened to maim, and insulted her, while noting the prince’s insistence she remain a princess and avoid common people. Superior Judge H Parker Wood presided.
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Los Angeles
Mary McCormic
Tourt Togey
Mdivanis
Serge
Georgia
H. Parker Wood
Gilstrap Heads Drive to Enroll 2250 Amarilloans
Bill Gilstrap will head a campaign to enroll 2250 Amarilloans in the Red Cross before Thanksgiving. Herbert Budke and Mason King will be vice chairmen. The drive is organized by Southwestern Public Service Company and Amarillo Gas Company through The Globe News to reach the Potter County quota since World War II. A November 23 kickoff through Thanksgiving Day aims to mobilize women’s groups and numerous clubs with a friendly contest to enroll the most members.
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Bill Gilstrap
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U.S
Illo, Tex
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Nab
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King Feature Syndicate
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Harry Sinclair
Globe-News
GAO
Raymond
Ambra Thomas
Roberts
P. Mascagni
A. Luigini
de Leone
Balladora Amarillo Colleges
Carolyn Vester
Tranada
Bueno
Roshach-Aslanoff
Faust
H. Berloiy
Merry Wives of Windsor
Orta Nivolai
Houston
Paola Lawn Autoni
Dallas
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Ardmorf, Okla
Frank Yount
Spindletop
Berry
Mussolini
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Chip and Mail
Wilburn
Hawk
Lindy
Caldelas DE Tuy
Turmoil
Reigns
Louisiana
Overton
Vary
Cruel Prince
Gilstrap Heads
A. Petersen
Roll Call
Wilbur C. Hawk
W. W. Davis
W.A. Palmer
St. Louis
National Red Cross
Jack Farwell
Fred de Coster
Community Chest
Floyd Joan
American Legion Hanson Post
Budke
Gilstrap
C. J. E. Lowndes
Terry Thompson
A. B. Martin
A. A. Lumpkin
D. H. Culen
Howard Trigg
J. L. Scott
J. F. Manning
R. B. Mesterson
W. E. Herring
T. F. Turner
Woman's Club
Allen Early
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