Red Cross Amarillo Chapter Aids Many With Daily Service
Daily operations at the Amarillo Red Cross office show 243 client conferences from Feb 1 to Nov 15 1934. Activities include 194 clothing items renovated 236 garments made 408 ready made garments and blankets, 36 job seekers with 12 placed, 34 home service cases, and 7 volunteers contributing 58 hours of charitable work. The office, led by a trained executive secretary, handles pensions loans and veteran aid with canteen and hospital outreach.
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Amarillo
American Red Cross
National Red Cross
National Headquarters
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
McIlroy’s
Poised To Jump To Death Woman Saved By Officer
Mrs. Robert V. Strickland stood on a 13 story ledge in Los Angeles. Officer R H Howsley reached the roof and challenged her to jump with a coin toss. He grabbed her as she tossed the coin and pulled her away from the ledge, sending her to an emergency hospital for observation.
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Los Angeles
Robert V. Strickland
R. H. Howsley
Howsley
Adult School Teaches Wide Range of Courses At Senior High
Interesting and instructive courses are offered at the Adult School now open at the Senior High School with federal funds. Instructors include Jack Echols in woodcarving, Mrs. C May Cohen in writing and journalism, J B Lewis in sociology and English, H A Grounds in spelling and arithmetic, J A Herring in arithmetic and government discussions, Geneva Holbert in penmanship and art, and numerous others teaching cooking sewing advertising salesmanship and commercial subjects. Registration is after 4 pm at Room 210, High School Building.
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Jack Echols
Echols
Baylor University
C. May Cohen
University of Oklahoma
J. B. Lewis
West Texas State Teachers College
Mr. Lewis
H. A. Grounds
J. A. Herring
United States
Geneva Holbert
W. M. Moore
W. T
Elizabeth Templeton
Maurine Milton
Glenna Lou Hausman
Virginia Vaughn
Grace Meador
Zorado Comer
Potter County
Comer
Jessie Fulton
North Amarillo
Captain Fried Given a. S. Job
Captain Fried, 57, famed for rescuing crews at sea, received acclaim and medals from governments and leaders, including Mussolini and King George. He commanded the President Roosevelt during gales that saved all on the Antinoe and later rescued 32 aboard the Florida before the Florida sank, earning international honors.
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New York
George Pried
Department of Commerce
England
Calvin Coolidge
Fried
Roosevelt
Southampton
Virginia Capes
Pried
Florida
Harry Manning
Wireless
America
Lou Reichers
Woman Dies in Prison Case After Killing Sons
In Los Angeles a 35 year old widow Hazel Ruth O'Brien died at a sanitarium after killing her two sons, William 15 and Willis 14, in their Westwood home then attempting suicide. Detectives say she claimed an incurable ailment doomed them all to die together. Willis H. O'Brien, 61, was her estranged husband, a motion picture technician.
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Los Angeles
Hazel Ruth O'Brien
William
Willis
Tack Letters Continue Reflections on Tax Theory
A column discusses proposed tax systems, favoring a nationwide transaction sales tax as easiest to collect and most equitable. It contrasts ad valorem taxes with broader proposals, warns against misrepresentation by Socialists and reformers, and cites the Townsend Plan. The page also includes reader notes seeking work, from a nurse and housekeeper to a colored widow and a young cook. A brief aviation item mentions Jersey’s wind-buffeted monoplane.
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Claude Wolcott
Help Wanted Notices From A City Reader Adverts
A middle aged colored woman seeks day work with room and board and references, offering laundry ironing hours and willing to work in a nice home. Phone contact MAY 32 2324 and address 222 West Eleventh Avenue. A young man seeks room and board in exchange for chores including washing dishes and odd jobs, hoping to attend school.
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West Eleventh Avenue
Tack
Seeking Board and Room by Middle Aged Lady Reader Help
A reader seeks assistance to find a dependable middle aged lady to share an apartment with low expenses and references. Other requests include a musically inclined caretaker, a middle aged female for work in a motherless home, and a farmer in need of employment.
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Tack
Mea H
North Buchanan Bt
DO QUILTING As you have helped so many we are asking you to please help us
Two widows seek to earn an honest living and appeal for assistance. They describe their situation and request support or opportunities to sustain themselves. The message emphasizes need, dignity, and a call for help without specifics on methods or programs.
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Tack
Pampa
Blaly Cherry
Harlow
Northwest Mounted Police
Butler Field
Readers Seek Quilts and Small House for Work
Classified snippets show Tack soliciting quilts or comforts to sew, readers offering work for rent, and a young couple seeking a small furnished house for house work or painting. Additional items request return of a scarf, announce local rivalries, and ask for help locating a lost billfold valued at about 250 dollars.
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Tack
South Buchanan St
North West Third Avenue
Tam
Faith
Amarillo
Jack
WDAG
Do You Really Want To Stop That Cough?
A promotional claim offers Bronchuline Fanulsion as instant cough relief with a money back guarantee from City Drug Stores and other druggists. It touts strong relief during swallowing and notes an unpleasant taste but effective results.
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City Druge
Folger's Mountain Coffee Brings Rich Tang and Flavor
Folger's mountain grown coffee is described as richer in flavor due to high altitude plantations and volcanic soil. The ad argues it tastes better than lowland coffees, with distinctions from real mountain origins and claims of wide service in dining cars and top hotels. It urges readers to order Folger Coffee Co. from Kansas City and San Francisco.
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Folger's
Lowlands
Folger
Folger’s
Folger Coffee Co
Kansas City
San Francisco
Why Chewed Laxative Delays and Delights Deli Diets
A quirky warning about chewing laxatives like Feenamint, claiming saliva aids digestion and avoids shocking balance. It touts beans as safe for children and minty laxatives as non habit forming, urging timely use and druggist availability with low price points.
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RED Cross
Elaine Davis
Earl Wyatt
Captain Fried
Mussolini
George
Captain George Fried
East Third Street
Hereford
Texas
M. FE. C
North Taylor Street
Harrison Street
Jersey
Birmingham Street
South Pierce Street
Schulte United
McDavid's
Alice
North Polk Street
Jack and
Jane
AG Mike
Dallas
Lester Summers
Bron-Chu
Flying Fletchers
Betty
Judy Wd Jane
Srt
Aaa
Coffee Over
NEC
Metwork
Or.c.c
Folger’s Coffee
Goodrich Lofsty
Silvertown
Goodrich
Emenee On
Goodrich Auto
Evy Goodrich
NORGE
Rollator Electric
water-Kent
Cal Farley
Pampa Borger
Clovis
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