Weather meddling and a wild Thanksgiving forecast in Amarillo
The writer reflects on a warm November and a mispredicted snow on Thanksgiving Day. He recounts meetings with colleagues who urged trusting the weather department, admits yielding to pressure, and celebrates a hopeful, though mixed, Thanksgiving for Amarillo with sports ahead as the Sandies face the Westerners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Department
Hawk
Kidd
Ewing
Bartlett
Ansley
Johnson
Kaether
Izgard
Post
Cline
Camp
Stanberry
Keirsey
Odom
Higley
Horner
Holman
Wilkinson
Ray
Bills
Montgomery
Underwood
Leachman
Shorty
Weather Department
Tech student targets Tack with criticism in print
A Texas Tech undergraduate calls Tack a heel and attacks his weather analysis, accusing Amarillo College and Coach Baggett's Badgers of errors. The letter claims misstatements and replacement figures show poor understanding of the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Tech
Amarillo College
Baggett
Bank Robbery Attempt in Richardson Ends in Failing Breakin
Five young robbers armed with acetylene torches fail to breach Citizens State Bank vault in Richardson Texas. They kidnap night watchman George Huffines age 60, tie him, and drive away after two hours. They loot safe deposit boxes and take a sack of pennies and stamps. loss undetermined.
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Dallas
Texas
Citizens State Bank
Richardson
George Huffines
Huffines
Vickery
Cantonese navy chief declares martial law amid leadership split
Admiral Chen Chak, commander in chief of the Cantonese navy, proclaimed martial law in Canton after a rift in the South China government over an alliance with Nanking raises civil war rumors. China ready to accept League American resolution in principle after US approval. Sze reports to council president were per Nanking instructions.
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China
Sze
Nanking
United States
Canton
Chen Chak
South China
Firing Breaks Out Near Tientsin At 8 30 P M
Gunfire and heavy artillery erupted near Tientsin at 8 30 p m tonight as fighting flared along the outskirts. Reports indicate machine gun fire opened the clash amid the city’s defense zones with no immediate word on casualties.
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Tientsin Tientsin
U.P
Chinese Chief of Staff Plans to Defend Chinchow
General Yang Chen, chief of staff for China in Manchuria, said he will defend Chinchow to the limit as Japanese forces near the last independent Chinese stronghold in South Manchuria. The town hosts Liutenant Colonel Nelson Margetts and observing attaches from Britain and France. Spring Hill College claims a football player with record hands, Walter Gibbons, who can grip a basketball with each hand and hold seven baseballs in each.
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Chinchow
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Manchuria
Yang Chen
Liutenant
Nelson Margetts
Peiping
Mobile
Als
Spring Hill College
Southland
Walter Gibbons
Amarillo College Football Challenge Questioned by Tech Scribe
George N. May of Amarillo College questions why Tech critics deny the Badgers’ prowess while praising Amarillo College. He notes Amarillo College’s junior college status under Texas rules and argues the potential charity game with Texas Tech could reveal true strength or expose oversimplified views.
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Badgers
Amarillo College
Texas Junior College Association
J. C. Association
Texas Tech
Tech
Amarillo
Lubbock
Texas
Matadors
Cameron Aggies
Lawton
Okla
Cameronites
Tack
Masters
Baggett
Picadores
Techmen
Mother seeks transport to Dallas with her young son
A brief plea appears in the TACK LETTERS section asking for assistance with travel costs to Dallas Texas for a mother and her small child. The note requests possible rides or funding and cites need for safe, affordable transportation.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Thanksgiving Weather Dampens Holiday Cheer
Snowfall and rain swept much of Texas with gusty conditions in places from Abilene to Amarillo. Reports show 1 to 5 inches of snow in the Panhandle and northwest regions, drizzle and rising temperatures forecast for the next day, while airports faced delays and planes waited for clearer skies.
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Texas
Santa Fe
Sweetwater
Rock Island
Sayre
Okla
Tucumcari
N. M
Liberal
Kaw
Dalhart
Gruver
Grover
South Plains
Fort Worth
Abilene
Dallas
U.P
Texas Panhandle
Lubbock
Post
Crosbyton
Ralls
Brownfield
Tahoka
Floydada
Lamesa
Levelland
Amarillo
Mercury
Weather Office
Thanksgiving Snow Bows Midwest With First Fall
Thick early season snowfall blankets Missouri Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma to an inch or more. Temperatures stay mild but roads icy and visibility poor hinder travel for motorists and airmen.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hunt Claims Jones In Crowd In Evarts Killing Trial
Testimony described a 15 minute clash with about 1000 shots at Evarts. Deputy O M Cox showed a shoulder scar from the fighting and linked associates Asa Cussick and Al Benson to similar charges. Deputy Jim Daniels was killed. Jones stands trial for his murder.
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Verda
Jim Daniels
Daniels
Jones
Murray praised for stance as Ardmore deputies acquitted
An Excelsior editorial lauds Governor Murray and notes Oklahoma residents wish Mexico well after the Ardmore jury acquitted deputies, saying no prejudice and that evidence showed innocence. The piece says public opinion in Mexico did not blame the U.S. government or Oklahoma people. Cornell basketball faces Illinois on New Year’s Day in their first eastern league matchup.
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Oklahoma
Mexico
Ardmore
Excelsior Today
Murray
United States
Cornell University
Illinois
Urbana
Tilini
Convention Program General Sessions and Special Events
This notice lists sessions and programs for a convention at Municipal Auditorium across Thursday and Friday. It names speakers including Florence Hale Willis A. Sutton J. C. Cochran and Sara M. Sturtevant, a Friday all state band, folk dances, and a special program with various school and music acts from Amarillo and surrounding districts.
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Alta Potts Turk
Florence Hale
National Education Association
Augusta
Maine
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta
Georgia
West Texas State Teachers College
Wallace R. Clark
Ira Key
Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
J. C. Cochran
San Antonio
J. O. Guleke
State Board of Education
W. E. Thomason
Nacogdoches
Sara M. Sturtevant
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York City
Municipal Auditorium
Annie L. McDonald
Amarillo College of Music
Natoma
Tyler Street
Wolflin School
Avignon
Margaret Wills
Central Junior High School
Wilson Schayl
Buchanan Street
Ursula Angell
Physical Education
Amarillo Senior High School
C. W. O’keefe
Canyon
Oscar Wise
Roy Snodgrass
First Christian Church
H. W. Morelock
Sul Ross State Teachers College
Alpine
J. E. King
Board of Education
Bach-Kreisler
Herschel Coffee
West
Texas State Teachers College
William John Cooper
A. S. Commissioner of Education
Washington, D. C
S. M. N. Marrs
Funeral Rites for Alf Taylor Set for Friday
Johnson City Tennessee mourns former Governor Alfred A. Taylor 83 as funeral plans are made for Friday. Services will be held at 2 P.M. with Dr W B Neighbors of Chattanooga officiating. Burial follows at Monta Vista Cemetery near Johnson City.
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Alf Taylor
Johnson City
Tenn
Tennessee
Alfred A. Taylor
Sage
Happy Valley
Bob
Tennessee Mountains
Chattanooga, Tenn
Jim
Col
Nathaniel. Taylor
Monta Vista
Cemeed
Johnsonity
Fateful showdown in district basketball title race
Lubbock fans await a key district game with Westerners needing a win to crown a new champion. A Sandies victory would extend the race involving Lubbock Amarillo and Pampa with possible games Monday and a Wednesday final. Coverage is wide with Star-Telegram Fort Worth reporter Boyce House in attendance and AP and UP bureaus planned.
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District 1
Lubbock
Amarillo
Pampa
Star-Telegram of
Fort Worth
Boyce House
Associated Press
United Press
Hopewell Fire Ravages Small Mining Town
In Hopewell Bedford County Pennsylvania a major fire destroyed two blocks and many structures including two hotels a theater the Hopewell National Bank and several stores and residences. Firefighters from communities within fifty miles battled the blaze that began around 4 AM and continued past 11 AM.
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Huntington
U.P
Hopewell
Bedford County
Hopewell National Bank
Rites Not Arranged for Rufus P Payne
Funeral arrangements for Rufus P. Payne 75 who died last night at his daughter's home on Monroe Street have not been announced. Surviving are two sons R C Payne Jr of Detroit and Hershal M Payne of Oklahoma City and three daughters Mrs Rosenaur Amarillo Mrs Claude Parks Chattanooga Tenn and Mrs Bessie Fetch Oklahoma City. The body is in state at Boxwell Brothers Chapel.
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Rufus P. Payne
Theo Rosenaur
Monroe Street
Payne
R. C. Payne, Jr
Detroit
Hershal M. Payne
Oklahoma City
Rosenaur
Amarillo
Claude Parks
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bessie Fetch
Boxwell Brothers
Defense testimony opens in woman's murder trial
In Cleburne Texas defense witnesses testified that Mack Horn abused Mrs May Derby during marriage. Derby, on trial for shooting Horn last September, had separated from Horn and later wed Roy Derby. Horn was under bond for assault to murder at the time of the slaying.
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Cleburne
Tex
May Derby
Mack Horn
Woman court crier in New England and deputy sheriff
Mrs Bessie Lampher of Piscataquis County Court Dover Foxcroft Maine is believed to be the only woman court crier in New England She also serves as a deputy sheriff Her husband Stacey is the county court clerk In other notes California Tech Engineers had won only three football games in 14 years through November 1
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Dover-Foxcroft
U.P
Bessie Lampher
New England
Piscataquis County Court
Stacey
Lampher
California Tech Engineers
Thanksgiving Prayer From Edgar A. Guest Poem
A 1931 verse urges readers to pause amid cold days and give thanks for all blessings. It recalls Pilgrim hardship and asks Christians today to acknowledge God’s care and mercy in prayer and gratitude.
Daley To Be Repeated Friday At McKinley School
Amarillo Little Theater will present the farce Daley for the third time Friday evening at the McKinley School auditorium. Tickets go on sale at City Drug Store starting 9 am tomorrow. The show, by Marc Connelly and George Kaufman, was a New York hit and is praised as a top non professional Amarillo production.
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McKinley School Audiditorium
Amarillo
New York
Frazee Theater
Duley
Bees Fly Air Mail With Queenly Style Across States
Twenty five bees shipped by air mail from Modena California to Bakersfield at 10 dollars and forty cents. Eight bees traveled from Jessop Georgia to Hope Idaho by air mail.
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Chicago
Modena
Calif
Bakersfield
Jessop
Hope
Idaho
Einstein Visits and Vitamin D News Stir The Times
The article notes Einstein's planned winter visit via boat through the Panama Canal and highlights vitamin D discoveries by Professor Adolf Windaus. It contrasts economic gains from gasoline taxes with public schools, and edges into eugenic undertones about population control and Nordic supremacy, ending with a call to view ancient trees and historic marvels.
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Einstein
Panama Canal
Mayor Walker
New York
Mooney
Adolf Windaus
Berlin
Convicts Escape From Southern Illinois Penitentiary Ward
Four convicts overpowered a guard and nurse, bound and gagged them, and fled the tubercular ward of the Southern Illinois penitentiary hospital last night under gunfire. They remained at large today. The escapees are Grover Luther, Stanley Marowsky, Emory Hines, and Robert Boyle, all previously condemned.
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Chester
Ill
Southern Illinois Penitentiary Hospital
Liberty
Grover Luther
Stanley Marowsky
Emory Hines
Robert Boyle
License Granted as Girl Waits Missing Lover Return
Marcella Gleeson a 16 year old Los Angeles girl came alone to the San Diego marriage license bureau to obtain a license for her marriage to Clarence Benson 31 chief boatswain's mate aboard the U S S Montgomery. Naval authorities had reported Benson missing after a possible drowning as the ship entered the harbor. She hopes to wed on Thanksgiving if he returns.
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San Diego
Cal
Marcella Gleeson
Los Angeles
Clarence Benson
U. S. S. Montgomery
Benson
Montgomery
Lindbergh Arrives At Kingston Harbor
Charles A. Lindbergh landed the seaplane Americ an Clipper in Kingston Harbor Jamaica at 10 30 A M on the vessel's maiden Miami to Cristobal voyage. He departed Barranquilla at 5 39 A M after an overnight stay to repair a punctured pontoon and refueled before continuing to Cienfuegos Cuba at 11 14 A M.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Pan-American Airways Radio Tor
Miami
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bournemouth
Cristobal
Barranquilla
Colombia
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Amarillo hosts three day teachers convention activities
The Amarillo gathering features J O Guileke speaking on Does Education Pay and a presidential slate with Dr J A Hill Dr A W Evans and W D Weeks. Executive committee includes 20 members with six new seats to be filled. Activities include luncheons breakfasts banquets Palo Duro Park tours and commercial exhibits. University of Nevada and California football note ends.
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J. O. Guileke
Amarillo
State Board of Education
Guleka
J. A. Hill
West Texas State Teachers College
A. W. Evans
Texas Technological College
W. D. Weeks
van Horn Schools
Association
A. W. Birdwell
Nacogdoches
Ida A. Shreves
Denison
Jake J. Hendricks
Kerens
H. L. Mills
Houston
Eula Hunter
Fort Worth
B. H. Miller
Eagle Pass
J. H. Newton
Paris
Roy C. Ownes
Tyler
Edna Rowe
Dallas
Bonner Frizzell
Palestine
H. B. Montgomery
Cuero
H. H. Goodman
San Marcos
Beulah Oden
Waco
Edith Clark
Denton
Evalyn Sterling
San Antonio
W. C. Blankenship
Big Spring
N. S. Holland
Breckenridge
W. Z. Rogers
Lamesa
Chamber of Commerce
Palo Duro Park
Canyon
Amarillon Ninbers
Commerce
J.C. Cochran
R. T. Ellis
H. D. Fillers
Wichita Falls
H. H. Avants
Texas Outlook
Official
Texas Magazine
Sarah Sturtevant
Teachers College
Columbia University
National Organization of Educational
Capitol Hotel
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Japan
Texas State Teachers Association
Twelfth Avenue
Polk Street
Albuquerque, N. M
Kingman
Ariz
Wichita
Kan
Galveston
Hunt
Edgar A. Guest
Daley
R. R. Swindell
JW. Hill
California
Jezabel
Thoburn Wrant
Indianapolis
de- Pauw
de- Pauw University
Katherine Alvord
University Board of
Dean Alvord
Rector
DePauw
Kuppenheimer
Southwest
S & Q Clothiers
Fort Worth, Texas
Abilene, Texas
San Angelo, Texas
Chickasha, Okla
Ada
Muskogee
Okmulgee
Enid
Hus Hiepas
Polk
Lindbergh
Kingston Harbor
University of Nevada
University of California
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