Rain brings hope of prosperity across Panhandle towns
The speaker proclaims a long awaited rainstorm in Amarillo and Panhandle towns, calling drought ended and urging immediate buying of homes farms and ranches. He credits forecasts, forecasts persistent praise, and predicts a new boom as prices rise, urging readers to act now in Amarillo Pampa Hereford Canyon Plainview Panhandle Claude and nearby areas.
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Amarillo
Pampa
Hereford
Canyon
Plainview
Panhandle
Claude
United States
Dance to aid Junior College band uniforms at Shrine Temple
The Junior College band needs new uniforms and a fundraising dance at the Shrine Temple is planned. Admission is 75 cents a couple for adults and 45 cents for students, dancing starts at 9 PM, and all are invited. Weather notes expect fair Wednesday with a dry field for the Pampa game.
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Shrine Temple
Pampa
Bicycle found and glove found ad notice
Dear Tack I found a bicycle and if anyone can identify it I will be glad to return it to the owner A READER Mail 2 4358 Glove found I have found a fur lined glove and will be glad to return it to the owner Donald Keplar 1104 North Grant Street
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Tack
Donald Keplar
North Grant Street
New Deal Sues to Force Utility Holding Registrations
New Deal lawyers filed suit in New York to compel Electric Bond & Share Company and five subsidiaries to register under the 1935 Holding Company Act. The move targets public utility holding companies challenging their corporate structure and oversight.
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New York
New Deal
Electric Bond & Share Company
Seek To Prevent New Deal Action
The North American Company asked the District of Columbia Supreme Court to stop enforcement of the holding company act. It admits it is a holding company required to register, but argues registration would let the Securities and Exchange Commission dismember and control its business, delaying its ultimate destruction.
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Washington, Navy
North American Company
District of Columbia Supreme Court
North American
Securities Commission
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Dolores Costello Returns as Mother Role in Fauntleroy
Dolores Costello will return to cinema in a mother role for Little Lord Fauntleroy. The former star, married to John Barrymore and mother of two, was cast by producer David O. Selznick to play the mother in the film.
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Hollywood
Calif
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
David O. Selanick
Lord Fauntleroy
Shot-Torn Bodies Of 2 Texans Found
In Hamilton Texas on November 26 the shot torn bodies of W T Blackwell 40 and C C Gann 60 were found in the Gann home seven miles north of Hamilton. They were in separate rooms while Mrs Gann was away. A boy who came to clean the house found the bodies.
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Hamilton
Texas
W. T Blackwell
C CC Gann
Gann
Radio Schedule Highlights A Busy Amarillo Week
KGRC on air outlining a full schedule from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with Society Reporter, The Singing Salesman, News for the Ladies, Around the World Club, musical programs, a Sports Review, orchestras, and news updates. Evening and late slots feature Patro ns Association programs, Carefree Capers, and multiple orchestra broadcasts by Lloyd Snyder, Vincent York, Bob Wiley, and others. Wednesday repeats include Sky Pilot, Farm and Home Hour, Betty Crocker, Grain and Market reports, United Press News, and concert hours with Jane Walker and Ozzie Nelson.
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WBS
Musical Tailors
Casa Loma Music
Warren M. Daniel
de Witt Landis
Patrons Association of Amarillo College
Howard Parker
Lloyd Snyder
Nat
United Press News
George Wood
Vincent York
Bob Wiley
WHS
Micra News
Sky Pilot
Missouri Hill Billies
Roses of Picardy
John Josey and Company
Jack Little
Rudy Vallee
Costello and
Emburgh
Betty Crocker
Leo Reiseman
Orches
Eddie Duchin
Imperial Singers Wbs
Jane Walker
the Home Economist
Ozzie Nelson
Betty
Bob
Ben Armstrong
Melody Pallette
James Kerwin
Federal Cash To Fix Texas Grade Hazards
The Department of Agriculture approves a 5 180 800 program for eliminating grade crossing hazards in Texas. Texas Highway Department submitted the plan funded from Works Progress. Allocations include Fort Worth and Denver City, Wilbarger County, Denton County, Muenster, Cisco, Howard County and a statewide road planning system costing 162 839.
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Texas
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas Highway Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Fort Worth
Denver City
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Denton County
Somerville
Cooke County
Muenster
Fastland County
Cisco
Howard County
Big Spring
Hangman Henry Meyer Dies of Heart Attack at 73
Henry Meyer of Orleans Parish aged 73, the hangman who presided over 39 condemned deaths including one woman, died today of a heart attack. He carried out his last execution about a year earlier for Kenneth Neu, a nightclub entertainer who murdered and robbed two men. Meyer left home unaccompanied, keeping his role private from his wife, who had died years before.
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Henry Meyer
Orleans Parish
Kenneth Neu
Potter County WPA Project To Widen Highway Near Amarillo
Potter County and other Panhandle counties received WPA contract funds totaling 3,826,760 for road work. Potter County's $22,940 grant funds widening and reconstructing Highway No. 5 from Amarillo city limits four miles east toward Washburn, per A A Meredith WPA district director.
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Potter County
Panhandle
Texas Works Progress
Washington, D. C
Amarillo
Washburn
Meredith
WPA
Arthur W. Cutten Freed to Resume Market Privileges
In Chicago on November 26, Arthur W. Cutten the wheat king was cleared by the United States Court of Appeals to resume trading privileges after a two year suspension by the grain futures administration. The court reversed an order that had blocked his access, noting past violations in the 1930s did not justify ongoing restraint. The decision, reported from Washington, comes as Cutten faces no current trading prohibitions.
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Chicago
Arthur W Cutten
Chicago Wheat King
VY & Circuit Court of Appeals
Ad- Mitiatracion
Cutten
Elect Attlee Lab Leader for England
Clement Attlee was elected parliamentary leader of the British Labor party. The general election winners gathered at Westminster for the first meeting of the new House of Commons before the state opening on December 3. Opposition circles questioned Laval's delay of an oil embargo against Italy amid fears of French motives.
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Labor Party
Great Britain
Westminster
House of Commons
New House
Italy
Laval
News Chronicle
France
League
London
Airplanes Scatter Rebel Lynching Mob Near Jalisco
Telegraphs from Las Carboneras in Jalisco report federal planes dropped bombs on a rebel mob as they prepared to lynch Manuel Topete elder brother of Governor Evarardo Topete. The mob, said to be rebels, fled after the attack. Topete fell unconscious.
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Mexico City
Las Carboneras
Jalisco
Excelsior
Manueal Topete
Fvarardo Topete
Farmers Cash To Continue Aid Payments In AAA Battle
Washington reports that despite a Supreme Court challenge to AAA, the government will keep benefit checks flowing to farmers. Eight Louisiana rice mills secured a temporary injunction delaying tax collection while the court reviews AAA legislation. Treasury funds already advance contract payments and remain available, says M G White, with obligations to existing adjustment contracts unaffected.
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Washington
Supreme Court
AAA
New Deal
Treasury
Congress
M. G. White
Agriculture Department
Refinery Workers Postpone Strike at Deer Park
More than 700 Shell Deer Park workers postponed a strike at least until tomorrow after talks with refinery managers and union representatives. J L Coulter, international union secretary, was en route to Houston to oversee negotiations as workers sought union recognition, plant and department seniority, and a 15 percent wage increase.
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Houston
Shell
Deer Park
J.L. Coulter
Washington
Former Resident Claimed by Death
Mollie Gates 69 widow of Charles V. Gates died at her Fort Worth home aged 69, a former Amarillo resident. Survived by three sons and three daughters incl Rev P H Gates Claude F W Gates Big Spring W N Gates Sherwood Tex and daughters Mrs O E Sowell Mrs H A Gillis Fort Worth Mrs O R Sowell El Paso. Body arrives 11:25 Wednesday. funeral home N S Griges & Sons to receive. funeral set for Wednesday afternoon. Definite arrangements pending.
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Mollie Gates
Charles V. Gates
Fort Worth
O. E. Sowell
H. A. Gillis
O. R. Sowell
Paso
N. S. Griges & Sons Funeral Home
Volcano Eruption Continues Unabated at Mauna Loa
Lava cones from 200 to 500 feet high mushroom along Mauna Loa slopes, created by subterranean forces. Molten rock spouts form lava geysers that cool into hills, replicating island-building processes. Eruption began last Thursday and continues with Hilo reported safe.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Hawaiian Islands
Markets in New Orleans and Kansas City Trade Slow on Nov 26
New Orleans cotton opened near steady with December at 11.86 and other months slightly higher or lower amid easy tone from weak overseas cables and European uncertainties. In Kansas City, hogs and cattle trades opened mildly active to steady with mixed prices, top hogs at 9.30, cattle led by fed steers around 10.75 to 11.55 and sheep lightly bid as buyers stayed cautious. Blood is used to make some types of unbreakable buttons.
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Kansas City
Texas
New York
Pierce Co
Amarillo
Prey
Alaskes
Juneau
Wal Aly Allia Chaimers
Amer Lace
Armour & Co
Atchison Top & SF
Ale Atlantic
Auburn
Baltimore & Chie
Barnesdall Mil
Baldwin Love “Ee
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
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Wilbarger County
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Gulf Oil
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Hudson
Pittaburgh Plate Glass
Tinited Gas Corp
Aeetee
Deere &@ Co
Otis Steel Tree
Firestone
Phillipe Petrol
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Cen Pub Service
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Northern Pacific RR
Blackburn-Shaw
AI Jackburn
Shaw
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Atow
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