University league votes on eight semester rule and transfer rule
University Interscholastic League members cast secret ballots on adopting the eight semester rule and the one-year transfer rule. If approved, the measure will go to participating schools by referendum with official counting in Austin. The 13th annual Amarillo breakfast saw about 200 delegates, led by T. H. Shelby.
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University Interscholastic League
Austin
Amarillo Hotel
Scott Speaks
Roy B. Henderson
Henderson
Harry Scott
Rice Institute
Houston
Scott
Try To Be Thankful From The Brisbane Column
Arthur Brisbane reflects on gratitude and resilience amid 1931 uncertainties. He cites market folly, asks readers to value work and future opportunities, and contrasts American optimism with global tensions. A story about Leon Carman’s Pacific sighting and a fatal Oklahoma car stop adds context to a world of muddles and losses.
Six Men Held On Robbery and Kidnapping Charges
Six men, including a former Dallas County sheriff, faced robbery with firearms and kidnapping counts in Fort Worth for the abduction of Elbert Farr, an engineer at the Mansfield power plant. Farr was taken at gunpoint, blindfolded, and driven away to bank raid coordinates, later released after identifying one suspect. Authorities prepared warrants and planned grand jury presentation.
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Fort Worth
Justice Faulkner
Dallas County
Elbert Farr
Mansfield
Schuyler Marshall Jr
Herbert Scales
Roy Thornton
Bud Mace
Mack
Bob
Farr
State Bank At
State Bank of
J. R. Wright
Power and Light
Dallas
Wright
Scales
Frank Rimmer
Will Parker
Most Unusual Weather Observed By Amarillo Teachers
Amarillo hosts 5000 Texas teachers as heavy Panhandle fog with California weather alibi is cited. H T Collman states one of the worst fogs in Panhandle history, dipping north and south. minimum 25 degrees at 6 am, five degrees warmer by noon. Roads out of Amarillo are passable though slick.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Panhandie Auto Club
Teachers Converge Across Texas for State Convention
Hundreds of Texas educators navigate fog to attend the 53rd annual Texas State Teachers Association convention with 40 sectional meetings in Amarillo. A special afternoon program of music and dance, plus a general session, fills the Municipal Auditorium as proposed constitutional amendments await voting and discussion. Mrs. J E King cannot address tonight. Professor Sarah M Sturtevant of Columbia University is noted as a forthcoming speaker.
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Texas
Amarillo College
Texas State Teachers Association
J. E. King
San Antonio
Sarah M. Sturtevant
Columbia University
New
Pampa Harvesters Ready For Western Game In Lubbock
Rumors of a district playoff forfeit were denied by Pampa editor Olin Hinkle. Coach Odus Mitchell’s squad, possibly missing Durwood Martindale with a bad ankle and Sammy Turner with a broken shoulder, prepares for Monday’s 2:30 pm clash in Lubbock. A special train from Pampa to Amarillo departs 8:00 am, stopping for riders at 9:15 am. Witt Landis will broadcast the game.
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Amarillo
Pampa Harvesters
Lubbock
Pampa
Olin Hinkle
Pampa News
Odus Mitchell
Durwood Martindale
Sammy ‘Turner
Witt
Landis
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. West Texas will see cooler extremes in the southeast, while New Mexico expects snow tonight and Saturday with 24 hour temperature ranges around 30 and 25 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Milnor Quizzed in Senate for Farm Board Losses
Washington November 27 A Senate inquiry heard new estimates of farm board losses from wheat stabilization. George S Milner, general manager of the stabilization corporation, placed total paper losses at 110 million dollars, lifting previous totals to about 185 million for wheat and cotton combined. Milner noted increased speculation since stabilization ended and acknowledged rumors of efforts to undermine the board.
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Washington
Farm Board
Senate
George S. Milner
Stabilization Corporation
Stone
Milner
Night mail pilot dies in fog crash at Pasco
In Pasco Washington a night mail plane from Portland crashed in fog late last night. Pilot E C Bigelow was killed. The plane did not burn. Officials said Bigelow apparently became confused while trying to locate the landing field.
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Pasco
Wash
Portland
E. C. Bigelow
Bigelow
Indians Stranded by Blizzard In New Mexico Face Death Toll
About 500 Zuni and Navajo Indians, blanketed and starving, are stranded on mesas after a blizzard in western New Mexico. The U.S. Weather Bureau warns of more snow and低 temperatures. Nine deaths feared. rescue efforts mount as white and Indian helpers push through deep drifts to recover pine nuts and deliver food and clothing to the marooned.
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Gallup
N. M
U.P
New Mexico
United States Weather Bureau
The
Indian Service
Continental Divide
Erreeee
Crown Point Reservation
F. Stacher
Indian Agency
Mooney's Bid for Freedom Rekindled by Mayor Walker Visit
Years ago and now Tom Mooney faces renewed hope as Mayor James J. Walker travels to California to seek a pardon. The labor leader, convicted for bombing a San Francisco parade, endures a 15 year fight for release, shown in a then and now comparison.
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Tom Mooney
James J. Walker
New York
California
San Francisco
Mooney
Globe Office To Get Real Cleaning When Lubbock Men Pay Bet
A neighborhood event lines up an eight o'clock start under Superintendent McIntosh with Amarillo officials and local leaders. A jam packed day features the Amarillo High School Band at nine, pep squad demonstrations at nine thirty, and ongoing supervision by Sandies. Kiwanis at ten honors C. EF. Maedgen, Lions at eleven inspect the building, Rotary at one? in charge honoring Charley Guy, ABC Club at one thirty eight inspects for quality. Sandie Mothers' Club finalizes cleaning at two, American Legion loans janitors for Butler Field cleanup at 2:30 ahead of the Badger Tarleton game.
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W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo High School
Sandies
Kiwanis Club
C. EF. Maedgen
Lubbock Club
ABC Club
Sandie Mothers' Club
American Legion
News-Globe
Butler Field
Badger-Tarleton
Charley Guy
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Erasmus Tack
Lubbock
Old Tack
News-Globe Force
Chamber of Commerce
Guy
Kiwanians
Rotary Club
American Business Club
News- Globe
Carrie Nation
Mr. Guy
Lubbock Men Clean News-Globe Office in Bet Wager
Charley Guy publisher of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal will clean The News-Globe office tomorrow with M H Duncan and C E Maed gen as part of a bet with Col Erasmus Tack over the Lubbock Amarillo game. The event runs 8 AM to 2 30 PM with community groups and local clubs assisting and attending.
Pantages Gets Clear Record
In Los Angeles a jury acquitted Alexander Pantages in a retrial over an alleged 1929 attack on Eunice Pringle. Jurors were out 65 hours before the verdict read this morning as Pantages and his family looked on. He argued the arrest was part of a blackmail plot ending a court fight two years in duration.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Theater
Eunice Pringle
Barker
Pantages
Mrs. McCartney To Be Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Joreta McCartney 69 wife of R A McCartney will be in First Baptist Church at 2 PM Saturday conducted by Dr G L Yates. Burial at Llano Cemetery with N B Griggs & Sons directing. Survived by husband one son Tom C McCartney Amarillo and fourteen grandchildren. lived in Amarillo 31 years. member of First Baptist Church and Woodman Circle. ATLANTA Texas Nov 27 Rain blamed for death of Ed Gay 24 killed when TP train struck his car at a crossing.
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Joreta McCartney
R. A. McCartney
East Tenth Avenue
First Baptist Church
G. L. Yates
W. B. Benton
W. A. Watkins
Horace Jackson
Houston Taylor
Charles Dammier
Dan Pavillard
Llano Cemetery
Woodman Circle
Atlanta
Texas
U.P
Ed Gay
Texas- Pacific
Crossing
JAP ADVANCE NEARS MUKDEN
Japanese forces captured Paichipao fifty miles northwest of Mukden in the latest official report. A war office spokesman announced that military activities along the Peiping Mukden railway have been halted, signaling a pause in rail operations amid the campaign.
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Tokyo
U.P
Paichipao
Mukden
Peiping- Mukden
War Office
Japan Assured No Attack on Chinchow by Tokyo
Washington reports say the United States has pressed Japan against attacking Chinchow and received assurances no such plan exists. Meanwhile Japanese forces advance toward Chinchow from Yangchamtze with armored trains, bombers active, and a Chinese retreat noted. The League of Nations council in secret discusses a ceasefire and investigation, with China and Japan absent and Chin chow’s siege looming as Chinese officials demand action.
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Chinchow
Washington
Japan
PDC
Bess
United Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Uph
Yangchamtze
Shigeru Honjo
Tanhusan
Foreign Office
Tokyo
League Council
Paris
U.P
League of Nations Council
China
League
Oscar Hansen, Former Trapshoot Champion, Dies at 44
Fremont, Neb, Nov 27 Oscar Hansen aged 44 and once US national trapshooting champion died here last night. He won the national title in 1928 at Vandalia Ohio.
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Oscar Hansen
Fremont
Nebr
Vandalia
Ohio
Weather postpones Palo Duro Park tour for Texas teachers
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce reports the Palo Duro Park tour for Texas teachers attending the T T A convention is temporarily postponed due to weather. The tour will be held tomorrow if possible and details of the starting point and arrangements will appear in tomorrow's News.
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Palo Duro Park
Texas
Amarillo
York City Address For Meeting Of Teachers Association
Voters in York City will decide from noon to 8 tonight on the new president and two executive committee members. Presidential nominees are Dr. J. A. Hill Dr. A. W. Evans and W. D. Weeks. Contested exec seats are for the 12th and 15th districts with Miss Bula Hunter and Miss Bernita Menkwitz for 12th and B. H. Miller vs Mrs. Nannie Wright for 15th. Vice presidents elected by acclamation are R. F. Holloway W. H. Younger and Miss Laura Allison. Readings noted campaigns in hotel lobbies and at sectional meetings with banners and posters. Teachers heard critical assessments of the school system and warnings against false economy. See TEACHERS Page 2.
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York City
J. A. Hill
A. W. Evans
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
W. D. Weeks
Dalhart
van Horn Public Schoola
Bula Hunter
Port Worth
Bernita Menkwitz
Fort Worth
B. H. Miller
Nannie Wright
Mercedes
R. F. Holloway
Raneger
W. H. Younger
Tulla
Laura Allison
Austin
A. W. Birdwell
Nacogdoches
Ida A. Bhreeves
Denison
Mings Edna Rowe
Dallas
Jake J. Hendricks
Kerens
H. L. Mills
Houston
Association
State Board of Education
Walker and Rolph Set Hearing on Mooney Case
San Francisco reports Gov. James Rolph Jr and James J. Walker preparing for the Tom Mooney hearing slated for Tuesday. Rolph travels to Los Angeles for last minute advice while Walker refines the record to argue Mooney’s cause amid a steady, more formal visit from New York figure Joseph Johnson.
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Walker
Rolph
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
James Rolph, Jr
James J. Walker
Los Angeles
New York
Jimmy
Mooney
Joseph Johnson
Hollywood Film
Public Works
Manhattan
Joe” Johnson
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