White collar tax survey starts in Panhandle counties
More than 200 workers began a state tax survey in the northern 20 Panhandle counties under WPA supervision. The project, sponsored by the Texas State Tax Board and directed by R B Anderson, aims to locate untaxed land, remove duplicate assessments, and classify lands to set a fair tax base.
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Panhandle
Alston A. Meredith
WPA
State Tax Board
Austin
R. B. Anderson
Meredith
Gray
Hutchinson
Potter County
Texas
Benefit Dance For Amarillo College Fund
Patrons, ex-students and students of Amarillo College will dance at a benefit ball in the Masonic Temple tonight. Proceeds fund uniforms for Amarillo College men. Sponsored by College Patrons Club. guests include returning ex-students. 9 to 12:30. 45 cents per couple for students. 75 cents per couple for adults. same for stags.
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Amarillo College
Masonic Temple
Amarillo College Mandmen
College Patrons Club
Classes Tonight At Study School
Students in the church annual fall study school will attend weekly classes tonight at Central Presbyterian Church. The Church Night program begins at 6 15 with a covered dish luncheon inviting all members and friends. Classes assemble at seven. director is H G Wilson.
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Central Presbyterian Church
H G. Wilson
Floor Show Is Due Shriners at Dance
The Thanksgiving ball at the Masonic Temple promises a snappy floor show by Shriners with Rhythm Bandetts providing music. George Hammock chairs Khiva Shrine entertainment committee. Shriners and ladies are invited. members enter free, guests pay $1 per couple.
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Shriners
Masonic Temple
Rhythm Bandetts
George Hammock
Khiva Shrine Entertainment Committee
Avery Rush Wins Ducat Sale First
Avery Rush was declared winner of the ticket sales contest tied to the crippled children's show last night. Rush sold 555 tickets, leading four civic clubs. he belongs to the Lions Club and earns a suit of clothes from Blackburn Brothers. Mrs Hollis DeGrassi won the women’s contest with 535 tickets and receives a diamond studded American Beauty Bulova wrist watch from FE B Finklea.
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Avery Rush
Mr Rush
Lions Club
Blackturn Brothers
Hollis DeGrassi
FE. B. Finklea
Woman aims to be a good wife and cook before marriage
A Lindsay College questionnaire reveals one girl wants only enough schooling to please her husband and learn cooking. The piece also notes silkies have black skin, regardless of feather color, and calls them the Negroes of the fowl race.
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Lindsay, Ont
U.P
Lindsay College
Rich and Tyler 69 Auto Parts and Service Ad
An old classified note highlights good used radiators and Ford wheels and tires. The listing names Cleo Johnson with a 41 percent offer at 413 West 6th and references Sid a Carnage in Georgia and 2 Georgia. The ad promotes parts supply from 413 West Fifth.
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Cleo Johnson
West
Georgia
Crippled Children's Revue Raises 1700 At Amarillo Show
The Crippled Children’s Council treasury grew by more than 1700 from last night’s Playbox Revue in Municipal Auditorium. About 1500 patrons attended despite rain, with 2500 tickets sold. G A McCullough noted receipts included ticket sales and ads. Notable talents included Ann Lee and Iris Westbay, with strong costumes and a painted Amarillo sign curtain.
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Crippled Children’s Council Treasury
Municipal Auditorium
G. A. McCullough
Council
Water outage hits New Orleans after pipe break
A major steam pipe burst at the New Orleans purification plant cut off the city’s water for one hour and 25 minutes. Two workers nearby were unharmed and shut down the boilers as firefighting crews responded. Hospitals and businesses faced disruptions while operators fielded inquiries.
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New Orleans
Burlesque Show Opens With Stewart Trio and MC
An artistic interpretation of a boastful novice drew laughs. The Stewart Radio Trio Marion Stewart Helen Beliew and Maurine Stewart opened the show with tip top vocal numbers and a fine mix of popular songs including Chloe sung well. Master of ceremonies David Macpherson introduced the performance. Edgar Parsons conducted the orchestra.
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Stewart Radio Trio
Marion Stewart
Helen Beliew
Maurine Stewart
Chloe
David Macpherson
Edgar Parsons
Clipper Rocks Idly Awaiting Next Long Hop
The China Clipper sits at Shumay Point Guam after a 1 560 mile Wake Island Guam leg of its inaugural transpacific air mail flight. It completed the leg in 10 hours 11 minutes at 154 4 mph with 24 hours one hour tail winds. From Alameda it has logged 6 602 miles in 48 hours 41 minutes. Capt Edwin C Musick said Manila is next with a dawn Friday departure.
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Guam
U.P
Pan-American Airways
Shumay Point
Wake Islands
California
Philippines
Alameda Airport
San Francisco Bay
Manila
Navy
Edwin C. Musick
Reckless driving warned by warning skids and signs
The article discusses using warnings and marked cars to alert pedestrians and motorists to reckless drivers. It notes Kansas City and other cities with prison farms for reckless driving and drunk driving convicts, where inmates work to support the facility. The practice is not yet in Amarillo but growing nationwide as accidents rise.
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Kansas City
Amarillo
United States
Liquor Licensing Rules Outlined in City Ordinance
Erect prima facie evidence of sale, with bans on permits in residential areas and within 300 yards of churches or schools. Prohibitions cover those under 21, visible intoxication, midnight to 7 A.M. hours, and Sundays or election days. Beer rules raise limits to 4 percent, allow 14 percent drinks from licensed dealers, and regulate hotel package stores and in-room service with dining room limits.
Pratt Dies at 80 After Long Illness in Glen Cove
Charles Millard Pratt, once a leading wealth partner with John D. Rockefeller in Standard Oil, died at midnight at age 80 after a 12 year invalidism. The death was attributed to age. Funeral plans were not disclosed.
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Charles Pratt
Glen Cove
N. Y
U.P
Charles Millard Pratt
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Officers Seek Two Alleged Comer Victims in Oklahoma Search
Oklahoma City officers pursue two alleged victims of Chester Comer as search teams fan out to a wooded area 15 miles west. Adjutant General orders 100 National Guardsmen mobilized near Ada to assist, under Major Early Taylor, with Sheriff Walter Mosier coordinating Potawatomi County efforts.
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Oklahoma City
Chester Comer
Here
Charlies F. Barrett
Ada
Wewoka
Kanawa
Early Taylor
Konawa
Walter Mosier
Potawatomie County
Japanese seize Fengtai as Peiping garrison doubles
Journal dispatches report trains with 3000 Japanese troops reaching Tientsin from Chinwangtao and the Peiping garrison more than doubling. Col Takahashi says Fengtai junction near Peiping has been seized to guard North China communications amid rumors of rolling stock movement south. Tokyo says Manchukuo and army efforts to probe Soviet Russia influence in Outer Mongolia collapsed. The Mongolia Manchoukuo conference ends with Mongols rejecting Manchoukuo's proposals, signaling a wary future.
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Tientsin
Chinwangtao
Hopeh
Peiping
Tan Takahashi
Fengtai
Takahashi
Peiping-Mukden
North China
Tokyo
Russia
Outer Mongolia
Manchuu
Hsinking
Rengo
Manchoukuoan
Manchoukuo
Foreign Office
Dogs number over eight million in the United States
A census style estimate indicates the United States houses more than 8 million dogs. The figure reflects pet ownership trends across urban and rural areas, with varying dog population densities by region and city.
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United States
Braves change ownership debate as Adams scores win
New York reports a National League of Seven Professional Baseball Clubs movement after a club owners meeting. Charles Francis Adams of Boston emerges as the happiest figure, having shed ownership of the Braves. Ford Prick plans to add a new question to the inquiry list.
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New York
Charles Francis Adams
Boston
Braves
Ford Prick
Paris fashion lists include socialites and performers
STYLES daughter-in-law of Senator Mc Adoo Mrs Raymond Ives an editor of Vogue Miss Mary Taylor niece of Countess Di Fiasco Mrs Adam Gimbel wife of the department store merchant Joan Crawford in her off Screen clothes and Gladys Swarthout of the Metropolitan opera also were given high rating. Lady Mendi the former Elsie De Wolfe was granted to have a chic but not listed. Ina Claire the actress and Mrs Gilbert Miller wife of the theatrical producer each received two votes and qualified for the second team.
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McAdoo
Raymond Ives
Vogue
Mary Taylor
Countess di Fiasco
Adam Gimbel
Joan Crawford
Gladys Swarthout
Metropolitan Opera
Mendi
Elsie de Wolfe
Paris Couturiers
Paris
Ina Claire
Gilbert. Miller
Hauptmann case fame as Portmarn football coach
The piece notes Hauptmann case fame rising as Portmarn's first football coach while Joe Lewis struggles beyond the border. It mentions Lou Dettner paying $10,000 for Joe's exhibitions in Ottawa Montreal and Toronto and that Bill McKechnie lacked a contract during Braves service. It adds Judge Emil C. Puchs now Massachusetts unemployment director earning $7,000 yearly, and mentions Tom Ginty arriving in town with Bing Crosby owning a race boss stake and Kate Smith buying a professional basketball team.
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Hauptmann
Pordham
Joe Lewis
Lou Dettner
Joe
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Braves
Bill McKechnie
Emil C. Puchs
Massachusetts Unemployment Commission
Tom Ginty
Cleveland
Bing Crosby
Preddy Steele
Kate Smith
Street talk and preview quotes from the football scene
In street chatter and pregame talk fans debate the Braves sale boast and betting odds. Giant fans weigh in on Bill Terry and Dick Coffman as top contenders. Stanford coach Stub Allison predicts victory with a wink while fight experts pin hopes on Al McCoy to rattle John Henry Lewis.
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Bill Terry
Dick Coffman
Stanford
Stub Allison
California
al McCoy
Boston
John Henry Lewis
Jassie’’ Condon
British warn of potential Italian invasion near Lake Tana
London reports British authorities received word that an Italian expeditionary force may soon invade the Lake Tana region of Ethiopia. Any such incursion would be viewed as a violation of Italian assurances.
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Inopyright
United Press
London
U.S
Lake Tana
Ethiopia
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Iris Westbay
J. B. Mathews
Bill Ward
Charles Whittington
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Tors
Phil Phillips and His Orchestra
Roseland
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Roy G. Moore
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THE
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Stuart Erwin
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Ted Healy
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