New Highway Body Formed in Beaver City Oklahoma
The Tri-State Highway association was formed in Beaver City Oklahoma to popularize a Wichita Kansas to Amarillo route. The plan follows highway 64 to Forgan then south through Balko Perryton Spearman Stinnett Borger Panhandle to Amarillo. Dr L L Brooks is president with Louis Boehler A A Callahan Frank Williams and W T Freeson as vice presidents and secretary treasurer.
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Tri-State Highway Association
Beaver City
Oklaho
Ie Figgs
Board of City Development
Wichita
Kansas
Amarillo
Forgan
Balko
Perryton
Spearman
Stinnett
Borger
Panhandle
L. L. Brooks
Judge Hurley
Bor
O. C. Goodwin
Phillip
J. Chris
Dewitt
W. 8. Christian
Electric
Harry Boomer
George Richey
Hub
W. C. Womble
Jot Horton
W. B. LeMaster
D. H. Newfield
F. C. Tracey
P. W. Dougherty
Plains
R. G. Jacobs
Meade
S. D. Adams
Fowler
FE. C. Post
Mineola
Bert Marain
Wawaka
C. D. Parker
Isom
J. E. Biggs
G. Hill
Panhandle Auto Club
West Texas praised as better country by Kansas banker
William M. Peck president of Cleard County Bank Concordia Kansas told the real estate board luncheon at Amarillo hotel that West Texas is a superior country to Kansas and Oklahoma. He noted his banking experience in Kansas and his growing interest in Panhandle region. Peck and associates loan thousands of dollars annually to Panhandle farmers. The board named F. M. Lefforge Lyle and Chester Adams to coordinate with the Board of City Development to gain summer and convention rail rates.
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West Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
William M. Peck
Clead County Bank of
Concordia
Realist
Chester Adams
Board of City Development
Proceedings in Criminal Appeals Court Session Issued
The Court of Criminal Appeals issued affirmations and reversals today. Names listed include Sam Carnaby, Rosa Coleman, Robert Gee Benton, and K D Brown among others. State's motion for rehearing was overruled for Copeland and Simmonss.
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Associated Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Affirmed
Sam Carnaby
Clay
Avastin Green
Tarrant
Luz Carmona
Brewster
Ben Lewis
Morris
Sid Murphree
Eastland
Bob Buckley
Crockett
Rosa Coleman
Rosa Hell
Murrie
Ho UL. Sims
Walker
Car Merchant
EF. Johnson
Bell
Tom Chisholm
Johnny Chisholm
John Dyball
Harris
Mason
Taylor
J. M. Smith
Uvalde
Garl Galloway
K. D. Brown
Harrison
M.K. Simmons
San Patricio
J. Ih. Ferguson
Tlund
Carlos Corona, Sr
LaSalle
Bill Russell
McLennan
A. Reilly Copeland
Old Tack's Program for a Bigger Prosperous Amarillo
A list of civic ambitions for Amarillo including lower utility rates cleaner streets more parks a public pool a municipal golf course elimination of railroad crossings and increased city services while urging steady growth and fair policies across streets transit and utilities.
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Old Tack
Amarillo
Bivins Lake
San Jacinto
Ford Unveils New Car After Six Months Of Hype
Henry Ford today announced specifications for a new car succeeding the Model T. The model promises 55 to 60 mph, strong road grip, and comfort on bad roads. It features four wheel brakes, a 40 horsepower engine, reduced vibration, quiet operation, and innovative design elements including reversible steering and six models. A public reception for the line is planned next Friday.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Rudor
Soviet Peace Plan Proposes Abolition of Armies
The Soviet delegation led by Litvinoff urged immediate dissolution of all land sea and air forces and the destruction of weapons and bases. The plan calls for scrapping warships aircraft arsenals and bans military training with penalties for violations. The proposal, argued as a path to peace, seeks a one to four year timetable for dismantling militaries.
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Litvinoff
Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Russia
Lativinoff
France
Commission
J. J. Loudon
Holland
Community Chest drive urged as need grows in Amarillo
The article notes constant help calls in Amarillo and urges renewed Community Chest fundraising to meet ongoing needs. It recalls a 1927 case where a young family faced illness and unemployment, with Welfare aiding despite mounting expenses. Campaign offices are located at the old telephone building on Fifth and Taylor.
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Community Chest Fund
Welfare Association
Community Chest
Ford's big car era and immigration debate in one column
The piece argues Ford will boost demand for larger cars and promises no harm to other automakers. It notes Australian riots by unemployed workers, immigration limits, and population as a remedy. It mentions a Chicago psychiatrist visiting New York over Ruth Snyder's case and condemns capital punishment.
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Chicago
Leopold
Leah
Ruth Snyder
New York
Illegitimate Birth of Companionate Bride Revealed
Girard publisher E. Haldeman-Julius disclosed that his daughter Josephine was illegitimately born in New York before his marriage in 1916. He stated her supposed Wettstein adoption was a cover, asserting Marcel Haldeman sired the child and describing the family’s intent to place and adopt her.
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Girard
Kan
Josephine Haldeman-Julius
E. Haldeman-Julius
Free Thought
New York
Aubrey Roselle
University of Kansas
Jacob Wettstein
Ringe
Haldeman-Julius
Wettstein
Josephine
Marcel Haldeman
Haldeman- Julius
Rustless Guns May Save Army Chore
Major General Clarence Co Williams, head of army ordnance, reports ongoing tests of stainless steel for rifles and machine gun components to reduce rust and chores. If perfected, wide use could yield substantial economy for future armies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clarence Co. Williams
Army Ordnance
Williams
English Fliers Plan Yearlong Far East Flight
Two British pilots Neville Vincent and John Newall intend a yearlong solo flight, each in separate planes, taking on aero dromes across Europe and the Middle East to the Far East. They will accept commissions such as surveying crop spraying or mail carrying to fund the voyage. Vincent, 25, Newall, 26, previously Navy midshipmen, hope for financial success and list a route from Paris to Karachi.
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tMy International News Service
London
Neville Vincent
John Newall
Far East
England
Vincent
Newall
Siam
Kah Rab
Martaban
Paris
Marseillles
Rome
Brindisi
Athens
Sollum
Cairo
Bagdad
Basra
Persian Gulf
Karachi
Local man faces theft charge in interstate case
Bruce Langford of this city is jailed facing a theft from interstate commerce charge. He will have a preliminary hearing before the U S Commissioner on December 12. Langford was arrested for the theft of cigarettes from a freight car in Colorado.
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Bruce Langford
U. S
Langford
Colorado
Great Sculptor Lorado Taft to Lecture in Amarillo
Lorado Taft world famous sculptor will lecture at the Municipal auditorium in Amarillo Monday night under the Amarillo Art association. At 67 he is linked with the Chicago Art Institute and is author of The History of American Sculpture and Recent Tendencies in Sculpture. He has won top honors in national and international competitions and lectured at major schools worldwide.
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Lorado Taft
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo Art Association
Taft
Chicago Art Institute
Suspended Sentence in Local Forgery Case
A two year suspended sentence was imposed after P. K. Brown pleaded guilty to embezzlement in district court. The forgery indictment against S. P. Raley was dismissed for lack of evidence as his bond forfeiture was set aside.
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P. K. Brown
Brown
S. P. Raley
Raley
Motorist On Trial In District Court
Bob Cox stands trial in district court on a charge of driving while intoxicated after a January collision on the North Highway that killed a horse in a wagon and team. The case is expected to reach the jury today.
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Bob Cox
North Highway
Cox
Bus Line Buys Four New 15 Passengers Cars
Safety First bus lines based in Amarillo ordered four 15 passenger parlor-car type buses from Mc Murtry Moodry Motor Co of Breckenridge Texas. The buses will be put into service in about three weeks.
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Safety First Bus Lines
Amarillo
McMurtry-Moodry Motor Co
Breckenridge
Texas
Speers Charged in Statutory Offense. Trial Set for December
William H. Speers appeared in district court on a statutory charge and pleaded not guilty. His trial was scheduled for December 12 with a special venire of fifty men to be drawn. The indictment stemmed from a complaint by an Amarillo girl missing from home and later found in Fort Worth.
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William H. Speers
Speers
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Shop Crafts Banquet and Ball Set for Amarillo Thursday
The Shop Crafts plan their fifth annual banquet and grand ball at the Amarillo hotel on Thursday evening December 1. A program of interest with entertaining features is arranged and interspersed between dining and dancing. Committee members are C. F E Whitney Glen M Forsom and H R Davis.
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Amarillo Hotel
C. F E. Whitney
Glen M. Forsom
H. R. Davis
Frederick Eckstine Dies at Home After Long Life
Frederick Eckstine 84 died at his home 1412 Johnson after a long life as a Groom area farmer. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War and was a G A R member. Survived by widow four daughters and three sons, with funeral services pending.
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Frederick Eckstine
Johnson
Eckstine
Groom
Albert Eckstine
Mankins
Texas
C. A. Eckstine
Dundee
W. F. Eckstine
San Angelo
Ollie Eckstine
Daisy Eckstine
Rule
J. H. McCabe
W. W. Chrestman
Amarillo
Tabernacle Baptist Church
City’s Weather Tied to Police Blotter Activity
The blotter shows minimal activity with two women arrested for fighting and several traffic cases plus a drunken report. Under nicer weather, such lists usually fill more. only a leather jacket stolen from a downtown restroom and a bicycle are reported as goods stolen last night.
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Namyggn
Shoes Crowding Pearls In Sex Appeal Trend
Delegates to the Southwestern Retail Shoe association in St. Louis report shoes are crowding pearls and feminine accessories in sex appeal. Anthony Genting, president of the National Shoe Retailers Association, says shoes now enhance sex appeal and that attractive hose and short skirts boost opportunity for shoe style expression.
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Asociated Press
ST. Louis
Southwestern Retail Shoe Association
Anthony H. Genting
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
Philadelphia
Gueting
Fragile Stockings Prompt Remarks on Nellie and Costs
A poem by Edgar A. Guest from 1927 reflects on Nellie and the brittle beauty of flesh colored stockings. It notes stores sell them for three dollars a pair and warns a single torn thread ruins the garment, with the wearer fretting over runs and the cost.
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Nellie
Edgar A. Guest
Market summary from Kansas City Chicago and Oklahoma City livestock reports
Hogs and cattle activity shows mixed movement across cities with Kansas City reporting hogs around 9 500 head and cattle 6 000 with veal highs near 18 50 while Chicago lists larger hog and cattle volumes with top hog prices about 9 10 and long fed bullocks around 19 00 per pair sheep totals near 18 000 with lambs up to 14 85 and fat ewes around 6 75 Oklahoma City records cattle steady with yearlings near 9 50 and hogs down to 6 75 top.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report
Fort Worth livestock sale on November 30 shows hogs 800 head last and top at 8.85 with packing sows at 7.25 and best butcher pigs at 5. Cattle 10 000 head including 2 500 calves with strong fat grasser steers at 10.25 and caked steers at 10.65 cattle cows sold between 5.75 and 16.50 bulls 5.85 and stock yearlings 9.35. Sheep 1 300 head steady with choice fat lambs at 13.75 and feeder lambs at 11.50 and slaughter yearlings at 10.75.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Grain and cotton markets move on in late November
Fresh Downtourns in wheat from Liver pool levels dominated early Chicago trading while corn oats and provisions followed downward. New Orleans cotton opened steady rose into gains on crop hope. prices fluctuated with intraday highs and later modest declines, then partial recovery. Poultry in Chicago remained firm as stocks opened higher with gains in select names. New York stocks edged up with early leaders like Green Cananes Copper and Montgomery Ward posting new highs. Chicago butter rose with mixed egg prices. foreign exchange was easier with several currencies showing declines from prior levels.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Liverpool
New Orleans
New York
Green Cananes
Goodrich Rubber
Fleischman
Stewart Warner
Montgomery Ward
B C D Plans Meeting With City Officials
Members of the Board of City Development met to arrange a conference with the city commission on board matters. The board invited the mayor, city commissioners, city manager, city auditor and city attorney to a dinner where a meeting will be held. Each member will present his department activities.
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Board of City Development
City Commission
Flashes of Life from Across the Nation
A collage of short notes covers Bobby Jones in a moot court bid at a law school, Governor Taft Turbulis earning a first airline fare, a jail release tale from Kokomo, and Dr. Lucien Howe’s 20 year quest toward human eye transplants. The piece also lists a long stock quote containing numerous corporate names and prices.
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Atlanta
Bobby Jones
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Wood
Evelyn
Evelione Taglione
Packie
Soviets
E. E. Baker
Florida Avenue
Graham McCullough
Wichita Falls
Jimmy
Australia
Treasury
America
New England
United Press
C. C. Williams
Bus Line
Oklahoma City Livestock
Oklahoma City
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Gereimany
Japan
Montreal
Milady
B.C. D
James E. Bennett & Company
Hartford
Conn
Governor Trumbull
Maj
Talbot O. Freeman
Kokomo
Ind
J. Flannery
Flannery
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lucien Howe
California Petroleum
Cerra Doe
Paseo
Chicago & Alton
Chicago & Northwestern
Chile
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Crucible Steel Dry Dodge Motors
du Pont de Nemours
Wisk Rubber
Fleischmann Yeast
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Great Western Sugar
Houston Oil
Hudson Motors
Tris Hupp Motors
Illinois Central
Inspiration Copper
International Harvester
International Nickel
International Paper
Jordan
Phillips Petroleum
Jews Copt. of America
Roebuck & Co
Linton Petroleum
Sinclair Cons
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker
Texas & Pacific
Union Pacific
U. S. Rubber
United States Steel
Vietos Talking Machine
BOK Willys-Overland
Ee Woolworth
Fereesoundeerneee
Ad Dp. m. Poteeeevere
Allied Chemical & Dye Oe Osae American Locomotive
Amercan
American Tele. & ‘Elg
American Tobacco
American Copper
Anaconda
Atchison, Topeka
8. P. Aeapeesa
Baltimore & Ohio Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
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