Ample radio history and disputes in Amarillo letters
A Tack letter outlines WDAG priority on late afternoon air time over KGBS and compares station hours. It praises WDAG for civic support at the Tri-State Fair and lists services from weather reports to markets and community broadcasts. A reader criticizes a recent fair spat between stations over a Texas game broadcast and suggests a joint broadcast solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WDAG
KGBS
KGRS
Amarillo
Colorado
Western Union
Daily Police
Kansas City
New Orleans
New York
Aunt
Panhandle
Badger
Dallas
Terrifl Prep
Wfaa-Wbap
WFAA
Biscuit Club Members Seek Enrollment and More Bread
In a humorous letter batch readers ask to join a Biscuit Club pledging to eat extra toast, biscuits, and bread at meals. Names include J N Carpenter of Pampa Texas Miss S Smith and T H Fountain with others supporting the quirky campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biscuit Club
Tack
New Biscuit Club
S. Smith
Pampa
Tex
T. H. Fountain
Local Radio Fans Favor Shared Transmitter Solution
A reader from Dimmett Texas suggests the stations KGRS and WDAG should share transmitters to broadcast games. He argues a joint plan lets each station air alternate games, avoiding background interference and preserving the appeal of hearing a local football broadcast when not in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KGRS
WDAG
KGBS
Dimmett
Tex
Shat tuck Reader Reports Mellon Aluminum Plant Plans
A reader from Shattuck Oklahoma asks about Hoover Mellon and Oil. The note discusses Mellons control of aluminum interests at 99 percent and a high tariff. It mentions Mellon building a $60,000,000 aluminum plant in Canada to avoid the U.S. tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shattuck
Okla
Hoover
Mellon
Alexander Hamilton
Canada
United States
Book notices mix spicy themes with political hawks
A reader comments on The Great Mistake by John Knox and The Washington Merry-Go-Round with a chapter on Secretary Mellon titled The Man Who Stayed Too Long. The writer argues for a Roosevelt comeback and critiques a Saturday Evening Post article The Rescue of Germany as rotten thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims
New York World Telegram
John Knox
Washington
Mellon
Roosevelt
White House
Saturday Evening Post
Germany
Couple seeks cotton field work near Dalham
An advertisement from Charlie Mitchell seeks a man and wife for cotton field labor near Dalham. They request furnished living quarters a milk cow and vegetables. They welcome any job information and note mail for Mr Mitchell will be forwarded through E R T.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalham
Charlie Mitchell
Mr. MitChell
Cotton Picking Challenge From Beggar Letter
A beggar challenges a reader to join a cotton picking expedition incognito to understand the farmer’s plight. The speaker, once a plains farm youth, claims farmers have changed and vows to support honest labor while criticizing current farming conditions. See TACK LETTERS Page 16.
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Radio Rockus
Dear Tack
J. N. Carpenter
Pampa, Tex
Bill Hunter
Joe Gibson
Dumas
Texas
Reznor
Ipsa Ben Basin
Reznor Orthoray
Doha Uh
Amarillo Hardware CO
Gooch Engineering CO
News-Globe
New Goodyear Speedway
Goodyear
Adkisson
Gunn Tire Company
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