School Queen Chosen Today in Amarillo High
Voting closes at 3 30 this afternoon for the High School Queen contest run by the Amarillo High School Parent-Teachers Association. Three finalists survive from 14 starters: Polly Hill Sidney Yell Dees and Phyllis Glascow. The winner will model in the 1932 La Airosa yearbook and participate in school life activities.
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Amarillo
la Airosa
Yeserday
Geraldine May
Elizabeth Wilsom
LaVerne Browne
Maron Kelly
Jane Elizabeth Avery
Katheryn Kennedy
Marjorie Roach
Dorothy Miller
Esther Wilson
Nell Dean Rogers
Doris Perdue
Vacationist Finds Amarillo Leads U S
A traveler, J W Hall, a city painter, proclaims Amarillo superior to many stops from Detroit to Buffalo. He and his daughters Helen and Margaret Hall, dancing instructors with a Plainview studio, praised Amarillo after touring cities and collecting Chamber of Commerce literature. He also visited his sister Emma Crandall in Toronto, whom he had not seen in 47 years.
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Amarillo
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Hall
Helen
Margaret Hall
Plainview
Chamber of Commerce
Toronto
Hall
Emma Crandall
Dissolution of Parliament Reaches London Citizens
The royal proclamation dissolving Parliament is read in London prompting a long awaited political shift. In Washington three guest rooms are prepared for Laval during his four day visit with stays at the Edge house the White House and Stimson residence. Syracuse University grants flexible class access for classroom tramps though unregistered students may not cut regular courses.
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Associated Press
London
Washington
Premier Laval
Capital
Walter E. Edge
France
Ite
Rotary Stimson
Edge
Syracuse
N.Y
Syracuse University
Tattooed Lady and Wild Man Reported Missing in Missouri
Frank Artura a tattoo artist seeks his wife Nellie Artura who vanished from Springfield as the carnival troupe they toured with played. Tom Ryan alias Yekoda the Wild Man is also missing along with Artura's car, with Artura claiming he took six months to tattoo her likeness.
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Frank Artura
Nellie Artura
Springfield
Tom Ryan
Yekoda the Wild Man
Arturo
Arthur
Matrimony Cost Leaves Couple Short Of Two Dollars
New York Oct 9 Joe Gordon and Beatrice Pickens went to the municipal building to file for matrimony. The clerk said the cost was two dollars but neither had the money. Gordon asked the bride to lend two dollars, neither had it and a random witness failed to appear. They sighed and left.
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New York
Joe Gordon
Beatrice Pickens
Municipal
Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Miss Pickens
Slain Miss Johnston Victim’s Slayer Executed in Joliet Prison
John Preston of Chicago was electrocuted in the state penitentiary for killing Miss Agnes Johnston, a Chicago stenographer, in 1929.His sister Irene failed to obtain a last minute stay from Gov Emmerson after losing a supreme court appeal. Preston had been sentenced in Wheaton and attacked Johnston in an October 12, 1929 auto incident near West Chicago.
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Miss Johnston
Chicago
Mission Festival Services Planned
Two special services will mark the annual Mission Festival of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev H Frerking announces Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Rev William Remmert of Plainview will be the speaker at both gatherings. Public invitation extended.
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Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
H. Frerking
William Remmert
Plainview
Frerking
Charter Granted To Amarillo Community Chest
The Amarillo Community Chest has been granted a charter from Austin. Incorporators are C. B. Makely H. W. Galbraith and Norris Ewing. The nonprofit body has no capital stock. The fall drive begins next week with a $65 000 goal. Fred DeCoster serves as secretary and manager.
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Amarillo
Harvest Fete Aids Move for Needy School Children
Seventy worthy children have been outfitted this term at the Thrift Room run by city associations. One hundred seventy garments have been distributed, with dresses hose overalls shirts and shoes most in demand. Shoes are hardest to fit and coats are scarce but will be needed in cold weather. Sizes six to ten are most needed. many donations are for other sizes. Eligibility requires a signed form by principal nurse and teacher after a welfare check.
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Are
Thrift Room
Welfare League
Thrift Room Autumn Fete to Benefit Needy Children
Amarillo P T A sponsors an autumn fete at 2218 Hughes Street tonight at 8:00 PM. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Proceeds support the Thrift Room and welfare efforts for underused clothing and fittings for schoolchildren.
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Amarillo
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U. S
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THE
National Health Bureau
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Wild Man
Associated Press Photo
Slayer
Joliet
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Mexico
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Community Chest
Durkee’s
West Sixth Avenue
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Apm Imperial Sugar CO
America
Texas
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van Camps
Harvest Fete Aids
T. LU
Rhode Island
Decker
Fish Or Poultry Dept
SWIFT
Carnation Milk
Folger’s Coffee
Fowlkes Bros
16Th St
Jonathan
Wilson
Pinkney
Pierce St
W. 16Th
Tenth and
van Buren St
Gelery
California
Pearl
Prunes
Crescent
Veal
Panhandle
E.R. Matin Cash Grocery
West Sixth
Great West
Green Bears
Rex
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