Women Delay Setting Meet for Texas WCTU Convention
In Mexia on October 17 the Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union referred the choice of a 193A convention city to a mid year executive board meeting as the annual session closed. President Mrs Claude De Van Watts announced invitations from Dallas Sherman Beaumont and Austin for next year’s meeting. The group praised the Neutrality Act supported deportation of aliens spreading Communism backed dry votes in the Texas Legislature and urged alcohol education in public schools. They also called for legislation banning liquor and tobacco advertising by radio and applauded social security measures.
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Mexia
Texas Women's Christian Temperance Union
Claude de van Watts
Austin
Dallas
Sherman
Beaumont
Family of Penguins to Tour Amarillo Educational Show
The Eureka Whaling Company brings a sea life exhibit to Amarillo for three days starting Wednesday featuring a family of penguins from Little America. The 100 foot exhibit car, near Second Avenue and Taylor Street, opens daily noon to 11 PM with 40 marine life specimens including a giant octopus and a Seattle sea monster, plus Madam Sitwell’s fleas. The event benefits the Children’s Home and includes a remarks by Gene A. Howe and tributes to Marvin Jones’ mother.
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Eureka Whaling Company
Second Avenue
Taylor Street
Little America
Seattle
Madam Sitwell
Children's Home
Kidney trouble cures and Haarlem oil capsules claim relief
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a reliable, inexpensive diuretic to cleanse kidneys and ease backache nervousness night waking and urinary symptoms. It emphasizes origin from Haarlem Holland and asserts 50 years of customer aid for conditions like uric acid buildup sciatica neuritis and rheumatism.
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Haarlem
Holland
Roosevelt Leaves Panama for Home
In Colon Panama on October 17 President Roosevelt sailed from Panama at 8 AM aboard the US cruisers Houston and Portland with his party. No airplanes or surface craft accompanied them. The likely destination was off the San Blas Islands for fishing with a naval review at Coco Solo no longer planned.
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Colon
Panama
United States
Houston
Portland
Roosevelt
San Blas Islands
Coco Solo
Driver Is Fined In Highway Death
Bill Cessna was fined 250 dollars and his license suspended for a year after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and murder arising from a December crash on the old Spanish Trail two miles west of Liberty. Mr and Mrs Allen Hinton of Dayton were killed and two others injured.
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Liberty
Bill Cessna
Old Spanish Trail
Allen Hinton
Dayton
Drys Win Appeal On Georgia Vote
Georgia Supreme Court upholds defeat of May referendum on prohibition repeal. Chief Justice Russell and Justice Atkinson dissented. W G Hastings of Atlanta led the repeal effort, which lost by 242 votes, on a technicality about secretary of state return certifications.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Richard B. Russell
Samual Atkinson
W.G. Hastings
High Court
Secretary of State
Jones Honored by West Texas Banquet Attendees
U S Senator Carl Hatch of Clovis New Mexico and Judge Newt P Willis of Pampa praised Mr Jones as a top statesman with successful work in Congress The event drew many from West Texas and New Mexico and featured a homefolk heart to heart tribute rather than a formal speech
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America
AAA
Gene A. Howe
Old Tack
Marvin Jones
H. K. Jones
Ross D. Rogers Norris Ewing
News-Globe
B. M. Timmons
Washington
Jones
Melody Maids Orchestra
John Ballard
Hatch
Congress
Congressman Jones
Folke
Pioneers
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