Ferguson not to appear as he apologizes
Former Texas Governor James E. Ferguson who is husband to Miriam Ferguson’s gubernatorial bid, was served a Webb County grand jury subpoena to answer questions about alleged illegal voting. He apologized and was released from appearing after stating he had been misinformed.
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Austin
James E. Ferguson
Texas
Webb County
John Walls
Laredo Rio Grande
Ferguson
R. 8. Sterling
Miriam A. Ferguson
Laredo
John A. Wallis
Grand Jury
Valls
Walls
Tiam A. Ferguson
R. S. Sterling
Two Tone Hair Becomes New Beauty Trend At Texas Convention
Amarillo hosts the first annual Texas beauty culture convention with 500 attendees. Demonstrations, shows, and exhibits showcase two tone hair and other advances. Lee Minner urges strict education and 1800 hours training for operators under state board supervision. Mayor Ross Rogers and W. L. Buck welcome delegates.
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Conference of Texas
Herring Hotel
Texas
Amarfilo
W. L. Buck Company
Dorothy Farris
Crystal Ballroom
Lee Minner
San Antonio
The
Texas Association
State Board of Cosmetology
Minner
Ross Rogers
W. L. Buck
Oklahoma City
Lupe Velez Adopts Five-Year-Old Daughter
Lupe Velez appears in Los Angeles with her adopted daughter Joan de Valle Velez a five year old girl. The child is the daughter of Velez's oldest sister Mercides and was adopted by the actress through legal procedures in Mexico City.
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Lupe Velez
Los Angeles
Joan de Valle Velez
Joan
Lupe
Mercides
Mexico City
Associated Press
Weather Luck Fails Roosevelt Start of 3000 Mile Campaign
Gov Roosevelt begins a 3000 mile presidential campaign tour through 17 states. He wills cross the middle west and south with rain and wind under a gray sky. He will campaign in Pittsburgh St Louis Buffalo Wheeling Indianapolis Springfield Louisville Knoxville Atlanta Raleigh and Richmond with stops in Rochester and Buffalo today. He may address soldier bonus payment while on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Brown
Roosevelt
Albany
Curtiss Dail
James
Middlewest
South
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Buffalo
Wheeling
Indianapolis
Springfield
Lou
Winter Weather Hits Amarillo And Wyoming Snow
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts rain and colder conditions reaching Amarillo after a week of Indian summer. A Rocky Mountain low pressure system moves southeast from New Mexico bringing rain or snow and lower temperatures. Wyoming sees heavy snow with Sheridan and Lander reporting nine inches and Yellowstone Park receiving further falls. Cheyenne meteorologist F L Disterdick warns this may be the season’s most severe weather yet.
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Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Bureau
Wyoming
Denver
Sheridan and Lander
Yellowstone National Park
F. L. Disterdick
Cheyenne
Wednesday Night Demo Dance at Nat to Benefit Roosevelt-Garner
One day left for three dances at 75 cents with Roosevelt-Garner benefit events at the Nat each week until election day. Tickets at Pot ter County Club headquarters in the Oliver Eakle building. Roy Divens' orchestra to play from 9 to 12.
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Potter County Club
Nat
Oliver Eakle
C. Gibson
Roy Divens
Hymn-Writing Pastor Faces Trial for Wife Poisoning
In Muskogee Oklahoma on October 18 the Rev Althea Berrie a 62 year old hymn writer and pastor stood trial facing two views his role as slayer of his first wife and as a man unjustly accused The case stems from the March death of his first wife with a second marriage to Ida Bess Bright 19 The exhumation of the first Mrs Berrie followed by a state chemist find of poison and a murder charge The defendant remains confident of acquittal despite 73 days in jail and prior habeas corpus attempts
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Muskogee
Okla
Althea Berrie
Ida Bess Bright
Berrie
Ida Bess
Veterans Rally in Panhandle Sponsored by Hanson Post
A World War veterans rally sponsored by Hanson Post American Legion will be held Tuesday night at Municipal Auditorium starting 5:45 PM. Amarillo Vega and Dumas Legion officers will be installed. Panhandle veterans and nonmembers invited as special guests.
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the Panhandle
Hanson Post
American Legion
Legion
Amarillo
Vega
Dumas
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo College
R. R
Carrie” Nation
Fred E. Young
A. R. Webb
Bob Whitaker
State Department
J. Ward Moody
Perryton
James O. Cade
George Broome
Nat 8. Perrine
Floyd L. Sloan
W. L. Ottinger
P. F. Sapp
C. C. Gibson
Ottinger
Sapp
Fuqua Recovery At Last Reports
W. H. Fuqua, president of the First National Bank, underwent mastoid surgery Monday at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago and was reported recovering Tuesday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Fuqua, their son Earl and his wife.
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W. H. Fuqua
First National Bank
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Henry Ford to Speak on Hoover Support at Dearborn
The article reports Henry Ford will speak for Hoover next Wednesday at Dearborn. It notes Ford’s delivery will be simple and direct, avoiding grand peroration, and suggests the speech could draw significant attention comparable to Coolidge or Hoover.
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Hiram Johnson
California
Hoover
Henry Ford
Ford
Coolidge
Dearborn
Wall Street
Roosevelt
J Cole to represent Amarillo Grain Exchange in DC hearing
J Cole traffic representative for the Amarillo Grain Exchange sails to Washington DC to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He will argue rates on grain and grain products between Texas Panhandle points and centers in Arizona and California. The hearing begins October 27.
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J. Cole
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Panhandle
Arizona
California
Lubbock Officials Launch Drive Against Criminal Element
In Lubbock police and city leaders push a crackdown after a bandit stormed a hotel lobby and fled with loot. A county wide mass meeting is planned to address recent hijacking and a murder as lawyers and law and order leaders pledge a strong stand against crime.
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Lubbock
Law and Order
Lubbock County Bar Association
Judge Mullican Urges Citizens to Arm for Crime Fight
District Judge Clark M. Mullican told the County Bar Association meeting that Texans have armed outlaws but left citizens unarmed. He cited three murder trials in his court and urged a bar resolution to avoid defending those charged with theft, burglary or murder unless appointed by the court. He carried a revolver for self defense and urged merchants to arm employees and citizens to cooperate with law enforcement.
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Lubbock
Clark M. Mullican
County Bar Association
Texas
The
Bar Association
Mullican
Funeral for Robert Tharp Misses College Grid Star
Funeral services for Robert Tharp 25 former McMurry College grid star were held after his fatal shooting sparked a crackdown on crime described by prosecutors as gangster rule. Police and sheriff’s officers launched a dragnet with seventeen suspicious characters held in custody as drives continued.
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Robert Tharp
McMurry College
Tharp
Nov 8 Ballot Will Stretch Page Size In Potter County
Voters face a ballot on November 8 larger than a newspaper page. County Clerk W E Blackburn reports the 33 by 22 inch ballot with eight columns of party names and offices and nine constitutional amendments at the bottom.
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Potter County
W. E. Blackburn
Amarillo Globe
Northwestern's ideal man candidate pledges home chores
Evanston October 18. Paul Cummins, 22, the campus ideal man, says he would do the dishes and tidy the home with a smile. He is engaged to Ruth Wenter, voted campus “most beautiful girl” and radio contest winner from Wilmette.
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Evanston
Ill
Paul Cummins
Cummins
Northwestern Coeds
Brunet
Ruth Wenter
Chicago
Wilmette
Cedar Rapids
Advertising Institute Puts Amarillo Trade Factors On Display
Henry W. Stanley of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce spoke at The Globe News sponsored three day institute in Amarillo. He outlined four community factors for advertising plans including income sources social setting and retail outlets. The session drew Amarillo business executives with evening talks at the Amarillo Hotel and sessions scheduled through Wednesday.
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Amarillo
Henry W. Stanley
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
The
Globe News
Amarillo Hotel
Britain Abrogates Soviet Trade Treaty Under Ottawa Pact
J H Thomas announced in the House of Commons that Britain has abrogated its commercial treaty with Soviet Russia under Article 21 of the Ottawa tariff agreement. The move ends the most favored nation privileges while Britain seeks to avoid dumping sweated goods and to preserve Commonwealth preferences.
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London
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
House of Commons
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Ottawa
Russia
Thomas
Liberal party attacks tariff treaties in Canada Britain talks
The Canadian Liberal party opened a drive against tariff preference agreements between Great Britain and Canada from the imperial trade conference and hinted at an election to take the issue to the people. Former Premier Mackenzie King denounced the agreements as “protection gone mad” in a two and a half hour speech in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
Ont
Liberal Party
Great Britain
Canada
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
U S Missions Suffer Looting and a Missionary Killing
Reports from Shantung and Manchuria describe looting and damage to American missions in Laichowfu and Lalyang, with Catholic and Southern Baptist properties attacked. Lloyd Putnam Henderson, 38, a Presbyterian missionary from Seattle, was killed by a stray bullet during bandit attacks near Nantsamu while traveling with Americans and Koreans.
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Chefoo
China
Shantung
Mukden
Manchuria
Hainpin
Lloyd Putnam Henderson
Seattle
Wash
Nantsamu
Henderson
Heljo
Korea
Mermoz Abandons Nonstop Buenos Aires Attempt
Jean Mermoz, veteran French air mail pilot, abandoned his bid to fly nonstop to Buenos Aires after eight minutes aloft from Istres airdrome Marseilles. He planned to retry the distance record attempt next month.
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Istres Airdrome
Marseilles
France
Jean Mermoz
Buenos Aires
John Polando
Russell Boardman
Mermoz
Off to Races Opens in Panhandle Four-Day Meet
Amarillo crowds head to Panhandle Park for the four day race meet featuring nearly 200 thoroughbreds. Daily races start at 2 pm with a 1:30 pm horse show and stock exhibit. Mason King of The Globe News organized a delegation to tour the track and urged residents to attend.
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Northwest
Texas
Panhandle
Ritchie Calls Republican Prohibition Plank Fraud
Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie told Chicago Democrats that the Republican prohibition plank is a fraud and a sham. He said at a luncheon that at the national convention Hoover accepted a dry appearing plank designed to please both sides, calling it “more dry than wet” and urging the plank be named honestly. He discussed other campaign issues in the prepared remarks release.
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Ritchie
Chicago
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Hoover
Supreme Court Invalidates District Reapportionment Law
The Supreme Court ruled that the 1911 law requiring districts to be equally populated no longer applies in reapportionment. The decision focused on Mississippi where a three judge court had invalidated the state's act that split the state into seven districts rather than eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Amarillo Weather Forecast Offers Rain and Cold
The THF Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for rain and cooler conditions tonight and Wednesday. In West Texas expect increasing clouds with possible rain in the Panhandle, and colder temperatures in the Panhandle tonight and across the west and north Wednesday. New Mexico remains unsettled and colder with possible rain or snow in the northwest and north-central regions. Temperature extremes recorded were 53 and 178.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Lion hunt turns quiet as deputy shoots two lionesses
Deputy Sheriff Tom Hotchkiss admitted the shots did not thrill him as he killed two lionesses stranded on a Mississippi River island. Denver M. Wright and party, who released the animals, failed to locate them after the killing.
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Commerce
Tom Hotchkiss
Mississippi River
Hotchkiss
Denver
M. Wright
St. Louis
Wright
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King Meatore Syndicate
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Fillmore
Globe-News
Britain
U.S
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