Indictment roundup shows multiple narcotics and theft cases
In federal court here Marie Rhodes and Fred Rogers were found guilty on all counts of narcotics charges after being arrested at a local rooming house. Sentences deferred by Judge James C. Wilson. Separate cases involved Larry Meyers who stated he planned to return a car stolen from a rental lot, Dr. Walter T. Travis absent for narcotics charges, former state Rep John Herron White facing forgery on a government check, and Frank G. Boden to be heard for mail fraud. Fred Vehmeyer received 22 months at Leavenworth for transporting a stolen bear. Whitney Burke of Pampa fined $100 for liquor law violations.
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Gale
Marie Rhodes
Fred Rogers
James C. Wilson
Rhodes
Rogers
Larry Meyers
Wichita
Kans
Walter T. Travis
Sf Dalhart
Travis
John Herron White
Borger
Frank G. Boden
Amarillo
Leaven‘worth
Fred Vehmeyer
Whitney Burke
Pampa
Study on Unemployment Causes Missing From Enumeration
Experts urge a focused study rather than a mere list to analyze why individuals were out of work and whether machine displacement affected specific cases. They call for careful analysis of research possibilities to deepen understanding.
Parliamentarian slams America as harsh to poor
Dr E Leslie Burgin, MP, returning from the International Law Association Conference in New York, criticizes the United States for lacking unemployment relief and welfare. He cites thrift and saving as rare, cites rigid poor laws and hospital bed bidding, and contrasts the perceived callousness with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
E. Leslie Burgin
International Law Association
New York
America
Two Detectives Arrested for Extortion in Chicago
Chicago, Oct. 22. Two veteran detectives Ernest Dallege and John McCarthy were arrested in a trap set by fellow officers after druggist Joseph Mason reported attempts to extort 25000 dollars then 5000. Mason alleged the pair planned to frame him as a bomb plotter unless paid. Both officers were stripped of badges and suspended as criminal charges were to be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Press
Chicago
Ernest Dallege
John McCarthy
Alcock
Joseph Mason
South Side
Mason
Callege
McCarthy
Negro Baptist Program To Be Friday Night At Mt Zion
A program at Greater Mt Zion Baptist Church on Second Avenue and Van Buren Street begins Friday at 7 45 featuring Rev M K Curry as lecturer. Other acts include invocation by Frank Hall welcome address by Mrs D Hickman response by D I Ramsey song led by Mrs C E Graves paper by Dr F D Ramsey and benediction Frank Smiley serves as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Second Avenue
van Buren Street
M. K. Curry
Frank Hall
Greater Mt. Zion Church
D. Hickman
D. I. Ramsey
C. E. Graves
F. D. Ramsey
RB. Gentry
Rev. Curry
Frank Smiley
Two Smallpox Deaths Reported in North Carolina in 1923
The record notes that only two deaths from smallpox occurred in North Carolina during 1923, reflecting a year with unusually low mortality from the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Up North Carolina
Civil Appeals at Amarillo Court: motions and decisions
Proceedings recorded in the Seventh District Court at Amarillo show motions granted and overruled, with several rehearings and submissions set. Cases span Wilbarger, Lubbock, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, and other counties, including bank and corporate disputes and a state case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
R. W. Hall
Wilbarger County
R. R. Gilliland
Penick Hughes Co
D. N. Leaverton
A. J. Davis
H. C. Burt
W. D. Benson
First National Bank
Lubbock
B. W. Casey
City of
Bedford-Carthage Stone Co
R. A. Famey
James C. Cook
J. B. Williams
Wheeler
W. B. Phipps
J. L. Fuqua
Deaf Smith
R. D. Holt
First State Bank of Miami
EH. O. Wooten Grocery Co
Max Coleman
R. J. Brandant
Next Friend
E. L. Woodley
Hockley
W. B. Chauncey
Texas
Wilbarger
W. L. Hendrick
S. F. Johnston
M. S. Kaplan Co
H. M. Wiley
D. EE
Holt
F. G Ford
F. J. Newburg
A. E. Spinhire
Oldham
American Fidelity Casualty Co. Inc
F. W. Williams
J. W. Upton
W. B. Paschal
Terry
B. T. Watt
State of Texas
Gray
Sarah Conwell
Amarillo Building and Loan Association
Potter
A. J. Harris
D. W. Hulsey
Four Scarlet Fever Cases in Amarillo Reported
The Amarillo health department announced four scarlet fever cases with a new patient on Houston Street in Belmont Park near North Fifteenth Avenue. One case was released from quarantine Saturday, and a separate typhoid fever case on Garfield Street near Highland Park adds to contagious illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
City Health Department
Houston Street
Belmont Park Addition
Fifteenth Avenue
Garfield Street
Highland Park Addition
Articles Stolen From Parked Autos Here
Clothing cigarettes and other articles were stolen Tuesday night from two cars parked at 1402 Hughes Street. The owners were J. E. McKinney and W. E. McKinney. Several other small thefts from cars were reported, with thieves taking motometers and accessories when nothing else was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes Street
J. E. McKinney
W. E. McKinney
Fifty-Five Sleepers Registered at City Jail
Fifty-five prisoners were registered Tuesday night at the city jail. The city hotel record was set Sunday night with seventy-nine guests. A Weakly County farm in Tennessee tripled its hay crop this year due to lime usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenn
Nerve and Voices on Hard Times and Immigration
A letter to Tack urges American citizens to unite and stop blaming foreigners for unemployment. The writer argues wage suppression stems from citizens’ own inaction and defends workers, while another letter disparages Mexicans and “greasers” as unfit for citizenship, prompting a debate over race and labor in West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Kansas
Nothing to Do and Suffering Amid Hard Times
A Depression era feature observes unemployed workers in Minneapolis facing winter hardship. Denny Morris, crippled and jobless, describes endless days with no work and cold nights. A carpenter, a truckster, a German seller, and a once-busy cook share grim routines as agencies close and warmth becomes scarce with winter looming. They fear increased hardship if relief does not arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny Morris
Mossion
Joel
Northwest
Minneapolis
Louie
Clearing Skies Expected In Amarillo Panhandle Tonight
Clouds and fog to clear today with a forecast of clearing skies and partly cloudy conditions for Wednesday night and Thursday. No rain reported overnight. Santa Fe lines showed sunshine east of the Panhandle. Temperature reached 56 at 1 PM. Traffic moving normally though unpaved roads remain slick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania Crude Oil Prices Cut By 15 Cents
The Associated Press reports a 15 cent cut in all Pennsylvania crude oils. New prices include Pennsylvania crude in New York transit lines Bradford district oil in national transit lines at 2.40 dollars, and various Pennsylvania grades in national transit lines, Eureka lines, Buckeye lines, and Southwest lines with adjusted amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Eureka
New York
U. S. Steel
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Radio
General Electric
New York Central
Westinghouse
Atchison
National Biscuit
International Harvester
Loew's
North American
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
American Water Works
Allied Chemical
Case
Lackawanna
Auburn Auto
Columbian
Formal Opening at El Taos Thursday Night
El Taos, a popular Amarillo dining and dancing palace on the Amarillo Canyon highway, has been enlarged and remodeled. Under Mr. and Mrs. Fred Short it will stage a formal opening Thursday night with a doubled dancing floor and possible new dining tables. Mrs. Short designed the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Taos
Amarillo Canyon Highway
Fred Short
Amarillo
Jews Press Criticism of London Policy in Palestine
Hebrew newspapers in Jerusalem criticize the British Palestine administration statement and vow to push for a national home for free Jewish people. A Jewish labor party proclamation says the blow hurts more because it came from a labor government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Palestine
Jewish Labor Party
Road Conditions From Amarillo to Nearby Cities
Amarillo to Fort Worth via Wichita Falls U S 370 roads slippery. Amarillo to Oklahoma City U S 66 roads slippery. Amarillo to Roswell U S 66 9 9 roads slippery. Amarillo to Tucumcari U S 66 roads muddy. Amarillo to Higgins U S 60 Amarillo to Clayton N M U S 385 roads slippery. Amarillo to Borger Oilfield Highway paved. Amarillo to Lubbock U S 385 slippery all the way. THE PANHANDLE AUTO CLUB INC Headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
U. S
Vernon
Oklahoma City
Roswell
Tucumcari
Higgins
Clayton
N. M
U. 8
Borger
Oilfield
Lubbock
the Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Cole Returns From Dallas Traffic Meet
S. J. Cole announces that the Texas Industrial Traffic League requests a postponement of the November 17 hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Dallas attorney F. A. Leffingwell will represent the league at the St Louis session on November 6. Attendees from major Texas cities joined the Dallas session on Tuesday to align testimony and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Industrial Traffic League
S. J. Cole
Chamber of Commerce
Texas League
Dallas
F. A. Leffingwell
Texas Traffic League
Interstate Commission
St. Louis
Massacre and Kidnapings in Chinese Provinces Rise
Bandit groups in Kianfu and Kiangsi abduct priests and six nuns in a high ransom case. American missionary Bert Nelson held for 300000 dollars as rescue troops approach Communist headquarters. Two British women missionaries killed after capture in Fukien. a finger sent to officials with a ransom demand. Ninety six Americans depart for interior amid warnings of unsafe regions and winter shipping limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kianfu
Kiangsi
Bert Nelson
United Lutheran Mission
Neilson
Fukien
Legation
Stock Deals and Fertility Fuel Debate Across Nations
A stock market picture shows fears of short selling and borrowing limits as President Hoover comments on selling pressure. The piece links wealth to soil fertility and nitrogen, noting synthetic fertilizer amid industry influence. It questions electricity transmission, aluminum lines, and future stock impacts on metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Hoover
The
Wall Street
Communists Fire On U S Steamer Near Hankow
The Yangtze river battle saw a Communist battery open fire twice on the American steamer Ifang as it neared Hankow from Ichang. An American naval armed guard aboard fired back effectively and no one was hurt. The battery lay a few miles from Hankow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hankow
China
Yangtse
Ifyng
Ichang
Funeral Rites for L. Brandt Set for Thursday
L Brandt 74 died at home near Umbarger at 1130 Tuesday night. Survived by widow a son and two daughters John L Brandt Canyon Mrs John Tyson and Mrs William Schmidt Neb Nebraska City. Funeral services will be in Umbarger Catholic Church at 9 am Thursday. Burial Umbarger Cemetery by Griggs Thompson Funeral Home.
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L. Brandt
Umbarger
John L. Brandt
Canyon
John Tyson
William Schmidt
Nebraska City
Neb
Griggs- Thompson Funeral Home
Paroled Beeman in Custody After Forgery Arrest
Kansas parole officer M. J. Merriweather was to arrive in Amarillo to take Alfred Beeman, a paroled convict, into custody. Beeman, who waived return to Lansing penitentiary, was caught with a large supply of printed checks used in a forgery scheme and held in the city jail awaiting transfer. He is under an indeterminate sentence for forgery from Marion County in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Merriweather
State of Kansas
Amarillo
Alfred Beeman
Beeman
State Penitentiary
Lansing
Merriweather
Marion County
Flood Losses Rise Across Mexico In Storm Lashes
The Associated Press reports mounting damage from storms and floods across Mexico likely reaching millions of pesos. Gulf gales reach Tampico to Oaxaca with inland impact toward Tehuantepec. Tampico and Vera Cruz ports closed as air and sea travel between Mexico and the United States remains suspended.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Tampico
Tehuantepec
Oaxaca
Excelsior Dispatches
Tuxtepec
la Ribera
Vera Cruz
United States
Commodity Prices and Cotton Markets Report
Market notes cover beef and veal prices, cattle categories, and lamb values, followed by New York and New Orleans cotton trading, with futures moves and weekly weather notes. Also includes potato and produce sections, poultry, and a stock letter summarizing intraday shifts and key losers.
North Texas M E Meet at Greenville
Greenville Texas hosts the annual North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South with Bishop H A Boaz presiding over sessions through Sunday. A new board of Christian education is expected from merging three boards and a conference board plus executive secretary will be elected to cooperate with the general board. Pastors' assignments will be announced Sunday night after selections by Bishop Boaz and nine presiding elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Greenville
Tex
North Texas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
H. A. Boaz
Board of
Christian Education
Epworth League
Sunday Schools
Conference Board of Christian Education
Boaz
West Texas Conference boards to serve church group
In Harlingen on October 22 the West Texas Conference of the Methodist Church opened with plans to approve boards and committees for the year. Bishop Sam R. Hay's cabinet assigned pastors for the coming year in preliminary sessions. Fred Johnson of Mobeetie remains in critical condition at Wheeler hospital. Dr. George T. Royse, the city health officer, reported his uncle’s condition and Royse had just returned from Wheeler. Georgia cotton production up to September 16 reached 698,713 bales according to official figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harlingen
West Texas
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Sam R. Hay
Fred Johnson
Mobeetie
Wheeler
Johnson
George T. Royse
Royse
Georgia
Kansas City Livestock Market Report October 22
Kansas City hogs 5,000 head uneven gains to 25 cents, top 9.26. cattle 7,500, calves 1,800, mixed, steers $8.75 to 12.75 per 600 1500 lbs, cows $4.00 to 7.25, vealers 6.00 to 10.50. sheep 15,000 opening lambs down about 25 cents, best westerns above 8.75, feeder lambs 6.25 to 7.00. Fort Worth hogs 700, steady to 15 cents lower, top 9.10. cattle 4,700 trade slow, slaughter steers about 26 cents lower, fat cows scarce, heavy bulls 5.00, stockers 6.75 to 7.00, calves 7.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associated Press
U. 8S
D. A
Fort Worth
Livestock Market Report East St. Louis and Chicago
East St. Louis markets show hogs at 18 000 head active and higher by 10 to 15 cents, tops near 9.55 with sows to 8.50. Cattle calves and vealers mixed, steers slow but prospects steady. fat yearlings and heifers around 9.50 to 11.50, bulls 5.50 down. Chicago market lists hogs up 10 to 15 cents, top 9.75, cattle activity steady to firm, steers and yearlings strong, cows 5.50 to 8.00, vealers 18.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
The
Associated Press
Packera
Proof of Life Poem by Edgar A. Guest 1930
A reflective verse urging that rest without purpose dulls life and urging readers to serve others. The poet argues that ongoing effort and pursuit of goals give life meaning, even amid hardship and longing.
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Net Teyey
Eure
Gateway
Cole
Canada
Liverpool
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
United States Steel
Nook
Lowe
Potatoes
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Ohio
Idaho
Colorado
Brown Beauties
McClures
Jno. F. Clarke
Amarillo Building
Allied Chemical & Dye
Allegheny Corporation
Jno
F. Clark Brokerage Co
Cevveeve AB
National Cash Register
Allie Chalmers
NH & Reaten Aneee
Amerada Corporation
Nevada Daw Deeere Om
American
Foreign Power
Northern Pacific RR
Seereenenee
North America
American Car & Foundry
Oliver Farm
Paramount Publix Pase
American International
Sear
Pathe Exchange
Seeenee Ay Aly
American Locomotive
Packard Motors
American Power & Light
JC Penney
American Rad
American Rolling Mills
Pilledu Flour Mills
Aesente
American Smelting & Re
Public
Ruice of NJ
American Steel Foundrys
Pullman
American ‘Tel & Telez
Radio Corporation
American Tobacco
Radio Keith Orpheum
Amer Wtaks & Electric
Remington Rand
At&sfrr
Republic Iron & Steel Ee
Auburn Automobile
Reynolds Tobacco B
Rady Aviation Corporation
St. Joseph
Baldwin Locomotive
Schulte Stores
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Sears Roebuck
Bendix Aviation
Simmons Company
Best & Company
Southern California Edison
Bethlehem Steel
Standard Brands Inc
Bohn Aluminum & Bras
Standard Comm
Borden Company
Burroughs Adding Machine
Trans American Aoe
Oews Heereen
Timken Roller Bearings
Buna M Byers
Californian Packing
Union Pacific
Anadian Pacific
United Corporation
Celotex Company
United Fruit
Cerro de Pasco
United Carbon
Calumet & Hecla
Union Gas Improvement Seses Jl
Chesapeake Corporation
S Rubber Rubber
St P & Pac RR
Union Carbide
Chrysler Lewees
Ty Ibis S Pipe & Foundry
Coca Cola
Universal Pipe & Rad
Colorado Fuel & Tron
Vanadium Corporation
Columbia Gas & Electric
Wees
Willys Overland
Continental Baking A
Ghr
Woolworth
Continental Motors
Yellow Truck & Coach
Ll Coty Inc
Crucible Steel
Cutler
Wrens
Curtiss Wright
Davison Chemical
Maracaibo
Delaware
Erie Railroad
Sane
Marshall Field & Co Settee
Louisiana
Foater-Wheeler, Inc
Freeport Texas
Mexican Seaboard
Fox Film
Frisco
General Food
General Mills
General Motors
Panhandle P
General Railway
Petroleum Corp
Gillette Safety Razor
Graham Paige
Seewees
Cal
Tee
Granby Consolidated
Rio Grande Oil
Bo Grigsby Granow
Royal Dutch Nee
Great Northern Ry
Great Western
Hahn Dept Stores
Shell Union
Houdaille Hershey
Simms
Hudson Motors
Beens
Sinclair
Hupp
Motors Sweeebe Ane
Skelly
Illinois Central RR
Land Realty
Inspiration
Penn Oil
International Nickel
St'd
NSAS
International Cement
N. J
Ad Oy
Ceees
Inter Tel & Teleg
St'd of
Calif
Johns Manville
N.Y
Kansas City Southern RR
Sud
Indiana
Julius Kayser
Superior
Ty Kelvinator Corporation
Texas Corp
Bee
Kolster Radio
Tex Pac Ld
Kresge & Company
Tide Water Ags
Kennecott Copper
Tex Pac Cl & Oil
Kroger Grocery & Baking
Texan Oil & Land
Kreuger & Toll
Ewtbrs
Lambert
Lambert Cosseseseeee
Estes PG
Liggett & Myers B
Sete
Steeee Loew's Inc
Ereerr Reer
Baty Warner-Quinlan
Wiles
Lorillard Tobacco
Seeeenene
Louisville Gas & Electric
Gg Ludlum Steel
Nemee
Elec Ween
Marconi
DeForest Radio
Estes
Detroit
Durant Motors
Elee Bond & Shure
Ford Motor Ltd
Ford of
Fox Theatre
General Baking
Goldman Sachs
Lone Star Gas
Ry Mavis Bottling
Sewers
Niagara Hud Pr
Penmoad Corp . Oe
St. Regis Paper
Trans
Air Trans
United Gas Oe
Unight & Pwr
M. E
Methodists
Chicago Livestock
Proof OF
Edgar A. Guest
CRY
Aberpruree
Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Bert Hart
Ong
Victor
Rca-Victor Co
T. E. Swann Co
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