Texas lawmaker mulls redistricting to aid Senator Parr
Texas may redraw senatorial boundaries to favor Senator Archer Parr known as the Duke of Duval. The plan would create a new 27th district including Hidalgo Cameron Brooks and Willacy counties while revising the 26th to add Duval and Webb counties. Special elections would seat some incumbents in districts where they do not reside.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Archer Parr
Duke
Duval
Ferguson
Parr
Jim Neal
Webb County
Hidalgo
Cameron
Brooks
Willacy
Webb
Neal
Penrose Metcalfe
Tom Green County
E. M. Davis
Brownwood
Metcalfe
Panola
Rusk
Cherokee
Anderson
Joe Hill
Rusk County
Clay Cotten
Anderson County
Pottery County Wheat Compliance Final 1933 Payments
Seventy nine wheat checks totaling 8158.24 were issued to Potter County farmers in Amarillo as final payment on the 1933 allotment per County Agent 3 J Decker. Thirty three checks were delayed in Washington for further investigation. First 1934 payment expected soon. American colors shown by Blue Andalusian fowls with red combs white lobes and blue legs.
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Potter County
Amarillo
3. J. Decker
Washington
Mr. Decker
California Watches in Trembling Suspense for Verdict on Sinclair
In California the 1934 gubernatorial race centers on Upton Sinclair a socialist turned Democrat. Voters split between Sinclair supporters Merriam Haight and others as November 6 looms, with unemployment fears and capital flight shaping the campaign in a tense political landscape.
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California
Sinclair
Second crash victim dies of injuries in Vernon
Vernon Texas October 24 Ben F Weyrick 30 El Dorado Oklahoma farmer died in a Vernon hospital from injuries after an October 15 automobile crash in which R A Luttrell Amarillo was fatally hurt Weyrick was unconscious for over 200 hours he suffered a brain concussion funeral services will be held at the home of his brother C W Weyrick seven miles southwest of Duke Oklahoma he is survived by his parents five brothers and two sisters
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Vernon
Tex
Ben F. Weyrick
el Dorado
Okla
Farmer
R. A. Luttrell
Amarillo
Weyrick
Anne Adams Pattern Ad for Winter Book and Dress
An Anne Adams sewing pattern advertisement touts a two back-skirt slip with shoulder bodice join for comfort and shadow-proof wear. It lists sizes 20 32 34 36 38 40 and 48 with a size 34 fabric estimate and prices for book and pattern, urging orders to The Amarillo Globe Pattern Department in New York City.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe Pattern Department
West Lith Street
New York City
Citizens urged to welcome man with house plans
Amarillo residents should expect a call from a Bet ter Housing Campaign Committee representative who will visit homes to present campaign details. He will promote property improvements, explain financing options, and how to secure loans through local agencies authorized by the Federal Housing Administration.
Displays will aid Red Cross fund campaign
Amarillo merchants will be asked by the local Red Cross chapter to aid the membership drive starting November 11. Merchants have offered window displays and posters, with some arranging products to symbolize the Red Cross, to boost the roll call. A petition circulating asks merchants to participate for one week.
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Amarillo
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
George H. Hammock
Roll Call
Services for Jim Pottinger Set Thursday
Last rites for James V. Pottinger will be at 8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Polk Street Methodist Church. Rev. E. B. Fincher and Dr. J. T. McClure to conduct. pallbearers named. Burial by Blackburn-Shaw in Llano Cemetery. Pottinger, 70, Amarillo resident since 1887, died Monday night. he was justice of the peace. survived by widow Bettie K. Pottinger, a son and three daughters.
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Polk Street Methodist Church
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
J. T. McClure
E. T. Miller
Houston Taylor
A. J. Morris
John Ward
E. Raskin
W. J. Sutherland
Blackburn-Shaw
Llano
Pottinger
Amarillo
Bettie K. Pottinger
Arbitrator Ends Ice Price Hearing In Amarillo
Roy Arledge of Stamford, a member of the arbitration and appeal committee, left Amarillo after several days adjusting local ice price schedules. The new commercial scale matches the pre war level, with prices dropping to 30 cents per hundred pounds during the price cutting war. The current average is 50 cents per hundred pounds and the retail schedule remains unaffected.
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Roy Arledge
Stamford
Committee On Arbitration and Appeal
Tce Code of Texas
Amarillo
Edward Clark for Texas Railroad Commission
Edward Clark runs for the Texas Railroad Commission seat. The campaign focuses on regulation of energy policy, infrastructure projects, and state transportation priorities.
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Edward Clark
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Train wreck injures 34 on Ble Four express
A Ble Four express from Chicago to Cincinnati derailed near Earl Park Indiana injuring 34 passengers. One woman, Mrs. Frank Fisher of Cincinnati, suffered internal injuries. others were treated at Bundy Hospital and expected to leave soon. Officials could not determine cause. Conductor Ralph Patterson blamed a defective rail.
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Ind
Chicago
Cincinnati
Frank Fisher
Bundy Hospital
Farr Park
Indianapolis
Ralph Patternson
Elgin Doctor Killed In Auto Train Collision Near Austin Manor Road
Dr. Julian Rivers a 26 year old Elgin physician was killed when his car skidded at a grade crossing and crashed into a train on the Austin Manor road. He was alone and thrown under the vehicle with fatal head injuries.
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Oct
Julian Rivers
Elgin
Austin Manor Road
Zephyr Sets Records for Train Speed
The Union Pacific streamlined aluminum train arrived in Omaha and then to Chicago after leaving Los Angeles, carrying two world records. It reached 120 mph for two miles between Dix and Potter and averaged 84 mph for 500 miles between Cheyenne and Omaha.
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Cheyenne
Wye
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New York
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Note Left to Opal In Double Shooting
In Kerens near Corsicana Texas Homer Seale 27 was found dead in a car on a road and Ray Reagan 33 was wounded in a ditch with a pistol in his hand two shells fired Reagan died in a hospital and a note to Opal expressed affection both men lived in Kerens investigators said this was a murder and death by own action
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Tex
Kerens
Homer Seale
Ray Reagan
Reagan
Rufus Pevenhouse
Jack Floyd
Peace Officers Jittery As Final Exams Near
About fifty peace officers attended a four day police course at College Station sponsored by the college and the Texas League of Municipalities. The program covered ballistics fingerprinting law evidence and photography with field techniques discussed and practiced by officers from 26 Texas cities.
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College Station
Schoo
The
College
Texas League of Municipalities
Auction of Ambassador Wallace’s Wine Collection in Paris
In Paris at 5 Place d Iena the late Hugh Campbell Wallace’s wine cellar is up for auction. M. Louis de Cagny expects high prices for museum pieces including a half bottle of imperial porte from 1787 and two bottles of Grande Fine des Tuileries 1820, plus rare Bordeaux burgundies hocks and champagnes.
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U.P
Paris
Place D'lena
Hugh Campbell Wallace
United States
France
M. Louis de Cagny
Bordeaux
Burgundies
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