Amarillo editor Old Tack defends publicity drive and tea plan
The piece features Old Tack and Mary Garden in Amarillo as Old Tack pledges bold theatrical publicity. He details tea plans with Mrs Tack and a mother in law watching for questions about music. He touts local leaders Fuqua and Ernest Thompson among 25 powerful Texans and notes public scrutiny.
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Old Tack
W. H. Fuqua
Ernest Thompson
Fuqua
Panhandle
Paphandle
Plains
Amarillo
Texas
Galveston News
Hungry 17 year old stenographer seeks work in News-Globeoffice
A 17 year old stenographer, sole support of her mother, fainted in the News-Globe office after detailing how she and her mother are starving. She has months of experience, is bright and eager, and seeks a job opportunity rather than charity. Mrs. P A Preisig is helping the girl while a potential employer is urged to offer a chance.
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Mr. Tack
Mary Garden
Tack
News-Globe
P. A. Preisig
Lincoln Street
Amarillo
P. A. Pressig
Old Tack
Amarillo News Glance prompts action on railroad payrolls
The News-Globe vows to protest the Denver rail line’s annulment before the state railroad commission, urging Amarillo’s Board of Development to lead the fight. Amid pleas, a local woman offers shelter to a hungry job seeker, and residents search for a missing light-colored police dog with a tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Amarillo
Newe-Globe
Denver
United States
The
News-Globe
Fort Worth
State Railroad Commission
Kidnappers Tricked by Mrs Yocum and Bank Inspector
Three men in khaki uniforms pursued after a kidnapping attempt on a country road. Algren fled, bullets were fired, and his car crashed through a fence. He was captured at a farmhouse after losing his revolver and pants. Mrs Yocum had staged announcements to lure the criminals, coordinating with inspector J A Newell of the Illinois Bankers Association to foil the plot.
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Algren
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Columbus Men Demand Work At State Office Site
About 700 unemployed Columbus men demanded jobs on the new 6 million state office building project. They accused the Cuyshoga Wrecking Company of Cleveland of hiring 60 or 70 Cleveland workers, who were driven off the site twice by the Columbus laborers. Tools were taken and later returned, then lost again as the clash continued.
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Miss Garden
Chicago
Columbus
Associated Press
Ohio
Cuyshoga Wrecking Company of
Cleveland
Texas offers cooperation with Hoover unemployment effort
Texas Labor Commissioner Charles McKenny said the labor department will provide full cooperation to Col Arthur Woods director of President Hoover s unemployment committee. He awaited Woods suggestions and warned the non employment situation could worsen in the state as northern workers drift south before winter.
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Texas
United Press
Austin
Charles McKenny
Arthur Woods
Hoover
Texas Labor Department
McKemy
Col. Woods
Employers Respond to Relief Work
The Associated Press reports from industrial areas that employers are cooperating with the Presidents emergency employment committee to retain workers through winter. The Interstate Commerce Commission for the first time waived railroad accounting rules to allow the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to spend half a million dollars in unemployment relief. The relief funds will cover heavy repairs to equipment not in service or likely to be in service during November and December, enabling continued employment opportunities.
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the Associated Press
Washington
Woods
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Navy to Launch Public Works Program Worth 14 Million
The Navy Department announced that the Bureau of Yards and Docks will undertake construction of public works and utilities totaling 14 million dollars as contracts are let. The shore works program was authorized by Congress on May 14 1930 and contracts totaling 2.9 million had already been placed.
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Navy Department
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Congress
Department
Bureau
Santa Fe Plans 6 Million Equipment Purchase
Topeka announcement states the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe will buy 6 million dollars of equipment, including 1 500 new freight cars, per W B Storey president of the railroad.
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Associated Press
Topeka, Kas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
W. B. Storey
Tack Letters on Relativity and Stein Contentions
A brief note discusses Mr. Ein stein contentions and relativity, comparing it to kinship with analysis. The writer hints at further discussion on Page 18 under Tack Letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Einstein
Halloween superstitions from many lands endure in modern times
Halloween customs from Rome Wales Scotland Ireland and America are recounted as a mix of playful rites and ominous beliefs. The piece notes stone charms crossroad omens salt dare and ring or thimble bets linked to marriages fortune and bachelorhood in a tone urging cautious reverence for a now secular night.
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Scotland
Scotlad
City Oil Well Debacle Dwarfs Mary Sudik Fire Threatens Downtown
An uprising oil gusher seven miles northwest of the wild Mary Sudik site sent millions of cubic feet of gas into the downtown area. Oil mists coated buildings and vehicles while 20 workers fought to control the blowout. Production nears 108 000 barrels daily with 65 000 000 cubic feet of gas daily, as authorities fear a massive conflagration.
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Mary Sudik Fire Department
South City
Wilcox
Fred Morgan
H. Q. Anderson
Morgan
TP MEET Officials See Climate and Jobs Promise in Route
An official praises Texas altitude and climate while stressing the need for railroad construction to lift employment along the route. A December hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission is anticipated after delays, with Lancaster noting no definite date yet. Van Swearingen interests control multiple lines including Texas & Pacific, Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie, Nickel Plate, Missouri Pacific, Pierre Marquette, and partial D. & R. G. Western stake.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Lancaster
van Swearingen
Texas & Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Nickel Plate
Missouri Pacific
Pierre Marquette
D. & R. G. Western
New York
Jno
F. Clarke
Amarillo
Allied Chemical & Dye
Allegheny Corporation
Allis Chalmers
Amerada
American Car
Brunswick Balke Collender
Bucyrus Erie
Bulova Wate Aes Eeues
Burroughs
California
Canada Dry
J I Case Company
Eeeveers
Canadian Pacific
S.sess
Cerro de Pasco
Calumet
Congoleum Nairn Cesceereres Beeeneee
Columbia Grapho Commercial Solvents
Commonwealth & Southern
Continental Can
Consolidated Gas
Continental Baking A
Continental Motors
Sesse Ees
Coty, Inc
Sssee
Detroit Edison
Dupont
Eastman Rod
Wee O
Eaton
Electric Power & Light
Endicott Johnson
Erie Railroad One
Marshall Field & Mpany
Fisk Rubber
Eee
Foster Whee
Hudson Motors
Anee
Hupp Motors
Totes
Illinois Central RR
Inspiration Copper
International Nickel
International Cement
International Harvester
International Tel & Teleg
Johns Manville
Julius Kayser
S-Ssseereeee Kelvinator Corporation
IO Weveavsrte Eee
Kolster Wee
Kennecott Copper
Kresge & Company
Aine Seer
Kroger Grocery
Seenee Aee
Kreuger ° Ase
Lembert Company
Liggett & Myers B
Loew's, Inc
Asabe Serene
Lorillard Tobacco
Bit
Louisville Gas & Electric
Ludlum Steel
Miami Copper
City considers bringing plant into Amarillo limits
City officials discuss annexing a two million dollar plant and nearby fair grounds into Amarillo to extend police and regulatory powers. The commission plans an election for voters to decide on the expansion, noting the facility currently lies outside city taxes and limits.
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Amarillo
City Eyes Expansion Into Sunset Park Area
Amarillo mobilizes to extend city limits to include parts of Sunset Park and surrounding sections with existing water sewer and energy services. A special election date will be set, likely within a month, to decide the extension with a petition from Sunset Park property owners led by T. J. Wagner. The park area, also called Amarillo Park, spans about 640 acres as the city’s largest recreation unit.
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Amarillo
Sunset Park Addition
City Commission
T. J. Wagner
Hayden Steet
Amarillo Park
Markets KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK REPORTS Oct 31
Kansas City market roundup from Oct 31 shows hogs 6,000 head steady to 10c lower with top at 9.00. sows and stock pigs traded. cattle and calves mostly steady with varied price ranges for steers cows and vealers. lambs higher on lighter receipts. Chicago figures show hogs steady to 6c lower with top at 9.45 and cattle weak to lower amid overall dull demand.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
The
Truth and Morality in Edgar A. Guest Verse
A 1930 Edgar A. Guest poem argues about truth in human deeds and the tension between vile acts and honorable living. It questions whether writers should elevate crude behavior or celebrate those who walk in honor and devotion, asserting virtue amid widespread flaws.
Cattle and Sheep Prices and Market Summary
Market figures list cattle prices by weight and grade for choice and good beef, including cows calves bulls and stockers. Sheep and lamb prices are noted with 17 000 head reported and lambs under 90 pounds at 7.60 to 8.75, plus feeding lambs at 6.75 to 7.35. New York Cotton opens steady with slight declines across December and May futures, gains trimmed by hedging and selling.
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New York
Associated Press
Liverpool
Central Belt
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George Woods
Anna Srillo
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Hawk
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McKinley School
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Tyler Street
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Qype Toby
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Just Tells
Edgar A. Guest
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Sssevese
Montgomery Wards
Nash Motors
National Air Transport
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National Dairy Products
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National Power & Light
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Aeee
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United Cigar Stores
United Corporation
United Fruit
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US Pipe & Foundry
U & Steel
Widdag
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Warner Bros Pictures
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Western Maryland RR
Ss- 14
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Yester
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Republics
Ssvsee
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