Robbery Suspect Held After Ellwood Drug Store Theft
Ed Madison, 26, held by police on complaint by Don Reid charging robbery with firearms in the Sunday night Ellwood Drug Store heist at 909 West Tenth Avenue. Reid says a masked bandit forced him to stand as about 25 dollars were taken, with 20 cents recovered after a car pursuit led by Harold Patton and Bill Bartlett.
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Ed Madison
Don Reid
Ellwood
West Tenth Avenue
Reid
Harold Patton
Bill Bartlett
Madison
Fall beneath freight train kills New York man
Joe Benny Mosto age 45 of New York City died after being struck by an east bound Rock Island freight train near the Great West Mill & Elevator Company's plant. He suffered fatal injuries from two severed legs and shock. He told attendants he had a wife and two children in Genoa Italy and a cousin in Athol Massachusetts. His body lay at Griggs Funeral Chapel as relatives he hoped to contact had not yet been reached.
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Joe Benny Mosto
New York
Mosto
St. Anthony Hospital
West Fourth Street
New York City
Rock Island
Great West Mill & Elevator Company
Genoa
Italy
Joe Garbildino
Exchange Avenue
Athol
Mass
Roosevelt Campaign Reaches Texas Amid Weather, Hearts and Politics
A Texas letter outlines Franklin D Roosevelt skipping Amarillo on a West to Midwest swing, predicting Texas will deliver a large Roosevelt majority while Hoover remains unlikely to win more than one state. It notes weather insights, local laws on shooting doves, and mentions A S Stinnett forecasting a harsh winter with bark thickening on trees as a sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis
Denial of Injustice by City Development Chief Over Unpaid Bills
Wilbur C. Hawk, director of the Board of City Development, rejects Vernon claims of board knowledge of $5,000 in unpaid bills. He notes post-dated checks of $394.72 and about $500 in advance salary, and states Vernon acted without board authority on a $1,100 Panhandle Plains magazine printing contract.
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V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Wilbur C. Hawk
Board of City Development
T. E. Johnson
Plains
Vernon
Mr. Hawk
Ernest O. Thompson
Ross Rogers
R. P. Parcells
O.V. Vernon
Bill Day
Hawk
Johnson
Panhandle Plains Magazine
Kansas City Printing Company
City Commission
Winter talk and personal ads from a 58 year old Dutch Mantell
A columnist voice urges contact with Dutch Mantell for exercise advice and praises his vitality and horse sense. The note shifts to quirky observations about sleepwear and pajamas from Louis Smith, then asks for a lost tin-type picture from Gordon's Style Shop and a four year old setter named Dan with a $ reward at 9821.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
Dan
Suspected ancient culture linked to plains people near Panhandle
Researchers discuss a civilization in the Panhandle likely existing centuries before Spaniards in 1540. Holden notes the people were not Pueblo, their pottery resembles North Carolina and Tennessee wares, and they may have borrowed social customs from Pueblo communities. Several hundred individuals referenced.
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Panhandle
Holden
North Carolina
Tennessee
Dear Tack Letter Seeks Work and Stable Life for Family
A letter to Tack from a man seeking employment anywhere. He asks only for a place where his seven year old son can attend school and where his wife and he can attend church. The note appears on the Tack Letters page.
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Tack
Puebloization of Panhandle settlers noted by Holden
Holden said residents who left the Panhandle could not have managed without strong government and economy and were becoming Puebloized before leaving. He admitted he could not explain their departure but suggested dreaths and hostile enemies likely caused it.
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Panhandle
Holden
Ferguson Nomination Sparks Texas recount bid
Sterling forces plan a district court recount in Austin seeking to overturn Miriam A. Ferguson's Democratic nomination. Leaders include Gov. Ross Sterling aides and figures Dan Moody Alfred Petsch Sam McCorkle with Gen. M. M. Crane C. S. Slatten and C. S. Bradley serving on the legal committee. The suit must be filed within two weeks and aims to speed the trial and appeal so the winner can appear on the general election ballot.
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Miriam A. Ferguson
Ross Sterling
Austin
Dan Moody
Alfred Petsch
Fredericksburg
House
Sam McCorkle
Mexia
M. M. Crane
Dallas
C. S. Slattern
San Antonio
No Trace Continues In Denmark Strait Search
United Press report from Sept 12 states efforts to locate the missing flying family of Col. George R. Hutchinson continue with night search using searchlights in the Denmark Strait. Icebergs hinder progress as authorities persist.
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United Press
Col
George R. Hutchinson
Denmark Strait
Watson
Posses Continue Pursuit of Desperado Duo
Police on the trail of desperadoes Hamilton and Barrow after murder and robbery charges. They face alleged safe breaking and robberies with firearms in Dallas Hillsboro and Lufkin. Authorities widened the hunt as officers press the case.
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Desperado
Hamilton
Barrow
Hillsboro
Dallas
Lufkin
Substance theme in Christian Science church service
The First Church of Christ Scientist held a Sunday lesson sermon titled Substance with a golden text from John 6 27. Zechariah 2 13 was cited and a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures discussed matter as false belief and the ascent to Spirit and Truth.
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Church of Christ, Scientist
God
Father
Zechariah
Mary Baker Eddy
Bible sermons and revival services across Amarillo churches
Dr M J Tucker discusses the Bible as a builder of character at West Amarillo Baptist Church. Msgr A F Amirault opens sermons on the Apostles Creed at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Ministers address doctrine, fear, and personal evangelism during revival at Tabernacle Baptist Church.
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West Amarillo Baptist Church
M. J. Tucker
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Msgr
A. F. Amirault
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
L. N. Lipscomb
Amarillo
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Tabernacle Baptist Church
J. C. Sisemore
Weeds and welfare talk mixed with world troubles
The piece rails at welfare work as idle labor for unemployed men citing gloves and weeds as waste. It recalls Wallace Mitchell’s death after a milk theft provoked by hunger and contrasts with Trotzky and Venizelos. It notes Spain confiscating Jesuit property, claiming it for public welfare.
Just Folks
Poem by Edgar A. Guest extols the value of friendship over wealth and status. It emphasizes that true peace and solace come from friends who share laughter, solace during sorrow, and daily companionship under all conditions.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Market Reports From Kansas City and New Orleans
Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show mixed trends with prices largely steady to lower across weights and classes. In New Orleans cotton opens easier on bullish August textiles data, despite initial losses, with October at 7.92 and December at 8.08 as traders weigh stock declines and weather cues.
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Kansas City
D. A
Utah
New Orleans
Liverpool
Eens Bales
Gat
Fragmentary OCR Note Sounds Like Ambiguous Tech Term
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a general undertone described as jet and includes a numeric 17 percent reference, yielding limited clear facts and no identifiable events or entities.
Reichstag Dissolution to Be Taken to Supreme Court
The Reichstag would be summoned for tomorrow but reconsidered and agreed to submit the issue to the supreme court. States likely to contest the dissolution include Brunswick Mecklenburg and Oldenburg as the Reichstag cannot appear while its existence is questioned. The litigation could take several weeks.
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Supreme Court
Brunswick
Mecklenberg
Oldenburg
Reichstag
Amarillo Girl Is Buried at Memphis
Funeral services for Mildred Eunice Stephens 20 were held at 3 pm Monday in Memphis. She died at an Amarillo hospital Sunday morning after living at 1604 West Eighth Avenue. Survived by mother Mrs Lucy E Hamilton of Memphis two brothers Albert Dallas and Elbert Memphis five sisters Mrs L C Paris Fort Worth Mrs Clyde Holt Slaton Mrs Jessie Rogers Parnell Mrs W M Kilpatrick and Miss Frances Stephens. Body sent to Memphis by N B Riggs and Sons.
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Miss Stephens
Lucy E. Hamilton
Memphis
Amarillo
West Eighth Avenue
Methodist Church
Albert Stephens
Dallas
Elbert Stephens
L. C. Paris
Fort Worth
Clyde Holt
Slaton
Jessie Rogers
Parnell
W. M. Kilpatrick
Frances Stephens
Riggs and Sons
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Franklin Roosevelt
Albuquerque
Colorado
Nebraska
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Roosevelt
United States
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Helso
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Hoover
A. S. Stinnett
Mr. Stinnett
Inc
Nature
News-Globe
Louis Smith
Mr. Smith
Plum
Sterlingites
Christian Science
Parker
Automobile Bldg
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Bible Book OF Life
Tucker
Wallace F. Mitchell
Philadelphia
Trotzky
Russia
Lenin
Czecho- Slovakia
Greece
Venizelos
Paraguay
France
Spain
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Order of Jesuits
Loyola
Earth
Amarileo Markets
Kansas City Livestock
Chicago
Jno
F. Clark & Co
Peru
Coe
Juneau
Peter Ee
Allied
Allis
Tee Amerada
Aary Car & ‘Foundry
Weeeenwee
American International
Issreeean
American Rolling Mills
American Smelt Refining
American Steel Foundrys
American el & Telego
American Water Wo
Topeka & Anne
Atlantic Ining
Ee Nee 1814
Auburn Auto
Atlon Re
Wee
Aldwin Locomotive Aoe
Baltimore & Ohio
Tee
Barnedall
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Renee
T & Company
Ei Aluminum
Eee
Blyttom Warner
Sesress
lyn-Manhattan
Ansit
Burroughs Adding Machine
Alifornia Packing
Lily Canada
Acific
Cerro de Pasco Copper
Chesapeake Ohio
Chesapeake Orporation
Hie
Miln & St. Paul RR
Icago & Northwestern RR
Rock Island & P
Chrysler
Orter Settee
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Ssa
Columbia Gas & Electric
Columbian
Seereee Oa
Nwealth & Southern
Delaware
Lackawanna Eee
Aheeane
Drug, Inc
Eastman Kodak
Bely Electric AutorLite
Electric Power & Li
Matanell Field
Tees i
Foster Wheeler
Fox Film Trees
Freeport Texas
General General Foods
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General Railway
Gillette Razor
Skelly
Goodrich
Us Rand Union
South Cal
South Porto Edison
Stand Oil
Cal
Ouston
New
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Copper
Transamerica
Kresge Setere
Union Carbide
Union Oil
Kreuger
Union Pacific
Ae FeeRy
United Aircraft
United Corporation
Liggett & Myers
United Fruit
Eeeesseer
Aly
Mack Trucks
U S Steel
Macy Stores
Mathieson Alkali
Pw & Lt
Wos
Ereeeres
Missouri Pacific
Warner Bros
Warren Bros
Wees
Montgomery Ward & Coseer Murray Corporation
Lily
Western Union Eens
Nash Motor Car
Weeee
Westinghouse
National Distillers Free
Osay Ha
Ovencome National Paw & Light Teat
Nevada Consolidated Copper
New York Central
NH & H RR
Noranda Mines
Coeee BE
Northern Pacific RR
Ohio Oil
Otis Elevator
Pacific Gas & Electric
Packard Motors
Paramount Publix
St. Louis-San Fran RR
Seaboard
Junkers
Mildred Eunice Stephens
Resinol
Department
Baltimore
Maryland
K. S. Loving & Company
Blackburn Building
Polk
Joc
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