Meyer and Meyer Open New Amarillo Store on Polk Street
Hundreds visited Meyer and Meyer at 517 Polk Street for a modernistic grand opening. Carlton Scales and his orchestra performed as staff handed roses to ladies and cigars to men. Amarillo and out of town firms sent flowers. the store features indirect lighting and hardwood knotted pine displays. Established 1921 as merchants, the firm marks another milestone in progressive merchandising.
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Meyer
Polk Street
Louis Meyer
Carlton Scales
Amarillo
Meyer and Meyer
Loans in Potter County Total $369 000, 1933 to 1936
Ninety loans totaling 369000 were made in Potter County by the Federal Land Bank and the Land Bank Commissioner from May 1, 1933 to June 30, 1936. The Federal Land Bank issued 240900 across 34 clients. the land bank commissioner issued 128100 across 56 loans. The Farm Credit Association lent Texas farmers 196139976 during the period.
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Potter County
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner
Land Bank
Farm Credit Association
Texas Farmers
New Pool Looms in Glasscock County
SAN ANGELO September 15 A wildcat oil well No 1 Carter seven miles north of Garden City in Glasscock County promises a new oil pool. Drilled by Floyd C Dodson of San Angelo and B A Duffy of Abilene on J G Carter heirs land. Estimated 10 to 15 barrels daily. Drilling at 1 643 feet in lime. The well No 1 Dodson previously produced salt water then oil above Permian lime but was abandoned at 3247 feet after hitting sulphur water at 2795 feet.
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San Angelo
Glasscock County
Floyd C. Dodson
B. A. Duffy
Abilene
J. G. Carter
Carter
Garden City
McDowell Pool
T&p
Fleetborn Oil Corp
Dodson
Albatross Sailboat Built by Amarillo Sea Scouts Ready
A 22 foot catboat named Albatross, built by 18 Sea Scouts and sponsors in Amarillo, will launch on City Lake after six months of work. The $1,000 vessel features oak keel, vulcanized pine planking, Oregon spruce mast, and safety gear, with crew of four under M. Ts. Cox and PF. Hemphill.
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City Lake
Ninth Avenue
Amarillo
Sea Scouts Troop
Michigan
Oregon
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
West
D. W. Britain
Nantucket
M. Ts. Cox
PF. H. Hemphill
Bob Johnson
Advertising Plan To Be Submitted
Senator elect Houghton Brownlee announced he would sponsor a bill in January to amend the Texas constitution and appropriate 5 million dollars for a five year advertising program. Expenditures would fund tourism agriculture and industrial expansion with 200000 for tourism 250000 for agriculture 200000 for industrial expansion and 350000 for follow up data.
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Austin
U.P
Houghton Brownlee
Texas
Walter F. Woodul
Sheriff Receives Kidnapping Threat Card in Athens
Athens September 15 Sheriff Jess Sweeten who has been campaigning against bootleggers received a threatening card in the mail targeting his 3 year old daughter Jessie Nell The note warned of kidnapping between now and November first and demanded a thousand dollars at the last tree in the graveyard at Athens signed by a man and noting this is a man
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Athens
Jess Sweeten
Jessie Nell
Knox Repeats Charge on Insurance and Savings
Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice presidential candidate, repeated a disputed claim that life insurance and savings accounts are endangered by the administration’s fiscal policies. The remarks followed a dis carded portion of a prepared speech in Helena.
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Knox
Helena
Mont
Col
Frank Knox
Uncle Sam Exhibits Planned at Tri-State Fair
Uncle Sam will be an exhibitor at the Tri-State Fair September 21 to 26. The Soil Conservation Service will display farm models and enlarged pictures to illustrate erosion control and conservation practices for Panhandle farms and ranches in a 14 by 14 foot space in the merchants building. C. W. Humbie leads the exhibit with help from Bill McLean, regional photographer, and James Birmingham of Colorado Springs, an exhibits specialist.
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Uncle Sam
Soil Conservation Service
Panhandle
Fair Association
Government Soil Service
Merchants
C. W. Humbie
Bill McLean
James Birmingham
Colorado Springs
Marble Tables Banned Near Houston Schools
Houston police chief Neal Polk orders banning marble machines within one block of any Houston school after next Monday. He will file charges against operators found near schools and keep the machines in custody to prevent children from gambling during lunch.
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Houston
Neal Polk
Cotton Crowned King of Crops in 1935 Farm Income
Washington report shows cotton earned $861.3 million in 1935 including lint seed and farm use plus government aid. Wheat ranked second at $482.8 million and corn at $349.8 million. Total crop income was $3.856 billion versus $4.652 billion from livestock. Milk and dairy led with $1.681 billion. Other livestock values included hogs $935.9 million cattle and calves $920.5 million gas $557.8 million chickens $213.3 million and sheep and lambs $124.3 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Morocco Uprising Charged to Blum
Paris reports nationalists accuse the Blum government of trying to spark a native uprising in French Morocco to threaten Spanish Morocco and pressure Franco. Communists allege a right wing coup with Resident-General Peyrouton’s complicity. Abd El Krim leaders reportedly freed and returned from exile.
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Paris
Blum
French
Morocco
Spanish
Marcel Peyrouton
Bcho de Paris
Abd- El-Krim
Peyrouton
Franco
Francisco Franco
Blum told not to back down in Lille labor riot
Paris reports Labor union militants threaten 100000 workers to force Lille factories to implement the 40 hour week after textile owners refuse an official demand. Union secretary Bourneton vows support for Premier Blum as 35000 workers occupy plants in a folded arms strike.
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Paris
Lille
Leon Blum
Charles Bourneton
Peace leaders oppose six month CCC military training plan
Peace leaders in Washington condemned proposals to require every 18 year old to receive six months of military training in the Civilian Conservation Corps saying the plan would militarize youth and undermine civilian service goals.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Jail Break Attempt At Rusk Thwarted In 1930s Incident
Henderson dispatch reports two Rusk County prisoners hospitalized after an attempted jail break. Jailer Poole used a billy to subdue inmates Clyde Brown who threw snuff at him and Ray Garcer who tried to hit Poole with a mop handle. Sheriff McMurray intervened with a shotgun.
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Henderson
U.S
Rusk County
Poole
Billy
Clyde Brown
Ray Garcer
Brown
Sheriff McMurray
Plan to militarize America faces opposition from pacifists
Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley submits a proposal to the War Department and President Roosevelt claiming it would build a strong American manpower. Frederick J. Libby of the National Council for Prevention of War calls the plan shameful.
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War Department
Roosevelt
George van Horn Moseley
Fourth Corps
Frederick J. Libby
The
National Council For Prevention of War
Texarkana Merchant Goes to Trial in Explosion Case
Ward, a Texarkana merchant, faced trial as principal and accomplice to murder and arson for a March 20 store explosion that destroyed his business. The proceedings began today as jurors weighed charges.
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Ward
Texarkana
No, I cannot determine a proper headline from this fragment
The text notes two African Americans and J. H. Van Zan being fatally injured, mentions an elderly mystic, and recalls Jean Arthur’s early ambition to be a tight rope walker before choosing a film career.
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J. H. van Zan
Jean Arthur
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