11 ARRESTED BY RANGERS HERE AT TRI-STATE FAIR
A long Amarillo column reports 11 arrests during raids on gambling houses and bookie operations tied to the Tri-State Fair. Walter and Clarence Willmering face charges for gambling and bookmaking. other suspects at Polk Street venues, plus seized racing forms and tables, highlight a crackdown by Texas Rangers and local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Willmering
Clarence Willmering
R C Hawkins
Texas Ranger
Bill Adams
W. R. McDowell
Rangers
Amarillo
Hawkins
Fiere
Painethe Willmering
Clarenee Willmering
Clarence
Polk Street
Knickerbocker Club
Adams
Wulmering Brothers
Bate Department of Public Safety
Tri-State
What Th Writ ToL TACK What Th Writ ToL TACK BABY TO ADOPT
A reader seeks help finding a genuine family to adopt a baby girl, asking Tack to assist amid a flood of messages about needing work, advice, and personal finances. The letter mixes adoption pleas with other community notes and inquiries about jobs and liquor regulation.
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Tack
Cal
Buchanan Street
Circus Employee Hurt In Fall During Parade
A circus worker was seriously injured after a fall from a high wagon perch during a Harley Sadler show at the Tri State Fair opening week. Ernest Johnson of Lewisville Texas was rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital around 11 AM and remained unconscious at 1 PM with a possible brain concussion. The incident occurred in West Third Avenue’s 1500 block.
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Harley Sadler
Ernest Johnson
Lewisville
Texas
Northwest
West Third Avenue
Radio Schedule Highlights From KGANC Listings
A dense on air lineup covers Monday to Tuesday with Phil Phillips Orchestra, Jan Garber, Dorothy Coan, and The Mills Brothers among featured acts. Baseball and sports revues anchor late slots while news, grain quotes, and market updates thread the day. The schedule includes WHS WBS and WRS program references across morning and afternoon blocks.
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Victor Arden
VBS
United Pross News
Jane Walker
Vincent York
WBS
Kansas City Livestock
Jimmy Hale
United Press News
Ozzie Nelson
Nat Brusiloff
Connie Boswell
WRS
Sweetheart of Spanish flier calmly waits for arrival
Senorita Maria Rivera has waited four months as Juan Ignacio Pombo, the 22 year old Spanish aviator, finishes his flight from Spain. He took off May 12 from Santander, crossed the South Atlantic to Brazil, reached Mexican soil last Friday, but got lost on the final leg and landed at San Marcos. Rivera and her mother postponed their trip from Vera Cruz and may delay departure again, awaiting the last leg.
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Mexico City
Senorita Maria Riena Rivera
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Spain
Pombo
Santander
South Atlantic
Brazil
Tejerra
Vera Cruze
San Marcos
Guerera
Aikin Receives Two Years For Burglary In Local Case
Clarence Aikin pleaded guilty to burglary in 47th District Court. Judge F C Nelson imposed a two year term in the state penitentiary to run concurrently with a separate two year sentence in Leavenworth federal penitentiary due to a revoked suspended federal sentence. Aikin was accused of selling stolen electric drills at Lubbock.
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Clarence Aikin
47Th District Court
F.C. Nelson
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
U. S
James C Wilson
Aikin
Lubbock
Rites Pending for Kingsmill Resident A J Rockwell
Funeral arrangements for A J Demp Rockwell of Kingsmill who died yesterday in Shamrock were pending. The body was brought here by overland route and is in the care of Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Survivors include widow, son Edgar Rockwell, four daughters, two brothers Marshall Rockwell of Canyon and Forrest Rockwell of California, and three sisters. Rockwell was a Panhandle pioneer and member of a prominent family.
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A. J .Demp) Rockwell
Kingsmill
Shamrock
Overland
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Edgar Rockwell
Cecil White
Eva Mae
Bonita
Juanita Rockwell
Marshall Rockwell
Canyon
Forrest Rockwell
California
Lucy Mortimer
Anthony, Kas
Mary Mortimer
Bluff City
Kan
Ethel Jones
Wichita
Rockwell
Panhandle
Tri State Fair to Announce Winners Tonight
The Tri State Fair champion county exhibits will be announced late tonight. Judges have completed nearly half of the judging with Ernest R. Duke of Channing and P. C. Bennett supervising. R. F. Dickson and C. M. Goodnight are the other judges overseeing grain ribbons and all other items.
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P. C. Bennett
Ernest R. Duke of
Channing
R. F. Dickson
Spur Experimental Station
C. M. Goodnight
Amarillo
Goodnight
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Dickson
Fair Amarillo at State Fair Shines Amid Circus and Exhibits
Amarillo school children join crowds for the State Fair opening day as the Harley Sadler Bailey Circus parades at noon and Beckmann and Gerety’s carnival offers 19 rides and 16 shows. Exhibits highlight livestock, agriculture, horticulture, and home arts with judging underway and record crowds noting Pampa Day and Hooker Oklahoma Day.
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Amarillo
Beckmann and Gerety
Will Rogers
Rex ‘Tugwell
Brain
United States
Markets from Kansas City and New Orleans aid prices
Kansas City market reports mixed cattle and hog bids with steers uneven, some up to 11.00-11.80 per cwt on light weights while calves and sows show varied declines. New Orleans cotton futures ease within a hedge ceiling as selling quiets, December near 19.29, May at 10.42 amid steady demand.
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Kansas City
A.i
Howe
Hetter
Moet
Lowe Fey
Texas
New Orleans
Ask Court To Oust Guffey Coal Case
Government lawyers in Washington asked the District of Columbia Supreme Court to throw out the first litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Guffey Coal Control Act. The case centers on whether the act exceeds federal power and impacts coal regulation.
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Guffey Coal
Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Governor urges sweeping liquor controls and local option votes
The governor urged outlawing liquor orders within certain communities and called for local option elections on liquor sales above 32 percent alcohol. He pressed tax and regulation reforms, inspections, prohibition of liquor dispensation through holding companies, and banning sales to or employment of minors, noting voters backed repeal in principle but want prompt, intelligent legislation.
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Ronended
Meet Wife Arrie Race in Beth Ralph and Willard Bellamy
Beth Ralph of Dayton Ohio met actor Willard Bellamy on a Rochester summer stock stage where she also acted since age fourteen. She left acting when Bellamy was paged for pictures but hopes to return someday. He remarks on her cooking spare ribs and sauerkraut as his favorite dish. he believes a wife’s sense of humor and generous understanding matter most.
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Beth Ralph
Catherine Willard Bellamy
Dayton
Rochester
N. W
Bellamy
Death of Colonel Percy M. Kessler at coastal base
Fort Hancock New Jersey September 16 Colonel Percy M Kessler aged 63 died last night from a cerebral remiss at the anti coast defense base where he served as commanding officer.
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Fort Hancock
N. J
Percy M. Kessler
Anti Coast Defense Base
Landers Funeral To Be Held Today
City 14 year old electrocution victim Jack Landers will receive final rites at 4 p m at Assembly of God Church 900 North Pierce Street with Rev Clyde Gorea officiating Pallbearers include George Bonnie Marvin Webb Robert Hughs David Hughs J P Stephenson and Thomas Walker Interment follows at Llano Cemetery He is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl M Landers of 1106 North Grant Street
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Jack Landers
Amarillo
Assembly of God Church
North Pierce Street
Clyde Gorea
George Bonnie
Marvin Webb
Robert Hughs
David Hughs
J. P. Stephenson
Thomas Walker
Llano
Carl M. Landers
North Grant Street
Dublin Farms Enters Jerseys in Tri-State
Kenilworth Farms of Dublin Texas submitted 20 purebred Jerseys to the Tri-State Pair. A Ferguson dairy superintendent notes arrival heightens a fast field. Tierra Blanca Farms and O G Stan sell and Sons with Jersey entries compete for fat premiums at the fair.
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Kenilworth Farms
Dublin
Texas
Howard A. Ferguson
Dairy Department
Kenilworth
Southwest
P. Atchley
Tierra Blanca Farms
R. A. Pittman Jersey Farm
Childress
Jersey
Future Farmers in Judging Contest at Tri-State Fair
Nearly 100 farm boys from more than a dozen schools judged dairy stock in the Future Farmers of America contest at the Tri State Fair. Contestants placed stock in the morning and planned to give reasons this afternoon. Dr. George P. Grout of Panhandle directed the event, with Guymen Oklahoma team defending last year’s dairy judging title. Frank Phillips of Canyon supervised the vocational agriculture department of the fair.
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Farmers of America Clubs
Tri- State
George P. Grout
Panhandle
Guymen
Okla
Frank Phillips
Canyon
Vocational Agriculture Department
Fatr
Rupture Disappears As If By Magic
Kansas City readers are urged to investigate a new rupture method claimed to eliminate trusses belts and pads. Dr. offers an inexpensive trial sending details for 29 days with no charge if unsatisfied. Send requests to F. Koch 1498 Koch Ridge Main St Kansas City Missouri tonight.
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Kansas City
F. Korh
FO. Koch
Koch Ridge
Main St
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