Mrs Blanton Named Elwood Park Playground Supervisor
Mrs Mary K Blanton 1605 Madison street has been named Elwood Park playground supervisor by the Amarillo Park Commission and will begin tomorrow. She brings four years running a private kindergarten and plans to organize games story periods and structured play for children at the park under expert supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Blanton
Madison Street
Elwood Park
Amarillo Park
Dorothy Blanton
Colorado University
Exposition Continues as Fairies and Players Prepare
The program lists named actors and roles for a stage production with Fairies, Queens, and Clowns. Acts cover Hermia’s trial, fairy king and queen quarrel, love tangle, and final blessing. Interludes include dances by Phyllis Evane and others. Grandstand admission set at 75 cents adults and 45 cents children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermia
Techaikovski
Phyllis Evane
Mary Louise Powell
Buddie Meyer
Rey
Puck
Dorothy Neuhardt
Dixie Ricks
Dell Dance
Fair Grounds
Grandstand
Kidnapped Boy Tale Recounted as Police Seek Abductor
Police report a ransom fund of 20 000 dollars was set for the kidnapper arrest as a wounded boy, bruised and rope burned, showed signs of a fierce struggle after being abducted Tuesday night. Doctors suspected the boy died soon after and the father paid 4 000 dollars to a stranger who vanished after a street meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Falls
Jad
Mr. Jamieson
Aney
Winter chill and fair talk from the Plains
Citizens note a chilly morning with ice hints on troughs and water. The Tri-State Fair bills itself as a huge regional event with prize song contest of 25 dollars and radio broadcasts planned, while letters critique language usage and traffic behavior with a humorous local voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poketreet
SmithCampaigns On Religion To Rally Oklahoma Audience
Governor Smith denounces religious prejudice and challenges opponents to find a scandal in his record. He insists voters decide on issues not faith, cites school funding and his cabinet makeup while denouncing a Catholic circular as untrue. The crowd boos rival figures but supports his call for open debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Republican National Committee
America
Republican Press Bureau of
New York
Owens
John Roach Straton
Dr. Straton
National Guard
Straton
Hoover
Ao Baptist
Kentucky
Broadway
Christ
Senator Owens
Oklahoma
M. E. Trapp
Jack Walton
Lee Clure
Johnston
Derby
Lee Cruce
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Ku Klux Klan
The
Fellowship Forum
Washington, D. C
Owen
Denver
Mordecai Ham
Official Tri State Fair Song Selection Tonight
The Tri State Fair presents three candidate songs heard at 8 p m tonight on WDAG with a 2 80 o clock Sunday program at the Fairgrounds. A $25 prize awaits the winner, voting by call or mail to Amarillo College of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Emmett
Big Fair
Mr. Emmett
Globe
WDAG
Fairgrounds
Amarillo College of Music
Mra. J. R. Wood
Alabama
Singing Memnon Statue of Egypt That Sang at Dawn
The Memnon statue in Egypt sang musical notes at sunrise and ceased when toppled. The phenomenon explained by visitors as a musical stone archway ended after the statue was toppled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Ostet
Flight logs reveal delays and arrivals at Eagle Rock
The report notes J. S. Charles of Eagle Rock spent the night at Hachita after an engine problem forced a descent in the desert. He then arrived at seven thirteen and departed at seven thirty one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Charles
Eagle Rock
Hachita
Darkneas
Winners of Recent Derby Announced Across Classes A B and C
The Associated Press reports winners in the New York to Los Angeles air derbies. Earl Rowland of Wichita Kansas John Livingston of Aurora Illinois and Robert Cantwell of Duncan Oklahoma were named official winners in classes A B and C with Livingston earning 12419, Rowland 8210 and Cantwell 7155. Other top earnings went to Robert Dake Pittsburgh 3960 John H Wood Wausau Wisconsin 3575 and Captain C D B Collyer New York 3425.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kas
John Livingston
Aurora
Ill
Robert Cantwell
Duncan
Okla
New York
Livingston
Rowland
Cantwell
Robert Dake
Pittsburgh
John H. Wood
Wausau
Wis
C. D. B. Collyer
Fog Delays Start of Los Angeles Cincinnati Air Derby
A foggy dawn reduces the field in class B and nonstop races to eight as pilots await the starter. Six class B entrants planned a flight to El Paso with the two nonstop entries aiming for Cincinnati. Several first division contenders already reached El Paso or Tucson with one crash causing elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Tucson
Ariz
Eugene Detmar
Tarrytown
N. Y
el Paso
Robert A. Duke
Pittsburgh
al Paso
W. H. Pmery, Jr
Bradford
George Hopkins
Detroit
Theodore W. Kenyon Boston
New York
Fort Worth
Pine Bluff
Ark
Cincinnati
Pine Ule
Morris Jury Selected and Trial Starts
The trial of Guy Morris for driving while intoxicated opened in district court at 9 am after an accident eight miles southeast of Amarillo. Fred H. Woodward represents Morris with Grady Hazlewood for the state. Jury was completed before noon and testimony began. Also, A A Angerman was found guilty of theft from Rhodes Auto Top shop and sentenced to one day in jail and a 25 dollar fine. A special venire of 75 was summoned for Ted Hart’s Monday statutory charge trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Amarillo
Fred H. Woodward
Grady Hazlewood
A. A. Angerman
Rhodes
Ted Hart
Time as a Wire: Edison and Other Curiosities
A fragmentary reminiscence notes Edison’s breakthrough on sending two messages over one wire and argues that moments of insight trump routine hours. It references Spain's Barcelona unrest, Ireland’s historic wounds, and a rumor about De Rivera. The piece then shifts to Canadian crime and local court updates including theft, indictments, and a bank teller case with prison terms, plus a note on London’s railway service beneath Whitechapel to Paddington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Amarillo
Channing
Thomas A. Edison
Pageant Opens With Crowds for Amarillo Fair Week
The Amarillo fair launches with a grandstand packed pageant and a 2:30 Saturday football clash between Amarillo Golden Sandstorm and Norman High. Christine Dyche crowned Queen. 200 plus participants, bands, fireworks, and a 6,000 seat grandstand mark the start as officials urge local turnout to fund the fair’s rodeo and revue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Dyche
King
Bill Mason
Duchesses
Anna Ruth Benton
Peggy Hill
Zama Vance Cotten
Maurine Nesbitt
Ruby
Ford
Tula Owens
Loraine Thackeray
Virgie Spillers
Edith Burnam
Paul
Fair Grounds
Amarillo
Harold G. English
Dave Derden
Theatle-Fulfield Company
Hawk
Mr. Hawk
Leonard Stroud
News-Globe
Panhandle
Golf’s test of character beyond the score
Edgar A. Guest argues that golf reveals true character not by winning records but by how players act when their game is bad. The poem prompts golfers to stay fair, steady, and honorable even after losses, preserving integrity above success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cess
Edgar A. Guest
Market roundup hits hogs and cattle trends across cities
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report weaker hogs with top prices near 12.20 and steady to higher cattle and veal values, plus grain and cotton notes from New York New Orleans and Liverpool. Trade details include weights, price ranges, and notable shifts in fat lambs and market futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Associated Press
Rangers
ST. Louis
New York
Trade and Commission House
Liverpool
Georgia
Carolinas
London
Bombay
New Orleans
Texas
Brunswick Balke Collender
Lehn & Finkwae & Block
General Railway
International Combustion
Montgomery-Ward
General Motors
Federal Reserve
Motors
Iint Steels
Packard
Brockway
Hud
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Ine Placey
Iselma Coneley
Evelyn Waddill
Mortimer Denton
Robert Eakens
Earl Runyon
Fay Pierce
Edmund Dyche
Marvin Ford
Duke of Athens
Homer Ramsey
Edward Hart
Helena Cease
Bob Ricks
Dorothy Petersen
Glen Allen
Newbold
T Sterling Johnson
Russel McKinley
Clowns
Roy Cline
Plains
Southwest
College Magazine
Circus
Taylor Street
O. W
Roman
Heer
P. D, Hanna
Hanna
Cruce
D. Harold Oliver
New Mexico
Stella Driskill
Hayden
Granstand
Guy Morris
District Criminal Court
Barcelona
Catalonia
Spain
Ireland
England
de Rivera
Canada
Quebec
Robert Chandonet
Ralph Fessler
Hart
Fessler
Moore and Wilson
L. W. Hough
Whitechapel
Paddington
Associated Prey
Wright Aeronautical
Sterling
American Steel & Foundry
American Tele, & Telg
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison, Topeka & 8
James E. Bennett & Co
American
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlehem Steel Chicago
Milwaukee & St. P
Coca Cola
Dodge Motors
General Asphalt
Great Western Sugar
Hup Motors
Inspiration Copper International Nickel
Jordan Motors
Kennecott Copper
Marland Oil
Middle States
Montgomery Ward
Moon Motors
Ohio Oil
Pennsylvania A
Allied Chemical Dye
Ceressence
American Can
Genese 106S
American Smelting & BR
Baltimore & Ohio Barnsdall Corporation
California Petroleum
Cerro de Pasco Copper Chicano
Rock Island & P
Chrysler
Colorado Fuel
Colorado & Southern
Crucible Steel du Pont de Nemours
Famous Players Freischmann Yeast
Freeport-Texas
Ceneral Electric
Houston Oil
Hudson Motors Nlinoia Central Independent
International Harves International Panel
Eat International
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Touisiana Oil & Refining
Mack Trucks
Pentace
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Missouri, Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Seegeneee
Nash Motors
National Biscuit Packard Motor
Pan-American Pet
Pete Marquette
Phillins Petroleum Pure
Radio Copr
of America
Shell Union
Sinclair
Iee Rubber
White Bowler
Veerees Woolworth Pccsieves
James E. Benne
Martie
Dee
Victrola
Radiola
Panhandle Music Co
Polk
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