Finish bucking horse contest eyed for Amarillo rodeo
A proposal to stage a finish contest at Amarillo rodeo promises a $50 pot for riders who stay aboard until exhaustion. Notable riders like Hank Keenan and Canada Kid may enter, with Amarillo Boy named a dangerous standout. Critics warn horses can drop dead and riders get injured, but supporters call it thrilling and the talk of the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Emmett
Lawrence Hagg
Southwest
Canada Kid
Hank Keenan
Keenan
Reg Dunny
Smoky Snyder
CAPITAL WORKS ON TAX ISSUE
Washington reports that administration plans on tax revision may be decided in six weeks. Treasury economists advance the study while avoiding tax increases. If revision is recommended to Congress in December, submission will go through the treasury budget bureau and White House before a final proposal to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Department
Congress
Budget Bureau
White House
Britain to Return to Gold Standard When Feasible
The article notes Britain will resume gold parity as soon as practical. It discusses Japan’s view of the League of Nations and its attitude toward League guidance, as well as Mussolini’s stance. It mentions Japanese actions against China and a Chinese-Japanese commission handling matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Japan
League of Nations
League
Mussolini
Bishop Passes Two Cases In District Court
Judge Henry and Bishop of Potter County criminal district court pass two trials after defendants were not ready. S. E. Griffis charged with maiming in an August 13 attack at a West Sixth Avenue tailor shop, eye loss alleged. A. Freeman charged with swindling over slot machine possession also reset to Monday October 5. Jury discharged for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry & Bishop
Potter County Criminal District Court
S. E. Griffis
Griffis
W. H. Wallace
Wallace
West Sixth Avenue
A. Freeman
Bishop
Discontent and calls for unity in Amarillo politics
A speaker rails against waste and graft in government while urging farmers to unite for fair deals. He cites judges and officials like Marvin Jones, notes charity hardships in Amarillo, and reports on cotton picking wages and local hardship including a tent-dwelling carpenter family on North Fillmore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore Street
Letter discusses beer sale legality to aid unemployment
A reader asks Tack to comment on a recent paper item proposing legalizing beer sales to address unemployment, noting it appeared in a Letters page and seeking Tack's view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Legion Calls for Action on Prohibition After Convention
Norman C. MacDonald of Massachusetts urged the Legion to lead reform efforts, stating American institutions suffer under prohibition and government has lost control of a key industry. Louise Werle Williams of New Jersey was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary at its 11th annual convention in Detroit.
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Norman C. MacDonald
Massachusetts
Legion
Louise Williams
Detroit
Louise Werle Williams
Tuckahoe
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
U.P
American Legion Convention
Congress
Alabama
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Arkansas
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Colorado
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Delaware
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
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Missouri
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Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Eee
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Slay Rites Held for Groom Grain Dealer C R Slay
Funeral services for C R Slay a prominent Panhandle grain dealer and Groom resident who died Wednesday night in a local hospital were set for Friday at 3 p m at the Baptist Church in Groom. Interment will follow in Claude cemetery. Slay 60 had lived in Groom 35 years and was active in civic affairs. Survivors include his widow Lillian Slay two brothers Charles and Will Slay of Wellington and a sister Mrs Nannie Triplett of Plainview. N B Griggs Sons directed arrangements.
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C. R. Slay
Panhandie
Groom
Baptist Church
Claude
Slay
Lillian Slay
Charles
Will Slay
Wellington
Nannie Triplett
Plainview
National Guard Nabs Rebellious Farmer in Iowa
J. W. Lenker once a leading figure in resisting the bovine tuberculin test was taken into custody by Iowa National Guardsmen, reportedly after removing cattle from his farm. Sheriff Foster Maxson confirmed the detainment by automobile under guard to an unknown destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Iowa
J. W. Lenker
Iowa National Guardsmen
Foster Maxson
Stream Bed Bill Faces Senate Disapproval
A Senate committee on State affairs disapproved a bill to let Texas lease Sabine River stream beds for royalty rights believed to total 10 million dollars. Officials feared oil development would pollute the water supply of several East Texas towns. spokesmen included Gov. Ross Sterling former Senator Tom Love and R D Parker of the railroad commission.
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Austin
U.P
Sabine River
Texas
Senate Committee On State Affairs
East Texas
Ross Sterling
Tom Love
R. D. Parker
Oil and Gas Division
The
Railroad Commission
Earl Quinn Jury Complete Today
Newkirk Oklahoma September 24 PA jury to determine fate of Earl Quinn once Missouri convict accused of murders of Zexia and Jessie Griffith teachers at Pretty Black well Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newkirk
Okla
Earl Quinn
Missouri
Zexia
Jessie Griffith
Pretty Blackwell
Tribute to Dr. J. E. Nunn on 80th Birthday Celebration
About 200 friends gathered at the Herring Hotel to honor Dr. J. E. Nunn on his 80th birthday. Speakers praised his roles as publisher and church leader while Nunn shared experiences from a long career and offered three essentials to happiness: work love and hope.
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Herring Hotel
J. E. Nunn
Ernest O. Thompson
W. H. Fuqua
Gene Howe
G. W. McDonald
George J. Nunn
G. L. Yates
Miles W
Nunn
Herman C. Pipkin
A. E. Meyer
A. H. Willborn
Floyd Studer
David M. Warren
Dr. Nunn
South
J. Lindsay Nunn
Amarillo
Horace Gooch
Colorado Springs
Horace Gooch, III
Virginia Gooch
Alberta Gooch
Gilmore Nunn
Lindsay Nunn
Gooch
George J, Nunn
Suspect arraigned after examining trial in Texas oil hoax
J Steinbach testified at the examining trial for Carlis about giving Hill 1500 to invest in oil properties in Texas a year ago and sending his son back with Hill. The boy later learned the deal was a hoax and they tried to recover the money. The suspect has been held in jail without bond since the September 10 examining trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Steinbach
Carlis
Hill
San Antonio
Texas
Steinbach
Visiting bands broadcast on local stations this evening
Radio schedule lists Denver Railroad Band from KGRS with the Childress delegation directed by Sam Brewer. Canadian High School under Erman Gray on WDAG, Grover at 1 15, Clarendon band at 5, Plainview after, Matador 5 40 to 6, with further programs by Plainview, Clarendon Junior College, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, The Ding Dong Daddies from Dumas and Memphis Chamber of Commerce later in the evening.
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KGRS
Denver Railroad
Childress
Sam Brewer
Pepp
Erman Gray
WDAG
Grover
Clarendon
Plainview
Matador
Clarendon Junior College
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Dumas
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Tenant Farmer Dies After Pistol Fight Near Mt. Vernon
In Mt. Vernon Texas a cotton field gun battle left N. F. Cash age 42 dead. Cash's son Trannie 20 and another man were wounded. Foreman R L McCullers of the Tittle farm was arrested and released on bond after the shooting following a dispute over who should pick cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Tex
U.P
N. F. Cash
Cash
R. L. McCullers
Tittle
Here
McCullers
Trannie
Childress Minister Offered New Pulpit in Corsicana
At a meeting in the First Baptist Church Corsicana last night the church voted to ask Rev. Joe H. Hawkins of Childress to serve as pastor. His decision was awaited today following the vacancy created by the resignation of Rev. J. Howard Williams who became executive secretary of the Texas Baptist convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
First Baptist Church
Joe H. Hawkins
Childress
J. Howard Williams
Texas Baptist Convention
Telephone men meet for Texas Independent Telephone gathering
Telephone men from across the state gather in Greenville for a two day district meeting and traffic conference of the Texas Independent Telephone Association with President L H Gardner of Waco presiding as the session opens. In Hollywood Jack Pickford, film actor and Mary Pickford's brother, is seriously ill at his home according to his physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Tex
U.P
Texas Independent Telephone Association
L. &. Gardner
Waco
Hollywood
Calif
Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Wilkins Warned Nautilus Cannot Cross Atlantic
Oslo reports Professor Harold A. Sverdrup of the Wilkins Arctic expedition says the submarine Nautilus cannot return to America under its own power. He calls it a wreck and says towing it across is only possible after next summer, noting the polar cruise was a terrible affair.
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Oslo
Norway
Harold A. Sverdrup
Wilkins
Arctic
America
Washington
Sir Hubert
Atlantic Seaboard
Bergen
Sverdrup
Texas Senate debates on cotton crop law and tax relief bills
Governor Sterling submits three subjects to the legislature including tax relief by waiving interest and penalties on delinquent state and local taxes if paid by 1932. Other measures propose a six dollar annual occupation tax on cigarette dealers and a one hundred dollar annual tax on loan brokers. Governor Long asked to adopt a baby proposal as part of a legislative dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
McGregor
Texas
Sterling
London Stock Exchange Shifts Higher As Trading Surges
London activity rose near the close with quotations ending sharply higher and tickets lagging the market by a half hour. In Parliament lobbies discussions considered adjourning within two weeks and reconvening in February subject to a possible general election and Labor policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
The
Stock Exchange
House of Commons
Daily Herald
Labor Party
Extension Class To Be Held Tonight
The first meeting of the Character Education extension class will be taught in Amarillo by Dr. A. W. Evans, head of education at Texas Technological College. It starts at 7:25 tonight in Room 306 of the high school building and runs 11 weeks earning three term hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
A. W. Evans
Department of Education
Texas Technological College
M. Rogers
Evans
Cotton Oil Company Cancels Farm Notes
Bristow Oklahoma farmers were urged to bring notes held by the Bristow Cotton Oil Company to offices for cancellation. Louis Abraham urged cancellations with a message to trade next year and asked farmers to send any available funds to the Murray for President campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
Okla
Bristow Cotton Oil Company
Louis Abraham
Houston Man Dies by Own Action
Financial trouble was blamed for the death by his own action of F. R. Conine 30 who shot himself in Houston Texas last night authorities said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
F. R. Conine
The Future Promises Life Despite Time and Grief
A poem by Edgar A. Guest reflecting on aging and the future. It notes that happiness may be scarce, yet kindness remains essential as years pass. The speaker envisions mirth, song, and children's cries ahead, urging endurance with open eyes.
Markets show mixed grain and livestock movements across regions
Amarillo wholesale quotes for wheat and kaffir show slight variations while Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report hog and cattle activity with declines in some classes. New Orleans cotton opens strong on foreign buying, then eases. New York stocks weaken on profit taking and renewed call money demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U. 5
S. Dept
New York
Atchison
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
New Haven
S. Steel
American Can
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Boxwell Case Goes to Trial in Federal Court
E. E. Boxwell Howard Boxwell and Paul Boxwell face a federal trial before Judge James C. Wilson on concealment of assets tied to the Blackburn Boxwell Funeral Home bankruptcy proceedings begun September 26, 1929. Testimony started before noon. Mood prosecutes for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Boxwell
Howard Boxw Il
Paul Boxwell
United States District Court
Blackburn-Boxwell Funeral Home
James C. Wilson
Blackburn- Boxwell Corporation
Alex M. Mood
United States District Attorney
Boxwells
Major E. A. Simpson
Julius Dorenfield
Fair concert marks third year of Childress band's Tri-State visit
The Childress band led by Clyde Douglass and G. L. Boykin arrived in purple and white uniforms at the Tri-State Fair. Gus B. Stevenson conducts a 30 piece group performing at the Fairgrounds and broadcasting on WDAG at 5 PM.
Congressm an Injured in Texas Tree Accident
Congressman John N. Opines Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives was nursing a bruised hip at his home in Uvalde Texas after a tree limb fell on him yesterday while he held a ladder for a workman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
Texas
U.P
John N. Opines
House of Representatives
Inquest Held Over Quanah Auditor Hawkins Death
An inquest was held in Quanah Texas into the death of T H Hawkins Sr 64 longtime auditor of the Quanah Acme and Pacific railroad He was found shot to death at his home with a pistol nearby Investigators pursued the case as a possible homicide or accidental shooting according to U P reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quanah
Tex
U.P
T. H. Hawkins
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railroad
Hawkins
Girls' Gym Costume and Ladies' Apron Details
Apparent 1931 fashion items list sizes and yardage for a gym costume and an apron. Sales pitch offers UP-TO-DATE BOOK OF FASHIONS Fall 1931 from News-Globe, Brooklyn address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe
Terling Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
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