Amarillo Voters to Decide on 864000 Refunding Bonds
Taxpayers in Amarillo will vote November 10 on an 864000 refunding bonds issue to refinance city bonds and warrants. The bond run time up to 40 years at 4 percent. existing bonds carry 5 to 6 percent. If approved the tax rate could be set at 1 dollar per 100 valuation, not increasing overall debt. The city aims to keep taxes low, while cancelling a failed May contract with Taylor Wilson & Co. Inc. The total bonded debt would rise to about 5.73 million with the new issue, leaving a margin under charter limits.
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Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
Taylor, Wilson & Co, Inc
Thompson
Street work pleas granted by city dads
The city commission granted two petitions Tuesday night for street work. A sidewalk on the east side of the north approach to the North Fillmore Street subway was approved with Frazier's Market to be moved to allow a pedestrian passage. Paving on Fairmont Street between North Third and South Third Avenues with curb gutter and paving was also approved.
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Fillmore Street
Fairmont Street
City Commission
Frazier’s Market
Bill Durham
Frazier's Market
Fairmont
North Third
South Third Avenues
John F Williams Murder Trial Slated
John F Williams a 35 year old World War veteran was to stand trial in district court today charged with the murder of 36 year old B O Stanley. Stanley was shot at Williams home 1204 North Harrison Street after visiting as estranged wife Elnora Stanley worked as Williams housekeeper.
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John F. Williams
B. O. “Burn” Stanley
Williams
Sanborn P T A Open House Fete Tonight
The Sanborn School P T A invites patrons to an open house tonight starting at 5 30. Mrs R C Andrews president will welcome guests and Supt W A McIntosh of the Amarillo Public Schools will deliver the principal address. Children of school age are not invited. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria.
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Sanborn School Parent- Teacher Association
R. C. Andrews
Sanborn P. T. A
W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo Public Schools
Girl Dies After Crash Near Dalhart
Miss Isa belle M. Rowley aged 18 died from injuries after a motor car crash eight miles west of Dalhart. Clarence I. Williams 35 was killed instantly. Rogers Cornett, driver of the second car, is jailed in Channing on negligent homicide charges. Newt E. Smith with Cornett was held on drunkenness charges.
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the Globe
Dalhart
Isabelle M. Rowley
Clarence I. Williams
Rogers Cornett
Channing
Newt E. Smith
Cornett
Guardsmen Attend Fourth Annual Legion Smoker
Hanson Post in Amarillo hosted 300 Texas National Guardsmen for its fourth annual smoker. Welcoming address by James O. Guicke and response by Sergeant Irving Gast. Dr. T. M. Montgomery presided. music by the 142nd Infantry Band. Cigars and sodas served. all six Guard units in Amarillo invited.
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Hanson Post
American Legion
Texas National
Local Moves Fill City Dwellings With New Residents
F A Vestal of the United States helium plant will relocate to 322 Sunset in Country Club. John Rollins and Ruby Biller relocate to new brick homes in town. Dr H A Waller moves to 2106 Jackson Street from 322 Sunset. M B E Jenkins moves to 709 Sunset from 500 Maryland. B R Lemon moves to 829 Maryland from 713 North Mirror.
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F. A. Vestal
United States Helium Plant
Sunset
Country Club
H. A. Waller
Waller & Waller
Jackson Street
M. BE. Jenkins
The
Mistletoe Creamery Co
Maryland
H. P. Baker
B. R. Lemon
Morningside
North Mirror
Negro Youth Admits Age to Meet Adult Trial in Slaying
Harold Whittaker alias Jimmie Miller, an Oklahoma City Negro held in the Jesse D. Thompson dairyman killing case, was moved from Brownsville to Corpus Christi for safety. He disclosed his age as 17 rather than 15, making him eligible for adult trial.
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San Benito
Texas
Harold Whittaker
Jimmie Miller
Oklahoma City
Jesse D. Thompson
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Whittaker
Albuquerque Clothing Stock Sale From Eubank Brothers
The Meyer and Meyer Clothing Company at 801 Polk Street will start a sale of men s wear from the Eubank Brothers stock of Albuquerque New Mexico. The stock was purchased recently at a receiver s sale and is described as one of the most complete and up to date in the Panhandle. It will be offered at low figures.
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Meyer & Meyer Clothing Company
Polk Street
Eubank Brothers
Albuquerque
N. M
Panhandle
Tack Letters Reflect Radio War in Amarillo
A reader writes to the Amarillo News Globe lamenting the ongoing radio feud and praising Tack for years of coverage. The letter appears in the Tack Letters section on Page 7.
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Amarillo News-Globe
Japanese Planes Attack Chinese Mudken
Japanese aircraft dispatched from Manchuria pursue retreating Chinese troops after reports of raids on Korean emigrant villages that killed 300 residents.
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Mudken
Manchuria
Juvenile Justice Gaps Highlighted by Judge Bishop
Judge Henry Bishop discusses a case where a juvenile black girl who murdered two men faced confinement gaps. She was convicted of murder, but no facility existed for black juvenile girls, delaying proper punishment. A temporary parole was set with possible revocation if a suitable reformatory opens before age 18.
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Henry Bishop
Gainesville
Potter County
Bishop
City Approves October Budget for B C D Board
City commission authorized appropriation of 4967.39 to the Board of City Development for October. O V Vernon of the chamber of commerce and Board of City Development provided a detailed expenditures statement. No extra appropriations or immigration funds were requested. Budget covers administration national advertising local advertising trade extension agricultural highway traffic general expenses convention and rent.
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Board of City Development
City Commission
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce and
Albuquerque
Mrs. Sallie Watson Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Watson 76 who died Tuesday will be at 10 am Thursday in Boxwell Brothers chapel. Rev E R Fender of North Side Methodist Church will officiate. Burial follows in Llano cemetery with pallbearers Robert Wooten Abe Pruett Fay Hunfaker Clifford Snow W B Clock and C I Ivey. Watson a Panhandle pioneer lived in Amarillo since 1904.
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Sallie Watson
Boxwell Brothers
E. R. Fender
North Side
V. F. W. To Elect Officers Tonight
John B. Golding Post Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary meet at the Legion home to elect next year’s officers. Retiring officers listed include Commander Zane E. Smith Senior vice commander Homer Calloway quartermaster Ralph Roush adjutant W A Williford and chaplain Elmer McFadden.
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John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion Home
Zane E. Smith
Homer Calloway
Ralph Roush
W. A. Williford
Elmer McFadden
Lampe Thanks City for Fair Reception Work
Bill Lampe chairman of the Tri-State Fair Association reception committee thanks the city commission for cooperation. In a Tuesday night letter he praises the warm reception and the remark that the fair was the greatest ever. The mayor and two commissioners endorsed placing the letter in the minutes.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Bill Lampe
City Commission
Ernest C. Thompson
J. N. Vernon
H. Ernest Smith
Raid Recalled Ties Between Pottinger and Hotel Raid
Blake testified about a Johnson Willmering talk prior to a Lewis Hotel raid and described Beauchamp Pottinger connections at 601 B Forrest Street and a spiked beer operation. He admitted past California auto theft conviction and undercover work for deputies before details of phone orders for whiskey emerged in court.
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Blake
Lewis Hotel
Forrest Street
Beauchamp Pottinger
Pottinger
Rule Building
Q. R. Thompson
A. A. Lumpkin
California
Potter County
Herring Hotel
Ernest O. Thompson
Depout
Vanderpool
Panhandle
Cleo Clayton
J. M. Simmons
Democrats Heartened By Missouri Vote
In Sedalia Missouri Robert D Johnson victories give Democrats 214 House seats matching Republicans with one Farmers Labor seat. Johnson a Marshall attorney known as a fighting Democrat defeated John W Palmer of Sedalia by about 9000 votes, boosting hopes of House control based on near complete returns from Missouri seventh district.
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Sedalia
House of Congress
Missouri
Robert D. Johnson
Johnson
John W. Palmer
Republicans
Farmer-Labor Party
Roosevelt as Hoover running mate stirs 1930s electoral debate
The piece ponders if a Theodore Roosevelt ticket would offset the Roosevelt name on the Democratic side and explores potential effects of nominating Franklin Roosevelt. It notes New York's plan to spend twenty million on unemployment relief with work requirements and reports five men in the suburbs paid for mowing, earning about 4 cents an hour.
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Hoover
Curtis
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Wheat and livestock markets across Kansas City Chicago and New Orleans
Market notes show wheat pricing for No 1 hard and Kaffir, with Chicago and Kansas City hogs and cattle: New Orleans cotton action amid steady early trade and later stock gains. New York stock market swings with U S Steel and rail names showing volatility. Major entities include U S D A reports, Kansas City, Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and firms like American Can, American Telephone.
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Kansas City
Chamber Discusses Grain Rate Parley
The Fort Worth grain rate conference in October was discussed at the chamber of commerce traffic committee lunch. The discussion touched on the August 1 rate adjustment and complaints from grain interests. Reports on projects before the committee were also presented.
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Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce Traffic Committee
Silver Grill
IMAGINARY ILLS by Edgar A. Guest
A humorous poem where the speaker mocks medical pretensions and misreads ailments. He laments imagined pains and prefers not to rely on doctors. self mockery follows as he declares he will stop chasing minor ills he once believed he understood.
Bell Company to rush data on Amarillo receipts and expenses
Mayor Ernest O. Thompson received a letter from M. P. Caldwell division commercial superintendent of Southwestern Bell in Fort Worth. Caldwell said operating statements for a three year period ending 1930 can be prepared with the least delay and notes a prior request to reduce Amarillo phone rates.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Amarillo
City Commission
Leas
Ernest O. Thompson
M. P. Caldwell
Fort Worth
Thompson
Caldwell
Amarillo Taxable Valuations Rise By 2 Million
Amarillo's taxable valuations increased by 2,059,550 over the past year, totaling 63,580,170 for 1931. The figures were announced in a letter received Tuesday night by the city commission from the assessor and tax collector.
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Amarillo
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