Pampa votes against municipal light ownership and changes city leadership
In Pampa the light and power plant proposal was soundly rejected by about three to one, while a full city adminreshift followed. Fred Thompson won the mayoral race 1857 to 650, with H. C. Wilson and George B. Cree also defeating incumbents, on a ticket opposing municipal ownership.
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Pampa
Fred Thompson
Ed Carr
H. C. Wilson
Lynn Boyd
George B. Cree
David Osborne
Thompson
Wilson
Cree
Texans go to polls to name officials
Texas voters in cities and hamlets named municipal, land, and school officials in elections marked by light turnout. West Texas results show Pete McNee Jr winning mayor of an oil city by two votes over M H Marwhl. Wichita Falls re-elected mayor W E Fitzgerald. Electra saw Leo Moore win mayor. Denison chose Jimmy May for council. Mineral Wells elected Frank Granbury police chief. Gainesville aldermen include Sam B Lanius Cecile Murphy and J L Webb. other races elected city commissioners, attorney, and recorder.
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Associated Press
Texas
Pete McNee, Jr
Henderson Business College
East Texas
McNee
M. H. Marwhl
M. L. Allen
J. J
Don) Rayford
J. T. Brown
Wichita Falls
W. E. Fitzgerald
Otto Stehlik
Denison
Jimmy May
F. B. Williford
Mineral Wells
Frank Granbury
Tommy Thompson
N. E. Fowler
Electra
A. B. Corder
Leo Moore
C. D. Bailey
Mike Baxter
Gainesville
Sam B. Lanius
Cecile Murphy
Firemen Save Ranch Feed Near Wil dorado Vega
Amarillo firemen saved 3,000 bundles of feed at the Jay Taylor ranch between Wil dorado and Vega yesterday afternoon. One fire truck used surface tanks to win the hose and the pumper engine to douse the burning stacks. Call came in at 1 40 o'clock.
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Amarillo
Jay Taylor Ranch
Wildorado
Vega
State to auction gas well in Potter County Texas
The State Land Board announced the sale of a $40,000 gas well on a 1930 acre Canadian River bed tract in Potter County. The sale, May 7, requires at least $8,000 cash and royalties to the winner. A separate note mentions a TN parcel with $2 per acre annual rent and potential reduction to 25 cents per year if tied to a gas lease.
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Austin
Texas
Potter County
State Land Board
Panhandle Jaycees Plan Galveston Trek
Panhandle cities Amarillo Pampa Borger Lubbock and Brownfield will send over 50 junior chamber delegates to the Texas Jaycee convention in Galveston next week. A special bus is arranged and 30 JC members will ride to the island city. Panhandle JC groups back Binford Arney of Amarillo for Texas Jaycees president. Amarillo will bid to host the 1941 state convention.
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Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
Lubbock
Brownfield
Panhandle Taxpayers League Explored For Regional Group
A Potter County Taxpayers Association panel will form to study forming a Panhandle tax league spanning ten counties with headquarters at formarillo. Wade Brymer said the panhandle group would push government economy and tax relief as petitions from neighboring counties seek broader scope and membership. He plans a general meeting within days.
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Potter County Taxpayers Association
Formarillo
Wade Brymer
Potter County Tax League
Brymer
Globe News Want Ads Overview and Classifications
Designed for owners and prospective buyers this Globe News notice highlights classified sections. Classification No 37 covers furniture appliances floor coverings and interior items both new and used. Classification No 53 lists seeds and plants for exterior needs. Classification No 68 covers used cars for garage interiors. Dial 6262 for Want Ad Headquarters.
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Globe News
Globe-News
Weather forecast for the region and day parts
The report blends Amarillo and vicinity forecasts with Pay Pie and colder conditions for Wednesday. West Texas expects fair weather Wednesday and Thursday with a somewhat cooler southeast area. Mexico shows fair conditions through Wednesday with warmer daytime hours. hourly temperature readings follow, though are incomplete.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Commission to discuss traffic problems Thursday
Amarillo voters will hear a traffic plan at a Thursday morning city commission special session. The Amarillo Safety Council proposes adding at least seven motorized patrolmen after a city-wide survey. Also on the agenda is a $6750 bid to sell a triangular island at Sixth Avenue and Georgia Street.
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Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
Rogers
Sixth Avenue
Georgia Street
Life Given Butcher in Tulia Death
Tulia April 2 W Dub Simmons Tulia butcher must spend life in prison for murder of Louis B Hand 16 year old Lula Widegren and arson after the jury of farmers convicts him for the Hand killing. District attorney sought life term as more than 600 spectators filled the district court room.
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Tulia
W. T
Dub” Simmons
Tulia Butcher
Louis B. Hand
Swisher County
Simmons
Hand
Lula Widegren
Herbert Martin
Tulla
Handl
Widegren
Rural Rural Schools of Potter County Elect Trustees
The Potter County rural school election will be held Saturday. River Road trusteeship has candidates John Bingaman and W T Sherrill, both current board members. Highland Park lists Mrs John Bichsel and Alfred Roddy. only one seat is open and neither candidate is currently on the board. All other districts use write ins. John Detten seeks re election as county treasurer from precinct 2 and J W Cheney seeks re election as county treasurer at large.
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Potter County
River Road
John Bingaman
W. T. Sherrill
Highland Park
John Bichsel
Alfred Roddy
John Detten
J. W. Cheney
Married Women Essential For Good Teaching
Dr. Spencer Stoker professor at Texas State College for Women Denton said the elimination of married women from teaching would leave a neurotic group. He spoke on arrival to address the southwestern regional conference of the American Association of University Professors noting married women are generally more stable and dedicated than single women.
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Norman
Okla
Spencer Stoker
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Stoker
Southwestern
American Association of University Professors
Drilling at Tack No. 1 Resumed After Casing Run
The old Tack No. 1 wildcat test at Thompson Park was resumed last night after seven inch casing was run. The hole was cased nearly to full depth of 4300 feet, halting salt water contact at about 4261 to 4268 feet.
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Thompson Park
Hereford Chamber Banquet Speaker Named
Hereford April 2 Julian Montgomery state highway engineer will be the honor guest and principal speaker at the Hereford Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. The event will begin at 7 30 pm with Rev James Aiken Jr as toastmaster and reports on irrigation potato growers and visitors.
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Hereford
Julian Montgomery
Hereford Chamber of Commerce
Smith County
James Aiken, Jr
Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce
Acquitted of Slaying Tiny Son
In New York on April 2 a jury of eleven men and a woman acquitted Camille Katchko, 27, of manslaughter in the drowning of her nine day old son born crippled and illegitimate.
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Tiny Son
New York
Camille Katchko
Leffel Wins McKinley Marble King Title
M L Leffel emerged as marble king after a school tournament at McKinley School. Fifty four students competed in the Lion’s marble event, part of Amarillo Lions Club annual matches. Clinton White finished as runner-up and Leffel advances to Thursday’s central junior high tourney to crown a city champion.
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McKinley School
M. L. Leffel
The
Amarillo Liong Club
Theo Zweig
Marble Committee
Clinton White
Central Junior High School
Nordyke Wins National Traffic Award for Safety Promotion
Lewis T. Nordyke of the Amarillo Daily News received honorable mention and a $25 prize from the Cities Investment Trusts Safety Foundation at Columbus, Ohio, part of $3,000 awarded nationally to newspapermen for promoting traffic safety in 1939. The award mirrored his safety letter contest and editorial work carried in the News, following a prior year's contest win.
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Lewis T. Nordyke
Amarillo Daily News
Cities Investment Trusts Safety Foundation
Columbus
Nordyke
United States
Britain Enacts Seapower Blockade To Pressure Axis
Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons declares a seapower blockade and new anti Nazi trade pacts with neutrals to wage the economic war. Britain outlines sterling line agreements with Norway Sweden Denmark Belgium the Netherlands and Germany exports limits. Talks with Switzerland Spain Greece and Turkey noted. Balkans to follow with Romania Yugoslavia. guarantees of curtailing trade with Germany required. Sporadic North Sea air clashes continue as British patrols duel with German Junkers. one German bomber destroyed and a British plane missing. Admiralty reports 13 901 tons sunk last week and the Mimi Horn scuttled by its crew after interception by British warships.
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Fusionists Triumph in Kansas City Political Shift
Fusionists swept Kansas City winning John R. Gage the mayoralty by over 15,000 votes and signaling major gains against the Pendergast machine. Wisconsin results showed Roosevelt leading Garner for president while Dewey and Vandenberg led delegates in the Republican test.
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Garner
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
John R. Gage
Kansas City
Flavel Robertson
Gage
Tom Pendergast
Leavenworth
Dewey
Vandenberg
Thomas H. Dewey
Sheboygan County
Cop Jaadine
Sheboygan
Charles E. Broughton
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Germany
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Reich
Harry Durning
Max Schneider
Joseph Durkin
Frank Ginsburg
New York City
Raymond O'Brien
Robert Woody
John
Thorp
Charles Sullivan
Income Tax Collections Up in March Says Treasury
The treasury reported March income tax receipts at 665,486,755 dollars, a 314 percent rise from March last year, reflecting initial installments on annual returns due March 15. In contrast, March 1939 receipts were 506,025,900 dollars. Six die in Port Arthur fire, including four children, with suffocation cited as the cause in a house blaze on Port Arthur's outskirts.
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The
Treasury
Port Arthur
Ont
Port
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