Cowgirl in Blue Jeans Greets White Sox and Pirates at Station
A red headed woman in blue jeans meets the visiting Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates upon arrival at Santa Fe station in Amarillo. Fans and players mingle as Honus Wagner and other stars are sought after before the 3 PM game at Malin Field.
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White Sox
Pirates
Diamond Stars
Jack Sitton
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago White Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lubbock
West Pullman
Lester A. Biederman
The
Pittsburgh Press
Bucs
Sox
Corsairs
Honus Wagner
Star Navy
Honus
Ted Lyons
Arky Vaughan
Monty Stratton
Waner Brothers
Lloyd and
Paul
Baylor
Lyons
Baylor Bears
Amarillo
Ted
Herring Hotel
Sporting News
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Rock Island
Malin Field
Six Meals A Day Trick Aids Weight Loss Says Doctor
Cleveland April 4 Dr Joseph C Aub of Boston told an American College of Physicians panel that eating six smaller meals can curb hunger and aid dieting for obesity. He noted the diet spreads the same meals, reduces appetite after a week as the stomach shrinks and appetite falls. He warned the method must balance intake to avoid weight gain and added a note about adjusting to three meals to maintain a trim figure.
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Cleveland
American College of Physicians
Joseph C. Aub
Boston
Aub
All Moves To Restrict Trade Pacts Fall Flat
Washington April 4 The Senate rejected proposals to require double house approval for trade pacts and to limit tariff reductions. The vote counts were 44 38 and 46 34, with McCarran pushing a one year extension and protection against low cost imports. McNary Nye and others criticized Roosevelt policies as creating emergencies and harming American farmers.
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Houses
Congress
Senate
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Adams
Colorado
McCarran
Nevada
McNary
Oregon
Roosevelt
Nye
North Dakota
Nurse Receives Life Term For Killing Her Insane Sister
Miss Margaret Cowan a 77 year old nurse at Allentown State Mental Hospital was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury rendered verdict at court opening after testimony that she believed their heavenly father commanded the killing last August 15.
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Allentown
Margaret Cowan
Allentown State Mental Hospital
Turkey Feels New Quakes In Anatolia Floods
In northern Anatolia floods and strong earthquakes terrorized the region near the Dec 27 quake zone. Early reports listed unknown casualties but officials later said no deaths were reported at noon as floods crested and aftershocks subsided for the moment.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Yegg Dons Cowhand Clothing In Bold Burglary at Dumas
A Dumas burglar, likely adopting a cowboy persona, struck two stores last night. At Lips & Son General Mercantile he stole a $15 Stetson hat, cowboy boots, two leather jackets, a small radio, and left mismatched oxfords. At Burnett Machinery & Feed Co a rear window was pried open, a cash register removed, and charge tickets scattered. Phillips store front door was forced. two size nine shoes left behind. Sheriff P F Younger leads the investigation.
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DUMAS
Lips & Son General Mercan
Burnett Machinery & Feed Co
Phillips
P. F. Younger
Plainview Hosts Massive Youth Music Contest
Plainview welcomes 3000 youthful musicians and 500 music teachers for a Region One Texas Music Educators Association event. Officials say the gathering ranks among the largest and strongest competitive meetings of the year in the Southwest. The city overflows as music fills the region, with results from day one on Page 7.
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Plainview
Texas Music Educators Association
Plains City
Cooking School Opens Tuesday
The Globe-News announces a four day Cooking School led by Mrs. Arrevya D French, a noted home economist. The event runs Tuesday through Friday at the City Auditorium and is free to all women interested in economical and efficient home management, planning meals, serving hints, and labor-saving kitchen ideas.
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Globe- News
Arrevya D
Globe-News
French
Oil Worker Killed in Yazoo City Shooting
Robert Rose a young oil field welder from Corpus Christi Texas died from a bullet wound in the head suffered during a shooting at Tinsley in Mississippi's booming oil field. The incident occurred early today and the death is reported from Yazoo City.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Robert Rose
Young Oil
Corpus Christi
Tex
Tinsley
Mississippi
Young Oil Field
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Summary
Amarillo area forecasts fair and warmer on Friday with increasing cloudiness and light rains in the south Friday afternoon. Saturday will be cloudy with rain in the south and west, warmer in the north and colder in the south. New Mexico sees lowering cloudiness Friday with light rains on higher elevations, Saturday cloudy with showers in Central Mountain areas. Temperature readings for Amarillo yesterday show a range from morning lows near 7 to afternoon highs around 64.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Jean
Breakfast Table Tips News Menu
A collage of brief notices covers entertainment, local politics, and daily life. Items include a massachusetts operetta in margaret wills tonight, a houston shop owner recounting 27 days of mental blackout, and oil output discussion at an oklahoma city meeting.
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Massachusetts
Margaret Wills
Houston
Oklahoma City
Page County
Thompson
WCTU
Tulsa
Pal Kuusinen
DeWitt MacKenzie
Churchill
Childress
Tom Dewey
New Mexico
South
ICC
Babson
Panhandle Plains
Farley Praises Garner and Signals Presidential Bid
In Texas Farley lauds John Nance Garner as a great contributor and friend while hinting at a possible future as president. He vows high regard for Garner and praises Roosevelt, speaking before crowds in Dallas and Hillsboro then touring College Station and scheduling stops in Tyler, Longview, and Marshall before Shreveport.
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Hillsboro
Jim Farley
Cactus Jack Garner
Texas
Dallas
John Nance Garner
Jack Garner
Farley
Hillsboro High School
Garner
Barkis
Woodall Rogers
John
Jack
Jack J Garner
Dan Moody
W. P. Hobby
Pat M. Neff
College Station
Texas A. and M. College Cadet Corps
Tyler
Longview
Marshall
Shreveport
First Census Fatality Makes Wrong Answer
Bridgeport, Conn April 4 Two police officers quoted Mrs Mamie Brousseau a hospital patient saying she swallowed poison after giving a census taker a wrong answer. Sergeants Halpin and Buckley said she claimed her son worked seven days a week when he actually worked six. Attendants said her condition was fairly good.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Mamie Brousseau
William Halpin
William Buckley
Optimists Club Plans Banquet
John Fullingim will be installed as president of the Amarillo Optimists Club at a banquet and dance at the Amarillo Country Club Saturday night starting at 7. Officers elected at yesterday’s Capitol Hotel luncheon include Ray Pryor as first vice president Dick Bivins as second vice president F Q Kelleam George McGrath Wayne O Keefe and Ralph Wood as board of governors Grady Hazlewood is the outgoing president Delegations from Lubbock and Wichita Falls clubs and other district clubs will attend Ray Pryor and Charles Belfs lead installation arrangements.
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John Fullingim
Amarillo
Optimists
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Ray Pryor
Charles Belfs
Relief Fund Hike Sought in Senate to Ease Suffering
In Washington on April 4 Senator Pepper of Florida proposed an immediate 150 million dollar boost to WPA relief funds, saying extra aid is needed to prevent real suffering before June 20. House subcommittee hearings on Roosevelt WPA estimates began, with Harrington outlining unemployment data to lawmakers behind closed doors.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Pepper
Florida
Congress
Col. F. C. Harrington
Works Projects Administration
WPA
Harrington
Woodrum
Virginia Democrat
Appropriations Committee
Sadler Declares O Danielism Is Issue for Voters
Jerry Sadler campaign speech declares O Danielism the main Texas issue. He accuses Governor O Daniel of dictatorship aims, vows to tax oil gas sulphur and corporate franchises to fund social security, oppose sales tax, and favors higher old age pensions and unemployment relief while urging no liquor sale by the drink.
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Howard
Marshall Austin
Texas
Jerry Sadler
State Railroad Commission
O'Daniel
Sadler
McLean Farmer Dies Of Blood Poisoning
J. J. Burr a 34 year old farmer near McLean died in a Pampa hospital from blood poisoning after injuring his hand with a wire while baling hay. Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 am at McLean Baptist Church with Rev. Sommerall officiating. burial in McLean Cemetery under Duenker and Carmichael Funeral Home direction. Survivors include his wife, four brothers V. L. of Clarendon Henry and Howard of McLean J N of Odessa Mo, three sisters Ozella Hunter Nola and Bonnie Jean Burr, and his parents Mr and Mrs W T Burr of McLean.
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Pampa
J. J. Burr
McLean
McLean Baptist Church
Sommerall
McLean Cemetery
Duenke
Howard
J. N
Odessa
Ozella Hunter
Nola
Bonnie Jean Burr
W. T. Burr
New Mexico Miners To Strike At 11 P M Deadline
Carlsbad New Mexico miners of the United States Potash Company threaten a strike at 11 PM Sunday after over three months of wage dispute. About 450 to 500 workers in the Carlsbad unit of the APL union set the deadline following another failure to reach an agreement with management.
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New Mexico
Carlsbad
N. M
United States Potash Company
APL
Goldsmith Captures Amarillo Marble Championship Title
C T Goldsmith, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Goldsmith, defeated Billy Joe Warnecke, 13, to win the 1940 Amarillo marble title at Central Junior High. The event, sponsored by the Amarillo Lions Club, drew twelve school champions and over a hundred spectators. The Horace Mann student earned a spot in a district Lions tournament at Dumas on April 11.
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Vu. T. Goldsmith
Virgil Goldsmith
North Arthur Street
Billy Joe Warnecke
Horace Mann
Amarillo
Goldsmith
Central Junior High School
Billy Joe
Jack Seale
Wilson
Glenrie Dixon
Forest Hill
M. L. Leffel
McKinley
R. W. Webb
Wolflin
Grady Howard
Sam Houston
Ardine Allen
Summitt
Billy Johnson
Warnecke
Surviving daughter tells gory tale of murder by order
The 11-year-old Chloe Davis admitted she killed her mother Lolita Davis and her younger brother Marquis with a hammer after her father Barton left for work. She described beating her mother until dead, then striking Marquis to stop his groaning, a sequence she later retracted partly as the case unfolded. Police noted her calm demeanor as she recounted the events and her initial plan to kill herself and all the children.
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Los Angeles
Edgar Edwards
Chloe Davis
Lolita Borkman Davis
Marquis
Deborah Anne
Daphne
Chloe
Edwards
Barton Davis
Grand Rapids, Mich
Mark’—Marquis
Tne
Rose Pickerel
Edgar B
Miss Pickerel
Dr. Speak
Daphne Way
Deborah
Jand
Daddy
Indian Wars Are Over in New Mexico Safe for Summer Trip
A San Antonio man asked the state tourist bureau if a New Mexico camping trip this summer was safe amid reports of an Indian uprising and possible scalping. A bureau official replied that such fears have not been current for a long time and the danger has effectively died out.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
State Tourist Bureau
Bureau
Unusual Child Chloe Key to Shocking Family Tragedy
In a tense police case, Chloe, a 16 year old described with poise, tells of a frightening scene where her mother, Mrs. Davis, is alleged to have set fire to herself and attacked others. Davis sought psychiatric help as relatives note odd behavior. Chloe remains in juvenile custody while investigators piece together events and motives. The mother’s actions and Chloe’s account raise questions about responsibility and mental state.
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Miss Pickerel
Davis
Chloe
V. J. Stack
Thomas Bryan
B. G. Anderson
Robert Lewis Dies At Groom Home
Robert E. Lewis aged 42 dies at the Groom home this afternoon at 2 o clock. A Groom resident since 1913 his funeral is set for Saturday at the Groom Methodist Church with Rev Lloyd H Jones and Rev E M Weathers officiating. Burial follows at Groom cemetery under Duenkel Carmichael Funeral Home. Survivors include wife one daughter Mrs W J Borron and two sons F L and C J.
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W. J. Borron
Groom
F. L
C. J
Los Angeles
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Mr. Sadler
McLean Farmer
C. T. Goldsmith
Flash
Robert Lewis
Groom Home
Germany
Bucharest
Reich
Romania
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