Condemned Slayer Saved From Chair Again At Jamboree
Stuttering Sam returns from Hollywood to headline the Maverick Jamboree at Amarillo Municipal Auditorium with a 15 act show tonight and tomorrow night at 8. The lineup includes The Three Boys Duke and His Gang Canyon German Band Marylyn and Gene Jose and Mariea Art Querry and others Dick Walker the Burger Songster headlines tickets sold by community clubs with Fred DeCoster in charge.
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Stuttering Sam
Hollywood
Municipal Auditorium
Panhandle
Sam
the Three Boys
Duke
Canyon German
Dutch Mantell
Marylyn
Gene
Jose and
Mariea
Art Querry
Lady Ester
Gib
Floy
Dick Walker
Burger Songster
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
American Business Club
Fred DeCoster
State-Wide Farm Meet To Be Held in Amarillo
A state wide meeting for farmers and business interests in wheat production and crop insurance is set for Monday in Amarillo Municipal Auditorium at 1 30 pm. Roy M Green will explain the 1939 federal crop insurance program with several other officials and AAA representatives on the program. The event, broadcast by KGNC, expects hundreds from wheat counties to attend.
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Amarillo
Roy M. Green
Washington
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Municipal
Insurance Corporation
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Texas Extension Service
Fred R. Merrifield
AAA
J. N. Norton
E. M. Holmgreen
College Station
Texas
Parker Hanna
K J. Edwards
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Green
KGNC
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
William H. Rowe
BAE
Department of Agriculture Service
Theater Manager Transfers Shake Amarillo Leadership
J P Harrison, city manager of the Interstate theaters in Amarillo, will move to Denton Texas to be replaced by George Tucker, newly named city manager of Amarillo theaters. Charlie Meeker becomes State Theater manager. Raymond Willie announces the changes after noting Tucker’s success at the State Theater. Harrison praised as civic minded, with Denton poised as an expanding show town.
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J. P. Harrison
Interstate Theaters
Amarillo
Denton
Texas
George Tucker
Charlie Meeker
The
Majestic
Dallas
Raymond Willie
Harrison
Waco
Southwest
Tucker
State Theater
Amario
Paramount
State
Capitol
Rialto
Cecil Barham
David Yates
Death of Eight-Child Father from Amarillo Gas Well Blast
George Pritchard a 52 year old oil field worker dies in Amarillo hospital from injuries suffered in an explosion and fire at the Henderson Company Alamosa No 2 gas well. Four colleagues escaped unharmed while Pritchard’s body is to be sent to Camargo Oklahoma for burial.
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George Pritchard
Amarillo
Alamosa No. 2
Henderson Company
Camargo
Okla
Boxwell Brothers
Tex Thornton
Pritchard
Borger
Sanford
Hutchinson County
Mr. Pritchard
Cal
Pampa Chosen as Club Host for Seventh District
Pampa will host the seventh district Texas Federation of Women's Clubs meeting next spring after a Thursday vote at the two day convention in Childress. Officers elected include Mrs J W Rutherford president from Chillicothe Mrs Harry Willis vice president Borger Mrs Homer Buhmley second vice president Hereford and Mrs William V Baker secretary Chillicothe. They assume duties in November. The district also endorses a state library move and asks highway maintenance through small towns. Ernest O Thompson urged industrial growth and improved education while urging civic participation and efficiency in government.
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J. W. Rutherford
Chillicothe
Harry Willis
Borger
Homer Buhmley
Hereford
William V. Baker
Texas
Ernest O.thompson
Thompson
America
Peoples Library Movement
Ecord
State Highway Department
Childress
Claren
Egyptian Students Riot In Cairo Over Palestine Partition Plan
About 300 students staged Egypts first anti Jewish demonstration since the Arab Jewish troubles began two years ago in Palestine. The protest coincided with the British partition commissions arrival to study possible modifications of the plan to divide the area into Arab, Jewish and British mandates.
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Cairo
Egypt
Palestine
Holy Land
British Partition Commission of Four
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Partly cloudy in West Texas with Friday showers in the extreme southeast and warmer conditions in the north. Amarillo area expected warmer with hourly temperatures around 45 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit, and a record of yesterday’s high 77 and low 37.
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Amarillo
West Xas
New Mexico
Dangerous Age 35 and Up for Potter County Felonies
Potter County sheriff records show the largest felon fingerprinting group is 35 and older. For 1936 and 1937, 140 of 467 felony defendants were 35 plus, with 281 convicted. Males outnumber females and minorities appear among the prints, while the 30 to 35 bracket shows unusual counts.
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Potter County
Sheriff's Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Bill Adams
Amarillo
Skeptical Police Probe New Mexico Kidnap Tale
In Santa Fe and Taos authorities scrutinize reports of a ragged 12-year-old boy seen with two men, amid doubts the boy is Peter Levine of New Rochelle. A Taos postmaster’s brother and a cafe owner linked the boy to a 1933 sedan with Oklahoma plates, but officials remain skeptical.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
New York
Jose Valdez
Taos
Valdez
Oklahoma
John Karavanis
Levine
Karavanis
Ralph H. Colvin
Southwestern
Federal Department of Justice
FE Paso
Tom Delgado
H. K. Dalbey
Texas Grain Growers Fight Discriminatory Freight Rates
Texas grain growers and millers urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to end discriminatory shipping rates they say barred Texas flour and feed from Southeastern markets. Oklahoma representatives joined the claim as the hearing continued in Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank A. Leffingwell
Sooner
Bids Ordered on Road Jobs in Panhandle
Texas engineers outline plans for state financed road projects totaling about 3.5 million dollars with bids likely May 24. Projects include seal coats and base reshaping across highways 84 51 70 and multiple county routes with numerous miles slated for paving grading and material work.
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Panhandle
Austin
Lamb and Bailey
Howaard
Lipscomb, Hemphill
Moore
Hansford
Carson
Armstrong, Gray and Randall
Mitchell, Scurry
Newlan
Taylor
Haskell
Shackelford
Fisher
Kent
Roosevelt Charm Fails To Change Ford's Mind
In a two hour talk with President Roosevelt Henry Ford refused to credit government with causing current economic ills. He urged annual wages depend on robust business and argued for higher wages with broader goods distribution. Ford dismissed planned production as a financiers idea and favored market driven planning.
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Roosevelt
Ford
Jay Hayden
North American Newspaper Alliance
New York
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Calling All Amateur Gardeners Adverts Homes for Sale
A retail page urges readers planning to buy a home this spring to check Wand Ad pages for affordable homes. It touts unusually low prices as inflation rises and rents threaten, urging immediate purchase to hedge against inflation.
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Wand
Globe-News
Amarillo
Ford Says F. D. Is 'Trying To Do His Best'
Henry Ford predicts an economic upturn as industry revives and urges self reliance. In a Ritz Carlton interview he says wealth comes from work, not money, and that there is much to overhaul in industry, railroads, farming, and manufacturing. Ford, who turns 75 on July 30, credits personal health to personal effort.
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Ford
F. D
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Ritz Carlton
W. J. Cameron
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Labor
Last Minute Writ Halts Death of John Vaughn
A late injunction from Judge Fountain Kirby stayed the planned execution of John W. Vaughn a week after a generator failure postponed his death. Governor Allred issued a 24 hour stay while a San Antonio court will review Vaughn's sanity as his brother’s affidavit alleges he has gone insane, with Vaughn remaining confident he would be spared.
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Huntsville
John W. Vaughn
San Antonio
Fountain Kirby
Groesbeck
James V. Allred
Board of Pardons
Vaughn
W. W. Ward
George Palmer
Kirby
Homer Vaughn
Death House
Criminal District Court
Bexar County
Mack Gates
W. W. McCrory
Huntaville
Gates
Ellingson
Vaughan
Mr. Ellingson
Austin
Allred
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Johnny Banks
Brazoria
Banks
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
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Maverick
Asm
Mavericks
Kansas
Missouri
Production Credit Corporation
Ninth Farm Credit Administration
Wichita
Kan
Pampa
Mildred True
Hunsley's House of Color
Art Colony
Here
Hunsley
Associated Press
United States
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