President Eyes Hatch Bill Decision As Roosevelts To Decide
President Roosevelt said he would reveal his decision on the Hatch bill curbing political activity by federal employees within 24 hours. The measure bars non policy making staff from political participation. Attorney General Murphy will study the legal phrasing and review the bill tonight.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hatch
New Mexico
White House
London
Britain
Goveernment
John Anderson
Privy Seal
House of Commons
Moscow
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Japan
China
Danzig
Adolf Hitler
Germany
House
Chamber
Senate
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Mary Lyons Rites Set Amid Amarillo Clovis Ties
Obituary of Mary Gough Lyons born 1867 in East St. Louis, longtime Amarillo and Clovis resident, who died after a long illness. Details of funeral at Sacred Heart Cathedral and interment at Llano Cemetery, with Boxwell Brothers handling arrangements. Survived by three sons and three daughters.
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Mary Lyons
Amarillo
Panhandle
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Llano Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers
Ill
Ireland
Texarkana
Texas
J. D. Lyons
Lyons
Corsicana
New Mexico
Fish Dinner No Trouble
Fort Worth readers recount a curious lake tale on Eagle Mountain Lake as Mrs. W L Rea and Wayne London Wendell Petree noted a 16 inch black bass trying to swallow a 10 inch bass. The larger fish tired and floated, the boaters removed the smaller fish and planned a feast.
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Fort Worth
U.P
W. L. Rea
Wayne
London
Wendell Petree
Farwell
Tex
Eagle Mountain Lake
Texas Guardsmen to Test New Mobilization Procedure
About 1 200 members of the 142nd Infantry Texas National Guard and the 169th Field Artillery Oklahoma National Guard are set to report for a mobilization drill at Amarillo's Armory tonight. The exercise tests proposed army mobilization revisions with two on site physicals and paper planning for supplies, to culminate at Camp Hulen August 5 to 20.
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142Nd Infantry Regiment
Texas National Guard
Amarillo
169Th Field Artillery
Oklahoma National Guard
H. J. Brees
Eighth Corps
San Antonio
United States Army
National Guard
Camp Hulen
Palacios
Tex
142Nd Regiment
Arthur W. Ball
Ball
142Nd Infantry
131St Field Artillery
Blucher Thorpe
Medical Department
Frank P. Miller
Julius Dorenfield
8. Ridings
E. A. Simpson
H. H. Larson
Dan Loving
XIT Tickets Go Fast For Amarillo Dalhart Train
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and Tri-State Fair sponsor a special XIT reunion train to Dalhart. Six Amarillo women named car hostesses boost sales as tickets sell quickly. Round trip fare 1.80, reservations by phone 5238, train leaves Amarillo Tuesday morning returning the same night.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Tri-State Fair Association
XIT
Dalhart
Milton Cox
Tri-State Fair
Chamber of Commerce
June Callahan
Frances Chance
Jean Tomberlin
Marie Jenkins
Lelia Hickox
Margaret Woodruff
W. A
Bill) Askew
J. Ealy Moore
Ione
N. M
R. L. Duke
XIT Association
Amarillo Leads Texas Retail Sales Rise in June
The commerce department reports independent Texas retailers sold 8 percent more in June than a year earlier. Gains appeared in all city-size groups, led by Harlingen 56 percent in the 10,000 to 25,000 range. El Paso 19.9 percent in 100,000+. Waco 22 percent in 50,000 to 100,000. Amarillo 17 percent in 25,000 to 50,000.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Texas
Harlingen
el Paso
Waco
Amarillo
Olton Stampede Opens With Largest Opening Crowd Yet
Olton hosts the Stampede and Rodeo drawing nearly 2,000 spectators for an action packed day. Charles Helper won the quarter mile in 26.4 seconds, Shorty Warren took the three eighths race in 40 seconds, while Slim Mateer rode Snip to bronc busting first prize. Local riders and visiting contestants competed in bronc riding and calf roping, with parade and performances drawing strong crowds.
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Olton
Bronco Busters
Orton
Charles Helper
Bob Norfleet
Ervin McGeehee
Shorty Warren
Sonny Wood
Plainview
Plainview High School
Hale Capital
Hitler
Brahma
G. L. Floyd
Tatum, N. M
Willard Thomas
Levelland
Arena
Bonnie Parker
Slim Mateer
Sweetwater
Sweetwater, Riding “Snip
John Merek
Sonora
Eddie Cain
Fort Sumner
Jonas Dearman
Decatur
Blanket Simms
Jack Wilmeth
Clovis
Tommy Williams
Silver City
N. M
Cecil King
Texico
Tiny Mills
Pecos
Howard Kincaide
New KGNC Tower To Double Signal Strength In Panhandle
KGNC radio engineers install a 370 foot tower and extensive ground system to boost daytime signal strength across Shamrock Perryton Dalhart Plainview Lubbock Clovis Tucumcari and beyond. The 22 foot sections form a slim 3.2 foot wide antenna center of a 10 acre site southwest of the highway intersection.
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KGNC
Shamrock
Perryton
Dalhart
Plainview
Lubbock
Clovis
Tucumcari
Panhandle
Tri-State
Globe-News Want Ad Moves Four Rooms in One Day
Furniture moves fast with Globe-News Want Ads. Today’s ads offer used electric washers at 20 dollars and a new 10-tube RCA radio for 89.50. Dial 6262 for Want Ad headquarters at 820-B Alabama.
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Globe News
Alabama
Globe-News
Amarillo Makes Honor Roll for Traffic Safety
Austin announced cities Beaumont Waco Corpus Christi Amarillo Port Arthur El Paso Galveston and Laredo achieved no traffic fatalities in June. The record is notable amid 133 June deaths overall and 113 on city streets, up 4.48 percent from May. Beaumont Waco Corpus Christi and Amarillo each report only two fatalities in the first six months.
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Austin
Texas
Beaumont
Waco
Corpus Christi
Amarillo
Port Arthur
el Paso
Galveston
Laredo
Julian Montgomery
Montgomery
Showers Hit Panhandle as Cold Front Moves South
A windshift from the north brings cooler air and scattered thunderstorms across the Panhandle. Rain totals ranged up to two inches near Texline with lighter falls from Dalhart to Amarillo and along a stretch from Exell to Boise City. A small washout near Magenta delayed a southbound Fort Worth & Denver passenger train to Amarillo at 10:05.
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Askew
Duke
Moore
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Dalhart
XIT Association
Texas
Chicago
Austin
No. 1 Division
Ab Blocker
Tom Green
Freer
Marble Falls
Col
T. 8
Bugbee
Clarendon
Charles Goodnight
Goodnight
XIT
Middlewater
Panhandle
Texline
Texas Point
English Airport
Fort Worth & Denver
Channing
Wichita
Kan
Albuquerque
N. M
Magenta
Denver
Here
Freight Rate Probe Ordered
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general investigation of freight rates to prescribe justifiable rates and classifications for rail and water shipment. The probe, described as a large undertaking, will consider current carrier and shipper efforts to revise class rate structures and simplify classifications under present conditions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Editorial predicts defeat of spending bill on Capitol Hill
Ray Tucker in The National Whirligig writes that President Roosevelt's leaders sabotage the spending measure as Congress nears adjournment and that passage is extremely doubtful, a forecast echoed on the editorial page of the News.
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The
News
Ray Tucker
National
Tucker
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Congress
Roosevelt Plan Faces House Vote on Jobs and Debt
The article reports on critics and administration allies debating a large relief and loan package. It notes many industries would miss planned production boosts and relief clients needing jobs, risking heavy taxpayer costs. Roosevelt sought 3.06 billion for loans to aid industry and employment, with supporters calling projects self liquidating while opponents warn of federal debt risk and executive power.
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House
Roosevelt
Weather summary for Amarillo and region
Weather map notes show Wednesday cooler across Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies Panhandle and New Mexico. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 71 to 96 degrees with highs near 96 and lows around 71 to 38 in some readings.
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Amarillo
West Seas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Live Alone and Like It Author Marries Love Interest
Marjorie Hillis, 49 year old author of Live Alone and Like It, marries Thomas Henry Roulston, 65, in a Valley Forge ceremony witnessed by his son and grandchildren. The couple plans a European honeymoon aboard the Normandie after the old fashioned wedding.
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Valley Forge
Marjorie Hillis
New Yorker
Thomas Henry Roulston
Brooklyn
Normandie
New York
Henry Woll
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