Farm Bill Clash Tests Senate Support for Program
In Washington the Administration Farm bill gained momentum as Senate members rejected McNary’s three year limit. House action favored replacing compulsory wheat control with end-season receipts, while Borah’s plan to extend loans to all crops passed. Bankhead restored cotton benefits if parity payments end.
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Friends of
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Oregonian
Wallace
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Borah
Idaho
Surplus Reserve Loan Corporation
Jones
Bankhead
Alabama
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Chamber
Jobbs
Andersen
Minnesota
Rate extension decision eyed for livestock feed freight
The Texas Railroad Commission plans a ruling this week on extending 25 percent reduced emergency freight rates for livestock feed to 30 drought distressed counties. Testimony from ranchers and agents argued worst conditions in South Texas and the Panhandle, while railroads opposed the extension, claiming no power to trim charges. District Judge Roy C. Archer set trial for early next week.
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Railroad Commission
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Panhandle
Roy C. Archer
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Dimmitt
Duval
Frio
Goliad
Gray
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Kinney
Kleberg
Karnes
LaSalle
Lipscomb
Live Oak
McMullen
Maverick
Medina
Ochiltree
Roberts
Starr
Terrell
Uvalde
Val Verde
Webb
Zapata
Zavalla
Cold snap sweeps Texas as temperatures plunge
A strong cold front chills West Texas Oklahoma and surrounding states. Temperatures drop from 54 to 41 in Lubbock and forecasts call for a low near 20 in Denver and 15 to 20 in parts of Oklahoma. Snow and light rain reported with heavy snow in Denver and a cold mist in Amarillo.
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Oklahoma
Amarillo
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Santa Fe Railroad
Union
Lubbock
Denver
Cheyenne
Curry Quay Counties Get REA Funds
A partial allotment of 100000 dollars from a 198000 dollar request will fund about 199 miles of rural electric lines in Curry and Quay counties New Mexico for 465 signed customers and 40 potential users. The grant depends on forming a cooperative with at least seven local directors and power is expected from the Texas New Mexico Utility Company.
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Curry
Quay Counties
New Mexico
Rural Electrification Administration
Texas-New Mexico Utility Company
The Plainsmen Fight Again analysis series begins
Globe News launches seven part series by Lewis Nordyke on Plains wind erosion and dust bowl causes. It presents a thorough background to the Plains erosion problems, described as one of the newspaper’s most comprehensive analyses.
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Lewis Nordyke
Globe News
Brent Divorced by Screen Actress
Blonde film star Constance Worth of the screen divorces George Brent the Irish actor at a short hearing. She said he was away from home and sullen when at home. The couple wed in Tijuana May 10 and separated June 14. The court held the Mexican marriage requirements technical and not essential. Brent did not contest. A property settlement was reached out of court.
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Los Angeles
Constance Worth
George Brent
Tijuana
Mexico
Brent
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather forecast shows Wednesday as fair across Amarillo and West Texas regions with colder conditions in the western area. New Mexico is unsettled, with temperatures by hour for Amarillo and past readings indicating highs near 37 and lows around 29 to 30.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Body of Missing Hunter Found Near Beaumont
The body of M. M. Cooke 52 of Dallas was recovered from marshland near Beaumont after a weekend duck hunt disappearance. An Army pilot spotted the body who died likely from exposure, earlier searchers had led to the site using markers. Cooke had been visiting his sons H C and Gordon Cooke at Big Hill Texas since mid November.
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M. M. Cooke
Dallas
Cooke
H. C. Cooke
Stillwater
Oklo
H. C
Gordon Cooke
Big Hill
Tex
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Wilson May Be Named Envoy to Germany
State department circles indicated that Hugh Wilson assistant secretary of state will be named American ambassador to Germany within a few days. No official confirmation but no denial from state officials. White House declined comment as Wilson would succeed William E Dodd who has been at odds with the state department and is believed to have resigned.
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Washington
State Department
Hugh Wilson
Germany
White House
Wilson
William E. Dodd
Chinese Repulse Japs at Gates of Nanking
Chinese reports say Japanese columns storming two gates of Nanking were repulsed with about 1000 Japanese casualties. vanguard reached the Chi lin gate but driven back. A main column attacked Morning Sunshine gate. defenders pushed it back. Chinese troops began destroying supplies amid rising tension as 200000 Chinese nearby and 75000 Japanese advance toward the city.
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Nanking
Tenghwachen
Mulinkwan
Yangtze
Texhoma Deputy Dies In Train Car Crash
A. B. Shadinger aged 65 longtime Texhoma deputy sheriff was killed at 9 AM when his light coupe was struck by the Golden State Limited train at the Main Street crossing. The engineer said Shadinger drove in front of the train as the car appeared to not stop. The left side was crushed and a foot nearly severed as the car was dragged a half mile before the train halted.
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Guymon
Okla
A. B. Shadinger
Texas
Texhoma
Golden State Limited
Rock Island
Shadinger
Main Street
Italians Claim New Bombers Can Outfly Enemy Pursuit Planes
Rome reports Italy’s air ministry under Mussolini is accelerating bomber development as high speed B R 20 aircraft designed by Rosatelli prove capable of 275 to 285 mph. Bombers carry 7,700 pounds of ordnance, climb to altitudes near seven miles, and outrun pursuit planes, prompting focus on mixed roles aircraft for reconnaissance and bombing.
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Rome
Italy
Air Ministry
Il Duce
Spain
Franco
Mussolini
Milan
Rosatelli
Duce
Skeleton near Raymondville eyed in Blanton case
Texas Ranger Ernest Best questioned a skeleton found near Raymondville as possibly the missing John Blanton. A physician and Sheriff Cragg doubt the remains are his, noting the remains may be years old as relatives compare features and ongoing identifications proceed.
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Raymondville
Texas
Ernest Best
John
Luther Blanton
Department of Public Safety
John Blanton
Best
Howard Cragg
Willacy County
Justice of the Peace
Charles Mitchell
Lyford
State Laboratory
Navy
San Perlita
Hunter Sunday
Luther
Frank Blanton
Blanton
Alabama Contractor Low Bidder on Amarillo Postoffice Building
Algeron Blair of Montgomery submitted the low base bid of 369 400 for the Amarillo post office construction with a 368 200 alternate for marble in place of glass. Farnell Blair of Lake Charles bid 369 720 base and 367 520 alternate. A J Rife Construction Dallas 375 000 base and 374 150 alternate. Templeton Cannon San Angelo was eighteenth with 419 794 base and 418 994 alternate. Elevator bid from American Elevator Louisville was 13 235. Building details include three stories, 19 834 square feet ground area, central light court, and a two story federal court room.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Algeron Blair
Montgomery
Ala
Treasury
Amarillo
Farnell Blair
Lake Charles
A. J. Rife Construction Company
Dallas
Templeton Cannon
San Angelo
American Elevator and Machine Com
Taylor Street
Fillmore
Post
United States
Soviets Not Very Mad at Japanese
London reports say Soviet Russia has no present plan to act against Japan without full Western support. Moscow reportedly awaiting further developments to choose war or peace policy while air strength could send 1000 planes to China. Britain considers protest over Far East incidents.
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London
Russia
France
Britain
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yvon Pelbos
Warsaw
Europe
Moscow
Far East
Par East
Fumes From Stove Fatal To Painters
In Durant Oklahoma a makeshift stove at a Rural Resettlement camp caused fatal fumes for painter Madison Childer and 24 year old Robert Scott of Ardmore. Roy Nance, another Ardmore painter, remained hospitalized with the fumes.
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Durant
Okla
Madison Childer
Robert Scott
Ardmore
Roy Nance
British Steamer Quarrington Court Sinking Reported
Lloyd's agent at Port Said reported the 6909 ton British steamer Quarrington Court traveling from Baltimore to Calcutta was sinking slowly in the Red Sea. The report came from Egypt with art gift pieces from all over the world, Russell Stationery Co.
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London
Lloyd’s
Port Said
Egypt
Baltimore
Calcutta
Red Sea
Russell Stationery Co
Farmers Charged Heavy Losses From Cotton Undergrading
Senate agriculture committee chairman released a confidential report alleging cotton farmers suffered heavy losses due to undervaluation in government loans and pools run by the American Cotton Cooperative Association. Westbrook's check on 1.6 million bales loaned and 1.9 million bales pooled found losses of 2.70 to 3.50 per bale and possible violations of the cotton standards act amid a heated debate over extending the inquiry.
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Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Ellender
Lawrence Westbrook
WPA
Eilender
Westbrook
Cotton Producers Pool
Department of Agriculture
Weatbrook
Oscar Johnston
Cotton Cooperative
Federal Farm Board
Louisiana
ACCA
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
T. P. Creekmore
O Westbrook
Nelda Told by Friends in Local Romance Preview
Nelda faces social scrutiny as Beck pursues her, amid warnings about money and status from her friends. The passage hints at Nelda’s humble life as a lettuce farmer and introduces a new serial titled Dare to Dream featuring Alice Marie Dodge, starting Friday morning.
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Beck
Nelda
Alice Marie Dodge
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