Swedish artisan enlivens Canyon museum displays
Gustaf T. Sundstrom, a Swedish American, serves as chief preparator at the Panhandle Plains Historical Society museum. He creates authentic taxidermy and dioramas, including a four ton shovel tusked mastodon, drawing on studies in painting, sculpture, biology and chemistry.
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Canyon
Panhandle- Plains
Gustaf T. Sundstrom
Science Museum of St. Paul Institute
Chicago
Denver
Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park Museum
Estes Park
Great Museum
Gothenburg
Sundstrom
Sweden
Falu Hogre Ailm
Lareverk
Falun
Svedish Navy
United States
College Demonstration High School
WPA
C. Stuart Johnston
Chamberlain Heads To Rome For Talks With Mussolini
Premier Neville Chamberlain plans talks with Benito Mussolini in Rome to pursue appeasement aims west of the Rhine. Discussions cover Italo French colonial disputes Spanish civil war removal of Jews economic gains for Italy and efforts to ease press propaganda while France Britain and Italy weigh mediation.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Rome
Rhine
Benito Mussolini
Munich
Hitler
France
Germany
Italy
Near East
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Lord Halifax
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Daladier
Bonnet
Old Glory Saved at Amarillo Post Office
Citizens on Taylor Street watched as firefighters arrived at the new post office to solve a flag rope entanglement. The 60 foot pole posed a challenge until the aerial fire truck freed the flag, and Old Glory waved again in the Panhandle breeze.
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Amarillo
Taylor Street
Fire Department
Panhandle
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Tuesday fair with generally fair conditions across West Texas west of the 100th meridian and unsettled trend in New Mexico west portion. Reported yesterday shows temperatures around 53 max and 38 min with readings near 90 at some points and 53 as another value.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
New Mexico Counts Two Dead After Severe Snowstorm
The storm stranded motorists across the north central and mountain regions leaving 14 vehicles stalled on U S 285 between Lamy and Encino. Gov. Miles ordered a rescue by horseback as two people died and many were injured.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Jack Catron
Lamy
Encino
High Mesa
Sandia Mountains
John E. Miles
U. S. 285
U. S. 60
Arizona Line
Magdalena
Silver City
New Mexico-Colorado
Trinchera
Colo
Wallace E. Nau
Rimrock
Johnson Mesa
Byrd ,Telford
Raton
N. M
Colorado
Lowry Field
Denver
John Conners
Hannibal
Maxwell
Wanted To Be Put in Jail
Tucumcari police detain two men who confessed to throwing rocks at the post office and breaking a glass panel after approaching officers in a downtown cafe. The 25 and 40 year old Philadelphia men admitted the crime as officers verified no entry occurred.
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Tucumcari
Philadelphia
Texans Seek Court Powers and World Exposition Role
Bills introduced today by Texas representatives include Sumners proposing circuit courts of appeals can adjust federal sentences. Thomas proposing the President invite states and foreign governments to join the Oil World Exposition in Houston, Texas. Russell Stationery Co. advertises fine pictures for every room.
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Washington
Sumners
Texas
Circuit Courts of Appeals
Thomas
Houston
Russell Stationery Co
Highway Plan Approved by Texas Highway Commission
The Texas highway commission authorized Engineer Julian Montgomery to enter an agreement paying one third of the cost for a regional highway plan in Webb County and Laredo. The plan will be prepared under the direction of the highway engineer.
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Austin
Jan
The
Highway Commission
Julian Montgomery
Webb County
Laredo
UAW Faces Faction Clash Over Leadership
In Detroit on January 9, a power struggle erupts within the United Auto Workers led by Homer Martin CIO president. The international executive board plans a special session amid impeachment and power moves while reports link Martin with Ford negotiator Harry Bennett. A Plymouth Local No 51 suspension and a slow down at Chrysler’s Plymouth forge plant interrupt production as 5400 Plymouth day workers and 2000 Briggs employees are sent home.
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Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Union of Automotive Workers
Martin
UAW International Executive Board
George F. Addes
UAW
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Company
Bennett
Ford Motor Co
Richard YT
Frankensteen
West Coast
Plymouth
Chrysler Corp
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Justice Frankfurter Teaches Public Utilities At Harvard
Felix Frankfurter, newly named to the Supreme Court, conducted his Harvard Law School class on public utilities from the back of a chair, receiving applause from students. He quipped about fire laws and noted the packed room as he discussed Supreme Court opinions on government regulation and related legal philosophy.
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Cambridge
Mass
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
Frankfurter
Illinois
North Dakota
Holmes
Justice Holmes
Justice Cardozo
Senate presses Hopkins hearing on WPA politics before commerce post
The Senate commerce committee voted to summon Harry Hopkins to answer questions on relief politics before confirming him as secretary of commerce. Hopkins may send a representative if unavailable. The House and Senate debated New Deal policies as Bridges and Norris sparred over TVA board vacancies and the Pope nomination. A judiciary subcommittee set Frankfurter’s confirmation hearing, with Dean Acheson defending him.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Commission
Harry Hopkins
Senate
House
Rep. Allen
Pennsylvania
Bridges
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
James P. Pope
Morgan
Norris
Nebraska
Pope
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Frankfurter
Senate Judiciary
Dean Acheson
Harvard Law School
the Treasury
Commerce Committee
Senator Bailey
North Caro
Flagged Wrong Car Ends Westward Hike For Clovis Girls
Two Clovis junior high students Helen Pardue and Johnnie Carrington tried to hitchhike westward after school Friday. They flagged down a car near Kline's Corner on Route 66 60 miles east of Albuquerque. The driver was their principal C. C. McDougal who brought them to the Albuquerque police station where parents retrieved them Saturday.
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Clovis
Helen Pardue
Johnnie Carrington
Kline
Highway 66
Albuquerque
C. C. McDougal
McDougal
Lobbyists Arrive in Austin Ahead of 46th Legislature
Jan 9 in Austin the influx of lobbyists begins as both professionals and amateurs descend on the capital for the 46th Legislature. Over 120 days of activity follow with dinners, drinks, passes, trips, and one on one sales pitches to lawmakers in hotel lobbies and corridors.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
New Mexico Lawmakers Meet in Caucuses Ahead of 14th Legislature
Santa Fe observers report New Mexico's heavily Democratic lawmakers gathering in caucuses before the 14th legislature opens. Governor Miles' message is awaited. analysts expect emphasis on government economy following his inaugural address.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
John E. Miles
Miles
Legislature Off on Bumpy Road at Noon
The 1939 Texas Legislature begins a four month biennial session at noon amid optimism despite tax, pension, and budget questions. Gov elect W Lee O Danial prompts debate on universal aged pensions and emergency bill action while finance plans foresee a 64 million dollar general budget.
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Austin
Texas
O'Daniel
W. Lee O'Daniel
Ross Hardin
Prairie Hill
Hardin
Senate
James V. Allred
State Board of Control
General Treasury
Morris Roberts
Pettus
Senate Finance Committee
Barbed Wire Marks Disputed Czech Border
Soldiers string barbed wire on the Hungarian side of the Carpatho Ukrainian border amid brisk cross border moves. Hungarian forces report a Czech and Ukrainian push near Derezen while no deaths occur in Nagygejece. Prior shelling at Munkacs and Ungvar noted.
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Czech
Budapest
Munkacs
Ungvar
Derezen
Nagygejece
Carpatho-Ukraine
Ruthenia
Vienna
Czecho
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