Alexander Will Give Principal Address Today
L. H. Hayter opened a four day Farm Security Administration school for rural rehabilitation and home management supervisors across five states. Dr. W. W. Alexander will deliver the principal address on FSA policies and aims, with Washington officials present to hear field reports.
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Jack Sitton
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
L. H. Hayter
Farm Security Administration
Washington
W. W. Alexander
FSA
Alexander
Hauter
Region 12
Hayter
Five Injured in Bivins Booster Station Blast
Five workers were injured in an explosion at the Bivins Booster Station of the Canadian River Gas Company. D. A. Whitsett was seriously burned. others named were Henry Reeves H. E. Knight Walter A. Speck and Reno Henderson. First aid was given by F. E. Greenwood before they were sent to Amarillo for treatment. Whitsett to Northwest Texas Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bivins
Canadian River Gas Company
D. A. Whitsett
Henry Reeves
H. E. Knight
Walter A. Speck
Reno Henderson
F. E. Greenwood
Highway Red Cross
Amarillo
W. R. Klingensmith
Whitsitt
Northwest Texas Hospital
Martin Clifton Brough
Henderson
Clifton
State Highway Patrol
Hoovers Escape Injury in Wreck Near Santa Cruz
Former President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover escaped injury when their car blew a tire and crashed through a fence into eucalyptus trees near Davenport, Santa Cruz. The incident occurred yesterday and was reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Herbert Hoover
Davenport
Out of Season Hunters Battle Police Chase
A federal game warden and two deputies pursued hunters shooting geese from a car twenty five miles west of Hereford. The fleeing vehicle smashed through a barbed wire fence and sped at 90 to 95 mph for miles, escaping in Hereford. Officers suspect the Amarillo car’s identity and continued pursuit yesterday. Wet details note a New Mexico duck hunter incident as a related case.
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Say HU Wee
Hereford
Amarillo
Tance
New Mexico
Oil Well Burns Unchecked in Kilgore Downtown
Flames 150 feet high roared unchecked as thousands watched efforts to stop a wild oil well fire in Kilgore East Texas. The Overton Refining No. 3 Nettie Crane lay across from city hall with five other wells nearby and $50,000 in damage plus destroyed warehouse and cafe. Firefighters from Henderson Longview Overton fought for hours with mud and water, without relief, as a hospital near the blaze was damaged and patients moved to safety.
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Kilgore
East Texas
Henderson
Longview
Overton
W. J. Christian
East Texas Division
The
Railroad Commission
Used Office Equipment Is in Demand
W L Brummett, used car manager for Toney Chisum Inc, says cash market for typewriters and filing cabinets. He ran a small Want Ad in the Globe News and reported sellouts of both items by the second day. Ad read: STANDARD ROYAL Typewriter and steel 4 drawer filing cabinet. Bargain price. Phone 6496. Globe-News Want Ads Dial 6262 for quick results.
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W. L. Brummett
Toney Chisum, Inc
Globe News
ROYAL
Young Hi Jacker Draws 17 Years In Robbery Case
Ben LaGrace, 20, pleaded guilty in 84th District Court to armed robbery with firearms. Stine, the California victim, testified as main witness while detectives traced the crime to Amarillo where a 1938 Nash was abandoned. Co-defendant Hazel McClure faces trial next day as special judge Curtis Douglass oversaw proceedings.
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Stine
LaGrace
T. B. Harris
Carson County
J. A. Best
Armstrong County
Tex Berry
Amarillo
Nash
Douglass
Curtis Douglass
E. J. Pickens
W. L. McConnell
James Spiller
Jap War Lords Say Situation Grave In China Fronts
Chinese reports claim rapid Japanese setbacks on northern central and Yangtze fronts while Chinese and Russian air units operate from Nanchang and Kiangsi. Japanese reinforcements rushed to Hangchow as fighting intensifies near Shanghai and Pootung Peninsula. Chinese claim Tsining and Wuhu gains with rail reinforcements moving toward Peiping Hankow. Chinese newspapers note 600 Japanese landings near Hongkong amid ongoing counterattacks.
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Yangtze Valley
Nanchang
Kiangsi Province
Hangchow
Shanghai
Tokyo
Pootung Peninsula
Whangpoo River
Chwansha
Shantung
Tsining
Taiwan
Peiping-Hankow
Hongkong
Chungshan
Hankow
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Judge C J Word Dies, Panhandle Cattle Pioneer 80
Judge C T Word, 80 year old Panhandle cattleman and landholder, died at home after brief illness. Pioneer in Hereford cattle, his Amarillo area ranches helped shape West Texas ranching. Survived by six children. funeral arrangements by N B Griggs and Sons. Born September 22, 1877.
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Judge C. T. Word
Panhandle Plains
Western Avenue
Judge Word
Great West Texas
Plains
Word
Amarillo
Will Word
Clarendon
Lola Word
Harry Word
Millard Word
Bugbee Ranch
Walter Word
G. C. Wescont
Griggs and Sons
Charles T. Word
Goliad
Texas
Panhandle
Ward
Amarillo and West Texas Forecast Notes Partly Cloudy
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas area calls for Tuesday mainly partly cloudy. New Mexico section notes partly cloudy skies in the northwest and warmer conditions near Pecos alley. Hourly temperatures from yesterday show morning 40s rising to mid 60s by late morning with highs around the mid 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pecos Alley
Ioracae
Navy supply bill moves to House with big expansion plan
The House appropriations committee approved a 553 million 266 thousand 494 dollar navy appropriation for next fiscal year, 26.7 million more than the current year. It funds 18 new warships four auxiliary vessels reopens the Alexandria torpedo plant and recommissions the Pyro ammo ship. Admiral Leahy says world conditions are worse than a year ago and warns against slashing defense. Rear Admiral Cook says plane building rises to 2050 planes by 1941 with a 44.17 million aviation appropriation plus 15 million in contracts. Navy eyes sea plane autogyros for carriers and battleships to operate in rougher seas.
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Washington
Navy
House Appropriations Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
House
Navy Department
Alexandria
Pyro
Bankhead
Congress
William JD. Leahy
Naval Operations
United States
A. B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics
Bureau
Cook
Marine Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Empire for a Lady Opens in The News This Saturday
Describes Alan LeMay's new serial depicts a homesick man wary of choosing wealth that would sever ties with New England. Set on tropical seas the tale follows Captain Clyde the gun runner and a beautiful world traveler as the saga begins in The News this Saturday.
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New England
Alan LeMay
LeMay
Captain Clyde
Nebraska Capitol Showcases Craft, Debt-Free Progress
Lincoln January 17 Nebraska’s state house stands as a ten million dollar, debt free monument to architectural taste and fiscal prudence. The towered Capitol was built without interest or debt, avoiding rent during construction and evidencing the state’s famed business sense amid rising public indebtedness.
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Nebraska
Kansas City Star
State Capitol
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Gladys Wright
Lamesa
Marian Hester
Liberal
Clara V. Thompson
Washington, D. C
Elsie Cunningham
Albuquerque
Esther B. Call
Kenneth Nyman
Portales
Larry Emerson
Faam
Carlsbad
Rex B. Baxter
Floyd G. Bresenham
Clovis
Henry E. Lies
Clayton
T. G. Moore
Farwell
A. R. Turner
Booker
Ralph R. Will
Fort Sumner
Dora Ward Davis
Dalhart
Florence Harris
Colorado Springs
Hoovers
Chase
Globe-News
Chekiang Province
Pioneer
C. J
Capitol
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North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc
Lincoln
Neb
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