South Plains crops prosper with trench silos and soil care
K. J. Edwards reports near record crops across 19 South Plains counties including Lubbock Floyd and Hale. Cotton wheat and sorghum yields rise aided by irrigation while trench silos expand feed stores and new markets develop for surplus feed and cattle.
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South Plains
K. J. Edwards
Extension Service
Lubbock
Hale
Lynn
Floyd
Motley
Amarillo
Edwards
Floyd County
Plainview
Midwestern
Corn Belt
4-H Club
Hale County
Kansas City
Motley County
Ice Roars Break Niagara Honeymoon Bridge
On the American side observers heard a sudden roar as the bridge span vanished into the gorge. Earlier reports noted shifting in girders at the foot of the span with nearly a dozen workers present. Local rescue crews secured the area and began search efforts for missing workers.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara
Niagara River Gorge
Southern Senators Fail To Stall Gag Rule Vote
In Washington the Senate rejected a drastic limit on debate 51 to 37, blocking Southern attempts to kill the anti lynching bill. Senator Wagner pledged to push home building incentives and urged continued support for the anti lynch measure.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Barkley
Kentucky
Wagner
New York
School Burns as 154 Pupils Escape Fire
Tyler reports a Noonday school fire destroyed the brick building with $17,500 loss. Seven teachers led 154 pupils to safety, avoiding injuries as the blaze swept through the structure ten miles from Tyler.
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Tyler
Here
Plainview Hereford Sale Set by Sams and Clubb Tomorrow
Plainview breeders Paul Sams and Albert Clubb will auction 27 bulls and 28 females at the Panhandle-Plains Dairy Show grounds pavilion starting at 1 PM. The first public sale features Prince Domino, Superior Mischief and Timberline bloodlines, with Earl Gartin as auctioneer and ring men from Hereford Journal, Kansas City Daily Drovers Telegram, Fort Worth Star Telegram, and Amarillo News-Globe.
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Plainview
Paul Sams
Albert Clubb
Petersburg
Prince Domino
Sams
Clubb
Panhandle-Plains
Earl Gartin
Frank Farley
Hereford Journal
O. R. Peterson
Kansas City Daily Drovers Telegram
Frank Reeves
The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Mason King
Amarillo
Panhandle School Leaders to Meet in Amarillo Saturday
Panhandle school heads from across the region will convene at Amarillo High School Saturday for a joint session of the Panhandle Plains Superintendents Association and Principals Association. Capt. G. E. Schauer of the Texas Department of Public Safety will present on highway safety, with Col. Ernest O. Thompson and Dr. E. J. Ortman also slated to speak. More than 100 officials expected. lunch will be served in the high school cafeteria.
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Panhandle
Panhandle Plains
E. J. Ortman
University of Oklahoma
Thompson
Dr. Ortman
Amarillo
Schauer
Austin
Capt. Schauer
Highway Patrol of
Texas
Midwest
C. A. Cryer
McLean
Frank P. Wilson
Grovers
Jack Adkins
Borger
Amarillo Friday Forecast and Regional Outlook
Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy conditions on Friday with little temperature change. West Texas areas west of the 100th meridian and New Mexico also anticipate generally fair weather Friday. Temperature readings for Amarillo show highs around the 60s and 70s in recent hours with a low near 50.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Pete W
Killings Popular at Globe News Car Ads
The Globe-News reports dealers request ads to be killed for sold used cars as stock dwindles and prices rise. It urges readers to consult the large Used Car Directory now to grab remaining bargains before Sunday sale ends.
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Globe-News
Amarillo Fat Stock Board Backs Coliseum Plan
Directors at a special Amarillo Fat Stock Show session unanimously approved supporting a feasible coliseum on Tri-State Fair grounds. They urged building a facility for fat stock shows and fairs, noting regional growth since 1928 and the need for adequate accommodations to attract visitors and revenue.
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Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Eeattlemen
C. FE. Weymouth
Panhandle Livestock Association
Amarillo Hotel
Denver
Ft. Worth
Tri-State
C. E. Weymouth
Groundling Wives to Try Air Wings
Wives of air-minded husbands will fly free on the TWA Lindbergh Line from Jan 30 to acquaint them with modern air travel. John B. Walker says the plan uses a single trip as a sales argument and it also offers the lowest air travel rates in history. A husband and wife may fly Amarillo to San Francisco and back for 42.45 each, covering Amarillo to Los Angeles Albuquerque and Winslow Arizona.
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Western Air
John B. Walker
TWA
Vernon Gunn
Iar
Amarillo
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Winslow
Arizona
Jackson Promotion Looms To Stir Policy Debate
In Washington on January 27, the Senate faces a heated clash over Roosevelt policy toward big business as Robert H. Jackson seeks the solicitor general post. His nomination to replace Stanley Reed, elevated to the Supreme Court, promises sharp scrutiny of anti trust and monopoly stance ahead of a potential 1940 presidential bid.
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Jackson
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
Sutherland
Ickes
Department
Anti-Trust Division
The
Justice
New York
White House
Hugo L. Black
Reed
High Court
Protests Over Rights Violations After Shanghai Incident
In Shanghai a U S diplomat John M Allison was slapped by a Japanese corporal when he refused to obey orders. A second American was also manhandled. The incident prompted a strong U S note and calls to enforce assurances of American rights. China's fronts show stalemate with renewed Chinese counterattacks and reinforcements. General Ku Tso-tung reportedly massed 100000 troops at Pengpu.
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Shanghai
John M. Allison
United States
Nanking
Domelt
Allison
State Department
Washington
Japan
Panay
Comei
Tokyo
Comet
Censors &O
China
Pengpu
Ku Tso-Tung
Juvenile theft ring smashed in Texas Panhandle
Four Pampa youths are charged with juvenile delinquency after a week of burglaries across Pampa and nearby towns, including 23 burglaries and nearly 100 auto thefts. Arrests were made in Shamrock, Pampa, and by deputies. one had a prior sentence for a station burglary. The youths allegedly planned crimes at a Panhandle dance hall and targeted service stations, stores, homes, and vehicles.
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Pampa
Miami
Panhandle
Lefors
McLean
Shamrock
Amarillo
Desperado’s Wife Nell Traxler Freed on Bond
Mrs. Nell Traxler wife of Pete Traxler a noted Oklahoma desperado serving life in Texas was released from the Muskogee city federal jail today on a 3000 bond.
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Muskogee
Okla
Nell Traxler
Pete Traxler
Oklahoma
Texas
Ocean Gale Kills Five in Atlantic Shipping
Five persons were known to have perished and others feared lost as gales battered Atlantic shipping near Itegucigalpa Honduras.
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Ocean Gale
Itegucigalpa
Honduras
Atlantic
Fasting Noe Compared With Famous Zealots of Bygone Days
The piece charts a history of famous and strange fasts from Dean Israel H Noe in Tennessee to Terence MacSwiney in Cork. It notes lengths from 20 to 71 days and motives from religious devotion to political protest, with brief mentions of other notable cases and outcomes. It references continued discussion on page 9 Cal. 7.
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Tennessee
Israel H. Noe
Noe
Nebraska
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Mac- Swiney
England
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Michael Pitzgerald
Joseph Murphy
What Is Your News I Q Part One
The reader is asked five trivia questions about current events and public figures. Items cover a man named by the President for a London task, TVA construction timings, Lister Hill’s Democratic nomination victory, Austrian sentiment toward Otto, and a question about a scorched earth policy.
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London
TVA
U. S
Alabama
Lister Hill
Otto
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