Roosevelt Plan Shapes Amarillo Welcome Parade Route
Amarillo prepares for President Roosevelt with a detailed parade path approved by White House security. A seven passenger car will be used for the parade, with traffic control by Dozenfield’s squad and guardsmen. Large town bands and drum corps from nearby towns join rehearsals for the Monday arrival at 6:45 p.m. and Ellwood Park address before the 8:30 p.m. departure to Pueblo.
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Roosevelt
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Texas
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Childress
Dimmitt
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Pueblo Colo
Fort Worth
Appeal To Pride Drives Guard Traffic Detail Request
Julius Dozenfield Jr called for civic pride as he urged all employers of National Guard workers to grant guardsmen the morning off to serve on the traffic detail for President Roosevelt’s reception. Col Dozenfield with the Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Ross D Rogers asked employers to allow dismissal by Saturday morning to aid preparations for the Monday events. More than 200 guardsmen were slated to assist, with some employers hesitant to release workers.
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National Guard
Roosevelt
Col. Dozenfield
Chamber of Commerce
Ross D. Rogers
Dazenfield
Here's How of FDR's Train Marco Polo Car
Pullman officials deny significance but Roosevelt will travel through Texas this week in a Pullman car named Marco Polo. The change from Pioneer, used on western trips, aims to provide political fireworks on the West Coast tour.
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Pullman Company
Roosevelt
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Pullman
Marco Polo
Orient
Europe
Pioneer Woman Shakes Hands With TR From Horse
Elisa Porter of Clayton, New Mexico, then 80, rode a cowpony to greet Theodore Roosevelt on a 1903 visit and reportedly shook his hand from horseback. Now she hopes to meet Franklin D Roosevelt as his train passes through Clayton on the same route.
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Major Events To Hinge on FDR's Tour
Washington July 7 The transcontinental swing by the President marks a key trip whose results may reveal shifts in his popularity and third term stance. Roosevelt seeks signals from crowds as he campaigns through the Midwest South and West, testing Democratic strength and party machinery before 1940.
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Senate
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Rocky Mountain States
California
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Randall County Rally Heats Up Texas Campaign
Randall County faces a county wide political rally at the courthouse square with district and precinct candidates debating state races. Mrs W J Flesher runs unopposed for justice of the peace in Precinct 4, while the 47th district court race in both Randall and Potter counties features Judge E C Nelson seeking reelection, joined by Judge Henry Bishop and Ernest Northcourt. county judge race ongoing.
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Potter County
Texas
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Henry Bishop
Ernest Northcourt
Fugitives Spotted in Nationwide Crime Wave
Four armed men flee the Kansas State Reformatory in an automobile stolen at gunpoint from a Durant Oklahoma merchant. Reports tie suspects to the Frome case near Van Horn Texas and an Alcatraz escape. Police question Arkansans Perry and Wagnon in the Frome murder inquiry while Smiddy Kraus head toward Texas after escapes from Hutchinson.
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Hutchinson
Kaw
Denver
Smiddy
Kraus
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Reformatory
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Navasota
Robert Boson
John Easterling
Hazardous river expeditions risk life in summer news
Salt Lake City reports another expedition encounter on Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon where three boats cracked but seven river adventurers escaped unharmed. A Rio Grande two man trip ended in disaster with E R Wakefield missing. A Neville party bound for Lee's Ferry faced conflicting reports while Norman Neville predicted a July 4 arrival. Emery Klob noted a Park Service radio pickup. Thomas Lamont began a two week Kern and King River canyon trek with comforts of home.
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Deseret News
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Deseret News-Frazier
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Idaho
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Denver
Colorado
Lee's Ferry
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Utah
Norman Neville
Grand Canyon
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National Park Service
Cataract Canyon
Thomas Lamont
New York
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King River
Sequoia National Park
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Lonesome Farm Woman Myth Declared
Inside Stories presents a column noting the claim of a farm woman’s tale as myth while other features cover cabinet tensions, European humor, Hollywood gossip, nostalgia reviews, a Ford motor patent, a Mexican consul appeal in Houston, tariff probes, social intrigue, business recovery outlook, Nazi oil deals, and campaign cost questionnaires across page highlights.
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Europe
John Lardner
Henry Ford
Houston
Seadlund to Learn Date for Electrocution it seems
Federal Judge John P. Barnes was to set a new date for the execution of John Henry Seadlund, the kidnapper who held $50,000 ransom from Charles Ross. The case stems from the Sept. 25 kidnapping of the 72 year old Chicago retiree.
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John Henry Seadlund
John P. Barnes
Seadlund
Charles 8. Ross
Britain rushes warships to volatile Arab frontier
British forces sped warships and troops to Palestine amid a four hour clash with 600 Arabs crossing from Trans-Jordan. Five Arabs were killed as tensions rose in the Holy Land while Jewish leaders urged calm and warned against civil war amid continued fighting and casualties.
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Shanghai
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Palestine
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Interne Trouble at Saint Vincent's Opens a City Hospital Drama
A NEA feature by Elinore Cowan Stone follows Tran Dearborn as she enters Saint Vincent's Hospital as a student nurse. The piece reveals the brutal pecking order among probationers in a large urban hospital and hints at deep-seated anxiety within the staff.
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