Claude Man Finds Rare Camera Studies in Palo Duro Canyon
George Hathorn of Claude specializes in portrait photography while pursuing nature studies in Palo Duro Canyon. He showcases water scenes from Palo Duro Creek and plans to photograph Tule Canyon Narrows. Hathorn favors natural color photography and engraving, teaching photo engraving in Missouri and endorsing a new rapid etching method.
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Claude Man
Palo Duro Canyon
George Hathorn
Claude
Hathorn
Narrows
Tule Canyon
Palo Duro Creek
Panhandle
Mis
Harding
Heat Wave Pushes Death Toll to 262 Across Nation
The five day heat wave pushed deaths to at least 262 as Midwest and Atlantic regions endured 90 to 100 degree heat. Western Plains saw cooler weather with showers while floods displaced 300 to 500 families in six West Virginia communities. Chicago reached an unofficial 95 with a thunderstorm and eight bathers were knocked unconscious by lightning.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
Western Plains
Rocky Mountains
West Virginia
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lake Front
North
Kansas
Clay Center
Gershwin Dies After Brain Operation at 38
Hollywood reports composer George Gershwin age 38 died after brain tumor surgery at Cedar of Lebanon Hospital. He collapsed at a studio while writing music for a motion picture and had recently faced illness, with doctors diagnosing a cystic tumor in the right temporal lobe.
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George Gershwin
Hollywood
Cedar of Lebanon Hospital
Gershwin
New York
Gabriel Seagall
Walter Dandy
Joins Hopkins University
Baltimore
Seagall
Fox
Senate in for second week of court bill debate
Senators prepare to woo 17 doubtful votes as debate over the court bill continues into a second week. The unofficial tally shows 40 against and 39 for the measure with both sides courting undecided lawmakers. In another update from Corsicana, Clifton Watson, 26, of Henderson lost his left arm in a railroad yard accident.
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Washington
Bilt
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Corsicana
Clifford Watson
Henderson
Final effort launched to find Amelia Earhart with Lexington planes
The USS Lexington prepared 62 planes and 300 fliers for a high speed 200000 square mile sweep of the equatorial Pacific toward Howland Island. Navy officials say the chance of rescue is slim, with Phoenix Islands as the previous focal area. The Colorado halted Phoenix searches and planned a final flight likely Monday.
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Honolulu
Lexington
Amelia Earhart
Howland Island
Pacific
Miss Earhart
Howland
Gilbert Islands
New Guinea
Wilhelm H. Friedell
Colorado
Phoenix
Drayton, Lampson
Cushing
Good Wheat Crop Triggers Bank Deposits Jump in Texas Plains
A strong wheat crop in the Texas Central Plains boosted deposits in ten banks from April 1 to July 11, rising by 1,033,148 in the first ten days of July and bringing total deposits to 7,208,455. Bankers noted half the harvest remained unsold as most grain went to elevators.
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Plainview
Texas Central Plains
Lockney
Abernathy
Hale Center
Petersburg
Floydada
Olton
Tulsa
Dimmitt
Critical injuries in York crash involve trio
On July 11 Billie Jean Cole 15 of Latin Brook, 17, and Jack Brook 14 were critically injured in a local crash. The incident left three youths hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Joaquin
Billie Jean Cole
Latin Brook
Jack Brook
7000 Emploees Return To Work In Indiana Harbor
Governor Townsend announced that about 7000 workers at Indiana Harbor Indiana and South Chicago plants would resume work amid separate agreements with the CIO and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. The Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee ordered pickets withdrawn. official comments varied on whether formal agreements existed.
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Indianapolis
M. Clifford Townsend
Committee For Industrial Organization
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Cleveland
J. C. Argetsinger
Youngstown
Townsend
Argetsinger
Bittner
Thomas R. Hutson
Indiana
CIO
Grasshopper Drive Breaks Hoppers in Union County Rally
In Union County a 50 mile grasshopper drive by a thousand ranchers farmers and guardsmen claims the invasion has been checked. J D Copeland says infestation is definitely checked with only scattered pockets remaining. National Guard units to disperse midweek.
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Clayton
Union County
National
Rabbit Bar
J. D. Copeland
Union County Agriculturist
Adj
Gen
Russell
Chariton
National Guard
Light Showers Hit Panhandle Region Intermittent Rain Across Amarillo Area
Light showers spread across the Panhandle with heavy downpours downtown Amarillo for about 30 minutes between 8 15 and 9 00 pm. Rain moved westward with showers in English and Tucumcari areas and amounts from a quarter to a half inch in Texico to Amarillo. Scattered thundershowers forecast for tomorrow.
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Amarillo
English Airport
Panhandle
Tucumcari
Adrian
Texico
Clovis
Hereford
Canyon
Tommorrow
Moisture Blankets Texas Statewide
Cooling showers blanketed Texas today as moisture spread across the state. Continued on page 7 for full regional details and expected precipitation patterns.
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Dallas
Texas
Col
Social Work Discussion Scheduled This Afternoon
Local social work leaders will gather this afternoon at 3:30 in the Red Room of the Herring Hotel to discuss the remainder of the summer program. The meeting is hosted by the Council of Social Workers.
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Council of Social Workers
Herring Hotel
Japan Hastens Troop Rush to North China
Tokyo reports rapid Japanese troop movements to North China as Beijing seeks to force renewed truces. General Katsuki travels from Seoul to Manchuria and on to North China to take command as Japan readies for further actions in a possible broader war.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
North China
High Command
Kiyoshi Katsuki
Ketsuki
Inspectorate-General of
Kanichiro Tashiro
Katsuki
Seoul
Korea
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Kenkiehi Uyeda
Manchuria
Marco Polo Bridge
Peiping
Yungting
War Office
Kwantung Army
Shanhaikwan
China-Manchukuo
Peiping Zone
Tientsin
Old Joe's 25 Years of Job Search On The Road
The story profiles an elderly drifter known as Old Joe who has wandered the rails for a quarter century seeking steady work. He wears two coats, torn Levi pants, and an overseas hat while cutting wood and weeds for ranches and railroad crews. He blames automobiles for his downfall and criticizes capitalism as he endures scattered sleep in barns and sheds.
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Joe
New Mexico
Jericho
Kansas
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Cameron Vry Ureex
Palo Duro
Lookout Point
Chalk Hollow
Senate
South Pacific Ocean
Fred Noonan
Amelia
George Palmer Putnam
Oakland
Calif
Caripito
Venezuela
Russell Stationery Co.—Books
Plains
Sino Province
Emperor Hirohito
Empress Nagako
Hayama
Kotohito Kanin
Hiroyasu Fushimi
Naval General Staff
Fumimaro Konoye
David Rasco
Rome
Old Joe
Rasco
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