Salute Sanity of Idea Behind Rogers Highway
The dedication of U S Highway 66 as the Will Rogers route is celebrated with a pageant Aug 15 16 17 marking the completion of the first all paved road between the Great Lakes and the Pacific. Irvin 8 Cobb lauds the memorial as fitting and highlights Will Rogers life and the road’s across country span.
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U. S. Highway 66
Will Rogers
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Irvin
Cobb
Hollywood
America
Lincoln
Pageant Plans Tied to Will Rogers Memorial Highway Dedication
Hinton announces formal dedication of the Will Rogers Memorial Highway from Chicago to Los Angeles with a pageant on Rog ers life. Vice President Garner and five state governors are invited to Amarillo Texas for the August 15 ceremony marking Rog ers death anniversary. Two motorcades will meet at Amarillo after traveling from the highway terminus. The pageant traces Rog ers life from a Texas Panhandle cowhand to Mollie Bailey Circus tours and early New York days ending with a 1916 Ziegfeld Follies finale.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Hinton
Amarillo
Rogers
Texas Panhandle
Mollie Bailey Circus
South America
New York
Rehearsal For Old Southwest Days Pageant Held
Rain did not dampen the first rehearsal for Old Southwest Days to be staged August 15 16 and 17. H A Shaw led in songs at Municipal Auditorium as Claude delegates attended. John McCarty explained the eslipit while Larry Doyle described pageantry versus stage productions. Cast will not bear costs as costumes are provided.
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Claude
Municipal Auditorium
H. A. Shaw
John McCarty
Larry Doyle
Jerome H. Cargill
Seeks Bond Retirement for Railroad Borrowing Plan
The Southern Railway Company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize borrowing 11,795,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to retire bonds of its controlled subsidiaries. It also sought to extend a RFC loan of 12,475,204 from September 1 to September 1, 1943 and notes RFC purchases of 13,500,000 in equipment certificates for 5,500 new freight cars.
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Washington
Southern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Railway Company
RFC
Southern Railway
Tear Gas Routs Chicago Pickets In War Clouds
Japan and Germany move to assert power as tensions rise. Britain and France display renewed alliance with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth touring Paris amid talks on Czechoslovakia Sudeten issue and Nazi pressure.
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Chicago
King George
Manchoukuo
Domei
Tokyo
Great Britain
George VI
Elizabeth
France
Paris
Place de Concorde
Champs Elysee
Quai d'Orsay
Foreign Office
Boulogne
Dover
Europe
Edouard Dalaedier
Viscount Halifax
Czechoslovakia
Corrigan Receives Dublin Cheers For Flight Of Hopeful Return
Douglas Corrigan, 31, praised in Dublin after completing a 1500 mile solo flight from New York in a reviled older plane. He plans to return by boat while awaiting possible vaudeville offers, and Ireland’s external affairs body promises no obstacles to his stay.
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Douglas G. Corrigan
California
Hmself
United States
Eamon de Valera
Corrigan
New York
de Valera
Ireland
Department of External Affairs
United States Legation
Henry Ford
United States Department of Commerce
State Department
Dublin
J. Monroe Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
Los Angeles
Bureau of Air Commerce
Douglas Corrigan
Jack Riddle Makes Music The Easy Way
Amarillo man Jack Riddle, a hotel chef, wrote the words to a song after dreaming its melody. The tune was later set to paper by R. A. Chase and published by a Montreal firm which offered a contract. Riddle, with no formal music training, aims to build a songwriting career.
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Jack Riddle
Amarilloan
Riddle
Angelus Hotel
Texas
R. A. A. Chase
Washington
Montreal
Quebec
Music Publishing House
Thompson Given New Support Thompson Given New Support
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram endorses Ernest O. Thompson of Amarillo for Texas governor. The editorial praises his campaign, calls for voters to choose with their heads and notes his six years on the state railroad commission, especially his role as oil specialist, indicating he will make the best governor.
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Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Stocks Gain A Billion In Bustling New York Session
New York stocks surged with gains over a billion dollars in active trading. The industrial average reached a fresh high since October, up 3.28 to 143.67 as railroad shares climbed and 297 issues hit yearly highs. Major gains included Allied Chemical, Chrysler, Johns Manville, U S Steel, Union Pacific, International Harvester, American Smelting, and Du Pont.
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New York
U.P
United States
Allied Chemical
Chrysler
Johns Manville
United States Steel
Union Pacific
International Harvester
American Smelting
du Pont
Eberstadt Brother Dies in Texas Auto Crash
Word reached Amarillo yesterday that Sam Eberstadt brother of A Eberstadt, a prominent Amarillo resident, was killed in an automobile accident at Bryan Texas where he lived. A Eberstadt left Amarillo last night for Bryan.
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Sam Eberstadt
A. Eberstadt
Amarillo
Bryan
Tex
Veteran hospital plan outlines on today’s menu
Newspaper notes veterans hospital requirements and a feature on Aga Khan described as world famed. Stock market trends show continued rise while a veteran operator gains attention for a smile column. Fire battles widen fronts as 45 day near-shore season is discussed. Federal highway funding for Texas noted.
Great Plains Area Passes in Review Potters County Anniversary Edition
The Globe News plans a history heavy issue August 14 celebrating Potter County’s golden anniversary. The six page, large, color rich edition will cover Panhandle history with firm ads not all able to be included and requests advance orders by July 28. Staff of over a dozen reporters will compile historical stories on Panhandle towns including Mobeetie Tascosa Clarendon Claude and Panhandle.
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Potter County
Globe News
Nick Carter
South
Panhandle
Tex Kiersey
Fred Post
Dick Martin
Dick Breen
Ray Holbrook
Charles Whippo
Bill Wilson
Jerry Malin
Mobeetie
Tascosa
Clarendon
Claude
Senate Probers Examine Strike Fray At Canton and Chicago
Senate committee reviewed clashes between labor and employers during a 1935 Canton steel plant strike and a Chicago foundry dispute. Police, deputies used tear gas and clubs to clear pickets as workers protested wage cuts and relief funding while a sit down persisted in Colorado and railroad wage talks continued.
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Chicago Hardware’ Foundry Company
Senate
Washington
Berger Manufacturing Company
Canton
Paul L. Hamilton
Charles M. White
Republi Steel
Hamilton
White
Chicago
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
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