State urged to organize next year’s grasshopper fight
Col. Nat S. Perrine urges Texas to assign planning and execution of the hopper war to an agricultural department with legislature backing and county funding. He warns migratory hoppers remain and require coordinated WPA labor, entomologist mapping, and long term truck support for up to 40 days.
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Nat S. Perrine
National Guard
Carl Nesbitt
Texas
Agricultural Department
Perrine
Dallam
Hartley
Sherman
Moore
Fist Fight Breaks Out At UAW Meeting
In Detroit at the union headquarters supporters of five suspended UAW officers clamored to enter as trials of the officers by the executive board were to open. George F. Addes struck Maurice Silverman, advertising solicitor for the UAW newspaper, injuring him, with additional scuffles reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Fidet
United Automobile Workers
UAW
George F. Addes
Maurice Silverman
President Roosevelt Joins Equator Crossing Aboard Houston
The U S Houston with President Roosevelt on a Pacific fishing voyage neared Albemarle Island in the Galapagos as crew and dignitaries marked the traditional crossing of the equator. King Neptune and royal court members boarded after the ship departed Sullivan Bay.
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Houston
Galapagos Archipelago
U.S. Houston
President Roosevelt
Albemarle Island
Navy
Sullivan Bay
James Island
Green calls Maverick loss a labor and political warning
President William Green of the AFL interpreted Maverick's primary defeat as a warning to Congress that people reject CI and employers' influence. Maverick backed by the CIO committee. Green said the result is a labor victory as well as a political one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awashington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Maury Maverick
Texas
Congress
C. I. Mks
Maverick
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
O'Daniel Maintains Governor Lead In Texas Primary
W Lee O'Daniel's majority grows in the Texas Democratic primary with 252 of 254 counties reporting. Officials peg the lead at 28,340 over 11 rivals as Maverick loses ground. Radio appeals and ongoing campaign topics like pensions and industrialization frame the race.
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Texas Election Bureau
Dallas
Brogden
Crowley
Farmer
Ferguson
Hunter
King
McCoy
McCraw
Miller
O’daniel
Renfro
Self
Thompson
Brooks
Davisson
Mead
Nelson
Smith
Stevenson
Calvert
Goodrich
Mann
Woodal
Yarborough
Biffle
Sheppard
Terrell
Christie
Morris
Sadler
Stuart
Wood
Browning
Giles
McDonald
Mills
Barnes
Foster
Lockhart
James
Lemay
Woods
Allen
Westfall
Supreme Court
Cruz
Davidson
Smiley
Graves
Pippen
Stephens
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Morgan Sanders
House
Ways and Means Committee
W. D. MacFarlane
Ed Gossett
Gossett
Texas
Hillbilly Boys
Carl Collins
Cal
Castro County
Webster Boone
Castro Farmer
News-Globe
Dimmitt
Boone
Castro
O'Daniel's Campaign Tactics Spotlighted by Past Wave
A Washington dispatch recalls rustic and vaudeville campaign methods used to win elections. Huey Long’s Ozark hillbilly band aided W Lee O Daniel in Texas, while other states employed Indians in regalia and brass bands. It notes caviar campaigns by Reynolds and describes Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson's 1920s bold bets.
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Washington
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Huey P. Long
Long
Arkansas
Hattie Caraway
Senator Reynolds
North Carolina
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
George V
Palestine Haifa Bomb Sparks Middle East Violence
A powerful bomb exploded in Haifa market injuring many Arabs and Jews. Fighting, arson, and fires followed as British forces moved to quell the unrest amid rising casualties and a feared toll. In Puerto Rico a gun attack on Governor Winship sparked rioting and injuries during a parade.
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Haifa
Palestine
Holy Land
Puerto Rico
Blanton Winship
League of Nations
Britain
Ponce
Winship
National Guard
San Juan
Serrales
Irizarry
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Adolf
Chamberlain
Hitler
China
Yangtse
Hankow
Kiukiang
Weather summary for Amarillo and nearby regions
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies and chances of local showers Tuesday. West Texas trends show partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with possible showers in the north. New Mexico expects partly cloudy Tuesday with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Plains Pioneers Hear Details Of Old Southwest Days Pageant
Plains friends of Will Rogers including Bob Walker Frank Ewing and Jep Todd traveled to Amarillo to hear plans for the Old Southwest Days pageant set for August 15 to 17. Organizers report a 1500 cast and a cross country motorcade from Los Angeles and Chicago slated to depart around August 12.
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Bob Walker
Frank Ewing
Higgins
Jep Todd
Will Rogers
Amarillo
Panhandle
Los Angeles
Chicago
Will Rogers Route Celebration Near Completion of Highway Link
The celebration marks the last 17 miles of pavement on the Will Rogers route linking the Great Lakes to the Pacific Coast. A motorcade to Amarillo will join the California six gunners en route to Camp Perry for national competition, with plans scrapped for an amateur rodeo in favor of a professional event by Beutler Brothers.
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W. R. McDowell
Davis
California
Amarillo
Camp Perry, O
Wade Brymer
Tri-State
Will Rogers
Beutler Brothers
Clay Thornton
Pioneer
Goodnight Ranch
Mr. Thornton
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico Line
Texas
Rail movement sets winter wheat records nationwide
The American Railroads report winter wheat shipments from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas reached record levels with 9 714 cars through Kansas City for the week ending July 8 and over 32 million bushels received in multiple cities. Traffic peaked during early July and high volumes continued amid strong market prices. The other major item notes Rep Maury Maverick’s Texas primary defeat weakening left wing influence in the House, with Paul Kilday emerging as a potential ally to the administration. Maverick may pursue a Senate seat in 1940.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas City
Wichita
Salina
Hutchinson
Kane
Enid
Okla
Fort Worth
Fort Orth
Maury Maverick
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Maverick
Paul J. Kilday
Senate
Connally
Gas Proration Law Upheld in Panhandle Field
A three judge federal court in Austin upheld the sour gas proration law for the Panhandle field. The Henderson company challenged the law but the court denied an injunction and kept the case open for further experience with the proration formula. The ruling calls the law a necessary police power to prevent drain of wells by disproportionate takings. Assistant attorneys general hailed it as a major victory for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Panhandle
Henderson Company
Woman confesses Moriarty killing in New Mexico
Chief of Police Charley Parton said a young woman arrested in Eldorado Kansas confessed to the killing of Francis Welker, a cattle buyer, in Moriarty New Mexico. She traveled with a youth identified as Robert Thompson alias Brown, 17, and Mrs Pau line Allinger 21, arrested after NM police broadcasts.
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Eldorado
Kan
Charley Parton
Moriarty
N. M
Francis Welker
Parton
Robert Thompson
Brown
Pauline Allinger
New Mexico
Welker
Limited Time to Order Anniversary Edition Copies
Only three days remain to place orders for extra copies of the News-Globe Anniversary Edition dated August 14. The notice urges readers to act quickly to secure copies for archival or gifting purposes.
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News-Globe
Four Towns Scrape River Mud After Floods in Texas Hill Country
In San Saba and nearby towns debris was cleared and homeless sheltered as the Colorado River surged toward Austin. Damages estimated at two million dollars, two deaths reported, and floodwaters threatened the 1935 peak. Rio Grande also rose while Smithville area faced rising levels and farm lands flooded.
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San Saba
Texas
Colorado
Austin
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Pedro Chavira
Piedras Negras
Menard
Brady
Llano
Congress Avenue Bridge
San Antonio
Smithville
Laredo
del Rio
Britain braces for crisis as August looms
Britain prepares a cushion for an expected August crisis as news pages report on related political and social tensions. Jack Oakie shifts to favorable programming while other items note sports, accidents, and ongoing disasters across regions.
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Britain
Transatlantic Flights Progress Amid Crashes and Delays
The article links a completed transatlantic flight with ongoing attempts including Mercury from Port Washington to Montreal and Botwood, Newfoundland, and Nordwind's return from the Azores. Doug las Corrigan reaches London while in Bogota a crash kills 37 people and injures over 100 as recovery continues.
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Britain
Mercury
Port Washington
N. Y
Montreal
Botwood
Newfoundland
Foynes
Ireland
Germany
Nordwind
Nordmeer
Azores
America
Douglas Corrigan
London
Fraser Langford
New York
Bogota
Colombia
Alfonso Lopez
L. I
Joachim H. Blankenburg
W. Kueppers
Alfred Eger
Otto Brix
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Gerald Mann
G. A. Sadler
Longview
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Tom Berry
South Dakota
SEN
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William H. Thompson
George H. Tinkham
Late Wire News
National Highway Association
Carl Hinton
Maury
Court
Sheaffer, Wahi
Parker
Russell Stationery Company
Jack Oakie
Eesti Yn
Cowboy
Central
House of Lords
U. OB
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