Skies Are Sunny for World of Business
Optimists see bright signals in 1938 with a fiscal year boost of over 1.5 billion in U S revenue collections. Income taxes rose 437 million, tobacco taxes edged up 15 million, unemployment insurance up 32 million, and old age pension tax nearly 296 million. Railroads gain from improved Western wheat demand. Weather Service predicts plentiful rains. Santa Fe relief on bonds and hog prices rise amid labor tension. continued coverage noted.
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Kansas City
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific
Baldwin
Middlewest
Southwest
Washington
U. S
United States
Santa Fe
New York
S. T. Bledsoe
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Chicago
Plains delegates plan for highway meeting
The Plains delegates map a highway meeting as contentions shift among local leaders. A note on post office troubles and regional progress appears alongside columns on politics and economics.
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Highland Hereford Association
Samme
Enn Gee Aleea
Texas
Plains
John Lardner
Amarillo
Treasury
Amarillo Day Fete Planned At Tucumcari Rodeo
Farley Stallard announces the second annual rodeo and race meet set for August 4 5 6 with an Amarillo automobile caravan arrival on day two. Amarillo Day on Friday August 5 features Mayor H R Priddy welcoming guests as 3500 grandstand seats accommodate spectators. The parade opens with Priddy in a $2000 saddle mounted on Dude the mayoral horse.
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Priddy
Stallard
el Paso Saddle Company
Tingley
Amarillo
Rush on for big anniversary edition at Globe News
Orders for more than 500 copies were received yesterday as the Globe News lines up its big anniversary edition. Call the Circulation Department at 6262 to reserve copies, with deadline for advance orders Thursday night July 28. No orders can be serviced after printing begins.
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Globe News
wThe Globe News Today
Taylor Street
Smokes Calmly On Brink Of Death Soldier Trio Missing
Compiled from late wire news the report describes fighting on two war fronts in Europe and Asia. Battles on the Siberian border between Japan and Russia, and Japanese advances along the Yangtze toward Hankow threaten broader conflict. Meanwhile Spanish loyalists gain ground near Valencia as Palestine endures violence.
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New Fury
Far East
Spain
Central
Europe
Siberian
Japan
Russia
Tokyo
Manchukuan
Sino
Yangtze
Hankow
Kiukiang
China
Valencia
Ebro
Madrid
Palestine
Jerusalem
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Lord Runciman
Prague
Great Britain
Milan Hodza
Wiley Post
Atlantic
Azores
England
Nordmeer
Mercury
Botwood
Newfoundland
Port Washington
N. Y
Hollywood
Jimmy Mattern
Frank
Victor Orsattl
Mattern
Howard Hughes
Washington
State Department
Alaska
Shocked Crowd Sees Plunge To Doom
New York July 26 A 26 year old John Ward unemployed leapt from a 17th floor hotel ledge after more than ten hours clinging amid a mall of onlookers. Police and crowds watched as a net was raised to catch him then he stepped off and fell to 55th Street. The incident drew near thousand police observers and shocked spectators as Ward spoke of life being worth living if promised.
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New York
John Ward
55Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Ward
G. C. Presner
City Health Department
Three soldiers lost in Rio Grande canyon attempt
In Central Texas and along the Rio Grande, floodwaters force rescue by radio as Private Harry Buchanan is missing while Sergeants Clyde Ryberg and Clarence Hansen are marooned in Santa Helena Canyon. Authorities fear drowned or stranded men amid rising and falling crests and nearby flood damage.
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Rio Grande
Santa Helena
Harry Buchanan
Clyde Ryberg
Clarency Hensen
Colorado
Austin
Laredo
Here
Buchanan Lake
Colorado River Authority
Smithville
Fritz Engelhard
Buchanan
McCulloch
San Saba
Brady
George Schauer
Richland Springs
D. F. Finklea
John Marion
John McGovern
David Wise
Lajitas
Fort D. A. Russell
Ryberg
Hansen
McGovern
Wise
Santa Helena Canyon
Weather data for Amarillo and vicinity outlook
The Amarillo forecast shows fair conditions Wednesday in West Texas with partly cloudy skies in New Mexico. Hourly temperatures range from around 66 to 85 degrees, with a high near 85 and a low around 66. past records indicate yesterday’s high 66 and low 64 in 1937.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Old Settlers Reunion Promises Parade and Speakers
Memphis hosts Hall County Old Settlers Reunion with five to ten thousand expected. Senator Connally will deliver the main address at 2:30 pm after an earlier welcome from District Attorney Deaver and Memphis officials. Barbecue lunch in Library Park honors early settlers. Amarillo delegates join in marching events.
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Memphis
Hall County
Old Settlers
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Connally
Tom Connally
Senator Connally
Marvin Jones
John M. Deaver
J. Claude Wells
Carroll Smyers
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Library Park
Amarillo
Fire Razes Dwelling in Groesbeck
A house belonging to L. B. Murdock burned down in Groesbeck today. Loss was estimated at 2500 dollars. Origin of the fire could not be determined.
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Groesbeck
U.P
L. B. Murdock
Oil compact on agenda as Marland travels to Colorado
Gov. BE W Marland of Oklahoma speaks with reporters in Amarillo en route to the Interstate Oil Compact meeting in Colorado Springs. He stresses Texas cooperation for the oil compact and notes the ongoing renewal discussions as Kansas hints at stability. He also comments on oil industry ties and the recent political shakeups surrounding Ernest Thompson and Lee O Daniel.
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O'Daniel
BE. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Colorado Springs
Colo
Texas
Marland
Ernest Thompson
Lee O'Daniel
Ernest
Colorado
Kansas
Wooden nickels boost Will Rogers pageant in Amarillo
Bruce Autry with Southwestern Printing minted wooden nickels for the Will Rogers celebration August 15 to 17. Thousands circulated in Amarillo and will redeem through August 17 at the Amarillo National Bank. Rehearsals for Old Southwest Days involve Jerome H. Cargill productions with multiple Panhandle towns sending participants.
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Amarillo
Bruce Autry
Southwestern Printing Company
Will Rogers
Amarilo National Bank
Larry Doyle
Jerome H. Cargill Productions
Panhandle
Vega
Tucumcari
Berger
Claude
Butler Field
Southwest
Great Lakes
Pacific
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Captain O'Brien
Patrick Valentine
Colorado & Southern
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Fort Worth
India
Ireland
Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Anthony Easton
Caltech
Daniel E. Ellis
London
Douglas Corrigan
Avia
Gov. Marland
News-Globe
Hereford
Amarillo Hotel
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Fox Drug
Herbert Drug
Silver Grill
State Theater
Walgreen’s
Levine'see
Paramount
Tiha
Rogers Highway
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