Counterfeiting Worries U.S.
Washington dispatch reports U S government actions to prevent currency counterfeiting by hostile governments. A Bureau of Engraving and Printing lab and federal agencies study methods to harden U S currency while tracking counterfeit activity abroad, especially in Mexico, to thwart fifth column funding.
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Harold Bryman
the News
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Secret Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Napoleon
France
Anmely
Mexico
Newly Elected Lions President Faces Busy Amarillo Year
Henry C. Munn was elected president of the Amarillo Lions Club succeeding Roy Stockton. He faces a packed year hosting district and state Lions conventions in 1941 and guiding club projects including fundraising for the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum at Canyon. Other new officers and nominees were listed, with several directors changing hands and plans for the Havana Lions International visit. In Portales, New Mexico, 30 boys begin aviation training June 15 under the Civil Aeronautics Authority with three planes and four instructors.
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Lions
Henry C. Munn
Amarillo Lions Club
Munn
Santa Fe Railway
Roy Stockton
Merum Leuff
H. A. Shaw
H. G. Wilson
BE. W. Cain
C. T. Davis
L. R. Cloninger
Wayne W. Sawyers
Harry Dally
Vernon Hancock
Noble Lawdon
B. F. Ellis
C. M. Figh
Willard Smith
Mr. Munn
Fred Lyons
J. K. Blythe
Cain
Wilson
John O. Stalcup
Havana
W. N. Evans
Evans
John Stalcup
Lloyd Griffith
Ivan Boxwell
J. H. Thomas
Williard Smith
O. V. Donnell
Panhandle Plains
Texas Statutes May Be Revised Proposal Considered
Dallas June 4 The Texas Bar Association legislative committee weighs a complete revision of the Texas statutes last revised in 1925 The group also ponders adding nine supreme court justices a new Austin building to house courts continuous district court sessions and an advisory bar body for legislature. A highway maintenance truck in Missouri counties picked up over 5000 pounds of metal hardware in a month on gravel roads.
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Legislative Committee of the
Texas Bar Association
Association
Fort Worth
Supreme Court
Austin
District Court
The
State Bar Association
Missouri
Tiny Murderess Is Mighty Mite
Sheriff C D Hobbs planned to transfer custody of 92 pound Isabelle Messmer to Texas officer Reeder Webb after a jail battle. She attacked her mother during visiting hours, fought deputies with dishes and a razor, cut her wrist, and attempted to strip before subduing. Miss Messmer was jailed after escaping Odessa and is serving time for killing Buford Armstrong.
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C. D. Hobbs
Tipton County
Isabelle Messmer
Reeder Webb
Ector County
Texas
Hobbs
Frank Decker
Elwood
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Decker
Tipton
Madison
Indianapolis
Stratford Woman's Funeral Conducted
Last rites for Mrs. J. P. Smith, 74, Stratford resident since 1908, were held at the Methodist Church with burial in Stratford cemetery. Survivors include two sons Earl and Peach Smith of Stratford and four daughters Mrs. Merritt Green, Mrs. J. C. O'Brien, Mrs. Harry Brown of Santa Barbara, and Mrs. Paul Dixon of Amarillo.
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J. P. Smith
Smith
Earl and
Peach Smith
Merritt Green
J. C. O'Brien
Harry Brown
Santa Barbara
Calif
Paul Dixon
Amarillo
Moody rules out hillbillies in gubernatorial bid
Former Governor Dan Moody said he would not form a hillbilly band if he ran for governor this year, calling it a poor way to sell snake oil. He noted widespread reaction from friends who filed his candidacy last week, with many letters urging him to run, though he offered no policy statement.
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Austin
Dan Moody
Capital Press
Anniversary of America's World War Draft Observed in Amarillo
Seventeen records show a patriotic parade led by Mayor Lon D. Marr to honor the first U S selective draft registration on this date twenty three years ago. Civil War veterans in line, a U S Cavalry regiment, band and D A R members marched as hundreds of Potter County men aged 21 to 31 registered at stations. Nationwide ten million men signed, with little protest though isolated incidents occurred in Ohio Ignacio Colo and Flagstaff Az.
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Potter County
U. S
Uncle Sam's Shoulder
Amarillo
Ohio
Woodrow Wilson
Ignacio
Colo
Flagstaff
Aziz
W. M. Burwell
Jones Pledges Defense Aid to Roosevelt Visit
Governor Sam Jones announced full cooperation with the national defense program and denied discussing politics with President Roosevelt. He noted Louisiana Democrats will hold a free convention in Baton Rouge to pick 20 delegates and debate a third term. Jones proposed a direct New Orleans to Gulf channel for defense and commerce. Accompanying him were E A Stephens Raburn Monroe and E Edward Hebert.
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Washington
W.P
Sam Houston Jones
Roosevelt
Jones
Louisiana
White House
New Orleans
Gulf
E. A. Stephens
Raburn Monroe
E. Edward Hebert
Congress
FDR and Byrnes May Make Team
Washington reports a Roosevelt Byrnes ticket in discussion amid Democratic circles after a weekend Potomac cruise. Byrnes hinted at possible running mate duty while denying comments on terms. Connecticut proposed backing Roosevelts renomination, and Garner remained a candidate. Chairman Jones seeks reelection amid current crisis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Byrnes
South Carolina
Potomac
Capitol Hill
Resolutions Committee
Connecticut
Military training urged for all advanced schools
President T. O. Walton of Texas A. and M. College said military training should be instituted in all advanced schools and colleges for preparedness. He noted a world change from traditional beliefs and warned that tomorrow is uncertain. The article adds Mercury’s year length of 88 days as a curious aside.
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Dallas
T. O. Walton
Texas A
M. College
Canyon WPA Project Opens
A recreational project for children sponsored by the federal government opened in Canyon this week and will continue through the summer under the direction of specially trained WPA employees. The project is a sub-division of the Amarillo project and is supervised by Lawrence Brothpr recreational director of Amarillo.
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Canyon
WPA
Amarillo
Lawrence Brothpr
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