Amarillo Audience Thrilled by Lamb Nature Film Preview
More than 1,500 Amarilloans watched Jack Lamb present 10 color nature films showcasing Magnolia Gardens near Charleston Belingrath Gardens Mobile Mata dor Ranch Big Bend National Park and XIT reunion events The showing at Municipal Auditorium benefited the Amarillo Garden Club and Big Bend Park Association with proceeds split for park improvements.
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Jack Lamb
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Magnolia Gardens
Charleston
S. C
Gallup
N. M
Lamb
Belingrath Gardens
Mobile
Ala
Matador Ranch
Mr. Lamb
Municipal Auditorium
South Carolina
Ol’ John Bass
Xites
Dalhart
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Roy Bean
Lubbock
Wes Izzard
Gulf Company
Garden Clubs of Texas
Big Bend Park Association
Amarillo
Excess Profits Tax Plan Is Rejected
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected the treasury plan for an excess profits tax and turned to proposals for widening individual income taxes. A 11 percent surtax would apply to the first dollar of taxable income, with current rates starting at 4.4 percent. Proposals included lowering exemptions of 800 for singles and 2,000 for married. The panel also allowed corporations to continue computing excess taxes from prior earnings.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Women invited to study engineering at Ohio State University
Ohio State University announced under government sponsorship it would train free 350 women and men in fundamentals of engineering. Industries have requested more workers with technical training and dean Charles F. E. Mac Quigg says demand may push women into many technical positions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Charles FE. Mac Quigg
Engineering College
American Car and Foundry turns out 10 light tanks daily
Berwick Pennsylvania June 4 American Car and Foundry Company in full production turning out 10 light 13 ton tanks daily. First tested in Greece with some believed in German hands. Factory experts say the tank rivals German builds with possible stronger armor while awaiting British performance word. New shipments overseas. 329 tanks delivered last December. 3,000 on order for seven armored divisions planned by June 1942.
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Berwick
American Car and Foundry Company
Greece
North Africa
Secretary Wickard Urges Cheese and Milk Production Rise
Secretary Wickard urged processors to boost cheese output by about a third and evaporated milk by about a fourth. He said there will be favorable price outlets for all cheese and evaporated milk produced in the next 12 months, announced at a press conference in Washington.
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Washington
Wickard
Agriculture
Observation Station planned for Abilene Texas
The War Department announced a provisional air corps observation squadron station will be built at Abilene on a 30 acre tract at the municipal airport. Construction to begin soon with use of existing runways for Army planes. no further details were provided.
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Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Abilene
Tex
Army
Soldiers Tried to Kidnap Kaiser for War Crimes Trial
New York June 4 The death of former Kaiser Wilhelm II recalls a 1919 mission by American soldiers led by Col Luke Lea to visit Amerongen Castle in neutral Holland The group crossed from Luxembourg and entered the Kaiser’s chamber as an American journalist The attempt ended when guards approached and an ashtray souvenir betrayed them Pershing later handled the matter with undisclosed results
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New York
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Holland
Luke Lea
U. S
Tennessee
Colonel Lea
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Amerongen Castle
Luxembourg
Wilhelm
Lea
State Department
John J. Pershing
Prowlers and Guards Clash at Rankin Flying School
Prowlers and guards exchanged shots near the water well and hangar housing 36 Army training planes at Rankin Aero nautical Academy in Tulare California. Guard E A Bertch returned fire when fired upon and no damage was reported as officials doubled field guards after suspected saboteurs attacked the air corps training school.
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Tulare
Calif
Air Corps
Rankin Aeronautical Academy
E. A. Bertch
Bertch
J. G
Tex) Rankin
Army Flying Corps
C. J. Daly
Gem Lake Opens as Amarillo Pools Splash Start
Gem Lake pool opening drew over 150 people despite chilly water. The public pool season begins with one city pool in operation while others like Thompson Park and Palo Duro Club offer private or limited access. Health inspections completed, ongoing checkups planned.
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Gem Lake
Amarillo
City Health Department
Amarillo Country
Palo Duro
Thompson Park
Bishop Sam Brown Dies After Philippine Mission
Manila dispatches report Bishop Sam Brown a gun-toting evangelist among Philippines tribesmen has died last week. A 61 year old South Carolina native with a Filipino wife and six children, he served in the Spanish American War and then preached among 6 million non Christians. He died in the mountain wilds 200 miles north of Manila.
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Manila
Sam Brown
Philippines
Sam
South Carolina
United States
San Francisco
Bund Auxiliary Surrenders Charter After New Jersey Law
The German American Bund auxiliary disclosed it turned over Camp Nordland at Andover New Jersey to 400 mortgagees and surrendered its charter to the secretary of state after the Legislature repealed the auxiliary's charter and incorporation. The camp was raided Memorial Day by deputies led by Sheriff Denton J Quick who charged the Bund auxiliary with operating a nuisance.
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Trenton
N. J
Bund Auxiliary
Camp Nordland
Andover
Denton J. Quick
Quick
Bund
Adolf Hitler
Six Drown as Boat Capsizes in Arkansas Lake
Six people perish when an outboard boat carrying a 4 H Club group capsizes on Craighead County Forest Lake five miles south of Jonesboro. Victims include H R Maury owner of the boat and five youths: Fred Lace Harris 12 Catherine Jones 14 Ruby Nell Bradsher 8 Alene Turner 16 Lucille Condra 8 Harrisburg area residents.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Craighead County Forest Lake
Here
H. R. Maury
Fred Lace Harris
Whitehall
Harrisburg
Catherine Jones
Ruby Nell Bradsher
Alene Turner
Lucille Condra
Gaulle in Palestine for talks with Wilson reports say
NBC Ankara correspondent says Gen. Charles de Gaulle arrived in Palestine for staff talks with Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. Turkish sources believe Gen. Maxime Weygand is being sent to Syria to carry out Admiral Jean Darlan's instructions.
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New York
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Charles de Gaulle
Free Preach
Palestine
Henry Maitland Wilson
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Syria
Jean Darlan
Sportsstand Planes Remain Open Under Landis Family
The Sportsland model plane HQ continues in business after owner Virgil Otis Landis joined the army. His brother Truman Landis now moves and stores the stock at 1104 West 20th Avenue, confirming the stand remains operational.
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Sportsland
Virgil Otis Landis
Truman Landis
West 20Th Avenue
Arthur Curtiss James Dies at 74 in New York
New York reports the death of Arthur Curtiss James a 74 year old capitalist and yachtsman. He had been in poor health six years and was moved to a hospital last Friday after contracting pneumonia at Harkness pavilion.
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New York
Arthur Curtiss James
Harkness Pavilion
Nazis Crowing Over Successes
Berlin reports French measures to shield Syria from Britain and captures of British and Greek prisoners in Crete as German air bases near Egypt watch the seas. News agencies claim 25,000 total Allied captives, with air raids aimed at Hull and shipping losses around the Orkneys.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Syria
Crete
Egypt
Near East
DNB
High Command
Tobruk
Libya
Salam
Helka
Alexandria
Malta
Hull
England
Orkney Islands
Scotland
KGNC Tourist Cards Reach Panhandle Tourists
KGNC distributed thousands of tourist cards across the Panhandle in auto courts service stations rail and bus depots cafes and on trains and planes. Designed by manager John Ballard the card welcomes travelers to Amarillo and lists the station newscast schedule inviting visits to Palo Duro Canyon. Ballard said the first printing is exhausted and more cards are being produced and offered to tourist-serving institutions.
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KGNC
Panhandle
John Ballard
Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Ballard
Ernest Werner Rites Set for Friday
Rites for Ernest Werner 60 Panhandle farmer will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in Panhandle Methodist Church with Rev. J H Watkins officiating. Werner died yesterday morning in a local hospital after farming near Panhandle for 24 years. Burial will be in Panhandle Cemetery. Survivors include brothers Henry Werner of Panhandle and Albert Werner of Hereford. Body in state at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home until Friday noon.
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Ernest Werner
Panhandle
Panhandle Methodist Church
J. H. Watkins
Werner
Blackburn-Shaw
Henry Werner
Albert Werner
Hereford
Mann vows to end strikes in defense matter
Orange June 4 Gerald Mann attorney general says he will back legislation to forever end defense strikes if elected to the U S Senate in the June 28 special election. He proposes raising soldiers pay from 21 to 40 dollars monthly with 19 dollars kept by the government for soldiers at the end of the emergency. Mann spoke to Orange citizens and defense workers on the street.
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Gerald Mann
Orange
United States Senate
Bell and Braden Win Paving Contract at Sweetwater
Bids opened for paving at Sweetwater municipal airport and lighting at Waco airport. Bell and Braden of Amarillo bid $66,370 for Sweetwater paving, under a government estimate of $66,444, while Empire Electric of Fort Worth bid $16,393 for Waco lighting, under a government estimate of $22,282.
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Galveston
Sweetwater
Waco Municipal
Galveston District Army Engineer
Bell and Braden
Amarillo
Tex
Waco
Fort Worth
Empire Electric Company
Transport workers in London to receive bravery medals
London transport workers will be awarded medals for conspicuous bravery in the line of duty. The honors recognize drivers, station staff, and engineers who faced danger while serving the public, highlighting acts of courage across the network.
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London
Nazi Bombers Over Midlands
German planes dropped bombs over large parts of the West Midlands in a nuisance raid with some property damage and a few casualties. The raid extended to the northwest, East Anglia, and the northeast, but no bombs fell on London. an alert and gunfire were reported there.
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London
West Midlands
East Anglia
Bouglogne
Channel
Sentencing Hearing Set for Jacob Blinderman in Bankruptcy Case
Jacob Blinderman head of stores in Amarillo and Pampa faces federal court sentencing for concealment of assets upon a guilty plea Judge James C Wilson defers until June 12 to allow business arrangements. Meyer Blinderman son receives probation for aiding concealment. Sally Blinderman Chertoff daughter’s aiding charge dismissed. Palais Royale and Mayfair stores implicated in voluntary bankruptcy No. 7 1939.
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Jacob Blinderman
Amarillo
Pampa
James C. Wilson
Blinderman
Wilson
Meyer Blinderman
Sally Blinderman Chertoff
Palais Royale
Amarillo Hotels Handle 832000 Visitors Yearly
Amarillo hotels host about 832000 out of town visitors annually while a 54 000 population city averages two nights per guest. Lodging and services bring roughly 2.0 million dollars, plus about 5 824 000 dollars spent outside venues, totaling near 8.324 million dollars in revenue. Pryor calls hotel business America seventh largest industry.
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Charlie Pryor
Amarillo
KGNC
Pryor
America
Injured Driver L. E. Jones in Downtown Collision
Lloyd Edward Jones, 40, was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital after a traffic crash at Sixth Avenue and Bonham Street. He, a Pauls Valley Oklahoma resident visiting about two weeks, said he fell into a moving car and suffered cuts and bruises. Witness James Claxton of Bakersfield called for help after sounding his horn. Jones's injuries are not serious.
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Lloyd Edward Jones
Northwest Texas
Jones
Pauls Valley
Okla
Sixth Avenue
Bonham Street
James Claxton
Bakersfield
Calif
Ford Dealers Hold Panhandle Sales Meet in Amarillo
More than 100 Ford dealers and salesmen from the Panhandle area attend a two day meeting in Amarillo. The event opened yesterday at the Herring Hotel and is conducted by J. M. Reynolds of Ford Motor Company Oklahoma City with Keith Cogswell and Louis Lee leading the sessions.
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Ford Automobile
Panhandle
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
J. M. Reynolds
Ford Motor Company
Oklahoma City
Keith Cogswell
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle
Louis Lee
Flying Cadet Winston Brown Instructors Role at Kelly Field
Flying Cadet Winston Brown of San Angelo returns to Kelly Field after visiting parents in Amarillo. One of sixty top trained pilots chosen as instructors, he will receive an Officer's commission next month. He ranked among the top three in his class at the air school.
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Winston Brown
San Angelo
Luther Brown
Amarillo
Kelly Field
Air Corps
Brown
Life Underwriters Elect Beaumont Leader at State Convention
The Texas Association of Life Underwriters chose H. B. Warnette of Corpus Christi as president at the 16th annual convention. New state vice presidents named are Neil Wright of Lubbock and Allen Bruce of El Paso, with Lubbock chosen as host city for 1942.
Bible School Opens Monday At First Baptist Church
The Vacation Bible School at the First Baptist Church begins Monday morning and runs through Friday June 20 with commencement for parents and friends. Sessions are 8 30 to 11 daily with registration tomorrow 3 to 3 30. Open to children 4 to 16, parade tomorrow at 4 15 with car pickup at 4. Boys and girls may ride bikes and decorate them in red white and blue. No tuition, daily handwork and crafts, required simple supplies.
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Bible School
The
First Baptist Church
Jimmie Carol Padgett Funeral Conducted
Funeral services were held for Jimmie Carol Padgett a 3 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Padgett at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. The Rev O M Reynolds of the North Amarillo Church of Christ officiated. Burial was in Liano Cemetery. Survivors include her parents two sisters Martha Jean Padgett and Darlene Ruth Padgett and grandparents Mr and Mrs J M Dobbins and Mr and Mrs W A Padgett all of Amarillo.
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Blackburn-Shaw
Jimmie Carol Padgett
James B. Padgett
O. M. Reynolds
North Amarillo
Mrs Sofia Scroggins Funeral Today
Final rites will be held at 4 PM in the N S Griggs & Sons chapel for Mrs. Sofia Scroggins a long time Amarillo resident who died Tuesday at her son Joe Scroggins home. Ministers D L Shelton and Luther GRoberts will officiate with interment in Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers named A M Jones A B Jones Grover C Vinson Henry Neal W P Stewart Huron Collins. She is survived by six sons and a daughter.
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Sofia Scroggins
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
D. L. Shelton
Church of Christ of West
W. P. Stewart
Huron Collins
Scroggins
Amarillo
Joe Scroggins
Hayden Street
Eight New Members In Defense Guard Enlisted
Captain A Petersen announced eight new members joined the local Texas Defense Guard after physical exams by Dr W B Thomas Jr. The unit grows to 85 members and will move into new quarters at the high school armory on Thirteenth Avenue and Tyler Street. Uniforms will be issued in about one week.
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Texas Defense Guard
A. Petersen
W. B. Thomas, Jr
Thirteenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Petersen
Range Riders Set First Meeting Under New Rules
Will Rogers Range Riders hold tonight after 6 at Tri-State Fair grounds with Sunday sessions also planned. Officials announce Thursday and Sunday as official meeting days and a delegation will travel June 17 to Memphis for the annual celebration and parade.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Memphis
Palo Duro contest prints displayed for public inspection
Highly praised entries from the Palo Duro photographic contest are placed in the mezzanine of the Capitol Hotel for public viewing. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Palo Duro Canyon committee sponsors the judging later this week with prizes including cash and merchandise from local stores.
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Palo Duro
Capitol Hotel
Amarillo
Courtesy on Picket Line in Heavy Rain
Memphis Tennessee June 4 a local union picket line faced heavy rain when a woman customer arrived and a bystander interrupted the protest to escort her into the store with his umbrella, demonstrating unexpected courtesy on the line.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fighting in Baghdad Reported by German Radio
German radio broadcast heard by NBC claimed fighting erupted between British troops and Baghdad civilians. The report said British soldiers fired into a crowd injuring many civilians in Baghdad.
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New York
NBC
Baghdad
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Bell
Braden
Midlands
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L. E. Jones
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Life Underwriters Elect
Globe News
Anne Stackhouse
Dillon
8. C
Bully Boy
Orangeburg
Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Gregory Morton
Katherine Moran
Bob Feller
Indians
Joseph C. Motto
Cleveland
Cooperstown
N. Y
Baseball Museum
Cornelius Warmerdam
Los Angeles Coliseum
Warmerdam
Olympic Club
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