Thrill for Sportsmen Jack Lamb previews color travel film
Amarilloans heard that U S travel can be grand within Texas as Jack Lamb, famed bass fishing authority, previewed 10 color nature films. Highlights included Magnolia Gardens Charleston Belingrath Gardens Mobile Mata dor Ranch Big Bend scenes and an XIT reunion rodeo. Proceeds aid the Amarillo Garden Club and park association funds.
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Renemewnene
Jack Lamb
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Magnolia Gardens
Charleston
8. C
Gallup
N. M
Ala
Matador Ranch
Lamb
Municipal Auditorium
South Carolina
Ol’ John Bass
Mr. Lamb
MIT
Dahart
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Boy 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 excess profits tax proposal and moved to income tax surtax plans. Proposed 11 percent surtax on the first dollar of taxable income would rise from a 4.4 percent starting rate, with possible cuts to untaxed exemptions for individuals. The panel kept allowing corporations to base excess profits taxes on past earnings history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Women in Engineering Training Opens at Ohio State
Ohio State University announced under government sponsorship it will train free 350 women and men in fundamentals of engineering to meet industry demand for technically skilled workers. Dean Charles E. MacQuigg said rising demand could lead to many women filling technical positions in plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Charles E. MacQuigg
Engineering College
American Car and Foundry ramps to ten tanks daily
Berwick factory in full production turning out 10 light 13 ton tanks daily. Experts say the tank compares with German designs and may have superior armor. British authorities to appraise performance. units may have seen action in North Africa. 329 tanks shipped last December. a 3,000 unit order is planned for seven armored divisions by June 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwick
American Car and Foundry Company
Greece
North Africa
Secretary Wickard urges cheese and milk output rise
Secretary Wickard told a June press briefing that processors should increase cheese production by about one third and evaporated milk by about one quarter. He said there would be a favorable price outlet for all cheese and evaporated milk that can be produced in the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickard
Agriculture
Observation Station Planned at Abilene Army Air Field
The War Department announced a temporary construction program to establish an air corps observation squadron station at Abilene Texas. A 30 acre site on the Abilene municipal airport will host the unit with access to existing runways for Army planes. No further details were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Abilene
Tex
Army
US Soldiers Tried To Kidnap Kaiser For War Guilt Trial
New York reports the 1919 Dutch raid into neutral Holland by American troops led by Col. Luke Lea aiming to abduct Kaiser Wilhelm II for a war guilt trial. The group crossed from Luxembourg, entered Amerongen Castle, nearly met the Kaiser, but retreated when Dutch guards approached. an ashtray souvenir betrayed the mission. Pershing later handled the case, details undisclosed.
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New York
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Holland
Luke Lea
U. S
Tennessee
Colonel Lea
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Froner
Amerongen Castle
Luxembourg
Wilhelm
Lea
State Department
John J. Pershing
Prowlers and Guards Clash at Rankin Air School
In Tulare California a gun battle erupted as prowlers and guards exchanged fire near the Rankin Aeronautical Academy air corps training school. Guards increased patrols after saboteur suspicion and a guard, E A Bertch, fired back during the night clash. Captain Daly said no damage occurred. security was tightened following sabotage fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Start Summer Swim
Gem Lake near Amarillo opened public pool season despite chilly water. More than 150 people, many youths, attended the splashy kickoff. The pool is the only public facility this summer. health inspectors will continue checks though outside their jurisdiction. Other pools include the private Palo Duro Club tank and Thompson Park not city-operated. Amarillo Country Club pool is members only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem Lake
Amarillo
City Health Department
Palo Duro
Thompson Park
Gun-Toting Negro Preacher Sam Brown Dies in Philippine Mounts
Manila dispatches report the death of Bishop Sam Brown, a gun-toting evangelist known among Philippine tribes. A 61-year-old coal-black South Carolina native, he served in the Spanish-American War, preached to 6,000,000 non-Christians in the Archipelago, and left a Filipino wife and six children. He died last week, cause unspecified.
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Manila
Sam Brown
Philippines
Mountain
Sam
South Carolina
United States
San Francisco
Bund auxiliary loses charter and camp ownership in New Jersey
The German American Bund auxiliary surrendered its Camp Nordland at Andover New Jersey to 400 mortgagees and turned its charter over to the secretary of state after the Legislature repealed the group's charter and incorporation. Memorial Day raid by Deputies Quick closed the camp ending two years of protests against Bund rallies with swastikas and Hitler imagery.
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Trenton
N. J
Bund Auxiliary
Quick
Bund
Adolf Hitler
Six Drown as Boat Capsizes in Arkansas Lake
Six persons die in a late day accident when an outboard boat carrying five children and one adult capsized on Craighead County Forest Lake five miles south of Jonesboro. Victims named include Fred Lace Harris 12 Catherine Jones 14 Ruby Nell Bradsher 8 Alene Turner 16 Lucille Condra 8 and H R Maury about 50 a Jonesboro plumber and boat owner.
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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
Harrissburg
Free French Leaders Reach Middle East for Talks
NBC correspondent reports Gen. Charles de Gaulle has arrived in Palestine for staff talks with Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. Turkish sources say Gen. Maxime Weygand may be sent to Syria to execute Admiral Jean Darlan's orders.
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New York
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Charles de Gaulle
Palestine
Henry Maitland Wilson
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Syria
Jean Darlan
Sportsland Planes Stock Moved After Owner’s Draft
The Sportsland model plane shop remains open despite an erroneous report of closure. Owner Virgil Otis Landis was drafted, and his brother Truman Landis took over the stock, moving it to 1104 West 20th Avenue.
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Sportsland
Virgil Otis Landis
Truman Landis
West 20Th Avenue
Arthur Curtiss James Dies at 74 in New York Hospital
Arthur Curtiss James a 74 year old capitalist and yachtsman died in New York after a six year illness. He was hospitalized only last Friday when stricken with pneumonia at Harkness pavilion area hospital reports indicate.
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New York
Arthur Curtiss James
Harkness Pavilion
Nazis Crowing Over Successes
The associated press dispatch from Berlin reports French measures to shield Syria from Britain and German claims of advances in Crete with 10 000 British captives and 25 000 Allied prisoners total. It notes new air bases on Crete watch the seas to Egypt, sunk ships at Tobruk and Salami and air raids on Hull Orkneys and Scotland as part of a broader softening up phase.
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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 railways bus stations cafes and on trains and planes. The card designed by manager John Ballard welcomes travelers to Amarillo and lists KGNC newscasts inviting visits to Palo Duro Canyon. Ballard says the first printing is exhausted and more are being produced and offered to institutions serving tourists.
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KGNC
Panhandle
John Ballard
Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Ballard
Ernest Werner Rites Set for Friday
Rites for Ernest Werner 60 year old Panhandle farmer will be held at 3 pm Friday in Panhandle Methodist Church with Rev. J. H. Watkins. He died yesterday morning in a local hospital after farming near Panhandle for 24 years. Burial in Panhandle Cemetery. body in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home until noon Friday. Survived by two brothers Henry Werner of Panhandle and Albert Werner of Hereford.
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Ernest Werner
Panhandle
Panhandle Methodist Church
J. H. Watkins
Werner
Blackburn-Shaw
Henry Werner
Albert Werner
Hereford
Mann Supports Legislation to End Strikes in Defense
Orange June 4 Gerald Mann attorney general vows to back laws to forever end strikes in national defense if elected to the U S Senate in the June 28 special. He proposes raising soldiers pay from 21 to 40 monthly and keeping 19 for soldiers at end of emergency. Mann spoke to Orange citizens and defense workers.
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Gerald Mann
Orange
United States Senate
Bell and Braden Secure Sweetwater Airport Contract
Bids opened at the Galveston district army engineer office show Bell and Braden of Amarillo winning the Sweetwater municipal airport paving contract with 66 370 dollars bid against a 66 444 dollar estimate. Empire Electric of Fort Worth won the Waco airport lighting bid at 16 398 dollars, below a 22 282 dollar estimate.
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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 are set to be awarded medals for conspicuous bravery in the line of duty. The honors recognize acts of courage during incidents on the capital's transit network and aim to honor staff across Tube, bus, and rail services.
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London
Nazi Bombers Over Midlands
German planes dropped bombs over the West Midlands in a nuisance raid with some property damage and a few casualties. Incendiaries were quickly extinguished as raiders also hovered over the northwest East Anglia and northeast. No bombs fell on London but an alert and gunfire occurred.
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London
West Midlands
East Anglia
Bouglogne
Channel
Bankrupt merchant Jacob Blinderman to be sentenced
Jacob Blinderman head of bankrupt stores in Amarillo and Pampa will face Judge James C Wilson in federal court for concealment of assets after entering a guilty plea. Sentencing was deferred to June 12 to allow business matters to be arranged.
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Jacob Blinderman
Amarillo
Pampa
James C. Wilson
Blinderman
Wilson
Meyer Blinderman
Sally Blinderman Chertoff
Palais Royale
Amarillo Hotels Welcome 832000 Visitors Annually
Charlie Pryor of the Amarillo Hotel says during National Hotel Week that Amarillo, with 54000 residents, hosts about 832000 out of town visitors yearly. Each stays ~2 days and spends $2.85 daily inside the hotel, totaling around 24 million dollars, plus about 7 dollars outside, culminating in roughly 8.324 million dollars in town annually. Pryor notes hotel business as America’s seventh largest industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Pryor
Amarillo
KGNC
Pryor
America
Injured Traveler L E Jones Treated After Street Crash
Lloyd Edward Jones, 40, of Pauls Valley Oklahoma, was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital for injuries after a traffic accident at Sixth Avenue and Bonham Street. Witnesses said he fell or stumbled into a moving car as it approached. James Claxton of Bakersfield California, a tourist, helped summon aid. Authorities said Jones's injuries were 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 Gather in Amarillo for Panhandle Sales Session
More than 100 Ford automobile dealers and salesmen from the Panhandle area attend a two day sales meeting in the Herring Hotel Amarillo. The session opened yesterday and is led by J. M. Reynolds from Ford Motor Company Oklahoma City Keith Cogswell truck manager for the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle district and Louis Lee assistant sales manager of the Oklahoma City zone.
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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 Visits Parents
Flying Cadet Winston Brown of San Angelo, son of Mr and Mrs Luther Brown of Amarillo, has returned to Kelly Field after a short visit with his parents. One of 60 best trained pilots chosen as instructors, he will receive an officer commission next month. He ranked top in his class at the air school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Brown
San Angelo
Luther Brown
Amarillo
Kelly Field
Air Corps
Brown
Air School
Texas Life Underwriters Elect President at Convention
The Texas Association of Life Underwriters elected H. B. Warnette of Corpus Christi as president at the conclusion of its 16th annual convention. New state vice presidents named include Neil Wright of Lubbock and Allen Bruce of El Paso. Lubbock chosen as host city for 1942.
Bible School Opens Monday at First Baptist
The Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church opens Monday and runs through Friday June 20 with commencement for parents and friends. Sessions 8:30 to 11, registration tomorrow 3 to 3:30. Open to all 4 to 16. parade Thursday afternoon. 30 automobiles needed.
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Bible School
The
First Baptist Church
Jimmie Carol Padgett Funeral Held in Amarillo
Funeral services for Jimmie Carol Padgett, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Padgett, were conducted by O. M. Reynolds of the North Amarillo Church of Christ at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. She died Tuesday at 815 North West Ninth Avenue. Pallbearers were Edward Stratten, Arch C. Darnell, H. V. Pointer and Earl Green. Burial followed in Liano Cemetery. Surviving are two sisters Martha Jean and Darlene Ruth Padgett and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dobbins and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Padgett, Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn-Shaw
Jimmie Carol Padgett
James B. Padgett
O. M. Reynolds
North Amarillo
Mrs. Sofia Scroggins Funeral Is Today
Final rites for Mrs. Sofia Scroggins will be held at 4 PM in the N. S. Griggs & Sons chapel. Officiating ministers are D. L. Shelton and Luther G. Rob erts. Interment follows at Llano Cemetery. Survived by six sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Eight new members were enlisted in the local Texas Defense Guard unit as announced by Captain A Petersen after a meeting. Dr W B Thomas Jr conducted physical examinations. The unit totals 85 members with new quarters at the high school armory on Thirteenth Avenue and Tyler Street being prepared. Uniforms will be issued one week from next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Defense Guard
A. Petersen
W. B. Thomas, Jr
Thirteenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Petersen
Range Riders Open New Session Tonight at Fair Grounds
Will Rogers Range Riders hold first meeting of the new session tonight after 6 at the Tri State Fair grounds with Sunday sessions as regular. Officers say Thursday and Sunday are official meeting days and a delegation will attend the June 17 parade in Memphis for the annual celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Memphis
Palo Duro contest prints placed for public inspection
Highly praised entries from the Palo Duro photographic contest are displayed in the mezzanine of the Capitol Hotel for public viewing. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Palo Duro Canyon committee will judge the contest later this week. Prizes include cash and merchandise from local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Duro
Capitol Hotel
Amarillo
Courtesy on Picket Line in Heavy Rain
Memphis Tennessee June 4 a local union picket lines at a store were interrupted by a woman customer who accepted an escort under an umbrella provided by one of the picketers. The scene showed courtesy amid a rainy protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Fighting in Baghdad Report by German Radio
NBC broadcast cites German radio claiming fighting broke out in Baghdad between British troops and civilians. Germans allege British forces opened fire on a crowd injuring many civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
Baghdad
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Bill Freemon
Women In Engineering
Kaiser
Bell
Braden
Midlands
Amarillo Hotels
L. E. Jones
Ford Dealers
Life Underwriters Elect
Globe News
Anne Stackhouse
Dillon
Bully Boy
Orangeburg
S. C
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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