Underground Streams Threaten Panhandle Flood Fight
This first of six editorials by Vincent Lockhart outlines how 7000 square miles of the Texas Panhandle lie outside surface drainage as playa lakes and seepage create underground water pools. It maps drainage by river systems, notes soil conservation efforts, and lists 15 counties with non drainage, 7 counties fully draining into the Red River Valley, and warns of the flood threat from the South Canadian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Soil Conservation Service
Amarillo
South Plains
Hale County
Palmer County
Andrews County
Potter County
Grouth
Federal Bureaus
Playa Lake
Hale
Palmer
Castro
Swisher
Floyd
Carson
Hansford
Deaf Smith
Ochiltree
Dallam
Sherman
Hartley
Red River
South Canadian
Paint County
Deaf Smith County
Panhandle Plains
Roosevelt
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
The forecast calls for generally cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity on Monday. West Texas should see partly cloudy skies with possible showers, while New Mexico faces cloudy conditions with scattered showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Warplanes strike Pyrenees border in Spanish incident
Nine gray warplanes of unknown nationality swept the Pyrenees frontier and dropped bombs on French soil near Ax-Les-Thermes and Toulouse to Barcelona rail lines. No deaths or injuries reported. French Foreign Minister Bonnet ordered an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyrenees
Orlu
Ax-Les-Thermes
Canton
South China
Paris
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Office
Ariege
First
AFL Chief Ready To Act on Bill
President William Green said the American Federation of Labor will fight any wage hour bill lacking a positive minimum wage and maximum hour provisions and must be easy to administer. He spoke after a House Senate committee failed to bridge key differences over a universal 25 to 40 cent per hour standard versus a 40 cent immediate rate and potential interstate exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
House
Senate
A. F. of L
Walsh
Massachusetts
Tramp Seen Boarding Tucson-Bound Freight With Golf Gear
In Phoenix on June 5, a Southern Pacific engineer reported spotting a vagrant with a polished golf set inside a new bag climbing onto a freight train headed for Tucson. The sighting reflects local winter visitors’ unhappiness with area golf courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Tom White
Southern Pacific
Hill Optimistic On Trip Home
Campaign manager Grover B. Hill reports Ernest O. Thompson’s Texas gubernatorial bid remains strong. Hill pins it on Thompson’s routine speeches and broad support across Houston Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and the Panhandle with plans to expand to all 254 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover B. Hill
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
Hill
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Mr. Hill
Amarillo
Austin
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Panhandle
Iowa Candidates In Final Campaign Push
Iowa's New Deal Democratic primary race heads to tomorrow's polls after last minute radio appeals. Senator Guy M. Gillette, seeking renomination, warns against being a rubber stamp in Congress amid contested support for Wearin and other rivals. Labor leader William Green backs Gillette as farm voters prepare to decide. Democratic infighting overshadows the Republican Senate contest between L. J. Dickinson and Lloyd Thurston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Cherokee
Guy M. Gillette
Congress
Gillette
Otha D. Weerin
White House
James Roosevelt
J. J. Meyers
Ellsworth Richardson
W. G. Byerhoff
Wearin
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Homer Martin
Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United States
Green
A. A. Couch
Harry Hopkins
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Liberal New Leader of Rebels
Washington June 5 a striking scene in the Senate as Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana stalked the chamber waving his arm and issuing threats to absent White House advisers. Wheeler leads the Senate opposition to the New Deal drawing support from Byrd Bailey Gerrys Burke and George allies. The piece notes his shift from foe to ally and recalls his Montana rise opposing the Anaconda Copper Co and his 1924 Progressive vice presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burton Kendall Wheeler
Montana
White House
Wheeler
Harry L. Hopkins
Representative Wearin
Iowa
Gillette
Burt* Wheeler
Senate
Angel
Byrds
Baileys
Gerrys
Burkes
Georges
Thomas G. Corcoran
Benjamin N. Cohen
Corcoran
Cohen
Utilities Holding Company
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Anaconda Copper Company
Bob la Follette
Progressive
Grasshopper War Chest Grows Across Five New Mexico Counties
Emergency donations expanded a regional campaign against a historic grasshopper plague. Colfax County reached its 15000 goal with support from five counties and contributions from five production credit associations and the New Mexico Bankers Association. Private gifts poured in from Harding Quay Union Mora counties to extend rapid immunization efforts and insect control. Some officials in Union County say the pest is under control but ranchers warn the infestation remains severe in parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springer
N. M
Mora
Mitchell
Union County
Rubber in Ancient Ball Still Has Bounce
Arizona archaeologists report a 1,000 year old rubber ball found near Toltec Arizona showing it was springy when squeezed. The ball likely supported hip ball played in oval courts with belt bats. about 20 towns formed a league with fields identified from Snaketown to Toltec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Southwest
Arizona
Emil Haury
University of Arizona
Gila Pueblo
Snaketown
Gila River Indiana
Southcentral
Santa Cruz River
Toltec
C. A. Neville
U. S. Rubber Company of
Los Angeles
Mexico
Arizona Court
Relief Employes In Politics Is Major Issue
Senator McNary of Oregon says Republicans will press the fight over restricting political activity by relief employes in the Senate elections. He accuses the Democratic majority of a major mistake in voting against writing such restrictions into the lending spending bill. He notes Hatch and Austin amendments would have blocked political meddling in relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Administration Leutenants
Hatch
Austin
New Mexico
Five Counties Get Moisture from Night Rainfall
Central and western Panhandle areas saw showers, with two to three inches near Channing Hartley and Magenta to Duncan. Hartley Bod en and Dalhart reported lighter rain, others had sprinkles or no rain. By morning, rain dwindled as thunder and lightning faded and activity moved eastward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Channing-Hartley
Magenta
Duncan
Fort Veorth & Denver
Hartley
Dimas
Tuscosa
Boden
Amarillo
Dalhart
Dumas
Bmy
Spearman
Guymon
Groom
Pampa
Canadian
Clarendon
Denver
Claude
Tulsa
Hereford
Texaco
Bovina
Texline
Baby escapes injuries after car crash in Corvallis
Mrs. Don Weaver crossed a street with an infant when an automobile struck her. The baby flew against the windshield and the car was damaged. Examination found no injury to the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Ore
Don Weaver
Petrified Palm Found in Lodi Reveals Ancient Climate
John Schafer uncovered a near complete petrified palm tree in Lodi California weighing about 150 pounds. The fossil suggests California had a tropical climate millions of years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodi
Cal
U.P
California
John Schafer
City Losses From Traffic Tags Revealed
San Francisco on June 5 reports city controller Harold Boyd found traffic regulation costs exceed revenue. In 1937 streets cost the city about 400000 while 300000 one dollar tags brought in only 118000, highlighting a financial imbalance in tag enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harold Boyd
Firemen Save Mrs Patton’s Car From Fire
Firemen late yesterday afternoon saved a car belonging to Mrs Cornelia Patton from burning. The vehicle caught fire while parked at the home of Mrs A E Wolflin, 1223 Van Buren Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Patton
A. E. Wolflin
van Buren Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Vincent Lockhart
Texas Panhandle
Cimmarron
Brazos
Washita
Plains Lakes
France
Coordinating Committee
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
John McCarty
Marvin Jones
Carl Hinton
Panhandle Association
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Progress
BAE Planning and Supervision
James C. Foster
BAE
Buffalo Lake
Boggy Creek
Hemphill County
McLellan Creek
Gray County
AFL
Hobo
Liberal
Joseph Alsop and
Robert Kintner
North American Newspaper Alliance
Burton K. Wheeler
Baby
Patton
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