Por Mi Rey Inscription Linked to Coronado Route Evidence
A rusted steel lance-head inscribed Por Mi Rey For My King is now owned by Joe H Green of Hereford. The relic, tied to Coronado's 1541 Panhandle expedition, is said to be the first authentic Spanish inscription found along the suspected route.
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Coronado
Panhandle
Palo Duro Canyon
Tierra Blanca Creek
Tule Canyon
Joe H. Green
Hereford
Panhandle-Plains Museum
Canyon
Spearman
L. F. Sheffy
West Texas State College
Joe Green Lance
Green
News- Globe
Plains
Alamocitos Camp
Adrian
Amarillo
Alamocitos Springs
Newsy Globe
Pioneer Days opening draws thousands to Clovis
Thousands of Plains region pioneers are expected in Clovis for the fifth annual Pioneer Days festival opening with a 10 a.m parade led by 500 horsemen. Sky-writing by famed aviator Art Goebel and a noon basket lunch highlight Wednesday, followed by rodeo. Event continues Thursday with more rodeo and entertainment. local teams Clovis Pioneers and Las Mesa Lobos compete.
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Clovis
Plains
Art Goebel
Mercury Reaches 97 Degrees Despite Forecast
The weatherman’s forecast of 70 degrees proved off as officials recorded 97 degrees yesterday on the government gauge. The day’s low was 68, six degrees higher than the previous year.
New Sailplane Records Set at Wichita Falls
Woody Brown of La Jolla California set two national soaring records at the Wichita Falls meet. He flew 280 miles and reached 7 600 feet altitude, landing at Wichita Kansas after 7 1 2 hours. Ground crews reported favorable thermal conditions and optimism for distance records.
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Wichita Falls
Woody Brown
la Jolla
Calif
Wichita
Kan
Dick Essery
Lennox
C. F. Koldo
Electra
Texas
Lawton
Okla
Essery
Brown
Walter
Vernie Ross
Tulsa
John Robinson
San Diego
Oklahoma City
Refused Asylum Again for 907 German Jewish Refugees
Cuba again rejected landing for 907 German Jewish refugees aboard the St. Louis cruising between the United States and Cuba. The government refused any temporary haven on Isle of Pines and informed steamship lines no more refugees would be admitted. A bond offer by Jewish relief groups was rejected as a noon deadline passed without Cuban acceptance.
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Havana
St. Louis
United States
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Lawrence Berenson
New York
Berenson
Flandre
Orduna
Mexico
Panama
Mackenzie Estate Left to Four Children in Will
The late Murdo Mackenzie cattle baron left most of his estate to his four children, two sons and two daughters, in a county court will filed today. Mackenzie died in Denver at age 89 after heading major western cattle companies in Texas New Mexico and Montana. The four heirs are Mrs. Isabel S Button Mrs. Margaret E Chittenden John Mackenzie and Alexander M Mackenzie of Trinidad Colo A sister Mrs Barbar Cartwright of Cimarron NM received 5000 dollars.
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Denver
Murdo Mackenzie
West
Mackenzie
Scotland
Texas
New Mexico
Montana
Isabel S. Button
Margaret E. Chittenden
John Mackenzie
Pilot disappears after solo flight off Massachusetts coast
Cheston L. Eshelman, 22, Carlisle PA, on his second solo trip, was rescued near Georges Banks after taking off from Pitcairn airport Philadelphia with fuel for 175 miles. He claimed to be heading for Mars and was uninjured but exhausted.
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Chatham
Mass
Mars
Cheston L. Eshelman
Carlisle
Georges Banks
Astmann Bjartnarz
Villanova
Associated Press
Eshelman
Pitcairn
Philadelphia
Bjarmarz
Hihelman
Triton
Glenn L. Martin Manufacturing Aviation
Baltimore
Guards Stay in Texarkana as Factory Strike Persists
Maj. O W West keeps Texas national guard company on patrol at the Two States Fruit Package Manufacturing plant near Texarkana after the plant is evacuated. Mayor William V Brown urges withdrawal as the strike and clashes continue since May 22 with the A F of L union over contract talks.
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Texarkana
O. W. West
Texas National Guard
Austin
Clarksville
Texas
William V. Brown
West
Brown
Texas Rangers
G. H. Brown
Will Johnson
Gaston S. Howard
Ollie Logan
Striking Basketmakers Union
A. F. of L
Special want ad sale items and used vehicles in Globe
The Want Ad section lists deep discounts on an Electrolux 7 ft unit at 79.50, a 1938 model. a regular 77.50 bedroom suite now 49.50. used upright pianos 29 to 79. steel storage tanks bargain prices. 1-14 inch screen doors 2.45. 350 cash buys a 7 room home. a 1937 Dodge four pass coupe with radio 495. 6 room brick home 2875. 1936 Hudson Brougham 275. Dial 6262 for Want Ads at Globe-News headquarters, Russell Stationery Co bookshop.
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Today
News and Globe
DODGE
Globe-News
Typical Father Contest Seeks Panhandle Fathers for Gifts
The Globe News sponsors the Typical Father contest open to any Panhandle father. Entries may be by relatives or friends or by the father himself. No purchase required, but a letter describing qualities of fatherhood and a recent photo are needed with entry forms from Globe-News or participating merchants. Prizes include clothing, accessories, camera gear, and writing instruments from local retailers.
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Amarillo
The
Globe News
Panhandle
Noth
Globe-News
Palm Beach
Blackburn Brothers
Lake Marvin Gala Opening Plans For Canadian Shapes
Canadian shapes plans for the Lake Marvin gala opening include boat races with 300 dollars in prizes and a beauty contest. The public meeting in Canadian city hall sets the schedule for Wednesday night with Hemphill and nearby towns invited. Prominent organizers include S E Allison Panhandle Water Conservation Authority director, Mayor John R Caylor, Frank Phillips, E C Fisher, L A McAdams, Delbert Gibson, and Jack Lawrence. The event features a Studer ranch barbecue and aims to draw the largest Eastern Panhandle crowd, echoing Buffalo Lake turnout.
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Lake Marvin
Hemphill
Pat Flynn
Flynn
Buffalo Lake
S. E. Allison
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
John R. Caylor
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Phillips
E. C. Fisher
L. A. McAdams
Delbert Gibson
Jack Lawrence
Panhandle
Hemphill County
Welcome Home Rebel Fighters Return From Spain
German and Italian volunteers who fought for Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War were greeted by their nations yesterday. Adolf Hitler announced Germany's involvement in the conflict in Berlin as 18 000 Germans were praised. In Naples 20 000 Italian legionnaires were welcomed by King Victor Emmanuel III and officials before marching and demobilizing, with a Rome review planned by Mussolini.
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Spain
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Lustgarten
Germany
Fuhrer
Franco
Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Mussolini
France
Cowboy costumed boy delivers XIT invitation to FDR
Bill Cotton ten years old of Dalhart visits the White House to hand President Roosevelt a snow white leather replica of a steel hide inviting him to the fourth annual XIT reunion in Dalhart next August. The gift, mounted on an Indian shaft with flaked arrowhead, is presented to Gen. Edwin H. Watson. He is accompanied by his parents Mr and Mrs W L Cotton and sisters Eleanor and Dorothy.
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Washington
D. C
Bill Cotton
Dalhart
Roosevelt
Billy
Edwin H. Watson
White House
W. L. Cotton
Eleanor
Dorothy
Devaluation of Dollar Wins First Approval
The Senate banking committee approved a two year extension of emergency authority to devalue the dollar further to maintain a 2 billion stabilisation fund and to buy domestically mined silver at above world market prices. The powers expire June 30 and the House has approved continuance to June 30, 1941. The authority would let the President cut the dollar’s gold content by another 9 percent from its current 69 percent level.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate
Narcotic Ring Leader Convicted In Saloon Nexus
Angelo Donnici, 64, of Kansas City, accused of directing a $12,000,000-a-year narcotics ring from a saloon near the federal building, was sentenced by Federal Judge John C. Collet to eight years in prison and a $7,000 fine.
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Kansas City
Angelo Donnici
Federal
John C. Collet
Packing House Strike Talked at Chicago Conference
An official of the Packing House Workers' Organizing Committee said the union would consider a national strike in the meat packing industry at a July 17 Chicago conference of packing house workers. Henry Johnson noted CIO chairman John L. Lewis would attend, with plans to pressure Armour, Cudahy, Swift and Wilson to adopt collective bargaining principles.
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Chicago
Packing House Workers’ Organizing Committee
Henry Johnson
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
CIO
Armour, Cudahy
Swift
Wilson
Armour and Company
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding region
Wednesday brings fair and cooler conditions across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico report generally fair weather with cooler air in the far north. Yesterday's temperatures varied from the mid teens to the high 90s, with a high around 97 in 1938 and other readings listed.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amaritt
Gunman in court after near miss on Duchess of Kent
Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor, 45, a southeast London welder, appeared in Westminster police court charged with illegal firearm possession with intent to endanger life after firing a sawed off shotgun near the Duchess of Kent in Belgrave Square. He claimed the act was "quite in order" and showed a gun certificate as he was held for further investigation.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Ledwedge
Vincent Lawlor
George
Westminster
Belgrave Square
Lawlor
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