Japanese Bombard Canton With Mass Casualties
Canton endures unrelenting Japanese raids as 25 planes strike the city in a third raid of the day. fires devastate Canton's west bank and Asia Hotel area while oil tanks and a railroad terminal burn. official tolls exceed 5 000 dead and wounded with thousands fleeing the 1 000 000 population.
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Canton
South China
West Band
Asia Hotel
Lingnam University
Addison E. Southard
United States
Hong Kong
Canton-Haakow
Thrill Snake Provides Religious Surprise
Mrs. Joe Rushing of Hammond Louisiana 56-year-old mother of two insisted faith would cure the poison from a Sunday night snake bite at a religious sect meeting. She refused medical care as her left arm swelled while her husband a Crystal Springs Mississippi sawmill operator sat nearby and supported her belief in divine healing. The bite came from a three foot water moccasin during the thrill and surprise segment of the program.
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Hammond
Joe Rushing
Faith
Miss
Rushing
Rattlesnake Barometer Signals Moisture in Palo Duro Canyon
Bill Beverly wagon foreman of the JA outfit says rattlesnakes on the range indicate good moisture. He notes killing two or three rattlers daily in Palo Duro Canyon and warns that disappearance of rattlesnakes from the prairies would signal dry weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Bill Beverly
JA Outfit
Palo Duro Canyon
Earle to Fish With Allred in Texas Visit
Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania will visit Texas to fish with Governor James V. Allred. He will attend a statewide traffic safety meeting in Fort Worth on June 15.
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Austin
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Texas
James V. Allred
Earle
Allred
Fort Worth
Beauty Tip For Today from Globe News Want Ads
The column promotes affordable beauty specials from progressive shops offering low summer prices on permanents and treatments. Readers are urged to watch the Want Ad page for neighborhood shop ads and tips to stay young and stylish on a budget.
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ABC
Globe News
Want
Grasshopper Plague of 1893 Visualized by Plainview Resident
Colonel R P Smyth recalls the 1893 grasshopper scourge on the Plains, noting swarms moving northeast and destroying crops. He urges pre hatch measures to destroy eggs and protect farmland, reflecting on past damage and the difficulty of containment.
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Plainview
R. P. Smyth
Smyth
Hamilton
Britain to Press Mussolini Over Spanish Raid Attacks
London reports that Britain plans to confront Mussolini in Rome about repeated insurgent attacks on British shipping in Spain. Foreign Minister Viscount Halifax resumed duties as protests mount after raids that damaged or sank several British ships and involved suspected Italian or German aircraft.
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London
Great Britain
Mussolini
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Spain
Gandia
Francisco Franco
Franco
Rome
Mexican Good Will Fliers Stop in U S
Three Mexican army Corsair planes bound for Cuba on a goodwill flight landed at Pan American Airport in Brownsville. Commanded by Colonel Ignacio Beteta they planned to stay overnight and depart for Cuba when weather allowed.
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Brownsville
Cuba
Pan American Airport
Ignacio Beteta
Cardenas
Jones Referee In Milk Race
Washington June 8 Special Rep Marvin Jones of Amarillo will referee a cow milking contest at the foot of the capitol tomorrow. Four congressmen from the midwest and coast will compete to milk the most in given time, with Jones’s duties including judging and maintaining order. The contestants are Harold Knutson Walter M Pierce Gerald Boileau and Harry B Sheppard. The event marks National Dairy Month to promote milk use.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Capitol
House Agriculture Committee
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Jones
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Walter M. Pierce
Oregon
Gerald Boileau
Wisconsin
Harry B. Sheppard
California
Pampa Hosts Top O Texas Fiesta Opens Local Welcome
Pampa prepares for the seventh annual Top O Texas Fiesta a three day Panhandle carnival. Events include parades with floats from Panhandle towns bands and Gene Gross balloon figures. Four rodeo performances at Road Runner Park and a Friday old timers gathering with barbecue and addresses by Ernest O Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission. Amarillo sends a 150 man caravan and bands head the parade with four division leaders. Parade and program details run through June 9 1938.
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Pampa
O’ Texas
Panhandle
Gene Gross
Road Runner Park
John Snider
Amarillo
Harvester Park
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
LaNova Theater
Dobie and Webb Aid Big Anniversary Edition
J Frank Dobie and Dr Webb outline use of the Golden Anniversary issue of The News Globe as UT coursework reading in Life and Literature of the Southwest. Dobie contributes three illustrated articles on Mustangs Lobo wolves and Longhorns.
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News-Globe
University of Texas
Southwest
Texas
J. Frank Dobie
Dobie
West Texas State College At
Canyon
Great Plains
Walter Prescott Webb
Texas Rangers
W. P. Holden
Texas Tech
C. W. Post
H. B. Carroll
Eastern New Mexico Junior College
Portales
Gran Quivera Society
Sheffey
T. D. Hobart
Senate May Look Into WPA Fund
Ten senators including Tydings introduce a resolution to probe WPA funds for political use. A three member Senate audit committee would hear allegations of intimidation or influence on WPA workers. The resolution asks 10 000 for the investigation and sets a tentative meeting for tomorrow.
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Washington
Tydings
Maryland
Senate Appropriations Committee
Audit Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
David J. Lewis
Adams
Colorado
Bulkley
Ohio
Burke
Nebraska
George
Georgia
Gerry
Rhode Island
Hatch
New Mexico
King
Utah
McAdoo
California
Wagner
New York
Congress
Nye
North Dakota
Norris
Sheppard
Texas
Army Trucks Rally in Plains Insect War
Texas and New Mexico mobilize more than 50 state highway and National Guard trucks to combat a grasshopper plague across Dallam Hartley Sherman and Moore counties. Led by Governor Allred and Adjutant General Nesbitt, the convoy aims to stem rapid hoppers that threaten crops worth millions as winged swarms are imminent.
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Lewis Nordyke
Texas
New Mexico
State Highway Department
Texas National Guard
Amarillo
Dallam
Hartley
Sherman
Moore
Allred
Carl Nesbitt
EB. A
Dalhart
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Department of Agriculture
Houghton
Blucher
Tharp
National Guard
Nat Perrime
Adjutant General's Staff
Battery B
131St Artillery
R. F. Logan
Plainview
Wichita Falls
Jacksboro
Lubbock
Julian Montgomery
Ama
Panhandle Rains Bring General Moisture Amid Storms
Electrical storms swept the Panhandle delivering widespread moisture and rainfall totals near three inches in parts. A Sunray power company foreman, Joe B. Stablefield, 34, was killed by a lightning surge while locating line trouble. A twister damaged a home near Altus, Oklahoma, injuring none. Rain widespread from Texline to Wichita Falls aided crops and range land, with specific amounts and local impacts across multiple towns and counties.
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Panhandle
Joe B. Stablefield
Twister
Altus
Okla
Tom Worrell
Romero
Texas-New Mexico
Tucumcari
G. T. Oliver
Umbarger
Hereford
Buffalo Lake
Channing
Clarendon
Hedley
Childress County
Dorman Groseclose
Amarillo
Adrian
Vega
Groom
Alanreed
Jericho
Hitchland
Sanford
Morse
Quitaque
Dumas
Hoover
Pampao Clinton
Dalhart
Dimmitt
Moore County
Miami
Plainview
Shamrock
Claude
Goodnight
Boise City
Elk City
Hollis
Hooker
Woodward
Clayton
Hansford County
Spearman
Will Rogers Memorial Discussion Called Amarillo Dinner
Amarillo businessmen gather in the Blue Room of the Amarillo Hotel Friday at 6 30 for plans on the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration set the week of June 10. Paul Edquist of the Chamber of Commerce calls for immediate preliminary work. reservations at the Chamber offices. plates 15 cents.
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Amarillo
Will Rogers
Paul Edquist
Chamber of Commerce
Alien Propaganda Rule Requires US Registration
President Roosevelt signed a bill directing anyone spreading foreign political propaganda in the United States to register with the state department. The measure aims to curb influence campaigns and ensure accountability for disseminated material.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
State Department
Precipitron promises cleaner air at home from electric dust grabber
The AP describes a home air cleaner called a precipitron that uses a negatively charged particle to attach to dust and pull it onto a plate. Developed by Gaylord W. Penney in Pittsburgh, it builds on Sir Oliver Lodge's fog experiments and aims to reclaim materials from industrial emissions. now adapted for domestic use.
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Westinghouse
Gaylord W. Penney
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Oliver
London
Penney
Pittsburgh
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook and Temperatures
Mostly cloudy Thursday across Amarillo and vicinity with scattered thundershowers possible south portion and warmer conditions in east central Texas. West Texas reports similar clouds, while New Mexico shows little temperature change. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from 37 to 68 with a 24 hour precipitation total of .27 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexi
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