Rush on Laredo to Mexico City Highway Speeds Toward June Opening
The American Automobile Association reports accelerated construction on the Laredo Mexico City route. The 441 mile paved stretch ends at Limon with 14 miles unresolved. Drivers are warned to prepare for blowouts on a 22 mile rough section and limited hotel rooms between Monterrey and Mexico City. Authorities aim to open the road June 10.
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Panhandle Automobile Club
Rotary International
Lions Club
AAA
Auto Club
Herring Hotel
Laredo
Limon
Tamazundale
Jacala
Mexico City
Rotary and
Lions Convention
Monterey
Linares
Victoria
el Limon
el Monte
Tamazuncale
Monterrey
246 Girls Attend Camp in Canyon
Attendance reached 246 at the YWCA and GA encampment in Ceta Canyon from June 3 to 5. Mrs. Charles Harter presided as mission studies were offered. State youth leader Mrs. Manjeat delivered inspirational messages with one conversion and many rededications noted. Next year’s encampment is set for June 9 to 11. teachers included Mrs. Roark Miss May and others from Plainview Abernathy and Amherst.
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G. A
C. FE. Roark
Plainview
Clara May
Wilson
C. C. Griffith
Abernathy
Alfred Clark
Amherst
Happy
Canyon
Tulsa
Dimmitt
Levelland
Ropesville
Center
Hereford
Kress
Elida
New Mexico
Electra Man Outing Ends in Drowning Near Town
J P Caldwell age 20 drowned during a family outing at a lakeside near here on June 10. His brother in law John Sanders tried to rescue him but was pulled under by Caldwell three times. Electra fire department members performed artificial respiration but Caldwell did not survive. Caldwell formerly lived at Haskell.
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Electra
J. P Caldwell
Here
John Sanders
Caldwell
Sanders
Electra Fire Department
Haskell
Senator Morris Sheppard Pledges Help to Cowmen
Panhandle Livestock Association leaders urge opposition to a proposed Argentina beef treaty. Senator Sheppard signals he will use influence to block imports, saying he will do everything possible along the lines stated in the cowmen’s telegram.
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Sheppard
Argentina
Morris Sheppard
The
Panhandle Livestock Association
Panhandle Association Executive Committee
Tom Connally
Senator Sheppard
Texas
Jay Taylor
Organization of Panhandle
AAA
Boy engineers a day during Railroad Week in San Angelo
Kenneth Dobbs eleven rode the Santa Fe locomotive in San Angelo as Railroad Week opened. He steered the throttle under supervision and drew cheers from about three hundred onlookers. In Austin Jimmie Allred junior five rode in a cab with a Texas Ranger and helped pilot a crack train.
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San Angelo
Kenneth Dobbs
Railroad Week
Santa Fe
Miles
Here
Dabbs
W. W
Dobbs
Austin
Jimmie Allred, Jr
Jimmie
Texas Ranger
Wells crew named to test Texas gas wells
The Texas railroad commission named eleven petroleum and two chemical engineers, all graduates of the University of Texas and Texas A and M, to conduct open flow tests on gas wells. The team includes Thomas F. O Rourke, Harry W. Elliott Jr, Aubrey C. Godbold, and others with a July 10 target for testing about 1,500 wells. Ernest O Thompson, chairman, said the work aims to base rates on sound scientific data to regulate gas production. Commissioner C V Terrell emphasized locating the best qualified personnel to support orderly gas takings in Texas. The mourning dove diet note reports a stomach containing 7,500 weed seeds.
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C. V. Terrell
Texas
S S S Tonic Promises Health Boost For Anemia State
An advertisement touts S S S Tonic as a treatment for low red blood cell count and related symptoms. It claims the product restores energy, appetite, and digestion without organic disease, noting 108 years of success and urging purchase in phar macies.
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S.S.S
Potter County to Instruct Women in Dried Milk Use
Relief families to receive cooking guidance as 10 women trained by Miss Mary Sitton run a dry milk instruction class in Odd Fellows Hall. A 40000 pound Fed surplus shipment arrived, with carload barrels and one pound packaging by relief workers.
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Potter County
A. A. Meredith
Odd Fellows Hall
East Fifth Avenue
Mary Sitton
Appeal to cut down relief loads across Texas
Texas Relief Director Adam R. Johnson urged counties to cut relief burdens by placing employable clients in jobs and reducing per case grants as state allotments shrink. The appeal followed a Paris demonstration where clients protested relief budgets and blocked county staff from entry, threatening to halt funds.
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Austin
Adam R. Johnson
Texas
Paris
Johnson
Ex-Officer of German Army Fights Robber in Plant
Louis Kessell a snowy haired veteran and former German lieutenant fought off a robber at a New York printing plant. The thief struck the cashier's cage with a club and escaped after Kessell delivered a punch, saving a $1,000 payroll. Police praised the veteran for his actions.
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New York
Louis Kessell
Kessell
State director notes relief tied to farm employment
The state director stated that if enough individuals find farm work, it will mean more adequate relief for those still on the rolls.
Governor grants furloughs and extensions for two inmates
Austin on June 10 Governor Alfred granted Grady Sanders one year in Rusk County for violation of the Dean law a 90 day furlough. He granted F D Marshall a six month extension of furlough though sentenced to ten years for robbery in Hale County.
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Austin
Alfred Today
Grady Sanders
Rusk County
F. D. Marshall
Hale County
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W. B. Amacker
AAA Reports
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A. and
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Taylor
Caraway Johnson Delicatessen
del Monte
Fort Howard Tissue
Rous
Gue
Jacksonville
Ritz, &Oz
Goodrich
Silvertown
Lifesaver
Golden Ply
Rmanders
Budget Department
Cal Farley
Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
Clovis
News-Globe
MIL
Wade
Dizzy Dean
Lou Gehrig
Melvin Ott
Harold Schumacher
Guy Bush
Ellsworth Vines, Jr
George M. Lott, Jr
William T. Tilden
Lester R. Stoefen
Bruce Barnes
Gene Sarazen
Craig Wood
Tommy Armour
Willie Macfarlane
Helen Hicks
Denny Shute
Jim Bausch
George Barker
Leo Sexton
Helene Madison
Stubby Kruger
Josephine McKim
Susan Vilas
Harold
Dutch”) Smith
Georgia Coleman
Pete Desjardins
Sam Howard
Raymond Stevens
Jack Shea
Irving Jaffee
Bill Cook
Paul Thompson
P. W. Watson
Luke
Mel Ort
Mel
Hal
Florence Young
Charles P. Ryde
Farmer
I. A. Bailey
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