Texas House Backs Conference Report on Higher Ed Measure
The Texas House approved the conference report on the general education bill for state colleges and universities. The Senate awaits a $22,602,069 biennial appropriation, up from current funding due to rising enrollments and expanded programs at UT and medical school in Galveston.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Senate
University of Texas Medical School
Galveston
University of Texas
House
Public Welfare Department
Joe Hill
Henderson
Sam Hanna
Dallas
Capitol Dome
Hanna
Rep
W. O. Reed
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Hanna
Prairie View School For
Everett Hutchinson
Hempstead
J. E. Winfree
Houston
Prairie View
U. S. Supreme Court
Doughboys Canteen Camps Behind Lines At Camp Bowie
At Camp Bowie near Brownwood in June 11 the 180th Infantry’s civilian canteen head J M Littlefield reports a traveling store set up during maneuvers. Trucks supply cigars soap candy and 300 items with ice cream selling 4000 pints in a six hour stretch. Local boy Noble Neal carts candy and earns $15 in a day.
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Camp Bowie
Brownwood
J. M. Littlefield
Haskell
Littlefield
Noble Neal
Texas Legislature Deadlock Nets Mixed Votes and Delays
The House blocked a Senate sine die adjournment on June 16 and sent a recess plan July 14 with sine die on July 21. The Senate overrode a veto on Texas membership in the Council of State Governments, while a House veto override failed. A vetoed leave-and-seniority bill and an oil proration amendment were rejected, and a conference on proration statutes was denied.
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House
Senate
Texas
Council of State
Professional Killers To Die In Sing Sing
Brooklyn Murder Incorporated directors Harry Strauss also known as Pittsburgh Phil and Martin Goldstein are scheduled to die at Sing Sing at 9 P M tomorrow for the Brooklyn slaying of Irving Feinstein. The execution follows executive clemency denial.
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Ossining
N. Y
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing Electric Chair
Harry Strauss
Underworld
Pittsburgh
Phil
Martin “Buggsy
Goldstein
Irving Feinstein
Hidden Helpers Destroy Moths and Roaches
House centipedes prey on clothes moths and cockroaches providing natural pest control. Most people kill these beneficial creatures on sight despite their value to households.
Calorie needs differ for children and adults
The statement notes that normal children require more calories per pound of body weight than normal adults, reflecting higher metabolic and growth needs during childhood.
All-Kiwanis Night to Feature Dr Thomsen as Speaker
Kiwanis clubs of San Jacinto and North Amarillo plan a joint All-Kiwanis Night on Wednesday June 18 at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom. Dr R Thomsen pastor at Central Presbyterian will speak. dinner dance starts 730 PM with vice president Charlie Copeland presiding and Thad Ansley as toastmaster. Invitations go to Kiwanis members citywide and Panhandle district.
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R. Thomsen
Central Presbyterian Church
San Jacinto Kiwanis
North Amarillo Kiwanis Clubs
Charlie Copeland
San Jacinto Club
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Thad Ansley
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
E. B E. Boxwell
N. E. Sorenson
Walter Clayton
North Amarillo
Lee Hunter
Sam Morris
T. B. Adkins
John McKee
Arthur Truitt
Roger Harris
Mrs. Kate Cornell Funeral Held in Logan New Mexico
Final rites for Mrs. Kate Cornell were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Logan with Rev. Hill officiating. Burial followed in Logan cemetery under direction of N. S. Griggs and Sons of Amarillo. Mrs. Cornell died Monday in an Amarillo hospital at age 60, survived by her husband J H H Cornell of Logan, one son, four brothers and three sisters.
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Kate Cornell
First Baptist Church
Logan
N. M
Hill
Logan Cemetery
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Amarillo
Supreme Court actions list June 11 1941 and notices
Austin docket reports certified questions answered in Canadian River Gas Co. vs Mary E Bivins and other original opinions amended. Writs of error granted in several cases including Georgia B Jarrett et al vs J W Ross and Sabbath-Neches Stages Inc. vs Southwestern Greyhound Lines. Applications dismissed for want of jurisdiction and motions for rehearing overruled. Causes set for submission June 25 1941 and a note on Spaniards settling in Argentina.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Canadian River Gas Co
Mary E. Bivins
Potter
The
Southern Underwriters
E. E. Tullos
San Patricio
M. O. Newlin
W. B. Smith
Orange
Georgia B. Jarrett
J. W. Ross
Cooke
R. R. Com. of Texas
J. D Wheeler
Gregg
Drue A. Connally
Gaines T. Culver
H. G. Lawson
First Natl
Bank of
E. G. Edson
Jefferson
Jake Richmond
Champagne's Bakery
G. C. Clark
S. C
Lewis
Nueces
Western Reserve Life Ins. Co
Trixie
Leola Burchfield
Cameron
Samantha Shepherd
C. R. Coale
Gulf Oil Corporation
Marathon Oil Co
Pecos
Austin Bridge Co
D. C. Teague
Travis
Jay Callahan
Bascom Giles
Comr
Virginia Edwards
F. E. Gifford
B. G. Harbison
W. L. McMurray
Rusk
Johnson to Visit Amarillo for Senator Campaign
Lyndon Johnson, a leading candidate for the Senate seat left by Morris Sheppard, will visit Amarillo on June 24. He will arrive shortly before noon by private plane from El Paso, attend a luncheon for supporters, speak in the afternoon, then head to Fort Worth for another address.
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Lyndon Johnson
United States
Morris Sheppard
Amarillo
E. A. Simpson
Panhandle
Johnson
Simpson
el Paso
Gates Tours Panhandle Rallying Support for Johnson
Judge Walter Gates of Austin spoke in McLean Shamrock Wellington and Canadian urging votes for Lyndon Johnson for U S Senator. He cited Johnson records on rural electrification farm parity prices and 3 percent land bank loans, calling Johnson best qualified to work with President Roosevelt in defense. Local leaders and Johnson groups organized campaigns in Hemphill Shamrock Collingsworth Wellington and McLean with further speeches planned in Perryton Spearman Stinnett Borger Pampa and Panhandle.
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East Panhandle
Walter Gates
Austin
Lyndon Johnson
United States
McLean
Shamrock
Wellington
Canadian
Gates
Johnson
Representative Johnson
Washington
Clancy Fisher
Roosevelt
Jep Todd
Hemphill County
Marion Reynolds
Bob Glenn
Collingsworth County
C. B. Batson
Perryton
Spearman
Stinnett Borger
Pampa
Panhandle
Britain Faces Renewed Axis Push Toward Egypt
Churchill warns against premature jubilation over Syria gains as Matruh in Egypt becomes a likely Axis target. Wavell presses for reinforced western front to halt Libyan invasion, with German Italian reinforcements moving from Sicily toward Libya and Crete.
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Kirkel
Simpson
Churchill
Syria
Lebanon
Matruth
Egypt
Cyrenaica
Parliament
Middle East
Britain
Wavell
Crete
Sicily
Libya
Sicilian Straits
North
Africa
Levant
Vichy
Weygand
Mediterranean
London Faces Heavy Luftwaffe Attacks Amid RAF Responses
German raids over London Midlands and northwest are reported as the heaviest in weeks. RAF bombs Calais Boulogne and Cap Gris Nez in retaliation while London endures late night air raid alarms and anti aircraft fire. Dover reports shock from cross channel blasts. One RAF fighter claims damage to a raider over southwest England and a second raider machine guns a train, wounding three coaches.
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London
Luftwaffe
England
RAF
Calais
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Midlands
Dover
Employment Sets Record
The Federal Reserve Board reported that total non agricultural employment has risen by about 4,250,000 persons since May 1940, one of the largest 12 month increases on record. Concentrated soup powders in pill box cartons have been placed on the market.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Pipkin Family Mourns Death of Rev J J Pipkin
Rev J J Pipkin aged 80 died at his Bryan home after a long ministry era as a Baptist preacher. He was father to Hermon C Pipkin local attorney and resided mainly in Bryan. Funeral services were tentatively set for this afternoon and survivors include his wife two sons and six daughters.
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J. J. Pipkin
Hermon C. Pipkin
Bryan
Pioneer Texan
Pipkin
Lubbock
Firemen Urge Senate Action on Disability Bill
A resolution urging the Texas Senate to promptly approve the Firemen's Disability and Appropriation Bill was passed unanimously at the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association convention in Wichita Falls. Telegrams to senators were ordered sent. A. P. Kitchen of Dallas of the FBI gave practical advice on handling explosives and incendiary bombs.
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Wichita Falls
State Senate
State Firemen's and Fire Marshals’ Association
A. P. Kitchen
Dallas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Advertises Bile Flow Promise
An old style advertisement claims Carter’s Little Liver Pills will stimulate the liver to pour two pints of bile daily, promising relief from gas and heaviness. It touts cheap prices 10¢ and 20¢ and urges readers to buy to feel “up and up.”
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Carter
Convention Nears Close with 1942 Meeting Host Choice
The convention will close tomorrow morning with election of officers and selection of the 1942 meeting place. Corpus Christi appears to be the leading contender.
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Frank Baughman
PBI Laboratory
Corpus Christi
Principal similarities between man and the anthropoid apes
Principal points of resemblance include walking erect lacking a tail similar dentition short thumbs and a brain more highly developed than other animals.
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Rogers Bros
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Il Tb
Silver
Columbia Network
Dr. Thomsen
J. H. Cornell
Argentina
H. C. Pipkin
Caromel
Ken Pipe
Prigioaire
General Motors
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Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Chevrolet
Frigidaire
Dayton
Ohio
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