Thompson to Speak in Amarillo on Return Visit
Ernest O. Thompson, in line for governor, returns to Amarillo for a brief visit and three addresses. He arrives from Austin by train and opens with the Texas Firemen's and Fire Marshals convention. A Tuesday night rally at Ellwood Park follows, with a radio address from KGNC.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Austin
Texas Firemen’s and Fire Marshals
Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
KGNC
Ellwood Park
Hopper War On in Earnest
In Dalhart a cooperative effort fights a grasshopper invasion as millions of insects threaten crops across the Northwest Panhandle. Local citizens business leaders highway workers National Guard officers and government experts coordinate over ten days to curb the pest and protect agriculture.
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Northwest Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo College Exes Earn National Recognition
Amarillo College alumni are earning degrees across the nation after two years of study here. Graduates include Kenneth Flamm and Eugene Gibbon with Baylor medical degrees, Ernestine Smith from Texas University Galveston, Joe McNeill and J. B. Dodson from West Texas State College, Kathryn Turner and Aileen Herndon from Kansas University, Bill Bush from Washington University, and Hugh Kidd from Oklahoma University.
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Amarillo College
United States
Kenneth Flamm
Eugene Gibbon
Baylor
Ernestine Smith
Texas University
Galveston
Joe McNeill
J. B. Dodson
West Texas State College
Kathryn Turner
Aileen Herndon
Kansas University
Bill Bush
Washington University
Hugh Kidd
Pharmacy
Oklahoma University
University of Texas
Galveston Medical School
Fireworks Expected as Texas Democratic Panel Reviews Candidacy
The state Democratic executive committee in Austin prepares to certify the ballot amid possible controversy over Vernon O. Thompson of Dallas. A protest argues his bid is not in good faith due to name similarity with Ernest O. Thompson, railroad commissioner and fellow candidate. Thompson declined to attend the meeting via his campaign manager in Dallas.
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Associated Press
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Austin
aVernest O. Thompson
Dallas
Thompson
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo Globe-News Golden Anniversary Edition
The Amarillo Globe-News announces a golden anniversary historical edition to reach subscribers on August 14 with no extra cost for regular readers. Extra copies can be ordered before July 28 and mailed nationwide at 50 cents each, with order blanks from the circulation department.
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Amarillo Globe - News
United States
Southwest
Panhandle
Case against kidnapper completed in Miami
State Attorney George A Worley completed the case to present to the grand jury to seek Florida life for Franklin Pierce McCall accused kidnap slayer of Jimmy Cash. If indicted Worley would push for trial in under a month as five year old Jimmy Cash was snatched May 28. McCall claims accidental suffocation caused Skeegie death and was photographed after arrest.
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Miami
Fla
George A. Worley
Florida
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
Worley
Princeton
McCall
Joseph Hilliard
Compromise wage hour bill given congressional approval
A joint congressional committee approved a compromise wage hour bill. Conferees expect quick passage and a mid week sending to the President for signature. The measure allows a wage hour administrator to set minimum wages and maximum hours in interstate industries with a universal 25 cent per hour minimum.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
House
Mary T. Norton
N. J
House Labor Committee
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Weather Report for Amarillo and West Texas
Scattered thundershowers predicted for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas mostly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers likely in the west. New Mexico generally fair with occasional light rain.
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Amarillo
West Texas
West Portion
New Mexico
Fire Destroyed Preventorium For Tubercular Children
Twenty six youngsters woke as the Preventorium north of Amarillo burned. The west wing housing 11 boys and 15 girls aged two to 14 was destroyed, with no water to fight the blaze and losses put at 6000 dollars. Investigators seek cause after two blazes in two weeks.
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Amarillo
Mayme Ralls
Pearl Cleveland
Lorena Moore
Potter County Tuberculosis Association
Tyler Street
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Leo Peterson
Herring Hotel
Scott
Social Service Exchange
WPA
One Dead One Lost In Bay Well Blast
In Vermillion Bay near New Iberia Louisiana a gas well blowout killed Will H Patton of Splendora Texas and left Edward Richardson missing. H L Patton of Houston suffered a mangled arm and amp u tation after rushing to aid his brother as the 37 000 pound manifold on the Texas Company gasser blew free and shattered the casing head. A search of the bay was underway for Richardson while Patton’s skull was crushed when the manifold blew off.
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New Iberia
Vermillion Bay
Will H. Patton
Splendora
Tex
Edward Richardson
Patton
H. L. Patton
Houston
Texas Company
W. H. Patton
Pattons
Richardson
Stinnett
North Panhandle
Spearman Highway
Richard Floyd Hammonds
Perryton
Raymond Porter
Borger
Young Poretor
George Porter
Ben Jackson
Charles Jackson
Oscar Murry
Harold
Buddy) Womble
Spearman
Womble
Patterson
W. I. Kent
Kent
Mr. Hammonds
Beaver County
Eingi
Oklahoma
Perryon
J. M. Cone
R. P. Schmucker
Kansas
A. F. Sudduth
Earl Garrough
Harry I, Cone
Enid
Oklo
Powell
Texas Firemen Meet in Amarillo for Big Time Convention
The sixty second annual State Firemen and Fire Marshals Association of Texas convention opens in Amarillo with 2500 expected to attend over three days. President Lewis C. Haynes from San Marcos leads a program including Marvin Hall and William Theimer among speakers. A barbecue, races, a dance, and a tea are planned for visitors, with sessions at Municipal Auditorium and headquarters at the Herring Hotel.
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Texas
Amarillo
State Firemen's and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas
Lewis C. Haynes
San Marcos
State Firemens Fire Marshals’ Association
Herring Hotel
Municipal Auditorium
George B. Cooper
Cooper
Marvin Hall
William ©. Theimer
Oklahoma
Frank Williams
State Fire College
J. C. Felger
High Plains
John Snider
W. P. Walker
Luling
Association
Olin Culberson
Edna
Louis H. Scholl
Gonzales
G. E. Dalton
Coleman
Frederick Klopp
Taylor
John J. Blackstone
Burkburnett
Irvin Speckles
Schulenburg
Denver Spreads Grasshopper Poison Along Rail Line
Fort Worth and Denver Railway deployed a poison spreader on the right of way through Clarendon county. Four thousand pounds of poison mixture was spread along the track in an early morning operation to combat grasshoppers.
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Clarendon
Fort Worth
Denver
Snell Attacks Demos as Politics Inside Capitol
In Washington on June 12 Rep. Bertrand Snell minority leader denounced the closing days of Congress as the brazen use of politics. He compared Democratic leaders to Tammany Hall and Tweed and criticized relief-funds politics. Snell also attacked the unseating of Rep. Artur B. Jenks by Alphonse Roy after an eleven contest dating to 1936.
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Washington
Bertrand Snell
Congress
House
Tammany Hall
Ross Tweed
United Statesapitol
Snell
Howse
Artur B. Jenks
New Hampshire
Jenks
Alphonse Roy
F D R Keeps Iowa Symbol Shining Amid Tension
Washington June 1245 President Roosevelt acts to ease post primary strain in Iowa a key farm belt state vital to the New Deal. Gillette’s primary win over Wearin prompts White House talk of personal FDR role and Hopkins comments defended as Iowan born. Loss of Iowa could threaten 1940 farm front.
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Iowa
Gillette
Kirkel. Simpson
Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Farm Belt
White House
Guy Gillette
Otha Wearin
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Hopkins
James A. Farley
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E. C. Thompson
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