May Link Java With Holland May Link Java with Holland
Amsterdam reports that Zeppelins could replace steamships for Holland to Java service, with a Nederland Steamship Company line Amsterdam to Batavia. A Dutch syndicate, with KLM and other firms, foresees Zeppelin profitability despite a recent NL ship loss, while Britain’s gold standard exit strains shipping. The government plans a retroactive subsidy from 1935 to aid shipping amidst a shrinking fleet and consolidations.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Netherlands East Indies
Nederland Steamship Company
Batavia
United States
East Indies
Royal Dutch Airlines
Java
Friedrichshafen
Nederlands Syndicate
Netherlands
Great Britain
Russia
Netherlands Mercantile Marine
Millionaire Buys 30000 Acre Kent County Ranch
Abilene capitalist Percy Jones purchases the 30,000 acre Kent County ranch from A C Carnes of Liverpool England. Ranch to remain under leave to the Chicago Livestock Loan. New Philadelphia reports.
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San Angela
Percy Jones
Kent County
A. C. Carnes
Liverpool
Beng
Chicago Livestock Loan Company
Rites Scheduled for Mrs Davis in Amarillo
Last rites for Emma L. Davis 62 who died Tuesday in Mesa Ariz will be held in Amarillo at 9 30 this morning Rev H N Hunt First Baptist Berger will conduct the services Burial in Llano Cemetery under N Griggs & Sons direction The body arrives at 8 Friday morn aboard Rock Island The Borger native is survived by husband W L Davis two sons H B Davis Cameron OK and L F E Davis Woodward OK three daughters Miss Effie Davis Calvin OK Mrs Opal Owens Mesa AZ and Mrs T A Ward Borger
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Emma L. Davis
Mesa
Ariz
Amarillo
H. N. Hunt
First Baptist Church
Berger
Llano Cemetery
Griggs & Sons
Davis
Rock Island
Borger
Tribute to George Williams from Llano Cemetery Group
Obituary note recalls George Williams who died June 3 and a board resolution praising his public spirit and faithfulness. The Llano Cemetery Association marks his civic and fraternal impact and notes sympathy to his widow and relatives. Committee members include Dr. R. Thomsen Bishop E. Cecil Seaman and Dr. J. B. Nunn. SAYS ISLAND MOUNTAIN TIP report cites a French oceanographer describing Island Mountain as a remaining peak of a sunken island continent with ruins and statues suggesting a former civilization.
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George
Williams
Llano Cemetery Association
Baptist Church
R. Thomsen
E. Cecil Seaman
Dr. 7, Be, Nunn
Pacific Ocean
Minister Sells Popcorn in Missouri Farm Plan
Rev. A. J. Rehkop former state senator and Methodist minister announced a shift to popcorn farming. He owns five farms and recently bought 180 more acres to plant, claiming popcorn is highly profitable in Missouri.
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Houden, Mo
A. J. Rehkop
Missouri
Grandmother Becomes Mother for 13th Time in Omaha
In Omaha Mrs. Rayner English, aged 35, has become a mother for the 13th time, with her youngest child born two weeks after her fourth granddaughter. She had four grandchildren at once.
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Omaha
Neb
Rayner English
English
Around the Clock KGNC Radio Schedule Fragment
A fragmentary timetable lists KGNC daily programs from dawn to late night including Farm Hour, Musical Clock, Pinkney Packing Company segments with Lou Childre, The Pandoleers, market reports, home economist Jane Walker, various musical and news features, and late night programs like Dr. Pepper, Dance to the Dalby Brothers, and Texas League finale broadcasts.
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Pinkney Packing Company
Lou Childre
the Pandoleers
Micro News
Jane Walker
Home Economist
Bert Hirsch
Tom Cleary
Troubadors
Victor Young
Diana
Globe-News
Vne
Jerry Malin
Blatz
Wake Kings
Dr. Pepper
Bengal Lancer
Lawrence
Chevrolet
Dalby Brothers
Kay Costello
Harold van Bemburgh
Dick Carroll
Robert FL Hilliard
The
Arcadians
Merle Mack
Edmund Pearson
San Prescott
Nature shows man how to build dam quickly
Sacramento report explains Grizzly Dome, a 1000 foot rock spur, was used to demonstrate rapid dam construction. The dome shed 75,000 cubic yards of rock, swept 800 feet of highway, and backed water 30 feet high in the Feather River system as plans for a highway notch and a downstream dam were revealed.
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Sacramento
Cal
Grizzly Dome
Feather River
State Highway Department
Nature
Melbourne man faces Swiss watch firm boycott over abroad orders
E Tilley managing director of a Melbourne watch case maker claims Swiss Association of Watch Case Manufacturers warned local firms not to aid foreigners to transplant the industry. He says firms outside the association were threatened with deportation as undesirable traders, similar to prior deportations of three Japanese and a Canadian.
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E. Tilley
Melbourne
Switzerland
Tilley
Bequest Dispute Over 10000 for Edinburgh Monument
Bequest left 10000 pounds by Peter Miller of Edinburgh in 1898 for a National Monument on Carlton Hill. The trustees have never acted and no completion is expected. The Court of Sessions decides who is entitled to the legacy as Edinburgh Town Council waives any claim.
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Peter Miller
Edinburgh
Scotland
Carlton Hill
Court of Sessions
Millier
Plainview Utilities Suit Attacks Municipal Plant
Texas Utilities Company filed suit in U S District Court against Plainview to stop building a municipal power and light system funded by the Public Works Administration. The action names Harold Ickes and Plainview officials, seeks temporary restraining orders, and challenges a 1935 PWA loan and grant of 423 346 04 as invalid.
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Lubbock
Texas Utilities Company Today
United States District Court
Plainview
Public Works Administration
Harold Ickes
Recovery Fund
Tom J. Shelton
Herbert Dysart
E. M. Osborne
J. B. Wallace
L. M. Frogge
Sherman Umphress
C. F E. Williams
J. L. Callaway
James C. Wilson
Charles A. Malone
R. C. Malone
Plainview City
Texas Utilities Company
Pub‘Works Administration
American Exhibit Shines at Poznan International Fair
An American enterprise boosted its country’s profile at Poznan Poland’s International Fair, outranking others with far more exhibits. A stock American auto ran nonstop 2260 miles between Poznan and Warsaw in eight days under Polish Automobile Club auspices, without repairs. Other American cars showcased hill climbs brake power and control amid 400 exhibitors including 150 from France 38 from Czechoslovakia and 17 from the United States.
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Poznan
Poland
Posnan
Warsaw
Polish Automobile Club
France
Czechoslovakia
United States
Tit led Women Deal in Dogs in England Race Trade
English dog racing gains reveal women of title buying and selling greyhounds at a London sale. Lady Chesham sold two dogs for 400 dollars. another buyer purchased three including a puppy for 365 dollars. At Moorvale Kennels Buckinghamshire, girls train nervy greyhounds and one student opens boarding kennels. In Nampa Idaho a domesticated goose used as a hunting decoy died after drowning in an irrigation ditch.
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England
London
Lady Chesham
Moorvale
Buckinghamshire
Nampa
Idaho
Archie
Services Held for Charles A Benson
Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 4 pm for Charles A. Benson with Rev. E B Fincher officiating. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery. Survived by widow Harriet Benson two sons Jimmie and Charles Jr parents Mr and Mrs R J Benson a sister Miss Frances Benson and brother R J Benson Jr all of Amarillo. Arrangements handled by N B Griggs and Sons Funeral Home.
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Charles A. Benson
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Llano Cemetery
Harriet Benson
Jimmie
Charles, Jr
R. J. Benson
Frances Benson
R. J. Benson, Jr
Amarillo
Paris Footwear Shines With Gold Filigree Details
Gold glitters on the newest Parisian footwear with metal swirls like golden spaghetti coils and buckles resembling scrolls. Dark kid shoes feature crepe de chine trim. tie models thread faces through gilt hooks instead of eyelets.
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Arisian
Paris
Texas Antelope Nearing Extinction in Panhandle Warping Wildlife
Texas game officials warn the pronghorn antelope is near extinction with an estimated 5,000 remaining from a once vast five to six million. Habitat loss, barbed wire fences, and water shortages have driven antelope to hills or fenced regions. calls grow for a plains-only area and stronger predator control, notably against coyotes.
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Austin
Texas
Great Plains
Panhandle
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Bill Tucker
Game Commission
Tucker
Hebbronville
Stakes Plains
South Plains
Higley Named Publisher of The Childress Daily Index
Morris Higley, after five years with The Amarillo Globe News, becomes publisher of The Childress Daily Index. Neil Vanzant will be assistant business and advertising manager. Higley succeeds R. S. Brashears, directing both business and editorial policy.
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Morris *Higley
Amarillo Globe News Publishing Company
Childress Daily Index
Neil Vanzant
South Plains Farmer
Lubbock
Chil
Higley
Spain Credits Bow ers for Maine Inscription Change
Madrid thanks United States Ambassador Claude G. Bowers for influencing a revision at Annapolis that altered the Maine inscription from Destroyed by a Spanish mine to Destroyed by a submarine mine. The move ends a long source of offense to Spaniards.
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Madrid
United States
Claude G. Bowers
Maine
Annapolis Naval Academy
Bowers
State Department
Most Learned Pauper Found in St Pancras Poorhouse
At 65 the resident displays fluency in Greek and Latin and speaks German. He has translations published and discusses Bach and Scarlatti at length. His favorite authors include Stevenson Hardy and Conrad. He has stayed in the institution since 1921, tried to leave in 1922, slept on Hampstead Heath, fell ill, and returned.
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St. Pancras
England
Bach
Scarlatti
Stevenson
Hardy
Conrad
Hampstead Heath
Childress Daily Index Changes Hands as Publisher Debuts
The new publisher announces a fair and impartial news approach for Childress and its trade territory. Wilbur C. Hawk and Gere A. Howe join the Index as they take over ownership from J. Lindsay Nunn, with today’s edition the last under the old management.
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Childress Daily Index
Wwil
Index
Childress
Childress Index
Wilbur C. Hawk
Gere A. Howe
J. Lindsay Nunn
UT graduates 29 earn doctor of philosophy degrees
In Austin on June 13 the University of Texas awarded the doctor of philosophy degree to 29 candidates, the largest group yet. Notable graduates include Horace Bailey Carroll from Lubbock in history and sociology with the work The Route of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, Ivy May Parker of Quay New Mexico in chemistry and zoology with Nitrogen Bases From Pyrolysis of Cotton Seed Meal, and Neil Edward Rigler of Plain View in organic and physical chemistry with a study on the Synthesis of Hydantoins.
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Austin
University of Texas
Horace Bailey Carroll
Lubbock
United States
Texas Technological College
Ivy May Parker
Quay
N. M
West Texas State Teachers College
Texas
Neil Edward Rigler
Plainview
Trinity University
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KGNC
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Louis HK
Smith, Jr
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Coca Cola
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Joe Johns
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RINSO
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Lie
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