14 Jun 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
1
Firefighters from across Texas converge on Amarillo for the 66th annual Texas Firemen and Fire Marshals Association convention. Sessions run three days in Municipal Auditorium with a special welcome train from East Texas and dances for visiting firemen at The Nat.
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A party of over 50, guided by mining prospector H. O. Collier, found the wrecked TWA airliner with eight of nine bodies near the summit of Buena Vista Peak in Yosemite. The March 1 missing craft carried passengers J Track Dirlam and Mary Lou Dirlam of Mansfield Ohio, L B Watts of San Francisco, Hervey M Salisbury, and crew John Graves pilot C W Wallace co pilot Martha Wilson.
In Prague discussions over Czechoslovak minority autonomy intensify as Eduard Benes returns to oversee talks. Sudeten German leaders unified behind Henlein with an overwhelming German vote, while Slovak and other minority factions show mixed gains from weekend municipal elections.
Anthony, Kansas, June 13. William Otto Kraft and Roy Rushing, both Tucumcari, New Mexico residents, pried an opening in their jail cell bars and escaped from Harper County jail. They were awaiting arraignment on filling station robberies and admitted further crimes in Tucumcari, Clovis, and Lubbock thefts after being captured in Wichita.
Webb Miller reports from London on rising war readiness as thousands move to suburbs, acquire gas masks and canned goods, and rent bomb proof rooms. Officials stockpile food and air raid precautions expand despite London’s prior caution.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers issues a Flag Day proclamation urging citizens and merchants to fly Old Glory. The Hanson Post American Legion requests patriotic display nationwide. The address recalls the 1777 flag design and emphasizes liberty, democracy, and national unity.
In Austin on June 13 the state Democratic executive committee barred Dallas garage operator V. O. Thompson from the gubernatorial primary ballot amid protests his candidacy could confuse voters. The panel kept 13 governor hopefuls, leaving Thompson out after evidence alleged his name was Vivian O Nea Thompson, with documents from Dallas directories and a 1917 wedding notice cited.
Ernest O. Thompson will be unable to speak in Amarillo today and tonight because urgent business in Austin requires his deferral. He was to give three speeches in Amarillo but postponed them and will speak at a later date. In McKinney he criticized candidates who make elaborate promises without intending to keep them.
Partly cloudy conditions are forecast for Amarillo and Fort West Texas with scattered thundershowers in extreme west New Mexico and north-central portions. Yesterday's temperature by hour shows a high near 78 and a low around 60, with afternoon readings around the mid 80s.
The Vale family, America’s first trailer family, travels in a 40-foot trailer since 1929. They have logged 120000 miles across the nation, with two children born on the road and two in hospitals. They live nomadically, with modern comforts like a radio and electric lighting, and plan to move on in about a week.
Eugene Casey a 32 year old Negro taxi driver in New York sent a letter to the city treasurer asking to be taken off relief and how to repay the 49.10 received for himself and wife. He said he and his wife no longer need relief as he will resume driving his cab and wishes to be cut off voluntarily. Casey explained illness kept him on relief while in city hospital and that repaying the funds fits his upbringing.
A second underwriting meeting for the Will Rogers Memorial Highway pageant in Amarillo is set for 10:30 this morning at the Chamber of Commerce. About half of the 3600 needed has been pledged. firms including Globe-News Publishing, Herring Hotel, Crowe Cement, and Panhandle Laundry are among supporters. The event runs three days starting August 15 with motorcades from Los Angeles and Chicago meeting in Amarillo and coinciding with the national highway association convention.
A posse hunted three young convicts and a girl who aided their escape from Harlem prison farm. Officers statewide were asked to spot the automobile Likely bullet holes were seen by Guard Dan Ault as the car fled. Convicts identified as James Smith 18 Dallas two years for felony theft Ira McCoy 19 Lake Victor two years nine months for assault with intent to rob Claude Jett 20 Atlanta Tex 15 years for criminal assault.
Businesses can still submit ads for the annual Vacation Edition to run with Sunday’s regular issue. The edition promises unique information and news not available elsewhere as readers take a break.
The Seventy-fifth Congress nears adjournment as a $3.753 billion rail relief and public works package is pared down. A wage hour compromise gains traction while railroading labor issues, RFC loans, and road reorganization face delays. John L. Lewis backs the industrial wage plan, seeking enforcement against contractors, amid House judiciary resistance.
Vernon Texas June 13 J A Anderson a member of the Amarillo High School faculty and former Oklaunion grade school principal was elected superintendent of the Oklaunion schools to succeed Knox Kinnard who resigned to accept the same post in Hereford announced by the Oklaunion school board on this date Anderson will lead the district in Oklaunion Texas
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