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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
9
Milton Van Dyke, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Van Dyke of Portales, N M, has been awarded a $1 000 Harvard University scholarship. This is the second Portales High School student in three years to win a Harvard scholarship, officials announced from Cambridge.
New York June 18 U P United States Atty Harold M Kennedy described William G Bishop as a salesman of hate fear and prejudice and leader of a 14 man Brooklyn conspiracy to overthrow the government He labeled the trio Bishop Macklin Boettger and Claus Gunther Ernecke as the three musketeers of the plot with Ernecke having died by suicide before trial could begin The case was headed for a jury as summations closed and the defense attacked the government star witness citing Bishop s hatred for Communists noted after seeing them slaughter women and children in Austria.
Government calls for skilled workers for national defense are voiced by Herbert W. Chalberg in Austin. House Ways and Means subcommittee shelves Patman chain store tax bill after hearings. McCormack notes regulatory, not punitive, aim and adjourns sine die.
Berkeley archaeologist Dr. John Barr Tompkins led a four year search that uncovered the Codex Fernandex in a Crocker Bank vault Santo San Francisco. The parchment likely 500 years old uses wild silk and mineral pigments and depicts battles dances ritual scenes and a migration from Guatemala north through Tehuantepec possibly Cuicatecan. The Bancroft Library will receive the fragile document and work proceeds to preserve the surviving sheets.
Newton George, 55, master mechanic for a silver and lead mining company, was fatally injured at the mines 67 miles south of here when struck by the safety plug of an exploding compressor. He died shortly after arrival for treatment.
A Kiwanis International public affairs conference in Minneapolis urged immediate compulsory military training for high school and college youths. It also pressed banning the Communist Party from ballots and advocated raising the national debt limit. C Harold Hippler noted security rests on morale, while Calvin Keller addressed delegates.
A discussion of kidney issues leading to frequent nighttime urination. It notes bladder irritation, difficult passage, and backache as symptoms while explaining that kidneys flush poisonous waste and acid from the body.
A health blurb urges readers to use Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to improve kidney function and relieve symptoms like nervousness dizziness backache and nocturnal urination. It touts diuretic and kidney stimulant effects and warns against substitutes while noting a 35 cent price and gold medal branding.
Easy-to-follow chart guides a filet crochet cloth in four sizes. Pattern 6643 includes cloth stitches illustrations and materials aged. Send ten cents and write NAME ADDRESS PATTERN NUMBER to Amarillo Daily News Household Arts Dept 259 W 4th St New York NY for the pattern.
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