Col Roebuck to Visit City for Two Days
A. C. Roebuck, cofounder of Sears Roebuck and Company, will visit Amarillo Friday and Saturday. He will be at the Sears store and meet company friends as part of his two day stop before returning to Chicago. Roebuck helped build the mail order giant with Richard W. Sears and later led a Woodstock typewriter venture after retiring from Sears Roebuck.
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History of the Constitution amid 1930s campaign duel
In the wake of the NRA decision the piece surveys the Constitution as a major 1936 campaign issue. It recalls the 1787 Philadelphia convention and the great compromise over representation and federal powers, noting clashes between big and small states and the evolution of amendments and presidential and Senate powers. The article highlights enduring disputes over money bills vetoes and state sovereignty.
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Donley Pioneer Arthur Benson Dies at 75
Clarendon June 19 Special to The News Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Arthur E. Benson 75 a pioneer County farmer who died at his home here early Monday of paralysis He owned extensive farm properties in Donkey and Hall counties Surviving are his widow three sons Hardy M George E Floyd C Benson all of Hereford four daughters Mrs Leonard Parker Wichita Falls Mrs T E Major Hereford Mrs Jimmy Miller Frederick Okla and Mrs Leonade Goldston Dallas one brother C L Benson Clarendon a sister Mrs Ada Tierney Fort Worth and nine grandchildren
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Jimmy Miller
Fredrick
Okla
Leonade Goldston
Dallas
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Ada Tierney
Fort Worth
Northerners Say Snakes Absent From Valley
In the Matanuska valley colonists report no snakes in the far north. Old residents claim none of the local wildlife is poisonous and that serpents have never been seen this far north around Palmer Alaska.
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Alaska
Matanuska Valley
Amendments Cut Federal Power Across U.S. History
A review notes most amendments tended to limit federal power while expanding individual rights. Early bills established rights and electoral rules. later ones added income tax and direct elections, with several expanding suffrage and prohibiting prohibition-era policies.
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