War of words across Panhandle papers on politics and press moves
A collage of quotes from Panhandle and nearby papers comments on campaigns platforms and politics. Notes include Fred Wortham moving to The Moore County News. ownership changes in Amarillo. remarks from The Roswell Dispatch Clovis News and Donley County Leader about examinations and political odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wortham
Panhandle
Castro County News
Dimmitt
Dumas
Moore County
R. W. Miller
T. E. Johnson
N. D. Bartlett
Amarillo
Quirky Notes and Quips From Lone Star Papers
A collage of local humor and political asides drawn from multiple Texas newspapers. Bits include Worley’s pre convention travels and boxing aside, Plainsman and Slatonite banter, a cowpuncher clashing with a profane heckler, plus a Stratford Star quip about elections and a casual adieu from Aubrey Dobbs in Olton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Dobbs
The
Collingsworth Standard
Olton
Fragmentary Reflection on Pain and Discovery
A fragment notes that discovery involves pain, whether mental or physical, and that consolation lies in the inevitability of hurt accompanying insight, reflecting on a match head brand noted at the right hip during testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Lewis
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Dalhart
Fair City
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Lewis
Social minded engineer advocates ethics in tech progress
Robert Ernest Doherty, president of Carnegie Institute of Technology, urges engineers to study social consequences of their work. He says technology will advance rapidly while social and economic structures lag, contributing to global unhappiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ernest Doherty
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Doherty
Michigan adopts statewide merit plan for welfare relief staff
The emergency welfare relief commission establishes a state-wide merit system for its employees signaling reform. The move follows the prison board’s shift to civil service with more commissions likely to follow. A quote warns of shifting global governance during a period of high political change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Inventor Keeps Confidence, Despite Critics
The quote presents A. G. Burns, president of the National Inventors' Congress, praising an individual inventor who, though called a "nut" by some, remains assured of his country and his own worth, embodying persistent belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Burns
National Inventors’ Congress
National Whirligig shows GOP pull on steel and money
The piece links Republican hopes in November to winning Western Pennsylvania steel workers against John Lewis and the United Mine Workers. It reports Ernest T. Weir as a GOP booster in western Pennsylvania, with labor opposition and plans to woo steel workers, plus a broad pay raise strategy used by manufacturers to blunt union pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Lewis
Pennsylvania
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh
Weir
European Whirligig on Britain Japan and naval plans
London reports Britain must find stopgaps in the Mediterranean and Far East until rearmament and the American naval program progress. Admiralty insiders say British builders rush two 35,000 ton dreadnoughts to counter Mussolini while Washington delays. Leith-Ross teams with Tokyo to secure a tacit London Pact concession amid rising tensions and fear of higher costs. Lord Lindsay notes US timetables may push harsher action. The Foreign Office doubts the idyll will last and London pushes Roosevelt’s reelection influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baldwin
Mediterranean
Far East
Britain
Admiralty
Mussolini
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
United States
Tokyo
England
Leith-Ross
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Texan privateers and the 1835 36 siege at Mexican Gulf ports
The piece recounts how Texas under provisional government first organized a naval force using Letters of Marque to blockade Mexican ports along the Gulf in 1835 1836. Captains like William Hurd and Hoyt led privateers such as the William Robbins and Thomas Toby, seizing prizes and challenging Mexican ships as Texas prepared for independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kidd
Bluebeard
Old Pen
Mexican Gulf
Texas
Santa Anna
Provisional Government of
Henry Smith
Mexico
San Felipe
William Hurd
Matagorda Bay
Paso Cavallo
Felipe
William Robbins
Hurd
Hannah Elizabeth
New Orleans
Bravo
Thomas Toby
Hoyt
Mexican
Gulf
Matamoros
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Sisal
Campeche
Toby
Telegraph and Register
Columbia
Register
Galveston Harbor
Mateo
Hannah
Liberty
Medical Q and A on Glycerine Suppositories and Eczema
A reader asks if glycerine suppositories help mild constipation and what to do about a suspected bad tooth. Answer: they offer only temporary relief, diet rich in non starch vegetables is the cure, and dental exam is advised for a suspected tooth problem. Eczema is described as a constitutional disease and cure lies in addressing systemic causes. A reader asks how to help a sister who feels weak and cannot work. advice is to seek psychiatric or psychological help for better functioning.
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New York
Cleveland
France
London
Albert EK
Y. M
Europe
Separate vacations for couples keep marriages fresh
Dorothy Dix argues for spouses vacationing separately to restore balance. She notes many couples spoil trips by dragging along unwilling partners and that breaks from constant togetherness renew desire. Short, frequent separations prevent boredom and maintain domestic harmony without lasting distance.
Rain drought affects Panhandle grass as visitors report
North Panhandle area faces dry winds hurting grass growth and late wheat prospects. A line rider from Amarillo to Clayton, New Mexico, and back reports good spirits, rising corn and wheat in Dumas and Hartley. Hartley wheat stocks and elevator news mix with local visits and quake chatter.
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North Panhandle
Amarillo
Clayton
N. M
Dumas
Hartley
Dalhart News Roundup Highlights Local Life and Clayton Celebrations
Dalhart families and North Plains pioneers appear in a roundup of community notes. Mrs. Gomer’s Texas kin, local fights, softball fever, illness in Dalhart, and a lawyer-to-student plan mingle with weather, rain hopes, livestock, and a baby birth. Clayton hosts a home wedding, a July 4 plan by the Junior Chamber, rodeo, races, fireworks, and a western dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
Gomer
Texas
Gomers
North Plains
Mr. Gomer
Clayton
Herzsteins
Clayton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pete Adams
Morris McDaniel
Bus Service Between Nuevo Laredo and Mexico City Planned
Bus service between Nuevo Laredo Mexico and Mexico City will be inaugurated July 1 authorities announced. Three buses daily each way and a 24 hour schedule with sleeping accommodations for a limited number of passengers will be provided.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amarillo Daily News
J. K Nowe
News-Globe Publishing Company
Sixth
Fillmore Streets
Gene Howe
John McCarty
Norris Ewing
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Panhandie
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Denver
Dallas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Associated Presse
Aeke
Serasse
Se Hharillo
Amarillo Globe
News-Globe
Associated Press
Associated Prese
Daily News
the Tri-State Press
Ochiltree County Herald
Mack
Quitaque
D. A. Davis
McLean
J. E. Staley
Clayton News
Kathryn Stanton
Clovis
Roswell
Mooreland
Okie
Zioncheck
Temple of Truth
Donley County
Lockney Beacon
Yin
Shamrock Texan
Eugene Worley
Rex Tugwell
Tugwell
Worley
Texas A. & M
Plainsman
Lubbock Journal
St. Louis
Houston
Stratford Star
Texhoma Times
Junior
Santa Claus
Burger Herald
Herald
W. T. Sherman
Charles Newton
Floyd County
Hesperian
League of Nations
Ramsey MacDonald
Landon
High Command
Borah
Bill
Farley
Big Bag
Elec
C. L. Douglas
Texas Navy
Privateers
Frank McCoy
Questions and
Dorothy Dix
Floyd Elliott
Chamber of Commerce
St. Anthony's Hospital
Floyd
Dalmar
Exum
Pink” Bryant
O. K. Hammond
Hartley Grain and Mercantile Company
W. J. Cartwright
California
Joe Reynolds
Reynolds Land and Cattle Company
Reynolds Range
Joe Scott
Ada Mae Swearinggen
Joe
Bobby Dycke
Jimmy Mathews
R. L
Bob” Duke
Mrs. ©. V. Gomer of
Olney
CG. J. Gallet
Tom Witherspoon
Lena Allen
Texline
Ray O'Neal
Milton Tatum
Frank Tatum
FE. C. Hudson
Eck Brown
Jerry Minter
Rodgers
Beck Ranch
Dale Schoonmaker
Middlewater
Tack
Mr. Schoonmaker
Joe Bill McDaniel
Elsie McPherson
Mexico City
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