Officials Map Program for Drouth Relief
Washington June 23 officials mapped a four point emergency relief plan for north central drouth states. The package includes WPA employment livestock loans and direct relief with a 59 to 100 million dollar cost. Projects cover farm to market roads earth dams soil conservation and winter aid for needy families. A survey of drought areas from South Carolina to Georgia was ordered and a 10 day Dakotas Montana tour will study rehabilitation and permanent land development options.
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Washington
Droathstricken
Bulow
South Dakota
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Nye
North Dakota
Welford
Berry
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Georgia
Rexford G. Tugwell
Fulmer
Brown
Tugwell
Dakotas
Montana
Grouth
Bombs to Be Used Against Ducks in Oroville
In Oroville California an unusual plan uses explosion of bombs to drive wild ducks from rice fields. State game laws prohibit shooting ducks, so bomb control is proposed to force ducks to seek new feeding grounds.
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Oroville
Cal
Local Amarillo Man Credits Gly-Cas For Recovery
W H Sides of 300 Browning Street Amarillo says Gly-Cas saved his life after years of stomach pain cramps kidney trouble and rheumatic pains. He reports weight gain improved sleep and renewed health after using Gly-Cas sold by Fox Drug Co Amarillo and area druggists at 1 per box or 6 for 5 with money orders to Fox Drug Co.
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Fox Drug Company
Oliver-Eakie Ridg
Mr. Sides
Fox Drug Co
Amarillo
The Great Ziegfeld milestone in film history at Fair Theater
The Great Ziegfeld is hailed as a milestone in movie history and offers lavish production numbers led by Hunt Stromberg. The cast includes William Powell Luise Rainer Myrna Loy Nat Pendleton Frank Morgan and Virginia Bruce with brief impersonations of Eddie Cantor and Will Rogers. The road show plays today and tomorrow with one matinee and one evening performance and a 10 minute intermission. Seats must be reserved.
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Ziegfeld
Fair Theater
Floreng Ziegfeld, Jr
Ziggy
Milestone Trane
Hunt Stromberg
Rose Marie
Frank Morgan
Charles Dillingham
Billings
Nat Pendleton
Sandow
Virginia Bruce
William Powell
Luise Ranier
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Anna Held
Farley Addresses Democratic Convention Opening
Philadelphia June 23 Democratic national committee chairman James A. Farley urged continued support for the New Deal as the party opens to renominate Franklin D. Roosevelt. He contrasted a stable New Deal with Republicans tied to vague promises and Hoover’s stampede speech.
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Philadelphia
James A. Parley
National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Farley
du Pont Liberty Leaguers
Herbert Hoover
Pacific Coast Trail to Span 2300 Miles for Horseback Hikes
CCC workers plan a continuous 2300 mile Pacific Coast trail from Canada to Mexico enabling horseback riding and hiking on high mountain paths. The project aims to connect northern and southern regions through rugged terrain.
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CCC
Pacific Coast
Canada
Mexico
Fossil Shell Find Challenges Florida Submersion Theory
In Palm Beach County a lone fossil land shell was found, reported by Dr. Carlos de la Torre at a South Florida AAAS meeting. The specimen challenges the view that southern Florida was once entirely submerged, as previous finds were fossil sea shells widespread in the beds.
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Boynton
Fla
Palm Beach County
Florida
Carlos de la Torre
South Florida
American Association For the Advancement of Science
de la Torre
Tax Measure Signed By Roosevelt Marks New Corporate Tax Law
President Roosevelt signed the 800 million dollar tax bill ending Congress adjournment and enacting a major corporate tax overhaul. The act introduces a new system for undistributed profits and scales corporate income rates from eight to fifteen percent with a 7 percent levy on retained income up to higher brackets. The measure accompanied 28 other signed bills including the Interior Department appropriation and inauguration arrangements.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Interior Department
New Panhandle Bankers President Named
Heads Bankers Thomas Fe. Noel of Memphis is introduced as the new president of the Panhandle Bankers Association.
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Thomas FE. Noel
Memphis
The
Panhandle Bankers’ Association
Edward VIII Celebrates 42nd Birthday Parade Thrills London
King Edward VIII in scarlet and gold salutes his mother as Guardsmen honor his 42nd birthday at Horse Guards parade. The monarch rides a chestnut horse atop the Mall from Buckingham Palace leading a traditional cavalcade with red-coated Guards.
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London
Edward VIII
Grenadier Guards
Buckingham Palace
Men Pay Third Less for Beauty Aids
Chicago June 23 The American man spends only about two thirds the amount women do on beauty aids as stated by United Press reporters.
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Chicago
National survey shows rising beauty aid spending split
The survey finds women spend about 800 million dollars annually on beauty shops and cosmetics while men spend about 600 million in barber shops, shaving items, hair tonics, massages and manicures. Men’s barber shop spending dropped from 750 million in 1926 to about 500 million in 1936, yet other male beauty expenditures rose about 25 percent. Based on the 1930 census, adult males spend 16.21 dollars per year on beauty aids versus 22.28 dollars for women.
Foreign War Veterans Postpone Meeting
The regular meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was postponed. No rescheduled date was announced.
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the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Local meeting postponed to next week amid state convention
The gathering scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed one week. Several officers and members attend the state convention at San Angelo. A large class will be initiated next Wednesday night with refreshments served.
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San Angelo
Notice of stockholders meeting of Alamosa Oil Co
A special called meeting of the stockholders is scheduled for July 10, 1936, at 1 30 P M at the president s office to consider selling the company assets and to handle other business as may properly come before the meeting. M C Nobles president W W Cunningham secretary
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M. C. Nobles
W. W. Cunningham
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Drouth
W. H. Sides
Browning Street
MR. W. H. Sides
Calvin Lundon
Lubec
Myrna Loy
Billie Burke
Haiti
Thomas L. McGinty
McGinty
Edward
Edward Vue
America
Penn-Maryland
New York, N
LaFayette
Alamosa Oil CO
Pema F
Nash
Prem On
NASH+ LAFAYETTE
Cooper Motor CO
Tyler St
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