Perryton Wheat Festival Opens with USO Drive
Amarillo Jaycees greet E B Germany in Amarillo this morning and he travels to Perryton for the first Wheat Festival. Ochiltree County donates 4 223 bushels of wheat to the USO, with Germany accepting on behalf of national defense. The festival features threshing on Main Street, a wheat queen coronation, and a Texas State Network broadcast.
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Perryton
United Service Organization
Main Street
USO
E. B. Germany
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
National Defense
KFDA
Amarillo
Southwest
Perryton Legionnaires
Carnival Fire-Eater Falls To Burns In Debut At Pittsburg
Bill Starr a 23 year old Tulsa Oklahoma youth was hired as a fire-eater by a California carnival. After coaching in flame swallowing he sustained first degree burns to face and throat on his first night. He says the act is harder than it looks. Also noted is that twenty seven signers of the Declaration of Independence were college graduates.
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Pittsburg
Cal
Bill Starr
Bill
Tulsa, Okla
Argentine Meat Deal Is Blasted In Senate Protest
Senator O Mahoney led western senators in blasting a reported Argentina meat accord as an empty gesture. He cited a state department claim of no intent to import fresh meats from Argentina and warned against opening doors to hoof and mouth disease areas. The debate followed Argentina minister of agriculture remarks about Tierra Del Fuego sheep exports and U S trade stance.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
State Department
Argentina
United States
Tierra del Fuego
Thomas
Idaho
Adams
Colorado
England
Welles
Joseph Allen Cox Rites Are Today
Final tribute to Joseph Allen Cox with funeral services at 2 p m in the chapel of N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home Officiating will be Rev R C Snodgrass and Rev J D Horton Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Pallbearers are Jess Mullins John McKnight Banks Jones John Milligan C W Hill and Joe Fowler Cox a pioneer Amarillo resident and Panhandle Transfer Co owner died Thursday night at his home 417 North Taylor Street following a heart attack He was 67 years old Survivors include his wife a son a daughter and two grandchildren none named with location specific details in Amarillo Texas
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Joseph Allen Cox
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
J. D. Horton
Pierce Street Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
Jess Mullins
John McKnight
Banks Jones
John Milligan
C. W
Cotton Congress Closes Today in Waco
A. L. Ward of Dallas urged abundant production with affordable prices and strong leadership as the world cotton research congress discusses cottonseed use. Phillip Tucker noted strides against discriminatory taxes lifting 3,000 retail outlets, while papers reviewed nutritional and economic impacts on cottonseed products.
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Waco
A. L. Ward
Dallas
National Cottonseed Products Association
Ward
Congress
Phillip Tucker
Fort Worth
Southern Governors’ Conference
Tennessee
Mississippi
Fred Hale
Swine Husbandsman
A. and M. College Experiment Station
John Henry Baumgardner
Cottonseed Products Association
Baumgardner
John F. Moloney
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Lanier Rites Will Be Held Here
The body of Robert Lanier who died Thursday in the United States Army Hospital in San Francisco will arrive in Amarillo Sunday. Lanier a native of Amarillo was the son of the late W C Lanier a pioneer Amarilloan Funeral arrangements will be announced by N S Griggs & Sons.
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Robert Lanier
United States Army Hospital
San Francisco
Amarillo
Lanier
W. C. Lanier
Navy officer considers explosion theory in O-9 sinking
In New London Connecticut a navy officer told a court of inquiry that an explosion on the O-9 might have occurred before the submarine sank off Portsmouth New Hampshire with 33 crewmen. He added that many things could have happened and insisted the ship suffered no structural collapse.
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New London
Conn
Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Robert M. Peacher
Peacher
Elwin F. Cutts
Lawyers Among the 56 Signers of the Declaration
A historical note states thirty four of the fifty six signers of the Declaration of Independence were lawyers.
Senate Approves Bill to Extend Dollar Devaluation Power
Washington June 27 The Senate moved through a wave of fiscal year bills and stalled on a two year extension of the Presidents devaluation authority. It approved a record army appropriation of 10.385 billion and other measures including FHA expansion and district funding while awaiting Monday midnight to finish. The debate featured Senator Glass supporting flexibility for Roosevelt and Senator Adams opposing further devaluation. The army bill, totaling about 10 billion, includes 12 856 aircraft worth nearly 2.79 billion.
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Washington
Senate
House
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
White House
District of Columbia
Glass
Virginia
Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Adams
Colorado
Army Air Corps
Combines Work Through Moisture in Panhandle Harvest
The Panhandle region reports scattered showers and heavy rains in the northeast while harvest continues. Mills around Miami White Deer and Kingsmill note hail and inches of rain, yet Bailey and Armstrong counties report ongoing yields with various crops measured in bushels per acre. Rust, hail, and wind damage cited as factors reducing wheat yields.
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Panhandle
Plains
Miami
White Deer
Kingsmill
Pampa
Canadian
Bailey County
Paul Lewis
Armstrong County
Leon Ransom
Wayne Jones
Llano
D. L. Dawkins
Claude
McGowan
Buster Dye
Ranson
Farm Commodity Prices Soaring in Chicago Markets
In Chicago and eastern markets, farm commodity prices rose to their highest levels since 1937. The Dun and Bradstreet index shows wholesale food costs at a 11-year peak, with the year-over-year index up 40 percent, and gains of up to 100 percent for some items. Wheat and oats near May 1937 peaks. corn soybeans lard cotton and butter hit multi-year highs, signaling broad inflationary pressure on farmers and consumers.
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Chicago
Justice Stone Confirmed Chief Justice Nomination Confirmed
The Senate confirmed Associate Justice Harlan F. Stone to be chief justice of the United States. Chicago is noted as the nation’s second largest city with a 1940 population of 3,384,556 compared with 3,376,438 in 1930.
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Washington
Senate
Harlan F. Stone
The
United States
Chicago
Matched Lace Crochet Pattern 7007 Two Doilies and Edging
Pattern 7007 offers directions for a round and an oval lace crochet set with an edging for a linen doily. Includes illustrations, stitches, materials, and a photograph. Send ten cents to Amarillo Daily News Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York for pattern order.
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Amarillo Daily News
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Germania to Lead Legion Of Safety Show on KGNC
E. B. Germany of Dallas USO regional director for Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana will speak on the Legion of Safety program on KGNC tonight at 6 o clock. He arrives from Dallas by plane and will be flown to Perryton for the wheat festival USO drive then return for the broadcast. The Hanson Post safety committee cited 15 Amarillo courteous drivers and presented them with Legion of Safety stickers and Paramount Theater passes courtesy of manager Fred Patterson.
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Amarillo
United Service Organizations
Hollis DeGrassi
Junior Chamber
Jaycee
Germany
English
Texas Quality Network
USO
E. B. Germany
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Legion of Safety
KGNC
Perryton
Cedar Puckett
Jay Taylor
Maynard Drake
Hanson Post
R. C. Jordan
Lucille Campf
van Dysart
Jack Edwards
O. D. Earnest
Toby Galbraith
Waggoner Tax Case Settled After Dallas Agreement
The W. T. Waggoner estate of Vernon settled a $91,600 income tax refund suit against the government for $17,000 in U.S. District Court in Dallas. The case, moved from Fort Worth, challenged a 1929 tax on claimed $4,494,178 taxable income and overpaid amounts of $54,708 plus interest not allowed for depletion of oil and gas wells in Wilbarger and Wichita counties. The settlement was negotiated by Frank B. Potter and Harry C. Weeks.
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Waggoner
Dallas
W. T. Waggoner
Vernon
W. H. Atwell
Fort Worth
Waggoner Petion
Wilbarger
Wichita
Frank B. Potter
U. 8
Harry C. Weeks
Wichita Falls
Senator Houston Rites Are Today
The body of Andrew Jackson Houston 87 year old Texas senator lay in a private mortuary in Washington awaiting funeral services tomorrow. A private memorial mass for the son of Gen Sam Houston who died in Johns Hopkins Hospital was to be held for a select group including Senate and House members and staff. The Senate adopted a resolution of sorrow and a special funeral group was to attend. The Houston sisters earlier asked that the public funeral be postponed. Houston will be buried on the San Jacinto battleground per the Texas state board of control and San Jacinto State Park Commission consent.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson Houston
Texas
Sam Houston
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Senate
House
Connally
Truman
Missouri
Lee
Oklahoma
Chavez
New Mexico
Butler
Nebraska
Thomas
Idaho
Rayburn
Congress
D. R. Potter
Houston
Ariadne
Marguerite Houston
Chesley Jurney
Austin
San Jacinto Battleground
State Board of Control
San Jacinto State Park Commission
Young Boys Ride Ferry Across Mississippi River
Two boys, William Meadows aged four and Harold Brown aged seven, were found riding the ferry across the Mississippi River for four and a half hours. A passenger who heard a missing child broadcast apprehended them and police escorted them home admonishing caution on land.
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Baton Rouge
William Meadows
Harold Brown
Mississippi River
Olive Tablets Promote Digestion and Constipation Relief
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to ease constipation and improve liver bile flow. It urges water and fruit intake, claims 20 years of use, and lists prices 15¢ 30¢ 60¢ with druggist availability.
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Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Marian Martin Pattern 9748 Available in Misses and Women Sizes
The Marian Martin Pattern 9748 can be ordered in misses and women sizes 16 through 46 including 36 with 4 5 8 yards of fabric and 1 3 4 yards iron. Send ten cents to The Amarillo News Pattern Department in New York for the pattern and ten cents extra for a pattern book featuring new warm season fashions.
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Amarillo News
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Extar
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Tyler St
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
O'Daniel
Mann
Dies
Panhandle Friends of
Cotton Congress
Justice Stone
Globe News
Globe-News Box
Alice Brooks
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Rubber Stamps Free
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H. V. Robertson & CO
Broblshed
Accountants & Auditors
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J. Greif & Bro
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West Texas
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la Porte
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