Rumba Formula Drives Nightclub Profits in New York
Monty Proser explains the Cuban style rumba as the key to nightclub success. He notes heavy overheads push clubs to favor the rhythm, with Hollywood and New York venues featuring Cuban bands and pivot dancing for the male lead. He cites Louis Mayer, Joe Schenck, and Radio City as showcases. He is in town to promote Blockade with Walter Wanger.
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Hollywood
la Conga
Vine Street
Walter Wanger
New York
Louis Mayer
Joe Schenck
The
Riviera
the Waldorf
Rainbow Room
Proser
Radio City Music Hall
Music Hall
Washington
Sally Rand to Visit Quay County Before Los Angeles Show
Helen Beck, daughter of the Becks, returns to Quay County with her aunt and grandmother for a brief visit before heading to Los Angeles for a Cocoanut Grove engagement starting July 4. Known as Sally Rand, she rose from a Missouri farm girl to a famed dancer and World's Fair sensation with the bubble and fan dances.
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Becks
Sally Rand
Tucumcari
Helen Beck
Quay County
K. E. Drake
Jordan
Mollie Grove
Melrose
Los Angeles
Cocoanut Grove
Chicago
Helen
Missouri
Kyle FE. Drake
Mr. Drake
A. W. Hockenhall
Hockenhall
New Mexico
Drakes
Kansas City
Sally
Denver
Little Helen Beck
Amarillo Armory Plans Move Forward With $300000 Grant
The Texas Planning Board approved a $7,000,000 PWA loan and grant plan for armories in Texas, enabling a central Amarillo military building worth up to $300,000 for five units. Gen. John A. Hulen notes Amarillo applications total nearly $300,000 as local citizens and the Chamber of Commerce push the project.
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National Guard
Amarillo
Texas Planning Board
PWA
Texas
John A. Hulen
36Th
142 Infantry
Arthur W. Ball
142Nd Inf
A. P. Hammett
Frank J. Hainze
131St Field Artillery
Blucher Tharp
Medical Department
142Nd Infantry
Planning Board
Fort Worth
C. W. Nimon
Armory
Rites Held for O. T. Toombs First Dallam Judge
O T Toombs 77 longtime Dallam County figure and first county attorney and judge was buried in Clayton New Mexico after dying Sunday from heart disease following a car mishap. His wife Mary Julia Toombs and three daughters Mrs Morgan Harvey Mrs Sam Edmondson and Mrs John Hill survive along with numerous grandchildren. A separate death Friday claimed automobile parts salesman David Jackson 28 of Amarillo whose widow is Miss Pattie Hill of Clayton.
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Crossell Ranch
Highway 64
Cimarron River
Union County
Clayton
Harvey
Judge Toombs
David Jackson
Amarillo
Pattie Hill
Yazoo
Miss
Toombs
Texas Panhandle
Dallam County
Texline
Ing
Commissioners’ Court
W. J. Farwell
Rebels Attack Valencia Front Near Center
Rebels unleashed a heavy bombardment with bullets grenades bombs and shells to breach Valencia's defense near its center about 38 miles north of the port city. Insurgents claimed Valencia defenders retired as government dispatches noted loss of several strategic positions southwest of Ribesalbes.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Ribesalbes
Double Holiday This Weekend For Want Ads
The notice promotes three big days for want ads this weekend with a large number of readers and buyers. It urges readers to phone in ads to 6262 and highlights Saturday Sunday and Monday the 4th as peak times for selling or renting.
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ACT
Globe-News
Teachers Deny Legion Chief Address at NEA Meeting
A Madison Square Garden NEA gathering ended abruptly when president refused Daniel Doherty access to speak to delegates. Doherty claimed permission via Willard Givens after guidance from Miss Caroline Woodruff. 15,000 guests heard Mayor LaGuardia urge a national education program as a Columbia thesis on Legion influence surfaced.
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New York
National Education Association
Madison Square Garden
Daniel Doherty
National American Legion
Doherty
NEA
Legion
Columbia University Bulletin
Willard Givens
Givens
Caroline S. Woodruff
Mayor LaGuardia
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy skies with possible local showers and thunderstorms Thursday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the western portion. New Mexico partly cloudy with little temperature change. Temperatures range from around 66 to 82 degrees with highs near 94 and lows around 37.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Moe BO
Britain Hopes Franco Breakthrough to End Spanish Raids
Japan tightens export controls to fund its China war while Britain eyes a possible Franco brokered neutral port. Franco's terms and Mussolini intercession loom as Hodgson heads to London for talks with Chamberlain and Halifax on a cautious plan.
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Japan
China
Rome
Burgos
Spain
Robert M. Hodgson
London
Franco
Hodgson
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Mussolini
Stuart in Amarillo fires up Panhandle campaign for railroad post
Fort Worth politician Robert A. Stuart urged Texas voters to replace long time railroad commissioner C V Terrell. He spoke at Amarillo Municipal Auditorium as part of a Panhandle tour, pressing reform, oil and gas policy, and education while promising to boost Texas industry and fund old age assistance.
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R. A
Bob’ Stuart
Panhandle
Amarillo
Robert A
Bob” Stuart
Fort Worth
Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Mr. Stuart
White Deer
Claude
Clarendon
Memphis
Paducah
Matador
Floy
Dada
Lockney
Canyon
Happy
Tulsa
Plainview
Hale Center
Charles Kefer
Stuart
Newt Riges
KGNC
Railroad Commission
Cc. V. Terrell
Terrell
Stuart Aagin
Board of Regents
Texas State Teachers Colleges
West Texas State College
Beter
Texas State Teachers Association
Washington
Miss Dalhart Crown Won In XIT Beauty Contest
J C Parker led eight 14 carat beauties from Dalhart into Amarillo's Para mount Theater for the Third Annual XIT Reunion pageant. Dona Gay Watson, 17, won Miss Dalhart by a nose, with Nickle Allred resigning as previou s Miss Dalhart. Other contestants included Irene and Eugenie Dycke, Victoria Gallegos, Charlene Hagood, Georgia Mae Railman and Fern Trantham. The Dalhart group aimed to boost Amarillo attendance at the two day event featuring dancing rodeos parades pageants and prize boxing.
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J. C. Parker
Paramount Theater
Miss Dalhart
Nickle Allred
Watson
Dalhart
Irene Dycke
Eugenie Dycke
Victoria Gallegos
Charlene Hagood
Georgia Mae Railman
Fern Trantham
John
State Supreme Court upholds Wink gas meter rule
The Texas Supreme Court overruled a motion for rehearing and sustained a Wink city ordinance that requires one gas meter for adjoining or grouped premises under a single ownership. The ruling makes the ordinance final.
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Austin
U.P
State Supreme Court
Texans Beat Bushes While Indiana Acts
A busy political day features a Senate probe into North Dakota elections led by Gerald Nye and Gov. Langer, with President Roosevelt shielded from undue influence inquiries. President eyes West Coast swing beginning July 7 and staff shifts. In Texas, campaigns run lively as candidates target attorney general and other offices. Indiana Republicans nominate Raymond Willis to challenge Sen. Van Nuys.
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Senate
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
William Langer
Roosevelt
Texas
Indiana
Raymond Willis
Frederick van Nuys
Sheppard
Williams
Aubrey Williams
Kentucky
Oklahoma
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
White House
Civil Aviation Authority
Soviet Russia
Sweden
Gerald
Sweetwater
Austin
Mark Fuchs
Ralph Yarborough
New Braunfels
Yarborough
Walter Woodul
Buying Orders Drive Broad Market Rally In June
In New York trading on June 20 large buying orders lifted leading stocks 1 to 7 points as building shares led a buoyant session. Industrials reached new highs for 1938 on forecasts of late year revival while overall volume surged to 2,658,690 shares marking the busiest day since late October.
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New York
Wall Street
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Monty Proser
Monty
Roosevelts
Senate Inquisitors
J. B. Allison
Chicago Fair
Armory Coliseum
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Russell Sta. Co
O. T. Toombs
Dallam
T. Toombs
Snub Legion
Ll Duce
Associated Press
Great Britain
Rk, A
Bob Stuart
Nye
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