Floods and canals argue for water farmed across plains
An Oklahoma view links Canadian River floods to drought losses and champions water conservation. It urges dams and irrigation to prevent disasters, noting federal irrigation returns exceed costs and promising profits from reallocation of flood waters.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Red Cross
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Plains
Canadian
Great American Desert
United States Reclamation
Michael W. Strauss
Hardened Rifts in Allies as Italy Ignores Advice
Hank comments that aiding a nation costs effort with little gratitude. He recalls urging Italy to vote in the past, noting no reciprocation. With elections approaching here, he laments the absence of any voting advice from Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
King of Bikom Tribe Said to Have Many Wives
A United States investigation into the Bikom tribe in the British Cameroons is noted. A Bikom woman is socially outcast unless married to the king, with reports claiming the king has 110 or 600 wives. The speaker questions the king’s name and praises fearless historical figures.
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Melody Ranch
Cal
United States
After the Show Conversations on a Doomed Family
Mrs Poke Bennett comments on after the show talk and a family’s view of a tragic scene. The kids describe a father who fell from a cliff and a book’s success theme. Bud and Butch debate genius and trash, while Sally finds beauty in the moment and cries with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howdy
Bud
Butch
Sis
Sally
Dewey Tactics Shape 1948 Republican Strategy in Philadelphia
Washington Daybook reports on Tom Dewey’s acceptance speech scene in Philadelphia with Stassen and Reece tensions. It outlines Dewey’s planned leadership style, potential running mate Earl Warren, and the Factions of Taft and Grun dy camps. It notes Duff’s purge by the Dewey camp and Kern’s remarks over Taft.
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Tom Dewey
Harold Stassen
Stassen
GOP
Carroll Reece
Reece
Taft
Harold
Dewey
Vandenberg
Warren
Herbert Brownell
Charlie Halleck
Capitol Hill
Charlie
Congress
New York
P.S
Halleck
Michigan National
Jim Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
Joe Grundy
Joe Pew
Grundy- Martin
Notable Figures and Scribbles From High Society
Rebecca West recounts a hoax involving Colonel McCormick in Chicago with a rival publisher. Duke of Windsor hints at a memoir related to his boyhood. Romanoff spottings in Cambridge surface amid immigration detours. Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski backs a John Fredericks venture with a split firm. Allen Jenkins faces publicized arrest and salon-level admonitions about drinking. Alfred Frankenstein pursues dead chicken paintings for Guggenheim study. Vera Franceschi, 22, returns to America to perform July 14 at Lewisohn Stadium after Milan triumphs. Robert Hannegan secures permission to watch Louis Walcott fight instead of Cardinals-Dodgers.
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Duke of Windsor
Europe
Mike Romanoff
Cambridge
Harvard
Romanoff
Boston
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Mr. John, Inc
John Fredericks
John Frederics
Jenkins
Spencer Tracy
Spence
Tracy
Alfred Frankenstein
San Francisco
Michael Harnett
Frankenstein
Vera Francheschi
California
la Scala
Milan
America
Lewisohn Stadium
Rome
Louis Walcott
Cardinals
Dodgers
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Garland Roarks Honored in Amarillo Visit and Noted Works
The Garland Roarks visiting Amarillo en route from Houston to Colorado were discussed. Garlands’ novels The Wake of the Red Witch and Fair Wind to Java are highlighted with their publishing history and success, including a note on West Texas State and Llano research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wordsworth
Uncle Johnson
Garland Roarks
Sharon
Wanda
Amarillo
Houston
Colorado
Garland
Leela
Roarks
West Texas State
Canyon
Mexico Maintains Ban On Cotton Worker Shipments
Mexico's Foreign Office said there is no change in the decision to not send contract workers to Texas for cotton picking. Alfonso Guerra noted appreciation for requests from Governor Beauford Jester and Cotton Ginners Association official Jay C. Stilley, but no workers will go until discrimination ends and concrete proof is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Foreign Office
Mexico
Texas
Alfonso Guerra
Jaime Torres Bodet
Beauford Jester
Jay C. Stilley
Cotton Ginners Association
Veteran Printer Jack Hunter Dies At Workplace
Weatherford report states Jack B. Hunter 55 a veteran North Texas printer died at his job with the Democrat Publishing Co. The death occurred today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Jack B. Hunter
North Texas
Democrat Publishing Co
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Missouri
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Sigler
Kem
Robert Taft
Globe Syndicate
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Lyon’s den
Leonard Lyons
Rebecca West
Colonel McCormick
Chicago
Miss West
Allen Jenkins
Lewis Norpyke
Arthur Guitermane
Wesley
Bobbie
J. M. Simpson, Jr
Colley Webb
Austin
Jester
Dan Moody
Ben Franklin Hotel
Paul Wakefield
Capitol National Bank
Julia Dean Evans
Ambrose Bierce
News-Globe
Solati
Ilaams
Myrtle
Masor
Mills
Howard Bushel
Owls Club
MR. Bushel
Hanne Raned
Thak-Kafes
Sugar
Pheh
BU Boots
Brosaing
Pui
PDEA
Korg
Feotores
Southern Brokerage Co
Fisk
Griggs
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Fillmore
John Furbach
Polk Street
Hamilton
Longines
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