Shamrock Prepares for St Patrick Day Festival Surge
Shamrock Texas gears up for its St Patrick Day celebration with beard culture vow from the Donegal Club. A three mile parade features floats bands and a beauty contest. festival expected to draw over 20000 visitors. The town embraces Irish spirit with green and white banners and school groups nicknamed The Irish and The Colleens.
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Shamrock
Texas Panhandle
Donegal
Shore
St. Patrick
Erin
The
Colleens
Bay State Wins Green Inheritances Case At Supreme Court
Massachusetts won a 6 to 2 Supreme Court ruling affirming its right to tax the estate of Col. FE H Green, claiming domicile in Massachusetts for inheritable property. The decision said tangible property in four states and most of the bulk involves securities, with Texas facing negligible share.
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Texas
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Col. FE. H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Bay State
Kant
Hegel
New York
Florida
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Black
Frankfurter
Green
Youth Charged With Bigamy In Long Beach
Walter V. Thurman 29 year old city tennis champion was arrested on suspicion of bigamy after being found in a trailer at an auto court with two girls according to Lieut. Charles Gouthro.
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Long Beach
Cal
Walter V. Thurman
Charles Gouthro
Amarillo Area Tuesday Forecast Outlook With Cold Snap
The forecast calls for fair skies in Amarillo and vicinity with slightly colder temperatures. West Texas and Panhandle areas expect fair weather and a modest drop in temperatures. New Mexico remains fair with little temperature change. Yesterday’s temperature readings show a high of 38 and a low of 38 degrees with little variation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Meridjian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Four Charged in Wife Trading Deal
Four people face bigamy charges in a case from Russellville Alabama. The wives, former Mrs Odell Brand and former Mrs Johnson, had divorced under cruelty grounds and then married each other's husbands a day after the divorces. Bonds ranged from 300 to 1500 dollars as grand jury plans May session. The affair reportedly involved two children two mules and 80 acres of land. Sheriff D C Nix announced the details. Judge William Quillen had ordered a 60 day waiting period before remarriage.
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Russellville
Ala
U.P
W. D. Johnson
Odell Brand
Johnson
Brand
D. C. Nix
Red Bay
William Quillen
Hitler orders Slovaks to meet on independence arc
Berlin reports Hitler has ordered the Slovak parliament to decide on independence from Czecho Slovakia. Prague forecasts a vote in favor of secession under Nazi pressure. If Slovakia secedes, Bohemia Moravia would remain, reconstituting Czecho Slovakia as separate entities under Nazi tutelage.
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Fuehrer
Germany
Emil Hacha
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Slovakia
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Czecho- Slovakia
Weil
Fatal Rural Shootout Over Blown Soil Sparks Murder Charge
Cotton Center scene of a fatal shooting after a dispute over soil blowing between adjacent farmers J C White 45 dies from chest wound and Bill Moody 51 is held on murder charges An inquest with justice of the peace T B Wall and County Attorney Vincent Tudor found Moody killed White with malice Moody surrendered at Hale Center and posted 5000 bond Witness Frank Casey testified Moody fired from a Buick while White confronted him on Main Street two miles from their farms White survived by his wife and two children and lies at Lemons Funeral Home Plainview
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Cotton Center
Hale County
J. C. White
Bill Moody
T. B. Wall
Hale Center
Here
Vincent Tudor
Moody
George Moody
Plainview
O. R. Martine
Frank Casey
L. B. Young
White
Young
Casey
M. F. Prather
Grady Hall
Martine
Harmon
Lyndell
Lemons
Santa Monica Wins 1940 Highway 66 Convention City
Monte Blue elected president of the U S Highway 66 Association as Santa Monica California is chosen as the 1940 convention city at the final session. Will Rogers Memorial Highway campaign and federal aid for roads are urged. M L Woodward elected executive vice president. state vice presidents named. by laws updated. banquet and World of the West memorial fiesta planned.
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Albuquerque
Monte Blue
U. S. Highway 66 Association
Santa Monica
Calif
Will Rogers
Congress
R. A. Singletary
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Carl Hinton
Wade Brymer
Amarillo
Quints To Greet King and Queen in Toronto Visit
Oliva Dionne said he accepted Ontario’s invitation to take the five Dionne quints to Toronto for a May 22 presentation to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The girls, turning five May 28, will meet the royal couple after previously voicing a wish for a Callander visit.
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Ontario
Oliva Dionne
Toronto
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Dionne
Dionne Today
Second Annual City Wide Used Car Exchange Week Ad
Free sample advertises used cars and prices including 1937 Buick Coupe 585, 1938 Chevrolet Coupe 495, 1937 Chrysler Royal Sedan 575, 1938 Ford DeLuxe Tudor 575, and smaller autos from 1919 to 1936 with listed prices. promotes trading old cars for better ones and directs readers to the Want Ad Headquarters.
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Studebaker
Globe-News
Labor union talks resume as leaders meet behind closed doors
The AFL and CIO peace committees spent nearly six hours in a behind closed doors session in New York attempting to mend a four year rift. Chairman Harry Bates said the conference recessed until 8:30 tomorrow night with no public progress disclosed. The talks occur amid hints President Roosevelt may intervene if talks stall. CIO officials privately signaled possible acceptance of presidential involvement, while AFL members oppose White House arbitration.
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New York
Peace Committees
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Harry ©. Bates
AFL
Ing
Roosevelt
CIO
White House
Finis Is Written to Saga of Plains In Death of R. G. Oldham
Canyon pioneer R G Oldham died after a life tied to cattle brands and Panhandle trails. He recalled 1885 steer drives from Jones County to Fort Griffin and the brutal July heat that tested him on the trail. He spent his final years bedbound but vivid in memory of the ranges.
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Finis
Saga of Plains
R. G. Oldham
Canyon
Texas Panhandle
Tle
R. M. Stevenson
Senate Panel Backs Flat 2 Percent Sales Tax for Social Security
The Senate constitutional amendments committee approved a 6 to 4 measure for a flat 2 percent retail sales tax to fund social security services, abolish state property taxes for Confederate and available school fund pensions, and reduce the general fund deficit. Revenue would be 30 to 35 million yearly, with 15 million for old age pensions and other allocations for Confederate pensions teacher retirement then the available school fund and the needy. Exemptions include small purchases gasoline and cigarettes, while liquor sales and some services are taxed.
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Small
Jones Urges Cotton Solution Within Present Law
Chairman Jones of the House agriculture committee urges solving the cotton surplus under current law rather than new emergency measures. Senate panel backs the Smith surplus bill to cut the 12 million bales held by the Commodity Credit Corporation, with price support and government purchases tied to acreage reductions and soil conservation.
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Washington
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Amarillo Markets See Strong Start at Spring-Summer Show
Amarillo Wholesale Markets report a solid opening day with a larger attendance than the fall exhibit. The three floor display at the Amarillo Hotel features soft goods. Early registrants include Virgil Castle, Dan Morton notes strong retail interest across Amarillo and nearby towns.
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Amarillo
Dan Morton
Virgil R. Castle
Ferryton
Paul Gallico Looks Over Bobby Jones
Paul Gallico analyzes budding golf star Bobby Jones and weighs the potential impact of his developing career. The feature surveys Jones’s techniques, training background, and prospects as he gains national attention in the sport.
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Paul Gallico
Bobby Jones
Barron G Collier Dies at 65 in New York
Barron G. Collier capital ist, advertising executive and hotel magnate died of a heart attack in New York on March 13 after a period of illness. He would have turned 66 on March 23. He had been at his Useppa Island Florida home until March 6 and was described as the largest Florida landowner and head of multiple corporations at his death.
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New York
Barron G. Collier
Florida
Useppa Island
Collier
Roosevelt backs labor clause in defense bill
President Roosevelt reportedly favored in principle a controversial labor amendment to the 358 million defense bill. The measure would deny rearmament contracts to firms violating national labor laws. Senator Barkley urged retaining core provisions, with a proposed modification restricting the ban to firms found guilty of Wagner Act violations within the past two years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate House
White House
Barkley
Kentucky
Turner Ranch Hereford Wins at Southwestern Exposition
Turner Ranch's H. T. Tone earned grand champion Hereford bull at the 43rd Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth. H's Prince Domino, shown by John Henry Dean Jr. of Lamesa, took reserve. Carlos Domino Anxiety, shown by Combs and Worley of Pampa, won the calf class.
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Turner Ranch
H. T. Tone
Prince Domino
John Henry Dean, Jr
Lamesa
Panhandle
Carlos Domino
Combs
Worley
Pampa
Combs and Worley
J. C. Andras and Sons
Manchester
Ill
H .T
Sulphur
Okla
Hopper War Chest Cut
The Senate approved a bill for migratory insect pest control worth 3 million dollars after western members protested. Western senators sought 6 million, the original Senate amount, and pressed during conference with House conferees on the deficiency appropriation bill.
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Senate
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Senate House
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