Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Convene in Dalhart and Las Vegas
The first joint annual convention of the Texas Panhandle and Northeastern New Mexico Odd Fellow and Rebekah Associations closed with Texas choosing Hereford and New Mexico selecting Las Vegas for 1939 conventions. Officers were elected in both states and competition honors awarded. speeches urged world peace, democratic government, and brotherhood.
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Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Texas Group
Hereford
Las Vegas
Texas Association
J. E. Rainey
C. M. Spencer
Amarillo
Mary Weeks
Canyon
Ivan Wilson
Borger
Co.e. Hill
George Sikes
D. M. Spector
V. J. Castria
Pampa
New Mexico Association
Alfred Myers
Gladys Schneider
Clayton
Ida Atwater
Raton
Grace Voorhees
Ella Steele
Anna Scott
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
America
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
Odd Fellowship
M. C. Martin
God
Death by own action Murder Verdict Given
Justice of the Peace S J Bennett said he had entered a verdict of suicide and murder in the deaths of Jim Wright and his wife Rosie Wright at their Emma community farm. Mrs Wright was slain last night and Wright found with a .38 pistol near his body. Neighbor T J Burks was critically wounded. Wright’s body was found in a barn near the Wright farm. Seven of the couple’s nine children were at home.
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Ralls
Justice of the Peace
S. J. Bennett
Jim Wright
Rosie Wright
Mrs Hahn Wins Stay On Death Sentence Appeal
Chief Justice Carl Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court granted Mrs Anna Hahn's counsel permission to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Court attaches said a stay of execution would follow, preventing her electrocution tomorrow night.
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Columbus
Carl Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Anna Hahn
United States Supreme Court
Here Are Rules for Aspiring Golfers
Guidance for golfers and poseurs, urging polite conduct and proper attire. Notes that clubs should be kept, score kept, and dressing well can please onlookers. The piece ends by promoting Globe-News want ads and sells anything salable.
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Globe-News
Mussolini Hosts Hitler in Rome in Grand Fascist Display
Benito Mussolini welcomed Adolf Hitler to Rome with a grand ceremony, the king and premier standing with the Nazi leader as fascist youth lined the station. The display signaled a tightening of Axis ties amid wartime tension and uneasy Italian sentiment after Austria’s annexation.
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Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Caesar
Hitler
Italy
Austria
Brenner Pass
Vittorio Emanuele
Mussolini
Tre Duce
Perry E. Johnson Dies at 74 Pioneer of Groom Texas
Perry E. Johnson of Groom, a Panhandle cowboy and long-time businessman, died at his home Tuesday at 1 p.m. after years of declining health. A founder of Groom, he arrived in 1887 as a cowboy and helped establish the dry goods firm Slay and Johnson, later ran Groom Hardware Co. for over 30 years and held multiple local business interests. He also served as a bank director, owned ranch land and several wheat farms. survivors include Plains pioneers aged 74 at death.
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Perry E. Johnson
Panhandle
Groom
Mr. Johnson
Panhandle Plains
Slay and Johnson
Groom Hardware Company
Plains Pioneer
Frome Suspect Gets Hearing in Slaying Case
A Russian doctor questioned at San Angelo in the slayings of Mrs. Weston G. Frome and Nancy Frome was brought to Del Rio for a Friday hearing by the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service. He is held in Val Verde County jail as investigators verify his entry into the United States. State Rangers and county officers examine the doctor’s account of a Las Cruces New Mexico to San Diego Texas trip with an El Paso hotel stop where the Frames were guests before their deaths.
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Las Cruces
N. M
San Diego
Tex
el Paso
Burleson and Nall Confirmed for Tex. Postmasters
The Senate confirmed Milton L. Burleson as postmaster at El Paso Texas and Carl Renn Nall as postmaster at Sherman Texas. The action was recorded in Washington on May 3.
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Washington
Senate Today
Milton L. Burleson
el Paso
Tex
Carl Re Nall
Sherman, Tex
News Indexes Its News and Reading Menu
The issue highlights interpretive articles by world experts, previewing today’s inside news. It notes a coming prosperity sign linked to bank Joan, a Gulf Oil salt dome discovery, a major navy bill passage, and Roosevelt’s stance on a new party. Also mentions track record at Louisville and revival of the regular farmer stockman page on page two.
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The
News
Panhandle Plains
Ma Ferguson Declines Third Term Bid in Texas
AUSTIN May 3 Mrs Miriam A Ma Ferguson turned down demands she run again for Texas governor. She thanked supporters but said she would not seek a third term after considering the draft movement sparked by meetings in San Antonio and Dallas. Her husband James E Ferguson noted the choice and referenced various candidates in the field while signaling continued political involvement.
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Austin
Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson
San Antonio
Dallas
Texas
Ferguson
William McCraw
Ernest O. Thompson
Tom F. Hunter
Wichita Falls
W. Lee O'Danim
Karl A. Crowley
Clarence E. Farmer
Fort Worth
P. D. Renfro
Beaumont
Jim
Hearst's Ranch Crew Goes on Strike
EL PASO April 3 Two hundred twenty four workers at William Randolph Hearst Babicora ranches 150 miles south of Juarez walk out after claims the Babicora Development Company refused to sign collective bargaining contracts.
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EL Paso
William Randolph Hearst
Babicora
Juarez
Camara Sindical Obrera of
Babicora Development Company
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy cooler conditions Wednesday across West Texas and New Mexico. Amarillo and Vicinity expect partly cloudy skies with cooler temperatures and possible local thunder showers in the southeast. Hourly temperatures and 24 hour precipitation reported. yesterday’s total precipitation 0.2 inches.
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Amarillo
Viciniy
West Texas
New Mexico
Pepper Leads Florida Primary Early Returns Signal New Deal Support
In Florida, Sen. Claude Pepper shows a strong early lead in the Democratic Senate primary with 68,534 votes to Rep. J. Mark Wilcox's 51,293 from 545 of 1,376 precincts. Former Gov. Dave Shultz trails with 17,387 as allies of the Roosevelt White House tout Pepper's momentum amid national party tensions. Across states, Alabama, South Dakota, and Indiana results reflect shifting Democratic and Republican contests with incumbents and rivals contesting renomination. A late burst of anti-Catholic flyers spurs a Berry reward for clues on sources.
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Associated Press
New Deal
Claude Pepper
Florida
Sen. Pepper
National Post
Sen
Pepper
J. Mark Wilcox
Roosevelt
Dave Shultz
White House
James Roosevelt
Ray Tucker
National Whirligig
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
South Dakota
Oscar Fposheim
Harlan Bushfield
Toni Berry
Senate
Chan Gurney
Hitchcock
Berry
Fred Hildebrandt
Indiana
House
Rep
Halleck
Farley
Greenwood
Boehne
Crowe
Gray
Larrabee
Ludlow
Schulte
Griswold
Virginia Jenckes
Pettengill
Hill
Bankhead
Hobbs
Sparkman
Tom Berry
Hildebrandt
Leslie Jensen
White and Kirk Base Is Poured First Concrete
The White and Kirk mercantile building at Sixth Avenue and Polk Street had its first concrete poured Tuesday. C. B. Lamble & Company built the structure, with completion targeted for September 30 and a $135,000 building permit issued last week, the largest since the federal building permit earlier this year. Permits for the week totaled $158,090. April $223,770. and year-to-date $839,904. Numerous residential and small commercial permits followed, including six-room frame homes and brick offices with costs ranging from $350 to $4,600, reflecting a busy construction period in the city.
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White and Kirk
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
C. 8. Lamble and Company
Guy Carlander
White and Kirk Mercantile
Clifford McMurtry
Jackson Street
G. M. Bumgarner
Parker Street
Cos
Dick Edwards
Georgia Street
B. I. Barfield
Taylor Street
K. C
Fred Kelly
East Thirty-Sixth Avenue
R. D. Erhard
Tyler Street
Ola Shhroeder
Wheat Insurance Rates Defined in Texas Counties
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation announced premium rates for the new 20 million dollar federal program. Rates range from 7 bushels per acre for 75 percent coverage to as high as 2.6 bushels per acre in poorer counties, with 50 percent protection rates not disclosed and county figures withheld. Rates are calculated per individual farm.
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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Texas
Prehistoric Dog Skull Found Near CuARENDON
A large prehistoric dog skull with complete lower jaw and intact teeth was uncovered in fossil fields north of Cuaredon. Described as having tusks as long as a finger, the specimen is the first complete dog skull found locally and will be mounted for display at the West Texas State Museum in Canyon.
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Cuarendon
Bob Reynolds
West Texas State Museum
Canyon
Dr J E Nunn Laid To Rest In Plains Of Texas
Dr J E Nunn a beloved churchman educator and publisher was laid to rest in Llano Cemetery beside his wind swept plains home services at First Baptist Church drew seven hundred mourners including Wayland College officials and Globe-News staff. Dr Williams quoted Proverbs 11 30 and praised his life of service to students and community.
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J. E. Nunn
Plains of
Texas
Kentucky
Llano Cemetery
First Baptist Church
J. Howard Williams
Nunn
G. W. McDonald
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
the Plains
Dr. Nunn
Williams
Dr. McDonald
Wayland College
Globe-News
The
Daily News
Lindsay Nunn
Horace Gooch
Colorado Springs
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Houston
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Jim” Ferguson
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