Solar innovator Mohr touts sun powered home devices
Concord California inventor Otto H Mohr promotes a solar home claimed to heat water up to 190 degrees cool drinking water to 50 degrees and substitute for gas in a fridge with a sun powered hydrogen production method He estimates three gallons of water daily would yield enough hydrogen for cooking heating and fuel needs stimulating future fuel discussions while university scientists question the electricity yield.
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Sam Jackson
Concord
Calif
Otto H. Mohr
Sol
FHA
Mohr
Glass Heart
Senate Farm Fund Bill Receives Subcommittee Backing
In Washington on May 6 the Senate appropriations subcommittee approved an all time high agricultural appropriation bill surpassing a billion dollars. Chairman Russell noted totals for the agricultural department and farm credit administration were about 30 million dollars above the House figure. The bill totals 1 051 billion dollars. key changes include a 15 million dollar rise in crop control act farmer benefits to 500 million and a 10 million dollar increase for tenant loan programs to reach 25 million.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
Russell
Georgia
Senate
Agricultural Department and
Farm Credit Administration
House
Boy Scouts Rally Camporee At Harding’s Ranch In Amarillo Area
Amarillo Area Council Scouts in camp at Harding's Ranch for the 9th annual Spring Camporee and Field Day. Contests include tent pitching fire building cooking drill patrol camporee signaling nature study and archery. Johnny Ekelund heads judging C A Clark directs events with troops from Amarillo Vega Adrian Wildorado Canyon Happy Claude Dumas. Campfire tonight and Sunday School services close the day with cups awarded for high scores.
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Boy Scouts
Amarillo
Johnny Ekelund
C. A. Clark
Vega
Adrian
Wildorado
Canyon
Happy
Claude
Dumas
Farouk Celebrates Second Anniversary Amid Free Meals
Cairo observed King Farouk’s accession anniversary with free meals for the poor as Egypt marks the king’s second year on the throne. Citizens gathered to celebrate the royal occasion with public events and national pride.
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Cairo
Egypt
All
Farouk
Colonial Dollar Shown At Panhandle Museum
May 6 report from Goodwell Oklahoma notes a colonial dollar dated 1776 added to the Panhandle Museum historical department collection. The heavy metal piece resembles pewter and bears the faded inscription Colonial States of America.
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Goodwell
Okla
Historical Department of the Panhandle Museum
States of America
Amarillo Area Weekend Weather Forecast
Weather bulletin for Amarillo and vicinity predicts cloudy skies Saturday with cooler southeast and south central portions. West and New Mexico regions expect unsettled conditions with showers on Saturday and colder southeast areas. Hourly temperature data for Amarillo shown.
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Amarillo
West Xas
New Mexico
Amarillo Patetene
Eckener Presses U S for Helium to Save Zeppelins
Dr. Hugo Eckener urged the United States to sell helium to Germany to fuel new Zeppelins. He warned without helium the airships cannot fly and pledged the Graf Zeppelin will not be used for war again, citing hydrogen disasters and wartime obsolescence. He plans to visit Washington to meet officials and possibly President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Washington
United States
Eckener
Zeppelin Transport Company
Lakehurst
Roosevelt
Hindenburg
America
N. J
Hi-Y Boys Gather in Amarillo Monday
Leaders from Panhandle Plains communities will gather in Amarillo Monday to pay homage to youth in the annual Hi-Y Conference. A 6 oclock banquet at Sam Houston Junior High School will open with toastmaster R B Norman, Amarillo High. A district business meeting and training discussions will follow under district officers and Hi-Y director B P Faubion.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Sam Houston Junior High School
R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School
G. M. Hudson
Hereford
L. H. Rhodes
Tucumcari
Supt
Rhode Island hen sets record in egg contest
A Rhode Island hen owned by C. L. Wortham of Rogers entered the annual oversized egg contest in Portales on May 1. The egg measured six and a half inches in diameter and seven and fifteen sixteenths inches around the ends, a mark likely hard to beat.
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Portales
Rhode Island
C. L. Wortham
Rogers
New Orleans Unelected Mayor Praises Last Paragraph Strategy
New Orleans mayor Robert S Maestri, long considered a political boss tied to Huey Long's circle, has run the city unopposed since a resignation and a constitutional extension to 1942. He boasts of 70 miles of streets paved and rehabbed buildings, says the city is now cash-based, and explains his habit of reading the last paragraph of letters first to avoid early come-ons.
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New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Huey Long
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Maestri
Funeral Rites for H. C. Burris Held in Amarillo
Funeral services for H. C. Burris Amarillo trainman will be conducted at 3 30 PM Saturday from Boxwell Brothers chapel with Rev E B Fincher officiating Burris died early Friday after a crash at North East Eighth Avenue and Williams Street In the same crash J L Taylor 16 remained in critical condition and Geraldine Taylor 23 improved at St Anthony hospital Six others were treated and released Tony and Mike Morelos were among the injured released from hospital The accident involved three cars and the Burris and Taylor vehicles were demolished Me morial Park will be Burris burial.
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H. C. Burris
Amarillo
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Mr. Burris
North East Eighth Avenue
Williams Street
Taylor
J. L. Taylor
Taylor Grocery and Market
Geraldine Taylor
Burris
St. Anthony's Hospital
Young Taylor
Hobson
Boxwell
Griggs
St. Anthony's
Memorial Park
Dallas Bar May Be Closed
District Attorney Andrew Patton filed an injunction suit to close a downtown bar where Oscar Bergfeld was slain on April 23. Judge Claude M. McCallum granted a temporary restraining order against gaming or illegal drinking. Do W. Musclewhite, an employee charged with the slaying, bound over to the county grand jury under a $10,000 bond.
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Dallas
Andrew Patton
Oscar Bergfeld
Claude M. McCallum
101St District Court
Do. W. Musclewhite
Bergfeld
Famous Sandie Pep Squad Faces Disbandment Threat
Amarillo High School may disband its Sandie Pep Squad as it lacks a sponsor and director. The district has not discussed the issue officially, and other Southwest schools have moved to a loose student body pep approach after cutting organized squads.
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Sandie
Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Howard Butler
Butler Field
Short Cakes Drive Living Costs at Cactus Lodge
May 6 Canyon reports strawberry short cake boosts costs at Cactus Lodge West Texas State College cooperative home for girls. Average April living expenses rose to 15.45 dollars per month, while Mesquite Lodge stayed near 14.42 dollars. Both cooperatives expect under 15 dollars per month for the term, showing plan success.
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Canyon
Cactus Lodge
West Texas State College
Mesquite Lodge
Soviet recalls Nazi envoy to appoint new Germany ambassador
The government in Moscow announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Germany replacing Dr. Constantine Youreneff who faced treason charges after witnesses testified in a Moscow trial two months earlier.
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Moscow
Germany
Constantine Youreneff
Plains Hotelmen Gather for Meet in Amarillo
West Texas Hotel Association members converge in Amarillo for a three day session starting with golf and a ladies bridge event. The Hotel Greeters banquet at the Amarillo Hotel will be followed by a public dance. Notable attendees include Scott Hardy Lee Hubby James Shroyer Dallas Wales George Putnam George Hall Harold Miller and many others from hotels across Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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International Association For Hotelmen
Amarillo Hotel
Scott Hardy
The
Texas Hotel Association
Texas Hotel Review
Lee Hubby
Lubbock
Alderson Molz
New Chickasha
Chickasha
Okla
J. A. Tyler
Tyler
Wellington
Harold Miller
New Mexico Hotel Association
Crawford
Carlsbad
N. M
D. E. Fincher
Fincher Hotel
Abilene
George Scott
Beott Hotel Company
Dallas
Don Stewart
Stoneleigh Court
Dudley Yard
Brandon
Pecos
After All Its Results That Count Bargain Ad
An ad from the Globe-News touts quick sales showing a 1997 Harley- Davidson motorcycle with 3000 miles priced with a 200 discount and two cars a 1937 Ford Tudor with 16000 miles at 495 and a 1936 Chevrolet sedan at 375, plus reconditioned electric refrigerators priced 30 to 75. The ad claims a buyer purchased the Ford within a week and another buyer bought a refrigerator within three days.
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Harley-Davidson
Indian Motorcycle Co
Ford
W. B. Park
East 8Th
Good Engineering Co
West
Globe-News
Wage hour bill cleared for floor vote in tense showdown
Backers push a flat 25 cent minimum wage rising to 40 cents with annual jumps and 44 to 40 hour limits, forcing a floor vote after 218 signatures on a petition. The move contrasts with a prior December tally and follows a House rules shift enabling direct funding control by Congress.
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House
Congress
Washington
Mary
Labor Committee
Labor Wants
American Federation of Labor
AFP
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pepper
Florida
New Dealer
House Rules Committee
Mary T. Norton
House Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Woodrum
Appropriations Committee
Hopes for Saving Babe Are Lost
The maternal grandfather of Helaine Judith Colan says the baby's parents Dr. and Mrs. Herman Colan have abandoned the idea of an operation to save the five week old girl. Helaine suffers gliomas of the retina a malignant growth that likely already affects brain tissue and leaves the infant blind. Physicians advise against surgery noting at best it may save life but not sight.
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Chicago
U.P
Helaine
Judith Colan
Herman Colan
Hershman
Sunshine lifts stocks as utilities peak in late rally
A Friday stock market uptick sees utilities close at new highs while the overall session hints at a strong trend. The paper teases features on horse racing and a state writing contest, with pages 5 7 and 9 noted for full coverage and a planned riot feature on page 10.
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Stock Exchange
New Heights
Amarillo
Tulia
Austin
Plainview
Panhandle
Old Town
Jersey City
Display of Italian Might Aims To Impress Hitler In Rome Parade
Rome observers note the May 6 parade of 60 000 Italian army and fascist youth along the Via Triumphalis as part of a triple display of modern forces in Italy’s Rome Berlin axis. Mussolini and Hitler watched from aRoman arch viewing stand as 400 siege and field guns 200 mortars 400 tanks and 600 trucks rolled by. About 1 000 000 spectators watched under threatening skies, signaling a show of strength to persuade Germany’s leader to curb southern expansion.
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London
Great Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Konrad Henlein
Basil Newton
Leopold de LaCroix
Praha
Henlein
Britain
Warsaw
Neville
Hitler
Rome
Mussolini
Russia
Soviet Russia
U.P
Via Triumphalis
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Africa
Victor Emmanuel I
Constantine
Maxentius
Saxa Rubra
Venice
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Hugo Eckener
Zeps
U. S
New York
Mayer Maestri
Soviet
Plains
West Texas
West Texas Hotel Association
Works Progress Administration
Virginia
Dhammadinna
St. Louis
San Francisco
California
Buddha
Babe
South
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