Wheat crop limits eyed to curb 1939 surpluses
Washington officials said a bumper 1939 wheat crop could trigger a 37.5 percent reduction in planted acreage under the farm act. If the goal is 50 million acres, major producers would face allotments well below 1938 levels, with possible objections from growers in states such as Colorado Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Department
AAA
Department
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Roosevelt urges joint effort for new world order
President Roosevelt, returning from a sea vacation, called for a united push toward an international economic cooperation plan in the Americas. Secretary Hull read the broadcast stressing reciprocal tariff reductions and the U S role in expanding trade as a basis for global well being and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Americas
United States
Pan American Union Building
International Cooperaon
Hi Y Leaders Meet in Amarillo For Conference
Scores of Southwest youths assemble in Amarillo for the Hi Y annual conference with sponsors. Banquet at Sam Houston Junior High School begins at 6 pm with toastmaster R B Norman. Speakers include B P Faubion L McNeill Grover C Good and others.
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Southwest
Amarillo
Hi-Y
Panhandle Plains
Hi-Y Mothers of
Sam Houston Junior High School
R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School
B. P. Faubion
Dallas
L. McNeill
Grover C. Good
Supt
C. M. Rogers
O. J. Laas
Plainview
G. M. Hudson
Hereford
L. H. Rhodes
Tucumcari
Ancient Monster Skull Found on Wellington Farm
On the Guy Bumpass farm near Wellington a prehistoric skull was unearthed and is being excavated. The skull measures 32.5 inches wide at the eye sockets, 43 inches long, and 22 inches at the frontal base, weighing 350 to 400 pounds, with a mammal tooth found nearby. Local experts debate whether reptile or mammoth origin.
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Wellington
Guy Bumpass
Bumpas
Guy Bumpas
Laurence Woodard
Fragmented humor and local columns mix with odd verses
A mosaic of playful poems and quirky notes from a 20th century column includes a burglar named Bennie the Fink and his rap, a blizzard scene, blue Monday reflections, humor about a kindergarten stop sign, and jests about editors, correspondents, and AP wires. It also references Beloit police, a Los Angeles divorce joke, a Wisconsin family naming a newborn, and a self liquidating maternity hospital loan puzzle from Washington PWA officials.
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The
PWA
Washington
Deadlocked Gambling Case Dismissed in Amarillo Trial
The jury in Red Craig's gaming table case reported a hopeless deadlock seven to five and was dismissed at 10 am after jury service began Saturday afternoon. Judge E C Nelson Jr presided in the 47th district court. The prosecution indicated that the case against George Johnson or Quint Thompson, also charged with operating gaming tables, would be called in the morning.
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Red Craig
Amarillo
E. C. Nelson, Jr
Craig
George Johnson
Quint Thompson
Nelson
47Th District Court
Wife of Motley Judge Killed in Accident
Mrs. W. R. Cammack, 52, of Matador, wife of County Judge W. R. Cammack of Motley County, died when their car overturned south of Paducah after a rear tire blew. Judge Cammack was slightly injured. survivors include three daughters Lola Pearl and Clara Cammack and son Cecil Cammack, all of Matador. Funeral services were incomplete Sunday night.
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Puducah
W. R. Cammack
Matador
Motley County
Paducah
Abilene
Judge Cammack
Lola
Pearl
Clara Cammack
Cecil Cammack
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Monday Warm and Fair
The Amarillo region expects generally fair and warmer conditions Monday. West Texas also stays fair and warmer, while Oklahoma continues cool but rising temperatures. New Mexico anticipates a warmer, generally fair day.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
OConnell Vows Return to Defy Jersey City Ban
Frustrated in speaking at a Hague stronghold, Rep. Jerry OConnell vows to return in two weeks to site a defiance of Jersey City speech permit rules. He and Rep. Bernard faced a four hour conference with the International Labor Defense as crowds gathered in Journal Square.
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Frank Hague
Jersey City
United States
N. J
Democratic National Committee
Jerry O'Connell
Montana
O'Connell
Washington
John T. Bernard
Minnesota
International Labor Defense Committee
New York
Jerome Britchey
American Civil Liberties Union
Hague
Natonal
Bernard
Journal Square
Vito Marcantonio
House Splits Grow Over Rural Power Shift In New Deal Plans
In Washington the Democratic majority faces urban rural splits as debate rises over President Roosevelt's 4.5 billion lending program and rural electrification funding. Rankin pushes 200 million for rural lines while Johnson seeks broader rural city funding and warns against favoritism toward big cities. In Asia Japanese reports claim major victories against Chinese guerrillas near Nantungchow as Peiping reopens gates amid tensions on the Lunghai and Tientsin Pukow rail routes.
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Washington
House
REA Fund
John Rankin
Appropriations Committee
House Public Power Bloc
Democratic
Jed Johnson
Oklahoma
Kweichow
Yunnan
Nantungchow
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Peiping
North China
Lunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
China
Kweichow and
Yunan
Japan
Jury of Specialists To Rule Babe Fate In Chicago
May 8 1939 Chicago report: Dr Mor ris Hershman says infant Helaine Dolan will have a twelve member jury decide treatment. The panel includes three Rabbis an X-ray specialist a brain specialist and seven eye doctors. The family debates surgery X rays or no treatment as glioma threatens death.
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Chicago
Morris Hershman
Helaine Dolan
Hershman
Garfield Park Hospital
Seymour
Victor
Hershmann
Herman Colan
Samuel Hoffman
Helaine
Hoffman
Mrs Leo Peterson Injured in Colorado Automobile Crash
Mrs. Leo Peterson of Amarillo sustained painful injuries in an automobile accident during a visit in Colorado. Relatives here were notified last night. She was to be taken to Denver for X-ray examination at a Denver hospital today.
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Leo Peterson
Amarillo
Colorado
Peterson
Denver
Mass movement in Hawaii to sever Japanese dual citizenship
About 25 000 Japanese in Honolulu join a campaign to shed dual Japanese American citizenship. The drive, led by multiple organizations on Oahu and separate efforts on Maui and Kauai, outlines five steps including registry copies, birth proofs, and official notices in Japan. The issue ties to Hawaii statehood debates amid historic efforts since 1931.
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Honolulu
U.S
Japan
United States
Hawaii Japanese Civic Association
Nippon
Young Men's Buddhist Association
Aiea Japanese Civic Association
Waialua Improvement Association
Oahu
Hawaii
Maui
Kauai
Japanese Home Ministry
Congressional Committee On
Home Run Contender from Amarillo Highlighted
A former Amarillo boy shines as a potential minor league home run king after strong Friday and Saturday performances. The piece teases more on page seven with the athlete’s identity and notes about other evolving entertainment and club stories on pages five and nine.
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Amarillo
Townsend
Hitler and Mussolini Agree on Spheres of Influence
Reports from Rome indicate a bargain to divide Central Europe and the Balkans into Italo-German spheres of influence as Hitler visits Italy. The display of Italian air power accompanied discussions on a Rome Berlin friendship and a free hand in Czechoslovakia, while Britain and France plan moves to contest Ethiopian affairs at the League of Nations.
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Rome
May
Central
Europe
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Vittorio Emanuel
Mussolini
Tyrrhenian
Fourbara
Santa Marinella
Italy
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Danubian
Balkan
South Tyrol
France
Geneva
Britain
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
League Council
Family Jailed At Silverton For Robbery
In Silverton Briscoe County a man named W. W. Jones reported an unusual robbery by a man, a woman, and two children who struck him and fled with about 70 dollars. Sheriff Jake Honea arrested the couple and jailed them as the family faced a grand jury. The next morning the woman gave birth to a baby girl.
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Silverton
May
Briscoe County
W. W. Jones
Caprock
Jake Honea
Poet Confesses Slaying Family in Tampa
Paul Bunge, a 52 year old Tampa poet, admits killing his wife and two daughters after wounding himself. Detectives say he gave a detailed confession at police HQ, recounting the killings in their apartment as his elder daughter Ingeborg warned authorities from Pittsburgh.
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Tampa
Fla
Paul _. Bunge
W. D. Bush
Bunge
Bush
Werner W. Bunge
Noted Physician Dr. Morris Fishbein to Speak at Amarillo Club
Amarillo Knife and Fork Club invites members to a guest lecture by Dr. Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association at the Amarillo Country Club Thursday banquet set for 7 30 p m Tickets are to be bought in advance at the Amarillo Hotel News Stand or Maxor Drug No 2 Fisk Building before Wednesday evening Each member may bring a guest but no additional accommodations are available.
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Sion
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hoffman
Chicago
Hers
Amarillo
Knife and Fork Club
Journal of the American Medical Association
Amarillo Country Club
Fisk Building
Fishbein
American Mercury
Robert Garey
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South America
Bennie the Fink
Tucumcari Johnnie
Buck Holman
Booker
Associated Press
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Beloit
Wis
Love
Maurice Armstrong
Los Angeles
John Hug
Allenton
Apostle
Donley County
Solon
Shanghat
North
Babe
Mrs
U. S
Il Duce
DR. Morris Fishbein
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