Support of CC Is Best In History as Budget Fund Goal Exceeded
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce campaign ends with a record budget far exceeding the $30,000 goal. Final totals show $66,000 plus straggler subscriptions, celebrated at a dinner in the Herring Hotel. Division prizes, awards, and recognitions highlighted the drive, with the activities fund surpassing its $20,000 target by reaching $3,625 on the last day.
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Amarillo
Sales Army and Activities Fund Group
Jim Florey
Chamber of Commerce
Milton Cox
Ray Pinkney
Carl Hinton
Thomas G
Doc” Roberson
Charlie Pryor
Fred DeCoster
Homer Rice
Jim Boulware
Lewis P. Fields
Panhandle
Fancher Upshaw
Maxwell House
Carleton-Florey
Bill Gilstrap
Bruce Autry
Activities Fund Group
John Maynard
Ray Minner
Budke
Herb Budke
Crystal Ballroom
la Nell
Guy Dell Eklund
Galveston
Art Nizzie
John Mallett
Tolzien Music Company
Clay Thornton
Guy Owens, Jr
Betty Thompson
Marie Franks
Argentina Beef Order Sparks Western Protests in Congress
Western lawmakers react as President Roosevelt orders the navy to buy Argentine canned corned beef at 9 cents a pound net, citing quality over higher domestic bids. Senators and Representatives urge amendments to block foreign procurement, while Roosevelt defends the choice and cites naval needs for 110,000 men.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Navy
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Rep
Scrugham
Nevada
Adams
Colorado
Democrat
England
Belgium
Secretary of the Navy
Swanson
Lad 8 Saves Burning Pal From Fire
In Clovis on May 12 8 year old Jimmie Payne saved his friend Robert Cody when Codys trousers caught fire from flaming matches used to burn ants. Jimmie threw him into a dug hole and covered him with dirt extinguishing the flames. Robert sustained second degree burns to the legs.
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Clovis
Jimmie Payne
Robert Cody
Cody Boy
R. C. Cody
Jimmie
Robert
Four Suspects Held in Death Of Ray Sutton
Federal and New Mexico officers announce the arrest of a Clovis woman and her two sons and a murder charge against Allen Lostroh of Walla Walla Washington in the long unsolved disappearance of Ray Sutton former prohibition agent. Lostroh will be returned to Raton near where Sutton vanished in 1930 after his car was found camouflaged in an arroyo.
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Clovis
Ray Sutton
North New Mexico
New Mexico
Allen Lostroh
Walla Walla
Wash
Clayton
Sutton
Lostroh
Raton
Devil's Washbasin
Washington
Nelle Means
Globe-News Want Ads Deadlines For Classifieds
Deadline reminders for placing wants ads in the Sunday Globe-News appear with 6 30 PM cutoff for regular ads and 9 00 PM for Too Late To Classify. Bargain three day and T day rates are offered. Dial 6262 for Globe-News Want Ad HQ Amarillo Hardware Co 5318.
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Glob -News
Globe-News
Play Day picnic draws rural students and four hoboes
Five hundred Potter County rural students and patrons plus four transients attended the River Road School picnic near Amarillo for Play Day activities. Rain halted part of the program while W T Lofland spoke, the Buffalo Band performed, and communities presented skits and music.
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Potter County
River Road
Amarillo
Gram Short
W. T. Lofland
Vera Holding
Potter County News
Buffalo Band
West Texas State College
Canyon
C. FB. Strain
Ady
Loney
Highland Park
Bushland
Long 8
Carl G. Clifft
Record Breaking Farm Bill Passed in Senate
Rep. Marvin Jones returned to Washington for farm legislation conferences after a brief Amarillo visit. The Senate approved a record 1.218 billion dollar farm bill, 61 to 14, with debates over increases and funding for agriculture, farm credit, and benefits.
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Washington
Senate
House
Woodrum
Virginia
Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration
Glass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tubject
la Follette
Wisconsin
Johnson
Colorado
Roosevelt
Russell
Wilson Cowen Named To Washington FSA Post
Wilson Cowen, Texas state director of the Farm Security Administration's rural rehabilitation program since January 1938, will leave June 1 for Washington, D. C., to become associate director of the agency's rehabilitation work. Rex B. Baxter will succeed him. Baxter has led the homesteads project in Hockley County and will also supervise 47 West Texas counties.
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Wilson Cowen
Texas
Farm Security Administration
Washington, D. C
Cowen
Rex B. Baxter
Ropesville
New Mexico
L. H. Hayter
James G. Maddox
FSA
United States
U. of T
Dallam
Amarillo
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Texas Law School
Dalhart
West Texas
Baxter
Ector
Midland
Glasscock
Department of Agriculture
Waco
Austin
Region XII
Hockley
Hayter
George Terrellgravely ill after stroke at home
Former Texas congressman at large George B. Terrell who opposed the NRA and New Deal policies is gravely ill at his Alto home after a stroke yesterday. Physicians report his condition critical. Terrell also served as state agricultural commissioner.
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Alto
George B. Terrell
NRA
Terrell
Texas
Rusk
Straw hats lead fashion as Amarillo sparks Straw Hat Day
Amarillo headlines Straw Hat Day with rapid trend shifts across the nation. Designers show lightweight weaves from Madagascar to Tahitian straw while bands and sailors receive brighter trim and new shapes. Local merchants promote sales on diverse straw styles.
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Amarillo
Nation
Senus
Madagascar
Mother's Day Outdoor Vespers Planned in Borger
Final preparations push forward for the Mother's Day outdoor vespers Sunday at seven in a canyon end grounds Borger. Choirs from Borger and Phillips sing, Clyde Rowe leads a large band, and two rehearsals for the Seven Cycles of Motherhood pageant are set before the event drawing worshipers from across the Panhandle.
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Borger
Panhandle
Phillips
Clyde Rowe
Acquitted Mercy Slayers Plans New Life After Trial
Louis Greenfield, acquitted of mercy killing his 16 year old son Jerome, plans a fresh life with his wife and possibly an adopted child. The jury found him not guilty of murder or manslaughter, and he sobbed upon verdict. He testified he chloroformed his son after voices said to end his suffering.
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New York
Louis Greenfield
Jerome
Greenfield
Murder Suspect Indicted Twice
The state and federal government indicted Burton Franks, 21, of Bonham on murder charges in the shooting of President Willis D. Wiseman of the First State Bank of Maypearl during a bank holdup. Franks was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts, including robbery and murder.
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Dallas
Burton Franks
Bonham
Willis D. Wiseman
First State Bank of
Showdown on Tax Revision at White House Meet
President Roosevelt summoned treasury and congressional tax authorities for Monday to discuss a possible tax revision. He favors repealing undistributed profits tax only with safeguards and argues revenue gaps must be offset by new taxes. The conference includes key Ways and Means and Senate Finance members and Morgenthau. treasury studies will be submitted next week.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congressional
Senate
Coughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Cooper
Tennessee
Bund Sues Warner Brothers Over Nazi Spy Film
Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund filed a 5 million dollar libel suit in federal court against Warner Brothers Pictures over The Confessions of a Nazi Spy. He contends the film contains false statements that maligned the Bund.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Warner Brothers Pictures
Panhandle Plains Receive Heavy Rain Revival Hopes
Widespread rainfall across the Panhandle, eastern New Mexico, and western Oklahoma boosts wheat prospects. Measurements include up to an inch in Pampa, Miami, Canadian, and Mobeetie, with many areas receiving substantial moisture and forecasts of continued rain and cooler conditions. Farmers report improving wheat conditions though some areas remain uneven, while weather damage appears minimal aside from light hail and a disrupted railroad lighting tower in Amarillo.
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Panhandle Plains
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Clovis
Dimmitt
Amarillo
Borger
Darouzette
Pampa
Miami
Canadian
Mobeetie
Spearman
Perryton
Booker
Carouzette
Stinnett
Dumas
Sunray
Moore
Grover
Sanford
Shamrock
Texline
Dalhart
Hartley
Channing
Tascosa
Vega
Adrian
Glen Rio
Friona Amarillo
Claude
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Hitchland
Oklahoma Panhandle
Boise City
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bky
William E. Baker
Curry County
Craig Nicklas
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Roundhouse
Twenty-Sixth Avenue
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Sees Cool Trend Saturday
Weather forecast notes possible rain and continued cool air for Amarillo and west Texas with partly cloudy southern portions and local showers in the north. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies Saturday with unsettled north and warmer northeast areas. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from upper 40s to lower 50s with light precipitation totals around .62 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Essee
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