Farley Parade Draws Southwestern Cowboys to Amarillo
Tucumcari and 20 to 30 nearby towns plan large cowhand participation for an open air postmaster general Farley welcome in Amarillo. Mayor Priddy seeks ordinance waivers for range riders and drugstore cowboys to march in the 9:50 AM parade along Third Avenue led by Col. E A Simpson with Gov. John E. Miles escorting New Mexico riders.
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Tucumcari
New Mexico
Texas
Amarillo
Jim Farley
Henry Priddy
Quay County
Mason King
Priddy
Farley
Jim Griggs
Teddy Roosevelt
George Eager
John Briscoe
Sands Dorsey
Morris Lewalling
Wyatt Dennis
Tom Horton
Louis Andrews
Merl
Jowell
Wyatt Nations
Dalhart
XIT
Anvil Park
South Plains
Portales
N. M
Panhandle
Canyon
Plainview
Groom
Dumas
Santa Fe
John E. Miles
King
Third
Grant
The Return to Religion by Henry C Link
Dr Henry C Link describes his autobiographical yet collective study of thousands observed over 15 years. He links science psychology and religious belief to happiness, recounting personal doubts, college experiences, and shifts toward church involvement as he rewrites his views on faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Link
Amarillo Daily News
Film Stars Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor Wed in San Diego
Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor wed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whelan in San Diego after midnight. Municipal Judge Phil Smith officiated, with Zeppo Marx as matron of honor, Buck Mack as best man, and a list of guests. The couple used stage names for license and planned a Hollywood return after a brief honeymoon delay due to Taylor’s film commitments.
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San Diego
Calif
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
Thomas Whelan
Hollywood
Phil Smith
Zeppo Marx
Buck Mack
Miss Stan
California
No Change in Cree's Condition After Air Flight
Dallas hospital attendants said George B. Cree Jr., 18, of Pampa, was seriously ill after being flown from Roswell New Mexico to Dallas for treatment. They expected no change in his condition for several days.
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Dallas
George B. Cree, Jr
Pampa
Roswell
N. M
Weather Outlook for West Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma
Weather West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers in the Panhandle Monday and Tuesday, and warmer in the southern area. New Mexico expects partly cloudy conditions with thunderstorms in mountain regions and warmer Monday. Oklahoma forecasts partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in the northwest Monday and the west Tuesday, with warmer conditions in the east and south Monday.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Northwest
Subsidies Would Peg Crop Prices
Washington reports that the administration plans another season of price pegging for major crops using farm act loan provisions to raise prices for wheat cotton and corn. The program aims to help hold back supplies with loans while managing a large outstanding debt and collateral of cotton wheat and corn. Secretary Wallace must decide if a marketing quota referendum is needed for this year's wheat stocks.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Heavy Fog Delays Royal Tour to Canada
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will not arrive in Quebec before Wednesday, due to heavy fog and icebergs in the North Atlantic. The Empress of Australia remains delayed, and the interdepartmental royal visit committee postpones the timetable for the Canada United States tour.
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Quebec
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Royal Party
Australia
North Atlantic
United States
E. H. Coleman
Troops Move In As Harlan Mines Prepare To Reopen
In Harlan Kentucky more than 500 national guardsmen moved in to reopen mines after operators in Harlan Hazard Big Sandy and nearby districts refused to sign a union shop pact. UMW contract signed by 15 of 21 Appalachian groups. Operators claim 37 of 42 mines ready pending troop protection.
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Harlan
U.P
Harlan County
A. B. Chandler
Hazard
Big Sandy
New York
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Chandler
George Titler
District 19
John L. Lewis’ Mine Workers Union
George S. Ward
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
Secrecy shrouds fatal post office shooting in Corpus Christi
In the federal building a gunman killed Postmaster Gilbert McGloin and his assistant A B Dittmer with no witnesses. McGloin died after hours in hospital while Dittmer died at the scene. Funeral services were held for McGloin and burial planned for Dittmer in Range Texas.
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Corpus Christi
Federal
Gilbert McGloin
A. B. Dittmer
W. M. McMillan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Jim Moser
Dittmer
McGloin
Range
Tex
West Texans Open Abilene Convention for Freight Rate Fight
Abilene hosts the 21st West Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting as delegates plan to build the Freight Rate Equality Federation to push for lower freight tariffs. About 100 Texas groups are affiliated, with J. S. Bridwell of Wichita Falls chairing the work committee moving to organize a permanent rate effort.
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Abilene
West Texans
West Texas
Texas
Freight Rate Equality Federation
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
J. 8
Bridwell
Wichita Falls
Tri-State Grain Men Convene In Amarillo Today
Amarillo hosts the 26th annual Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association convention with 300 plus registrants expected at the Herring Hotel. The two day event features a 9:30 a m opening session led by J F Weeks of Claude and speeches by Parker James Cone and others, plus an Amarillo Country Club golf tournament and a banquet floor show tonight. Tomorrow noon brings officer elections and the choice of the 1940 meeting city.
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Amarillo
Tri-State
Panhandie
Herring Hotel
J. FE
Weeks
Claude
John H. Parker
Kansas Crop Improvement Association of
Manhattan
Kan
Delos L. James
Agricultural Department
The
United States
Gold Mine President Sentenced in Mail Fraud Case
Charles E. Welch of Dallas, president of the American Gold Mining Company, was sentenced to 13 months in the penitentiary on a federal mail fraud charge connected to a near-worthless New Mexico gold mine. He received a 10-year suspended sentence after a probationary period was requested to curb future operations.
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Dallas
Charles E. Welch
American Gold Mining Company
New Mexico
Clyde Eastus
Gambling Devices Lead to Pen
S. L. Stanley of Memphis Tennessee was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by a Houston jury after being found guilty on ten counts of keeping and exhibiting gaming devices through agents. He was president of the Automatic Amusement Company and was indicted with F E von Mockel in a case centered on a marble table exhibit in a barber shop. The other nine counts await trial and Von Mockel has not yet faced court.
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Houston
S. L. Stanley
Memphis
Tenn
Stanley
Automatic Amusement Company
F. E. von Mockel
von Mockel
Officers Silent On Sutton Case In Raton Mystery
Raton New Mexico May 14 officers in the revived nine year old Ray Sutton disappearance case maintained secrecy as four men were arrested last week. Allen Lostroh held in Washington on a murder warrant returned to Raton with Harold Cameron of Clovis also charged with murder. His mother and brother are material witnesses. Sutton was last seen August 28 1930 presumed en route to a mountain search for a still. His car was found two months later with no trace of him. Treasury agent J M Schooley and District Attorney Verdan Doggett promised a statement soon.
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Sutton
J. M. Schooley
Denver
Treasury Department
Verdan Doggett
Burgunder Confesses to Desert Killings in Most Cowardly Act
Robert M. Burgunder Jr confessed to killing two Phoenix salesmen after binding them in a desert gulch on April 29. He described the murders in a signed statement to Sheriff Lon Jordan and County Attorney Richard Harless, saying his motive was to obtain a car to flee gambling debts.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert M. Burgunder
Lon Jordan
Arizona Desert
Jordan
Richard Harless
Ruth Burgunder
Alhambra
Calif
Maricopa County
Burgunder
Gulch
Harless
Koury
Peterson
Washington State Reformatory
Houston Couple Die In Burning Home
Houston, May 14. Mr and Mrs Kenneth A Garrison both 37 died in a house fire that swept through their brick home. Garrison worked as a landman for Stanolind Oil and Gas Co. Mrs Garrison’s body was found between two beds in an upstairs room while his lay in an adjoining area. A neighbor, Mrs Spieldoch, alerted the fire department.
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Houston
Kenneth A. Garrison
Garrison
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
D. J. Spieldoch
Friends Die on Same Day in Toledo Neighborhood
Mrs. Jennie Gruber aged 74 and Mrs. Caroline Richter aged 85, longtime neighbors and close friends for over 22 years, died within 15 hours of each other in Toledo.
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Toledo
U.P
Jennie Gruber
Caroline Richter
Canned Beef Probe Urged Over Navy Bids
Rep Allen of Illinois proposes a five member House committee inquiry into the bidding for Argentine canned beef supplies to the navy. President Roosevelt says the navy should accept a proposal from an Argentine meat cooperative for 48 000 pounds at about nine cents a pound, exclusive of duty, with some western lawmakers claiming Argentine beef is government subsidized.
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Washington
Navy
Allen
Iinois
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Argentine Meat Cooperative
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Taylor
Hedy Lamarr
Amarillo Hdw, Co
WTCC
Allen Lostroh
Washington State
Ray Sutton
Lostroh
Clarence Hawk
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