Rains Boost Plains Wheat Prospects Amid Strong Showers
Record rainfall drenched the Panhandle and South Plains for a second day, with amounts from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch. The northeast Panhandle eyes a twenty to twenty-five million bushel wheat crop while Lake Amarillo area lakes rose, marooning cattle and prompting dam assessments as forecasts call for more showers and the May moisture season begins.
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Panhandle Plains
Northeast
Panhandle
Booker
Perryton
Clovis
Tucumcari
Santa Fe
Hereford
Adrian
Northwest Panhandle
Channing
Tascosa
Amarillo
Exell
Pampa
Tierra Blanca
Buffalo Lake
Canyon
Spring Creek
South Plains
Fort Worth
Denver
South Plain
Lubbock
Petersburg
Lockney
Sterley
Quitaque
Turkey
Plainview
Floydada
Muleshoe
Dimmitt
Mornday
Claude
Conway
Shamrock
Hollis
Okla
Farwell
Friona
Miami
Canadian
Higgins
Shattuck
Follett
Spearman
Waynoka
Dumas
Stratford
Hooker
Fritch
Sanford
Nara Visa
N. M
Morse
McLean
Groom
Alaneed
Hutchland
Adrian and
Vega
H. T. Collman
Supreme Court backs NLRB on striker protection
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 0 that a worker on strike remains an employee under the labor relations act and thus gains its protections. The decision upheld the NLRB order for MacKay Radio to reinstate five San Francisco strikers active in labor union activity. Justices Cardozo and Reed did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Board
MacKay Radio and Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Cardozo
Reed
Boar
Labor Board
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Republic Steel Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Andrew Mellon
Pennsylvania primaries sans surface alignments revealed
Morgan M. Beatty explains party alignments on the Editorial Page. Also notes Amarillo Twilight League opening at 6:30 tonight and a feature on how rapid town growth like Disney’s brings lively times, plus a piece on electrical fishing lines revealing oil prospects.
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Pennsylvania
Morgan M. Beatty
Amarillo
Disney
Airmail Feeder Routes Planned Across Panhandle Region
Twenty years after the first airmail flights the Panhandle Texas area plans feeder routes to speed mail to the main transcontinental lines. Amarillo Lubbock and Pampa will operate 12 feeder planes delivering mail to Amarillo for transfer to Transcontinental and Western Air.
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National Airmail
Army
New York
Washington
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Lubbock
Pampa
Transcontinental
Western Air
W. D. DeGrassi
DeGrassi
English Field
San Antonio
South Texas
San Angelo
Big Spring
Ross Rogers
Burger Man Mangled by Machine
A pre-dawn fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta killed 25 people and left many missing or injured as the five story building burned in ten minutes. Police warned of collapsing walls while firefighters worked to clear wreckage and determine the full death toll.
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Atlanta
Terminal Hotel
Terminal Station
Charlie Labon
Lawdy
Laban
Ben L. Berry
William Oscar Webster
Columbus, Ga
Jones seeks WPA aid for farmers on rural projects
Representative Marvin Jones of Amarillo urges the Senate to back his amendment to the relief bill allowing farmers not on relief rolls to be employed on rural WPA projects. He notes many farmers are prevented from work due to unsettled mortgage debt and registration rules, and says the change would ease rural labor needs.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Jones
Nazis Eye Belgian Danish Soil Amid Versailles Echo
London May 16 The Versailles settlement left Belgium with Eupen Malmedy and Luxemburg’s altered status prompting fear of renewed German pressure. Belgium cites Nazi activity among Eupen Malmedy Germans, possibly funded from Germany, while England pledges to oppose attacks on Belgium or France. Denmark faces influence over North Schleswig as Germans buy land, stoking concern despite a small army and budget increases.
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London
Europe
Belgium
Denmark
Eupen
Malmedy
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Rhode Island
Germany
Luxemburg
Eupen and
Neville Chamberlain
Ment
England
France
Schleswig
Holstein
Pennsylvania Democrats Clash Over Fusion in Election Eve
Pennsylvania Democrats entangle in a bitter primary struggle as National Chairman Farley proposes a fusion slate to unite factions. CIO influence, labor leader John Lewis, and candidates Kennedy Wilson test the party ahead of Tuesday’s vote with tensions mounting between Farley Earle and party allies.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James A. Farley
John L. Lewis
Parley
New York
Thomas Kennedy
George H. Farle
Farley
Davis Wilson
Senate
Kennedy
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
Earle
Jones
CIO
Lewis
Jeph IV
Guffey
Wilson
Farle
Wm National
Roosevelt
Charles J. Margiotti
Gifford Pinchot
Rumor
Pinchot
Arthur H. James
State Superior Court
James
Eaerrerase Sead
Monster Turtle Caught in Big Creek Reach
A 100 pound turtle was netted by Fred Boriff of Stinnett and Ray Steger of Oil City. The creature, seen by oil field workers at Big Creek, frightened cattle and livestock as it blocked the creek and snapped at them before being landed.
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Stinnett
Fred Boriff
Ray Steger
Oil City
Big Creek
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Forecast calls for showers and cooler conditions Tuesday across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expects mainly cloudy skies with showers in the east and north, and cooler readings in the Panhandle and far west Tuesday afternoon. New Mexico remains unsettled with likely showers in the north and west portions. minor temperature changes expected.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Beauties Open Canyon Pool Water Carnival
Bathing beauties from Panhandle communities now students at West Texas State College and Amarillo Junior College will appear Tuesday evening as Canyon Campus outdoor pool hosts a water carnival. One girl will win the Carnival Queen title and her school will gain possession for one year of a large loving cup. Thirty six contestants parade before judges at 8 oclock with two beauties from each college chosen for special honors.
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Wes Izzard
R. P. Parcells
Floyd V. Studer
Amarillo
C. H. Jarrett
C. W. Warwick
Don Trolinger
Canyon
Morgenthau Says Government Credit At Peak In Senate Testimony
Secretary Morgenthau testified before the Senate finance committee that the government’s credit is as high or higher than ever. He noted banks held vast government obligations and said the treasury operates on a 24 hour basis as he referenced the pending increase of the liberty loan cap from 25 to 45 billion dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Bailey
the Treasury
Wheat Insurance Plan Lessons Presented County Officials Attend Program
About 100 county committeemen supervisors and county agricultural agents from 20 Panhandle counties attended a school of instruction on the 1939 wheat crop insurance program. Fred R. Merrifield of Washington M. P. Leaming and E. M. Holmgreen of College Station both AAA representatives and Ernest R. Duke Amarillo state supervisor outlined administrative details. Farmers and county agents met in joint session in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel with separate sessions in the afternoon.
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Panhandle
Fred R. Merrifield
Washington
M. P. Leaming
E. M. Holmgreen
College Station
AAA
Ernest R. Duke
Amarillo
Crystal
Herring Hotel
Globe News Want Ads Bargains Cast Wide Net
Classified items list varied bargains including apartments rooms houses land and vehicles. Entries show prices for apartments rooms a six unit building and several old car models plus farm items and livestock.
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Globe-News
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Quebeck Zoological Park
Caesar
Fanny
Airmail
Torrey H. Webb
James Edgerton
Atlanta Inferno
Borger
Will Cook
Cook
R. 8
S. Marshall
Marshall
Carver Funeral Home
WPA
Versailles
Milton Bronner
NEA
Abasses DE Bord
Pantins
Copenhagen
Hitler
Brussels
The
Associated Press
Monster Turtle Soup
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