Tri-State Fair Opening Day Hails Three D's Stable Wins
Opening day crowd witnesses eight thrilling races at Tri-State Fair spring meeting. Three D's Stable of Arlington, Tex leads parade colors as Phalason wins the Inaugural and features a nose triumph over Well Built. Sunny Chance takes the two year race. Dearing, the veteran trainer, celebrates win and telegrams co-owner Wagonger.
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Sunny Chance
H. Gray
Chance Play
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Partly cloudy with possible thundershowers Thursday and cooler conditions. West Texas area likely showers and storms westward. New Mexico unsettled with showers and thunderstorms in the north. Amended temperature readings show highs around 90s and lows in the 60s with trace precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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New Mexico
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Delegates From Dust Area to Attend Soil Meet
Delegates from five states Texas New Mexico Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma attend a soil conservation meeting in Amarillo to coordinate efforts across agencies and press for a regional erosion district with earmarked funds and Washington backed leadership. The Panhandle Water Conservation Association hosts the 10:30 a.m. session at the Amarillo Hotel as the region prepares a comprehensive program for federal endorsement.
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Kansas
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Congress
Jones Plan Aims Drouth Provisions In Norris Bill
Rep Marvin Jones of Amarillo says he is pushing for special provisions to aid drought areas to be included in a Norris bill. He sought separate authority or committees versed in soil and water use to study the issue, aiming for quicker results.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
George W. Norris
Drouth
Jones
Helium Field in Nebraska Denied by Bureau Expert
Harold S. Kennedy of the Bureau of Mines said no report of a helium gas field exists in Nebraska. The bureau has tested several Nebraska helium samples but found no commercial natural gas production, noting helium’s association with natural gas fields and its nonflammable use in dirigibles.
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Harold S. Kennedy
Bureau of Mines
Nebraska
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CCC Chief Criticized for Speeches on Legislation
Senator Clark of Missouri denounces Civilian Conservation Corps Chief Robert Fechner for radio speeches about legislation. He calls for cutting Fechner's $12,000 salary as the Senate weighs an administration bill to extend the CCC's life. Senator Connally adds a quip about a teacher and pupils in radio talks.
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Missouri
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Robert Fechner
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Texas
Congress
Judiciary Funds Measure Snags in House Report
In Austin on May 19 the House rejected the conference committee report on the judiciary appropriation bill over Dallas County judges salaries set at 6500 while Harris County judges would earn 7400. The panel was instructed to remove the rider cutting Dallas pay. Senate action moved to re refer a constitutional amendments plan proposing a unicameral legislature and a 60 day session.
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Georgetown
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Dallas
Senate
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Fort Worth
H. Grady Woodruff
Decatur
Steel Workers Ballot in Largest NLRB Election
The 27,000 employees of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp will vote today in Pittsburgh and Aliquippa Pa to decide if the Committee for Industrial Organization's steel workers organizing committee should represent all company personnel. Elsewhere labor unrest includes U A W A strikes at Studebaker in South Bend and 500 to 800 walkouts at Bethlehem’s Johnstown plant, with about 3,000 Aluminum Company of America workers at Alcoa Tenn idle or switching to gardening and fishing.
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National Labor Relations Board
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Studbaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
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Franklin
Johnstown
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Alcoa, Tenn
Young Mother Held In Daughter Death In Mississippi
Vivian Gregory an 18 year old mother is jailed in Hinds County charged with first degree murder in the death of her three month old daughter. She was brought from Smith County where authorities say the infant was bruised choked and died of internal injuries.
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Jackson
Miss
Vivian Gregory
Hinds County
Gas Detection Move Begun After New London Explosion
The Texas Railroad Commission, aided by a new law, moves to set rules to detect escaping gas after the March 18 explosion that killed hundreds of New London schoolchildren. A May 31 hearing will address required odorants in gas systems.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
New London
Witnesses Say Parker Not Emotional Over Death
In Brady on May 19, jurors heard neighbors testify that Fred Parker 26 showed no emotion after his wife was found dead at their Milburn farm home with a crushed skull. A neighbor recalled Parker saying his wife had been kicked by a mule and that he found her in the horse shed.
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Fred Parker
Milburn
Parker
Wright Jones
Jones Testifies In Robbery Case
Testimony of Swaine Jones highlighted the Friona State Bank daylight robbery trial in Federal District Court. Co-defendants Huh Stanley Charles Lewis alias Charles Britton Vivian Dennis and Mrs Myrtle Vowell are charged. Jones said Britton Stanley and Vowell planned the disposal of checks and that he and Dennis cashed travelers checks from the robbery.
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Friona
Afernoon
Federal District Court
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Huh Stanley
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Charles Britton
Vivian Dennis
Myrtle Vowell
Friona State Bank
Britton
Stanley
Youth Missing Fears Foul Play In Amarillo Case
Haskell Marshall, 14, vanished from his sister’s home at 808 Van Buren Street around 10 o clock yesterday. Mother fears foul play as Amarillo police search for the boy who left the residence. No clues were found in the initial search.
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Amarillo
R. P. Dyer
van Buren Street
Windsor Wins Fight as Wally Will Become 'Royal Highness'
MONTS France May 12 A American born Wallis Warfield is assured of becoming her Royal High ness the Duchess of Windsor before noon June 3 the day of her wedding Herman L Rogers spokesman for the duke and his fiancee announced tonight Rogers indicated the British government had compromised with the former King Edward VIII and granted his future bride a royal style that will make her eighth ranking woman of the British empire ahead of all the peeresses of the realm The duke had insisted not only that his bride became H R H but that members of the British royal family attend the wedding at the Chateau de Cande On the latter point apparently he lost after the government had conceded the former No members of his family will be present at the simple marriage rites As the Duchess of Windsor Mrs Warfield will rank after only Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Mary Princess Elizabeth the heiress presumptive and Princess Margaret Rose the Princess Royal Mary and the Duchesses of Gloucestor and Kent Rogers disclosed that Edward with a marriage contract signed and almost all details of the wedding ceremony cleared up is planning a secret honeymoon of three weeks some where where the eyes of the world will not be upon them Other sources said the duke was seeking another chateau in northern France hidden enough so that he could entertain privately members of the royal family and let them become acquainted with the new royal highness If he is unable to find such a place the duke and his bride might go to the Rogers villa at Cannes and then embark on a yacht for an Adriatic cruise such as they enjoyed together late last summer
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High School Chum Testifies On Slaying Mother
Jersey City May 19 A high school chum described Gladys McKnight crying after the hatchet slaying of her mother. Doris French 16 testified that Gladys buried her face in her hands and cried hard, a detail offered in the murder trial of Gladys and her former sweetheart Donald Wightman 18.
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Donald Wightman
Edward to Fight English Critics
Paris dispatch reports close friends of the Duke of Windsor say the former king plans to oppose critics in England. They believe he aims to help his brother King George VI preserve some royal rights amid his abdication and exile. The exact action was not disclosed.
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Insiders Expect Quick End to Roosevelt Court Plan
Washington dispatch notes insiders anticipate a compromise on the Roosevelt court reorganization bill as retirement rumors swirl around Justice Van Devanter. Senate leaders draft a Logan amendment to add one justice per year under 75, keeping total justices under fifteen, while opposition caucuses to block compromise proposals.
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Arkansas
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Logan
D-Ky
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Four Burned as Oil Pipe Line Connection Fire
Four men were burned when an oil pipe line connection caught fire at a tank farm near Houston on May 19.
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Lindbergh Prefers Quiet Ten Year Flight Anniversary
Lindbergh, now 35 and markedly reticent, refuses to mark the tenth anniversary of his New York to Paris solo flight. He will stay at Long Barn with Mrs. Lindbergh and their son Jon, with no televised or phone celebrations. His exact current pursuits are little known.
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