Rainfall Beats Normal Across Panhandle Wheat Prospects
Booming wheat prospects contrast with cotton farmers’ hardships as added moisture falls in the Panhandle. Over the weekend total rainfall reaches up to five and a half inches in some towns, with Lubbock and Hale Center reporting significant totals and replanting needs for cotton. Several towns, including Lockney and Dimmitt, report good rains. monthly totals exceed normal, while clouds begin breaking across the Panhandle.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Lubbock
Hale Center
Plainview
Lockney
Petersburg
Sterley
Quitaque
Hart
Turkey
Dimmitt
Clarendon
Memphis
Hedlevy
Claude
Amarillo
Canadian
Boise City
Spearman
Follette
Clovis
Exceed Dominates Tri-State Feature at Heavy Track
Exceed, six year old chestnut mare owned by W. F. Sipes, ridden by J. Adams, led a brilliant field to win the feature mile at the Tri-State Spring Meeting. Adams completed a hat trick on the day as Exceed pulled away seven lengths ahead of Weedidit with Mild Manners and others in close pursuit.
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Exceed
W. F Sipes
J. Adams
Adams
Adam
Wee
Mild Manners
Weedidit
Ed Deahl
A. Gaither
Gaither
Tri-State
R. Conner
R. Vedder
Tri- State
Arlington Downs
Vedder
Aurora
Dave Nugent
Sweet Manners
Fine Manners
Paula V
G. Stewart
Race Repeal Advocates Press for Early House Action
Advocates seek a House vote to repeal the horse race betting law during the early days of the special session. They argue extended debate is unnecessary as lawmakers already know both sides. Local option may be appealed by opponents of repeal.
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Austin
House State Affairs Committee
J. Bryan Bradbury
Abilene
House
State Affairs Committee
Senate
Lightning Kills Two Burns Six at Colorado Army Camp
A bolt of lightning struck a rifle range camp eight miles southwest of Buffalo Creek Colorado killing Lieut William Fickes and Private Bowes of the 2nd Engineers from Fort Logan. Six others were badly burned and 39 men were shocked while at noon mess. A forest ranger reported the bolt traveled through five yellow pines and tore the ground in one root.
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Buffalo Creek
Colo
Here
William Fickes
Bowes
2Nd Engineers
Fort Logan
Denver
C. L. Burton
U. S. Forest
Buffalo Station
Pan American Bermuda Clipper Lands After Test Flight
Pan American Airways announced that the Bermuda Clipper, flying a test route from New York, landed in Bermuda at 2:22 P.M. E. D. T. today. The flight marks a milestone as the flying boat completes its inaugural Bermuda run.
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Bermuda
Port Washington
N. Y
U.P
Pan American Airways
New York
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Amarillo and vicinity expect a partly cloudy day with unsettled conditions across West Texas and New Mexico today. Showers and possible thunder showers are likely in the far west and northwest regions with temperature fluctuations and a reported 0.21 inch precipitation for the previous 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Eset Vaiaes
Roo
Wal Brink
Sores Ie
Sasa
Bill To Abolish Child Marriages Is Approved
The Senate approved a House bill to end child marriages in the District of Columbia. It raises the legal marriage age for women from 14 to 16 and for men from 16 to 18 and requires three days notice for a license to wed.
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Washington
Senate
District of Columbia
Green Declares Open War on Lewis CIO
William Green of the American Federation of Labor warned at a Cincinnati conference that the A F L has moved to fight the CIO for union dominance. The four point program calls for expelling CIO unions from state federations, funding a war chest, mandatory state and city affiliation, and an aggressive organizing drive. Three delegates opposed the plan.
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Cincinnati
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization For
William Green
Green
Federation of Labor
A. F of L
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
CIO
Trio Blown to Bits by Dynamite Blast Near Scottdale
In Scottdale Pennsylvania three youths aged 14 to 18 were killed when a dynamite warehouse near Pine Tree exploded. Investigators identified the victims as Isaac Secrist Boyd Long and William Stull all of Scottdale. A rifle was found near a body and the blast damaged local homes and shops. The building was leased by Loucks Hardware Company and used to store blasting powder for nearby coal mines.
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Scottdale
Pine Tree
Westmoreland County
Isaac Secrist
Boyd Long
William Stull
Loucks Hardware Company
Doctors May Operate On Girl With Half Formed Twin
In Portland Oregon a 12 month old girl may undergo surgery to remove a half formed twin lodged in her abdominal cavity. Dr Richard B Dillehunt of the University of Oregon Medical School said the rare operation depends on whether the growth is entwined with the child’s vital organs.
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Portland
Ore
Richard B. Dillehunt
University of Oregon Medical School
Roosevelt Urges Court Shakeup to Pass Labor Reform
President Roosevelt urged a court overhaul to back new labor legislation. He linked constitutional approval of minimum wages hours limits child labor and collective bargaining protections to the Supreme Court’s stance. He praised the Social Security Act ruling and hinted at adding five justices unless older judges retire.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Washington
Gypsy Rose Lee Transforms Into Dramatic Actress in Hollywood
Hollywood reports Gypsy Rose Lee abandons strip tease, adopts birth name Louise Hovick to pursue film acting. Censorship worries arise as studios test her image, while she maintains a private life in a five room bungalow and supports her mother on a farm near Tuxedo Park.
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Hollywood
Manhattan
Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy
Louise Hovick
Miss Hovick
Tuxedo Park
L. T
Merchants Close One Hour for Russell Memorial
Amarillo merchants will close for one hour starting at 4 o'clock in tribute to Horace Russell, longtime Amarillo resident and pioneer. The service will be held at First Christian Church with Rev Roy Snodgrass and bishops from nearby churches conducting. Interment follows at Liano Cemetery after services at Griggs funeral chapel. Russell, born October 10 1881 in Litchfield Minnesota, came to Amarillo in 1889 and helped shape the community.
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Russell
Ace Russell
Amarillo Credit Association
Pioneer Panhandleman
Ami
Arillo
First Christian Church
Roy Snodgrass
Cecil Seaman
Episcopal Church
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Liano
Griggs
Tyler Street
R. L. Rogers
H. V. Robertson
Hugh Doak
Claude
Ray Nichols
Vernon
Clyde Warwick
L. F. Sheffy
Canyon
J. A. Hill
Tom Currie
Rotary Club
Horace Monroe Russell
Butler Field
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mr. Russell
Dorothy
Hortense Woodburn
Charles Woodburn
H. R. Williams
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Kemper Military Institute
Williams
Litchfield
Minn
Amarillo
J. M. Russell
Treasure Hunt for Gold At Home Prompted by Ads
A promotional notice urges families to collect old gold items such as jewelry and watch parts and sell them to Amarillo firms offering cash for gold content. It instructs readers to call a classified Want Ad listing in Classification 47.
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Amarillo
Banquet Tonight Honors Folley in Plainview
Members of bar associations from Plainview Lubbock Floydada and Amarillo plan a banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Plainview tonight honoring Associate Justice A J Folley of the Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals. Meade Griffin says reservations close at noon and many Amarillo attorneys will attend.
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Panhandle-Plains
Plainview
A. J. Folley
Amarillo
R. Walker Hall
Soviet Planes Leave Rudolf Island
An official announcement says three supply planes of the Soviet North Pole expedition took off from Rudolf Island for the 560 mile flight to the pole. Blizzard fog and bad weather had kept them grounded since Saturday at Rudolf Island.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Pole
Rudolf Island
Pole
Third Lindbergh Baby May Be Named Dwight Morrow Lindbergh
Sources close to the Lindbergh family say the third child may be Dwight Morrow Lindbergh named after the maternal grandfather Dwight W. Morrow, the American statesman. The report notes the likely namesake connection as family circles discuss the infant's full given name.
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Dwight Morrow Lindbergh
London
Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
The
American Statesman
House Approves $10 Million for Dust Bowl Water Projects
The House voted to earmark ten million dollars from a 1.5 billion relief package for construction of small dams reservoirs and ponds in the Great Plains dust bowl area. Representative Marvin Jones of Amarillo led the amendment which would not change the total relief funds and may later be reversed.
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Washington
Great Plains Grouth
House of Representatives
Dust Bowl
Great Plains
Texan
Jones
House
Texas
Oklahoma
Soil Conservation Service
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt relief fund split over flood control and PWA
In Washington on May 25 the House, defying administration leaders, voted to allocate 55 million dollars for flood control and 300 million dollars for public works under the PWA from the 1.5 billion relief fund. The votes, 158 to 89 on flood control and 172 to 48 on PWA, could still change on later roll calls.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
PWA
Harold L. Ickes
Oil Operator Killed In Dallas Affray
In Dallas May 25 Leon L. Shield fifty a West Texas independent oil operator died after an early morning altercation in front of a downtown nightclub. He suffered a fractured skull and died two hours later. Barney Wilson Runnels thirty four an unemployed hotel clerk was jailed on murder charges.
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Dallas
Leon L. Shield
Texas Independent Oil Operator
Barney Wilson Runnels
Shield
Ex Member of Brain Trust Analyzes Court Fight
Ex member Raymond Moley says defeat of Roosevelt court packing would spur claims it was a gesture and a bluff. He spoke at the Illinois Bankers Association meeting warning that backing away would destroy trust in statesmen and CTA proposals.
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Chicago
Raymond Moley
Brain Trust
Roosevelt
Moley
Illinois Bankers’ Association
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Lilla Lee
Raffler Wee
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Doris Duke
Russia
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Marvin Jones
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