White Haired Pioneers Gather for Floyd County Old Settlers
Floydada May 25 White haired pioneers of Floyd County gather for the 49th annual Old Settlers Reunion on the courthouse lawn. Embree Foster will deliver the main address. Buck Sams leads the parade. prizes for quilts, floats, and pioneer attire will be awarded. West Texas Old Settlers Association plans the 14th annual Hank Smith Memorial Park gathering.
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Floyd County
Floydada
Old Settlers
L. Anderson
Floyd County Association
Gladd Snodgrass
Embree Foster
Amarillo
Association
Buck Sams
Lockney
J. A. Fawyer
Joe McCollum
J.T. McClain
West Texas Old Settlers Association
Hank Smith Memorial Park
Blanco Canyon
Surplus Profits Tax Seen Doomed as Compromise Moves
President Roosevelt, the treasury, and congressional leaders approved a plan to revise revenue laws to aid business recovery. Morgenthau said agreement would definitively aid recovery, with leaders predicting the program, including tax changes, will pass Congress quickly. Some dissent expects the House to draft its own bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
House
Senate
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
McNary
Oregon
Dynamite Horse to Join Postmaster General Parade
Arabian horse named Dynamite presented to Postmaster General Jim Farley by Amarillo and Panhandle citizens was en route to Washington to meet his new owner. Farley planned to ride Dynamite in a capital parade as the horse traveled by train to reach the arrival city.
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Jim Farley
Amarillo
Panhandle
Washington
East
Union Printers of West Texas to Meet in Amarillo
Union printers from many cities converge on Amarillo for the North Texas conference of the International Typographical Union. The event marks the 30th anniversary of Amarillo Chapter 525 with leaders from Wichita Falls and others attending. Registration starts Saturday with a 9 am program, including a memorial service and address by J Palmer Black. A noon dinner at the Amarillo Hotel will be followed by a theater party.
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Amarillo
North Texas
International Typographical Union
T RR Saarkhman Af
Veo Ay Wopoeniai Vs
Skuudlul
Claude M. Baker
International Organization
L. H. Kreigbaum
Wichita Falls
Clyde A. Tittle
Tex Smith
WIA
W. H. Terry
J. Palmer Black
Amarillo No. 525
WISC Graduates Join Exes Association
Members of the West Texas State College graduating class voted to join the College Ex-Students Association in their final meeting Thursday morning. Clay Thornton ex-student president Carl G. Clifft last year's president and Ray Daniel urged support. A reduced membership fee was offered to this year's graduates to enlarge the association. Thornton said the aim is what it can do for the graduates and the college.
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Canyon
West Texas State College
College Ex-Students Association
Clay Thornton
Carl G. Clifft
Ray Daniel
Dalhart
Dumas
Old Settlers
Cox
Amarillo
Colquitt
Dallhart
XIT
Ed Bishop
Bill Rutherford
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
Third Avenue
State Highway Department
Fair Friday Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
A weather forecast notes fair conditions in Amarillo and West Texas with partly cloudy skies. New Mexico expects generally fair weather on Friday with warmer temperatures in the east and central areas. Local hourly readings from yesterday show temperatures ranging from the upper 60s to upper 80s and a nighttime low near the mid 50s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Riday
Amiarillo
Americanism Parade Sets Cash Prizes for Participants
Tomorrow's parade begins at 10 30 a m on Third Avenue and Grant Street with floats bands boats and kid units eligible for cash prizes. Floats win 25 10 and 5 dollars while bands boats and most novel entry receive 25 10 and 5 dollars respectively plus smaller awards for largest unit and best individual entry.
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Third Avenue
Grant Street
Soil Conservation Chief Honored During Amarillo Visit
Dr Bennett, longtime soil conservation advocate, visits Amarillo to meet with Soil Conservation Service leaders and staff. The North Carolina native, earning $8,000 as SCS chief, has seen his program expand nationwide in five years since 1934. A reception, interviews, and roundtable discussants at the Amarillo Hotel mark the schedule.
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Amarillo
Buffalo Lake
Panhandle Lakes
Hugh Hammond Bennett
The
Soil Conservation
Albert Atwood
Soil Conservation Service
Bennett
Lake Presentation
Panhandle
Department of Agriculture
Capitol
Service
Dr. Bennett
North Carolina
H. H. Finnell
SCS
KGNC
John McCarty
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
Alan Furman
A. A. Meredith
WPA
James C. Foster
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ted Smith
Carl Hinton
Dream House contest to shape Amarillo model home plans
Globe-News plans a public driven model home at 1018 Milam in Bivins Addition with a $10 000 budget. Readers submit house ideas by June 1 for a chance at 15 10 and 6 prize money, with floor plans unnecessary.
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Amarillo
The
Globe News
Milam Street
Bivins Addition
Globe-News
Poppy Day Proclaimed in Amarillo by Mayor Rogers
Mayor Rogers proclaims Saturday May 27 as Poppy Day in Amarillo urging citizens to wear a memorial poppy and donate to assist disabled veterans and dependent families. The proclamation honors World War I service members from Amarillo and calls for patriotic observance and generosity.
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Rogers
Amarillo
United States
America
I. Ross D. Rogers
Survivors kept calm during Squalus sub disaster
Survivors of the sunken submarine Squalus remained calm despite swift death for 26 crewmen. Lt. Oliver Naquin and others described the moments, noting valves were shut, no gas in the control room, and averted an explosion as the boat flooded.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Oliver F. Naquin
Naquin
Alfred G. Prien
San Francisco
Nagnin
Charles Yuhas
New Salem
Warren Smith
Scattered Showers Fall Over Plains
Lower temperatures brought scattered rains to south and eastern Panhandle points yesterday and last night. An inch fell near Miami and Canadian aiding crops. Wellington had a hard rain while Shamrock saw an inch. Magic City reported rain from Hedley to Childress about a quarter inch. Borger had hail. Spearman received rain aiding wheat and pastures.
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Panhandle
Miami
Canadian
Pampa
Wellington
Shamrock
Magic City
Hedley
Childress
Borger
Spearman
Tydings urges education drive to halt economic disaster
Maryland Senator Tydings declares Roosevelt era policies risk disaster and urges a 50 million worker education campaign. He outlines an eight point program for government reform, relief purge, pay as you go Social Security, tax overhaul, labor act revision, and limits on federal branches. May 25 New York report.
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New York
Tydings
Maryland
Roosevelt
American Iron and Steel Institute
Treasury
Washington
Legislature Sets Record as Longest Session Yet
The May 25 report notes the Texas Legislature nearing a record length with the Senate approving a tax bill and a hearing set for Tuesday. If no agreement on Social Security financing emerges, the session could surpass 1,438 days, tying the record. A long recess delays homeward departure as both chambers pause until Monday.
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Austin
Senate State Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Capitol
America Allows Helium Exports For Peacetime Use
The National Munitions Control Board announced limited export of American helium to other countries for peacetime purposes. Exports to any single country may reach 500,000 cubic feet per year, with Germany and others eligible on same terms. Helium produced domestically, notably at Amarillo Texas, supports hospitals and research.
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Washington
National Munitions Control Board
Ickes
Zeppelin Corporation
Lakehurst
N. J
Interior Department
Hull
Munitions Board
Germany
United States
Amarillo
Tex
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Capital
Union Printers OF
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Exes’ Association
Ex-Students Association
Mr. Thornton
Milton Cox
Tri- State
John Q. Colquitt
City Police Department
Jim Line
State Patrol
Sid Harper
Bruce Autry
P. D. Berthelot
Joe Omler
Sam Page
Garen Battey
Sam Elkins
Fred DeCoster
Ray Minner
Bill Beechler
Bill Gilstrap
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Sue
Amarillo Hdw. Co
Senator Tydings
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