Panhandle Music Festival to Showcase School Bands
The Panhandle hosts the Texas Region T Music Competition Festival with forty bands and forty vocal groups from Pampa Wheeler County Hereford Lubbock Amarillo Perryton Lefors and more. Junior high high school and grade school ensembles perform Thursday through Saturday at the Municipal Auditorium and Butler Field with sight reading and marching contests and admission charged.
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Panhandle
Washington
New York
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Nications
Pampa
Kellerville
Wheeler County
Hereford
Lubbock
Perryton
Lefors
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Butler Field
Park Chief Seeks Small Cacti for Ellwood Park Garden
Chester Fitz, superintendent of city parks, requests small round pin cushion cacti to finish a circular fenced garden at Ellwood Park. He hopes to attract tourists and notes many visitors ask about cactus varieties. Call 44690 to donate and arrange pickup.
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Chester Fitz
Ellwood Park
Tack Will Give Away Goats
Dear Tack I have two kid goats one week old and will give them to someone who will take good care of them The address reads 1608 Goliad Street A Subscriber.
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Goliad Street
Amarillo airport gains tentative CAA funding for two runways
CAA officials and army engineers surveyed Amarillo's English Field noting a tentative $200000 federal aid package. The review followed a city hall conference with H R Smith and plans by the engineering department. Officials expect a definite reply before April 14 as the master plan envisions four runways.
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Amarillo
CAA
Army
S. E. Travis
Fort Worth
J. D. Church
James H. Stratton
R. E. Cole
H. R. Smith
Thornton Oxnard
Irwin Ochsner
Ross Rogers
Lucius D. Clay
Church
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Hinton
Destroyer Workman Injured in Blast
KEARNY New Jersey April 14 One workman was killed and two seriously injured today in an acetylene gas explosion in the hull of a U S navy destroyer under construction at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company yards.
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Kearny. N. J
U. S. Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Water Bills Being Printed at City Hall
Nearly 12 000 postal cards are being printed today at the city hall for water bills. Off the small press in the supply room rolls more than 200 different forms. These forms range from prosecutor notices to vehicle permits.
Masons Observe Maundy Thursday in Amarillo
Scottish Rite Masons of Amarillo will observe Maundy Thursday April 10 in Palo Duro lodge rooms. All Scottish Rite Masons are invited to attend the annual observance.
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Amarillo
Palo Duro Lodge
Name Familiar Even If Faces Are Not
A bulldog named Pep strayed from the David H. Jones home in Omaha Nebraska. A week later Pep was found at the David R. Jones residence. The Jones families are not related.
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Omaha, Neb
Pep
David H. Jones
David R. Jones
Joneses
Rich Receives One Minute Address for House Speech
Rep. Robert F. Rich of Pennsylvania gained unanimous consent to address the House for one minute in Washington on April 1. He opened with an “April fool” remark before sitting down.
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Washington
U.P
Rep
Robert, F. Rich
Pennsylvania
House
Dow
State Land Bank Wins Approval of House
A constitutional amendment creating a state land bank to lend money for farm purchases was approved by the House, 105 to 24, after 30 minutes of debate. The measure advances to the Senate.
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State Land Bank
Austin
House
Senate
Two Kelly Field Fliers Die In Air Crash Near New Braunfels
In San Antonio on April 1 two Kelly Field officers died when their aircraft crashed while circling the wreckage of a ship seen from the air in cedar brakes northwest of New Braunfels. The deceased are Captain David N. Crickette and Technical Sergeant Bert J. Williams.
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San Antonio
Kelly Field
New Braunfels
David N. Crickette
Bert J. Williams
Auditors Begin 1939 40 Accounts Check in Courthouse Office
Auditors start Wednesday to inspect county books for 1939 40 and will work about four months. The H V Robertson firm contracted for up to 6000 dollars. A very severe earthquake was reported today at Weston College possibly in Peru or northern Bolivia.
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H. V. Robertson
Weston
Mass
Peru
Bolivia
Weston College
April Fool Prank: Car Blows Horn for an Hour
A parked car at 605 Florida Street staged an April Fool by honking endlessly after the owner entered a beauty shop. The horn sounded for about an hour, drawing neighbors and babies from their homes before police stopped the disturbance.
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Florida Street
Mrs Roosevelt protests restaurant refusal to serve soldier
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said at a press conference that any restaurant denying service to a man in uniform should have all patrons leave. The remark followed a case in Washington where an army sergeant claimed he was snubbed for his uniform after defying a seating rule set by the restaurant.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two Indicted on Perjury Charges in Blinderman Case
Morris Blinderman and Ben Chartoff of Amarillo were indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Worth on perjury charges tied to a grand jury probe of Jacob Blinderman and the Blinderman stores Palais Royal in Amarillo and Mayfair in Pampa. Earlier, Jacob and Meyer Blinderman and Sally Blinderman Chartoff were indicted for concealing bankruptcy assets as Palais Royal and Mayfair filed voluntary bankruptcy two years ago.
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Morris Blinderman
Ben Chartoff
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Jacob Blinderman
Blinderman
Palais Royal
Mayfair
Pampa
Jacob
Meyer Blinderman
Sally Blinderman
Chartoff
April Fools Joke At Marsalis Park Zoo Falls Flat
Dallas April 1. The old April 1 gag asking visitors to call a number and ask for Mr Fox or Mrs Camel fails at Marsalis Park Zoo today as the zoo telephone remains unanswered, zoo superintendent Walton Carlton reported.
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Dallas
Mr. Fox
Camel
Marsalis Park Zoo
Walton Carlton
Senate Committee Okays Freeze on Cotton Stocks
Chairman Smith of South Dakota said the Senate agriculture committee approved a bill to freeze government loaned cotton. The measure would transfer title to about 6,000,000 bales and loans on 4,800,000 more and allow repayment to growers on outstanding loans. The secretary could use loan cotton if it does not disrupt relief, defense, or exchange needs.
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Washington
Smith
South Dakota
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary For Agriculture
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
James Roosevelt to Wed Soon After Easter
Boston reports that James Roosevelt eldest son of the President will marry Miss Romelie Schneider his nurse by a Roman Catholic priest shortly after Easter. The wedding planned for Miami was halted because of Lent vows with Los Angeles as a possible later site. Roosevelt has been taking instruction in the Catholic faith.
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Boston
Boston Post
James Roosevelt
Romelie Schneider
Miami
Fla
Young Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Cal
Tribute to D P Allard Funeral Planned in Griggs Chapel
Funeral services for Daniel Price Allard, a policeman, will be held this afternoon at 4 o clock in Griggs Chapel with Rev J D Horton and Rev E B Fincher officiating. Allard died Sunday morning.
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Daniel Price Allard
Griggs Chapel
J. D. Horton
E. B. Fincher
Mr. Allard
Legislators to Visit Camp Bowie for Army Day Exercises
Texas lawmakers adjusted next week’s calendar to attend Army Day events of the 36th Division at Camp Bowie. Representative W. R. Chambers extended the visit to see Gen. Claude V. Birkhead, commander, and observe what Texas soldiers are doing.
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Austin
Upi
Camp Bowie
Texas
W. R. Chambers
Claude V. Birkhead
36Th
Texas House Votes Recess for Brownwood Visit
The division is composed of Texas National Guardsmen. The House agreed tentatively to recess over next Monday so the legislators could go to Brownwood.
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Texas National Guardsmen
House
Brownwood
War Refugees Smuggle Gems Threat Looms
A con man posing as a wealthy war refugee offers worthless glass gems sewn into his coat lapel to swindle victims out of money while claiming to smuggle the gems out of Mexico. He targets those willing to pay hundreds or fifty dollars, preying on belief in a daring refugee backstory.
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Berlin
Hitler
Mexico
Britain Posts Record Spending For Fiscal Year
London April 1 Britain spent a record 5.867 billion pounds in the just ended fiscal year eclipsing the prior 3.318 billion. Chancellor Kingsley Wood announced total ordinary revenue of 1.409 billion dollars leaving a deficit of 2.458 billion pounds.
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London
Britain
Kingsley Wood
British Will Permit French To Get Flour
London reports that Hugh Dalton announced in commons two American shiploads of flour will be allowed to pass through the blockade to France. The move does not extend to shipments to the Vichy government.
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London
U.P
Hugh Dalton
Commons
France
Vichy
Industrial City Water Problem Solved
Residents northeast of the corporate limits now receive water from a direct line instead of the Texas Company's refinery meter. The change resolves the long standing supply issue for that area.
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Texas Company
Shingle theft hits rifle city reports rise
Farrell Lumber reported theft of nearly 20 bundles of shingles and other lumber. Leo Yselding, captain of detectives, said most thefts target commercial construction jobs and the material is probably moved to other cities for sale.
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Swithin
Farrell Lumber
Cut
Leo Yselding
Captain Tectives
Watch Stolen From Home Reported By Kent W Davis
Kent W. Davis of 3001 Taylor reported a watch theft at his home last night while his family was downtown. Police noted no other items appeared missing and a welfare officer later reported the scene on Fourth Avenue.
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Kent W. Davis
Taylor
Fourth Avenue
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