Child Genius Abandons Dolls for Schopenhauer
Ava Louise Du Bard, 11, identified by Southwestern University psychology as the brightest of 100 children studied over five years in Memphis Tennessee. Her IQ is 181 with a mental age of 19, placing her among 51 geniuses. she will enter junior high next September and maintains A grades except art while enjoying classic reading and movies.
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Ava Louise du Bard
Psychology Department
Southwestern University
Memphis
Tenn
Ava Louise
Sailor Jones Makes Sea Dairy Tale On Stormy Voyage
A San Francisco report from April recalls Deckhand Jones aboard the Manullani narrating a stormy voyage near Diamond Head. He recounts tending 32 cows and a spotted bull aboard a Matson freighter bound for Honolulu, becoming a makeshift milkmaid amid rough seas and calf births.
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San Francisco
Jones
Manulani
South Seas Typhoon,” Deckhand Jones
Sailor Jones
High Seas
Matson
Golden Gate
Honolulu
Deckhand Jones
Mate
Diamond Head
Senate Finance Fight Over Tariffs In Revenue Bill
Senator Tydings introduced a resolution demanding the finance committee report the revenue bill without any tariff levies. White House and Capitol push for deeper spending cuts with a 10 percent cut in the State Justice Commerce and Labor supply bill and a total plan aiming to save 175 to 200 million dollars. Proposals include veterans program consolidations and reduced agricultural, rural, and defense outlays as President Hoover seeks swift action.
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Washington
Tydings
Maryland
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
White Halland Capitol
Hoover
House
State
Justice, Commerce
Labo
McDuffi
House Economy Committee
Prohibition Fund
McDuffie
Treasury
Agricultural Department
Army
Navy
Legality of Party Pledge Faces Legal Challenge in Dallas
In Dallas on April 8 Judge R B Allen signaled he may grant Tom Love a mandamus to halt enforcement of a party loyalty pledge if the pledge is shown illegal. Attorneys for the county committee challenged the suit's basis while supporters urged the court to preserve Democratic party machinery against cross party control.
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Dallas
U.P
R. B. Allen
Tom Love
Allen
Good Faith
J. Hart Willis
Love
Democratic Party
Willis
Court of Equity
Prohibition Party
Republican Party
State Committee
Judge Allen
T. H. Parker
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Barry Miller
R. E. L. Knight
Pat O'Keefe
Alex Pope
Mussolini Orders 2400 to Abandon Innermost Town
Premier Mussolini ordered 2,400 residents of Santo Stefano to abandon their town after the central district fell into caverns. Experts warned the volcanic rock is honeycombed and could swallow remaining houses. A new Villa Santa Stefano will be built a few miles away.
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Santo Stefano
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Santa Stefano
Rebels Set Blockade in Panhandle and Ecuador Naval Uprising
In Amarillo and Plainview Texas dairymen face debate over Farm Board aid as William F. Schilling defends government lending. He notes 18 million dollars lent to co operatives with interest paid and urges dairymen to push dairy records. In Guayaquil rebels seize two ships, block the port, and seek support while Ecuador’s president gains martial law powers.
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Agriculture
William F. Schilling
Minneapolis
Federal Farm Board
Amarillo
Schilling
Farm Board
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Plainview
Hale County
Portales
N. M
United States
Panhandle
News- Globe
Panhandle Plains History Meet Held in Canyon Today
Pioneer Panhandle residents gathered in Canyon for the Panhandle Plains Historical Society meeting to discuss preserving local history. The business session hosts a museum fundraising report and features leaders from Amarillo Pampa Clarendon and Canadian. A 45 year old pine judges desk will be presented later due to unfinished engraving.
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T. D. Hobart
Pampa
W. H. Patrick
Clarendon
H. M. Russell
Amarillo
H. E. Hoover
Tom Currie
Clint Small
Floyd Studer
James O. Gulerie
Potter County
Society
Canyon
Henry
Bishop
Germany May Take Part Of Surplus Grain
Germany may buy 10 to 15 million bushels of Farm Board stabilization wheat if credits can be arranged. George Milner met German officials in Berlin as talks continue on further purchases and credit extension.
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Washington
Germany
Farm Board
George 8. Milner
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Berlin
Two Die Seven Hurt In Electrical Storm
A forceful storm near Lepanto Arkansas killed two Ferguson brothers Enoch 22 and Earl 29 and seriously injured John 16 and Henry 17 Ferrell who were struck by lightning. Seven other people were injured at a plantation as a windstorm demolished a nearby home where a family reunion was taking place.
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Lepanto
Ark
Enoch Ferguson
Earl Ferguson
Here
John Ferrell
Henry Ferrell
Lawn McGraw
Oil firms stick to 83 cent East Texas crude price
Houston April 8 two large purchasing companies keep East Texas crude at 83 cents a barrel, 15 cents under peak regional prices. Humble and Gulf Production maintain 83 cents, while The Texas Company weighs reverting to lower schedules. no decision yet. President Farish declines comment on a Fort Worth telegram urging price maintenance.
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Houston
East Texas
Mid-Continent
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Gulf
Texas Company
T. J. Donoghue
W. 8. Farish
Humble
Charles Roeser
Admires Garner mockingly misreads greens taste in Texas
Lubbock April 8 A wave of political controversy hits Garner supporters after an Associated Press story quotes him planning to eat turnip greens with South Plains ham. Col Clark M Mullican leader of the Garner for President group warns of desertion to Alfalfa Bill Murray over the faux pas. The piece notes the local club’s stature and a grand champion calf show purchase.
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Lubbock
Associated Press
John Garner
South Plains
Col
Clark M. Mullican
99Th District Court
Garner
Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Mullican
Lubbock Garner
Lubbock Garner Club
Uvalde
Veterans march on capitol over bonus petitions
More than a thousand veterans delivered 2.5 million petitions to Congress urging cash payment of the World War bonus. The rallies targeted House leaders Rainey and Snell and Senator McNary as Hoover and American Legion oppose early action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rainey
Illinois
Snell
New York
Blican
McNary
Oregon
Capitol
Congress
Hoover
Henry L. Stevens
The
American Legion
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Parley Sparks Hope In Hopewell
Three intermediaries led by Rear Admiral Burrage John H Curtis and Rev H Dobson Peacock pursue a new parley with a person claiming to act for the kidnapers. In Norfolk authorities keep watch while Curtis says contact with the go-between continues and the ransom timeline remains uncertain. A fresh gate was added at the Lindbergh property as investigators press leads.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Parley
Guy H. Burrage
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Curtis
Cake and pie contest draws 100 entries at News-Globe School
About 300 cakes and pies entered in the annual News-Globe Cooking School contest in Amarillo. Judging due before afternoon start. Sponsored by Great West Mill under Amarillo PTA Council. PTA groups include Wilson to Wolflin. Proceeds support the Thrift Room for needy children. Last class led by Miss Christeen Chitwood.
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News-Globe Cooking School
The
Great West Mill
Amarillo Council of Parents and Teachers
High School
Wilson
McKinley
Tyler
Blgins
Humphreys Highland
Buchanan
Central Junior
Sam Houston
Johnson
San Jacinto
River Road
Pleasant Valley
Margaret Wills
Wolflin
PT. A
Christeen Chitwood
No Untoward Change In Hawks' Condition
Worcester report says Captain Hawks showed no untoward change in health after a plane crash at North Grafton Airport. He slept fitfully, his temperature is normal, and doctors planned X rays to check for internal injuries or skull fracture, with no skull fracture evident.
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Worcester
Mass
Hawks
George A. Maclyer
City Hospital
North Grafton
Boston
Macliver
MacIver
Addington Sisters Host Tulsa Relative for Amarillo Visit
Miss Velma Addington and Miss Addie Jo Addington of 1010 Fillmore Street host their sister Mrs Lawson Morgan from Tulsa. Mrs Morgan is in Amarillo to seek medical treatment for her young daughter Venita Jo Morgan.
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Velma Addington
Addie Jo Addington
Fillmore Street
Lawson Morgan
Tulsa
Morgan
Amarillo
Venita Jo Morgan
Fred Stone and Company Head Into Southwest
Fred Stone and his Smiling Faces company of 75 entertainers head into the Southwest for a musical comedy tour. Amarillians and patrons from nearby cities can catch the show Saturday April 16 with Paula Rasch and New York principals in the cast. Tickets available at The Globe-News office or by mail. matinee 50c to 2.50, evening 1 to 3 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stone
Smiling Faces
Southwest
Albertina Rasch
Stone
Paula
New York
Globe-News
Wilbur
Hawk
Three Men Injured in Blazing Oklahoma Oil Gusher
Fire at Morgan No. 1 Gibbons oil well in Oklahoma City's industrial district was quickly quenched. Three men John Gordon W H Jackson and John Shirley suffered injuries from flying debris and smoke exposure though the well did not catch fire.
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Oklahoma City
Gibbons
John Gordon
Morgan Petroleum Company
W. H. Jackson
John Shirley
Strike Breakers Wound Pickets At Coal Mine
Two pickets were shot and wounded as they tried to stop Paul Conlon from transporting strike breakers to his father’s mine at Plains near Wilkes Barre. The wounded were Frank Walkowiak and Lawrence Constanti. Conlon, charged with the shooting, was freed on $20,000 bail after arraignment.
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Wilkes Barre
U.P
Paul Conlon
Plains
Frank Walkowiak
Lawrence Constanti
Miners Mills
Conlon
Amarillo Weather Forecast Note and Local Ads
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight then Saturday fair for Amarillo area. West Texas expected increasing cloudiness and warmer, southeast portion partly cloudy. New Mexico fair and warmer. Today’s high low 62, 40 by 1 PM. Griggs ambulance and oil prices listed.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
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Brisbane
Puy-de-Dame
Meyrand
Columbia
American Tobacco Company
George Washington Hill
Wabash
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Fund
Roy Davis
Plainview Co-operative
Frank Phillips
Agriculture Department
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Punta Piedras
Guayas River
Gulf of Guayaquil
Ildefonso Mendoza
Cotopaxi
Manabi
Council of Ministers
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
Cotopaxt
Fort Punta Piedra
Guayaquil Harbor
Chile
Santiago
Juan Estaban Montero
Vinson
Department of Agriculture
Rep. Vinson
Georgia
Budget Bureau
Woodrum
Patman
Rep
Texas
Ways and Means Committee
Griggs Ambulance
Fred Stone and Company
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