Direct Federal Airport Aid Unlikely Reported
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh reported for duty at the War Department to advise on air power improvements. Congress faces delayed federal aid for airports while WPA and PWA funds may be earmarked for airport development, with proposals to back a three phase nationwide airport program.
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WPA
Washington
UPI
Charles A. Lindbergh
War Department
United States
Lindbergh
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Army
Clark
Germany
Congress
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
PWA
Amarillo
The
CAA
Texas House OKs Oil Tax Collection Tightening Bills
The Texas House of Representatives passed four final oil and gas tax collection bills and sent them to the governor. Gen Pens Metcalfe of San Angelo led the measures authorizing the comptroller to warn pipelines not to accept oil or gas with missing reports and amended a Senate bill to curb timber theft by requiring bills of sale on trees and lumber, with exemptions later returned for Senate concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas House of Representatives
House
Gen. Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
Senate
Foundry Will Move Plant to Japan
George T. Ladd of Pittsburgh announced that the Wooster Ohio plant of United Engineering and Foundry Co will be moved to Japan. He said the firm will dismantle and transport equipment to Japan to operate more efficiently and that the company will not sell the plant to Japanese interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
U.P
Cheorge T. Ladd
Pittsburgh
Wooster, O
United Engineering and Foundry Co
Japan
Diamantle
England
Pittchurch
Amarillo Officials to Speak at Borger Convention
Amarillo Public Schools superintendent C. M. Rogers and Amarillo High School dean Laughlin McNeil will appear on Borger convention programs this week. Principal R Norman is slated for a feature on Allied Youth tomorrow, as part of the District Parent-Teacher Association convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Borger
C. M. Rogers
Amarillo Public Schools
Laughlin McNeil
Men of
Amarillo High School
R, BR. Norman
Allied Youth
Detectives Report Murderer Hid Body Then Went Bowling
Dayton police say Andrew Kolb 36 a barber confessed to killing his 82 year old wife and hiding the body in a sub basement He was paid to confess and named burglars who broke into his shop adjoining his home Detectives found Mrs Mattie Reesbury during checks on the case The confession followed hours of questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Andrew Kolb
Mattie Reesbury
Kolb
Pensions Debate Fails To Forge Tax Savings Plan
The House clashed over funding pensions with calls for full property rendition and opposition to new taxes. Calvin urged cutting salaries and trimming payroll, while Davis blasted the proposed tax as vicious. The dispute centered on saving enough to cover pension costs, with talks of cuts up to 23 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Davis
Santa Claus
Calvin
Comgel
Complex naval moves prompt talk of a two ocean defense
Analysts note Britain and the United States show synchronized naval activity with Japan amid fears of Asian aggressions. Observers cite coincidences in 1931 and 1934 linking Manchuria and the Asiatic Monroe Doctrine to Atlantic and Pacific fleet movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Pacific
Japan
Asia
United States
Manchu
North Sea
Inver Gordon
Scotland
Manchuria
Atlantic
China
Joreign
Atlantic Porta
San Diego-San Pedro
Britain
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Coakin
Nara
Mies
Congress
Roosevelt
Movies Join USC in New Teaching
The film industry and the University of Southern California will open America's first graduate school of cinematography in June 1940 to train graduates for Hollywood jobs. The school will produce feature films on its own sound stages and guarantees positions at studios like Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 20th Century Fox after completion. Sol Lesser of Principal Products helped initiate and finance the project with Dr. Rufus B. Van Kleinsmid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
University of Southern California Today
America
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
20Th Century-Fox
The
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Rufus B. van Kleinsmid
Sol Lesser
Lesser
Tulia Vocational Students Dominate Plainview Show Dairy Events
Tulia vocational agriculture students swept firsts in dairy cattle judging at the Panhandle Plains dairy show in Plainview. Floydada led dairy products judging while C Westfall of Floydada won all products judging and butter. Oxford's Golden Bonnie Lucy Jersey owned by J E Rigler of Plainview set a record as the youngest winner with 2.8942 pounds butter fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Tulia Vocational Agriculture
Panhandle-Plains
Tulia
Clarendon
Floydada
White Deer
Lockney
Panhandle
Sudan
Lubbock
Whitearral
Lorenzo
Cotton Center
Spring Lake
Mca
KGNC Presents Studio Program Explaining Radio Methods
KGNC tonight hosts a studio program during Radio Open House Week to explain how a modern station operates. The 17 30 to 8 15 event at the main studios Eighth and Harrison invites the public to attend. Carlton Seales Orchestra Sophisticates Trio Wendell Heiney tenor Wes Tezard and staff announcers J B Lynn Monte Rosenwald Bob Watson appear. attendees urged to arrive by 7 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KGNC
Eighth
Harrison
Carlton Seales
Sophisticates
Wendell Heiney
Lyric
Wes Tezard
J. B Lynn
Monte Rosenwald
Bob Watson
Standard Oil Dealers Meet Tonight at Herring Hotel
Standard Oil Company dealers from Amarillo territory will meet tonight at the Herring Hotel starting at seven o clock. FE W Ender state sales manager will lead the gathering in inviting all Standard Oil dealers and other dealers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slangarad OU
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Civic Leaders Board Wichita Special at Canyon Stop
Amarillo civic leaders rode a 126 member Chamber of Commerce contingent to Canyon to meet a special train from Wichita Kansas. The Santa Fe service is due at 8 49 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Leaders Board
Wichita
Canyon Stop
Amarillo
Canyon
Kans
Santa Fe
Oan
Chamber of Commerce
Violation of Law to Call Union Man a Communist
J Warren Madden of the National Labor Relations Board told the Senate labor committee that calling a union leader a Communist could violate the Wagner Act. He cited the potential breach as a basis for employer liability and urged careful policing of anti union rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Labor Committee Today
Three Divorces Filed in District Court
Petitions for divorce were filed in district court yesterday and today. Named plaintiffs include Elvin D. Tucker versus Ima Tucker and Henrietta Holbrook versus Glen H. Holibrook. A third case involves Bertha Ruffin and Marvin Ruffin.
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Elvin D. Tucker
Ima Tucker
Henrietta Holbrook
Glen H. Holibrook
Bertha Ruffin
Marvin Ruffin
Clement Cleveland Medal Awarded to Eve Curie
The Clement Cleveland Medal for outstanding cancer fight effort was awarded to Eve Curie on April 19 in New York. Curie was honored for her book The Life of Madame Curie and for her parents who discovered podium missing details.
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New York
Clement Cleveland
Eve Curie
Miss Curie
Madame Cut
Navy Dept Silent On Fleet Movement Explanation Saturday
The Navy Department offered no explanation on Saturday about sending the fleet or related actions. Officials did not confirm any schedule or reasoning for the planned movement or its timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Drive on Gambling Develops Hinton Sentence Affirmed
Amarillo reports the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin affirmed two year sentence for Sam Hinton on gaming law violation. Hinton was the first of nine charged to be tried and the only one convicted. Other cases varied to acquittals or hung juries. all others remain on district court docket as the 47th district prepares for an April term.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Grand Jury
Bill Adams
Court of Criminal Appeals At
Austin
Sam Hinton
Hinton
47Th District Court
Claude
Court May Decide If Nazi Is Offensive Language
Fort Worth court hears whether a Nazism charge qualifies as abusive language after a man, held on bond, shouted You’re nothing but a Hitlerite and Nazi at a German cafe proprietor. The accuser, Olen, opposed Adolf Hitler and Nazi principles. Seventeen oils may be used to make butter substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Bond
W. Olen
Ohien
Ohllen
Adolf Hitler
Mass Meeting Called on WPA Wage Adjustments in Panhandle
Lee Hunter of the Citizens Labor League announces a mass meeting tomorrow night in the district courtroom for WPA wage scale adjustment in the Eighteenth District. Petitions seek alignment with New Mexico pay. Officials and citizens across the Panhandle sign and support the request as Mayor Ross D. Rogers plans a Washington trip to present it to WPA leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Progress Administration
Lee Hunter
Citizens Labor League
Eighteenth
Congressional District
New Mexico
Panhandle
Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Ross D. Rogers
Regional Planning Board
Washington
WPA
Gallup Doorbell Survey Explores What Readers Read
The piece recounts Dr. Gallup's survey method via door knocking to measure which parts of newspapers readers notice. It notes cooperation from the Chicago Tribune driven public, past publicity with Des Moines Register and Tribune and a magazine survey, and hints at Amarillo interest as Globe-News considers a similar survey to gauge local reading material preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
Dr. Gallup
Des Moines Register
Liberty
Amarillo
Globe-News
Globe- News
Gallup
Christ's Church Needed Today Says Dr. Williams
Dr J Howard Williams pastor of the First Baptist Church urges that Christ formed a divine church to meet a confused world. He promotes a Wednesday night series on The Churches of the New Testament and invites the public to attend at 8 p m.
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Christ’s Church
J. Howard Williams
First Baptist Church
Williams
Kansas City Livestock Market Report April 19 1940s
U S D A market summary from Kansas City shows hogs salable 1 506, steady to 10c lower with top around 7.00. cattle salable 3 000, calves 250. slaughter steers and yearlings opening slow with prices 9 25 to 10 25, some around 11 00. vealers 8 00 to 10 00. sheep 9 500 salable with limited activity, spring lambs around 10 50 and clipped lambs 8 25 to 8 50, wooled ewes down from 5 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas Spring
Will D Tenney Dies in Wichita Falls Former Amarillo figure
Will D Tenney longtime Panhandle Lumber manager died yesterday in Wichita Falls from a heart attack. He lived in Amarillo about 17 years after arriving in 1920 with Panhandle Lumber then Panhandle Mortgage West Texas Mortgage and Loan later moved to Hood River Ore and returned briefly last year before guiding Rounds Porter Lumber in Wichita Falls. Survived by wife Elsie and two sons Jack and Joe Bill of Hood River plus two brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Will D. Tenney
Panhandle Lumber Company
Wichita Falls
Tenney
Amarillo
Panhandle Mortgage Company
West Texas Mortgage and Loan Company
Hood River
Ore
Rounds-Porter Lumber Company
Masonic Order
Kiwanis Club
Elsie E. Tenney
Jack
Joe Bill Tenney
Pat Bullis Rites Set for Amarillo Officer
Final tribute to G. M. Pat Bullis Amarillo police veteran set for 2 p.m. funeral at N. 5 Griggs Sons Chapel. Rev. E. B. Fincher to officiate with pallbearers from the force. Bullis 66 died after illness following a Sunday beat, after 13 years with the department. He came to the Panhandle in 1888 and worked as a cowboy before joining the police in 1926. Survived by wife Mae, son Earl, two daughters and two stepdaughters. Burial Llano Cemetery with Masonic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M
Pat” Bullis
Amarillo
N. 5
Griggs and Sons Funeral
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Mr. Bullis
George Hayden
John Snider
W. R. McDowell
Sid Harper
E. G. Green
Lindsay Davis
Pat Bullis
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Leo Yielding
Artie Mae Seabrook
Llano
Some City Slicker Passes Wooden Nickel in Houston
Houston on April 19 reports a wooden nickel left in a parking meter. L. V. Dawson, a parking meter collector, found the token in a meter and noted the incident.
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Houston
Mrs I D Cole Among Registrants At Club Convention
Austin is hosting the four day Texas Federation of Music Clubs convention with executive sessions social events and music. Early registrants include Mrs Vincent Hilles Ober of Norfolk national federation president Mrs R T Craig of Athens Texas president Miss Lucille Skinner of San Angelo first vice president Miss Inez Rudy Bowie and Mrs I D Cole Amarillo national board members. The opening session features the executive committee comprising Mrs Craig Mrs Skinner Miss Rudy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
Vincent Hilles Ober
Norfolk
Federation of Music Clubs
R. T. Craig
Athens
Tex
Texas Federation
Lucille Skinner
San Angelo
Texas Organization
Inez Rudy
Bowie
I. D. Cole
Amarillo
National Board
Craig
Skinner
Rudy
Yancey L. Culp
Gainesville
Fred A. Gillette
Houson
Collman Foresees Warm July Weather and Dust
Mr Collman predicts a warm July 4 with fair weather today tonight and tomorrow. He expects temperatures up to 80 degrees or more today with a drop to around 50 tonight and cooler conditions tomorrow. A southwest wind will raise dust and dust in the air for several days until the last storm’s surplus diminishes.
Virginian Named New Ambassador
Alexander W. Weddell of Virginia was nominated by President Roosevelt to be ambassador to the new government of Spain. He is currently ambassador to Argentina and will succeed Claude G. Bowers in Madrid.
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Washington
Alexander W. Weddell
Virginia
Roosevelt
Spain
Weddell
Argentina
Claude G Bowers
Madrid
Tyrone Power and Annabella Plan Fast Hollywood Wedding
Hollywood stars Tyrone Power and Annabella filed notice to wed just before the license bureau closed. California’s three day law allows a ceremony as early as Friday, with no elaborate plans disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrone Power
Annabella
California
Johnson attacks U S munitions sales stance
Senator Hiram Johnson of California assails the cash and carry plan. He warns that allowing belligerent nations to buy U S war materiel would position the country as an ally of Japan in the Pacific and of Great Britain in the Atlantic, creating conflicting blocs.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
United States
Japan
Pacific
Great Britain
Atlantic
Johnson
Key Pittman
Netvada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Husband Has Right To Enter Wife's Bedroom Says Judge
Kansas City Kansas April 19 The judge ruled a husband cannot violate a wife's privacy by entering her bath and his presence does not justify a divorce He granted Cam Sanderson a divorce on a cross complaint of neglect of duty after she sought divorce alleging intrusion and lack of privacy The judge noted cultural remarks about routine marital conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
U.P
Joseph A. Brady
Cam Sanderson
United Motors Men in Meeting at Herring Hotel Amarillo
United Motor Company service men from the Amarillo territory will gather at the Herring Hotel tonight at 8 30. A A Umphress the Dallas representative will lead the session with help from colleagues in Detroit and Dayton Florida?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Motor Company
Amarillo Territory
Herring Hotel
A.umphress
United Motors
Dallas
Detroit
Dayton
European doubt on Hitler US trade concessions for peace
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet told the Chamber of Deputies that France holds steadfast hope that the path opened by President Roosevelt’s telegrams to Hitler and Mussolini would lead to peace. He warned against expecting Germany to seek concessions as the price of any peace program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
United States
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Affairs Committee
The
Chamber of Deputies
Roosevelt
Mussolini
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Shoeburyness
James F. Byrnes
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Robert Reynolds
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Fenner & Beane
Amarillo Building
Ieee New York
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Southland
Industrial Rayon
Sunray R ‘International
Pow Jones
Enner & E
Johns Manville Weaed
Kennecott Copper
Marshall-Field
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Miami Copper
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Stock Exchange
Ane
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Enner & Montgomery Ward
Murray Corp
CIS
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Nat'l Dairy Products Pn
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American Power & Light
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Otis Steel
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Paramount
Penney Co J C
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RBR
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Pullman Co
Bethlehem Steel
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Keith Orph
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Thy
Reming Rand ii
Budd Mfg
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Reynolds Tobacco
Callaham Zinc Lead
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General Baking
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Gillette Safety
Oh Steel
Gumbel Brow
Goodrich
Brea Pie 4%, A, Choodrear : 24% Py Wee Unica See Ig, Great West Sugar
Wesse Eiec
Great Northern Rapid
1 & Co
General Tire & Rubner
Wiewy Orthemonese
Hecker Protucts
Hovdaine-Horeney
Hewe Sound
Zeriiths
Hudson Motors Sane
Mr. Collman
Virginian
U. S
United Motor Service
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