Rumors of Roosevelt Visit to Amarillo Stirring Local Interest
Readable segments note widespread chatter that President Roosevelt may swing through Amarillo in August. Chamber of Commerce leaders Carl Hinton and Tom Cotten push the plan with broad support. Paul Edquist backs it strongly. The piece also blends humorous fragments and local curiosities with this big-city prospect.
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Roosevelt
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Hinton
Tom Cotten
Paul Edquist
Olympe Bradna Graduates Studio High School
French child star Olympe Bradna, 16, graduates from Studio High School in Hollywood. She wears a white dress and receives a ribbon diploma amid brief speeches by her teacher and a City Board of Education official. Comedian W C Fields arrives with Baby Leroy and a playful onstage scuffle ensues amid press and radio broadcasts.
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Hollywood
Olympe
O-Lamp) Bradna
Studio High School
City Board of Education
Bradna
W. C. Fields
Baby Leroy
Fields
Miss Bradna
Pleids-Leroy
Lobby Probers Clash With National Committee Leader
Sumner Gerald of New York exhorted Senate lobby investigators calling their conduct disgraceful. The fiery treasurer accused officials of besmirching his organization after a dispute over records and a former associate’s links to a convicted ex-offender. Dr. Rumsey previously refused to hand over wartime records amid a trading with the enemy act inquiry.
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Washington
Sumner Gerald
New York
Senate
National Committee To
Senate Committee
Minton
Indiana
Gerald
Schwellenbach
National Committee
Dr. Rumsey
Edward A. Rumsey
McNutt's Bathroom Debate Delays House Vote on Mansion
The House returned to major issues after a heated clash over bathrooms in the $522,000 McNutt Philippine Islands mansion plan. Michigan Republicans attacked the design, claiming excessive capacity while noting the site on land extending into water and contrasting it with the White House.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Islands
War Department
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Albert J. Engel
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Louis Rabaul
Engel
Philippines
United States
White House
McNutt
Hunter to Run A Third Time
Tom F. Hunter, Wichita Falls oil man and twice defeated gubernatorial candidate, enters the 1940 Texas race again as a self described champion of the plain people after touring the state. He argues the state machine is split this year and that the people can score against old money power.
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Wichita Falls
Tom F. Hunter
Wichita
James V. Allred
Hunter
Allred
United Front
State
Centennial
Killing of Rex the King Dog Sparks San Antonio Dispute
Adolf Nehurmann mourns his $2,000 German shepherd Rex the King shot by deputies Elton Cude and Don Wallen as they questioned him on a city edge. Deputies say Rex lunged. witnesses contest. Investigators exonerate deputies and jail Nehurmann for resisting arrest.
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San Antonio
Adolf Nehurmann
Rex
King
Elton Cude
Don Wallen
Nehurmann
Cude
Wallen
Neharmann
Spain’s downfall linked to war with Holland says the record
An old note states Spain ruled much of the world from 1567 to 1684 and fell after choosing war with Holland, then a small European nation. It also notes Bolivia has two national capitals La Paz government seat and Sucre the nominal capital.
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Spain
Holland
Bolivia
la Paz
Sucre
Help Wanted Notes: Housewives and Couples Seek Work
A jumble of letters shows individuals offering housekeeping and care skills, seeking hourly or daily work, with references. Entries include Marie Nixon from 507 Lincoln Street, Morse Jenkins Route 2 Box 627, Tack letters seeking print help, and a married couple seeking farm or ranch chores. Some notes request print help for a misplaced cue and a reward offer for a lost purse.
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Monroe Strete
Marie Nixon
Lincoln Street
Morse Jenkins
Dial
Tack
Lubbock
Tulsa
Tulsa Hale Center
Fillmore Street
Jim Pryor
J N. Kearney
Job Seeker Offers Housework and Child Care Skills
A young applicant at 116 Buchanan Street offers maid and janitor services and child care experience. She is experienced in housework and caring for children and can provide references. Contact at 614 North Polk Street.
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Tam
Man Seeks Farm Work and General Labor in Texas
Married father of two seeks farm and general labor, including tractor work, yard tasks, cement and painting. Desires references and ongoing employment to support a family. Names Clyde Celey and BE R, Cogsdl Box 224 Happy Texas. Clyde Celey 2602 Arthur Street.
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Clyde Celey
Arthur Street
Chefs Publish Rules for the Perfect Dinner
In Chicago on April 20 the Les Amis d Escoffier announced rules for a perfect dinner. Dinners start at 9 PM with tardy guests joining mid course, no place cards, napkins tucked under chins, no shop talk, no politics or religion, no nursing of wines, each course ends with its removal, no hard liquor cocktails before dinner, overindulgence means expulsion, no speeches, diners aim for witty repartee.
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Chicago
U.P
Les Amis d'Escoffier
Auguste Escoffier
Escoffier
Air Force Bomber Crashes in Flames Killing Five
A Lyons air base bomber crashed in flames at Saint Donat when a motor exploded in air. Five crew members were killed in the incident reported from Paris on April 20.
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Paris
Lyons
St Donat
Air minister plans big Paris air force expansion
Paris April 20 Guy Lachambre the air minister announced plans to add 1500 to 2000 airplanes to the air force and to call up reserve pilots to man them as reported today.
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Paris
U PI
Guy Lachambre
Cornstalks to supply phenol for synthetic resins boom
Dallas April 20 reports that cornstalk lignin will yield phenol for synthetic resins, promising vast growth over coal tar sources. G Leon Bridger, Town State College, notes cornstalk phenols could expand perfumes dyes drugs and many consumer goods. extraction costs must fall to realize scale.
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Dallas
Cornstalks
United States
American Chemical Society
G. Leon Bridger
Chemical Engineering Department
Town State College
Bridger
Nation Needs 2,000,000 Homes and Has the Money
New Orleans April 20 Mond E Loomis assistant to the chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board said the nation needs 1 500 000 to 2 000 000 new homes and has plenty of money to build them He spoke at the American Institute of Architects convention The richest field for home construction is smaller cities where the one family house is most needed Construction would generate a market of 6 000 000 000 to 8 000 000 000 for materials labor and skilled work
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New Orleans
Ormond E. Loomis
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
American Institute of Architects
Levine Offers $25,000 Reward for Missing Son Peter
Murray Levine in New York offers $25,000 for information leading to the recovery of his 12 year old son Peter who has been missing nearly two months. He also offers $5,000 for information leading to recovery of the boy's body. This marks the first admission he fears the boy may be dead.
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New York
U.P
Murray Levine
Peter
Guard Released After Aiding Hamilton Escape
James A. Patterson aged 46 was released from the state penitentiary after serving a term for aiding the 1934 escape of Raymond Hamilton Blackie Thompson and Joe Palmer from the death cell. Guns were smuggled to the prisoners during the plot. Whitey Walker was killed and Charlie Frazier wounded.
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James A. Patterson
State Penitentiary
Raymond Hamilton
Blackie Thompson
Joe Palmer
Patterson
Hamilton
Thompson
Palmer
Whitey Walker
Charlie Frazier
Willow Point Farm Cow Delivers 22nd Calf at 24
Willow Point Farm near Urbana reports Old Grey a 24 year old Holstein cow has just given birth to her 22nd calf after averaging 50 pounds of milk daily.
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Urbana
U.P
Willow Point Farm
Here
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