Boos ters From Guymon Arrive for Lions Reception
A Guymon Oklahoma booster delegation led by the Cow Boy Band will parade through Amarillo tomorrow morning before a luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel hosted by the Lions Club. Mayor Ross D. Rogers and Mr Party will meet the group at the city limits. Lions not attending the Plainview district convention will join the welcome. Citizens are invited to attend the event.
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Guymon
Amarillo
Cowboy Band
Amarillo Hotel
Boosters
Lions Club
Plainview
Cal Farley
Mr. Partey
Ross D. Rogers
Third Avenue
Polk Street
Eighth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Fillmore
E. P. Adler
Davenport
Times
William J. Pape
Waterbury
Conn
R Publican
American
Harold L. Tekes
Associated Press
ALN
Ickes Criticizes Long and Townsend Speech Debate
Ickes defended free speech while censoring Long and Townsend amid criticism of Huey Long's program. Reports from across the nation showed improved business and optimism as editors predicted renewed confidence before normalcy returns. The President nominated Carl Eugene Nesbitt of the Texas National Guard for brigadier general.
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Long L. K. Nicholson
New Orleans
Daily Sun and Evening Journal
Maine
Washington
Carl Eugene Nesbitt
Texas National Guard
Adjutant Generals Department
Job Seeker Seeks Work and Room in Tama Letter Stack
A Tama reader known as Mrs Gude asks for steady housing and employment, offering references and willingness to relocate. Another notice highlights a Tama youth seeking any available job, directing inquiries to the Tack letters on page 5.
Lions Launch Parley at Plainview on Convention Day
The District Two Lions Club convention began in Plainview with 265 registrations by noon. District Governor F. L. Pitts presided as delegates gathered from Panhandle and Colorado with candidates Ralph Randel and Jimmy Greene boosting governor campaigns and Lions International representative F Alatorre of Mexico on the program.
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Plainview
Lions Club
F. L. Pitts
F. Alatorre
Lions International
Mexico
Ralph Randel
Panhandle
Jimmy Greene
Colorado
Pampa Boy Receives 514000 Divorce In Oil Blast Case
Billie J. Cross a nine year old of Pampa is awarded 514000 in a district court decision without a jury. The suit names Sinclair Prairie Oil and Phillips Petroleum as defendants claiming faulty gas lines led to a fatal explosion in the Cross home cellar on November 18 1934.
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Billie J. Cross
Pampa
Thier
W. E. Gee
J. C. Cross
Mary Laverne
Cross
Charles V. Stickley
Hemphill County
Sinclair Prairie Oil Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Sinclair Company
Ras
Ex-convicts to trial in hitchhiker murder case
Edinburg Texas April 22 Two former inmates James D McAlister 36 and Richard A Palmer carnival trooper faced murder charges in the slaving and robbery of Percy A Calkins a Houston salesman Trials set to begin today before District Judge Bryce Ferguson with the jurist presiding over the case that could hinge on the hitchhiking incident.
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Edinburg
Tex
Texas
James D. McAlister
Richard A. Palmer
Carnival
Percy A. Calkins
Houston
Bryce Ferguson
Mae West jokes about age and marriage status
Mae West laughs off rumors stating there were two Mae Wests on stage before her and that she never married. She recalls being 18 in 1911, implying a current age around 42, and dismisses reports by her manager James Timony that he is her husband or sweetheart.
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Mae
Mae West
James Timony
Timony
Timeline of Bank Teller Mass Shooting Revealed
Kenneth Gardner, 17, wounded after opening fire at his family with ten shots. Rita Jane Gardner, 20, and Gerard Gardner (14) killed. another son shot and injured. mother unharmed. Kenneth, a teller at First National Bank of Chicago, had recent nervous episodes and an absence of work.
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Kenneth Gardner
Jones
Gerard
Kenneth
Gardner
Serious
Fig
Rita Jane Gardner
Legion Parley In Wellington Adopts Panhandle Hospital Plan
The Eighteenth District American Legion convention in Wellington drew about 400 attendees. Delegates passed resolutions endorsing a Panhandle veterans hospital and urged District Commander Van Stewart to secure support from civic groups. Borger was chosen as next meeting site. Amarillo to host the Fifth Division gathering.
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The
American Legion
Wellington
Floyd L. Sloan
Hanson Post
Veterans’ Hospital
Panhandle
Borger
World War Veterans
Veterans’ Hospital Project
van W. Stewart
Perryton
Wright Patman
Texas
Frank N Belgrano
Dewey Richburg
Legion
Pecos
Amarillo
Nations protest German Lithuanian tensions in Memel
London reports Britain France and Italy protest Lithuania over German rights in Memel. A note, from guarantors of Memel Statute, urges Lithuanian administration to include Germans on the statute directorate. No reply yet, Lithuania previously resisted German cooperation.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Lithuania
Memel
Conservation program yields vast benefits and growing support
The program has spent about 335 million dollars in its first two years, roughly half the corps costs to date, with indirect gains in natural resource preservation. Fechner argues the returns justify the investment as millions gain outdoor work opportunities and support for dependents amid extended projects.
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Fechner
Tilldine Outdoor
Merve
Concert for Children by Amarillo Philharmonic Wednesday
The children's note man concert by the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra starts at 3 45 Wednesday afternoon. A rehearsal is set tonight at Municipal Auditorium for this show and the May 2 program. Students may buy tickets at 10 cents from school principals and music teachers.
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Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Christian Thaulow
House Demands Fund to Honor Battlefields
The Texas House demanded a definite allocation to celebrate the Texas Centennial with memorials at the Alamo and San Jacinto battlefields and proposed a $300000 allocation at each site. The chamber also again rejected fixing a percentage of Dallas Exposition gross receipts to repay allocated funds. Four prisoners escaped from Collin County jail in McKinney, including Casey Woodall Tillman Boyce Turk Mason and Hogge Davis.
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Austin
U.P
Alamo
San Jacinto
House of Representatives
Roy Hofheinz
Houston
House
Dallas
McKinney
Collin County
Casey Woodall
Tillman Boyce
Turk Mason
Hogge Davis
Aftershocks Hit Islands Off China Killing Local Scars
Quake ruins devastate straw huts and villages as inhabitants sit among rubble. Japan mobilizes refugees aid and medical care while road networks and a coastal rail line are damaged. Officials expect quick burial of bodies and no extra supplies needed. A dust storm from a distant volcano terrorizes Harbin with wind consuming streets and hail by daybreak.
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Kinsui
Japanese Overseas Ministry
Tokyo
Earthquake Rips Formosa Villages Killing Thousands
A Formosa quake survey from Taihoku area shows collapsed mud huts, all but a few villages leveled. About 3050 people were killed as bridges and schools were destroyed and debris filled roads. Survivors, including injured, collected on mats while rescue attempts continued.
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United Press
Taihoku
Formosa
Taichi
Shinchuku
Kinsui
Tatke
Coffii
Westells Faure
Teria
White Man Shot by Negro in Clarendon Sears Five Shots
Albert Marble Eye Boyd, a 35 year old Black man, was jailed in Clarendon after a shooting that seriously wounded Red Wells. Wells, a resident of Clarendon for four years, was taken to Adair Hospital with a bullet in the right flank after a confrontation that began over a year old quarrel. Boyd surrendered to Sheriff Guy Pierce and was to be arraigned before the Donley County Grand Jury as it sat in session.
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Clarendon
Albert “Marble Eye
Boyd
Red” Wells
Donley County
Guy Pierce
Negro Holiness
Wells
Adair Hospital
Pierce
McLean
Wels
New Trial Sought By Olney Ex Mayor
Former Olney mayor Charles 8 Richardson filed a motion for a new trial after his conviction and 10 year sentence for the slaying of his 20 year old son Elga. Judge W N Stokes will hear the motion next Saturday.
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Vernon
Charles 8. Richardson
Olney
Elga
W. N. Stokes
Amarillo leaders urge regional push for public works funding
Amarillo officials report a concerted drive to secure 40 to 50 million dollars for Panhandle Plains projects. Key figures K Boyce, Bill Gilstrap, G G Ordway, J Roy Cullum and others prepared divisions for field work, with a Victory Dinner set to reveal final results. President Roosevelt backs federal aid as Panhandle needs wind erosion control Conchas Dam highways and a veterans hospital.
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Hinton
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
Dalhart
H. H. Finnell
Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Ed W. Hardin
Tom W. Cotten
Washington
Mr. Hinton
Marvin Jones
Plains Country
K. Boyce
Sales Army
Bill Gilstrap
G. G. Ordway
J. Roy Cullum
Horace M. Russell
John R. Armstrong
Toney Chisum
Walter A. Barlow
G. W Lake
National Firms
Tom Cotten
Norris Ewing
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle Plains
Conchas
PWA
Veterans Hospital
Panhandle
Amarillo College
Federal
United States
Roosevelt
Hinston
Iermosian
Teod A
Myec
Erosion Problems Hit Texas Plains and Timberlands
The report details severe erosion across Texas plains and timberlands. Gullies form on the West Cross timber area and eastern Grand Prairie, with 60 percent cultivation and cotton reliance. Long cultivation leaves topsoil washed away and subsoil exposed. Eastern timberlands show active sheet and gully erosion among rolling, friable soils. Three erosion control projects cover Elm Creek near Temple 207000 acres, Duck Creek at Lindale 25000 acres, and a Panhandle wind erosion effort of 48000 acres.
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Grand Prairie
East Texas
Rio Grande Plain
Pairie
Soil Erosion Service
Texas
Elm Creek
Temple
Duck Creek
Lindale
Panhandle
Dalhart
Lamb County Bootlegging Case Ties Sheriff to Protection Racket
Indictment alleges Sheriff Irvin protected Vernon Herman and son Bill in a Lamb County whisky operation starting December 1933. It cites threats to federal officers, claims of protection money, and a February sale of whisky under Irvin’s protection. Vernon Herman, Bill Herman, and Fall Herman appear in the case alongside Deputy Walraven and other named figures.
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Vernon Herman
Bill Herman
Irvin
Lamb County
U. S
Herman
Walraven
Amillo
Tarrant County
Lubbock
Fergétson
Markets and Cotton Report From Kansas City and New Orleans
Kansas City cattle and sheep sales show steady to higher trends with top cattle at $14.25 and sheep around $8 to $9 per hundredweight. New Orleans cotton futures open higher after Easter, then ease with May near 11.41 and July 11.53 as rains and supply concerns weigh on prices. Sheriff Irvin and two relatives face liquor charges. Irvin proclaims innocence and seeks bond.
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Kansas City
New Orleans
Chicago
Washington
Texas
Fasten Your Teeth With FASTEETH Powder
A new improved powder, FASTEETH, keeps false teeth firm and comfortable with no gummy taste. It prevents sore gums and mouth, reducing embarrassment. Available at City Drug Co and Fox Drug Co and other druggists.
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Fasteeth
City Drug Co
Fox Drug Co
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Atlanta Constitution
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Harbin
Manchukuo
Exchange Telegraph
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Honshin Island
Sea of Japan
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Red’ Wells
Driscol Irvin
E. A. Pierce & Co
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New York
E. A Pierce and Co
Prey
Close Co
Alaska
Juneau
Allis Chalmers
Amer Canae
Amer Com Alcohol
Amer Smelt & Ref
Y Amer Sugar
Amer Tel & Tel
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Armour & Co
Anaconda Copper
Atchison Top & SF
Auburn Auto O
Rarnsdall Oil
Bendix Aviatiy
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Chi Rock Island & ‘Pac
Chrysler
Columb Gas
Elec
du Pont
Faetman Kodak
Firestone
Foster Wheeler
Freeport Texas
Goodrich Webe
Great Northern RR
Sue Watt
Great West Sugar
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Internat Nickel
Kelvinator Sevens
Kennecott Aeee
Sid Kresge
Kroger Groce & Hak
National Steel
Wetter Tits
Standard Brands
Stand Gas & Elec
Eee
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Stewart-Warner
oy os _ Texas Corp
Ttpeee
Texas Gulf Sulfur
Apenas
Texas Pac Coal & Oil
Trans-America Tee
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United Aircraft
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