Old Cafe Still Retains Early Character
CHARLES B. DRISCOLL notes Sweet's restaurant at 12 Fulton Street, started in 1845, preserves waterfront charm with old floors, gas lighting replaced by electric, and staff long tenured. The dining room once served as a hotel, seafood is its specialty, and Wall Street gourmets still visit. The Fulton Fish Market area features open-air fish commerce and Peck Slip as a freshwater overflow. The piece blends local history and personal reflections on New York's atmosphere and haze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Driscoll
New York
Sweet's
Fulton Street
U. S. Grant
Wall Street
Deep South
Bob
Fulton Fish Market
Gardiner’s Bay
New England
Arthur Brisbane
Brisbane
al Smith
Peck
Fulton Market
Scott cites Welles letter as incomplete on Kellogg pact breaches
Rep. Scott says Welles letter is partial and fails to name all nations violating the Kellogg Briand pact. He cites omissions on Germany in Austria and Italy and Germany in Spain, noting it lacks dates and instances. Welles testifies he believes the resolution excludes the 15 governments in default on debts to the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Welles
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Fight Is Urged On Dandelions
The Amarillo Garden Club, at the Inter-Civic Club Council's request, surveys parks, playgrounds, and public buildings for dandelion infection. The report warns of a serious, growing menace to property owners and urges immediate city wide control with cooperation from government, schools, public buildings, and lawn owners. It notes dandelions are widespread across the city, making single group efforts futile without broad collaboration.
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Inter-Civic Club Council of
Amarillo
Veteran Engineer Suffers Stroke on Santa Fe Train
Amarillo veteran engineer Frank A. Haggart of the Santa Fe suffered a paralytic stroke while on No. 2 at Shattuck Oklahoma. He was taken to a local hospital and is not expected to return home for several days. Haggart, living at 2003 Fillmore Street, has over 30 years of service on the line and is known for safety campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Haggart
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Shattuck
Okla
Haggart
Haggarts
Fillmore Street
True false quiz from Cranium Crackers segment
Five statements test readers on postwar Europe: Kennedy as ambassador to Britain, Austria’s status, Czech population German majority, Switzerland without an army, and the Little Entente linking Yugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria. Answers appear on the Editorial Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kennedy
U. S
Court of St. James
Austria
Bavaria
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Amarillo Air Mail Demonstrations Earn Chamber Support
National Air Mail Week runs May 15 to 21 and the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee voiced unqualified approval for air mail feeder line demonstrations set for May 19. The event aims to prove Amarillo and the Panhandle can sustain an Amarillo to San Antonio route, with Roy Cullum noting the data will aid post office calculations for a southern line. Progress also noted on a Denver and Pacific Northwest connection, airport facilities, and passenger hangar needs as three planes would traverse the Panhandle on May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Martin
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Amarillo
Panhandle
San Antonio
Roy Cullum
Post Office
Aviation Committee
Denver
Pacific Northwest
AIR Mail
Union Rep Requests Conference on Zinc Strike Near Dumas
Union representative C F Cravens asked for a conference with Illinois Zinc Company in Amarillo to resolve the strike at the smelter near Dumas. The meeting, set for 4 pm with Binford Arney representing the company, follows failed previous efforts by the International Union of Mines Mills and Smelters to obtain recognition without a consent vote. Workers have not picketed, banks burn beneath furnaces, and about 140 men could return to work if a settlement is reached.
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Illinois Zinc Company
Dumas
Amarillo
C. F. Cravens
Binford Arney
Arney
International Union of Mines, Mills and Smelters
VuUullas
CLO
Yeggs Swap $100 Worth of Tools For Change
In Beaumont on April 26 police say two safe crackers knocked the knob off a packing safe and fled when surprised by an early customer. They left behind burglary tools valued at 100 dollars and escaped with only a handful of change.
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Yeggs
Youth resembling Pierson jailed in Brownsfield
A youth answering the general description of Howard Pierson, the slayer of Judge and Mrs William Pierson, was jailed in Brownsfield as officers checked his identity. Pierson escaped from the state hospital at Austin days earlier, triggering a wide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsfield
Howard Pierson
William Pierson
Pierson
Austin
Pump-priming bill moves slowly toward May floor debate
Four House committee hearings on the administration pump-priming and relief program advanced so slowly that some members forecast the bill would not be ready for floor debate by May 1. Leaders hoped it would reach the House by then and be ready for the president’s signature about three weeks later.
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Washington
House
Ers
Nationalists Reported Ready To Abandon Madrid
Nationalist sources contended that the Loyalist government planned to abandon Madrid. They reported seizing a truckload of cases believed to contain securities from Madrid on the road toward Barcelona.
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City of Madrid
Hendaye
U.P
Madrid
Barcelona
Digs for Gold on Golf Course and Gets Divors
Thomas Karns sought permission to dig two test holes near the ninth green of Pasadena City Golf Course after his gold finding machine showed activity. Officials granted the request but remained skeptical. past excavations yielded only divots with no gold.
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Pasadena
Calif
Thomas Karns
Women Rush to Marry Before New Rule Takes Effect
Boston Edison Company workers aged teens rush to wed by Sunday as officials state that after May 1 women employees who marry must resign within 30 days. The move reflects a drastic labor rule affecting female workers.
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Boston
Boston Edison Company
WICC Fights High Oil Tax at Wichita Falls
At the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Wichita Falls on April 27, executives from oil associations urged against new taxes on the petroleum industry. H. B. Fell of Ardmore cited vast land leases, an $185 million annual payroll, and $100 million in equipment purchases, noting oil taxes fund over 60 percent of state revenue. J. C. Hunter of Abilene added that while fair taxes are acceptable, unfair burdens must be avoided.
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Wichita Falls
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Fell
Ardmore
Okla
International Petroleum Association
Texas
Brother Contends Vaughn Legally Dead After Failed Execution
Homer Vaughn argued before Texas pardon board that John W. Vaughn is legally dead after a failed electric chair execution and a one week reprieve. He sought commutation of the death sentence for Vaughn, convicted of slaying Motor Patrolman A A Edwards in San Antonio, while Judge T C Andrews noted the governor's reprieve only delayed for a week.
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Homer Vaughn
Want a Job Then Advertise Globe News Want Ads
Globe News urges job seekers to advertise with its want ads to reach 33,000 daily subscribers in Amarillo. The four listings drew many replies and broad job options including practical nurse training, housekeeping, and a good cook, with references and contact dial 2-3568 and 6262.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News
Globe-News
Czech Defiance Triggers Early Central Europe Tension
United Press reports Czechoslovakia rejects Nazi demand to join greater Germany. Berlin comments support Henlein and attack Czech-France-Russia ties as Hitler aims to bring Czechoslovakia under German influence and possibly annex Sudeten Germans.
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United Press
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Central
Europe
Konrad Henlein
Berlin
Henlein
France
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Soviets
Reich
Black man drives car causing fatal harm to two children
New York April 26 A P Olney Ray a Black man with no driving knowledge received a car on approval. He sat inside and tested controls as the vehicle lurched backward, mounted a curb and fatally struck Charlotte and Florence Becker. Ray was jailed on a serious case charge.
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New York
Olney Ray
Charlotte
Florence Becker
Ray
British Budget Seeks Record Peace Time Tax Hike
London April 26 Sir John Simon chancellor of the exchequer announced a 274 percent increase in basic income tax to fund a budget exceeding 5 billion dollars in expenditure for the coming year. The plan raises the income tax to five shillings sixpence per pound, with tea duty up two pence and gasoline tax to ninepence per gallon. He also raised hydrocarbons duty to ninepence and applied the same tax to heavy oils and power alcohol. Defense spending includes 1 715 625 000 for defense and stockpiling measures to meet emergency civil needs.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Simon
Jackie Coogan Fortune Shrinking Under Tax Records
Hollywood April 26. Tax records from Washington show that unless Jackie Coogan’s mother reclaims him, he may receive none of his earnings as a movie star. Reported earnings of 4 million have dwindled to about 600 thousand. He comments that lawyers may decide the fate and jokes about losing the fortune shrinking.
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Hollywood
Washington
Jackie Coogan
Harvard Bids for Cage to Be Used for Drunks
Woburn Mayor William E Kane weighed a bid from Harvard Crimson for a custom lion's cage once rejected as a rolling jail for drunks. The undergraduate daily telephoned saying many Harvard drunks would be suitable candidates for a ride and Kane planned to think it over before deciding.
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Woburn
Mass
U.P
William E
Kane
Harvard Crimson
The
Crimson
Harvard
Half Million Chinese Concentrate Near Key Rail Center
Shanghai April 26 Five hundred thousand Chinese under Gen Li Tsung Jen concentrate in the Suchow sector as the Japanese claim their army has reached 12 miles from the Lunghai railroad. Suchow at the junction of the Sunghai and Tientsin Pukow railways is a crucial fortification point defending Hankow the provisional capital.
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Shanghai
Li Tsung-Jen
Suchow
Lunghai
Sunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Nanking
Hankow
Houston Only City Seeks 1939 Rotary Convention
GALVESTON April 26 Houston was the only applicant for the 1939 convention of the Southeast Texas district of Rotary International today at the final session. The council of governors will make a selection later, it was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
U.P
Houston
Texas
Rotary International
Council of Governors
Dentists Open Up San Antonio Convention
The Texas State Dental Society opened its 58th annual convention in San Antonio with about 1,200 dentists, including oral surgeons orthodontists and exodontists, attending the session.
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San Antonio
U.P
Texas State Dental Society
Five Billion Dollar Tax Bill Aims to Boost Business
Congressional conferees reached full agreement on a 5 330 900 000 tax bill designed to spur business recovery. The compromise keeps a skeleton undistributed profits tax and liberalizes the capital gains levy. Leaders expect swift passage before Roosevelt’s fishing trip.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Pat Harrison
Nemao
Injured Amarilloans Are Out of Danger
Three Amarillo residents injured in a Fort Worth automobile collision amid two fatalities remain out of danger but in serious condition. Mrs. Mabel Baker has a broken leg and head cuts, L Pat Babb suffers severe cuts and fractures, Paul J. Babb Sr. of Dallas is seriously injured. Fatalities include Mrs. J R Truitt of Gainesville and Mrs. P J Babb. Funeral plans for Mrs. Babb await her husband’s illness outcome.
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Gainsville
P. J. Babb
Mr. Babb
Battle Over Unification of Methodists In Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama April 26 the fight over unification of the three Methodist branches began as anti-unification forces gathered led by Bishop Collins Denny Sr 84 who warned that merging would end the Southern Methodist Church as it is known today ahead of the general conference.
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Birmingham
Ala
Methodism
General Conference
Southern Methodist Church
Collins Denny
Denny
Deanna Durbin to Star in Cinderella Film
Hollywood plans a Technicolor Cinderella starring Deanna Durbin at Universal Studio. The project follows the Snow White success and aims to bring the classic fairy tale to the screen with Durbin in the lead role.
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Deanna Durbin
Hollywood
Universal Studio
Robert McCleum Elected AP President in Philadelphia
New York April 26 Robert McCleum president of the Philadelphia Bulletin was today elected president of the Associated Press in a move that centralizes leadership within the press cooperative.
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NEW A. P
New York
Robert McCleum
Philadelphia Bulletin
Associated Press
Propaganda charged as relief push sparks House clash
In Washington on April 26 Republican members of the House accused relief workers of distributing propaganda in favor of the Roosevelt recovery program worth 4.512 billion dollars. They countered Sam Rayburn’s claim that Congress will face a flood of anti New Deal propaganda from big corporations. Rep. Taber and Rep. Michener cited mail and petitions from WPA employees and a Detroit association, accusing efforts to oppose the president’s program.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Congress
New Deal
John Taber
New York
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Earl C. Michener
Michigan
Works Progress Administration
Taber
Michener
Rayburn
Mr. Roosevelt
Detroit
May Flowers Plus Showers Forecast Across Panhandle
Mr. Collman predicts May flowers may appear mainly in the eastern Panhandle with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Heavier rain will hit the Eastern Panhandle and Western Oklahoma, while Amarillo area remains dry though clouds persist. Cooler weather is forecast for tomorrow as showers already fell last night across the plains with Elkhart Kansas at .70 inch and Clayton New Mexico at .14. Lubbock reports continued mist this morning.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with possible light showers and cooler conditions. West Texas shows cloudy skies with scattered showers likely in the north, cooler in the west tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico: Partly cloudy to tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures east portion.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ruth Gatton Wins News Tip Contest
Ruth Gatton won the first prize of five dollars for a timely tip saving a baby’s life with the city halator. She edged out Mrs. O. B. Strickland and Wayne Nesbitt who placed second and third for tips about a child’s operation and a strike at a North Plains plant. Numerous residents phoned in tips from addresses across the city.
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Ruth Gatton
Johnson Street
Globe Office
Mrs. O
Strickland
North Cleveland Street
Wayne Nesbitt
Jackson Street
North Plains
Cabbages and Hats in Texas Governor Race
The column notes Tom Hunters battered hat and Karl Crowleys resignation from a $9000 a year post as political signals. It flags questions about campaign ethics for federal employees and recalls Farmer Jim Fergusons sharp quips that sway voters. It mentions Bill McCraw and a Senate inquiry context, hinting at ongoing political maneuvering.
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Lewis Nordyke
Tom Hunter
Karl Crowley
Mr. Hunter
Hunter
Mr. Crowley
Post Office Department
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