Optimism About Near Future From All Sections
United Press survey finds business cautiously improving across the nation in 1938 with the coal regions a notable exception. Reports cite rising security activity and stock prices, stronger consumer buying in July, growing factory output in textiles and steel, declining auto stock, increased building, better crop conditions, and easing unemployment. Michigan also notes a textile upswing.
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United Press
Chicago
U.P
New England
Motion Picture
Hollywood
Pennsylvania
New York
American Federation of Labor
The
South
Michigan
Merchants Biscuit Company Wins Building Permit
A $15 000 brick warehouse and office for Merchants Biscuit Company at 494 Grant Street is approved for J B Coe. The one story fireproof building adds 9 000 square feet of warehouse space with a freight platform. Santa Fe Railway franchise required and main switch to extend through blocks 355 356 Mirror and Holland Additions from Sixth to Fourth avenues. Building contract awarded to J C Winn Amarillo contractor. Also permits for two residences issued to H Long and B W Van Nay with contracts to Gene Cline and L E Moreman respectively.
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Grant Street
Merchants Biscuit Company
J. B. Coe
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company
City Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Mirror and Holland
Ferocious Grizzly Bear Shot After Zoo Escape in Pittsburgh
A three year old grizzly broke from a steel barred cage at the Pittsburgh Zoo in Highland Park, terrorizing the park and nearby residences. Police closed the pool, evacuated hundreds of children, blocked park entrances, redirected traffic, and guarded buildings as veteran bear hunters joined the search and guards warned of possible danger.
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Pittsburgh
Girland Park Zoo
Teron
Big Park
Highland Park
Jack Potter
Fox Chapel Hunt Club
Schaumann
Fashion shops report biggest Paris business in five years
Paris fashion retailers announce record sales as fall premieres wrap up. Foreign orders for Paris models exceed expectations amid designs stressing romance and beauty. Fabrics and gowns feature Renaissance style, jewel embroidery, and celestial motifs inspiring new Paris lines. Now see John Maynard Lbr. Co. for estimates.
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Paris
U.P
Schiaparelli
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Prominent Dallas Doctor Exonerated of Charges
Dallas grand jury clears Dr. F. H. Newton a noted Dallas physician his brother Will Newton and Maurice Jackson a Negro cook at the Newton Highland Park home of kidnapping charges linked to Mickey Ricketts former yard boy at the Newton residence.
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Dallas
F. H. Newton
Will Newton
Maurice Jackson
Newton Highland Park
Mickey Ricketts
Newton
Cranium Crackers Math Riddle Puzzles From a 1900s Page
A playful column presents brain teasers mixing arithmetic with general knowledge. It cites a seven day week, English royalty, and travel distances to tease readers, ending with a prompt for the editorial answer.
Fourth in standings Jean Tomberlin highlighted for Miss Southwest bid
Jean Tomberlin, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J P Tomberlin, is fourth in noon standings. A dancer and singer, she acted in The Drunkard and Hollywood Review at her high school. Her sponsors include Southwestern Public Service and Kiwanis Club. Votes with tickets fund the Southwest popularity contest.
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Jean Tomberlin
J. P. Tomberlin
Miss Tomberlin
Hollywood Review
Eleanor Powell
Jean
Pi Delta
Southwestern Public Service
Texas Company Refinery
Kiwanis Club
Dana Thomas Harmon Dancing School
Blackstone Beauty Shop
The
Panhandle Laundry
Miss Southwest
TWA
Hollywood
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
RKO Studios
Walt Disney Studios
Icy Wind Boosts Detectives as Pool Trouble Hits
In Philadelphia on August 5 a horse named Icy Wind won at 60 to 1. Five detectives placed bets and collected, funding the police pension. William Shields was arrested on a charge of maintaining an illegal horse race pool.
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Philadelphia
William Shields
Shields
Police Pension Fund
Polk County Black Man Convicted for Attack on White Woman
Bob White of Polk County was convicted for the second time for attacking a white woman near Livingston a year ago and received the passing penalty. The case was reported from Conroe with U.P. attribution.
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Conroe
U.P
Bob White
Polk County
Livingston
AFL leader vows drive to oust NLRB at labor gathering
William Green, president of the AFL, pledges to mobilize 5,000,000 workers to remove the NLRB from power for alleged pro CIO bias and Wagner Act mismanagement. He cites Edwin Smith as a chief offender and calls for a six hour work day and 30 hour week while urging higher wages amid 11 million idle workers.
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Worcester
Mass
William Green
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
Green
A. F. of L
NLRB
CIO
Tickets for Pageant Sell Like Cakes in Amarillo Drive
Tickets to Old Southwest Days and the life of Will Rogers are selling briskly as the Amarillo Hotel hosts a ticket sales HQ. About 250 workers canvass the city as prizes and discounts lure sales, with 50 cent unreserved seats after next Saturday.
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Will Rogers
Amarillo
John McCarty
The
Globe News
Wade Brymer
J. L. Scott
H. Walters
Lauchlin McNeill
Carl Hinton
Charles Boyd
Texas
Amarillo High School Congress
Charlie Pryor
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Mr. Brymer
Retired Hero of Russo-Jap War Kills Self in Harakiri
Maj. Gen. Yasuyuki Nishiyama aged 85 a Russo Japanese war hero committed harakiri in Tokyo today to protest accepting a pension during national emergency. He dressed ceremoniously before his family shrine and left a will explaining his motive.
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Tokyo
U.P
Yasuyuki Nishiyama
Nishiyama
Amarillo Cattle Car Reunion Tally Book Grows Fast
Amarillo plans for the XIT reunion in Dalhart draw thousands from the Panhandle and beyond. The Fort Worth and Denver Railroad adds cars as Amarillo Civic Clubs book seats with a ladies car reserved by the Woman's Missionary Society. Prizes for parade floats and rodeo money highlight a festive two day celebration. Tickets are one dollar per hundred pounds, with a cent per pound for the round trip.
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Amarillo
Civyie
Woman's Missionary Society
Fort Worth
Denver
Dalhart
XITP
Buetler Brothers
Pardner
Golfer Ferrebee Aims 144 Holes For Virginia Plantation Deal
J Smith Ferreber of La Salle Street began a marathon golf effort at Olympia Fields to win a $30,000 share of a Virginia plantation with 2500 inside bets at stake. He started at dawn with a stroke a minute aim, completing 36 holes in 170 minutes and planning 108 more holes while managing time and supporters.
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Olympia Fields
Ferrebrer
Fred Turk
Dawn
Ferreber
Ferrebee
Corrigan Is Foil to Dublin Flight Hero Parade
Douglas Corrigan, the daring pilot of the New York to Dublin solo flight, rode a triumphant parade down Lower Broad Way as thousands cheered in heat and humidity. The crowd, all ages and professions, celebrated the sweltering midday spectacle and a headline read backward in a playful nod to the day’s excitement.
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New York
Douglas Corrigan
Broadway
Dublin
City Hall
New York Post
Peace Talks Stall in Russo Japanese Border Crisis
Soviet Russia adopts a hard line in the Siberian border dispute with Japan. Maxim Litvinov rejects a Japanese negotiation offer while insisting Tokyo withdraws first. Border violence continues as artillery exchanges erupt near Changkufeng Hill. In Europe Germany tensions with Czechoslovakia rise after a border incident. In Spain the Loyalist advance on the Ebro stalls as Franco shifts troops to Teruel.
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Soviet
Russia
Japan
Siberian
Maxim Litvinov
Vladivostok
Litvinov
Tokyo
Changkufeng Hill
Europe
Germany
Spain
Ebro
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Forecast Holds as Fair and Warm Weather Continues
Mr. Coleman says the forecast from Monday remains valid for fair and continued warm weather. Temperatures may dip slightly below yesterday's 95 degrees, with a few clouds possible tomorrow but no substantial change in conditions.
Hopkins Denies Coercion Claims Over WPA
MEMPHIS Tenn Aug 5 Harry Hopkins administrator of the Works Progress Administration denied there was coercion of WPA workers in any state primary and said political organizations have the right to solicit votes from these workers just as from others.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
WPA
Amarillo Weather Forecast Sees Fair Night and Partly Cloudy Day
West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with possible scattered thundershowers in the southwest tonight and Saturday. New Mexico to remain fair with little temperature change. Extremes show a high near 90 degrees and a low around 70.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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Jackson Street
Gene Cline
Taylor Street
B. W. van Nay
L. EB. Moreman
Russell
Finstein
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Porthos
Amarillo Shade & Equip. Co
Panhandle
Oklahoma
XIT
Vic Stewart
Ferrebree
An &2
GOLF
Corrigan
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Kojo
Shachofeng
Hopkins
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