Party chain to raise coin for Amarillo symphony
Amarillo's symphony fundraising uses a gift chain with hosts and guests. May Peterson started the chain by two luncheons yielding contributions, with 384 participants needed to complete a cycle and season tickets distributed at the Amarillo Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Symphony Orchestra
May Peterson
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Colonel Thompson
R. W. Adams
Lloyd Robinson
Horace Russell
Capitol Hotel
Mrs. Thompson
Five Thousand Miners Remain Out On Strike at Mexican Mines
Five thousand miners from the Mexican Zinc Co. and Sabinas Mining Co. stay off the job after rejecting a 300000 peso pay increase. They demand at least 1000000 pesos. J W Kniffen from New York seeks settlement at Nueva Rosita Coahuila. Jose Cantu Estrada, labor chief of Mexico City, arrives to arbitrate for President Lazaro Cardenas. Olaf Baldwin becomes Amarillo postal inspector, replacing A O Curry who moves to New Orleans.
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Jose Cantu Estrada
Federal Labor Department
Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Blue Star Ointment Promises Quick Relief From Itch
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a fast acting remedy for itching skin including rash tetter ringworm foot itch and eczema. It emphasizes cooling comfort with no burning and claims tested medicines kill itching quickly.
Amarillo poised as major bus division point in sale
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear tomorrow on the sale of the Amarillo to Albuquerque line from Leeway Stages to Southwestern Greyhound. Approval would add 15 or more families to Amarillo, establish a division point, and position the city as a hub for road rail and air transport. Officials from Leeway Stages and Southwestern Greyhound will testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Post
Amarillo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Albuquerque
Leeway Stages
Southwestern Greyhound
R. W. Lee
Oklahoma City
Paul Tibbets
Fort Worth
Southwestern Greyhound Stages
Duncan McRae
Tulsa
Okla
J. L. Brundage
Leeways
Art Baldus
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
el Paso
Censorship Tangles Texan Front Page Editorials
The Summer Texan front page reports censorship by the University of Texas regents on editorials and news items. Ed Hodge acknowledges censored content and jokes about nursery rhymes while Maury Maverick is hailed as a civil rights champion in a banner.
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Austin
Texan
University of Texas Regents
Joe Storm
Wichita Falls
Ed Hodge
Maverick
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Hodge
Board of Regents
Mother Reunites With Son After 56 Years Of Separation
In Los Angeles Elizabeth Mc Ginnis aged 107 cooks pancakes for her 76 year old son Frank Williamston who had not seen her since the 1880s. The son arrived yesterday after relatives located her and police helped find her residence. They plan to return to Texas farm together.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth McGinnis
Frank Williamston
San Antonio
Texas
Williamston
Joan Bennett in Court Battle Over Daughter Name
Hollywood star Joan Bennett faces a name change fight with ex-husband John Marion Fox over Diana Bennett Fox. Fox spaces in Seattle, contests Bennett's petition to rename the child Diana to match her partner Gene Markey. The hearing resumes August 19, with Bennett expected to present her case.
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Hollywood
Calif
Joan Bennett
Seattle
John Marion Fox
Diana Bennett Fox
Gene Markey
Fox
Miss Bennett
Diana
Markey
Drought Area Hopes Rain Ends For Rehabilition Work
In Walsenburg Colorado workers push to resume rehabilitation efforts as seven days of heavy rains prompt flood fears. A bridge over Cacharas Creek was dynamited to avert flooding, and federal relief supplies arrived for flood victims in the emergency drought district.
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Wallenburg
Colo
Drouth
Cacharas Creek
Walsenburg
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Texas Rangers clamp down after nightclub operator killer
Dallas authorities and Texas Rangers tightened the lid on big time gambling and drinking establishments after the killing of a nightclub operator. Albert Sidney Johnson warned that Rangers would break up any attempts to reopen such places as Capt. Fred McDaniel led the patrol on regular duty.
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Dallas
Texas Rangers
Albert Sidney Johnson
Texas Public Safety Commission
Rangers
Johnson
Fred McDaniel
Little Miss Swifty’s Temptation at the Farmyard
In a 1936 Burgess tale, Little Miss Swifty battles temptation as hens roam the farmyard with no guard nearby. She decides to approach the birds, despite warnings and the risk of consequences for her impulsive choice.
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Swifty
Miss Swifty
T. W. Burgess
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights Full Day
Thursday and Friday airwaves list an extensive schedule featuring Organ Reveries with John and Josey at 3:00, Dance Matinee, The Fairy Princess, Lee O'Donnell and His Hillbillies, Sports Review, Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra, and more. Friday continues with The Sky Pilot, Farm and Home Hour, Kate Coleman vocals, Benny Goodman’s Music, and closing at 11:00 with Sign Off. The lineup spans mornings, afternoons, and evenings with diverse music, talk, news, and specials.
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John
Josey
Lee O'Donnell
Paul Whiteman
Ray Noble
George Quillen, Jr
Dude Vance
Lloyd Snyder
U. P. News
Sky Pilot
Kate Coleman
Harlem
M. I. Bevens
Ma Perkins
Marmola Prescription Tablets Offer Easy Weight Loss
An advertisement claims Marmola tablets help burn excess fat by correcting a supposed hormone deficiency. It asserts millions use the product, produced by a world famous lab, with the formula printed on the package and urges readers to buy at their druggist.
Colorado Soil Conservation Officials Meet in Regional Session
Four Colorado Soil Conservation Service officials attend a regional conference led by G. G. Smith of Washington. Attendees include W. E. Donner, F. E. Spencer, Milo Crissman, C. P. DeLong, and H. H. Finnell with managers from nine SCS projects such as Hereford O. T. Williams and P. H. Walker, Vega P. C. Bennett and Richard Sellars, and others from Channing, Dalhart, Clayton, Springfield, Stratford, Guyman, Liberal. The meeting runs in the Federal District Court room from Wednesday morning to tonight.
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Colorado Soil Conservation Service
G. G. Smith
Washington
SCS
Colorado
W. EF. Doner
ECW
F E. A. Spencer
Milo Crissman
C. P. DeLong
H. H. Finnell
Reg— Conservation Service
Federal District Court Room
Hereford
O. T. Williams
P. H. Walker
Vega
P. C. Bennett
Richard ©. Sellars
Channing
Glen E. Lindsey
J. T. Thompson
Dalhart
B. H. Hopkins
J. H. Thomas
Clayton
James G. Wayne
Ben Melton
Springfield, Colo
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A. O. Curry
New Orleans
Fmocandias
Amarillo Hotel
Lawrence
Treasury
the Treasury
Drouth Area
Kenc
Massey Family & Grain
Benny Goodman
The
Flying Dutchman
Wayne King
Islanders
Philco Party
Betty Crocker
Betty
Bob
John Josey
Salvation Army
Fred O. Case
Milton Rex Stratford
Warren R. Landrum
E. Dudley
Guyman—Herbert Co
William Munson
J. Sykes
Floyd O. Boten
Tropic
Calvert
Calvert Guiana
Maroni
Guiana
Herve
Calvert-Maryland Distilling Co., Inc
M. ¥. C. Calvert's
Calvert’s
Collins
Tortellix Vaston
Hyden
Polk
Amarillo National Bank
Eee
Woodbury Bury
Claire Adams
Djer Kiss
Thyanda
Cologne
Lady Esther
Barry
Lady Esther Pace
Woodbury
Pond
Hinds
Jergens
Igc
Woodbury's
Jergen
Pine
Gardenia
Wrisley's
Lorraine
Noxzema
LUX Soap
Phillips
Ivaltine
BAYER
Alka Seltzer
Lavoris Cc
Pebecco
Kolynos
Colgate
Dr. West
Dr. Lyons
Bost
IPANA
Squibbs
Nassour
Fitch
Alc
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Williams
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