Heat Wave Scorches Southwest Killing Thousands and Straining Cattle
Kansas City reports a record heat wave with 100 degree temperatures and up to 1175 degrees shown in error, inflaming drought that has claimed around 1,000 lives and caused vast crop and livestock damage. Gov. Landon appeals railroads to haul water. 47,000 cattle in stockyards. 13 carloads of water shipped to towns.
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Kansas City
New Mexico
Iowa
Phillipsburg
Kan
Nebraska
Omaha
Emporia
Kans
Topeka
Lawrence
Kens
Wichita
Atchison
Leavenworth
St. Joseph Mo
Alf Landon
Kansas
Missouri River
Oklahoma
South- West
United States
Missouri
County Red Cross Fails Relief Quota in Potter County
Potter County Chapter of the American Red Cross has raised only 3.20 of a 230 quota to aid hurricane survivors in Texas. Mrs. Arthur Ball, secretary, urges full donations at Red Cross headquarters in the courthouse. The Red Cross will collect phone donations as well.
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Potter County
American Red Cross
Texas
Arthur Ball
Amarillo
Red Cross
Court House
Boy Scout Camp Notes Meals and Memories at Cima Del Mundo
The report details a camp at Cima Del Mundo with two meals a day featuring chicken, gravy, rice, beans, rolls, pudding, lemonade and tea. A Sunday program included a worship service, songs, and a campfire, ending with taps and a benediction. Sixty boys and leaders, led by a long list of adult leaders and scouts, enjoy outdoor activities and fellowship.
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Cima
Dr. Seibel
Eagle
Tenderfoot
Boy Scout Troops Meet Friday Night
A special meeting for all Amarillo Boy Scout troops and Cub packs is planned for Friday evening. Troop 843 of the Chicago Council will show two reels explaining how troops can obtain official uniforms and equipment, pay national registration, and attend camp next summer at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Chicago Council
Libby, McNeill & Libby Co
Palo Duro Canyon Hosts Summer Art Colony
Amarillo artist Ben Carlton Mead organizes a two week summer art colony in Palo Duro Canyon starting next Tuesday. The program combines art study with nature hikes and canyon tours for youths under 15. Additional classes for older artists may follow.
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Palo Duro Canyon
Ben Carlton Mead
Amarillo
Urges repeal of Texas racing statute at mass meeting
In Dallas on August 7 citizens opposed to horse race betting urged immediate repeal of the racing statute. Tom McCullough labeled betting as crude and uneconomical and accused lobbyists of tacking the law onto a general appropriations bill. Thomas B. Love called it not gambling but swindling and unconstitutional as a lottery. D A. Frank named permanent chairman.
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Dallas
Texas
Tom McCullough
McCullough
Thomas B. Love
D. A. Frank
Robbers Take Two Slot Machines From Filling Station
A pair of hijackers seized two slot machines from Gordon Keiffer’s filling station in TIFFON August 7. Keiffer protested, saying some money was his. The robbers asked how much and tossed him a $5 bill before fleeing with the machines.
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Tiffon
Gordon Keiffers
Keiffer
Poor and rich dancers lead tango trend, says experts
In New York on August 7, 340 Dancing Masters of America members from 30 states heard that the poorest and the wealthiest classes excel at tango and rhumba, while the middle class lags 10 to 15 years. Mrs. Montie Beach of Houston stated the two elite groups sponsor the snappier ballroom styles.
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New York
United States
Montie Beach
Houston
Texas
Dancing Masters of America
Transient Bureau Seeks Used Playing Cards and Magazines
W. B. Bowden director of the transient bureau asks for used playing cards and magazines for men at the bureau. He says such equipment and reading material are greatly appreciated and needed.
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W. B. Bowden
Potter County Child Survey Continues Under Texas Relief
Twenty men and women spend four weeks gathering data on relief families ex service men and crippled children in Potter County. Supervisor Jack Sears says two weeks remain and notes 115 of 1 000 surveyed families have a crippled child. Data will aid future Texas legislation in Austin.
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Texas Relief Commission
Potter County
Jack Sears
Sears
Austin
Texas
Squid Tablets and Remedies Sell for Quick Health Fixes
Advertises a range of products including squid based tablets, salve, nose drops, and laxative with claims to cure malaria in three days, colds in one day, neuralgia headaches in thirty minutes, and a speedy tonic. The style imitates a period pharmaceutical pitch asserting rapid cures.
Voice of His in Sea and Land Poem by Stevenson
Poem attributes a divine voice heard in sea waves and caves and in fallen leaves. The speaker Franklin Lee Stevenson notes that this voice brings pleasure and is a valued treasure found across mountains valleys and seas.
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Franklin Lee Stevenson
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Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver-Eakie Bidg
Cima del Mundo
Marvin J. Paul
O. W. Seibel
Arthur Kollear
Morris Sewell
G. L. Cline
A. P. Bralley
Paul Timmons
Pinkey Hickcox
Dean Settle
Woodrow Henderson
Dwight Bobbett
Robert Cooper
Paul Posy
Roy Cline
Jimmy
Jack Compton
Bobby Burke
Stanley Crowe
Bill Dyer
John Birge
John O. Turner
Howard Ferguson
Henry Siemantel
Powers Kirven
Clark Wagner
Junior Daily
Thomas Andrews
Oscar Schilling
Bedford Johnson, Jr
Jimmy Martin
Allen Early
Bill Rusk
Dave Rusk
Bill Klingensmith
Walter Thompson
Ormand Wright
Lenard Jansen
Carl Weidling
Jesse Mills
Sam Jameson
Tom Jameson
Leo Duflot
Boy Scout
Orange
Spineapple
opAy
Steffen Artist
Blackburn
Hart
Schaffner & Marx
Dixie
Blackburn Bros
THE
Panhandle
Potter CO
His Voice
Neral Service
Paxwell Brothers
Wome
Taylor
Penney’s
Amarillo, Texas
J.C. Penney. Co. Inc
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