Hypnotic Drug Brings Amnesiac Mr X to Memory Bridge
In Jackson Mississippi a 60 year old amnesia patient known as Mr X regained memory after a powerful hypnotic drug. He recalled being William H. Lawrence of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa Alabama and identified relatives from photographs. He had wandered since 1930 and was found dazed on a Jackson street. Relatives planned to visit as doctors evaluated further awakening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
U.P
Mississippi State Hospital
William H. Lawrence
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Ben H. Lawrence
J. P. Haley
Marion
Ala
Jackson Street
Baptist Hospital
State Hospital
Lignon Forbes
Lawrence
F. A. Donaldson
Forbes
Haley
Actor Refuses Nazi Salute on Anti Nazi Spy Film Set
Warner Brothers production of Confessions of a Nazi Spy faced turmoil as Horace Brown scenes in storm trooper attire refused to salute Hitler even in make believe. Brown a Richmond Va policeman turned actor spoke against the request while others avoid mention due to German relatives. Security guards surrounded the set as the studio reports over 100 threatening letters since production was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
W.P
Warner Brothers
Horace Brown
Adolf Hitler
Brown
Richmond
Germany
Sound Stage 11
Birthday fund audit shows net 1 million for paralysis drive
The committee celebrating the President's birthday raised 1.48 million dollars in 1938 for the fight against infantile paralysis and spent 459 thousand, leaving a net 1.021 million dollars. The audit disclosure followed the phrase Old Shades Reversed and Recovered. Amarillo Shade and Equipment Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Committee For
Amarillo Shade & Equip. Co
Present Owners Retain 28 500 Acres on East Border
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Gus Wortham and heirs of John Wortham in their claim to 28 500 acres along the Texas Oklahoma Panhandle boundary. The writ of mandamus to force issuance of Texas titles was denied. Oklahoma title occupants may acquire Texas titles at nominal cost. The dispute dated to 1911 and reached final ruling in 1930, with a U S Supreme Court decree granting Texas the area. The triangular tract sits across Lipscomb Hemphill Wheeler Collingsworth and Childress counties, with one house straddling state lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas Supreme Court
Gus Wortham
Houston
John Wortham
Oklahoma-Texas Panhandle
State Land Office
Wortham
Oklahoma
Texas
State Supreme Court
United States
Spain
John L. Wortham
Red River
U. S. Supreme Court
J. H. Walker
C. M. Cureton
Supreme Court
Sidney L. Samuels
Fort Worth
Cureton
Lipscomb, Hemphill, Wheeler, Collingsworth and
Childress
Lost Spanish Loyalists Wander in French Pyrenees Front
Between 15 000 and 25 000 Loyalist troops retreat through the Pyrenees west of Andorra after Leo De Urgel fell to Nationalists. They cross into France seeking Puigcerda passes, facing deep snow and harsh conditions as 5 000 troops enter France and 16 000 more are expected. Refugees and soldiers crowd frontier camps, options limited, as evacuation accelerates and anxiety rises among French authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourg-Madame
U.P
Pyrenees
Andorra
Leo de Urgel
Puigcerda
France
London
Franco
Spain
Juan Negrin
Popularity Queen Nominations Made at Amarillo High
Nominees for Popularity Queen at Amarillo High were chosen by secret ballot this morning. A coronation ball will honor the queen Saturday night at the high school gym. A runoff will follow the ranking of candidates. names not available as officials tally votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Yukon Country Exports Breeze That Nips Noses in Panhandle
A Yukon country breeze chilled the Panhandle with cold weather and possible snow. Forecaster Collman predicts 15 to 18 degrees tonight with clouds and flurries likely. The cold front moves east of the Panhandle toward Galveston, with Dodge City at 4 degrees and Denver seeing a snow flurry. The blizzardy look to the north is blamed on smoke from Borger’s carbon black plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Panhandle
Mr. Collman
Gulf
Galveston
Dodge City
Denver
Borger
Ghosts and Murder Steer Roam West Texas History
Amarillo readers recall tall tales of the ghost of Boothill and the famed murder steer of the Big Bend. Old Tascosa's graveyard lures a posse to seek a possible ghostly appearance, while legends recount the 1890 branding of a red steer as MURDER-1890 near Alpine and the Chisos Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothill
Big Bend
Amarillo
Old Tascosa
West
Alpine
National Farm Men Plan Panhandle Grasshopper Drive
Secretary Wallace told Senator Connally that the agriculture department will launch an extensive grasshopper eradication drive across 10 Texas Panhandle counties in 1939. He cited a predicted rise in infestation from 1988 and noted 18 000 tons of bait needed, with 17 000 tons shipped last year still partially unused.
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Washington
Wallace
Connally
Texas
Agriculture Department
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Dallam
Sherman
Hansford
Hartley
Moore
Hutchinson
Oldham
Potter
Randall
Ochiltree
Unborn Second Twin Worries Proud Papa
Milo C. McDonnell and wife await the birth of their second twin in Kansas City Missouri Doctors say the second baby may take several more days to arrive The first twin James Charles was born on Sunday The mother has a heart condition making force delivery inadvisable per doctors The American Medical Association notes delayed twin births can stretch long in some cases
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Milo C. McDonnell
James Charles
McDonnell
American Medical Association
Allies Move Against Franco After Spanish War Ends
France and Britain move to curb Italian and German influence in Spain as Franco seeks postwar loans. Negrin flees toward France while government troops retreat to the Madrid Valencia zone and aim to regroup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
Spain
Paris
Franco
Negrin
Blackened Acres Mark Blue Stem Area of Kansas
Thousands of acres burned in a prairie fire across central Kansas touching Morris Chase Marion and Lyon counties. No homes lost no casualties livestock losses small. Fire started in a Palmer ranch garage north of Strong City and was brought under control after CCC crews helped fight it.
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Strong City
Kan
U.P
Kansas
Morris
Chase
Marion
Lyon
Palmer Ranch
Here
Civilian Conservation Corps
Council Grove
Freighter Maria de Larrinaga Reports Sinking SOS east of New York
Mackey Radio said it intercepted an SOS from the freighter Maria de Larrinaga stating she was sinking about 1 200 miles east of New York. The report came from Thomaston Maine on February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
Mackey Radio
New York
Farmer’s Curiosity Praised As Aid to Law Enforcement
Marshall Garner, a farmer on Highway 66 in Carson County, spotted two men stopping for alleged car trouble. He found 1938 Texas license plates buried in a bar pit and turned them to the highway patrol. Captain Jim Line praised Garner for his cooperation as investigators pursue leads.
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Marshall Garner
Highway 66
Carson County
Mr. Garner
Garner
Texas
Highway Patrol
Potter County
Jim Line
Marshall
Kentuckians Fight Disease as Floods Hit Hill Country
Health authorities immunized thousands of eastern Kentucky mountain residents against pneumonia influenza and typhoid as floods from the Ohio River crest threaten lowlands. WPA criticisms surfaced in Washington while Red Cross and state health officials rushed vaccine to 350000 people in 30 flood stricken counties. D W Owen an Amarillo insurance man shows slight improvement after days of critical illness.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Ohio River
Mississippi
Works Progress Administration
May
Democrat
F. A. Marye
WPA
Red Cross
Kentucky Health Department
Ohio
Huntington
W.va
Cincinnati
Texas Gets Witness At Rate Hearing
Col. Ernest O. Thompson a Texas Railroad Commission member will testify at the Interstate Commerce Commission rate hearing in Washington on February 28. Rep. Garrett says Texas may supply one witness, likely Thompson, to speak amid a West South bloc pushing to end freight rate differentials deemed discriminatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Southwest
Washington
Garrett
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Lea
California
Cole
House Moves To Speed Tax Bills For Pensions
In Austin the House debated speeding consideration of tax bills to fund larger old age pensions. Rep. Pace sought priority for pension taxes while Rep. Westbrook pressed for a February 16 report mandate. Critics note a joint hearing on Governor OdANiel's revenue plan is upcoming and push for action on pension funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House of Representatives
Pace
Westbrook
W. Lee O'Daniel
Penitentiaries
George H. Harper
Jefferson
House
East
Texas
Final Arguments in New Mexico Trial
In Albuquerque on February 8, final arguments were heard in a case against 25 people accused of organizing WPA jobs to influence votes for Senator Dennis Chavez’s Democratic faction. The jury could be instructed by nightfall if Judge Colin Neblett so directs. The government focused on Stanley W. P. Miller, Chavez’s son-in-law and former assistant federal attorney, while rebuttal witnesses claimed Miller demanded harsh action if WPA workers did not align with Chavez’s political rival Clyde Tingley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
U.P
WPA
Dennis Chavez
Colin Neblett
Stanley W. P. Miller
Chavez
Miller
Clyde Tingley
Burial contracts ruled legal by Texas appeals court
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled it is not a legal violation for a funeral home to contract with a person to bury himself or his family members. The ruling reverses a trial court conviction of Fort Worth undertaker R. P. Phillips who was fined $25 for such a contract and orders the prosecution dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Court of Criminals Appeals
R. P. Philips
Fort Worth
Police Nail Five-Time Escaper From Georgia Chain Gangs
Houston, February 8. Police hold Jack Green, 42, who says he escaped four times from Georgia prison chain gangs where he served 61 years for robbery of a bank, two other robberies, and carrying firearms. Green boasted his gang robbed banks and other establishments in Georgia, calling it “better than Dillinger's gang.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Jack Green
Georgia
Green
Dillinger
Wild Bill Cummings Dies From Racing Accident
Indianapolis, Feb. 8 William Wild Bill Cummings famed auto racer died from injuries after losing control of his car while returning home Monday night. He never regained consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
William
Wild Bill) Cummings
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible light snow or freezing conditions. West Texas expects cloudy unsettled skies with rain or snow tonight and Thursday and a drop for the north east. New Mexico shows partial cloud cover with warmer readings in the east. Temperature extremes reach a maximum 121 and a minimum 15.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
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Mr. X
Harold Ettlinger
United Press
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill Agey
Chisos
National Farm Men
Kansas City
The
Associated Press
le Perthus
Devonshire
Minorca
Balearies
Madrid-Valencia
Jose Miaja
Blue Stem
Maine
Farmer
Indiana
Representative May
Mayre
State Board of Health
Owen
D. W. Owen
Mr. Owen
Jim Pace
Gainesville
Committee On Rules
Mainer
N. Westbrook
Fairdale
Wild Bill’ Cummings
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