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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1939

Page

9

Troop 4 Wins In First Aid Meet At Amarillo High Armory

Troop No 4 led by Bert Stinson Scoutmaster won the Amarillo Area Council First Aid meet held Saturday at Amarillo High School Armory. Jim Glenn led the first aid team. second place went to Troop 13 under Charles W. Whittington. Other placings included Troop 10, Troop 5, and Troop 33. Troop 4 will represent the council at a sectional contest in Amarillo on March 25 against teams from El Paso Roswell N M Santa Fe N M and Pampa with the Globe News award to the sectional winner.

Amarillo Area Amarillo High School Chester L. Dunlap Bert, Stinson Polk Street Methodist Church Jim Glenn Central Presbyterian Church Charles W. Whittington Polk Street Methodist Church A. D. Foreman San Jacinto Methodist Church Grady Tadlock Dumas Fred Jones el Paso Roswell N. M Santa Fe Pampa Globe News Guy Owens Health and Safety Committee C. W. Seibel Jim Line State Highway Patrol F. E. Greenwood Canadian River Gas Company Dave Brittain Santa Fe Railroad W. R. Edwards Amarillo Gas Company Earl Omstead Great West Mill and Elevator Company R. M. Hibbs O. H. Dixon Texas Company H. S. Wilson Texas Employers Insurance Company A. C. Youngblood Shamrock Oil Company Louis Seewald Southwestern Public Company Dr. Allison Moody

Europe To Be Lecture Topic by Sir Arthur Willett

Sir Arthur Willett, noted publicist and diplomat, speaks on the significance of the European situation at Amarillo High School auditorium. He brings 25 years as a foreign correspondent and diplomat, author of works on British policy and Europe. Tickets on sale at the Globe News. matinee for Amarillo students Friday.

Europe Amarillo Globe News Sir Arthur

35 Organizations Sign for Caravan to Albuquerque Rally

Milton Cox, head of Amarillo's caravan to Albuquerque and the Will Rogers route rally, announced that reservations had been made by 35 firms or organizations and several individuals. The caravan will depart the Chamber of Commerce offices Sunday March 12 with Amarillo headquarters at the El Fidel Hotel in Albuquerque. Hotel reservations can be made by contacting Cox.

Milton Cox Amarillo Albuquerque Will Rogers Chamber of Commerce el Fidel Hotel Cox Amarillo Garage & Storage Hub Clothier Cornell & Co Demps

Drunken Drivers Lose Licenses In Texas

AUSTIN Feb 27 Suspensions of 78 Texas drivers licenses were announced by the driver s license bureau of the state safety department. Of these 78 suspensions nine were temporary lifts for reckless driving four for physical unfitness two for fraudulent use and one for negligent homicide.

Austin U.P Texas Driver's License Bureau State Safety Department Ralph L. Buell

President Watches Battle Maneuvers of Fleet

President Roosevelt watched the fleet operate as a unit from the cruiser Houston as more than 100 ships concentrated north of Puerto Rico for tactical exercises. He will meet with the high command at Culebra Island to analyze results of maneuvers.

Miami Fila Roosevelt Houston Puerto Rico Culebra Island High Command

Eight-Week-Old Chicks Thrive Under Twilight Rearing

O M Wiseman, who runs Gem Lake on the Tascosa road, displayed fryer broilers in a Red Chain contest. Eight-week-old chicks averaged about two pounds, raised in controlled twilight with no sunlight, fed Red Chain starter nuggets, and reared behind Gem Lake in a starter and broiler house half underground. The operation yields up to 12,000 chicks each winter, with Red Chain offering 1500 in prizes and a 500 first prize.

O. M. Wiseman Mr. Wiseman Gem Lake Tascosa Road Red Chain Adkisson Hatchery Wiseman Redchain

Peace but No Union Between A. F. of L. and CIO Predicted

Washington reports indicate a peace without union between the CIO and the AFL as President Roosevelt pushes a peace committee. Green forms a delegation, while Lewis remains silent awaiting his response. The AFL calls for broader cooperation to boost production and employment and proposes a labor council to advise on economic issues.

A. F. of CIO Washington American Federation of Labor Roosevelt Organized Labor John L. Lewis William Green AFL Lewis Green Labor Council Hopkins Morgenthau Federal Monopoly Committee

Needle in Haystack Found in a Week-Long Search

Washington Feb 27 Jim Moran sent to the Smithsonian a needle he spent a week seeking and found in a haystack. He plans to preserve it for posterity then returns to Florida to lay a skating rink cornerstone with glacier ice. Moran funded trip costs partly from $60 earned selling straw.

Washington Jim Moran Smithsonian Institution P. T. Barnum Moran Florida

Mrs. Cora Baker Dies at Home in Amarillo

Cora Baker 62 a pioneer Amarillo resident died at 11 05 am at her residence 4227 West Fifteenth Avenue widow of Dave Baker She belonged to Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church and the ladies auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Survived by two sons H G and T G Baker and five daughters all listed with their cities Funeral arrangements pending at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel

Cora Baker Amarillo West Fifteenth Avenue A. G. Brauchie E. M. Turner J. O. Gifford, Jr H. L. Hendeman Houston R. F. Key Fort Worth N. S. Griggs and Sons

Dallas Woman Dies From Gun Wound

Dallas February 27 Mrs Lula Wilder 43 was killed Sunday by an accidental shotgun discharge while rabbit hunting near her Irving home. Her body was found on a wire fence she tried to cross.

Dallas U PR Lula Wilder Irving

Republicans target Roosevelts dollar revaluation powers

The House Republicans committee led by Walcott inspects Presidents monetary powers as part of a broader inquiry into living under a managed economy. They aim to finish recommendations for a conference this week and seek continued devaluation authority beyond June 30 while supporters cite emergency usefulness and production stability.

Washington House Republicans Roosevelt Walcott Michigan United States Wolcott House Morgenthau Appropriations Congress Senate Reconstruction Finance Corporation Commodity Credit Corporation Export-Import Bank Electric Home and Farm Authority Treasur

Grand Old Woman Of Russia Dies

Moscow reports the death at age 70 of Nadezhda Krupskaya widow of Nikolai Lenin once a leading Bolshevik and longtime educator. The Soviet cabinet and Communist Party Central Committee sent a message of health and long service to the Communist cause. Krupskaya had largely retired from politics while remaining active in the education commissariat.

Moscow U.P Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya Nikolai Lenin Tass Council of People's Commissars Soviet Union Central Committee Communist Party Mme. Krupskaya Commissariat of Education

Illness Fails To Daunt Miners on Sit Down Strike

Oneida Pennsylvania February 27 53 miners continued their underground sit down strike at Wolfe Colleries Company mine though illness reduced their number The Rev Joseph Baran rector of St Josephs Church Sheppton visited the men and reported they were in excellent health and spirits

Oneida U.P Wolfe Colleries Company Joseph Baran St. Joseph's Sheppton

Black Draught Promised Relief For Constipation

An old advertisement links bad breath and sluggishness to constipation and promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT as an effective all vegetable laxative. The ad claims it quickly relieves constipation, improves bowel tone, and returns users to feeling well, noting millions of packages sold and a 25 cent price.

Brown Back From Parley

J. Hal Brown certified property manager and Admissions Committee member of The Institute of Real Estate Property Management returned from Washington where he attended committee meetings and lectures. Only 450 Realtors have qualified for Property management group under the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Brown's appointment to the committee was effective January first.

J. Hal Brown Institute of Real Estate Property Management Washington, D. C Institute Property Management Group National Association of Real Estate Boards Brown James C. Downs Jr Chicago D. C Management Review Division U.S. Housing Authority P. W. A. Housing Authority Delbert S. Wenzlick St. Louis Real Estate Analysts, Inc

Pen Knives Are Taboo in Soviet School Case

MOSCOW Feb 27 UP School children at Leninsk Kuznetsk Siberia were charged with counterrevolution merely for possessing pen knives at trial of three Soviet secret police officials. One defendant was said to know only article 58 on counter revolution and arresting children for childish pranks. The officials faced charges of bringing absurd accusations against children aged 10 to 12.

Moscow Leninsk-Kuznetsk Siberia Secret Police

Army expansion bill eyed for quick Senate passage

Washington dispatch reports Administration leaders anticipate rapid Senate approval of the 358 million army expansion measure tying to the broader 552 million defense program. Leaders expect debate on the 6000 plane cap and a Guam harbor upgrade to surface, with partisan support by many Republicans.

Washington Senate Barkley House Guam Walsh Massachusetts Naval Affairs Committee Navy Naval Committee Naval Air Base Japan

Train Wreck Victims Still in Hospital

Eleven of the 25 injured passengers in the Union Pacific Pony Express wreck remained in hospital in Laramie and Rawlins Friday night. Doctors expected all to recover, with the most serious injury a Seattle man whose lung was punctured after a Pullman derailed from a 20 foot embankment. Union Pacific blamed a split rail for the accident.

Laramie Wyo U.P Union Pacific Rawlins Henry Sauer Seattle Wash

Dancer Anya Sosoyeva Murder Mystery Deepens

Los Angeles detectives probe the brutal on campus murder of dancer and movie extra Anya Sosoyeva at City College. The case centers on jealous suitor, a degenerate, or a darkly roaming blackmail suspect, with blood-stained gloves and a green two by four as clues. Kermit Anderson, 34, was questioned. his alibi of poker night stood. Autopsy rules out criminal assault.

Los Angeles U.P Anya Sosoyeva City College Kermit Anderson Frank R. Webb

Lighting Cigarette Burns Up Judge and Gets Sentence

Evansville Indiana reports Lonzo Stokes 39 in court as a spectator who lit a cigaret during the trial. Judge John W Spencer Jr sentences him to 10 days in jail for contempt of court.

Evansville Ind Lonzo Stokes John W. Spencer, Jr

James Mooney Recovering After Bladder Operation

St Luke's hospital attendants report 6 year old labor leader Thomas J Mooney recovering satisfactorily from a gall bladder operation in San Francisco on February 27.

San Francisco St. Luke's Hospital Thomas J. Mooney

Dr Lyons Tooth Powder Promises Bright Clean Teeth

An advertisement touts Dr Lyons Tooth Powder as all powder no acid grit or pumice, claiming dentists use it for cleaning and polishing. It champions natural whiteness, long lasting use, home dental care, and superior economy versus toothpaste, with guidelines for regular brushing and mineral rich diet.

Dr. Lyon Dr. Lyon's

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