Many Able Men Between Ages of 70 and 90 Have Served Nation in Congress
A 1939 Washington note highlights long lived lawmakers in Congress notably Knute Nelson born 1843 who served until his death in 1923 and Senator Carter Glass at eighty one. It catalogs octogenarians like Edward T. Taylor George P. Barrow and others across the Senate and House noting careers spanning Civil War eras and early 20th century politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Will P. Kennedy
Washington
Jan
Carter Glass
Federal Reserve Bank
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Voss
Norway
Timonium
Senate
Chicago
Wisconsin
Port Hudson
Wisconsin Assembly
Minnesota State Senate
Garfield
Arthur
University of Minnesota
United States Senate
Norwegian Congress
Warren G. Harding
National
House of Representatives
Edward T. Taylor
Colorado
Appropriations Committee
George P. Barrow
Taylor
State Senate
Umes
Bingham and Butler
Pennsylvania
Gillett
Massachusetts
Poll
North Carolina
Haugen
Iowa
Sabath
Illinois
Hiram W. Johnson
California
William G. McAdoo
Movett L. Doughton
North
Carolina
Ways and Means
Adolph J. Sabath
Bohemia
Allen T. Treadway
Isaacs R. Sherwood
Ohio
Lincoln
New York State
Charles M. Stedman
Lee
Joe" Cannon
Ilinois
House
Edmund W. Pettus
Alabama
Francis EB. Warren
Wyoming
Congressions
Fort Hudson
Wyoming Territorial Senate
Territory
Cleveland
Harrison
U. & Senate
John T. Morgan
Tilden-Hendricks
Joseph R. Hawley
Connecticut
Clement C. Diskinson
Missouri
Frederick H. Gillett
Sachimetta
George C. Perkins
J. Warren Keifer
Iducolm
Willem Darrah Kelly
Prangylvania Wa
Congres
William B. Alison
Lowe
Ube
Het
Chris Bye
Hopkins Defends WPA Record Under Senate Scrutiny
Hopkins insists he kept politics out of relief while defending WPA actions amid queries over alleged political activity and relief rolls. He recalls quotes, denies endorsing partisan aims, and concedes past speeches while acknowledging he would avoid political speeches if he could relive the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Workers Alliance
Williams
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Bailey
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Hopking
WRA
Railey
Soviet Alaska rail tunnels bridges seen
Moscow reports Soviet scientist V Obravtsov writes in Komsomolskaya Pravda that a rail tunnel or bridges across the Bering Strait could connect Russia and Alaska. He envisions trans Arctic flights becoming regular and Moscow to New York traffic as a future great system, with railroads still central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bering Straits
Alaska
Soviet Russia
V. Obravtsov
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Communist Youth League
Obravtsov
Russia
America
New York
Bering Strait
Texas Drivers Face License Test Expiry and Possible Reforms
All Texas drivers licenses expire April 1 and will not be renewed until further notice. The DPS hints at possible new licensing laws after examining last year’s 15,000 accidents. In 1937 the department logged 55,000 arrests and warned 227,000 violators while the highway patrol logged millions of miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
McCully Rites On Thursday
Funeral services for Harry F. McCully 42 of Amarillo will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m from Blackburn Shaw Funeral Chapel with Dr R Thomson of Central Presbyterian Church officiating Pallbearers include Doyle White Royce Gant A Triplett J F Wadley Lee McSpadden and Lewis P Fields Honorary pallbearers Hanson Post American Legion will handle graveside services McCully a 20 year resident of Amarillo World War veteran American Legion member charter member of Windsheram Post Denver Colo survived by widow two daughters Mrs Wayne Prescott and Mrs Elmer Wardell of Denver his mother five sisters and three brothers Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery Clark McCully brother of the deceased and owner of Central Grocery also surviving
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. McCully
Amarillian
Albuquerque
Blackburn Shaw
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Doyle White Royce Gant
A. Triplett
J. F. Wadley
Lee McSpadden
Lewis P. Fields
Hanson Post
The
American Legion
McCully
Amarillo
Windersham Post
Denver
Colo
Wayne Prescott
Elmer Wardell
Clark McCully
Central Grocery Store
Memorial Park Cemetery
Public Hearing on Rezoning Ordered for Thirty-sixth Avenue
City commission ordered a public hearing on E. A. Regal's rezoning petition to change a block along Thirty-sixth Avenue from retail to residential. the proposal would leave a remaining block and a half of business property in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-sixth Avenue
City Commission
E. A. Regal
Farm labor shift spurs camps as tractors replace families
The text compares a farm labor displacement to an industrial revolution, noting widespread migrant Tenants driven from homes by mechanization. FRA grants aid thousands while opening dozens of labor camps from Florida to California, with seven camps in California housing about 300 families each. Texas data show tractors rising from 9,000 in 1940 to 89,000 in 1948, replacing five to nine families per tractor, quadrupling rural disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouth
Midlewest
FSA
FRA
Florida
California
Fach
Texas
Arizona
Oklahoma
Oregon
Washington
Texas A. & M. College
C Merace Hramilton
Teva A & M. Rural Coonmniat
Apparent Push for Third Term in Our Times
A fragmented note suggests ongoing discussion about extending leadership to a third term. The text hints at political maneuvering and public concern with succession and stability in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Weather Notes Across the Plains and West
A light to moderate snow fell in parts of the plains with Fort Stockton receiving at least one eighth inch. Plainview reported a good fall while Del Rio and Eldorado saw showers. Measurable amounts included 3/8 inch at Eldorado, 1/3 inch at Paint Rock and Marfa, 3/4 inch at Miles, 1/2 inch at Ballinger, and 4 good inches at Teijin Gerona. Weather extended to Coleta as showers continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Plains
Plainview
del Rin
Eldoredo
Paint Rock
Forest Street Residents Seek Sewer Extension Request
Residents of the 100 block on Forest Street in San Jacinto Heights petitioned the city commission for a sewer extension. Mayor Ross D. Rogers said funds are not available to proceed. T. E. Grisbee and four others signed the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Street
San Jacinto Heights
City Commission
Ross D. Rogers
T. E. Grisbee
Tom Wingate Attends Bottling Meeting in Fort Worth
Tom Wingate the Jaycee president and Coca Cola Bottling Co of Amarillo is in Fort Worth attending a Texan Bottlers Association convention opening today. The meeting will run through tomorrow with more than 300 persons expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wingate
Jaycee
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Texan Bottlers’ Association
Amarillo Man Dies During Visit in Texas
Andrew Bahl aged 75 a retired Union Pacific yardmaster died at St Anthony s Hospital after suddenly falling ill at his daughter s home Mrs Elizabeth Talbott Brown 1611 Jackson Street He lived with another daughter Mrs L D Richardson in Van Nuys California and had been visiting here The body will be shipped to Glendale California for burial beside his wife Kathryn who died in 1938 The Richardsons were here at the time of death and planned to return him to California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Bahl
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Anthony's Hospital
Elizabeth Talbott Brown
Jackson Street
Boxwell Brothers
Glendale
Cal
Dahl
Kathryn
Richardson
Mr. Bahl
California
Rebels Report New Advances
Nationalist armies said they made new advances on the southern Catalan front capturing the heights above Montblanch and seizing Gratapolis just north of Falset. Montblanch and Falset are key highway points in the Loyalist defense of Tarragona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgos
Spain
Montblanch
Gratapolis
Falset
Tarragona
Truck Strike Ends in Boston After Compromise Deal
A seven day strike by 5,000 greater Boston truck drivers and helpers ended when labor members accepted a compromise wage hour proposal, halting paralysis of city terminals and resuming normal freight flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Greater
Four-Engine Plane Delivers 6600 Horsepower for Takeoffs
The 1938 transport plane with four engines can produce up to 6600 horsepower for takeoffs, exceeding the power needed by a steam driven locomotive to haul twelve railroad coaches.
Calotabs Help Nature Fight Colds
Calotabs are promoted as a remedy for colds, claiming to cleanse the intestinal tract of virus-laden mucus and toxins and act as a diuretic to remove cold poisons from the blood. The ad notes a family package price of twenty five cents and a trial package of ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady.p
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Postoffice Inspector
United States Pension Agent
Tennessee Medical Colleges
Code of Tennessee
Shy Griggs
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors
Amarillo, Texas
Sgrap
Conoco
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