Shrine Patrol Sponsors Indoor Circus At Amarillo
Khiva Patrol of the Mystic Shrine will sponsor an indoor circus in the municipal auditorium January 30 to February 4. Riley Strickland, an Amarillo attorney, is elected captain. Tickets are 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Polack Brothers Circus promises a spectacular show with elephants lions bears dogs and ponies. Four matinees for school children are set for Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday with each performance lasting two and a half hours.
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Khiva
Mystic Shrine
Panhandle
Riley Strickland
Amarillo
Polack Brothers Circus
Roosevelt Maps 1939 Legislation and Tax Plans for Congress
In Washington Roosevelt outlines his 1939 legislative program to expand New Deal agencies and raise revenue. He seeks higher taxes, a national health program, railroad rehabilitation, and Philippine trade, with committees drafting the armament budget and relief funds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Liars continue tales from the KGNC show and local memories
Readers submit humorous yarns and tall tales for a KGNC program airing Fridays at 7 20 p m starting Jan 27. items include boyish adventures at Red River New Mexico and a tale about a shark on a fishing trip, plus recollections of a hackberry tree felled by grasshoppers and wolves in 1895.
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Blanco Canon
Hale Center
Dada
Lee Kirby
Fioydada
Winchester
Kirby
Buennes
Malakoff
Tex
Kerby
Martin
O Denzel Proposes Tax Reform To Cut State Ad Valorem Burden
State official argued ad valorem taxes are excessive and that a portion now funds schools and general state services. He cited annual collections around 20 million in state ad valorem taxes plus 92 million in other taxes, totaling about 134 million for state and local needs. He urged economies to avoid new replacement taxes and submitted a reform bill to both House and Senate.
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OY Daniel
Texas
Pasion
House
Senate
Aviation Plan Gains Support Across Texas
The Aeronautical Association of Texas sees growing backing for a state aviation training program funded by a four cents per gallon aviation gas tax. The plan would pay pilots 50 dollars at solo and 50 dollars after 10 hours, totaling 100 dollars per student, with current rebates about 150000 dollars yearly. President Dave Bl Tenn er will launch a 9 15 PM weekly radio segment on KGNC to promote aviation in plain terms.
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Aeronautical Association of Texas
Dave Bletner
Bletner
Mission
Rio Grande Valley
Blenner
Texas
Panhande
KGNC
Texas Panhandle to Host Latin American Celebration Tour
A plan to commemorate a historic expedition near Amarillo includes multiple celebrations in the Texas Panhandle and in Scott City Kansas with further events across New Mexico and Arizona. Officials and lawmakers from Texas and Kansas pledge support, with organizers led by T F E Snowden of Atchison and Amarillo Chamber secretary Carl Hinton coordinating outreach and visits.
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United States
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Scott City
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Chavez
Hatch
State Department
Ben Cherrington
Lima
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
Marvin Jones
George Mahon
Ewing Thomason
Texas
Arthur Capper
Clifford Hope
J. J. Dempsey
John Murdock
T. FE. Snowden
Atchison
Kan
Gene Howe
Carl Hinton
Policemen's Questions Bring Truthful Replies
Phoenix reports Policeman James Russell stops a young man prowling a parked car and arrests him. Though no theft occurred the suspect answers honestly to each question. He admits he is prowling and says he cannot find anything.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Jan
James Russell
Summitt Funeral Services For Mrs Nancy Summitt Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Emma Summitt who died at her home on Tennessee Street will be held at 9 AM Thursday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. After services, the body will be taken to Brownfield for burial.
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Nancy Emma Summitt
Tennessee Street
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel
Brownfield
Blizzard the Porcupine Wears Down Sergeant's Garage
Sergeant R M Hammett of the State Highway Patrol battles a porcupine named Blizzard that gnaws wood and paint from his garage after the animal escaped from a makeshift den. Blizzard spends hours nightly gnawing and scratching in a bid for a new home. The sergeant weighs options to rehouse the porcupine or replace the garage within days.
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Blizzard the Porcupine
Sergeant
Hammett
Garuich
Christendom
Hammett House
Blizzara
Expelled Newsman Says His Mexico Credentials Proper
Frank L. Kluckhohn New York Times correspondent says the U S Embassy in Mexico City copied his credentials. Mexican Press Bureau accuses him of violating immigration orders and maliciously commenting on oil policy. He denies the charge and says he entered on a stamped train with receipts.
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Brownsville
Frank L. Kluckhorn
New York Times
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Southern Republic
Kluckhohn
Kluckholen
Germany
United Press
Tl Am
Interior Department
Government
Frank L. Kluckhohn
Government of
Republic
Loyalist corporal stops 13 tanks single handed in Civil War feat
Corporal Celestino Garcia Moreno is credited with destroying two Italian tanks and forcing prisoners from a key assault on the Catalonian front. He fought through a 13 tank attack, wounded five times, and captured a captain, a lieutenant, two sergeants and several privates from the Italian tank corps.
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Barcelona
Celestino Garcia Moreno
Moreno
Tank Corps
Adams disputes Roosevelt over WPA layoffs projection
Senator Adam of Colorado challenged President Roosevelt on a plan to drop WPA workers by June 1 if relief is $725 million. He argued spreading cuts over four months would limit job losses to about 600,000 instead of over a million. Roosevelt urged $75 million more to run WPA through June 30.
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Washington
Adam
Colorado
Roosevelt
Congress
Adams
Senate Appropriations
Senate
Adams’ Subcommittee
Woman Remembers Civil War Sweetheart After 78 Years
Marie Alice Lazande toasted her fiancé, killed in the Civil War, every birthday for 78 years saying Bientot Mon Bon Aime. She died at 102 in New Orleans, leaving a poignant tale of vow and loss from wartime romance.
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New Orleans
Marie Alice Lazande
Hillbilly Trinkets and Whistled Tunes in Austin
Street scene in Austin features vendors selling hillbilly flour inspired trinkets and plaster biscuits that imitate real goods. Alms musicians use Beautiful Texas as a theme, while one boy without an instrument whistles the tune.
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Texas
City approves Taylor Street extension and utilities plan
The city commission approved building Taylor Street south from Twenty seventh to Thirty-fourth and planned start soon. They also agreed to install water and sewer lines for Washington Center and re plot Washington Street east of Seventeenth for building sites. A duplex at 2000 Madison Street was rezoned for E B Fincher.
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Taylor Street
Twentyseventh Avenue
Thirty-fourth
Washington Center
Washington Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Madison Street
E. B. Fincher
New York Father Pleads Not Guilty in Mercy Slaying Case
Louis Greenfield a 42 year old milliner pleaded innocent to an indictment charging first degree manslaughter in the mercy killing of his 17 year old son Jerome who was described as an imbecile. The incident involved chloroforming the boy last week.
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New York
Louis Greenfield
Jerome
Retail Grocers Back State Fair Trades Measure in Texas
About 100 independent grocers and merchants from Amarillo and the Panhandle endorsed the Fair Trades Act at a Potter County courthouse session. R. L. McSpadden said fair trade laws curb trickery and discrimination, noting they exist in 44 of 48 states. Funds were raised to support passage, with Billy Walsh presiding.
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Texas
Amarillo
The
Panhandle
Potter County
R. L. McSpadeen
Amarillo Retail Grocers Association
McSpadden
Billy Walsh
City Market and Grocery
Abi lene Christian College Band Bus Overturns Near Zephyr
Twenty eight members of the Abilene Christian College Band were shaken up when their bus overturned atop a hill near Zephyr on the way home from Gov. W Lee O Daniel's inauguration in Austin. Dr W Crain, band director, was driving and said the bus suddenly left control with no known cause.
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Brownwood
Abilene Christian College
Zephyr
Gov. W. Lee O’daniel
Austin
W. Crain
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Griggs Chapel
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