Amarillo Weather Forecast and Rural Notes Dominated by Crisis
Forecaster predicts cold northerly snow amid warnings for cattle and feed producers. Community Chest appeals for funds to aid hungry and homeless. residents urged to act as Amarillo faces a serious welfare need. Local cattle owner reports prize bull Playboy with jaw swelling. seeks expert and old cowman remedies while sharing tales of Georgia grass and sagebrush misinterpretations. Mel Davis from Pampa plans skiing in Colorado, Will Rogers painting featured for upcoming stock show catalog.
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Amarillo
Mel Davis
Pampa
Mel
Colorado
Pright
Creede
Crow dinner and trivia from Tulsa and beyond
A humorous Tulsa banquet tale reveals guests dining on crow meat amid jokes about game and appetite. The item wanders through assorted modern curiosities from newsboy names to film box office, surviving patents, and sports pensions with light, breezy contrarian factoids.
Help Wanted Notices From Dear Tack Column
Readers seek work in housekeeping, child care, landscape, dairy and farm tasks. Applicants notes include two young women aged 19, one man 23 seeking steady employment, and a middle aged housekeeper candidate offering room and board. Locations include Georgia Street, Bareer Texas, Courtie Stinnett Texas.
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Tack
Lucy
Beatrice
Dial
Georgia Street
Tacklam
J. F. Early
Courtie Stinnett
Texas
NYA funds allocated for Potter County projects
National Youth Administration announced a total $2 787 for projects in Potter County from Austin. Two roadside parks near Amarillo are approved but site and labor challenges hinder progress. Nine parks approved in WPA District 16 with 28 more applications. two parks already under construction near Pampa and Perryton. 82 men will work on Potter County highway projects. NYA supervisor A W Brisbin unavailable for comment.
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Potter County
National Youth Administration
Austin
Amarillo
Highway Department
W. J. van London
WPA
Panhandle
Pampa
Perryton
NYA
A. W. Brisbin
Maverick Club
Job-seeking notices mix with pet adoption appeal in local text
A collection of handwritten notices offers housekeeping and nursing services and asks for work, plus a family seeking a home for their three quarter pit bull mix puppy. Addresses are listed in various parts of town with contact details and work preferences.
CCC Camp Under Strict Quarantine in Oklahoma Forest
Civilian Conservation Corps camp No. 59 in Wichita National Forest Lawton Oklahoma with 182 enrollees and officers was placed under rigid quarantine after a meningitis outbreak. Leo Walter Daniels 19 of Haskell Oklahoma is seriously ill at Fort Sill Army Hospital transferred from Wewoka camp. Capt J H Miller of Del Rio Texas commands the quarantined camp. Tennessee 1936 auto license plates are shaped in the outline of the stag.
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Lawton
Okla
Conservator Corps
Wichita National Forest
Leo Walter Daniels
Af Haskell
Fort Sill Army Hospital
Wewoka Camp
J. H. Miller
del Rio
Tex
Radio Schedule Highlights Morning Through Sunday Evening
A detailed listing of on air programs from dawn to night including The Sky Pilot The Eye Opener Farm and Home Hour The Musical Clock Micro News The Lawrence Quintet Morning Varieties Four Violins Favorites of Yesterday The Grab Bag Concert Miniature Opening Grain Quotations U P News The Singing Cowboys Costello and Van Emburgh Jane Walker Allison Mixed Quartet Grain and Produce Markets Music of Howard Parker Classified Ads Concert Hour Texas Ramblers The Southern Singers Musical Brevities Flying Dutchman Program Mischa Stanley's Orchestra Hoosier Hot Shots Music of Bert Hirsch Paul Lindley's Choir Blue Steele's Music Afternoon Varieties The Love Parade Sacred Melodies Dance Matinee Pop Concert News Commentary International Sunday School Lesson
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Lawrence
U. P. News
Singing Cowboys
Costello
van Emburgh
Jane Walker
Allison
Howard Parker
Texas Ramblers
The
Southern Singers
Flying Dutchman
Mischa Stanley
Bert Hirsch
Paul Lindley
Blue Steele
Old Western Dance draws crowds to Clayton New Mexico
A three day Old Western Dance festival in Clayton New Mexico attracts visitors from across the region. Cowboys in gaily whiskered costumes compete for twelve whiskerino prizes while locals sport vintage outfits and old time gear. Legionnaires sponsor a carnival alongside the festivities. An outsider might think filming a Western movie as crowds enjoy the frontier pageantry.
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Clayton
N. M
Amarillo
Legionnaires
Roosevelt Denies Silver Revaluation Rumors
President Roosevelt dismissed New York rumors of a silver revaluation and possible gold action. He told reporters he had never heard of the government move and urged the press to stay out of the market as stock prices rose on rumors of silver changes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
President Roosevelt Vetos Currency Expansion Bill Text
President Roosevelt maintains opposition to the currency expansion bill, signaling potential veto override. He cites two changes from last year including shifting unsecured paper currency to bonds and adding 263 million dollars by forgiving interest on borrowed amounts. Also notes the bill's similarities to prior arguments and circumstances. Edward Huebener, antique collector, receives a one cent check from Henry Ford for a Sudbury inn sign.
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Roosevelt
Boston
WPI
Edward Huebener
Henry Pord
Hutchener
Ford
Sudbury
FDR Outlines His Farm Goal For Agriculture Policy
President Roosevelt said he hopes to achieve farm objectives without a constitutional amendment. He framed goals to maintain soil fertility and pass on stronger producing power to future generations through state based AAA units with federal financing. He urged correcting past mistakes to restore US productivity to former levels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
United States
Oil market deemed unaffected by Italian petroleum purchases
Beaumont January banquet remarks by Ernest O Thompson chair of the Texas Railroad Commission say Italian buying of American oil since the Italo Ethiopian war has little impact. He cites rising U S auto use driving demand and notes February market demand may exceed January by 52 000 barrels daily amid improving prosperity.
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U.P
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Thompson
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce
United States Bureau of Mines
United States
Man and wife die in upper-floor fire at East 49th Street
Joseph Smith aged 55 and his wife Sarah perished in a blaze that swept the upper floors of a four story rooming house at 200 East 49th Street in New York City early today.
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New York
Joseph Smith
Sarah
East 49Th Street
Zaharoff Linked to Electric Boat Firm Payoffs
Investigators reported that from 1919 to 1930 the Electric Boat Company paid commissions totaling 766 099 to Sir Basil who steered a Spanish contract to oppose German and Italian submarine firms. Witnesses praised his brilliant mind while offering little light on his nationality or full scope of activities. He reportedly maintained ties to European government officials and excelled at persuading buyers to acquire war materiel from his represented firms.
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Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Sir Basil
Europe
Zarahoff
Congress weighs defense bids and base plans amid wartime tension
Congress awaited word on whether an appropriation would come this session for the Wilcox air base measure approved last year. Leaders who toured Hawaii and the Philippines during the recess predicted little opposition given disturbed international conditions. Chairman Carl Vinson said he would wait for the London naval talks results before deciding on a new battleship program.
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Congress
Wilcox Air Base
Lanket
Hawaii
Phillippines
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
London
United States
Toledo Chief Buys Shoes For Hooded Grizzled Pedestrian
The sight of a 76 year old woman trudging behind a pushcart on a cold rainy day moved Police Chief Ward Taylor to action. He purchased her shoes and rubbers to keep her dry and warm.
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Toledo
U.P
Ward Taylor
Girl 16 Flies Solo at Chanute Kansas
Pi Lorreine Dirkenhoof the 16 year old girl completed her first solo airplane flight in Chanute Kansas after only six hours of instruction. She had taken her first plane ride at age two.
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Girl
Kans
Pi—Lorreine Dirkenhoof
Septuagenarians Wed Bloomdale Couple in Quiet Ceremony
Wilson Lee, 75, and Mrs Jennie Fry, 74, longtime mutual admirers, have married in Bloomdale, Ohio. The wedding links a pair who first grew close nearly 75 years ago, reflecting a lifelong connection.
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Bloomdale
O. W.P
Wilson Lee
Jennie Fry
Amarillo Community Chest opens fund drive with radio appeals
Nearly twenty speakers will appeal to Amarillo residents for the Community Chest drive to raise 12 400 to feed clothe and house four thousand needy until June 1. Leaders including A N Olver and Walter Barlow outlined plans for luncheon events and Sunday sermons with broadcasts on KGNC featuring city officials ministers and educators.
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Lewis Fields
Community Chest
American Business Club
KGNC
Floyd Studer
EF. C. Seaman
Chest
A. N. Olver
Robert E. Lucey
Walter Barlow
Chest Organization
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G. A. McCullough
Lions Club
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Kiwanis
Rotary
Ross Rogers
John Boyce
Hermon Pipkin
C. M. Rogers
James O. Gulerie
W. D. Westbay
Floyd Cooper
Alex S. Wiesel
James Farwell
Hamlin Case Deposition Reveals Hotel Manager Testimony
James Muir, hotel manager where Mrs. Hamlin lived in 1933 34, testified she was asked to leave the hotel over alleged relations with other men. Atkinson claimed a January 5 sighting of a light at the Hamlin home and presence of Policeman Coffey, but admitted he had not shared details with Amarillo officers earlier.
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Tulsa
James Muir
Sales Coffey
Hamlin
Atkinson
Amarillo
Miller
South Texas
Snowbound North Central pupils rescued after siege
Snow swept Midwest left 200 children and teachers stranded in Geneva and Celina. Thirty five pupils and three teachers were rescued after plows broke through to Neptune. Temperatures plunged with Fargo 34 below and Chicago 13 below as winds piled snow across Michigan Indiana and nearby states.
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Ind
Celina
Neptune
Middlewest
Fargo
N. D
la Crosse
Wis
Duluth
Gas Firms Plan Price Rise and Panhandle Gas Waste Cut
Attorney General William McCraw said two major Panhandle gas buyers planned to raise prices from two to four cents per thousand cubic feet. He noted four operators had ceased gas venting under federal injunctions, with shutdowns expected to cut wastage by over one third, averting about 1.0 billion cubic feet daily.
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Austin
William McCraw
Panhandle
McCraw
Smith denounces backers as rascals crooks and bloodsuckers
Schwellenbach cites A l Smith critics John J. Raskob and Pierre Du Pont to accuse them of trying to defraud the government over income tax. He recalls Roosevelt’s support for Smith and warns no man can turn on a friend.
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John J. Raskob
Smith
Pierre du Pont
Delaware
Schwellenbach
Roosevelt
Schnellenbach
Wage conflicts ease as PWA and WPA align pay scales
California Minnesota Alabama and Georgia relief efforts face worker recruitment doubts as PWA and WPA explain wage structures. The PWA describes security wages from 19 to 85 dollars monthly by city size, while prevailing wage under WPA creates overlap with higher rates to attract skilled labor. Hopkins empowers state directors to boost pay 10 percent and cut monthly hours accordingly, with WPA paying during bad weather and paying by the hour with time off deducted.
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California
Minnesota
Alabama
Georgia
PWA
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
WPA
Hopkins
Huser to Visit Amarillo for Panhandle Emergency Program
C W Huser of San Antonio assistant state supervisor of the adult emergency program will be in Amarillo tomorrow to arrange a Panhandle wide program. He will confer with sponsors and program officials and at 2 PM conduct a round table discussion.
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C. W. Huser
San Antonio
Texas Works Progress Administration
Amarillo
Panhandle
Italy backs sea sanctions warning as Africa fronts report gains
Rome voiced bitter alarms over Mediterranean security pacts among sanctioning powers. Mussolini warned Britain’s actions to foster mutual aid in the region threaten European peace as Badoglio reported Italian victory in the Tembien campaign and Graziani led a southern advance toward Neghelli. In London the League sanctions committee will include Britain France Belgium Norway Sweden and several oil producers.
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Il Duce
Geneva
Great Britain
League of Nations
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
Africa
Tembien
Ogaden
Rodolfo Graziani
Coluun
Neghelli
Galla Borana
Ras Demtu
Dolo
Ras Desta
Haile Selassie
London
Italy
France
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
A Panhandle District Education Meeting Set in Potter County
A meeting on the aims and problems of the program will be held in Room 307 of the Potter County courthouse. A large delegation of teachers and adult education sponsors is expected from cities across the district of 20 Panhandle counties.
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Potter County
Panhandle
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