Bufkin Admitted to West Point and Football Hope
Old Tack reports Burl Bufkin has been admitted to West Point after passing physical and mental tests. He will join the football squad, with Wenners predicting Bufkin to score a touchdown. The item also notes Wes Iazard’s view on Roosevelt, local bachelor talk, and various light anecdotes plus a weather forecast for Amarillo.
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Tack
William D. Wenners
United States Military Academy
West Point
Burl Bufkin
Wenners
Burl
Notre Dame
Bufkin
US Russian cotton loans spark postwar diplomacy note
A Soviet constructed corporation with presidential approval announced about four million dollars in loans to fund cotton sales to Russia. The piece recalls President Roosevelt’s earlier appeal to Russia and other nations for peace, marking a renewed acknowledgment of Russia's existence after years of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struction Corporation
Russia
Government targets food price profiteering amid rising costs
Washington reports the justice department will back Secretary Wallace to curb bread and food price hikes. Prosecutions may follow under anti trust laws if increases are unjustified. Officials say wheat tax equals about a half cent per pound loaf and promise enforcement to protect consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Kerby
Washington
Justice Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Peek
Agriculture Department
Department of Justice
Birds Nesting in Amarillo Still Not Confirmed
A reader notes robins pass through Amarillo in spring and fall but have not nested in the city. Local boys failed to find any nests after spending 25. all discoveries were sparrow nests. Mrs. Siebel reports a tiny California quail chick, with an egg incubated, prompting questions about its survival.
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Amarillo
Stanley Siebel
van Buren Street
California
Cotton and grains drift as rains expected in the west
Markets in New Orleans and Kansas City opened mixed with cotton futures easing while hogs and cattle in Kansas City showed strength. In New York stock letters the dollar eased and oil prices rose amid forecasts of crop damage and oil storage changes.
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Texas
Shorts
Midession
New York
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
New York Central
Delaware & Hudson
Central of New Jersey
Reynolds B
Liggett & Myers B
American B
Lorillard
American Petroleum Institute
Gulf storm looms over Harlingen as merchants close
Hurricane conditions grow as the Gulf storm speeds up. Only five merchants stay open by 10 30 A M while port Isabel reports suggest Harlingen lies in the storm path. Intermittent rain and gusty winds begin, leaving streets deserted and a noon landfall feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Harlingen
DILDAY IN DALLAS AT TEXAS POSTMASTERS MEETING
M. E. Dilday, superintendent of mails here, is in Dallas attending a joint meeting of Texas postmasters and mail supervisors.
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Dilday
Dallas
M. E. Dilday
Texas Postmasters and Mail Supe
Dairies Form Local Producers Group at Night Meeting
Wholesale milk producers from Potter Randall and Armstrong Counties formed a permanent association to promote dairying. J R Durrett was chosen president with Lee McSpadden as vice president and Glenn Peet as secretary treasurer. Joe Gray heads the producers group as ten retail milk producers attended.
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Potter, Randall and
Armstrong Counties
J. R. Durrett
Lee McSpadden
Glenn Peet
O. E. Austin
Joe Martin
Borden
Steffen
Metzger
Amarillo
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Joe Gray
The
Producers Association
Equalization Board Meets Amarillo Officials on Property Values
The Amarillo equalization board and city commissioners held an executive session Thursday morning at City Hall to discuss land and building values. Board members Homer Wheeler Tom Cotten and Chester Adams recently completed land value equalization and began reviewing personal property values.
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Equalization Board
Amarillo Cit Commission
Ross D. Rogers
Homer Wheeler
Tom Cotten
Chester Adams
Guests of Floyd Gibbons in Chicago Hotel
Amarilloans joining the Globe News good-will special to A Century of Progress will stay at the Palmer House in Chicago with Floyd Gibbons. The six day tour travels July 15 to July 24, cost cut to 67.50, 80 spots, reservations by Miss Lois Black, free auto storage, Rock Island train section, and varied regional oil and price notes.
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Palmer House
Mason King
Floyd Gibbons
America
Ace Reporter
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Chicago
Lois Black
News-Globe
el Paso Times
Panhandle
Hawk
Toney Chisum, Inc
Eleventh Avenue
Polk Street
Rock Island Lines
Golden State Limited
Herman Clutter
Rock Island
Carter schedule changes oil pricing amid competitive market
The Jersey firm and Standard Oil Company of Indiana push price adjustments asMid-Continent buyers face fierce competition. The new Carter schedule starts at 30 cents for oil under 25 gravity.
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New York
Alum Co. of America
Baenee
Gas & Electric
Ark Nat Gas Avane Canadian Marconi
Ford Motor Co
Ford of Canada
Gulf Oil
Humble Oil Sone
Imperial Oil
Niagaraudsen Pehn
Indiana
Southern Royalties
United Gas Bind Tere Ee
Jersey
Standard Oil Company of
Relief From Heat Promised Tomorrow
Dr Jayne's Prescription laxative promotes internal cleansing to improve perspiration and skin cooling. The ad claims impurities from undigested food clog the bowels and skin, offering 25 cents for a month’s supply at druggists.
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Dr. Jayne
Jayne
Gangster Gangsters Kill Nash In Train To Car Move
Off guard transfer of Nash from train to automobile by a gang leads to a deadly ambush. Nash, Raymond J. Caffrey, Otto Reed, W. J. Grooms, and Frank Hermanson are killed. Miller wounded. Weissman may have fired. Investigators trace calls between Hot Springs, Joplin, and Kansas City to locate Miller’s residence.
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Nash
Raymond J. Caffrey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Otto Reed
McAlester
Okla
W. J. Grooms
Frank Hermanson
Kansas City
Miller
Weissman
Hot Springs Joplin
E. B. Connor
Hot Springs
Herb Farmer
Joplin
Farmer
Sam Sparks Former Treasurer Dies in Austin
Sam Sparks former state treasurer and Bell County sheriff, a longtime state political figure, died at his home in Austin after more than two years of ill health. He had been active in banking in Austin.
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Austin
U.P
Sam Sparks
Bell County
Sparks
Helium Plant Slashed For Budget Savings Near Amarillo
Government cutbacks hit the U S Helium plant seven miles west of Amarillo reducing operating funds by 70 percent. Supervising engineer W W Seibel said 25 workers remain as 40 were let go and production may be limited to part of each month.
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U. S
Amarillo
W. Seibel
Seibel
Bureau of Mines
Army
Navy
KOJENE promoted as quick cure for pyorrhea by dentists
An advert urges immediate treatment for pyorrhea using KOJENE. It recommends gum massages three times daily with equal parts KOJENE and water and placing soaked cotton between gums and cheeks to maintain contact with infected tissues. If it fails in a week, get a refund and see a dentist.
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Amarillo
Kojene
Randal Drug Stores
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Illinois
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Roosevelt
Pinky Gooch
Two Thousand Club
Bill McSpadden
Death Valley
Fred Shears
Amarilo
Ozarks
Jimmy Thompson
Baldies
Hero
Lynwood
Myers Bros
West Third Street
Kansas City Livestock
D. A
John F. Clark & Co
New Orleans
Jno. F. Clark & Co
C.S.T. Close
Adams Express Weeeres Coleees
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Allegheny Corp Allied Chem
Allis Chalmers
Ameralda Corp Oh
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Armour & Co
Anchor Cap Corp
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At&sf
Auburn Auto
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Chrysler Mo
Cova Cola
Celo Fuel & Iron
Cola Gas & el
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Ei Auto
Wheeler
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Gillette
Goodrich Tire
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Ershey Choe
Cement
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Kreage Kennecott Copper
Kroger Groen Bak Bree
Liggitt Myers
Eanen
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Eesport
Meek Trucks
Epsese
Alkull Mac Seer
Agate Venaes
Mo Pac Pf
Wees
Mont Ward
Murray Corpeae Ae
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Owens Il
Pac Gas & el
Penney , Co
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Peoples Gas
Phillips Pet
Prof & Pullman Co
Rado. Corp
Ore Reading Co Servedaemee Tees Pat
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Repub .Su
Reynolds
Association OF Wholesalers
Equalization Board and City
Noe Sane
Tinlo
Gibbons
Guilt Coast
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Malden, Mass
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NEA Service
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