President Roosevelt to Visit Amarillo for Transcontinental Trip
The President will begin a transcontinental train journey and arrive in Amarillo next Monday as thousands gather to see him. A 2000 strong consolidated cowboy band will perform The Eyes of Texas, with planning led by Roy Cullum and a final arrangements meeting at the city hall. A secret service agent will attend the final preparations as work on the stand for the address in Ellwood Park progresses.
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Roosevelt
Amarillo
Southwest
Texas
Homer Rice
Roy Cullum
General Committee
Secret Service
Ellwood Park
Harold Bell Wright a Haunted Rise to Renown
The obituary-like sketch traces Harold Bell Wright from a troubled childhood in which his mother died and his father forced him into harsh work, to a painter’s wanderings, a mountain preacher’s fire, and finally a literary titan. After surviving a near fatal mountain crash he penned When a Man's a Man under a tent and rose to global fame with The Shepherd of the Hills and other bestsellers.
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Harold Bell Wright
Ozark Mountains
Missouri
Pierce City
Dan Matthews
Barbara Worth
Udells
Hardy Spirit
McNaught Synd
Optimism Rides Stock Market On Broad News
New York July 7 stocks rally on mid year bull wave after ICC approval for Eastern rail passenger fares and strong FHA home financing data. Reports show June mortgage activity up 60 to 75 percent year over year and FHA insurance totaling 1.645 billion.
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New York
ICC
Roosevelt
Federal Housing Administration
Stewart McDonald
FHA
Farley
Rural Electrification Administration
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt's cross country trip plan outlined
President Roosevelt's day by day itinerary for a cross country tour includes stops in Marietta Ohio Covington Kentucky Oklahoma City Fort Worth Amarillo Pueblo San Francisco and Los Angeles among others. The schedule notes a rear platform talk and visits with officials and a two hour stay in Amarillo with a forthcoming route chart to be published by local papers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marietta
Ohio
Covington
Louisville
Bowling Green
Oklahoma City Fairgrounds
Fort Worth
Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
Amarillo
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Utah
Crockett
Calif
San Pablo Bay
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Exposition Grounds
San Francisco Bay
Lightning Strikes Amarillo Woman in Panhandle Storm
A fatal lightning strike in Amarillo last night near North East Tenth Avenue and North Taylor Street killed Clara Pate, 23, while a companion was shocked. The storm dropped significant rainfall across the area, with Spearman at .10 inches and Clarendon at .04 inches, amid a sunlit sky and rainbow moments.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Collman
Clara Pate
North East Tenth Avenue
North Taylor Street
Okla
Weather Bureau
Spearman
Follett
Clarendon
Potter County News Office Damaged by Fire
A fire damaged the rear of the Potter County News offices this morning. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with little structural damage. The paper and printing plant is located at 2814 West Bixth Avenue.
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Potter County News
The
Paper and Printing Company
West
Bixth Avenue
Wheat Receipts Rise at Amarillo Market
Wheat receipts in Amarillo showed a steady increase with 333 carloads received today by the Ama Grain Exchange. Last year for the same period receipts were 352 carloads. No damage or rust detected. wheat graded No 1 dry hard. Neely Greenhill Agency for Insurance.
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Amarillo
Non
The
AmaGrain Exchange
Cranium Crackers: Word Puzzle Challenges and Answers
A brain teaser asks readers to fill blanks: a child with common parents but different births is a half sibling, the number formed by 1 with zeros is one trillion, Time is money quotes origin, Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, and clues to the initials T BE and D H refer to two unrelated ES men with a common last name.
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Montevideo
T. BE
D. H
Marines Patrol Shanghai on War Anniversary
United States Marines set patrols in the American defense sector as Chinese patriots sow terror in the Japanese controlled city on the first anniversary of the Chinese-Japanese war. British forces joined later and about 200 volunteers, mainly Britons and Americans, supported the defense amid repeated bombings and grenade attacks. At least six Japanese were killed and several sentries wounded in the clashes.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Tourist Boom Reported Here
Amarillo experiences a surge in visitors with over 500 tourists daily, spurred by publicity around Highways 60 and 66. Local hotel managers report strong occupancy as tours advance toward California, and a visiting chamber letter from Tucumcari corroborates rising travel through the city.
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Amarillo
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Hinton
Otho Thompson
Herring Hotel
Charles Pryor
Roy Smith
Tucumcari
Was it a Balloon or a Sky Light Mystery
The Globe News reports a western sky light seen Tuesday night remains unexplained. Weatherman Collman suggests a balloon like those used at picnics, possibly a burning cotton waste buoyancy device, drifting southeast and not a star or comet.
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Collman
Globe News
Weather Bureau
Mr. Collman
Missing six explorers pursued by river aerial search
Six scientists including two University of Michigan women Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter are missing after launching three small boats from Green River Utah. Air travelers aboard Transcontinental and Western Airlines scanned the Colorado River as an airplane search began to locate the expedition believed delayed by flood conditions.
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Lee's Ferry
Ariz
U.P
Colorado
Green River
Utah
Colorado River
Anderson
U.S
Lee’s Ferry
Elzada Clover
Lois Jotter
University of Michigan
Eugene Atkinson
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
Nevada
Farmer takes wild homemade plane on longer flight
Weatherford Oklahoma July 7 farm wife telephoned word of farmer Herman Schapansky 31 his cow chasing collie dog again crashed his improvised monoplane Nine miles southwest of Weatherford he circled for an hour with no other passengers his wife Bonnie and their children watching as he considered options after a wheel dropped during takeoff from a bumpy pasture The wife later helped tow the wreckage and repair parts home while the children watched See FLIER Page 2
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Weatherford
Okla
U.P
Herman Schapansky
Chapansky
Schapansky
Ture
Bonnie
Clinton
Europe’s Men Rule Wives by Divine Right
In London a clash over gender roles highlights a European tradition of male supremacy. The piece cites English legal history, noting limited divorce grounds for wives and past harsh norms, with Baroness intrigue and a Yank debate on submission.
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Europe
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
London
Babs Hutton
Dane
Democratic
England
Sussex
Count Haugwitz-Reventiow
Fire drill tragedy in Coimbra claims ten boy victims
In Coimbra near Lisbon, a four story wooden building soaked with gasoline housed an exhibition fire drill. Ten boys aged 12 to 20 died when firemen failed to rescue them after flames spread rapidly, with two dying in the fire and eight fatally injured by falls. Ten others were seriously hurt as thousands watched.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Coimbra
British Who's Who Recognizes Hollywood Stars
Hollywood figures are named in the British Who's Who for the first time as editors request short biographies from Norma Shearer Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Luise Rainer Clark Gable and Wallace Beery. The move highlights major film personalities and marks a cross Atlantic recognition effort.
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Hollywood
Norma Shearer
Robert Taylor
Lionel Barrymore
Luise Rainer
Clark Gable
Wallace Beery
Coffin Company Gels Permit for New Brick Building
The Texas Coffin Co. was granted a building permit for 7500 dollars for a new brick building at 812 820 West Fifth Avenue. City building inspector Wallace Hazlewood approved the permit yesterday. Clifford McMuirtry is the contractor for the project.
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Texas Coffin Co
West
Fifth Avenue
Wallace Hazlewood
Clifford McMuirtry
San Francisco Clubman Declared Sane in Wife Death
Seattle July 7 two psychiatrists testified that Charles Felix Butte once wealthy San Francisco clubman was perfectly sane when he killed his wife. Prosecutor B Gray Warner announced the conclusion today.
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Seattle
Charles Felix Butte
San Francisco
B. Gray Warner
Camping Girl Scouts Encounter Mysteries of Nature
Sunburned campers at Amarillo's Camp Kiwanis explore nature tales from lizards turning pink to minnows in wash basins. During three two week terms 149 scouts and 12 counsellors attend, with daily routines from 7 am gong wake ups to Gem Lake swims and badge tasks.
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Margaret McKenzie
Amarillo
Kiwanis
Great Hall
Gem Lake
British Battleship Heads to Haifa Amid Fatal Riots
The 7,550-ton cruiser Emerald was ordered to Haifa as rioting in Palestine left 131 dead or wounded over two days. Reports say 22 Arabs and 6 Jews died, with 92 Arabs and 11 Jews injured, as 32,000-ton Repulse was also slated to arrive.
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Jerusalem
Emerald
Haifa
Holy Land
East Indies
Malta
Palestine
Tivia Dounia
Chaim Weizmann
British Zionist Federation
Kingsway
Ernest Thompson to Speak at Amarillo Rally Saturday Night
Ernest Thompson, former Amarillo mayor and Texas governor candidate, headlines a big Saturday rally at Municipal Auditorium with 7:15 pm entertainment and 8:30 pm speech. Attendees from Panhandle towns plus bands from multiple cities to perform before introductions of local candidates.
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Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
Texas
Wichita Falls
Electra
Vernon
Quanah
Childress
Memphis
Clarendon
Claude
Municipal Auditorium
B. Byron Singleton
Panhandle
Thompson
Avery Rush
Ross Rogers
Col
Julius Dozenfield
Clay Thornton
Mason King
Roy Pool
Dutch Mantel
John Boyce
Oscar Wise
Mclean
Shamrock
Pampa
Borger, Wheeler
Dalhart
Perryton
Tulsa
KGNC
Clay ‘Thornton
Kidnaper McCall Denied Pardon And Mrs Cash Refuses Help
The Florida pardon board denied a petition to commute 21 year old Franklin Pierce McCall's death sentence for the Jimmy Cash kidnapping and killing. Mrs James B Cash tearfully refused to intervene to save McCall's life after a meeting with Mrs Linnie McCall in Gov Cone's office.
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Florida Pardon Board
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
Tallahassee
Fila
U.P
James B. Cash
Linnie McCall
Fred P. Cone
McCall
Amarillo Weather Forecast Calls for Tstorms and Cooler
Amarillo and vicinity may see local thundershowers and a cooler night. Friday looks fair with partly cloudy skies. West Texas and New Mexico regions show scattered thundershowers, cooler temperatures, and small changes in temperature range.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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Conway FP. Coe
McDonald
King
Gressman Marvin Jones
James B. Allred
Neely-Greenhill Agey
John Maynard Lbr Co
Grand Canyon
National Park Service
Herman
Barbara Page
Coffin Company Gels
Girl Scouts
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