House and Senate Seek Truce on Personnel Bill
Lawmakers move toward a compromise on a personnel bill giving Congress power over war agency staff earning contradicting President Roosevelt who calls the bill a tragic mistake. The plan would confirm only newly hired workers earning 55000 or more while those hired before July 1 stay as is.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Rep
Tabor
New York
White House
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Works Project Administration
Market Wrap and Livestock Prices This Week
U S markets show Dow Jones up 14 points to 143.55 while utilities and bonds edge higher. Chicago and Kansas City livestock report mixed moves with hogs steady to slightly lower and cattle and calves uneven, top cattle prices around 15.35, beef steers mid teens, sheep steady. wholesale liquidation fund listed.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane Atilp
Aioe Epeebeses
Chicago
Kansas City
Secret Army Tank Depot at Ford Richmond Plant
The army revealed a secret Richmond depot at the Ford Motor Co plant holds more materiel than the prewar army and ships more tanks daily than Pershing had in France. Col Harmon and Maj Reed described vehicles arriving from across the U S, then modified for training camps or overseas with terrain specific adjustments.
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Richmond
Cal
U.P
Army
Ford Motor Company
Pershing
France
U. S
Pacific
Col
K. B. Harmon
San Francisco
United States
Dick R. Reed
Hollywood Gossip Roundup From Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood gossip column notes Robert Ryan’s Army shoot suit next week and publicist efforts by Gene Krupa’s friends. Veronica Lake hospital status downplayed. Olivia de Havilland seeks pup training tips. Bob Hope eyes British film for charity. various stars’ activities, names, and marriage rumors mixed with previews and reminiscences.
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Hollywood
Robert Ryan
RKO
White Hope
Bombardier
Gene Krupa
Medicos
Veronica Lake
Olivia de Havilland
Bob Hope
England
Paramount
MGM
Mickey Rooney
Shirley Temple
Greer Garson
Dennis Day
Jennifer Holt
Linda Darnell
Sign of the Times
Carole Landis
Ginger Rogers
Lew Ayres
Honolulu
Adrienne Ames
Bruce Cabot
Will Rogers
Lyda Roberts
Max Baer
Mary Ellen Sullivan
Jimmy Grier
Diamond Jim
Edward Arnold
Jean Arthur
Cesar Romero
Thomas Meighan
Oil decline prompts conservation orders on Texas fields
Railroad Commissioner Ernest O Thompson announced a production shutdown order affecting the Cayuga and Long Lake oil fields in Anderson Henderson and Freestone counties. He warned that with oil at a low level and gas reserves at 93 trillion cubic feet, conservation is essential and much gas could become oil if converted.
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Austin
America
Ernest O. Thompson
Commission
Cayuga and
Long Lake
Anderson
Henderson
Freestone
Thompson
Texas
Missing Suitcase Reunites Lubbock Woman in Amarillo
Dorothy Cook of Lubbock traveled by bus to Amarillo to visit her aunt Mrs. R. L. Lane. She mistook a suitcase at the station for hers, opening it at her aunt's home and discovering it belonged to a neighbor’s sister. Through a neighbor’s tip the aunt’s visiting sister returned the correct luggage, reuniting Cook with her bag.
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Dorothy Cook
Lubbock
Amarillo
R. L. Lane
East Eleventh Avenue
Miss Cook
Oklahoma Bank Robbers Flee in Amarillo Car
Bank robbers fled after a $3,000 raid in Hulbert Oklahoma escaping in a car registered in Amarillo. The Tahlequah sheriff notified Amarillo police with a description and license number. A suspect was arrested in Wagoner on a hometown-robbery theory. Amarillo officers were told two bandits rode away in the car.
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Hulbert
Okla
Amarillo
Tahlequah
Amarilo
Wagoner
Posse
Pipe Plant Quiets After Finishing Concrete Pipe Run
San Jacinto reports Hill-Gifford Pipe Line Company halted work at Tenth Avenue and Georgia Street after days of blasting out over five miles of 30 inch concrete pipe. The project finished eight hours late due to a windstorm breaking the housing tent, leaving about 3,500 feet to be laid underground to reach three new wells.
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San Jacinto
Hill-Gifford Pipe Line Company
Tenth Avenue
Georgia Street
Evangelist Delafield to Speak on The Antichrist
Evangelist R. E. Delafield will address the public tonight at 8 30 in the tent auditorium at Ninth Avenue and Van Buren Street. The talk titled The Antichrist will cover religious prophecy and end times. The public is invited to attend.
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R. E. Delafield
Ninth Avenue
van Buren Street
Grains Move To Replace Corn In Feeds
Chicago July 6 Grain traders say corn shortages force feed makers to seek substitutes like barley wheat and oats with some rye tests. Government requisition of corn held in elevators aids processors but not feed manufacturers. War Food Administration efforts fail to boost market shipments as no corn sales occurred in Chicago and CCQ stock heads to industry. The weekly crop report notes very late growth in parts of the new corn crop raising frost risk.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Seabees Interview Drive Gathers Panhandle Applicants
More than a score of Panhandle men applied for interviews with Lieut. Comdr. Mce Cleary and Lieut. C. B. Parrett, Seabees certifying officers, as Chief Harry announced. In Amarillo Saturday and Sunday they will recruit at the post office building to offer petty officer ratings to skilled construction, mechanical, and electrical workers.
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Panhandle
Comdr
MceCleary
C. B. Parrett
Seabees
Harry
Tony
Amarillo
Navy
Missing Amarillo teens sought by police
Police seek help locating Donita Cason aged 14 and Eugene Sparks aged 15 both missing from Amarillo homes on North Forest Street and North Grant Street. They were reported missing today.
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Amarillo
Donita Cason
North Forest Street
Eugene Sparks
North Grant Street
Axis Planes Downed By Fleet Reach 1004 Total
The admiralty announced that British naval and merchant ships and fleet air arm aircraft have shot down a total of 1,004 Axis planes in the past three and a quarter years.
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London
Fleet Air Arm
Admiralty
Child care ad from reader at Johnson Street
A middle aged woman seeks daytime care for a child aged one to four in her home. She offers light housework and ironing by the hour and signs as A READER from 1105 Johnson St.
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Tack
Lost billfold near Cretney Drug offers reward
An 18 year old woman seeks return of a tan Coca Cola billfold lost Saturday between 1 and 2 near Cretney Drug. It held money, a driver's license and social security card. Reward offered. Contact Mrs Miller at 904 Crockett St or by phone.
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Cretney Drug
Buffalo Springs XIT Ranch Headquarters Sold in Dalhart
The Buffalo Springs headquarters of the former XIT Ranch in Dallam County was sold to C. D. Shamberger of Wichita Falls. He will take possession August 1 and may add the land to other holdings. The Farwell heirs previously owned 8,600 acres. the XIT once spanned about 3 million acres across ten Texas counties.
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Dalhart
Buffalo Springs
Dallam County
C. D. Shamberger
Wichita
Falls
Shamberger
Charles B
John W. Farwell
Farwells
Chicago
Austin
Dallam
Morgan Ranch
Outfit
XIT
Texas
Jones Asked To Fix Corn Ceiling Price
Washington July 8 Congress threatens to set its own corn price. War food administrator Marvin Jones was invited to Capitol Hill by the House agriculture committee to resolve the issue without rigid legislation. A bill to lift the corn price ceiling from 1.07 to 1.40 per bushel passed the Senate yesterday.
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Washington
Congress
CPA
Marvin Jones
Capitol Hill
House Agriculture Committee
Coin purse found on North Fillmore Street
A coin purse was located on North Fillmore Street containing change. The owner may retrieve it by going to 1501 North East 22nd Street and presenting proof of ownership. Stanley Maness.
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North Fillmore St
North East 22Nd St
Kitten up for adoption from Globe News carrier
A small black kitten seeks a good home and is available to a caring owner. Call 25380 to arrange adoption. A Globe News carrier lost a brown billfold containing papers and about $3 between 24th Ave and downtown. Contact 7523 or return it to 1925 Pierce Street.
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24Th Ave
Globe News
Pierce Street
Civil Air Patrol May Get Airport Lease in Amarillo
The Civil Air Patrol may lease Amarillo Municipal Airport for $1 a year with maintenance duties and a 30 day notice clause. The contract, drafted by Ben Manning and A. P. Hancock, awaits city commission approval, with current leaseholder Fred Smith not renewing on August 1 after paying $100 monthly. Tentative CAP approval was reached last Tuesday night.
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Civil Air Patrol
Amarillo
CAP
Ben Manning
A. P. Hancock
Fred Smith
Chinese drive Japanese from Mengting in border town retreat
Chinese high command says Mengting in Yunnan border area was liberated from Japanese occupation and forces began a general retreat westward. Remaining Japanese were being rounded up while retreating units were ambushed by Chinese troops.
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Chungking
Mengting
Burma- Yunan Province
Radio Regulation To Get Airing Before Congress
FCC regulation of radio broadcasting will be debated when Congress returns from recess. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Chairman Wheeler backs Senator Taft’s proposal that Congress writes the government restraints rather than the FCC.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Congress
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Taft
Ohio
Mackenzie King Sees Girard Visit Within Ten Days
Ottawa July 8 Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons he expects General Henri Honore Girard to visit Canada in the next week or ten days confirming early plans for the high level visit.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Henri Honore Giraud
Canada
Veronica Lake Delivers Premature Baby Boy
Screen actress Veronica Lake gave birth to a three pound boy two months early. The infant was placed in an incubator and Dr. Raymond D. Mc Burney reported both mother and child are doing well.
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Hollwood
Veronica Lake
Raymond D. McBurney
Miss Gwen Williams Returns From Midwest Area USO Meeting
Miss Gwen Williams principal USO Auditorium program director has returned from Fort Worth where she joined the planning committee for the Midwest Area Army and Navy Y M C A Annual Conference. The event will be held in Excelsior Springs Missouri October 5 to 8 and includes women and girl workers from USO clubs in Texas.
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Gwen Williams
USO
Fort Worth
Army and Navy Departments
Excelsior Springs
Miss Williams
Texas
Renaissance Artists In USO Exhibit
Renaissance artists on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art hang in the Auditorium USO foyer this week. The public exhibit is part of a public service series and will be rotated regularly with a future display featuring top summer scene paintings by foremost artists.
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Uso
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accident Victim Opal Newkirk Severely Injured After Vehicle Collision
Opal E. Newkirk, struck by an automobile early yesterday, remains in serious condition today. She suffered a leg fracture and severe head injuries while walking across a highway north of the city limits.
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Opal E. Newkirk
Driver Hits Pedestrian on North East Highth Avenue
A car driven by Clyde Martin of 804 North Garfield Street struck a pedestrian on 1400 North East Highth Avenue. The driver rendered aid, the victim was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony's Hospital, and the driver reported to police.
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North East Highth Avenue
Clyde Martin
North Garfield Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Grandmother Rides 15 Miles on Horse After Escape
The 64 year old grandmother of Gene Guyer rode 15 miles on a saddle horse to aid in the search for a missing animal after the horse broke from its stalls at night. She is an experienced rider and rode back into town once the animal was found 15 miles north of Am.
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Gene Guyer
Maryland Street
Gene
Guyer
Sammai
Amarillo
Mendaco Promises Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers
An advertisement touts Mendaco a prescription by a private practitioner for bronchial asthma. It claims rapid blood distribution dissolves mucus and eases breathing and sleep. Available at drug stores with a money back guarantee for 60 cents under a guaranteed trial offer.
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Mendaco
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