Americans Endangered As Kiukiang Shelling Occurs
Japanese warships shelled Kiukiang on the Yangtse River as American sailors and civilians faced danger. Ten Americans failed to board the Monocacy gunboat three miles beyond Kiukiang amid aerial bombardment and Chinese mines. The Monocacy anchored above Kiukiang while Britain’s Cockchaser reportedly maneuvered nearby. Officials say U S policy remains to avoid danger while protecting citizens.
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Shanghai
U.P
Kiukiang
Hankow
Yangtse
U. S
Jacob Frick
Nekoma
Kansas
Japan
Harry E. Yarnell
United States
Hukow
President Roosevelt Visits Amarillo Townsfolk Cheer Him On
The town drums up welcome as President Roosevelt arrives with Marvin Jones hosting. Folks enjoy the crowd and weather while praising the President’s friendly, human nature and expansive, public appearance across Amarillo. Voices note no political aims, just warm hospitality.
Senator Hatch Arrives in Amarillo for Roosevelt Address
Senator Carl Hatch of Clovis New Mexico arrives in Amarillo with other Southwestern congressmen for the President's speech in Ellwood Park. Hatch calls the day a big moment for the Plains and says the country looks better the farther he travels from Washington. He declines to discuss political significance of Roosevelt's visit and hopes for a vacation from politics, planning a return to Clovis Tuesday.
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Roosevelt
Raat
Presidenta
Sota
Polktrees
Ellwood Rk
Amarillo
Ellwood Park
Carl Hatch
Clovis
N. M
Hatch
Plains
Washington
New Mexico
Oklahoma City
Wheat Receipts Rise to 366 Carloads at Amarillo
Wheat receipts for the weekend in Amarillo reached 366 carloads for Sunday and today, nearing the prior year’s total for the period. The inspection department reported 40 fewer carloads than the 405 received in the same weekend last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Diverse odds and ends from a mid century column
A scattered collection touches on topics from science and philanthropy to racing horses and agriculture. It notes a great race horse named Pampered Pompoon and a California hay shipment to Maryland, Harvard president James B Conant, railroad and medical purity references, insurance for Sally Rand, Christmas club fund allocations, and a history of rice at weddings. It also lists Nobel prize timing, historian Trustow Adams quote on force, distant drilling prospects, and automobile naming curiosities.
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Pompoon
California
Maryland
James B. Conant
Harvard
Conant
Pharmacopoeia
Authority On
Sally Rand
Adving
Orient
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
America
Alfred Nobel
James Trustow Adams
Olds
Harry Stute
Help Wanted Letters From Worried Jobseekers
Two readers seek work in Texas and Oklahoma style notes. A 2 year old fry cook and waiter describes cafe経験 lack of regional limits. A 22 year old seeks cafe work housekeeping clerical and practical nursing with references.
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Tack
Calhoun
Pampa
Texas
Tack Tam
Johnson Street
Young Applicant Seeks Night Work at Local Cafe
An 18 year old girl from Garfield Street writes for work in a cafe. She offers limited experience, requests small wages, and prefers night shifts, asking for consideration and a possible continuation on page.
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Tack
Garfield Street
US Army bombing plane crashes in Panama jungle
In Panama City a United States Army bombing plane crashed during a navigation test at Paitilla Point. Lieut. Paul Gowen of Caldwell Idaho was killed. co pilot Lieut. Kenneth Crosher and radioman Private Gareth Bundy were seriously injured and burned as the craft struck a tree top and burst into flames while attempting a water landing.
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Panama City
Paul R. Gowen
Caldwell
Ida
United States Army
Paitilla Point
New Panama City
Gowen
Kenneth R. Crosher
Gareth H. Bundy
Panama Bay
Crusher
Bundy
16-Year-Old Bride To Wed 63-Year-Old Widower
ATHOL Mass July 11 Ann May 16 prepared for marriage tonight to Herbert David Boutall a 63 year old widower and retired mechanic in St Johns Episcopal Church with her parents approval He says this is no Kentucky backwoods marriage and that they love each other.
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Athol, Mass
Ann
St. John's Episcopal Church
Herbert David Boutall
Edwin May
Kentucky
Mrs. Retherford's Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Retherford long time Panhandle resident who died Sunday evening at 208 Carolina Street will be held tomorrow evening at 4 from the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Chapel Rev H C Smith pastor of the San Jacinto Methodist Church will officiate Survivors include her mother Mrs J F Moillat of Springfield Missouri three sons C T Retherford Amarillo J A Retherford Yuma Arna and Russell Retherford Dallas six daughters Mrs A C Brynt San Francisco Mrs Opal Coleman Culver City Cal Mrs Neilie Arnold San Francisco Mrs Lola Parley Dallas Mrs A L Sencer and Mrs Roy DPD Ryan both of Amarillo a brother Jesse Moffat Norwood Mo sister Mrs Charity Brazil Springfield Mo Burial will be in Liano Cemetery in charge of Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors
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J. W. Retherford
Panhandle
Carolina Street
Blackburn-Shaw
H. C. Smith
San Jacinto Methodist Church
J. F. Moillat
Springfield
C. T. Retherford
Amarillo
J. A. Retherford
Yuma
Arna
Russell Retherford
Dallas
A. C. Brynt
San Francisco
Opal Coleman
Culver City
Cal
Neilie Arnold
Lola Parley
A. L. Sencer
Roy Dpd. Ryan
Jesse Moffat
Norwood
Alster
Charity Brazil
Liano Cemetery
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors
Chevrolet Men To Meet This Evening
Chevrolet Motor Company salesmen and managers from the territory will meet this evening at oclock at the Herring Hotel. Tom Brants from the central offices will conduct the meeting with assistance from J. Roach Jr, assistant lone manager from Oklahoma City.
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Chevrolet Motor Company
Herring Hotel
Tom
Brants
J. & Roach, Jr
Oklahoma City
Biggest City in the World Claims 1059 Square Miles
Zamboanga in the Philippines boasts chartered city limits covering 1,059 square miles. The city highlights a mix of agricultural land timber and waste land with a sizable local population as part of its boast.
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Zamboanga
P. I
Tamboanga
Volume of Wheat Receipts Declines
Kansas City news reports a drop in new wheat shipments to Kansas City and southwestern cash markets. Week end arrivals totaled 2,421 cars, down from 3,030 a year earlier, with shipments rated higher in quality and protein averaging 12.38 percent versus 11.99 percent in earlier lots.
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Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
Thieves steal wharf at Forest Lake camp
Thieves struck Camp No. 2 at Forest Lake and stole a wharf. No other items were taken from the camp or its adjacent garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methuen
Mass
U.P
Forest Lake
Roosevelt Loses Bend to Kentucky Lawmakers in Political Feud
The president criticizes Democratic lawmakers in Kentucky for resisting his judicial and Senate renomination plans. He chastises Gov. Chandler over a proposed Logan bench appointment and signals backing for Barkley and Thomas, while prompting other Democrats to consider aiding George in Georgia.
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McCarran
Roosevelt
Kentucky
White House
Sen
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
A. B
Happy
Alben
Chandler
Logan
Barkley
Robert J. Barkley
Ohio
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
William HM. King
Utah
Georgia
Walter P. Qeoree
Waste Laid to School Heads
A Texas House committee report accuses the Department of Public Education of waste and extravagance. Representative Bowren Bond filed the document in Dallas, noting the investigation was incomplete due to funds exhaustion and alleging disregard for legislated salary levels.
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Dallas
U.S
Texas State Department of Public Education
House of Representatives
House
Bowren Bond
Fairfield
Louise Phinney
Department of Education
Rock Island hotel uses historic front pages as wall covering
The Rock Island hotel features large historic newspaper front pages from 1861 to 1938 as a wall covering. The owner is negotiating insurance due to the impracticality of duplicating the rare prints.
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Rock Island, Ill
Hughes Negotiates Silent Flight Across the Atlantic Attempt
The article recounts Charles Hughes' near equal speed record on a great circle route with an elapsed time implying over 200 mph, navigator T. L. Thurlow describing six to eight hours of blind flying at night aboard the New York World's Fair 1939 aircraft, while Hughes quietly reads telegrams from Bullitt as a small crowd watches.
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Hughes
Great Circle
T. L. Thurlow
Bullitt
Hughes Seeks Moscow Flight After Paris Landing
The American pilot Hughes arrives in Paris after a rapid flight from London, praised by French flier Paul Codos as a magnificent exploit. He notes eight hours of blind flying until daylight and plans to depart for Moscow when weather allows, expecting seven to eight hours with favorable winds.
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Lindbergh
Paul Codos
Hughes
Codos
Paris
Harry P. M. Connor
Moscow
Washington reunion prompts light remark at gathering
President Roosevelted, amid a Dallas to Graham lineup, jokes that the meeting with Representatives Maverick Marvin Jones Amarillo Lyndon Johnson Austin Fritz Lanham Fort Worth Hatton Sumners Dallas and W D Mac Farlane Graham felt like a regular Washington reunion as the group gathered with the senator aanwe.
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Maverick
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Lyndon Johnson
Austin
Fritz Lanham
Fort Worth
Hatton Sumners
Dallas
W.D. MacFarlane
Graham
Washington
President Roosevelt in Texas The Fort Worth Visit
President Roosevelt tours Fort Worth amid crowds as he travels by presidential train toward Amarillo. Matilda Nail of Fort Worth presents a lighter to the President as a sky writer proclaims F D R OK while 26 Secret Service officers precede his motorcade.
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Tom Connally
James V. Allred
Amarillo
Elliott Roosevelt
Secret Service
Matilda Nail
Fort Worth
Mr. Roosevelt
Dutch Branch Ranch
Dutch Branch
U. S. Secret Service
West Texas
Panama
Son Elliott
Deaf candidates run again in state primary contest
The piece argues that deaf candidates enter the state primary anew. It notes the debate over whether experience and prestige help U.S. Senators from Kentucky and other states, and whether Roosevelt's remark about experience implies broader cooperation with the administration. It also criticizes seniority for potentially overlooking individual ability.
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South
Kentucky
Georgia
South Carolina
Maryland
Roosevelt
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Big Boas
Ametica
Pernapa
Sam
Nia
Senator Hatch
Wien
TAGK
Jim Cowart
Fort Sumner
Cowart
Earl Cowart
Panhandle Plains
Charles Goodnight
Brincoe County
Mrs. Retherford
Chevrolet
iHusiness Porme— and Envelopes — Publications
Wichita Falls
Clarendon
Adva
Ernest O. Thompson
Griggs
N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors
Amarillo, Texas
Troy’s
The
Troy
Nusheen Dry Cleaning
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