Heatwave and plenti of chatter from Amarillo page
The column notes a hot dry spell with no rain and hints at a possible summer shower cycle next week. It shares numerous local items: Mrs. Hallie Hawk sails from New York on the Normandie to Europe, and a lengthy anecdotal piece recounts a nickname given to Hopkins and local political talk about county consolidation and lakes funding in Panhandle counties.
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Hallie Hawk
New York
Europe
Satan
Panhandle
Panhandle Baptists Gather for Palo Duro Association Session
Ministers and laymen from 24 churches in Armstrong Carson Gray Hutchinson and Potter counties met at First Baptist Church to discuss Evangelism with talks on organization personal work and preaching. More than 100 delegates attended the regular association meeting led by Rev. Lem Hodges and Rev. Gordon Bayless.
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Panhandle
First Baptist Church
Palo Duro Baptist Association
Palo Duro
Lem Hodges
Amarillo
Jeff Moore
Claude
J. N. Hunt
Borger
Gordon C. Bayless
Pampa
Women’s Missionary Union
The
Palo Duro Association
J. C. McKensie
Armstrong
Carson
Gray
Hutchinson
Potter Counties
Brooklyn Fan Sues Dodgers for $1.10 over Ladies Day Trample
Julius Trieb sues the Brooklyn Dodgers for 1.10 claiming he was trampled by feminine spectators on ladies day. He says his pants were torn as he stood on a ramp and seeks a ticket refund.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Julius Trieb
Dodgers
Tricb
Editorial quips link Mussolini moves to tax policy and football
A New Haven Register piece mocks Mussolini shifts toward policy alignment while noting a football analogy. It also mentions a New York hotel offering a 15 cent self service electric shaving station and cautions owners about Austrian stamps bearing Chancellor Dolfuss, stating Nazis destroyed most copies leaving only three types.
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Isaac Goose
New Haven
Dolfuss
Farm Girl Knows Her Movie Stars At World’s Fair
Miss Eileen Stopher of Mt. Pulaski Illinois named the farm girl most associated with movie stars by a Wheat Field opening at the World’s Fair. She admits she knows fan magazines more than milking cows and horses, and entered the contest from an extra photo.
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New York
U.P
Eileen Stopher
Mt. Pulaski
Til
Stopher
Bobby Nordquist Swears Off Tobacco at Age Three
In Brockton Massachusetts on July 11 1937 Bobby Nordquist who turns three in September stops smoking cigars cigarettes and pipes due to publicity about his habit His mother Mrs Clyde M Nordquist says candy will replace tobacco and notes he had smoked for six months with no apparent harm.
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Jack
Jim Farwell
Amarillo National
Harry Hopkins
Jim
Grinnell University
Iowa
Grinnell
Hopkins
Brockton
Mass
Bobby Nordquist
Bobby
Clyde M. Nordquist
Candy
Constable Bets on His Turtles in Coatesville Derby
Constable Lawrence Rubine trains 14 land turtles on tomatoes and hamburgers for Coatesville’s annual turtle derby. He says, I believe I have a winner in the crop, and the turtles are champing at the bit for the big race on July 11.
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Constable
Coatesville
Lawrence Rubine
Amarillo Builds Back On Home-A-Day Pace
Amarillo’s building program recovers from a slump with a new home-a-day milestone. Floyd Richards, contractor for R. E. Posey, obtained a permit for a six room brick house at 1512 Bowie Street, estimated at 5800 dollars. The 1939 city construction cost total is 1 570 571 dollars.
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Amarillo
Floyd Richards
R. E. Posey
Bowie Street
Finnell Heads to Washington as SCS Names New Division Heads
H H Finnell regional conservator of the Soil Conservation Service travels by train to Washington to confer with H H Bennett national head. The SCS announces new division heads as part of a year long re organization with most posts remaining but under new titles to boost field efficiency.
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H. H. Finnell
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
H. H. Bennett
SCS
Finnell
C. Luker
A. W. Fanning
Ross Floyd
W. E. Doner
CCC
Tom Dale
Kenneth Chalmers
Colorado
Ira Landon
Kansas
B. H. Hopkins
H. G. Lewis
Fred Sykes
Old Sorrel Bones Available For Southern Museum
Pittsburgh dispatch notes that the bones of Old Sorrel, Gen Stonewall Jackson's charger, are offered to reputable Southern museums. The relic was donated to Carnegie Museum in 1930 and is now forgotten except by curator A W Henn. The hide remains mounted at the Confederate Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Stonewall Jackson
Carnegie Museum
A. W. Henn
Henn
Confederate Museum
Richmond
It Will Be Hot Says Mr Collman Weather Forecast
A farmer stops to wipe sweat and notes heat as sunlight blazes. He and a neighbor discuss the scorching afternoon. Mr Collman predicts temperatures will rise to about 93 degrees today after a 91 degree reading yesterday.
Treasury Keeps Foreign Silver Price At 35 Cents An Ounce
Washington July 11 The treasury held its foreign silver purchasing price steady at 35 cents per ounce for today.
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Washington
Treasury
Private Heart Meter Captures Reactions to Pretty Woman
A physician introduces a "heart meter" that records heart rhythms when a woman enters the room. The device prints a coded letter from the heart and compares thumps to gender predictions for unborn babies, sparking debate on its accuracy and purpose.
Sticky Fingers Keep Wistar In Prison
Ruth St. Clair a 39 year old habitual thief faces another life sentence after being caught stealing three shirts valued at 4.95 from a department store. Her attorney Gertrude Gottlieb said she had not entered a store since prison until yesterday and feared temptation. She had previously been pardoned after a life sentence in 1930 for habitual criminality. Governor Lehman freed her citing opportunity for a home and employment.
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New York
WUP
Ruth St. Clair
Gertrude Gottlieb
Miss St. Clair
Herbert H. Lehman
Amarillo Court Business Slumps in Summer Recess
Judge W. E. Gee of the 108th district is on vacation and the court adjourned Saturday until August 21. Judge E. C. Nelson's 47th district goes into recess until the first Monday in August when it will convene in Canyon. The Seventh Court of Civil Appeals is in recess until Sept. 5. County and justice of the peace courts remain open.
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W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
E. C. Nelson
47Th District Court
Canyon
Court of Civil Appeals
County
Justice of the Peace
Roosevelt McNutt Farley Near Third Term Contention
The article discusses potential 1940 nomination moves with Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Green McNutt, and James A. Farley. It notes McNutt’s possible leverage from federal security ties, rumors about McHale as a campaign hub, Garner’s vice presidential ambitions, and Farley aversion to a Rooseveltin third term while opposing other New Deal figures. The piece hints at shifting alliances within the Democratic power structure.
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Roosevelt
McNutt
Garner
Federal Security
Washington
Frank McHale
John N. Garner
New Deal
James A. Farley
McHale
Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Frank Murphy
Henry A. Wallace
Political realignments shape 1940 party dynamics
The note discusses a potential merger of the McNutt organization with the New Deal to counter Farley and Garner. It weighs Roosevelt and McNutt’s leverage, noting antipathy between Roosevelt and McNutt and the challenges of renomination. A McNutt Roosevelt alliance could shift alliances against Garner and Farley.
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McNutt
Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
New Deal
Garner
McNutt-Roosevelt
City leader seeks tax rule and government merger plan
Maverick and his assistant Floyd McGown urged the legislature to require auto owners to pay city personal taxes on autos before state license plates are issued. He also backed consolidation of city and county governments to increase efficiency.
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Maverick
Floyd McGown
Maverick urges cadet system to reform police in San Antonio
Maverick promotes a cadet system to train San Antonio rookie officers. New recruits would join the city payroll at $50 a month, attend six months of police school, and perform part time duty with seasoned officers. He claims the underworld is corrupting the department and vows control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick
San Antonio
Underworld
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
When constipation brings on acid indigestion and bloating the stomach is loaded with undigested food. Pepsin helps dissolve protein lumps while Senna laxative moves the bowels. This product combines both to relieve stomach distress and constipation.
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Dr. Caldwell
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