Third Term Hopes Rise As Democrats Gather
Chicago July 11 Democrats weigh a third term for President Roosevelt and a platform opposing American participation in European wars. National committee members arrived to plan maneuvers for the convention with Garner McNutt and Wheeler already set up. Texas booster E B Germany opened notable Garner headquarters in Chicago Loop with a saddle motif and friendly Texas rhetoric.
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Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
National Committee
America
Garner
McNutt
Wheeler
Montana
E. B. Germany
Dallas
Texas
Loop
Germany
J. Bert Clements
Helena
Roosevelt Heads Toward Nomination Amid Stated Resolve
Postmaster General Farley, in dual roles as national committee chair and candidate, reaffirmed his stance that Roosevelt would secure the nomination. The article notes Farley had said his name would be presented at the convention. Also described is a nail making term a steel flake removed by machines in steel production.
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Farley
National Committee
Earl Browder
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Browder
Knox criticized colleagues before cabinet appointment
Colonel Frank Knox, newly named secretary of the Navy, had earlier denounced several future colleagues in public speeches. Cordell Hull was “well meaning but weak,” Henry Morgenthau “out of his depth,” Henry Wallace “a farm journal editor with a messianic complex,” and Harold Ickes “a reformer who imagines he is the only honest man.” James A. Farley was “an unscrupulous Tammany,” Frances Perkins “a social worker with a bias against businessmen,” Harry Hopkins “a social spiritualist,” and Robert H. Jackson “a get-while-the-getting's good boy.” Senator Rush D. Holt used these remarks to oppose Knox's Senate confirmation.
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Col
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Navy
Cordell Hull
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Farm Journal
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ete
James A. Farley
Tammany
Frances Perkins
Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Robert H. Jackson
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Knox
Senate
Police Teletype Codes Describe Citywide Alerts
Boston police use teletype shorthand to speed alerts about suspects and incidents. The message requests information on John Smith, 23, single, allegedly arrested for drunkenness, listed on the City Hospital danger list, possibly dead. It seeks his birth date, missing car, and recovery notice to teletype.
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Boston
U.pi
John Smith
DL City Hospital
Shriners Set Ceremonial in Panhandle August Eight
More than 1200 Shriners will receive details for a short form ceremonial on August 8, followed by an outing at Buffalo Lake. Notices will be mailed from Khiva Temple Mystic Shrine headquarters at 308 Polk Street. Plans, called the bob ail, were approved at a meeting led by George Hammock illustrious potentate.
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Buffalo Lake
Polk Street
George Hammock
Plans for Regional Jaycee Meet Discussed in Amarillo
The regional Junior Chamber of Commerce meet tentatively set for July 22 was debated by the directors last night. More than 100 Jaycees from Pampa Borger Lubbock and Brownfield are expected. Sam Davis Amarillo Jaycees president was elected state director to represent the local organization.
75 mm Shrapnel Demonstration Destroys Tanks
Fort Lewis witnesses a Tenth Field Artillery display showing 75 millimeter shrapnel fired at moving tanks. In a short sequence two World War II tanks were blown apart from close range with just a few shots, then pounded to bits at leisure.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Tenth Field Artillery
Absentee voting signals rising interest in primary
County Clerk Hubert Cole reports 91 people had voted or arranged to vote absentee in the July 27 Democratic primary with absentee voting continuing to July 23. The report suggests growing political interest as the campaign moves forward. The article also notes Gutzon Borglum's Lincoln head statue and U.S. Consul General Addison E. Southard directing evacuation efforts for U.S. citizens from Hong Kong aboard the President Coolidge en route to Manila.
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Hubert Cole
U. S
Hongkong
China
Addison E. Southard
Coolidge
Manila
Seeing eye dog Katie earns Canine Fidelity degree at Stetson
In Deland Florida Katie the seeing eye dog is awarded a CF or Canine Fidelity degree during Stetson University commencement. Katie wore cap and gown as she marched with her blind owner Robert Barnett who received a Bachelor of Arts. Barnett called blindness no handicap and served as editor of the school paper.
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Fla
Katie
Stetson University
Robert Barnett
Jacksonville
W. & Allen
Stetson
Barnett
Mystic Krewe
Trash fire on wheels ignites city trash truck
A trash truck caught fire this morning in Amarillo at 700 North East Eighth Avenue. Firefighters from North Amarillo found the vehicle burning and burning damaged an end gate. Investigators suspect live coals left in a alley trash may have started the blaze.
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Amarillo
Eighth Avenue
North Amarillo
Congressmen Attend Film on Germany Invasion
Invitations inviting members of Congress to a showing about Germany's invasion of the Low Countries bore a stamped signature impression of Rep. Ross Collins Democrat of Mississippi.
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Congress
Germany
Low Countries
Ross Collins
Mississippi
Radio Keeps Wolves Away In Alaska
Seattle dispatch reports Stanton Bennett chief engineer of Fairbanks Alaska broadcast station claims radio keeps wolves away. He notes prospectors hear swing music at night and wolves in the area grow sleepy and return home, a claim supported by Bennett during a Seattle visit.
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Seattle
Stanton Bennett
America
Fairbanks
Bennett
3 E Organization Scheduled Tonight
Amarillo safety council members plan a 7 30 start in Senior High Auditorium for the 3 E division meeting. Maynard Drake expects about 800 civic and fraternal attendees as ex officio members join. The note mentions the first streamlined speed locomotive of 1889, now at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Amarillo Safety Corcil
Amerilla
Mayenard Drake
Smithsonian Tnstitution
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