U S Slang Note Warns Nippon of Concern
Washington notes Japan must restore American properties in China to their rightful owners and curb interference with U S rights. Amb behindly urges calm while Chinese acting premier King predicts China's resilience, notes possible Japanese advance to Hankow and the Shanghai capital shift. Some questions and answers touch on U S aid, peace prospects, and mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
China
Joseph C
Ugaki
America
H. H. King
Lane Howard
Honolulu
Hankow
Chungking
Szechuan
Brussels
Approve PWA Projects For Amarillo Schools and Buildings
Amarillo Public Schools boards asks its building committee to file PWA grant and loan applications to finance additions to Margaret Wills and Wilson Schools. They also consider gymnasium construction at Amarillo College and several junior high campuses, to be funded via PWA loans if cheaper. Conserved funds to the district possible, with routine matters also discussed. Fire at St Josephs Infirmary in Houston prompts evacuation of 68 patients and 45 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Public Schools Board of Trustees
PWA
Margaret, Wills
Wilson
Amarillo College
Buchanan Street
Sam Houston Junior High School
Amarillo Independent
Margaret Wills
Butler Field
A. L. Anderson
Dicksie Ricks
West Texas State College
Willa Mae Hodges
Amarillo
Houston
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Cranium Crackers One Word That Fixes Each Line
A playful puzzle prompts readers to identify a single misused word in each sentence. The items mix names, places, and fragments like a wallaby, temperature, George Sand, and mistakes to spot. The jumbles hint at editorial page humor and stray contact details.
Fanchon and Marco chorus girl system described in 1938 interview
The piece recounts Fanchon and Marco who supplied chorus girls for vaudeville and motion picture houses, detailing her seven selection rules focusing on figure rhythm intelligence personality and age, and noting Fanchon now produces musical shows for Paramount. A second item covers President Roosevelt urging no restrictions on the recovery bill to speed immediate works programs, challenging earmarking efforts in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Fanchon
Fanchon and Marco
Land of Ours
Florenz ‘Ziegfeld
Elinor Whitney
Marco
Fanchone
Paramount Picture Corporation
McNaught Syndicate
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Alva B. Adams
Colorado
Adams
Congress
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
John E. Miller
Democrat
Arkansas
National Resources Board
Miller
Senate Appropriations Committee
The
Resources Board
Budget Bureau
Justices Dissent Most In Term End, McReynolds Leads
Supreme Court term ends with Justice McReynolds leading in dissents, issuing 28 against majority rulings, including five solo opinions. Justice Black trails with 16 dissents, and Justice Butler with 21. Chief Justice Hughes issues no dissents. Black also opposed reconsidering a decision on Secretary Wallace's stockyard changes.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
James C. McReynolds
Black
McReynolds
Pierce Butler
Hughes
Wallace
Kansas City
Agriculture Department
Denver Union
Angry Hunters Seek Hideout Of Kidnapers
In Princeton Florida on June 1 hundreds of angry fishermen war veterans and farmers joined a search through the Everglades for kidnapped Jimmy Cash. G men questioned carpenter M F Braxton while Jimmy’s father paid the $10000 ransom and his uncle warned the boy might be dead. in New Rochelle New York copper wire tied to a headless body found ashore was nine strands, suggesting import or custom order, with FBI science lab in Washington reviewing the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Fla
Florida
Everglades
Jimmy Cash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
M. F. Braxton
Jimmy
James B. Cash
Little Jimmy
New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
George B. Reifenberger
Washington
Spotted Thunder Showers May Strike Amarillo Area
Mr. Collman forecasts unsettled weather with spotted thunder showers possible this evening over the Amarillo area and partly cloudy conditions expected tomorrow. He notes little chance of accompanying strong winds.
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Amarillo Area
Britain to enforce compulsory military service on war outbreak
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that the government has plans to institute compulsory military service immediately upon the outbreak of war. The remark was reported by Insurance News Greenhill Agency from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Suspect Dies From Wound In Yukon Shooting
Vick Glasener a 24 year old from Grant New Mexico died in El Reno Oklahoma from gunshot wounds suffered when Yukon officers tried to question him and his brother about an abandoned car. Frank Glasener 18 remained in critical condition as the shooting was attributed to Yukon marshal I A Floyd with Art Fanning the water superintendent present. The car had been stolen at gunpoint from J D Moore of Amarillo and abandoned near a Yukon cemetery. No charges filed yet.
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Vick Glasener
Grant
N. M
J. D., Moore
Amarillo
el Reno
Oklo
Yukon
Frank Glasener
John Harrison
I. A. Floyd
Art Fanning
Floyd
Harrison
Moore
Tri State Fair Train To Clovis From Amarillo
Amarillo to Clovis daily train for Pioneer Days Parade departs 8 45 am from Amarillo with Amarillo High School band and Fiesta boosters aboard. Tickets on sale at Chamber of Commerce until 4 pm then at Santa Fe or on train. return by 9 30 pm. Wear ten gallon hats and loud shirts. Kiwanis Lions Rotarians join Luncheon in Clovis. service clubs meet at Grand Quivera.
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Clay Thornton
Amarillo
Clovis
Amarillo High School
Pampa
New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe
Red Traffic Light Supply Assured for Years to Come
Washington report states the Bureau of Standards announces ample red traffic light glass supply. Experts confirm domestic potash is sufficient to produce the needed red glass for traffic equipment, ensuring no shortage in the foreseeable future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Connie Bennett Case Targets Cement and Thighs in Court
Hollywood June 1 Miss Constance Bennett in court argued her thighs the finest in Hollywood rivaling Pogany s painting claiming the painter charged $3 500 for her portrait but made her waist too thick and thighs too fat Pogany defended his technique while art dealer Stendahl and Otis Institute instructor Holmes testified to the portrait s value and Pogany s skill the verdict awaited.
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Hollywood
Constance Bennett
Miss Bennett
Willy Pogany
Bennett
Pogany
Toto
Siendahl
Barry Brennan
Brennan
Stendahl
Connie
Constance
Confusing Names Off the Ballot Says McCraw
Atty Gen William McCraw urged striking from the Texas primary ballot any names meant to confuse voters. He cited Ernest O Thompson of Amarillo and Vernest O Thompson of Dallas as examples and criticized deceptive practices in candidacy filings. Secretary Kennedy doubted such strict rulings are enforceable and noted qualifications for governor do not require a poll tax receipt. Thompson has not paid poll tax, his campaign manager said, due to opposition to the law.
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McCraw
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Vernest O. Thompson
Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Vann M. Kennedy
State Democratic Executive Committee
Kennedy
Ed Cobb
Thompson
Wright
Plasterers Delay Work Until Robin Chickens Grow
Philadelphia June 1 plaster workers at Frankford Hospital paused a new wing section unfinished. They will return to finish once the mother robin rears her two youngsters in the nest, a local note from Kirsch Drapery Hardware and Hunsley's House of Color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frankford Hospital
Robin
Young Robber Is Sentenced
Joseph R. Clark a 17 year old from Henderson Texas who had joined the army and later bought a six shooter and cartridge belt robbed a taxicab driver in Amarillo of a dollar and ten cents then deserted from Cheyenne Wyoming to report at Fort Sam Houston Texas. He pleaded guilty before Judge EF C Nelson Jr and received the minimum five year term for robbery by assault. Police caught him soon after the cab was abandoned near the Canadian River and the driver was left on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Clark
Henderson
Tex
Amarillo
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort Sam Houston
EF. C. Nelson, Jr
First Black Widow Spider Of Season
Miss Lorna Bennett a crop loan office secretary captured a large black widow spider with the distinctive hour glass on its underside in the hedge at her home The spider is kept in a jar with leaves and shown at the county agent's office People inspecting the jar try to overturn it to view the hour glass.
Birthdays Mark Duke and Carder on Same Day
Potter County's two justices of the peace H. W. Duke and H. W. Carder celebrated their birthdays today. They went about their regular duties while many noted the coincidence of sharing the same birthday. They are three years apart in age with both estimating they are younger than their years indicate.
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Potter County
H. W. Duke
H. W. Carder
Norway Votes to Preserve Complete Neutrality
Oslo reports Parliament unanimously votes to maintain complete neutrality in event of a European war. The motion, announced June 1, reflects a formal stance by Norway to stay out of allied or axis conflicts and avoid entanglements.
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Norway
Oslo
U.P
Europe
Amarillo area forecast and ad for paint brushes
Unsettled tonight and Thursday with partly cloudy skies. West Texas expected to be generally fair tonight and Thursday. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight, fair Thursday with little temperature change, highs up to 78 and lows around 62. Hunsley’s House of Color at 113 East 6th advertises all kinds of paint brushes.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Hunsley
House of Color
Amarillo Faces Peak Hopper Poisoning Activity
The Amarillo area reports rising hopper poisoning as infestations expand across parks, alleys, and north town. The Chamber of Commerce surveys infestations while residents are urged to inspect properties and call the danner about extent. Poison is supplied free via Tri-State plant with county and federal support. Boy Scouts and Inter-Civic Club Council assist in distribution.
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Amarillo
Inter-Civic Club Council
Boy Scout Headquarters
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
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U. S
Nippon
Wallaby
George Sand
Erson
Dale Carnegie
Orn Fanny Wolff
Los Angeles
Marcts Wolff
Vaudevile
Fanchon and
James ©. McReynolds
W. P. Cash
Braxton
Cash
G-men
Miami
Greenhill Agency
Court
Ralph Holmes
Otis Art Institute
Will
Mama Robin
Kirsch Drapery Hardware
Hunsley’s House of Color
Duke
Carder
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