Random 1930s Market Snapshots and Notable Quirks
A collage of brief items notes Bremen and Europa at sea or in an American port, cobra venom used to dull cancer pain, midtown New York restaurants serving only to go orders, Bata invited to set up plants in Lynn and Brockton and other cities, Iced Coffee Week at end of June, attempted rights and lefts stockings, a survey finds under 27s more radio minded, Indian succotash called sauquantash, Mussolini expelling 18 foreign correspondents.
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Bremen
Europa
New York City
Jan Bata
Lynn
Brocton
Mass
St. Louis
Chicago
Maryland
U. S
Mussolini
Italy
Amarillo Pioneer Suffered Stroke Amid Weather News and Oil Dreams
The column notes H A Nobles, a longtime Amarillo pioneer, suffered a severe stroke on his 78th birthday, with family hopeful but medical teams cautious. It also covers hot, unsettled weather with no immediate promising patterns, a 4,000 crowd at a doubleheader by the Amarillo Gold Sox, and plans by Les Whitaker and Ed Mayer to test oil on edge-of-town acreage, a potential boon for Amarillo pending a successful drill.
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H. A. Nobles
Mr. Nobles
Amarillo
Potter County
Great Panhandle
Amarillo Gold Sox
Les Whitaker
Ed Mayer
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Kamas
Ita
Whitaker
Mayer
Manry
News-Globe
Mr. Whitaker
Mr. Mayer
Classified plea list signals varied help requests
A fragmented page shows youths seeking jobs and help, including a girl offering to care for children, a high school girl seeking day or summer work, a woman offering babysitting, a man seeking female friendship, and a couple seeking farm labor. It also notes a lost puppy and a 12 year old asking for aid, with indicates continuation on page 9.
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Tack
Tack Tam
House Approves Bill to Penalize Advocating Use of Force
Washington June 5 The House approves a bill to add drastic penalties for advocating use of force to overthrow the U S government. Kansas City Livestock roundup shows hogs 3500 head traded steady to lower with top prices around 6 40 and cattle and sheep mixed bids and ranges across the market.
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House
United States
Kansas City
U.P
New Telescope Opens Window on White Dwarfs at UT-Chicago
MacDonald Observatory near Fort Davis Texas debuts an 82 inch telescope to study white dwarfs and distant stars. Dr Otton Struve says the instrument will accelerate astrophysics research and expand humanity’s knowledge with high powered photography of stars far beyond naked eye visibility. The UT Chicago joint facility emphasizes pioneering astronomy research.
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Struve
University of Texas
University of Chicago
Unclear Grain Prices and Figures With Missing Context
The text presents fragmented grain market figures for Wheat and Corn with multiple monthly or contract prices and percentages. It includes July, Sept, Dec values and various percent figures, but many entries are garbled or incomplete, obscuring precise contracts, units, and dates.
Kiwanis Hears Of Child Aid In Amarillo Luncheon
Amarillo Kiwanis heard about spring plans to aid underprivileged children. W R Fox outlined the Underprivileged Child Committee program with notes from Bert McCullough and Lorena Moore on the Crippled Children's Council and the Preventorium. The council has spent 50 000 since 1929 aiding 1600 children. clinics, including the next on July 1, support this effort funded by local clubs and nearby communities.
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Winchell
Coney Island
Atlantic Ocean
Amarillo
Moore
Old City Section
Sim Kelly
Kiwanis Club
Social Center For Girls
Maverick Club
Macon Carder
John Poole
Wayne Gatlin
Leaky roof drives man to cave home in Kentucky
James Dawson Fox, 78, moved from a leaking house to a sandstone cave near Dawson Springs Kentucky. He set stove bed lamp and belongings in a 40 by 20 by 16 foot cavern near a bubbling spring and used Trade River for bath water. He plans no more moves after returning to the cave.
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Dawson Springs
James Dawson Fox
Fox
Waitress campaigns for mayor on curfew repeal
Juanita Delamore a 24 year old waitress campaigned for mayor of Webster Springs West Virginia pledging to repeal the 7 pm curfew. She argued the current law restricts women from going out at night and said she can be mayor despite having three male opponents in the race.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Juanita Delamore
Arguments Begin in Federal Cattle Ownership Case
Arguments opened in federal court in the dispute between W. D. Johnson and Vermal Rentfro over ownership of a herd of cattle. Testimony was completed Friday afternoon in a suit seeking to determine ownership after last year’s court-ordered sale to discharge a claim against the herd.
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W. D. Johnson
Henry Norman Dies at 80 in England After Niagara Falls Drive
Sir Henry Norman, 80, former Harvard graduate and key figure in the Niagara Falls preservation movement, died at his Chiddingford estate, England. His efforts helped lead to the state of New York purchasing the falls.
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Henry Norman
Chiddingford
England
U.P
Sir Henry Norman
Harvard
Niagara Falls
New York
Bethel Tabernacle Opens Free Singing School
A singing school opened this morning at Bethel Tabernacle Church directed by Elder Roy B Flippo. Sessions run each weekday from 9 to 11 a m for two weeks and the program is free and open to the public.
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Bethel Tabernacle Church
Roy B. Flippo
Man Dies After Drawing Aces In Domino Game
El Paso report says Tom Yee aged 50 collapsed and died of heart failure after drawing four aces in a Chinese domino game last night.
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EL Paso
U.P
Tom Yee
Leahy May Get Post as Navy Secretary
Admiral William D. Leahy, retiring chief of naval operations, may become secretary of the navy succeeding Claude A. Swanson. Reported today from Washington, this signals a possible high level reshuffle in naval leadership.
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Austin
Claude
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the Paramount
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Big Fish
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Sunray
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Fenner & Beane
Amarillo Building
Troy Service
Allen
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Greer Hollywood
Amarillo Globe-News
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Popilar
Spiro Peert
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