Argentine Beef Purchase Sparks Texas House Debate
In Austin on June 7, Texas lawmakers debated a Roosevelt-backed plan to buy canned Argentine beef for the U S Navy. Rep. Fuchs called it ruinous for U S stock raisers while Rep. Daniel defended the move as logical amid South American trade, with final passage undecided as the session closed.
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Texas
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Abilene
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Man Threatens Wife and Officer Then Kills Self
In Boston a 22 year old airplane mechanic Cheston L. Eshelman was arrested after landing a plane in the North Atlantic on a quest to Mars. He faces Camden police extradition while claiming no intent to fly across the Atlantic. In Huntington Indiana Silas H Brickley, a World War veteran, held his ex wife and an officer at gunpoint for hours before shooting his wife and killing himself. The incident followed a history of threats since their divorce.
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Huntington
Ind
Silas H. Brickley
Bince Brickley
Brickley
Vernon Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Mrs. C. G. Spencer Rites in Clarendon
Funeral services for Mrs. C G Spencer 48 of Pampa will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the First Christian Church Clarendon Rev Roy Snodgrass of Amarillo will conduct the rites. Mrs Spencer, a Panhandle resident for 30 years, died Tuesday in Groom after moving from Archer County.
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C G. Spencer
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Roy Snodgrass
Amarillo
Spencer
Panhandle
Archer County
Amos M. Walker Faces Swindling Charge in Local Court
Amos M. Walker, brought from Plainview by Deputy Gliff Gib Landis, faces a felony swindling charge for giving a worthless check over 880 in down payment for an automobile. The charge was filed before Justice of the Peace Duke Paris on June 7.
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Tel Aviv Bulletin Indicates Hamas-Linked Attacks Rise
Telegraphic dispatches report multiple simultaneous hazardous device incidents across Palestine, with emergency services responding as communications to the West Bank and Gaza Strip appear disrupted and authorities assess the scope of the threats.
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Palestine
Reet
Sportsmen's Club Meets Tonight at Amarillo Hotel
The Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club holds its regular monthly session at 7 40 p m in Amarillo Hotel with President Alton Reeder presiding. Members will address windup of summer duties and petitions for fish management on Panhandle lakes under construction plus millet planting at City Lake and outreach for office campaigns ahead of the November election. A number of locals will aid at the Southwest Sportsmen's Show June 26 to July 3 at the Fair Grounds.
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Militia Leaves as Strike Plant Closes in Texarkana
Texarkana authorities begin to pull back national guardsmen after the Two States Fruit Packing Company plant is ordered shut amid ongoing clashes between strikers and strike breakers. Clarksville guardsmen return to base as Mayor William V. Brown says no further presence is needed.
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Alcatraz Called a Horror Place by Attorney General
Attorney General Frank Murphy described Alcatraz as a place of horror and urged study of transferring hardened criminals to a new security penitentiary in an isolated location. He cited psychological effects on inmates and noted no immediate action, with a decision likely years away.
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Frank Murphy
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Justice Department
Amarillo Builds Momentum As Housing Statute Aids Program
Amarillo advances on its building front gain vigor from an amended housing act. FHA mortgage authority continues, with low payments for up to 35 years. Within days, work will start on the municipal golf club house and a church plant expansion, with four home permits issued in 24 hours.
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State Trooper Kalls Girl Who Draws Cap Pistol and Threatens To Rub Him Out
In Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania a coroner's inquest heard deputy Edward Swatts testify that a frail 14 year old girl Joan Stevens drew a cap pistol from her purse and threatened to blow the troopers brains out. Corp Benjamin Franklin then fired his 32 automatic into the back seat, the shot missing. The girl warned to shoot again and the troopers kept their weapons aimed as the incident unfolded.
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City Buys New Pump For Thompson Pool
The city commission approved purchasing a circulating pump to maintain sanitation at Thompson Pool in Thompson Park. Dempster Manufacturing Company will supply the unit on a bid of 213.29, drawing pool water through a filter and heater before returning it to the pool.
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Dempster Manufacturing Company
Pauline Pair Dies in Local Hospital at 18
Mrs Pauline Britton Pair died this morning at 8 oclock in a local hospital. She was 18 years old. She is survived by her infant son and daughter her husband her mother Mrs Earl Glascock five brothers Leo Leon Clifford Frankie Glas cock and two sisters Dorothy and Edna Britton. Her home was 1012 East Fifth Avenue. The body is in the care of Blackburn Shawm Funeral Directors pending funeral arrangements.
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Leo
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Death claims grandmother of Mrs James V Allred
BIG SPRING June 7. Mrs Sendora Josephine Kimberlin 80 grandmother of Mrs James V Allred Houston died at home of daughter Mrs Claude Miller after weeks of illness. Services set for Altus Oklahoma at 8 o clock Thursday with Rev A B Cameron. Survived by three daughters five sons 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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James VY. Allred
Houston
Claude Miller
Altus
Okla
Cameron
W. W. Ince
Minnie Spencer
San Antonio
Dave Willams
Purcell
Oklahoma
W. R. Kimberlin
Gladewater
Jewell Kimberlin
Sam Kimberlin
Austin
Z. A. Kimberlin
Pete Kimberlin
Oklahoma City
Allred
Spring lamb prices steady with limited movement
Market notes show spring lambs trading near 9.50 while better quality clips reach about 7.25. Other quotes include $8.75 for Arizona spring stock and general sales around 6.00 to 6.16, with some figures showing 7.25 and 8.75 in regional listings amid a subdued demand environment.
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Arizona
Prowler Returns to Amarillo Homes After Nighttime Theft
After a lull in activity a house prowler resumed operations in Amarillo. A purse on 1115 Harrison Street was robbed of a small amount of money while a Tyler Street home nearby woke to a fleeing intruder observed by residents. Police received the call at 4:30 this morning.
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Byrd Sees U S Interest Extending to Antarctic
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd told a House subcommittee that much of Antarctica falls under the Monroe Doctrine. He urged a $340000 appropriation to substantiate U S claims to about 1,000,000 square miles of polar territory. He described Palmer Land as an extension of South America and noted exploration and land claims by six nations.
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Richard Byrd
House
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South America
Miss Jewell Southard Joins District Attorney Office
Miss Jewell Southard will start work tomorrow as secretary in the district attorney's office, succeeding Mrs. Jewel Crites who resigned. Southard previously worked in the office of Joe Witt, 108th district court reporter.
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District, Attorney's Office
Jewel Crites
Jewell Briscoe
Miss Southard
Joe Witt
Petition for Sewer Extension Presented to Commission
A petition requesting a sewer line extension from Eleventh Avenue to Nineteenth Avenue in the Arthur Cleveland alley was presented to the city commission last night.
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Royalty Train Moves From Niagara Falls to Washington
Royalty traveled from Niagara Falls to Washington with Secretary Hull and Mrs Hull, Sir Ronald Lindsay and Lady Lindsay, plus numerous state department, military and embassy aides. Two special cars will tag along the royal train for the party. Nine Texans in Congress are invited to a Thursday garden party at the British embassy for the King and Queen, with four wives attending. Wives invited include Mrs Morris Sheppard and Mrs Luther Johnson among others. Others invited are Senator Tom Connally and Representatives Rayburn Mansfield Jones of Amarillo Sumner, and Vice President Garner with his wife.
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Albert Thomas
Tom Connally
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Texas
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City honors four truck drivers with safety certificates
Mayor Ross D. Rogers presented safety certificates to Jim Spears Emmett Grimes Arthur F Whitt and J C Moore for careful handling of city trucks. Grimes topped with four years accident free Moore Whitt and Spears each received recognition and special first aid kits.
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Jim Spears
Emmett Grimes
Arthur F. Whitt
J. C. Moore
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Gasoline Price Rise Reported Across Texas
In Texas the two top gasoline grades increased by one cent per gallon this day. Magnolia Petroleum and Texas Company raised tank wagon prices, with ethyl at 16 cents and regular at 14 cents. Amarillo wholesalers reported no notice of any Panhandle increase.
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Blanton Loses Damage Suit Against Montgomery Ward
Federal Judge James C. Wilson directed a verdict for Montgomery Ward in the suit brought by R. E. Blanton of Claude alleging his wife suffered a serious injury from a fall at the Amarillo store. The jury was instructed to find in favor of the defendant and Blanton take nothing.
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James C. Wilson
Cravens Faces Trial on Plumbing License Charge
L. C. Cravens went on trial in county court today on information charging that he acted as a master plumber without a city license. Testimony was completed this morning and the jury recessed until 3 PM for arguments. Cravens has been acquitted in two municipal court trials.
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Cravens
Condition of H. A. Nobles Shows Continued Improvement
The condition of H. A. Nobles, a prominent Amarillo pioneer, who suffered a heart attack earlier this week, is much better today. Family members report he was better yesterday and continues to improve.
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H. A. Nobles
Nobles
Rock Island Carloadings Report for Week Ending June 3 1939
Rock Island Lines releases carloading totals by E M Durham Jr showing 20072 cars for the week ending June 3 1939 compared with 19883 in the corresponding week last year and 21960 in the previous week this year.
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Rock Island Carloadings
Rock Island Lines
E. M. Durham, Jr
Body of Woman Believed To Be Refugee Found At Sea
Miami police announced the recovered body of a woman described as German or Jewish in appearance, likely an overboard refugee from the liner St. Louis. The ship had been seen near Miami Beach and was returning to Hamburg with 907 refugees after a Cuban haven attempt ended.
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Forrest E. Nelson
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Hamburg
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William H Atchley Services Pending
Funeral arrangements for William H. Atchley a 64 year old Amarillo supervisor who died yesterday afternoon at his son I C Atchley home are pending. Services expected tomorrow at 10 from Boxwell Brothers Chapel with burial at Memorial Park beside his wife. He came to Amarillo from Tulsa and leaves four sons six children and two brothers and a sister.
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Clarence M
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Homer J
Kansas City
Jack Garrett
FE. W
D. M. Atchley
Eli Russell
Walnut Grove
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Sheriff Bill Adams To Lead Texas Sheriffs in Galveston
Sheriff Bill Adams, serving as first vice-president, is slated to be elected president of the Texas Sheriffs Association at the 61st annual convention in Galveston June 14 to 16. The association follows the custom of elevating the vice-president to the presidency. Amarillo hosted last year's convention.
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Texas Sheriffs Association
Galveston
Sheriff Adams
Amarillo
New Cornice Completed On Amarillo Post Office
The Amarillo postoffice building has a new cornice finished. Stone work finished last week and this morning workers completed painting and joint dressing. The enhancement aims to provide a more massive finished look the structure lacked at design.
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Amarillo
Postoffice
Amarillo Postoffice
Army Needs Men For Foreign Service In Hawaii
Amarillo recruiting officer Sgt. R. A. Jackson says the army will accept a limited number of men for infantry and field artillery in Hawaii. Enlist before June 18 to connect with the next transport leaving San Francisco. early arrivals may visit San Francisco points of interest. Panhandle youths should contact Sgt. Jackson within ten days at the post office building. California has 24,000,900 acres of publicly owned forest land.
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