Voters See Prosperity Likely Under GOP in Gallup Poll
In a nationwide Gallup poll, about 50 percent of voters say prosperity would be higher with a Republican president, 26 percent say lower, and 24 percent say the same. Republicans lead among income groups, while Democrats show mixed views on outcomes before the 1940 campaign.
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Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
New York
Roosevelt
Institute
White House
Amarillo Clubhouse project awarded to Randal firm
Work on Amarillo municipal golf club house to start within a day or two after Randal Construction Company won the contract with a low bid of 16933 dollars. Macon O Carder designed the plans. brick from the old incinerator will be reused on the site. The building will include locker rooms showers keeper’s quarters a lounge and a glass veranda facing the golf course.
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Amarillo
Albert Randal
City Commission
Macon O. Carder
Proposals on Pipe Returned Unopened
Amarillo city commission returned all bids last night for pipe and sprinkler material for the municipal grass greens golf course. Mayor Ross D. Rogers said the city must advertise the specifications before awarding the contract. The specs require four to five miles of pipe from one to six inches diameter and sprinklers capable of 85 gallons per minute over a 210 foot diameter circle.
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Amarillo
Municipal Grass Greens
Ross D. Rogers
City Fathers Study Petitions for Park Lights Stop Sign
The city commission ordered two surveys after petitions by San Jacinto Kiwanis Club for more lighting in San Jacinto park and a traffic signal at Tenth Avenue and Arthur Street. Robert Ricks and Bill Beechler urged improved safety and lighting following years of park restoration.
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City Commission
Robert Ricks
Bill Beechler
San Jacinto
City Electrician
Tenth Avenue
Arthur Street
Motorists Quit Auto For Train Here
A touring Arkansan family abandoned a new sedan near Amarillo to ride the Santa Fe Scout to continue a West Coast trip. The group from Hindsville included Carmelita Artie Mayfield Alma Mayfield Maxine Mayfield and W C H L Mayfield. The nine year old enjoyed her first train ride while H L Mayfield recalled it had been 22 years since his last rail trip. In Montreal a Hungarian man Frank Cheppke 36 woke up in a hospital after a chandelier fell on him during a dance at his home.
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Arkansans
Santa Fe
Carmelita
Artie Mayfield
Alma Mayfield
Maxine Mayfield
W. C
H. L. Mayfield
Hindsville
Ark
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Amarillo
Montreal
U.P
Frank Cheppke
Cheppke
Wise Police Hunt Owner of Python
Report of a 24 foot python at the World’s Fair Grounds sparked a hunt by workers police and Boy Scouts. Police pursued promoter Cliff Wilson and served him a summons to appear in magistrate court on a disorderly conduct charge for allegedly circulating false reports that a python named Humbo had escaped.
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New York
Commission Denies Rezoning Plea for North Twelfth
The city commission denied an application to re zone 1100 02 North West Twelfth Avenue to allow a beer parlor and dance hall. Dick Bivins protested the rezoning in the North Heights neighborhood, a colored section of the city. The United States produced 1 200 883 000 barrels of crude oil in 1938.
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North West
Twelfth Avenue
Dick Bivins
North Heights
United States
JBL Annual Spring Formal with Yacht Club theme
The Nat crowds the JBL event as members in red and white strapless gowns enter along a sailor inspired set. Dancers and orchestra members wore nautical touches and new members were named, while readers get a playful note on upcoming tunes and a mailbag query about Roy Diven and the Windjammers.
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JBL
Frances Jean Ravey
J. N. Hudson
Jeanette Drapella
Skeet Owens
Jacquelyn Terrell
Harry Riggs
Maryjorie Day
Irving Tolzien, Jr
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