Rains Benefit Panhandle Crops Across Broad Span
General rains up to nearly three inches drenched the Texas Panhandle and surrounding regions, aiding range lands, wheat, and row crops. The Weather Bureau forecasts additional showers with humid conditions, while reports note varying rainfall totals from .04 to about 3 inches across towns from Texline to Clarendon and beyond.
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Panhandle
Texline
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Clovis
N. M
Waynoka
Okla
Ted Alexander
Potter County
Alexander
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle
Colorado
Kansas
Dust Bowl
Oklahoma
Romero
Texas-New Mexico Line
Channing
Clarendon
Hedley
Childress County
Dorman Groseclose
Childress
Quitaque
Highway Department
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Denver
Globe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Glen Rio
Logan
Adrian
Vega
McLean
Alanreed
Jerico
Hitchland
Sanford and Morse
Fritch and Groom
Tascosa
Clare
Quotaque
Sterling
Quanah
Dumas
Canyon
Texier
Bovina
Hereford
Hoover
Elk City
Hollis
Hooker
Woodward
Clayton
Des Moines
Elkhart
Kan
Liberal
Wray
Floydada
Tomorow
Texas Joins Warfare on Hoppers
The state under Governor Allred mobilizes 54 trucks from the highway department and Texas National Guard to fight grasshoppers. Major E A Simpson announces the convoy will move toward DalJam County via Amarillo with drivers and helpers, as New Mexico's Governor Tingley presses Texas to act. The battle intensifies despite a poison campaign as hatch rates rise and calls for more help grow.
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of Texas
Allred
E. A. Simpson
State Highway Department
Texas National Guard
Panhandle
Amarillo
Major Simpson
Tingley
New Mexico
Texas
Alfred
Austin
Carl Nesbit
Nat. S. Perrine
Gaston Howard
Simpson
Dal Jam County
Ten UPS driver etiquette rules from Dale Carnegie
A 1938 McNaught Syndicate piece highlights United Parcel Service driver conduct rules to please customers. It lists ten guidelines from approaching houses to handling packages with courtesy and avoiding disputes.
Conferees Reach Compromise On Wage Hour Bill
Washington June 8 Conferees on the wage hour bill agreed on a compromise wage provision settling a chief dispute and threats of a Senate filibuster. It remained uncertain if the filibuster threat had really ended.
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Washington
Senate
Condition of Mrs Hagy Improves After Major Operation
Mrs. Lawrence Hagy is said to be in good condition at St. Anthony's Hospital with great improvement since yesterday. She underwent a major operation earlier this week with her father Dr. Z. T. Scott of San Antonio present in the operating room.
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Lawrence Hagy
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hagy
Z. T. Scott
San Antonio
Dead Man Wins Third in Primary Amid Confusion
At High Point North Carolina on June 8 C L Gray who died before the primary ran third for township constable with 185 votes. Leslie Abbott the official tabulator said voters apparently hadn t heard of Gray s death.
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High Point
N. C
C. L. Gray
Leslie Abbott
Gray
Robert Walkup Dies at Home in Amarillo
Robert Oliver Walkup died last night at his home 909 Van Buren Street at age 53. He had lived in Amarillo 24 years and earlier managed the Retail Merchants Association. Survivors include his wife Mrs R O Walkup a son Nolen Walkup a daughter Mrs J M Batsell four brothers a sister and a granddaughter. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev E B Fincher and Dr R C Snodgrass officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery assisted by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.
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Robert Oliver Walkup
van Buren Street
Amarillo
Retail Merchants Association
Amarillo Credit Company
First Christian Church
The
Woodmen of the World
Odd Fellows Lodge
R. O. Walkup
Nolen Walkup
J. M. Batsell
Dallas
Welbey Walkup
Sudan
N. M
Grover
Anceins
Thomas Walkup
Lubbock
Ruel
Arthur Goose
Hot Springs
Jackie Batsell
Boxwell Brothers
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
R. C. Snodgrass
Orval Campbell
George Fowlkes
George Chandler
Tom Pittman
Robert Crawford
Ed Chilton
Llano Cemetery
Business Men Discuss Will Rogers Memorial Plans
Amarillo business leaders meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Blue Room of the Amarillo Hotel to consider early preparations for the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration. Paul Edquist, president of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, calls the meeting to move the project forward with reservations at 75 cents per plate.
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Will Rogers
Amarillo
Paul Edquist
Roosevelt pressure on Congress to pass railroad bills
President Roosevelt is exerting last minute pressure on Congress for passage of two railroad aid measures before adjournment, as reported today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Amarillo Weather Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Showers
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. West Texas shows mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers possible in the southern portion tonight and Thursday, warmer in the east-central area on Thursday. New Mexico remains partly cloudy with little temperature change. Temperatures range from a maximum of 70 to a minimum of 55 with precipitation around .26 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Holy Rollers Faith Snake Bite Endangers Woman in Test
In Hammond Louisiana on June 8 Holy Rollers prayed at the bedside of Mrs. Joseph Rushing 56 who was bitten by a water moccasin during a faith test conducted by the sect 400 delegates witnessed the ritual She refused medical aid and endured the swelling arm and agony while the cult’s leaders cited Mark 16 15 18 as justification for snakes and the test
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Hammond
U.P
Holy Rollers
Joseph Rushing
J. T. Priest
Rushing
Ralph Durand
Navy Plans To Build Biggest Patrol Plane For Over $3,000,000
The navy seeks approval to start construction of a giant patrol flying boat costing over 3 million dollars. The model would weigh about 50 tons with a 5,000 mile range, carry 10 to 14 crew, and serve as a precursor to a squadron of 15 or more. The army meanwhile expands anti aircraft defenses with nearly 29 million dollars in new funding to triple three inch guns and accelerate air defense readiness.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Seattle
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Arthur B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics
San Francisco
Honolulu
Admiral Cook
War Department
White House
Army High Command
Bank Looted in Minden Robbery with $20,000 to $30,000
Four men robbed the Minden bank early today in a daylight heist estimated at 20 000 to 30 000. Two marauders hid, employees were tied as they arrived, and the bandits fled around 8 30 A M Deputy Sheriff Davis identified Floyd Hamilton a Montague County fugitive and Charles Chapman an Texas penitentiary escapee as suspects in the robbery.
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Minden
U.P
C. R. Davis
Floyd Hamilton
Montague County
Tex
Charles Chapman
Texas State Penitentiary
FBI Eliminates 16 615 Suspects in Matson Kidnapping
Washington dispatch reports the FBI has eliminated 16 615 suspects in the Matson kidnapping case. Attorney General Cummings urged Congress to add 104 000 dollars to the FBI’s second deficiency bill.
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FBI
Matson
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cummings
Amarilloans to Lead Pampa Fiesta Parade Delegation
More than 100 Amarilloans will join the Top of Texas Fiesta in Pampa tomorrow. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce sponsors the motor caravan with line organization and police support. Ernest O. Thompson will address at 10 a.m. and the parade includes four divisions headed by maj ors.
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Pampa
Amarillo
Oscar Wise
Avery Rush
Galen Battey
Sam Page
Sam Elkins
Ray Minter
Milton Cox
Schneider Hotel
Panhandle
Ernest O. Thompson
Senate to Continue Study of Water in Arid States
The Senate irrigation and reclamation committee will press on with examining water resource development in arid states. A subcommittee may tour the West after adjournment to report to the Seventy sixth Congress. In a separate matter, DC could receive its own flag if a commission selects a design, awaiting House concurrence.
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Washington
Senate
Irrigation and Reclamation
District of Columbia
House
Los Angeles Tourist Reports Attempted Car Hijack Near Van Horn
Sheriff officials were asked to probe a Los Angeles tourist's claim of an attempted hijack on a lonely road about three miles east of Van Horn, following a report that two men threw mud and alkali on his car to blind the windshield. The incident is linked to the previous May 30 slayings of Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her daughter Nancy.
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EL Paso
U.P
van Horn
Tex
Los Angeles
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
H. J. Teague
Teague
First Page of Big Anniversary Paper Goes to Press
The Globe-News previewed its 400-year Texas Plains history edition with the first page set and 16 pages prepared. Editor Herbert Timmons wrote I Am the Trail, Harold Bugbee provided art, and J Frank Dobie pledged use in his class with three unpublished manuscripts on the mustang longhorn and robo wolf.
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I Am
the Trail
Herbert
Carolyn Timmons
Harold Bugbee
J. Frank Dobie
Texas Plains
The
Globe-News
Texas Governor Dies Flag Half Mast Question
A reader asks how far a 70 foot flag travels after being lowered to half mast at the capitol grounds following the governor of Texas death. The prompt directs to find the distance the flag would travel from full-staff to half-mast position.
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Texas
United States
Capitol Grounds
Thatcher wheat offers defense against rust threat
Chicago analysts report a new rust resisting wheat called Thatcher as the best defense if rust reaches the spring wheat belt. The Thatcher strain, bred in plant pathology and breeding programs, has been sown across Minnesota, the Dakotas and Canada. H. C. Donovan notes thicker Thatcher stems reduce rust spores, with rising plantings after three years of limited use.
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Chicago
Agronomists
Minnesota
Dakotas
Canada
H. C. Donovan
Chicago Crop Authority
Red River Valley
Donovan
Canton Fire After Japanese Air Raid Halts Power
A major Canton fire followed a third Japanese raid as incendiaries hit the city ending a day with eight thousand casualties since May 28. Lingham University and a Standard Oil storage plant were bombed earlier, with the railway terminal and power lines disrupted. The consulate protested Japan over the Lingham strike.
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Canton
China
Lingham University
United States
Hongkong
Lingham
South China
Amarillo
Shameen
Canton-Hankow
Hankow
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United Parcel Service
McNaught Syndicate
Robert Walkup
Dorothy Quackenbush
Kansas City
Birmingham
Alabama
TWA
J. J. Tomlinson
Stablefield
F. B. Elmore
Justice of the Peace
L. F. Noe
Sunray Lions Club
Jimmy
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D.of C
Press
Globe Office
Kirsch
Amarillo Shade & Equipment Co
John Maynard
Saichuen
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