Amphibians Open First At Southwest Sportsman's Show
The Southwest Sportsman's Show at the Fairgrounds prepares for a grand outdoor exhibition next week. About a dozen spray-footed frogs arrive as the first live creatures, with hundreds of game birds, fish, and animals to follow. Champions such as Ken Wilhelm and Ted Allen set up displays while others arrive weekend. The event features animals, boats, art displays, and two motion picture shows in the Automobile Building. Admission covers all exhibits and lake sports.
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Lake Mason
Fairgrounds
San Antonio
Texas Game Commission
Ken Wilhelm
Archer
David Dudlah
Ted Allen
L. L. Cline
Mr. King
British actress jailed five days for contempt of court
Hollywood report states Joan Manners British actress faced five days in county jail for contempt after ignoring a restraining order against ex-husband John Langan. Attorneys obtained a stay pending appeal. Manners alleged Langan failed to pay alimony and that picketing aimed to compel payments.
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Hollywood
U.P
Joan Manners
John Langan
Miss Manners
Samuel R. Blake
Langan
One Missing in Fire of Giant Air Boat
A fire on a refuelling barge at Imperial Airways base destroyed the Connemara flying boat intended to rival transatlantic clippers. Five engineers escaped while a sixth man remained missing after an explosion aboard the barge and the crew did not find any sabotage signs.
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Hythe
England
U.A
Imperial Airways
Connemara
Imperial Airways Marine
Heavy Downpours Continue Across Texas Region
Weather forecast indicates heavy rain likely to persist for at least 24 hours with local thunder showers in East and West Texas. Jim Ned Creek near Brownwood rose with water two and a half feet deep over Lake Brownwood dam as Brownwood received 1.40 inches of rainfall last night.
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Deecestiiensa
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Jim Ned
Brownwood
Colorado River
Colorado City
Lake Brownwood
Brownswood
Courthouse Records and Transfers Itemized
Courthouse records list warranty deeds to multiple buyers including H C Thomas and G P Phillips with various parcel details and dates in 1939. Transfers cover J N Maynard to Syndicate and related parcels in North Heights with street and lot references. Vehicle registrations show several 1939 model cars and owners, plus two marriage licenses for James W Berry with Thelma Light and Lester Hudson with Margaret Walker.
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J. N. Maynard
Inversotrs, Syndicate
Hughes
R. Blackwell Et Ax
North Heights
J. B. Coe
P. H. Bidg
L. L
Bik
N. Heights
Hulon Martin
W. 6Th
Nash
J. M. Rhea
Ford Sed
Phillips Pet. Co
Ford
No. Pl, Motor Freight Co
James W. Berry
Thelma E. Light
R. McPeak
Ruth Fnoch
Lester Hudson
Margaret J Walker
Rising West Texas Flood Swamps Towns and Rail Lines
The flood waters rose unchecked threatening 40 to 50 homes in lowlands and halting highway and rail traffic nationwide. A large oil refinery east of Colorado City was inundated while Snyder saw 300 people reach high ground after a flash flood that washed away four houses and the American Legion hall. No lives were reported lost. In Colorado City many Mexican district homes flooded and cotton bales jammed against a railroad bridge washed part of the structure away. Dallas meteorologist Jos L Cline cited worsening West Texas conditions.
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Colorado City
Snyder
Scurry County
American Legion Hall
Dallas
U. S
Jos. L. Cline
West Texas
Washington Royal Visit Offers Mixed Reactions
Sigrid Arnet describes the Roosevelt entourage at the British King and Queen visit in Washington. The King and Queen charm some crowds while appearing apprehensive before unfamiliar faces. Anecdotes recount Mt Vernon tombside laughter and a royal platform commotion at the royal train arrival.
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Mt. Vernon
Roosevelt
Washington
Commission To Open Bids on City Pipe
The Amarillo commission will open bids tonight for four to five miles of pipe of various diameters for the municipal golf course sprinkling system at Thompson Park. A pump for the system is also specified. Mayor Ross D. Rogers and City Manager H. R. Smith will attend after returning from a Colorado fishing trip.
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Amarillo
Grass Greens
Thompson Park
Ross D. Rogers
H. R. Smith
Colorado
Vincent C White Wins Palm Beach College Essay Prize
Vincent C White son of Lahroy White of 1517 Jackson won the first prize of 100 dollars in the Palm Beach College Essay Contest sponsored by Palm Beach suit makers. He has completed four years at A and M College and will undertake a year of petroleum engineering next year. He is at Camp Bullis this summer for military training.
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Vincent C. White
Lahroy White
Jackson
Palm Beach College
Palm Beach
Vincent
A. & M. College
Camp Bullis
Senate Finance Committee to Act on Tax Bill Today
Senate finance committee accelerated action on a $1.644 billion tax revision bill and planned an afternoon session after morning work. Leader Barkley said the panel might complete work before nightfall, scrapping the undistributed profits tax as a business appeasement move.
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Washington
Senate
Alben W Barkley
Kentucky
Senate Finance Committee
Tucker Defends AFA Amid Charges Against Leadership
Miss Tucker denounces charges as an attack on her integrity after three years as AFA president. She cites 15,000 members and full San Francisco unionization, claiming producers back the assault to hinder organizing. Opponents from Billy Rose’s Aquacade criticize union inaction on water quality and worker care. Rudy Vallee supports delaying a vote. Eddie Cantor reportedly resigned as honorary president.
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Billy Rose
World's Fair Aquacade
Mike Lewis
Miss Tucker
AFA
San Francisco
Rudy Vallee
Eddie Cantor
American Federation of Radio Artists
Hitler Grants Wide Amnesty Decrees in Bohemia Moravia and Sudetenland
Berlin reports Fuehrer Adolf Hitler issued decrees granting amnesty for political crimes in Bohemia Moravia before March 16, 1933 and in the Sudetenland before December 1, 1938. Exceptions include murder robbery explosives and high treason against the Reich for specific groups.
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Berlin
U.P
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Bohemia-Moravia
Sudetenland
State Child Welfare Official Visiting in Amarillo
Mrs. Norma Rankin of Austin director of the Texas Child Welfare Service visits the Amarillo district. Miss Rosalind Giles serves as district director and accompanies the visit.
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Amarillo
Norma Rankin
Austin
The
Texas Child Welfare Service
Rosalind Giles
Queen Elizabeth Talks To Children By Phone At Sea
Queen Elizabeth spoke by telephone for ten minutes with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose from her cabin on the S S Empress of Britain en route to Southampton. The royal party relaxed aboard the liner as it sails the North Atlantic toward an anticipated Thursday afternoon arrival in England.
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S. S
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advertises Kidney Relief
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules to flush kidneys and stop nighttime urination. It claims to remove toxins, soothe the bladder, and reduce joint pains by expelling uric acid, urging readers to buy the 35 cent pack from Haarlem, Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
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Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson Somborn
Robert William Anderson
Miss Somborn
Herbert K. Somborn
Brown Derby
Stanford University
University of Southern California
Harold S. Anderson
Salt Lake City
Beverly Hills
Courthouse Records
T. W. Cotten
H. C. Thomas
C. C. Ter
W. O. Gatton
G. P. Phillips
Thompkins
Eakle
I. W. Upton
B. E Humphers
Geo
A. Reed
Et Ux
Hazel Wooten
Sigrid Arneferent
Helen Hayes
By Sigrid Arne
James
Arlington
Wallis Warfield
George Barnett
Wallis
Navy Yard
Bessie Merryman
New York
Carters
Fatolsa Cae
Queen Elizabeth
John Maynard Lumber Co
West Fifth St
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell
Texas Telephone Companies
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