Finish Hopper Fight Urged in Amarillo
The Inter-Civic Club Council urged residents of Amarillo to fight a grasshopper infestation with free poison from the Fair grounds and by adding molasses to attract them. County agent Ted Alexander advised not mowing vacant lots and to spread poison regularly across large infestation areas with help from civic clubs, realty firms, golf courses, and estates. Free minnows are available from the city health department to combat mosquitoes in pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Inter- Civic Club Council
Polk Street
Fair Grounds
Ted Alexander
City Health Department
Lions Club Ends Montgomery Presidency as Donley to Succeed
Dr. T. M. Montgomery concludes his term as Lions Club president today. J. B. Donley, Ama rillo lawyer, is elected to take over next Tuesday. H. G. Wilson reports yearly activities, Elbert Bruce presents lantern slides on Llano Cemetery. Lions softball team heads to Dalhar to start inter-city series with the Lions Club of Dalhar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Montgomery
Lions Club
J. B. Donley
Amarillo
H. G. Wilson
Elbert Bruce
Llano Cemetery
John Stalcup
Dalhar
Man Pleads Guilty to Concealed Weapon Charge
Fined $100 and assessed court costs after pleading guilty in county court to carrying a concealed weapon. He serves the sentence in jail until the fine and costs are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Bandy
Bargain Auto Parts and Trucks Advertised in City Sale
Classified notice lists multiple 1930s autos and truck bodies for sale by Universal Parts Co and Keith Motor Co. Items include 1936 Chrysler and Plymouth Motors, 1937 Ford and GMC bodies, 1935 1936 Chevrolets, and various trucks with notes on condition, motors, tires, and prices. Contact numbers and addresses are given for Taylor and Polk avenues, and for Lot No. 1 Fillmore at 3rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler Motor
Plymouth Motor
Plymouth
OLDS
Universal Parts CO
Taylor
Barringer Auto Parts
N. Polk
Chevrolet
New Motor
GMC
Childers-Perdue
FORD
DODGE
REO
Keith Motor CO
Fillmore
Walter Irvin, Inc
Houdaille-Hershey
Houston
Howe
Bry
Minneapolis
Moline
Montgomery-Ward
Nash-Kelvinator
Nat'l Biscuit
Nat'l
Nat’ Mistillers
Nat'l Power & Bight
New York Central
New York Ship Building
North American Aviation My
North American Co
Northern Pacific
Otis Steelees Tree
Dante
Remington Rand Oy
Reo Motors
Republicc Steel
Reynolds
Tobacco
Schenley Distillers
Steneeeeter
Joseph Lead
Seaboard
Texas Gulf
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Thompson Products
Tide Water Associated Oil
Transamerica Carp
Transcon & West Air
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
United Air Lines
Cevac
United Corporation
United Gas Iadil
U & Steel
Warner Ros Pictures
Western Mon
Westinghouse Electric
Wilson & Company
Woolworth
Yellow Truck & Coach
Zenith Radio Tae
Father in Law of Wealthy Astor Seeks WPA Job
Francis French bankrupt father-in-law of John Jacob Astor III applied in Middletown for any WPA job. WPA Administrator Roy Davis said only pick-and-shovel street or sewer openings exist and French's application was approved after investigation. He said he would take any work to pay his debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
U.P
Francis French
John Jacob Astor
Middletown
WPA
Roy Davis
Newport County
Davis
French
Roosevelt Accelerates Navy Construction Program
President Roosevelt approved a second list of navy department projects totaling 1.995 million dollars in Public Works Administration funding. The 10 yard and station projects follow earlier PWA disbursements of 27.883 million across 113 navy projects, as part of the recovery drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Public Works Administration
PWA
Governor Candidate Hunter Suffering Exhaustion in Dallas
A Dallas bulletin reports gubernatorial candidate Tom F. Hunter is exhausted from sleep loss. The bulletin notes his condition as of early today and mentions unrelated medical terms about gravel sizes and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Dallas
Ridings EB. Lee
Tom F. Hunter
Notice to road machinery dealers bid call
The City Commission will accept bids until eight o'clock Tuesday July 5 for one One Man Motor Driven Road Maintainer with a twelve foot blade. Each bid must include full specifications and a five percent certified or cashier's check. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. H. R. Smith City Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Smith
Jimmy Roosevelt Income Estimated At High Level
Philadelphia report cites colleagues estimating James Roosevelt income from his insurance business between 250000 and 2000000 dollars annually. The estimate appears in the Saturday Evening Post under the headline Jimmy's Got It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
James Roosevelt
Jimmy
Saturday Evening Post
Quadruplets Born In DeQueen With One Death
A 98 pound mother, Mrs. H. T. Valentine, gave birth to quadruplets in DeQueen Arkansas, one infant dying within hours. The three surviving babies received nourishment, heat support, and oxygen at a local hospital. The mother remains in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dequeen
Ark
H. T. Valentine
W. W. Kelly Promoted to General Purchasing Agent
Warren W. Kelly is named general purchasing agent of the Santa Fe System Lines effective July 1, succeeding the late John J. Conn. Previously chief engineer of the Western Lines at Amarillo Texas, Kelly has long served the Santa Fe since 1907 and is active in civic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W. Kelly
S. T. Bledsoe
Kelly
John J. Conn
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Texas
Washburn Academy
Washburn College
Topeka
Kansas
Rose Polytechnic Institute
The
Western Lines
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Marion
Jean
Hughes Street
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Railway Engineering Association
Marriage or Busy Is Her Determination
Mrs Hedi Heusser ends a week long stay in Rollo Blanchard mansion after rejecting all suitors including her own offer to marry him She accepts no sustenance beyond tea and refuses to leave until Blanchard fulfills his wedding promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
N. Y
U.P
Hedi Heusser
Rollo K. Blanchard
Blanchard
Amarillo Considers Expanded Airport Site Survey
The Amarillo city commission adopted a unanimous resolution restricting use of unlicensed airplanes at Municipal Airport. Airport advisor H M Smith from the Bureau of Air Commerce arrived to survey Municipal and English Airports as potential new city fields, including soil tests for a possible soil-mixture runway construction. A city engineer will join Smith to learn government site-approval requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
City Commission of
Amarillo
United States
C. J. Boyd
H. M. Smith
Bureau of Air Commerce
San Antonio
Smith
Washington
Plans Requested for Northwest Texas Hospital Expansion
County commissioners and the hospital board asked architect Guy Carlander to prepare detailed plans for a proposed Northwest Texas Hospital improvement. The project aims to double hospital facilities with bonds around 132000 to be coupled with a 250000 government supported program. Final county action will follow plan completion, expected in over a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Board
Guy Carlander
Northwest Texas Hospital
Commissioners Court
Kansas City Markets Report Hogs Cattle and Grain
June 28 market notes show hogs at 170 to 250 pounds $8.65 to $8.78, 250 to 280 pounds $8.50 to $8.65, cattle and calves with optioned prime steers at $10.50 and best yearlings near $10, vealers up to $9.50. Sheep and lamb prices steady with Colorado and Texas offerings. Grain figures and New Orleans Cotton Exchange listings also included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U. 8
Choice
Colorado
Texas
Choice Colorado
Seek 18 Inch Waist for Birmingham Centenary Pageant
Directors planning Birmingham's centenary pageant in July seek a young woman with an 18 inch waist to wear a replica of a dress worn by Queen Victoria during a visit 100 years ago. The notice notes a firefly species from South America that emits a green light along the body and a red light at each end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eng
Start Cheering opens at State Theater today
A new light entertainment film titled Start Cheering debuts at the State Theater today. The cast includes Jimmy Durante Walter Connolly Joan Perry Charles Starrett The Three Stooges Broderick Crawford Hal LeRoy Chaz Chase and Louis Prima with Johnny Green. The plot follows a Hollywood star who goes to college to escape but stirs up the campus with humor songs and dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theater
Jimmy Durante
Walter Connolly
Joan Perry
Charles Starrett
Professor Quiz
Gertrude Niesen
Raymond Walburn
the Three Stooges
Broderick Crawford
Hal LeRoy
Chaz Chase
Jimmy Wallington
Louis Prima
Johnny Green
Couitch
Hollywood
Chaz
Gly-Cas Touted as Greatest Ever by Corsicana Woman
Mrs. Wade Jones of Corsicana Texas credits Gly-Cas with restoring her health after years of constipation indigestion and kidney issues She says Poisons left her system early and after starting Gly-Cas she improved quickly Appetite restored sleep returned and kidneys functioned normally The Gly-Cas is sold by For Drug Co No 3 Oliver-Eakle Bldg and local druggists adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Jones
11Th St
Corsicana
Texas
For Drug Co. No. 3
Oliver-Eakle Bldg
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Inter-Civic Club Council
Dr. Montgomery
Lions
Harley-Davidann Motorcycle Co
West
Pera Eere Sonera
West 7Th
Fred Wolcott
Rice Institute
Kentucky Hills
Margy Gullett
Ashland
Jean Thomas
Margy
Frances
Louise Carnegie Miller
New York
Andrew Carnegie
J. F. Gordon Thomson
Dunfermline
Scotland
Carnegie
Dornoch
Astor
Jimmy Roosevelt
Jose Dorantes
War Department
Mexico City
W. W. Kelly
Academy of Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Capitol Theater
Legion of Decency
EB. A. Pierca & Co
Orlfans Cotton Exchange
NEW York Stock Exchange
B& A. Pierce & Co
Allied Chemical & Ad Yi - Drs
Allis Chalmers
Allied Stores
American Rolling Mills
American
T & American Bmelting & Ret
Anaconda Copper
Burroughs
Gallaham
Caiet & Hecla
Case J BB CO Ni Ajrees Ag
Celanese Gorp
Chicago Pneumatic ‘Tool
Chrysler
Columbia Gas & Riecheio
Commercial Credit
ABI Commercial Bolvents Aly Aly Commonwealth
Southern
Aly
General Baking
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors Airy
Taseeery Gillette Safety Razor
Gimbriel Bros Cdbdardteeta
Goodrich Sceccee Aa
Goodyear Vsey
Crreat Weet
EFA Pierce & Co
NEW York Carr Exchange
Eb, A. Pierce & Amarillo Ee
Maracaibo
Arkansas Natural Gas
le Oly Cities Service
Colden Pet
Eagle-Picher
Boy Fish Rubber
Guilt Oil Corp
Hecla
Humble
Humble On Tenes
Lockheed Aircraft
Niagara Hudson Power
Pantepec Oil Co
Copene
Sunray
United Gas Corp
Dow-Jones
A. Pierce & Co Amarisio
Frank Morgan
Humphrey Bogart
Gale Page
State
Chase
Mrs. Jones
Rex
Rialto
Fnbbb
Mrs
FE. L. Harlan
Bill Smith
Jack Motch
Featuring
Miss Tibby Ludes
Billy Hardman
NAT Cafe
Durante Connolly
Starrett
Three Stooges
Groderick Crawford
L E Roy
Ernest Truex
Virginia
Chase Jimmy Wallington
Johnny Green and His Orchestra
Corey Ford
Eugene Solow
Richard E. Wormier
Philip Rapp
Albert &S. Rogell
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