Glacier Advances Toward Roadhouse in Alaska
FATRBANKS Alaska March 23 The Black Rapids Glacier pushes toward the Delta River road highway fronting H B Revell's roadhouse advancing more than five miles since an earthquake last December. The glacier face rises about 900 feet high and spans roughly a mile, with the ice continuing to move steadily.
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Fatrbanks
Alaska
H. B Revell
Delta Rilver
Black Rapids Glacier
Glaser
Revell
Governor Asks Pension Funds for Emergency Old Age Aid
Governor James V. Allred urged Texas lawmakers to provide emergency funding for old age assistance applications and an adequate health program. Acting director W. A. Little asked for a $100,000 lump sum or raise the spending limit on old age funds to seven percent through August 31. The request cites 118 investigators hired January 1 1937 and 223 000 applications by March 15 requiring reinvestigation and extended staffing to stay within the 5 percent limit without extra funds.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
House
Senate
James V. Allred
W.A. Little
Little
Nebraska Saves With New Form Of Legislature
Lincoln March 22 Nebraska’s unicameral passed 62 measures in 65 days, vs 33 in the first 65 days of the 1935 bicameral session. Incomplete figures show unicameral costs about a day, while the bicameral cost about 1750 dollars daily.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Polo Player Injured As Horse Falls In Houston Match
A polo player, an ace rider, sustained brain concussion and a broken wrist when his horse fell at the Houston Riding and Polo Club during the Iron Huisache Shreveport game. The player remained unconscious after the accident as Jaache led 12 to 4.
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Houston
Eld
Crew Rescued From Burning Steamer Off Wales
Lifeboats from the shore rescued 12 crew members from the burning steamer off Holyhead on the northeast coast of Wales after two explosions forced the abandonment of the ship.
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England
London
Inrie Molier
Holyhead
Richeastern
Wales
French Government Seizes Two Plane Factories In Nationalization Drive
Paris March 2 The French government moved to nationalize key industries taking over two large airplane factories and ordering expropriation of a third as part of a major government takeover of private industrial works. The action aims to bring a large private group under state control.
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Paris
Nee
Bramp
Pany Af Caudebes
What Th Write in TACK Dear Teck fur litte qui te
The readable fragment appears to be a letters page item from a newspaper, titled TACK LETTERS. It references a person or pseudonym J. C. Pennessore and shows partial phrases about a chase for a chiki pune, suggesting a humor or community feedback section without a clear news event or named outcome.
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Pune
J. C. Pennessore
Canyon Park to See More Improvements This Year
Palo Duro State Park development during the CCC period beginning April 1 will follow the pattern of the past year. Two additional double cabins will be built on the canyon rim near the existing ones and two more concrete crossings will be constructed. The objective is to expand park facilities to attract more visitors and sightseeing. Prior to April 1, entrance structures including a control station office concession stand and sanitary facilities will be completed. The lodge will receive upgrades for dances while a tent colony area is prepared on the mesa. A well windmill tanks and a pipeline will serve park operations. Palo Duro State Park is 22 miles from Amarillo with a Canyon entrance road recently completed. Supervision rests with the State Parks Board and the National Park Service.
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Palo Duro State Park
William Anderson
el Coronado Lodge
Anderson
Amarillo
Canyon
State Parks Board
National Park Service
Potter County Commission Resumes Duties After Convention
Potter County commissioners return to county business after attending the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners convention in Lubbock. Four of five members, Judge Newt Riggs and Commissioners Lon Sellars Mark Prarker and John Winters, were present while Dan Pavillard was absent. The semi annual gathering occurred Thursday through Saturday and the day’s agenda focused on routine affairs.
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West Texas
Potter County
Lubbock
Association
Newt Riggs
Lon Sellars
Mark Prarker
John Winters
Dan Pavillard
Cash Required for Payment of Auto Fee
Deputies in the county tax department urged car owners to pay their 1937 registration fees in cash as the April 1 deadline nears. By noon about 2,500 registrations had been recorded, roughly a third of the expected total. Owners were advised to bring 1986 license receipts or know their 1996 license number to speed processing.
Japanese Consul General Ordered To Leave Vladivostok
The Japanese government summoned Consul General Y Sugishita from Vladivostok amid Soviet Russia threats to sever railway links with Manchoukuo, aiming to isolate Japan by rail from Western nations.
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Vladivostok
Tokyo
Y. Sugishita
Russia
Japan
KGNC Radio Schedule Listings Feature Daily NBC Programs
Radio guide lists Monday Tuesday blocks with dance matinee book reviews master singers and Fern Watanabee NBC programs Holy Week vespers Hawk's Trail Jack Armstrong Little Orphan Annie and Mary Small NBC segments plus evening news and music hour schedules for Amarillo and Panhandle area stations
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National Federation of Business Women's Clubs
NBC
Frank Watanabee
Jack Armstrong
Mary Small
Midge Williams
Johnn Herrick
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Voice of Firestone
Bain
Larry Earl
Id & Traughn
National Radio Forum
Jimmy Kemper
Comny
The
Sky Pilot
Green Brothers Orchestra
Corain
Monticello
Ma Perkins
Honeyboy
Sassafras
PL News
Micro News
Chick Webb and Orchestra
Panhandie
Jack Armatrong
Do Not Confuse Tax Due on Thursday with Old Age Tax
Amarillo employers with eight or more workers must file both the old age benefits tax and the Texas unemployment compensation tax. The January payroll tax due with form TUC-2 is one and eight tenths of the January payroll and is due Thursday, March 25. Thompson plans trips to Dalhart Perryton Borger Pampa Dumas Panhandle and Hereford.
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Amarillo
B. H. Thomson
Texas Uemployment Compensation Commission
United States Bureau of Internal Revenue
Texas Commission
Thomson
Chamber of Commerce
Dalhart
Perryton
Borger
Pampa
Dumas
Panhandle
Hereford
Balladors Plan Fund Raising Dance for San Antonio Trip
Amarillo College Balladors and Balladettes stage a private dance at the gym on Wednesday to raise funds for a San Antonio trip. If funds suffice, prize singing groups may win a cup that could become permanent if they win again, with events aligned to the Texas Federation of Music Clubs convention. Tickets for a Paramount Theater feature and a Polk Street Methodist Church concert conclude the drive.
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San Antonio
Amarillo College
Paramount Theater
Polk Street Methodist Church
Rain Needed in Two Weeks to Save Millions in China
Report from Shenai Province on March 22 warns that only two weeks of rain can prevent famine affecting over a million people across Sichuan, Henan, and Shen Province. The drought stretches through central China, threatening large-scale starvation.
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China
Sianfu
Shenai Province
Seechwan
Henan
Would-Be Killer Is Out of Jail
James Gibson, who borrowed an airplane and allegedly tried to force his wife aboard to crash it, was released for want of prosecution. He had been jailed since last Thursday's escapade. Mrs. Gibson refused to join him, alerted police, and he later landed the damaged aircraft without injury.
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Grand Junction
Colo
U.2
James Gibson
Tribble Rites Held in Borger
Zell Tribble a 35 year old Phillips Petroleum employee died from burns after gasoline sprayed clothing caught fire at a booster station 35 miles NW of Borger He died at 7 AM Sunday with services at the Baptist Church Borger interment in Clovis New Mexico Survived by wife three sons a brother four sisters and his parents Tribble resident of Borger since 1930 with Phillips for two years
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Zell Tribble
Phillips Petroleum Company
Baptist Church
J. N. Hunt
Clovis
N. M
Tribble
Here
Roosevelt Plans Philippines Trip on Naval Voyage
President Roosevelt reportedly intends to visit the Philippines aboard a naval vessel within the next year and a half. The journey would allow him to observe the commonwealths progress toward economic and political balance as it moves toward complete freedom from the United States.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Philippines
United States
Opal Eunice Williams Dies in Local Hospital
Opal Eunice Williams wife of G A Williams died in a local hospital. She is survived by her husband two children Glen Edwin and Betty Jean Williams and her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Counts of Mt Pleasant and brothers Hugh S Counts and Charles B Counts of Mt Pleasant. Funeral services were held at Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Rev W W Pittman officiating. The body will be sent to Mt Pleasant tonight for burial.
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Opal Eunice Williams
G. A. Williams
Glen Edwin
Betty Jean Williams
Walter Counts
Mt. Pleasant
Hugh S
Charles B. Counts
Blackburn Shaw
Treasury daily brief shows hundreds of millions in receipts
On March 19 the treasury reported receipts of 168.47 million dollars and expenditures of 158.54 million, leaving a balance of 1.667 billion. Customs receipts for the month totaled 34.26 million. For the fiscal year since July 1 receipts reached 3.485 billion and expenditures 5.326 billion, with emergency spending of 2.056 billion and a debt of 34.586 billion. Gold assets stood at 11.516 billion with 284.504 million in inactive gold.
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Washington
The
Treasury
New Orleans Cotton Opens Higher on Strong Buying
In New Orleans on March 22 cotton rose over a dollar per bale with active foreign and commission house buying. May opened 14.08, July up 22 points to 13.98, October 13.46, December 13.48, January 13.46, near last week highs before officials warned against overly optimistic prices. Speculators rejoined the buying.
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New Orleans
New London area mourns as recovery efforts continue
Rev R L Jackson praises a resilient spirit as three funerals are held for victims. Oil companies prepare to recall workers who removed over four million pounds of debris in the grim search for bodies. Flower banks move caskets through the Sabbath quiet as diggers work by artificial light into the night.
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R. L. Jackson
New London
Baird T Spalding Lectures At Musical Arts Conservatory
Baird T. Spalding world traveler and scientist lectures at the Musical Arts Conservatory, 1800 Harrison Street, tomorrow and Wednesday at 2 30 and 8 p m daily. He will autograph copies of his latest book and discuss his life and teaching lineage from 300 years of Indian trade heritage. He was born in England and moved to India with his parents at age four.
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Baird T. Spalding
India
Far East
Musical Arts Conservatory
Harrison Street
Mr. Spalding
Orient
England
Easter Burial Pilots Return to Duty Amid Grief
In a quiet ceremony, workers paused only for a body to be lowered. After the burial the task resumed as grave-diggers placed toys into crude graves and a large cloth faced Easter rabbit joined the cortege, its smile incongruously bright amid mourning.
Cecil Aycock Recovering From Automobiles Injuries
Cecil Aycock a shoe salesman at Regent store on 918 Pierce Street is recovering at home from injuries received in an automobile accident Saturday night. He was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital and released before Sunday noon.
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Cecil Aycock
Pierce Street
Regent Store
Northwest Texas Hospital
Strict Neutrality Rule for U S Passports Cited
The Department of State issues a regulation requiring passport applicants to swear an affidavit of non travel intent to Spain. Notice received by Mrs. Mary K. Hardy, U S Commissioner, documents the new policy.
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Department of State
Spain
Mary K. Hardy
U. S
Stanfield Trial Details Highlight Family Presence
Stanfield prompted few questions of state witnesses while most remained unexamined. His wife seven year old daughter and father attended the district court morning session. The deceased is Mrs Thornton who died in an Amarillo hospital more than two weeks after the highway crash. The victim’s husband a Missouri miner was critically injured and stayed in the local hospital until her death then accompanied her body home. Stanfield was jailed in Potter County after the accident and charges changed from driving while intoxicated to murder following her death.
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Tom Stanfield
New Mexico
San Mercantile Company
San Jon
Thornton
Amarillo
Stanfield
Potter County
Explosion notes and minutes show gas plan at board
The interview reveals the school board discussed Parade Company Gas usage, with doubts about documenting it in minutes. The witness says United Gas Company knew of the connection, and warnings of danger were possibly not issued before the link was made.
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Parade Company
United Gas Company
Court official cites mental strain of superintendent in probe
Captain Clark, secretary of state, told reporters that Superintendent Shaw is under severe mental strain and has high blood pressure. He asked journalists to cooperate and avoid increasing the strain as the court proceeding resumed.
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Captain Clark
Shaw
Clark
Chamber Broadcast Links Amarillo Campaign With City Bureau
Charles Watkins, business analyst with the American City Bureau in Chicago, will broadcast at 7 18 tonight over KGNC as part of the chamber of commerce educational drive. Jim Florey leads the activities fund committee with a 6 30 meeting tomorrow in the Amarillo Hotel. More than 100 civic leaders are invited by Mayor Ross Rogers Carl Makeig and Guy Saunders to attend Tuesday night. Workers at chamber headquarters at 300 Polk Street are reviewing ideas from the recent business clinic and inventory.
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American City Bureau
Amarillo
Charles Watkins
Chicago
KGNC
Chamber of Commerce
The
Globe
Activities Fund Committee
Jim Florey
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