Vet sergeant finally becomes citizen under new law
Pittsfield Massachusetts Sergt Louis F Ball a 30 year veteran of the armed forces born in Canada recently became a United States citizen under a new law allowing service veterans to naturalize without the usual red tape He serves as clerk of the 390th field artillery and joined the navy before citizenship was required.
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Pittsfield
Mass
U.P
Louis F. Ball
Canada
Navy
Army
390Th Field Aretillery
Germany and Italy Fire Up American Trade Offensive
Washington notes Germany and Italy plan a post Madrid trade push in South America to leverage Nationalist victory for economic and political gains. Argentina trades 64 locomotives and 100000 tons wheat plus 8000 tons wool for German goods, fueling concern. US counteroffensive faces Congressional hurdles as Brazil talks proceed. House cuts 250000 for Latin American commerce and research. Senate sugar bill may hurt Cuba and hinder Cuban ties. Domestic vegetable oil tax push worries trade partners amid unsettled agreements.
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Washington
U.P
Germany
Italy
Madrid
South America
Spain
Western Hemisphere
United States
Latin America
Brazil
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Senate
Cuba
Prison News Hound Fails To Get Yarn
Sugar Land reports Prison Echo convicts recount a boiler room explosion at Central Farm. Fireman John Ward identified the reporter as the victim, a mistaken fatality claimed by the blast as the scene filled with steam and confusion.
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Sugar Land
Thomas F. Whiteside
Echo
Central Farm
Whiteside
John F. Ward
Ward
Trade deals spark Senate committee consideration
Trade agreements will be considered by the Senate finance committee on Thursday. The developments create uncertainty in Latin America about U S follow through on its trade program. Officials say U S industrial recovery could improve Latin American commercial relations as imports from Argentina rose 38 percent in early 1938 versus 1937, with larger U S purchases easing exchange problems and reducing reliance on German barter schemes.
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Senate Finance Committee
Latin America
United States
Argentina
Germany
Seek Surplus Funds For County Roads
A substitute plan to allow new construction on county lateral roads using surplus gasoline tax revenue was sent to the House. The bill would permit $9,000,000 surplus in the county and district bond assumption fund plus subsequent revenues to retire bonds on non state highway roads, with allocations based on population area and road mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House of Representatives
County Judges Association
A. B. Tarwater
Plainview
Tarwater
Marriage Health Bill Is Favored
A Texas House public health committee gave an unanimously favorable report on a marriage bill requiring health certificates for both bride and groom. The measure would extend the existing rule, which currently only requires a male to have a physician certificate, to include women and ensure the couple is free of transmissible syphilis through standard serological tests.
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Austin
U.P
Public Health Committee
Texas House
Texas
Train on time despite derailment at Amarillo yard
Fort Worth and Denver railway train No. 8 pulled out of Amarillo on time this morning after a derailment in the yard opposite the yard office. Officials said the engine was derailed in the yard but no trouble occurred as another engine was coupled and the train departed as scheduled.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo
Memphis Poet Will Speak to Assembly
Memphis poet I. G. Thomas, who left the C. C. C. in Memphis last October to lecture on Heart Strings Vibrant, will address the Central Junior High School assembly at 10:25 Thursday morning under the Hi-V Club. Thomas’ poetry is broadcast weekly on KGNC with Monte Rosenwald and Eddie Baumel.
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I. G. Thomas
Memphis
Panhandle
Central Junior High School
Hi-V Club
Thomas
KGNC
Monte Rosenwald
Eddie Baumel
Former Amarilloan and Wife Believed Lost at Sea
Charles W. King, a former Amarillo boy and journalist, and his wife Betty sailed from San Francisco on February 18, 1938 in their 29 foot sloop Show Me on a coast run. They were overdue by more than two weeks at Balboa Panama Canal Zone. Authorities and relatives fear they are lost at sea.
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Charles W. King
Amarillo
W. R. Gowdy
Buchanan Street
Betty
Panama Canal Zone
Balboa
Mr. King
W. H. King
First Christian Church
St. Mary's Ae
Dallas
Oak Cliff High School
University of Missouri School of Journalism
King
Nevada
University of Missouri
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
President Harrison
Dollar Line
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cape Mala
Panama
United Press
Canal Zone
Cape
London Suspension Bridge Blasted In Terror Outrage
The Hammersmith Suspension Bridge over the Thames suffered two explosions early today, described as the era’s most serious bomb outrage since the IRA began terror campaigns in Britain. Police closed the bridge. two men in a nearby car were questioned, no injuries reported.
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London
Hammersmith
Thames
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Bees Taxed as Animals In Michigan Opinion
Attorney General Thomas Read states bees should be taxed as animals rather than insects, placing them in the same class as livestock. He conveyed this view to Vester E. Mock, chief apiary inspector of the state department of agriculture.
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Lansing
Mich.u
Thomas
Vester E. Mock
Department of Agriculture
Hudson Dealers Meet at Herring Hotel Luncheon
Hudson Motor Car dealers and retail salesmen from across the Panhandle Plains met at the Herring Hotel for a luncheon session led by Bob Hackett, district manager. About 20 dealers attended the meeting.
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Hudson Motor Car
Panhandle Plains
Herring Hotel
Bob Hackett
Hudson Motor Car Company
Amarillo High Glee Club Heads to Lubbock Concert
The Amarillo High School Glee Club travels to Lubbock to give a guest concert at the Lubbock High School student assembly. Director Miss Mabel Rowan leads the group, accompanied by R. B. Norman, high school principal.
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Amarillo High School Glee Club
Lubbock
Lubbock High School
Goodyear Dealers Meet at Capitol Hotel Tonight
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company dealers from the Panhandle will meet this evening at the Capitol Hotel to review and explain the features and advantages of the 1939 Goodyear equipment. J. H. Montieth will supervise the session. A hammock rope can support only about one-fourth the weight it could hold up if the pull were vertical.
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Goodyear
Capitol Hotel
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Panhandle
J. H. Montieth
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Jolly Junior
Palais Royal
Cyclamen Rose
Fuchsia
Polk
Assembly
England
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Abe
Schenley Distributors
ING
Schenley Distillers Corp
New York City
Frigidaire
General Motors
Dickie
General Motors Sales Corporation
Dayton, Ohio
Arava
Oen-Rresn
Polk, Street
Western Light & Supply Corp
Amarillo, Texas
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