Editors Meet Here Friday Panhandle Press Convention
The Panhandle Press Association holds its 28th annual convention in Amarillo with editors roasting dinner, a sing song by Fred Story, and a barbecue at Palo Duro Park. State figures Gibb Gilchrist and Harry Hines will speak. a luncheon is at the Herring Hotel.
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Amarillo
The
Panhandle
Panhandle Press Association
Dave Warren
Panhandle Herald
Fred Story
News-Globe
Palo Duro Park
Gibb Gilchrist
Austin
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls
Herring Hotel
Treasure Hunter Gates Arrested On Espionage Suspicion
In Tokyo reports, W S Gates retired naval officer and two companions are detained on suspicion of surveying and photographing coastlines. Films and a coastal map were seized as evidence. Ambassador Grew told the State Department the taihoku consul was ordered to investigate the arrest.
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Babuyan Islands
Luzon
Philippines
New Guinea
Amoda
Australia
Africa
Gates
Cocos Islands
Tokyo
Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
State Department
Taihoku
Formosa
W. S. Gates
Gas bill praised amid complex provisions in Texas Panhandle
Independent oil operator Don Harrington called the measure very fair though complex, while Amarillo Mayor Ross D. Rogers hailed it as the most significant Panhandle bill in Texas. Officials noted delays due to Railroad Commission hearings and required construction time for pipelines. Sour gas use in carbon black manufacturing may start by October 1 and sweet gas by August 1.
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Railroad Commission
Don Harrington
Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo Gas Men
Texas CCC Quota Almost Doubled Under New Authorization
Texas CCC quota nearly doubles under Roosevelt plan raising national enrollment to 600000. Between June 15 and August 31 Neal Guy Texas supervisor will take new enrollments. Age limit raised to 28 years and camps in and out of Texas will receive the new quota.
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Austin
U.P
Civilian Conservation Corps
Texas
Roosevelt
Neal Guy
Guy
Courthouse Records and Vehicle Registrations Noted
Warrant deed records United Savings Bank transfer to W H Smelter for Lot 2 and subdivided Lots 3 4 Block 33 Bakle with $1900. Vehicle registrations list Consumers Ice Co I H C trucks Mullins Plymouth Buick 35 models plus many Ford 35s and other makes. Marriage licenses Dave Wroe and Julia Mathis Burl B Christian and Margarite Walker.
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United Savings Bank
W. H. Smelter
Consumers Ice Co
J. ©. Mullins
Plymouth
Gibson Oil Corp
Alena Gayden
Buick
Dave Wroe
Julia Mathis
Burl B. Christian
Margarite Walker
Dust plague toll rises as Oklahoma parade goes on
M Pearce state health commissioner reported 67 deaths from dust aggravated pneumonia in the first quarter. Survivors show grim defiance planning the biggest celebration yet with thousands of visitors from surrounding states. Mayor I M Lightner jubilan over visibility above zero as the parade and pageant proceed amid dust. Boise City reports light shower and dust today in the Panhandle.
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M. Pearce
I. M. Lightner
Boise City
Panhandle
Pioneer Canadian Woman Maude Meeks Dies at 53
Mrs Maude Stanley Meeks a 53 year old pioneer of Canadian died of pneumonia at her home. A daughter of Jim E Stanley she lived in Canadian 20 years and had many Amarillo friends. Born in Lampasas she moved to Wheeler County as a child. Funeral 1 30 Friday in Canadian. burial in Wheeler. Survived by husband Dr M M Meeks son Stanley two sisters and two brothers.
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Maude Stanley Meeks
Jim E. Stanley
M. M. Meeks
Stanley Meeks
A. B. Crump
Wheeler
J. M. Griffin
San Antonio
George L. Stanley
Skellytown
Tom E. Stanley
Amarillo
Feud Complicates Precinct 3 Police Feud Deepens
Deputy Reed faces opposition from Constable Buckingham and Deputy Wachtendorf over deputy control in Precinct 3. New constable Elliott’s appointment triggers conflict as county commissioners weigh Reed’s revenue accounting and King’s status. Commission set to meet May 13 to decide Elliott and related staffing.
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Ment
Elliott
Wachtendorf
James H. Buckingham
Buckingham
Reed
J. L. King
Buckingham and
King
J. N. Riggs
Western Avenue
San Jacinto
Firebugs Confession Tallies Dozens Of Apartment Fires
Chicago May 2 A young adventure writer and former Northwestern journalism student FE Carl Peterson admitted to police he set fire to nearly 50 apartment buildings. He claimed a “mad thrill” drove the fires and cited excerpts from a 3000 page diary to embellish his confession. He said 17 fires occurred recently with others dating back some time.
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Chicago
U.P
Carl Peterson
Peterson
Northwestern University
Congress Debates World War II Bonus and Social Security Link
Senators voted present on the social security program while the bonus debate pits Harri son against Patman and Vinson proposals. The 4 percent bonus would date certificates to 1918 with options to cash now or hold until 1945, and 85 percent of veterans have borrowed, reducing cash value.
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Harrison
Democrat
Mississippi
Patman
Vinson
Highway right of way through Kenedy County clarified
Texas officials said Owen White misinformed on Kenedy County right of way amid a highway dispute. The landowners presented deeds, ending a 16 year push by the Texas Highway Department. The area spans 1,335 square miles, not 1,335 acres, and the road would cut a 51 mile detour for Rio Grande Valley residents to Corpus Christi and Houston.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Owen P. White
Collier's Weekly
Kenedy County
Tex
White
San Antonio
Mexico City
Houston
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
Corpus Christiana Houston
Archer Parr
Venavides
Duke of
Big Jim Neal
Rio Grande City
Abe Lincoln
The
Rio Grande
Neal
ES GUIDING YOUR CHILD
Alice Clarissa Richmond argues that both parents should openly share life questions with children. A dual masculine and feminine viewpoint helps raise broad minded, well balanced kids and prevents artificial barriers between sexes in families and later marriages.
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Alice Clarissa Richmond
Property owners relent delaying highway right of way deeds
The Senate had not acted when property owners yielded and handed the Highway Department the right-of-way deeds, allowing progress on the project to resume.
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Senate
Highway Department
Farley predicts GOP nominee will be conservative next year
Postmaster General James A. Farley told reporters at the U S chamber of commerce meeting that Republicans will nominate a conservative candidate and Democrats will re elect Roosevelt with liberal support. He said big business will try to defeat the New Deal next November, while the left wing will back it in the Democratic party.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bergdoll Wife Pleads To President Roosevelt
The Bergdoll couple live in Weinsberg Wurtenburg in a five room rented house funded by Bergdoll’s mother. The wife says the townsfolk know his past but she and her husband live apart from them. She hopes to appeal directly to President Roosevelt.
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Cleanse Claim
Doan's Pills advertised as a remedy for kidney trouble claim to wash out 15 miles of kidney tubes. The old prescription from Foster Milburn Co. is promoted as giving relief for backache, leg pains, plus energy loss, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product. Published 1934.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Cummings Rules Bergdoll Clemency Bid Refused
Attorney General says Grover Bergdoll faces no clemency from Justice. Bergdoll, a WWI draft dodger, is a fugitive from justice with indictments in Pennsylvania. Pending clemency decisions rest with the War Department and the President.
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Cummings
Washington
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Department of Justice
Bergdoll
New York
Germany
Eastern District Court of
Pennsylvania
War Department
Doctor Brewer tied to Garber mystery in new inquiry
Lieutenant Huston and Holbird said they are looking into the deaths of three other women in this section but refuse to say what they expect to find. Dr. Brewer arrived in Garber from Emporia Kansas over 12 years ago and appears to have no local relatives.
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Stillwater
H. G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Brewer
Huston
Holbird
Garber
Emporia
Kan
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Schilling
Jim Vustard
Courthouse Records
Walter Caldwell, Jr
Marshall
C. P. Doyle
Pontiac
Ernest Covington
Ford
J. Ingram
W. W. Hall
Barrett Bros. Co
Wayne McKee
Lowell Stapf
R. Mitchell
R. J. Osborne
Curtis Bell
Steffen Ice Cream Co
John B. Allen
Chevrolet
J. R. Blackwell
H. B. Fain
Guymon
Canadian
Frank FE
County Commission
the ‘Family
Ole Fahlin
Federal Department of Commerce
Associated Press
Congress
Cont
National Labor Board
Federal Reserve System
AAA
Navy and Print
Bertha Franck
Weinsberg
Hollywood
B. R. Solnick
Mgr
Polk ST
Roscoe Turner
News Globe
Lois Black
City Drug Store
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