Pioneer Day weather and tribute to Dr Nunn blend in Plains note
The report notes showers and a cooling trend with more rain expected this week. It honors Dr Nunn as a gifted minister and educator who gave generously to Baptist institutions, helped many students through college, and valued family and decency, with a reflection on his public impact and memory.
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Bourth
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Guymon Parade Impresses With Strong, Rugged Community
Observers praise Guymon and its farmland communities for resilience and vitality after seven years of drought and dust. A multi mile parade with 10 bands drew over a thousand participants, highlighting the region’s enduring spirit and unity.
Congress on Fifth Month Marks Roosevelt Program Status
Congress enters the fifth month of its session amid a push for adjournment by June 1. Key items include crop control enacted, wage hour standards under renewed House consideration, government reorganization shelved by the House, relief measures under review, and tax revision and housing expansion awaiting action.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Bankhead Visits Washington in Wheelchair
Speaker Bankhead arrived at the Capitol in a wheelchair today after injuring a toe on Sunday night. The incident sidelines him briefly but he continues to work while recovering.
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Bankhead
Washington
Capitol
Job seeker with farming and delivery experience seeks work
Dear Tack Tam I am a man in need of work with experience in farming, truck and tractor driving, and delivery. References available. WYBLE, 170 East Tenth Avenue, Cabin 2.
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Wyble
East Tenth Avenue
Cabin 2
Dolores Costello Sued for Support by Father
Hollywood May 3 Maurice Costello, aging star, sues daughter Dolores Costello to force $200 monthly support, claiming she lives in a $50,000 home and gains from Barrymore alimony and other funds while he faces eviction. His lawyers dispute income-cut claims as motive.
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Maurice Costello
Dolores
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Miss Costello
Florida Votes in Important Primary Election Today
Florida and Indiana hold primary votes testing public backing of the Roosevelt administration after recent defeats in Congress. In Florida Senator Claude Pepper seeks re election with the president’s support while Indiana signals loyalty to the New Deal as Archie N. Bobbitt warns GOP gains could signal a shift from Democratic leadership.
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Washington
Indiana
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
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Archie N. Bobbitt
SMU Official Selected as Amarillo High Graduation Speaker
Dr. Cluster Q. Smith, vice president of Southern Methodist University, was chosen as the Amarillo High School commencement speaker. The announcement came from Amarillo public schools superintendent M. Rogers. Smith formerly led McMurry College in Abilene and is well known across West Texas.
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Cluster Q. Smith
Southern Methodist University
Amarillo
M. Rogers
Dr. Smith
McMurry College
Abilene
West Texas
Man Jailed for Having Whisky
Jack Amburn of Wellington is jailed in Potter County on a federal charge of possessing and concealing three gallons of un stamped whisky. He was arrested yesterday in Wellington and brought to Amarillo by federal officers. He was arraigned before the United States commissioner and stated that he could not make bond.
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Jack Amburn
Wellington
Potter County
Amburn
Amarillo
United States
Mysterious Fire Damages Auto Near Intersection
Fire crews from North Fire Station responded to an unattended car fire at the intersection of North Second Avenue and Fillmore Street. The vehicle owned by A. C. Hendricks burned with upholstery and the top destroyed. Investigators suspect a cigarette caused the blaze, either left inside or tossed from a passing car.
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A. C. Hendricks
Farm Meeting Continues On Wheat Insurance Program
Members of the Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee continued their conference at the Herring Hotel with federal officials and extension service representatives on the new wheat crop insurance program. Roy Green, manager of the crop insurance corporation, explained the program to about 400 farmers county agents and business men. Details for putting the program into effect were discussed as it will start with the 1939 wheat crop.
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Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee
Herring Hotel
Extension Service
Roy Green
Crop Insurance Corporation
Mrs. Alvin Smith Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Alvin Smith died early this morning at her daughter’s home on Buchanan Street after a long illness. She was 74. Survived by sister Mrs. Dave Michel of Bogue Kansas. daughters Mrs. Glen Henderson Fort Worth Mrs. G. W. Tower Amarillo and Mrs. Beamer. one grandchild Sallie Sue Henderson. Body to Wilson Kansas this afternoon at 5:10 by Santa Fe. burial Thursday morning. Boxwell Brothers in charge.
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E. L. Beamer
Buchanan Street
Dave Michel
Bogue
Kan
Glen Henderson
Fort Worth
G. W. Tower
Amarillo
Beamer
Sallie Sue Henderson
Wilson
Santa Fe
Boxwell Brothers
Texas Vacancy Laws Stir Political Tension Over Land Grabs
Editorial warns that vacancy hunters seize 680 acre parcels through Austin suits, threatening owners’ land through 40 acre excess tracts. School fund royalties flow, yet many fear the practice endangers homes and triggers political upheaval as candidates stay silent.
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Austin
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Polk Street
Vacancy hunters clash with landowners in Texas oil region
Across Texas oil regions landowners condemn vacancy hunting as a racket that follows booming wells. Local owners vow to protect land while associations urge the legislature to grant first filing rights, citing past assailants who swarmed as land value rose. The issue will be battled in the state arena.
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Huntsville
Texas
West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Dickens County
Campaign for Commissioner of the General Land Office
The piece notes a campaign for commissioner and potential spread to other races. It emphasizes homeowners seeking safety and warns a pressed legislature next session may face a lobby opposing laws granting landowners the right to file on excess land within their boundaries.
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General Land Office
Follies and Medical Aid Drive for Amarillo Event
Blanche Patton chairs advance ticket sales as Amarilloans are urged to buy early. The league will acquire essential medical equipment for the city such as iron lungs oxygen tents or pneumonia jackets once the medical association indicates needs. Mrs. Stanfield promises the Follies will be well worth the admission.
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Esses
Blanche Patton
Governor’s Wife Remains Honored Amid Turbulent Terms
The article notes the family held enough honors as the governor’s wife, while her husband served a full term beginning in 1914 and part of a second term before impeachment. It emphasizes the political climate and the couple’s public roles during that era.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advert
An advertising offer promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic and stimulant for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims to relieve nocturnal urination, backache, moist palms, puffy eyes, and scanty, painful urination with a 35 cent box from Haarlem in Holland.
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