Texas Senate clash over tax bills and social security funding
Sen Clint C Small urged delaying tax legislation and proposed a deficit bond, but failed to gain time. Gov W Lee O Daniel urged defeating his transactions tax for a sales tax. The House rejected substituting the plan and debated local option taxes on marble machines, with potential $2,000,000 yearly revenue.
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Austin
Clint C. Small
Amarillo
Texas Senate
Small
Senate
House
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Abe Mays
Atlanta
Mays
Texas
O’daniel
Howard Hartzog
Port Lavaca
Molotoff Succeeds Litvinoff as Soviet Foreign Chief
Vyacheslav Molotov, 49, replaces Maxim Litvinoff as Soviet foreign minister in Moscow. The move signals possible shifts in policy while Litvinoff, 62, retires after two decades at the helm of Soviet diplomacy.
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Moscow
P— Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Soviet
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Molotoff
London
Britain
France
Geneva
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Stalin
Western Europe
Reichstag
Kremlin
Tass
Foreign Office
Bruce Lockhart
League of Nations
League
Ivy Low
Sydney Low
U S Defense Bill Boosted by Navy Warship Plan
The House appropriations committee recommended a 770,473,241 dollar navy appropriation to begin construction of 23 new warships and 500 aircraft, expanding the fleet to 114 ships. The panel cut 19.9 million from estimates but approved funds to negotiate contracts totaling 50.7 million.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Congress
Army
Army Air Corps
William D. Leahy
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Panama Canal
Scrugham
Nevada
United States
Collman Forecasts Ongoing Showers for Amarillo Region
Mr. Collman says moist conditions will continue today tonight and tomorrow with light south winds and little temperature change. May starts moist with .47 inch in Amarillo this week toward a 2.79 normal, while record May moisture hit 6 inches in 1937. Regional reports show scattered precipitation from Adrian to Boise City and clouds across the Plains as Elk City Oklahoma reports rain.
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Panhandle
New Mexico
Amarillo
Plains
Weather Bureau
Adrian
Claude
Clarendon
Childress
Crosbyton
Memphis
Miami
Muleshoe
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Lubbock
Springfield
Colo
Clovis
Tucumcari
Boise City
Rollis
Santa Fe
Elk City
Oklahoma
Texas highway patrol cites 16 882 traffic deaths in 16 years
The Texas highway patrol released a survey showing 16 882 persons killed in traffic accidents over 16 years with last year adding about 1 610 deaths. May through August show high tolls and 1938 rates fell from 1937 amid enforcement and safety campaigns.
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The
Highway Patrol
Texas
Vandenberg Seeks To Reenact Neutrality Law
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan introduced legislation to reenact the cash and carry provisions of the neutrality act which had expired at midnight last Monday.
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Vandenberg
Washington
U.P
Arghur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Bombs Explode Across Charing Cross Section
In London on May 4 terrorists possibly from the Irish Republican Army set off three bombs in the Charing Cross section, injuring five people in the morning blasts.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Charing Cross
Senate panel okays extra 338 million for farmers
A Senate appropriations subcommittee approved additions totaling 338 million dollars to the agriculture supply bill. The funds would fund parity payments to farmers and distribution of surplus crops.
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Washington
Senate
T C U Jitterbugs To Jam For Benefit of Culture
Jitterbugs from Texas Christian University will jam and jive in Fort Worth for a culture benefit. After three years of red ink on concerts, the TCU band aims to raise funds for future concert programs of genuine artistic value.
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Fort Worth
Jitterbugs
Texas Christian University
TCU
New Jersey Man Nominated Ambassador to Argentina
President Roosevelt nominates Norman Armour of New Jersey to be ambassador to Argentina. Armour is a U.S. diplomat potential envoy, announced in Washington on May 4.
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New Jersey
Argentina
Washington
Roosevelt
Norman Armour
Music Week designated in Texas by governor O Daniel
Gov W Lee O Daniel designated May 7 to 14 as Music Week in Texas. The announcement called for local events and observances statewide to celebrate music.
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Austin
U.P
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Toscanini declines royal invitation during concert
In London on May 4, Toscanini refused an invitation to be presented to King George and Queen during a performance. He told the royal message at intermission that a mid concert presentation would disrupt the music. The King accepted the decision and let the matter go.
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London
Arthuro Toscanini
George
Royal Box
Hemlock Poison Linked to Murder Ring in Philadelphia
Police chemists identify hemlock poison as the deadly ingredient used by a murder ring suspected of killing up to 100 people for insurance. Edward Burke and Charles Lampert reported traces in Pietro Stea among 14 arrests including a physician, in the evolving case.
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Philadelphia
Socrates
Edward Burke
Charles Lampert
Pietro Stea
Amarillo Chamber drives up active membership quotas
Subscribing members push the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce quota as the annual campaign opens. The activities fund group aims to raise 20000 by Monday morning at an Amarillo Hotel breakfast with a 30000 fiscal year budget. Six divisions will be sponsored by listed leaders and 40 heavy artillery members work in pairs.
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Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
Jim Florey
Clay Thornton
Jim Blyth
American City Bureau
Activities Fund Group
Sales Army
Leja Hickox
Jean Tomberlin
June Callahan
Frances Chance
Marie Jenkins
Margaret, Woodruff
Edith Zelley
Chamber of Commerce
Maynard
Minner
Hungarian Author Farragua Visits Amarillo for Week
Hungarian author Ladislas Farragua, a special correspondent, visits Amarillo with his wife for a week. He plans a book about America for Bobbs Merrill and called on Dr. Lambie’s brother in relation to his Ethiopia work. He also toured Buffalo Lake near Amarillo.
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Ladislas Farragua
Amarillo
Ethiopia
Arabia
Bobbs-Merrill
America
Farragua
Lambie
Thomas A. Lambie
Buffalo Lake
Ambarger
Postoffice Dedication Theme Built Around Panhandle Horses
Panhandle hosts a May 17 postoffice dedication featuring a grand saddle horse parade led by Jim Farley. Mason King invites all riders and residents to bring horses and wear big hats for the celebration believed to be the region’s largest horse procession.
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Postoffice
Panhandle
Aelad
Mason King
Panhandle Plains
Mr. King
Amarillo
Kubla Khan
Napoleon
Intricate Wood-Carving Shown In Downtown Amarillo Window
Norman T. Krause of W. K. Krause and Sons displays carved pieces at Amarillo Hardware Company. The exhibit includes a table lamp, an illuminated Christ plaque, and a jewel case. Krause, a tree surgeon and landscape artist, carves portraits without masking, restores damaged parts, and aims to open an Amarillo office soon.
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Amarillo Hardware Company
Norman T. Krause
W. K. Krause and Sons, Inc
Norman Krause
Panhandie
W. K. Krause and Sons
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Krause and Sons
Fleet
Oklahoma State Highway
Cowboys and Farmers Welcome Scientists to New Telescope
Fort Davis May 4 Cowboys and farmers join the local chamber of commerce to welcome scientists and educators for the dedication of the 800000 McDonald Observatory. The event runs Friday through Monday with speakers from the University of Chicago and Princeton, and attendance expected around one thousand.
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Fort Davis
Chamber of Commerce
McDonald Observatory
West Texas
Texas
Mt. Wilson Observatory
California
Palomar
Mt. Locke
Davis Mountains
United States
Alpine
Tex
Arthur H. Compton
University of Chicago
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harlow Shapley
Princeton University Observatory
Mexico
Holland
England
Sweden
Canada
Britain Seeks U S Cotton in Barter Talks
Senator Byrnes said London advised the United States Britain is interested in negotiating a barter agreement for American cotton. He outlined a plan to trade surplus cotton for rubber and tin, with preliminary London talks under way and Britain showing favorable reception to the proposal.
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Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
London
United States
Great Britain
Grading Underway on New Amarillo Golf Course
Grading of Amarillo's municipal golf course with 18 greens started this morning. W. A. McConnell the manager and pro aims to have the first nine holes ready for play in early autumn. Bids for constructing the manager's home and clubhouse likely opened May 23. Mayor Ross D. Rogers heads to Washington and will return before proposals open.
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Amarillo
W. A. McConnell
Macon Carder
Archievect
City
Ross D. Rogers
Washington
Amarillo Weather Forecast Notes Local Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with likely thunder showers this afternoon. West Texas sees similar conditions with little temperature change and a maximum of 65 and a minimum of 56. Precipitation listed as 32 inches amid regional forecast details.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
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