Veteran Texan writes on weather and boxing in Armadillo column
The author laments light rain delaying crops and predicts a wheat yield between 18 and 20 million bushels if rains arrive soon. He defends amateur boxing, praising the Panhandle bouts at the Armory and naming Bill Kilman and Mike Sweeney as rising fighters. He mentions a missing collie and recalls a local dog poisoning scare, urging careful judgment and caution in accusations. Also notes Santa Fe engineer Konxl, now in Amarillo, with many friends.
Izzard Interviews Art Goebel From Skywriting Plane
Wes Izzard interviews famed aviator Art Goebel mid skywriting maneuver broadcast over KGNC. The chat from the skywriting plane to a parked car near the KGNC building used short wave radio with WSXAR and W5XAB equipment. Goebel works for Phillips Petroleum Company.
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KGNC
Wes Izzard
Col
Art Goebel
Izzard
Harrison Street
Mike
Goebel
WSXAR
Western Radio Telegraph Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Wally and Other Oddities In A Patchwork Page
A jumble of society notes, trivia, and humorous asides runs across this page. It blends Edward and Wallis Simpson rumors with quirky facts on politics, science, and everyday life, including a lone ship of observations about taxation, aviation, and aging.
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Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
America
Duke of Windsor
Austria
Tug of War on Budget As Congress Debates Aid
May 8 report from Washington describes a House committee clash over Roosevelt’s request for a $1.5 billion relief fund. Harry L. Hopkins testifies in support as a growing bloc backs the figure, while Rep Woodrum leads a push to cut $5 million from the proposal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Woodrum
Democrat-Virginia
Standard Oil of California Declares Extra Dividend
Directors of Standard Oil Co of California declared an extra dividend of 20 cents and a regular of 25 cents payable June 18 to stock of record May 15. In the four preceding quarters the company paid extra dividends of cents.
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New York
Standard Oi Co
California
Bank Robbery Strikes Plymouth Bank Vault
Two robbers forced entry at First National Bank Plymouth Michigan bound and gagged four employees and escaped with seven thousand dollars from the vaults. An accomplice waited outside in a car and the trio fled the scene.
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Plymouth
Mich
Pirst National Bank
War Pictures Shown by Hanson Post Members
GC Don Hughes screened motion pictures of actual World War scenes at the American Legion hall meeting. Ex-service men, Hanson Post members, Auxiliary members and guests attended. A Junior Drum and Bugle Corps exhibition featured.
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Don Hughes
Hanson Post
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Legionnaires
Grace Hodge
Ingleborg Kilstoffe
Social Center For Girls
Beulah Robinson
The
Welfare Association
Auxiliary
Texas Social Welfare Conference
Abilene
James ©. Cade
American Legions Entertainment Committee
2000 MIT Students Riot Ended by Police in Cambridge
Cambridge mass May 5 U P reports that about 2000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology students staged a riot echoing Harvard's earlier disruption. Police used night sticks and tear gas, arresting five for disturbing the peace after MIT students blocked the Charlies River Highway, piled track hurdles, attacked street cars, and clashed with officers.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
Tech
Charlies River
Coronation Festivities Begin at Buckingham Palace
London May 5 coronation festivities open with a royal court at Buckingham Palace as Britain honors its new king George VI. At least twelve American women will be presented to the king and queen amid preparations by hairdressers and dressmakers.
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London
U.P
Buckingham Palace
Great Britain
George VI
Palace
Coronation Broadcast Planned by KGNC Station
KGNC announces live coverage of the London coronation next Wednesday beginning at 3 A M Amarillo time and running five hours. Production manager Wes Izzard says NBC will provide complete coverage with ace announcers and RCA short wave facilities transmitting word pictures of the royal ceremonies for George VI's empire crown.
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KGNC
London
Amarillo
Wes Izzard
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
George VI
RCA
English flier Brook breaks Mollison record to Capetown England
H L Brook, an English flyer, landed at 3 24 P M breaking Amy Mollison's Capetown to England record by over 16 hours with a 4 day 20 minute solo flight. She also set an unofficial England Capetown England round trip time of 9 days 9 12 hours.
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Heston
Fay
U.P
H. L. Brook
Amy Johnson Mollison
Capetown
England
Brook
House Votes To Override Veto On Motor Truck Bill
The Texas House voted 110 to 29 to pass the governor veto override on the motor truck bill after noon in Austin. The Senate was expected to act on the proposal to pass over the veto that afternoon.
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House
Austin
U.P
House of Representatives
Senate
Death sentence for Jesse Polanco reversed on appeal
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded today the death sentence given Jesse Polanco for the murder of George Forbes, a San Antonio bus driver, in a holdup on May 14, 1936. The reversal was caused by the state introducing evidence of other robberies.
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Australia
Texas
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Charles FE. Hughes
N. Y
Brandeis
Ben. Franklin
Fortune
Republican Party
Gilbert and
Sullivan
Queen Victoria
Gilbert
Columbus
Worthies
JRMA
Henry Ford
George B Selden
Roechester N.Y
Massachusetts
Viate Prinon
Wan Eiat
Annke
Marvard Universlte Burray
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Jesse Polanco
George Forbes
San Antonio
Vother
NBC Coverage Brings Coral Nation Saga to Amarillo Coast
NBC lines from New York will convey the coral nation story to Amarillo as the Atlantic crossing unfolds. The transmission aims to relay updates from the United States coast-to-coast, highlighting the developing narrative for local readers.
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Atlantic Ocean
United States
NBC
New York
Amarillo
Poisonous snakes common across the United States but rare in some New England states
The article notes that nearly all regions of the United States host venomous snakes, yet reports are scarce in certain northeastern states. It stresses geographic variation in snake presence and human sightings across the region.
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United States
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Lalk
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Mike Sweeney
Bill
Tack
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Felka
Tom Seay
CR Konxl
Santa Pe
Waypoka
Armarillo
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Foire
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Wally
Great Salt Lake
Jordan River
Toledo
Ohio
Edward Eugeni
Tillenville
CCC
Salt Lake
Standard Oil of
Tangee
Amarillo Hotel
Amy Mollison
Irene
Chulee
Gepr
Cheashreugh
Cone'd
Andre Kostelanetz
Lily Pons
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Chesterfield 1
Borak
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