Amarillo Daily News Rates and Editorial Credits
Publisher Gene Howe and General Manager Wilbur C. Hawk lead the staff of The Associated Press credited paper. This item lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for daily and Sunday editions, covering Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico with options for one month three months six months or one year.
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Gene Howe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Associated Press
BY Mail
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
PRESENT-DAY HEROES AND OUR TRUE GUARDIANS
The essay argues that modern heroes show a mix of rich writers scientists and performers alongside bold business leaders and athletes. It notes Will Durant Sinclair Lewis Dr Milli Kan Clarence Darrow Billy Sunday H L Mencken Leopold Stokowski and Rosa Ponselle as influential figures. It contends thinkers and artists deserve recognition even if wealth follows others. The piece concludes that cultural influence matters more than money.
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Greece
France
Henry Ford
Babe Ruth
Gene Tunney
Mary Pickford
John D. Rockefeller
Judge Gary
Jesse Lasky
John McGraw
J. P. Morgan
Will Durant
Sinclair Lewis
R. A. Millikan
Clarence Darrow
Billy Sunday
America
H. L. Mencken
Leopold Stokowski
Rosa Ponselle
City seeks itemized bond figures for Amarillo water plant
A Globe reader demands an itemized statement of the 1.7 million expenditure on Amarillo’s water plant before a new bond vote. Officials estimate total plant cost near 1.95 million with 250k to 300k more needed for completion, and a 1.3 million bond would fund storm sewers viaducts and sewer system overhaul.
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Globe
Amarillo
Amarillo silent on West Texas Chamber convention plan
Amarillo has made no plans to send a delegation to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Wichita Falls. Indications are that two or three Amarillo officials will attend. The issues at the meeting warrant Amarillo business interest, and courtesy suggests participation, especially after Amarillo hosted last year’s regional gathering.
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Amarillo
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Military rule in Lahore tightened after riot clashes
Six armed cars guard the central police station and city gates. A curfew is in force to curb rioting between Sikhs and Muslims as Sir William Hailey oversees measures. Latest toll lists 14 dead and about 100 wounded with Hindus Sikhs and Muslims among the injured. Funeral processions are restricted and escorted after last night’s violence surrounding three Muslim deaths.
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Associated Press
Lahore
Bitish India
William Hailey
Punjab
Fire Incinerates Oil Field Section in Huntinton Beach
A May 6 blaze in a town lot area of an oil field at Huntinton Beach caused about 300000 dollars in losses. The fire swept three producing wells derricks and three storage tanks holding roughly 7000 barrels of oil each. Two derricks were on California Eastern Oil company wells and one over a Standard Oil company of California well.
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Huntinton Beach
Calif
California-Eastern Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of California
New Sleep Machine Promises Forty Minutes of Soothing Hum
An inventor introduces a clockwork device that emits a gentle hum for forty minutes to induce sleep and claim it cures insomnia. A separate electric apparatus announces whip races by lighting a board with the winning dog’s number at the finish.
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Morpheus
Doris Shines as New Star in Mignon Debut
Doris, daughter of Elaine Vanessa, performs Madame Rosetta’s signature role in a daring Mignon debut. The dressing-room dresser and anxious director watch as the young American delivers a flawless aria and earns a radiant ovation, elevating her to a new operatic star as Elaine Young.
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Doris
Mademoiselle
Madame Rosetta
Mignon
Elsie
Henry
Elaine Vanessa
Elaine Young
Hecksher to Return, Faces Hempel Suit
American philanthropist August Heckscher sails back to New York after learning of a New York suit filed by Met star Frieda Hempel seeking 49000 dollars a year for life for breach of contract. He denies concern and cancels plans to continue to Paris.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
France
New York
Mme
Frieda Hempel
August Heckscher
Heckscher
Leviathan
Paris
Metropolitan Opera
Columbus
Wireless chess match marks Canberra capital celebration
To celebrate Canberra becoming Australia’s capital a wireless chess match will be played between British House of Commons members and Australian Parliament members. The match spans two consecutive days with twelve hours at the board.
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Canberra
Australia
House of Commons
Roosevelt to lead volunteers to France in 1917 uprising
United Press recalls events from ten years past in the Great War on May 6 1917 noting 180000 volunteers enrolled and Colonel Roosevelt slated to head to France as the advance guard of American military effort.
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United Press
Roosevelt
France
Three Held in Death of Young St. Louis Lawyer
St. Louis police held three men in connection with the murder of Clifford M. Hicks a young attorney found shot on a secluded road. Glen T. Hicks his brother and principal beneficiary under a will made hours before his assassination was named as a possible accomplice. Harry W. Bostelman a former convict and William Davis another robber were arrested. both admitted investments in the St. Louis Finance company operated by the victim.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Clifford M. Hicks
Glen T. Hicks
Kaiser
Hicks
Harry W. Bostelman
William Davis
St. Louis Finance Company
Court May Omit Courtesies For Shanghai Violators
Shanghai violators of traffic rules must report to the American Consular Court or face consequences. The action arises from ongoing delays by offenders, seen as a nuisance to the court, with commissioners warning that all courtesies to violators could be cancelled if nonappearance at trial continues. Two arrested individuals had not appeared for prior offenses.
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Shanghai
Peter Rabbit Grows Bold By Curious Circus Tent
Peter Rabbit, normally timid, becomes bold from curiosity near a circus animal tent. He debates safety with Curiosity and Common Sense, ignoring warnings, and crawls under the wagon into the animal area where breathing and movement hint at unseen creatures. The tale ends noting the next story: Peter Meets My Lord the Elephant.
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Peter Rabbit
Peter
Green Meadows
Reddy Fox
Old Man Coyote
Hooty the Owl
Common Sense
Curiosity
Lord the Elephant
Barnum and Bailey Circus Posters Spark Grannies Debate
In a small Alabama town, posters for Barnum and Bailey Circus trigger a debate with an elderly Black woman who cannot read. Her grandchild explains the ads claim the greatest show on earth, but she insists her own Hen Dickerson's circus is superior, noting a September date.
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Barnum and Bailey Circus
Barnum and Bailey's Circus
Barnum and Bailey’s
Eart
Dickerson
Chile
Mystery girl Nellie Apps reads upside down writes backward
Nellie Apps, a 13 year old girl from Colford England, is nicknamed the mystery girl for reading a book held upside down and writing backward unless directed by her teacher. She is physically normal but attends classes with eleven year olds.
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Nellie Apps
Colford
England
Fractured Vignettes of 1930s Life and Oddities
An 86 year old college student vows marriage as Peggy Joyce may wed first. Predictions float about a century of events from farmers happy with relief bills to Chauncey Depew and Henry Ford. A North Carolina student bites a snake, a silence room for women opens, and fashion notes describe black lace dinner dresses with flesh chiffon accents.
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Peggy Joyce
Chauncey Depew
Henry Ford
Army at Forefront of Refugee Rescue in Flood Areas
U S Army leads relief amid Mississippi flood救救 operations with steamboats, barges, tents and supplies valued in the millions. Army engineers supervise levees, Inland Waterways operates 137 boats, and railroads provide free train movements. Fourth and seventh corps areas coordinate tents, food and medical support as troops and guards aid in rescue efforts and shelter provisioning.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Mississippi
War Department
Army
Inland Waterways Corporation
T. Q. Ashburn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Columbus
Jeffersonville
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Antonio
Brooklyn
Boston
Pennsylvania
Malin Craig
Benjamin A. Poore
Atlanta
Louisiana
Tennessee
Omaha
West Bank
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Metropolitan Newspaper Service
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Hecksher
Thornton W. Burgess
Farmer Brown
T. W. Burgess
Carolyn Wells
the McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Alabama
North Carolina
Mississippi Valley
U.S. Army
Arkansas
Poydrag
Florida
Columbus Barracks
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