Bands Plan To Be Here Score Of Bands Plan
Amarillo hosts the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention with large delegations arriving. Housing chief John Boyce pushes advance registration to 3500 badgeholders by Monday. The fee is 1 dollar for registration and 1 dollar for revue and pageant without a badge.
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Chamber of Commerce
Boyce
West Texas
Ight
Jed Rix
Fort Worth
Amarillo
John K. Boyce
Roosevelt lays out job program expanding rail gear and housing
President Roosevelt outlined a plan to curb unemployment by expanding rail equipment and housing construction. He cited talks with Walter P. Chrysler and Owen D. Young and noted no new government aid or legislation this session. He contrasted private mass production with the cost of low income housing and urged a ship subsidy bill.
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Washington, May
Roosevelt
Walter P. Chrysler
Owen D. Young
General Electric
Congress
Chrysler
Rain Sweeps Panhandles Boosting Drought Relief
The eastern half of the Texas Panhandle and most of the Oklahoma Panhandle received the heaviest rains of the year. Amounts ranged from half an inch to over three inches in places including Morse, Grover, Spearman, Perryton, and Booker. Cyclonic winds cut lines between Hedley and Lelia Lake. rail lines reported still out at noon.
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Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle
North Plains
Morse
Grover
Spearman
Perryton
Booker
Carrouzette
Follett
Panhandle
Hitchland
Texas County
Optima
Boise City
Dodge City
Kansas
Borger
White Deer
Pampa
Hoover
Canadian
Higgins
Miami
Oklahoma
Conway and
Groom
Jericho
Shamrock
Lela
Hall County
Memphis
McKiben
Hedley
Lelia Lake
Fort Worth
Denver
Clarendon
South Plains
Haskell
Seymour
Snyder
Spur
Lamesa
Tucumcart
Amarillo Spring Racing Meet Opens With Record Entry
The Tri-State Fair's spring race meeting begins in Amarillo with eight races daily at 2 PM, a new daily double feature, and no races on Sunday. Post time and betting windows details are outlined as crowds gather for the largest meet in the track's history.
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Tri- State Fair
Amarillo
Tri-State
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
Texas
Mutual
Saturday Is Straw Hat Day in Amarillo
Amarillo merchants display the latest straw hats as locals are urged to join the straw hat trend. Advertisements in tonight's Globe and Saturday's News help readers contact merchants offering a wide variety of straws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Amarillo
Senate asks full report of RA money
The Senate adopted a Barbour resolution requesting a full report from the rural resettlement administration on expenditures and activities. Senator Robinson said he had no objection and noted much of the information is already available in public reports. The request seeks project details, tax effects, benefits to settlers, and program impact.
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Washington
Senate
Rural Resettlement Administration
Barbour
New Jersey
Robinson
Resettlement Administration
Fort Worth Cafe Robbery Reported by Cashier
Miss Lucille Jenkins, cashier at a Fort Worth cafe, testified that a man asked to buy cigarettes, then robbed the cafe of 131 dollars at gunpoint. He paid 25 cents for the cigarettes as he left.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Lucille Jenkins
Questionnaire to Hitler Made Public
London reports a British white paper opens the Locarno crisis with a questionnaire to Berlin. It asks Hitler whether Germany believes it can conclude genuine treaties and notes Britain’s view that the Rhineland occupation may affect treaty validity. Other passages invite a clear German declaration to remove uncertainty.
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Oscar Leiding
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Locarno
Berlin
Great Britain
Rhineland
Hindenburg Rides Out Rainstorm On Transatlantic Flight
Aboard the Hindenburg en route to the United States the dirigible passes through a ferocious rainstorm and turbulence. The crew reports nearing New York by late morning with Father Schulte having celebrated the first air mass aboard.
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Webb Miller
United Press
United States
Europe
Lakehurst
N. J
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
New York City
Paul Schulte
Food relief resumes as potter County stores burn
Relief officials announced disbursements will likely restart this afternoon after a warehouse fire destroyed about 75000 in Federal surplus food. Salvage crews and additional trucks from Pampa Clarendon Hereford work to replenish and restore the district center at 601 Grant Street in Potter County.
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Potter County
Panhandle
Pampa
Clarendon
Hereford
R. L. Montgomery
John Rowland
District Distributing Center
Grant Street
Hijacking Renewed in Panhandle Overnight
A highway hijacking occurred in the Panhandle last night as tourists from California were targeted. The assailants took $40 in cash and $80 in traveler’s checks after staging the robbery 14 miles from an identified location.
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Panhandle
California
League Continues Ethio Recognition Debate in Geneva
In Geneva on May 8 experts debate Ethiopias recognition amid growing international attention. The session advances discussions on diplomatic status and regional stability as leaders weigh formal recognition options.
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League
Geneva
May Wheat Breaks Chicago Markets on Drought Fears
May wheat fell 3 cents to the lowest level since last fall on the Chicago board of trade as new crop prices slid about 2 cents. The drop followed further precipitation in drought areas of the Southwest and a 5 cent fall at Minneapolis, with weakness in other North American and foreign grain markets.
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Chicago
U.P
Board of Trade
Drouth
Minneapolis
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Temperature Extremes
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Saturday. West Texas mostly fair with cooler east portion tonight and warmer northwest area. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight with frost in the north, Saturday generally fair with little temp change. Temperatures ranged from 46 to 63 degrees by early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Zioncheck honeymooning in San Juan Puerto Rico
Rep Marion Zioncheck Democrat from Washington arrived in San Juan Puerto Rico with his bride for a honeymoon. The couple planned an undecided stay and Zioncheck said he wanted to look around awhile.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Marion Zioncheck
Washington
Zioncheck
A M Club Members Hold Canyon Session
Forty Panhandle A M Club members traveled to Canyon for the first over the Panhandle meeting arranged by Frank Phillips head of agriculture at West Texas State Teachers College. The program featured dance numbers by the college physical education department under Ruth Cross and music by the T Anchor Cowboys directed by Ed Todd. T M Moore of Canyon gave greetings and Fred Lyon of Amarillo president of the club replied. Short talks were given by C M Henderson and J C Richardson of Amarillo who recently visited the A M College.
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Panhandle
Canyon
Frank Phillips
Agriculture Department
West Texas State Teachers College
Physical Education
Ruth Cross
T-Anchor Cowboys
Ed Todd
T. M. Moore
Fred Lyon
Amarillo
Club
C. M. Henderson
J. C. Richardson
A. & M. College
Roosevelt to Send London Naval Pact to Senate
President Roosevelt announced he would transmit the newly negotiated London naval treaty to the Senate for ratification next week.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Hundreds of Scouts Camp in Palo Duro Canyon
Six hundred Boy Scouts and about three score adult leaders encamp in Palo Duro Canyon for Amarillo Area Council camporee. Sixteen Amarillo troops plus groups from Claude Dumas Happy Canyon and Vega join in the Palo Duro Park camp near Seventh Crossing with headquarters set near the site. Troops arrange camps this evening as field day contests and a campfire program follow on Friday and Saturday, with church services and closing Sunday morning.
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Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo
Boy Scouts
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Committee of Men and Women
Amiarillo
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
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Hugo Eckener
Associated Press
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Harar
Rodolfo Graziani
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Addis Ababa
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Haifa
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Socota
Siyoum
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U.p)i
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League of Nations
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Paris
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Chamber of Deputies
McLean
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Shansi
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Palo Duro
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