Amarillo Chamber reports progress toward membership quota
At the Amarillo Hotel breakfast the activities fund group and the sales army reported about 15000 toward a 30000 goal for the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce membership drive. Bill Gilstrap and Bruce Autry lead the sales army with 10000 quota. 2581 counted yesterday. Matt Hudson captains Team No 15 with 297. Henry Charless Dick Bivins Frank Crews Paul Smith noted on the roster. Fancher Upshaw's division achieved perfect attendance. Margaret Woodruff sponsors the division and won a prize. Major Fancher Upshaw's group led Division 1 totaling 715. Division heads John Maynard and Ray Minner reported 12124 toward a 20000 target. Bruce Autry presided. another breakfast is set for tomorrow at 7:30 AM.
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Civic Consciousnes
Amarillo
Milt Cox
Henry Charless
Dick Bivins
Frank Crews
Paul Smith
Hole In One
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Fancher Upshaw
Margaret Woodruff
Matt Hudson
John Maynard
Ray Minner
Activities Fund Group
Jim Blyth
American City Bureau
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Autry
FDR Proposes Second Plan to Consolidate Federal Agencies
President Roosevelt outlines a second reorganization plan aimed at consolidating 14 inter-departmental bureaus and transfers to save about 1.25 million dollars annually. The plan includes abolition of several commissions and realignment of departments such as Interior, State, Treasury, Justice, and Commerce to streamline government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
After Twenty Years Charlie Boyd Remembers Transatlantic Flight
Dick Martin recounts Charlie Boyd at the airport recalling the NC-4 first Atlantic crossing in 1919. Mechanics who helped prepare the four flying boats and the crew’s fates are noted, with Hinton, Read, Rodd, Stone, Breese, Rhodes and Breese among those remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Martin
Charlie Boyd
Charlie
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Uncle Sam
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Trepassey Bay
Newfoundland
Trepassey
Plymouth
England
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Rockaway
Halifax
Horta
Delgada
Lisbon
Portugal
Walter Hinton
Aviation Institute of America
Washington, D. C
NC-4
H. C. Rodd
E. F. Stone
Albert C. Read
Saratoga
E. C. Rhodes
Douglas Aircraft
California
J. L. Breese
Arizona
More Funds Asked By FSA Delegates
Detroit May 9 UP The article notes that FSA delegates seek additional funding. A chiropodist, Dr. Ralph E. Fowler, says police are not flat footed, explaining that their gait with toes pointed outward is due to tired feet and not structural flat feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FSA
Detroit
Ralph E. Fowler
Michigan Chiropodist Association
Crime Prevention Week Inauspicious Start In Rockford
Police report a rough beginning to Crime Prevention Week as more than a dozen cars were stolen in two days. Across the region, the Farm Security Administration tenant purchase program delegates urged a large funding increase for Region 12 to aid more counties and tenants in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford, Ill
Farm Security Adsistration
Panhandle
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Region 12
FSA
John E. Hill
Amarillo
Hill
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair tonight and Wednesday across Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico remains generally fair with little temperature change. Expect maximum near 75 and minimum around 52. note at Lewis' two blocks east of Herring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Changing Hollywood Is Brought to You
Paul Harrison of the Globe writes on the changing Hollywood cinema capital. The series begins today on the movie page, with Harrison regarded as among the nation's best qualified writers for this examination of the evolving film world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Paul Harrison
Globe
Harrison
Air Artillery Plane Plans Completed
The American Armament company reports completion of plans for a 400 mile per hour twin motor pursuit plane armed with a 37 millimeter automatic cannon in the nose. The cannon fires 100 explosive shells a minute, aiming to be a powerful defensive air weapon. Chief engineer Donald De Lachner says conventional machine guns are obsolete against armored bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Armament Company
Donald de Lachner
FDR Labor Talks End Quietly With Idle Miners
The five coal mine owners and five union leaders met with President Roosevelt and Secretary Perkins in the White House for over an hour to discuss the wage contract dispute that has left 460,000 miners idle. The meeting ended at 12 15 P M Central Time with no public statement issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Perkins
White House
Commerce Dept Campaigns For Expansion of Flea Industry
The Commerce Department announced a campaign to expand the flea industry. A brood hatched in Maricao Puerto Rico fish hatcheries from dried flea eggs shipped from Rochester New York. Fleas food for young fish, dried eggs mailed, hatched in about a month under proper water temperature.
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Washington
U.P
Commerce Department
Maricao
Puerto Rico
Rochester
N.Y
Further Loot Of Burglars Recovered
Amarillo police report recovery of additional loot from burglaries in Amarillo and Canyon. Five suspects named Abandie Carmona Henry Torres M Dias Joe Villagomez and Tota Guernez were charged. Others included a purse snatching at 1018 West Thirteenth Avenue yielding 32 dollars and 7 dollars from another purse. A reward of 25 dollars was posted for two stolen horses from Borger.
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Amarillo
Canyon
W. R. McDowell
People's
Leo Yielding
Ham” Horton
M. E. Cantrell
Abandie Carmona
Henry Torres
M. Dias
Joe Villagomez
Tota Guernez
West Thirteenth Avenue
Lola Pearl Cox
Rosilee Lemmons
Polk Street
Shades
Billy
Dinyard
Borger
West
Sixteenth Avenue
Farmer’s Rooster Decapitated by Shell Fire Near San Pablo
In San Pablo California on May 9 a Rhode Island Red rooster was decapitated by a one pound shell fired from the nearby 143rd field artillery range. Farmer Joe Mikulich investigated after hearing cackling from his coop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pablo
Calif
Rhode Island
Joe Mikulich
143Rd
Amarillo Building Program Near Million Dollar Target
Amarillo's year building program nears the million dollar mark with 46,491 still to reach the goal. City building inspector Wallace Hazelwood noted two more permits for substantial homes awaiting zoning appeal board decisions. A bid request was issued for a terminal to serve a motor freight line. The day opened with a $3,200 five room home permit for J. B. Evans at 819 Florida Street.
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Amarillo
Veterans Hospital
Wallace Hazelwood
J. 8. Evans
Florida Street
Mammoth Phillips Plant Is Started
Post office dedication program announced for May 17 with Farley arrival at 8 AM and a series of events including a breakfast, parade, and dedication ceremony. Separately plans for Borger Phillips Petroleum refining units costing 5 to 6 million dollars were revealed, with foundation work under way and a Santa Fe spur line to the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Farley
Rock Island
Oklahoma City
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Mr. Farley
Leo Peterson
Phillips Petroleum Company
Borger
Globe News
Phillips
Alamo
Berger
Ray Construction Company
Kansas City
Santa Fe Railroad
Methodist Unifying Articles Approved
In Kansas City Missouri on May 9 the unification declaration for the Methodist Church was virtually adopted as the report declaring allegiance to the established church was read and accepted during the conference closing events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
Methodist Church
Uniting Conference
Tip on Grocery Store Sale Wins News Prize
Winners named for the weekly news tip contest include Strickland of 810 North Cleveland Street for reporting the sale of Daniel's Grocery and Market on North Buchanan Street to Redding. Robertson of 612 West Eleventh Avenue earned second with a purse snatching in Ellwood Park, and Lewis Merritt of 1746 East Tenth Avenue took third for information on the robbery of Pat's Tavern.
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Strickland
North
Cleveland Street
Daniel's
North Buchanan Street
Redding
C. W. Robertson
West Eleventh Avenue
Ellwood Park
Lewis Merritt
East Tenth Avenue
Allan Gifford
Georgia Street
Lois Parish
North Arthur Street
Glenn More
West Sixth Avenue
R. Rives
van Buren Street
R. F P. Jones
Viola Crawford
North Taylor Street
Ada Taylor
Lipscomb
Marshall Scott
Joseph Becker
Price Memorial College
Texas Solons Submit First Amendment Move to vote then withdraw
The Texas legislature submitted a city civil service amendment to be voted August 28 1939 but then shelved the action and tabled the resolution. Sen Weaver Moore of Houston noted there may be no need for a costly election if no other amendments are submitted. Other proposed changes include a sales tax plan for social security and allowing the secretary of state to name notaries public. The civil service amendment would let cities appoint civil service officers for longer than two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Weaver Moore
Houston
Secretary of State
Airboat Tests Impress Officials Amid Censorship
In San Diego on May 9 the Consolidated Aircraft airboat completed its initial test flights with satisfactory results. Chief test pilot William Wheatley praised performance but offered no details. Officials cited military secrecy while engineers study potential bomber applications.
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San Diego
Cal
API
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
William Wheatley
Duke of Windsor radio speech heard despite boycott
London reports say the Duke of Windsor delivered a peace appeal last night to a wide audience despite a broadcasting boycott. The speech drew mixed reaction with some accusing him of stealing the King’s thunder as King George VI prepared to visit Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Duke of Windsor
British Broadcasting Company
BBC
George VI
Canada
United States
Europe
Mr Collman Predicts Summer Warmth and Breezes
Mr. Collman says summer is here and a 15 to 20 mile south wind will blow. Dust should be light, and the forecast calls for straight fair and warmer weather with a high near 80 degrees, ten degrees above yesterday. Overnight low was 51 degrees.
Hay Theft at Palace Hotel Barn Dance Stuns City
San Francisco reports that 20 bales of hay were stolen just before a barn dance at the Palace Hotel. Hotel detectives investigated the incident as a puzzling security breach with no immediate suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Should We Have the Sales Tax for Pensions?
Public call for opinions on whether Texas should adopt a sales tax to fund increased old age pensions. The Amarillo Globe invites letters to the Letter Contest Editor, offering $7.50 prize for entries under 300 words, with a noon Thursday deadline and prizes of $5 and $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Globe
Amarillo Globe
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Mart Hudson
FDR
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Secretary of Interior
Department of Interior
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Foreign Service
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State Department
Bureau of Lighthouses
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Director General
Railroads
War Finance Corporation
The
Treasury
Department of Justice
Federal Prison Industries, Inc
National Training School For Boys
Board of Trustees
Federal Register
National Archives
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Division of Territories and Island Possessions
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Fisheries, Commerce Department
Biological Survey
the Rural Electrification Administration
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission
National Park Service
Interior Department
Inland Waterways Corporation
Federal Security Agency
Office of Education
National Emergency Council
Neely-Greenhill Agey
Lewis
Air Artillery
Labor
Mammoth Phillips
Farley
Third Avenue
Grant Street
Fillmore
Methodist
John Maynard Lbr Co
Solons
Austin
Duke
Mr. Collman
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