Agriculture Dept Announces Immediate Corn Export Subsidy
The Agriculture Department announced today that it will begin a corn export subsidy program immediately.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
2
Straw Hat Day Promos Amid War Talk At Amarillo
The Amarillo Globe News urges readers to buy new straw hats Saturday with a hat refund offer if weekend rain reaches two fifths of an inch or more. It notes ongoing war commentary from Winchell and Will Rogers, a lost pin found column, and plans for a spring social at the Amarillo Country Club. Community notices call for census participation and local fishing season updates, plus assorted trivia and regional items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Plains
Globe News
Amarillo Country Club
Joe Buzze
Waco
Henry Thomson
Europe
Rogers
Fech
The
Chamber of Commerce
Death of A. P. Typist Frank H. DeWeir at 68 in Queens
Frank H. DeWeir, 68, longtime Associated Press foreign department typist and librarian who typed the 1898 flash on the destruction of the battleship Maine and logged 18 other wars, died at his home in Queens after a 43 year career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Typist
New York
Frank H. DeWeir
Maine
Associated Press Foreign Department
Queens
RAF says enemy aircraft shot down off northeast Scotland
London May 9 The air ministry announced that an enemy aircraft was shot down by Royal Air Force fighters off the northeast coast of Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Year Without Lynching Marked in Atlanta
Atlanta closes its first year without a lynching as education and police radio patrols are cited by a foe of mob rule. The report notes the end of a period feared by many and credits improved public safety efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
South
Resting Well L L Tims In Hospital Care
Resting well today at St Anthony's Hospital is L L Tims of 3605 Tyler Street. Attendants report the patient is seriously ill but improving this afternoon.
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L. L
Hollywood Stars Parade in Winchell’s Witty Ode
Winchell catalogs Hollywood icons by quick traits and scenes in a playful portrait. He lampoons stars from Rooney to Garbo with brisk vignettes linking familiar mannerisms to famous names, creating a satirical tour of Tinseltown personalities.
Job seeker seeks clerical work in Amarillo
A 24 year old woman with six years of typist and general office experience offers to furnish references. She lists clerking work and practical nursing experience and signs as Miss Jerry Donaldson with General Delivery Amarillo Texas.
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Jerry Donaldson
General Delivery
Amarillo
Texas
Widow Seeks Work In Homes And Hotels
A reader seeks employment in cooking laundry rooming house or hotel work. She is in good health, honest, dependable, with experience in department store and cafe work. Call 2-2592 or visit 214 North Taylor Street. Also mentions a daughter. In 1939 Turner Valley Alberta produced 7.5 million barrels crude.
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North Taylor Street
Turner Valley
Alberta
Canada
Sentiment Cannot Fulfill Parental Obligation
Dr. C C Grimes pastor at Polk Street Methodist told the San Jacinto Kiwanis Club that sentiment on Mother's Day is not enough. He urged fathers to uphold their parental duties beyond words. John Branson played two piano solos and his father Guilford Branson led the program with wives and mothers as guests. L C Durham of Vega attended as an out of town visitor, and Forrest Ansley presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Grimes
John Branson
Guilford Branson
San Jacinto
Oldest Cat Barney Dies at 25 in Philadelphia
Mother cat Barney, 25, dies in Philadelphia, claimed by owner Frances M. Barney as not ill but just tired. She lived with 173 kittens and was buried beside one in her owner’s yard. She was 24 last March and possibly surpassed Tommy Clark’s 24 year, six month longevity record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Barney
United States
Frances M. Barney
Tommy Clark
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Fisherman's Ashes Tell Fish of Their Safety
In Buffalo on May 9 three friends of Albert E. Vagt, a 77 year old former fishing club president, scattered his ashes into the Niagara River and recited a grim epitaph about keeping the fish safe from him.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Albert E. Vagt
Niagara River
Norwegian Legation Leaves Copenhagen for Swedish Custody
The Norwegian legation departed Copenhagen on May 9, transferring responsibility for Norwegian interests to the Swedish legation remaining in the Danish capital.
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Copenhagen
Market Report Shows Mixed Cattle and Sheep Prices
Wednesday's market notes higher bids for fed cattle and yearlings, steady to firm on other cattle classes, light stocker pens, 600 head cattle salable with 800 total. Sheep see active native lambs and clipped lambs steady to higher, prices listed for various weights and grades. Also listed are cattle and calf figures plus a FINANCIAL SECURITY FUND bid and ask.
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Arizona
Senate Panel Backs Vinson Bill Expanding U S Navy
Washington May 9 U P The Senate naval affairs committee reported favorably the Vinson bill already approved by the House calling for an 11 percent expansion in U S naval strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Vinson
U. S
Two Held in Stabbing Death Near Dalhart
Two men were held today in a Dalhart area stabbing that killed a farmhand nicknamed Slim. Sheriff H. D. Foust planned to identify the victim at a nearby farm, noting a social security card on the body read Richard Henry Jones Jr. of Wichita Falls and a poll tax record listing 26 years old.
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Dalhart
Slim
H. D. Foust
Richard Henry Jones, Jr
Wichita Falls
Dallam
Marblehead author dies by leaping before train
Hanson Hart Webster 62 of Marblehead, author and editor who worked as a propagandist for the U S Food administration during World War I, was killed when he leaped in front of a passenger train in Swampscott Massachusetts today.
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Swampscott
Mass
U.P
Hanson Hart Webster
Marblehead
United States Food Administration
Film Teaches Names on Faces Shown At Optimist Luncheon
A film by D. & Watkins on remembering names and faces was shown at the Capitol Hotel during the Optimist Club luncheon. A subsequent test produced high scores for most members while Ray Pryor presided in John F Pullingim's absence from the city.
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D. & Watkins
Optimist Club
Th Capitol Hotel
Ray Pryor
John F Pullingim
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