Amarillo Boy Scout Troops Achieve Class B Rating in Palo Duro
Amarillo area scouts earned a class B rating at the seventh annual camporee in Palo Duro Canyon. Troops 10 11 12 and 13 received high ratings with Troop 13 winning five first place trophies. 19 troops participated Friday to Sunday as the State Parks Board facilitated the venue.
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Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Marvin J. Paul
Polk Street Methodist Church
O. A. Blankenship
East Tenth Methodist Church
O. J Swan
First Baptist Church
J. T. Oliver, Jr
Central Presbyterian Church
Charles Whittington, Jr
Troop 13
Amarillio
Paul
Palo Duro State Park
State Parks Board
T. FE. Johnson
Panhandle
Canyon
Claude
Vega
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
H. N. Miller
C. W. Seibel
FE. W. Webster
Lew Fields
George Vineyard
Mack West
H. G. Wilson
Phillip Leeward
Bert, Wooldridge
A. A. Graham
J. T. Oliver, Sr
Flint and Steel
J. R. Rushmer
Deceil O'Brien
Levi Cole
L. C. White
A. A. Meredith
J. EB. Spann
EB. L. Hunter
Paul Smyer
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic for kidney and bladder troubles, claiming a 35 cent box will flush wastes and relieve nightly urination. It asserts safety and originality from Haarlem in Holland and lists common symptoms like backache moist palms and burning passage.
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Haarlem
Holland
Potter County Officers Reflect On Not Joining Traxler Pursuit
Potter County officers recount the Canadian Saturday morning manhunt and their near misses while pursuing Pete Traxler. They describe breaking doors and stopping motorists as they searched Pampa area venues in hopeful pursuit, returning alive but envious of those who fought the outlaw.
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Potter County
Pete Traxler
Pampa
Evetts Haley Visits Amarillo Friends
Evetts Haley, West Texas State College graduate and former Panhandle-Plains Historical Society researcher, is in Amarillo visiting old friends. He has written for the Saturday Evening Post about AAA concerns and is preparing a new history of Colonel Charles A. Goodnight. His book, Charles Good night Cowman and Plainsman, will be published May 26 by Houghton Mifflin with 470 pages and about 100 Harold Bugbee illustrations.
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Evetts Haley
Amarillo
Evetts
West Texas State College At
Canyon
Panhandle-Plains Historical Society
Department of History
University of Texas
Saturday Evening Post
AAA
Texas
Haley
Charles A. Goodnight
Houghton-Mifflin Company
Charles Goodnight
Harold Bugbee
Clarendon
Major Gaston S. Howard Named Texas Assistant Adjutant General
Major Gaston S. Howard of Dallas is named assistant adjutant general of Texas, succeeding Col. Horace H. Carmichael as state director of public safety. Born July 1898 in Longview, Howard served as a machine gunner in the 36th division in World War I, later organizing and commanding Co. A, 144th infantry, and advancing to major last Armistice Day.
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114Th Infantry
Dallas
Adjutant General's Office
Three Minute Hour Glass Sets Campus Speaking Limits
Berkeley campus adopts a three minute hour glass to time all campus orators. When the sand runs out, the chairman declares the speech finished, enforcing a strict time limit for speakers.
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Berkeley
Cal
Vandenberg as Republican Dark Horse in 1936 Race
The article notes Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan as the GOP’s favored dark horse for 1936. He remains noncommittal about primaries but campaigns on issues, criticizes the New Deal, and argues for Republican policy while balancing liberal and conservative factions.
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Treas Boarsely
Washington
Wiseacres
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Britons Begin Defense Drill Near Malta Amid Tensions
Combined army navy and air force maneuvers test Malta defenses from May 12 to Wednesday night. Warships shore batteries and secret tests occur within 100 miles of Sicily as Britain tightens Mediterranean posture amid Italo Ethiopian tensions. A British cabinet session on Monday considered Italy’s annexation of Ethiopia.
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London
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
Sicily
Stanley Baldwin
Italy
Ethiopia
Suez Canal
Honolulu supervisor to sponsor women seating ordinance
James Gilli land, a bachelor member of the Honolulu board of supervisors, plans to introduce a measure requiring all firms employing women to provide seats for them. The proposal targets improving comfort for women in business establishments.
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Honolulu
James Gilliland
Board of Supervisors
Airship Hindenburg Signals Dawn of Passenger Flight
The arrival of the Hindenburg marks the first real passenger transatlantic travel by air, with Dr. Eckener possible to stay in the United States to teach airship building. The piece envisions a future of mass air travel, rapid aviation growth, and a 25 million flying machines goal, offset by cautions on Nazi influence.
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Hindenburg
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Dr. Eckener
Mansoon
England
Germany
Henry Ford as a model for perseverance and progress
The piece argues Ford doubled his early expectation of 10,000 cars yearly, noting bankers feared disruption but he thrived. It contrasts Mussolini’s expansion into Ethiopia with France's unrest and Britain’s reluctance to confront aggression, warning of varied global experiments and shifting power.
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Henry Ford
War mood and dictatorship as modern idea overlook quiet life
A reflective piece notes that war expands fear and demands bold action. It contrasts Mussolini’s aggressive push with the public’s desire for control, arguing that radicalism at the top shapes the era while the ordinary citizen struggles to tend to duties.
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Mussolini
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