Surplus Food Rotting in Orangetown Warehouses
Welfare Officer Clifford O Poole reported to Orangetown supervisors that surplus foods from the Surplus Commodities Corporation including oranges eggs potatoes rice prunes beans and apples were accumulating in warehouses. Despite trebled relief allotments hundreds of pounds spoiled as excess supply and falling egg prices hurt local farmers.
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Orangetown
N. Y
Clifford O. Poole
Poole
Commodities Corporation
Robert H. Clark
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Orangetown Produce Men
How to Sell by Substituting When Not If
Dale Carnegie and Elmer Wheeler discuss sales psychology and the fountain pen technique. Examples show replacing if with when to close deals, and a portrait of wealth with simple breakfasts at Robert Bruce Barbour’s Winter Park home. The piece cites Andrew Carnegie and notes a Atlantic origin in 1938.
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Elmer Wheeler
Missouri
Mr. Wheeler
Winter Park
Florida
Robert Bruce Barbour
Barbour
Spain
Andrew Carnegie
McNaught Lwnd
X Ray Treatments Make Babies Possible Now
New York report to the state medical society says 44 women long sterile for one to 18 years bore children after X-ray treatment. Dr Ira Kaplan, head of the cancer division of the New York City hospitals, cited one twin birth and ten women having more than one child.
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New York
U.P
New York State Medical Society
Ira . Kaplan
Cancer Division
New York City
Monster Water Dogs Lure Boy In Alley Field Tale
A Margaret Wills School pupil and a freckled 11 year old in a San Jacinto alley discover water dogs, amphibian lizards called water dogs, in a water meter. The boy explains their bite risk, escape through keyholes, and plans to keep and kill them after a few days of play. The encounter hints at playground mischief and curiosity about nature.
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Lewis Nordyke
Margaret Wills
Tom Sawyer
San Jacinto Alley
Rock Island
More arms for China in behind the scenes deals
Chinese sources report at Geneva that China secured credits for arm purchases and pledges of assistance to deliver munitions to Chinese territory. Dr V K Wellington Koo pressed for guarantees that arms reach China via Hongkong or Indo China, with details kept secret. Affected nations include Britain and France, while other names are not disclosed.
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Geneva
China
League
Britain
France
V. K. Wellington Koo
League of Nations Council
Japan
Koo
Hongkong
Indo- China
Little Moisture for Panhandle Outlook Turns Drier
Thunder showers touched the Panhandle with moisture overnight but forecaster Mr. Collman expects no rain today or tomorrow as northwest winds ease activity. He predicts partly cloudy skies today and fair weather tomorrow with mild winds and no dust. Amarillo logged 0.30 inches overall, with scattered totals from Claude to Dalhart and Lubbock to Claude noted.
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Panhandle
Mr. Collman
Amarillo
Here
Tucumcari
Claude
Des Moines
N. M
Lubbock
Globe
Dalhart
Dimmit
Muleshoe
Man in the Moon Gets His Picture Taken
Hollywood on May 13 staged a moon eclipse on a MGM backlot film set from midnight to 2 AM for a scene in It's in the Stars. Johnny Downs and Eleanor Lynn star in the celestial sequence filmed for a forthcoming picture.
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Man In the Moon
Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Johnny Downs
Eleanor Lynn
Senate panel shelves arms embargo resolution
The Senate foreign relations committee today shelved a resolution to lift the embargo on arms shipments to Spain after Cordell Hull warned that relaxing the embargo would risk U S neutrality.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Spain
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt seeks 72500 to aid refugees move
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 72 500 dollars for the balance of the 1938 fiscal year to aid in relocating political refugees from Germany Austria and other countries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
Austria
War Diary of a Nonexistent War on the Eastern Front
New York columnist Devon Francis riffs on a phantom war as U S air force and army rehearse a “second phase” NE maneuver. He mocks enemy raids that never happened, describes airfields at six states, 187 planes, and a nation chasing a fight while missing real combat.
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Devon Francis
New York
General Headquarters Air Force
Maine
North Carolina
Plum Tree
Mulberry
Chesapeake Bay
Mitchell Field
True false quiz on historical terms and figures
Five statements test historical names and places. The Manassa Mauler reportedly refers to a rock crusher. An Ionic capital is not a seat of government. Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish writer. The Tenderloin denotes a city's vice district as well as amusements. William Frederick Cody was an Indian fighter and scout.
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Hans Christian Andersen
William Frederick Cody
Henry Ford Opposed to Fixed Annual Wages
Dearborn reporters cite Ford Motor Company executive stating Henry Ford remains opposed to guaranteeing workers an annual wage. He argued workers prefer incentive pay and fear fixed wages would cap their earning potential, reflecting Ford's distinctive labor philosophy.
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Henry Ford
United Press
Dearborn, Mich
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United Press Today
Ford
Barcelona Bombing Toll Rises to Sixty Dead
Barcelona, May 13. A new wave of Insurgent air attacks left about 60 dead and 150 wounded after two bombing raids in 19 hours. Six large Junkers from the Mediterranean, reaching 16 000 feet, hit the southern city area causing widespread casualties.
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Barcelona
Spain
Mediterranean
Selassie Quits League City Farewell in Geneva
Selassie, emperor without a country, quits the League of Nations city Geneva and boards an early morning train for Paris. French and British officials who engineered his legal rout bid him farewell as “your majesty” in formal notices.
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Geneva
Halile Selassie
League of Nations
Negus
Paris
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Briefing
The forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday. West Texas shows similar conditions with little temperature change. New Mexico also expects partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday, with a high near 67 and a low around 49.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Roosevelt Seeks Answers on Recession Causes and Unemployment
President Roosevelt outlined methods to curb inventory hoarding and steep price rises linked to the recession, noting no firm plan exists yet. He cited the Biggers unemployment census showing 5.8 million unemployed, 2 million out of work for emergency relief, and 2.36 million partially employed, stressing the need for voluntary unemployment registration and examining anti monopoly study insights. Senate debate over relief and public works funds continues as the chamber advances a 1.156 billion naval expansion to the President for approval.
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Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
John D. Biggers
New Deal
Biggers
House
Byrd
Vermont
Adams
Colorado
Appropriations
Senate
Publicity Clash Over Star Spangled Banner
President Roosevelt and Congress confront a dispute on whether the national anthem can be sung as written or needs changes. Orchestra leaders Vincent Lopez and Kay Kyser push rival proposals, with Kyser delivering an embossed petition to the White House and Lopez seeking congressional action to trim the high notes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Vincent Lopez
Kay Kyser
Kyser
Lopez
Harold D. Cooley
North Carolina
White House
Walter Damrosch
Ferdie Grose
Ben Bernie
Shep Fields
Carl Hoff
Horace Heidt
Reed Lawton
Hal Kemp
Abe Lyman
Marvin McIintyre
McIntyre
Roosevelt Nominates Slattery For Undersecretary Post
President Roosevelt nominated Harry Slattery of South Carolina to be undersecretary of the interior succeeding Charles West. Slattery, a personal assistant to Secretary Ickes, was sent to the Senate after West’s resignation was announced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Slattery
South Carolina
Interior
Charles West
Slattery
Ickes
Interior Department
Senate
White House
West
Another Helium Conference Soon
President Roosevelt announced a forthcoming meeting of the national munitions control board to decide Germanys helium sale request. Six cabinet officers must unanimously approve and Secretary Ickes has withheld consent citing doubts the gas wont be used for military purposes. The helium is for a trans Atlantic passenger zeppelin. The first meeting will include assistant secretaries. the next will include the secretaries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Munitions Control Board
Germany
Ickes
Fred Bone Plans Polk Street Building In Amarillo
Fred Bone announced a new $20,000 modern brick building on Polk Street between the Sears Roebuck site and Baker Furniture in the 900 block. Architect EF F Rittenberry draws plans for a 60 by 150 foot one story structure with steel sufficient for more stories. Construction to start immediately. occupant unspecified.
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Polk Street
Fred Bone
Amarillo
Kilgore
Bone
EF. F. Rittenberry
Sears Roebuck
Baker Furniture Company
South Palk
Guards of Alcatraz A Mosaic of Diverse Custodians
Capt A R Archer concludes his series on guarding Alcatraz by detailing the diverse backgrounds of the guards. From railroad engineers to a former Royal Northwest Mounted policeman and a former carnival Barker, the roster reflects varied lives. The article notes the guards’ efficiency and the inmates’ lingering humor and insight, even as liberty is lost.
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Alcatraz
A. R. Archer
the Rock
NEA Service, Inc
San Francisco
Fort Mason
Royal Northwest Mounted
James Johnston
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America
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Washington National Press Club
John Snider
Washington, D.C
National Press Association
Bascom N. Timmons
The
Globe News
Frank McDowell
W. W. Hancock
Selassie
Insurance! Neely-Greenhill Agency
On Polk
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