Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Friday at Municipal Auditorium
The fifth and final regular membership concert of the season features the Amarillo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under Conductor Christian Thaulow. Local dancers Rosalie Raymond and Lucille Stubstad perform with students from Amarillo College of Music and Conservatory of Music. The program includes favorites like Blue Danube Waltz and Dance of the Hours, plus Tannhauser March Finlandia and Tschaikowsky March Star.
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Orchestra Association
Amarillo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Lin
Christian Thaulow
Rosalie Raymond
Amarillo College of Music
Lucille Stubstad
Amarillo Conservatory of Music
College of Music
Miss Raymond
Elizabeth Allen
Madelyn Castillo
Finlandia
Tschaikowsky
Mr. Thaulow
Heated words fly as farm march ended
Washington May 18 1940 heated debate followed the farmers march on the capital after 4500 cotton corn hog and wheat growers dispersed. Critics accused the demonstration of non spontaneous origins while officials praised the display of support for New Deal farm programs and Chester C Davis noted officials could supply only limited data. Clifford H Day of Plainview Texas organized much of the effort by wiring farmers to mobilize delegations.
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William A. Bell
Washington
AAA
New Deal
Roosevelt
People's Lobby
Benjamin C. Marsh
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Chester C Davis
Hastings
Clifford H. Day
Plainview
Texas
Day
Spaniard Flies Toward Sweetheart Across Africa to Mexico
Juan Ignacio Pombo a 21 year old Spanish aviator took off from Seville for Villa de Cisneros on the first leg of a flight to Mexico. He aims to cover about 1200 miles in eight hours before heading to Bathurst Gambia then across the South Atlantic to Natal Brazil. He carries a picture of his girlfriend Elena Rivera and says wakefulness pills will aid the journey.
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Seville
Spain
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Villa de Cisneros
Rio de Oro
Mexico
D F
Pombo
Bathurst
Gambia
South Atlantic
Natal
Brazil
Elena Rivera
Meet Called To Aid Campaign for Repeal
Anti prohibitionists are urged to meet in Austin on May 28 to organize a campaign for repeal of statewide prohibition ahead of a popular vote on August 24. The call comes from C McDonald of Wichita Falls, who chaired the convention backing nationwide repeal in 1933.
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Austin
C McDonald
Wichita Falls
McDonald
Debate over bonus payout and banking bill actions
The White House sought to counter expected Senate veto by publicizing the move while a Senate committee discussed the Omnibus banking bill. Benjamin M. Anderson Jr warned that paying the bonus in new currency could trigger inflation fears and credit problems as banks face higher reserves. The Senate finance committee then rejected a plan to cash veterans certificates from the $4.88 billion work relief fund, with Senator Gore of Oklahoma signaling a potential reoffer to fund the bonus from work relief and recoup costs via wartime debt settlements.
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Senate
White House
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr
Chase National Bank of New York
Senate Finance Committee
Gore
Oklahoma
Prediction of a new desert face in the Midwest
George F. Getz foresees a new political face emerging in the 1936 campaign while discussing Roosevelt opposition. Regional figures debate the idea of a desert Midwest within 300 years, with erosion experts urging conservation as a remedy and others labeling predictions as bunk.
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Washington
George F. Getz
Armind
Getz
Republican National Committee
Tugwell
Midwest
W. A. Barlow
Great West Mill
John Hill
Rocky Mountains
Sahara Desert
P. . Bennett
Potter County
Soviets Sign Pact With Czechoslovakia
Mutual assistance pact signed in Prague today by Czechoslovakia and Soviet Russia. Foreign Minister Eduard Benes and the Soviet ambassador signed the agreement. parallels the Franco Russian accord.
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Soviets
Czechoslovakia
Phaha
Soviet Russia
Eduard Benes
Tomlinson Aims for 1000 Kilometer Aircraft Records
National Aeronautic Association observers report D. W. Tomlinson, former Navy acrobat, already broke three world records in a 2100 mile test, flying a transport plane with varied payloads from 0 to 1000 kilograms. He completed the first lap over Washington and continued toward Norfolk.
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Washington
National Aeronautic Association
D. W. Tomlinson
Navy
Tomlinson
A&a
Norfolk
Slippers Lost In Lawn Prompt City Note
A letter from a local resident asks for help locating a pair of slippers left on the lawn by a little girl. The writer pleads for information regardless of weather, urging anyone with details to respond to Tack. This item appears in the Letters section on Page 5.
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Tack
NRA works progress conference and wage cut dispute
At the White House executives from 60 government agencies were summoned to review proposed projects and a 30 percent wage rate cut reportedly drafted by high officials. Senator McCarran pledged to oppose the cut while the Public Works Administration would oversee loans and grants with relief rolls trimming across 145 cities. Sympathy for social security goals was voiced, but changes to spur steady employment were urged by a broad industry coalition.
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Works Progress Administration
McCarran
Nevada
White House
Hopkins
Public Works Administration
Progress Division
Gallup Kidnaping Resolution Killed in House Vote
The House voted 277 to 39 to kill a measure that would have required the Justice Department to disclose detailed information on the claimed kidnappings of David Levinson and Robert Minor in New Mexico. The case involved alleged cross state line abductions under the Lindbergh law. Rep. Vito Marcantonio pressed to salvage the proposal against party lines.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
David Levinson
Robert Minor
New Mexico
Judiciary Committee
Vito Marcantonio
New York
Naval maneuvers near Midway to test wartime strategy
The defending fleet left Pearl Harbor to meet the enemy within a week in a mock battle planned within a thousand miles of Midway Island. Admiral Reeves will judge the exercise aboard the U S S Pennsylvania with results to Honolulu by May 25. The drills run June 1 to 10 en route to San Diego amid a grand Honolulu carnival.
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Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Midway Island
Joseph Reeves
U. S
Pennsylvania
America
San Diego
Jealousy as single issue in murder trial note
A jurist describes the case as a jigsaw puzzle with no eyewitnesses. Three people in the bedroom, two dead, the third the defendant. The trial will hinge on whether the husband killed his wife knowingly and with awareness of his act. The courtroom held the defendant’s mother and sisters in tears during testimony.
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Bertha Steinmetz
Slemmetz
Kaminsky
Stemmer
Shrine Ceremonial Plans Spotlight Lubbock Leaders
Shrine 1935 membership cards invite attendees at a spring ceremonial with more than a score of Shriners from Maskat Temple Wichita Falls headed by Potentate J. M. Spoonts and Dr Drum Epler of Al Kaly Temple Pueblo. Ten novices signaled intent to attend two candidates for the Shrine ring Walter Tyler Lubbock and Howard Jones Amarillo.
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Noble I. H. Anderson
Noble A. J. Arnold
Cceremonies
Noble George Hammock
Shrine Ring
Walter “Tubby” Tyler
Lubbock
Howard Jones
Amarillo
J. M. Spoonts
Maskat
Wichita Falls
N. H. Mohler
Drum Epler
al Kaly
Pueblo
Colo
HFE
Fuqua
Rabban
Temple
Rolla V. Cartwright
Wilbur
L. V. Cradit
A. H. Ware
George Stapleton
Norman
James Goodman
J. B. Landers
Mack Graham
Pampa
E. O. Felerabend
George Hammock
Joe Jenkins
Herman Clutter
James Bowen
Rainfall spreading through Panhandle and Texas regions
Rainfall and damp conditions spread from the Panhandle to East and North Texas. Weatherman H T Collman notes chances of more moisture tonight and Friday, with light showers and a slight warmup. Dallas Trinity River forecast to crest around 34 to 35 feet within 24 to 36 hours as heavy rains continue.
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Dalhart
Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Mr. Collman
Amarillo
North
Texas
Dallas
Trinity River
J L. Chine
Fort Worth
Eli Fork
East Forks
Cline
Palestine
Austin
San Antonio
del Rio
Fl Paso
Beaumont
Galveston
Houston
Port Arthur
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Panhandle
New Orleans Cotton Opens Quiet Amid Mixed Bets
Cotton futures opened quieter with May and October easing slightly while other positions held near prior close. Old and new crop quotes moved in narrow ranges as traders waited amid a Roosevelt administration survey tease and weather notes. Kansas City livestock followed with mixed hog and cattle tones and lamb quotations.
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New Orleans
Washington
Oscar Johnston
Roosevelt
Weather Bureau
Texas
Kansas City
C. A
Iowa
California
Peddler Who Saved Hoover Dies in Houston
Solomon Stern 81 a house to house peddler and former millionaire mine owner died in Houston. He once saved Herbert Hoover when the future president was ill in Australia during a plague outbreak. Stern later aided German Jewish relatives and was noted for declining to reveal his own fortune decline. Hoover planned to be an honorary pallbearer at Sterns funeral led by Temple Beth El.
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Houston
U.P
Solomon Stern
Herbert Hoover
Stern
Australia
Africa
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Three Mysterious Slayings Probed In Vermont Woods
Authorities searched missing persons records for clues to identify three people shot to death and left in sacks in a remote Vermont woodland. The bones showed months of exposure. two women and one man are believed to be the victims. A Mrs. Dangue and her daughter found the remains while picking flowers.
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Middlebury
Dangue
Pilsudski Laid To Rest As Poles Mourned
In Warsaw on May 16 mourners gathered at St John’s Cathedral to pay last respects to Marshal Joseph Pilsudski. Foreign representatives attended including the United States charge d affaires Sheldon L. Crosby and military attaché Lt. Col. Albert Gilmore. wreaths will be left tomorrow before a special train carries the marshal to Krakow for burial at Wawel Cathedral.
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Warsaw
Joseph Pilsudski
St. John’s Cathedral
United States
Sheldon L. Crosby
Gol
Albert Gilmore
John Cudahy
Krakow
Wawel Castle
Lupe Tries to Board Plane After Ticket Robbery Scene
Lupe, in Seguin, shouts a stolen ticket claim, fights a ticket agent, and forcibly demands 480 dollars in tickets as a crowd gathers. Johnee is involved, a plane departs for Pittsburgh, while in Seguin a separate trial ends with Emil Bock receiving a life sentence for his father’s murder on December 20.
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Johnee
Lupe
Pittsburgh
Kidney Acids Poison Blood Health Ad Claims Cure
An ad promotes Cystex as a kidney diuretic prescription that targets kidneys and bladder to remove acids and toxins. It lists symptoms like acidity sleep issues nervousness leg pains headaches and joint swelling and promises vitality within 48 hours and a money back guarantee.
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Rosemary Allen
Ardith Marie Buchanan
Helen McKinley
Betty Jean Mead
Florence Whittington
Ruthanna Witt
Lulddie Mock
Betty Anne Rapp
Katherine Coons
Marian Gross
Sid Finklea
Conservatory
Miss Stubstad
Lois Ann Stubstad
Virginia Brown
Willena Byrd
Shannon Chapman
Margaret Woodruff
Grace Hamilton
Hjalmar
Bergh
City
Meet
G.C.P
James Wadsworth
Tennessee Valley
T. H
Wahiawa
Schofield
Solomon Mahoe
Reno
Nev
Ernest Brown
France
NRA
Adu.milions
Gallup
Resolution
Cuaco
Asuncion
Paraguay
Paranits
Chace
Defense Ministry
Bahia Negra
RAIL
Alyander McConnell Calhoun
Adan Oaton
Arena
Middle West
Ran City
Cloucburst
Ree Piers
Chicago
FE. A Pierce % Co
F A Pierce & Co
Alaska
Juneau
Allia Chalmers
Amer
Auburn Auto Tee
Rarnadall
Bendix Aviation Tas
Bethiehem Steel An
Ant Borden Oe
Briggs Manutac
Ce Canada Dry
Chrysler
Delane
du Pont
Kiev
Dow & Lite Am
Foster Wheeler
Freeport
Gen Motors
Illette
Fioodrich
Great Northern RR
Nat Harvester Atay
Kennett Copper
Kresce
Kroger Groce & oLe
Muhan
Texac RR
Kan
Texas Pit
Montgomery -Werd
Vale Natron
Afl Steel
Northern Pacific RR
Ohio
Peddler
Cardus
Bernice Hollen
French Lick
Ind
Cardui
Seaboard
Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum O
Southern Railway
Lily Tire
Standard Brands
Tees
Bey
Gas & Elec
N J
Stewart-Warner Eaely
Texas Corp 2A
Texas Gulf Sulfur
Teaas Pac Coal & Onl
Lidewater
Union Carbide
Union Os
United Aircraft
United Corpay
United Gas
U S
S Steel
Western Union Westinghouse Klee
Woolworth
Boty
Humble
Penn Road
Standard of
Indiana
Swift & Co
Pilsudski
Mutuel
Panhandle, Texas
McKnight Transfer & Storage Company
McKnight Transfer & Storage Co
Wavlor Street
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