Weather and wildlife musings fill Panhandle pages
Daily notes report clear breezes with rain possible later in the week and provide crop moisture hope. A Shrine pin worth 25 dollars is offered for return by William Levis via A D Goldfine. missing pin is platinum with chips. reward claimed by Goldfine. The column shares fishing tall tales from Judge Hoover and quirky local anecdotes about cemetery etiquette and social manners, plus a plug for a Junior Welfare League fundraiser and radio talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Levis
A.D. Goldfine
Levine Bros
Prairie chickens return as grasshoppers plague Texas
The writer notes improved moisture in the Texas panhandle and reports Prairie chicken numbers rising from 46 to 72 at a drumming site on McQuiddy’s ranch. He credits cover and feed restoration, forecasts chickens could repopulate the hills within five years, and warns against shooting them. Mourning doves are appearing in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McQuiddy
Hemphill County
McQuiddy
Mr. May
Texas
Amarillo Girl Hurt in Fall at Canyon Picnic
Martha Twaddell of Amarillo a 21 year old West Texas State College senior suffered a serious skull fracture after slipping four feet on a Palo Duro Canyon picnic. She was taken to Neblett Hospital Canyon with family traveling there. the class was on its annual sneak day outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Twaddell
Amarillo
West Texas State College
Canyon
Palo Duro Canyon
Miss Twaddell
M. N. Twaddell
Tyler Street
L. F. Sheffy
Oklahoma City
High Quality Panama Hats and Notable Controversies
A survey finds 18 to 25 year old rural women admire F D R most among men of prominence, with Lindbergh and the Duke of Windsor following. The mutiny in India killed 100000 after cartridges were greased with pig and cow fat, seen as a curse by native soldiers. Human bites are more dangerous than animal bites due to bacteria. The Chinese reportedly live 10 to 11 percent slower lives than Americans and other whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Lindbergh
Duke of Windsor
India
Mother seeks home to care for baby while working
Aid for a single mother with a 19 month old seeks a childless family to take her in and allow her to work at home while caring for the baby. The Bayou Nursery in Amarillo lists contact details for placement assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Baby Nursery
Bayou
West Lith St
Amarillo
Texas
Widow seeks work for room and board on ranch or in home
A widow with a seven year old daughter seeks employment for room and board and $5 weekly. She offers to work in a motherless home or ranch and can provide references. A middle aged married man also seeks any regular or part time work including painting repair janitorial or yard work and can supply references. Dial 7774.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
East Thirteenth Avenue
Dial
Lost glasses in courthouse seek return to Mrs Williams
Dear Tack item asks for return of gold rimmed glasses lost in the Diack case at the courthouse addressed to Mrs. RF Williams 2213 Buchanan Street. Also includes a quick help wanted note asking for housekeeping laundry work and a request for a lady 33 to 40 for general tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
RF. Williams
Buchanan Street
Madison Street
Help Wanted for House Work in Channing Texas
Mrs Roy Alexander seeks a reliable person to do house work and care for three children aged 8 10 and 12. Applicant must be in good health neat and clean and not afraid of work. Pay four dollars per week. C O Blvins Station Channing Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Rowena Snider
West Fifth Avenue
Roy Alexander
C-O Blvins Station
Channing, Texas
Elderly man seeks yard and janitor work roots
An elderly man seeks employment in yard and janitor tasks. He notes good health, provides references, and lists residence at 1109 Polk Street Basement Apartment. J.C.
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J.C
Polk Street
Two Young Men Seek Work With Farming and Caretaker Experience
Two young men seek employment with experience as caretakers, yard work, and poultry farm duties. Open to any kind of job and can provide references. Contact at 408% East Fifth Avenue or call 2-2601.
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East Fifth Avenue
Hudson
Cullum Motor Co
Tyler St
Kittens Free To Good Homes At Parker Street
Three six week old kittens offered for adoption to caring homes. Contact at 1014 Parker Street for details and pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Parker Street
Boy Seeks Farm Work for Room Board and Wages
A 17 year old boy seeks employment on a farm or ranch. He offers to work for room and board and modest wages. He states he does not smoke or drink and can be contacted at the dial 20061. He emphasizes reliability and willingness to start promptly.
Oil Man Calls Federal Aid for Oil Proration
John C. Shrader of Longview, president of the East Texas Independent Petroleum Association, urged the federal government to back oil proration for at least one year, possibly three. Speaking at a Texas Railroad Commission proration hearing, he criticized current policies, including Sunday shutdowns and a three week period of Saturday restrictions, as unfair to the East Texas field. He said the interstate oil compact has failed to stabilize the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
John C. Shrader
Longview
East Texas Independent Petroleum Association
Railroad Commission
Texas
Schrader
East Texas
Schroder
Sisters Seek Jobs as Helpers in Housekeeping and Laundry
Elsie and Pearl Pope seek immediate work to support elderly parents and three children. Both have housekeeping and laundry experience and offer hourly or daily rates. Dial 7316 1712. Cecil Turner seeks farm or dairy work with milking experience. Address 1307 North Tenth Street, Wichita Falls, Texas.
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Tack
Cecil Turner
North Tenth Street
Wichita Falls
Texas
Elsie and
Pearl Pope
Johnson Street
Wanted Ranch Work For Young Married Man
A young married man seeks farm or ranch work willing to bring his wife along. Available to relocate anywhere and can provide references.
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Tack
Follies on KGNC Open Forum airs tonight
League chief Mrs M T Johnson and Follies planners join Director Doyle on KGNC Open Forum to discuss the Follies production. Guests include Phyllis Stanfield Ida Mae Boyce and several committee chairs. Tickets are on sale at Fox Drug and Rose Bowl Tea Room with prices from 50 cents to two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Doyle
KGNC
Follies
M. T. Johnson
Phyllis Stanfield
Ida Mae Boyce
L. K. Patton
Wales Madden
Rose Bowl Tea Room
Joe Wells
Clinic
Ann Hagg
Fox Drug
No. 3
No. 9
Transport notes list airline officials and relatives
Transport (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Transport west Airlines vice president and co pilot. Henry Salisbury, St. Paul, North east Airlines official, his wife and two children. Mrs. Carl B. Squier, 34, wife of Lockheed's sales manager. Evelyn Dingle, Northwest Airlines employe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Airlines
Henry Salisbury
St. Paul
Northeast Airlines
Carl B. Squier
Lockheed
Evelyn Dingle
Northwest Airlines
Parents Due Money for All Offspring
Dr Paul Popenoe urged a national family wage to compensate parents per child, arguing salaries should rise with birthrates to balance parenthood costs. He spoke to over 1200 delegates at the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Paul Popenoe
Los Angeles
Institute of Family Relations
Popenoe
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Errol Flynn In Havana Club Brawl Amid Gala Night
In Havana on May 17 Errol Flynn joined a free for all at the Eden Concert Night Club. A member of Flynn’s party sparked the clash and chairs bottles and fists flew. Flynn delivered several punches while a quick stabbing fight left an unidentified American with a broken nose and a cut eye.
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Havana
Cuba
U.P
Lily Damita
Eden
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Air Mailder clock and Beacon ascent description
The excerpt describes an astronomical clock and a two motor system where the second motor starts if the first fails. It then shifts to a risky climb up to a beacon platform, implying a dangerous ascent as part of the narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bennett
Bright Beacons and Radio Beams Guide Air Traffic
A detailed look at coastal aviation beacons shows a 36 inch reflector producing 20 million candlepower with automatic globe replacement and a 20 mile visibility under ideal conditions. The government runs emergency landing fields with boundary lights blue runway markers and 21 000 miles of lit airways. C D Spencer at English Airport oversees a weather and radio weather reporting system feeding pilots every quarter hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sar
Bennett
United States
C. D. Spencer
Bureau of Air Commerce
English Airport
English Field
Public invited to tour aeronautics station at English Field
Impulses guide pilots across the country as codes A and N are heard for course and deviation. Airplane frequencies 3105 and 6210 kilocycles, weather reports at 248 kilocycles. The English Field station beams signals and talks by voice when weather or broadcasts are needed. The bureau of aeronautics invites the public to visit this week south of the airline office at English Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space
Bureau of Aeronautics
Spencer
English Field
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Judge Hoover
Mexico
Stinnett
Gulf of Mexico
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Junior Welfare League
Southwest
Billy Rose
Fort Worth
Ry Doyle
Panhandle
Achool
Ama- Tilo
Jetr
Martin
Philadelphia
Pasacena
St. Anthony's Hospital
Philselphia Public Ledger
S. Attendioe
American Legion
Torkgist
Legion Mail
Harry Casky
Public
Department of the Veterans
Casey
Albuquerque
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Fair Grounds
Pelo
Harvard
Alwater
Uncle Bam
CCC
Oliver Ooldsmith
Wakefield
Ies
TAGE
Jane F
North Pierce Street
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Avseagram
Googe Birtling
Rea Bistit
Joseph E. Seagram
Seagram
House of Seagram
Seagram's
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Seaceam
Sraceau
Bond
Seacrau
Seacram
Seageoer-Livelliers Care
New York
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