Weather duels and local rain tales from the Plains
A self promoting weather forecaster boasts of predicting rain across the Plains including Potter County and Friona with heavy recent downpours there. Reports mention racing debates at Tri-State Fair, ducks drowning in rain, a legislator candidate’s daughter injured, and local anecdotes musing on politics and a hard edged proverb about back patters.
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Plains
Friona
Tri-State Fair
Amarillo
Walter Winchell on Our G-Men
Walter Winchell critiques G-men coverage and public view of federal agents led by J Edgar Hoover. He highlights high conviction rates, duties against crime, and anecdotes about Hoover including travel cost limits and personal finances. The piece mocks officials and notes political interference and notable cases like Marcus Powell and the Saint Charles Bank robbery.
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G-men
Marcus Powell
Jacksonville
Marcus
Saint Charles
Illinois
Ill
Tugwell plan debate rocked Texas plains citizens
The article portrays Ralph Bray criticising Tugwell and Roosevelt over the Dust Bowl relief drive. Bray, a former employee earning 4600 dollars, accuses federal propaganda of exploiting panhandle hardships and vows to defend local Texans against perceived central government meddling.
Moisture aids water supply in Panhandle study
Senator Clint Small announced heavy rains replenished the Panhandle underground water. The West Texas Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution to study the vast reservoir beneath the Plains area and consider legislation for equitable distribution.
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Panhandle
Clint Small
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Plains
Small
Rocky Mountains
Government Moves to End Mexican Rail Strike
The crisis case continues as the Conciliation Board warns workers they will lose rights under contracts if they do not return within 24 hours. War Department orders commands to enforce anti strike ruling and interior orders governors to assist. President Cardenas backs management on monthly paid workers denying extra day off pay, a rule that would impact many firms by about 16 percent.
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United States
Paul Patterson
Baltimore
J. Edgar Hoover
Alvin Karpis
Fred Hunter
New Orleans
Pancho Villa
United States of America
War Department
General Pershing
Mrs. America
Washington
New York
Hoover
Central Conciliation and Arbitration Board
Interior Department
Cardenas
Small Illness Ties To Heart Ailment In 76-Year-Old Pioneer
E H Small 76 year old Collingsworth County pioneer is critically ill from a heart ailment and acute indigestion. His son Senator C C Small of Amarillo is summoned to his bedside. Small came to the Panhandle in 1891 settling near Wellington.
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E. H. Small
Collingsworth County
Shamrock
C. C. Small
Amarillo
Small
Panhandle
Wellington
Panhandle Dust Storm Letters Defend Resilient Panhandle Voice
Readers write to Tack Coe Ceere Leee defending the Panhandle as dust storms become a fixed reality. Locals criticize critics who say they cannot endure the conditions as they stand by their community through harsh weather and long-standing challenges.
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Kes
THE
State police enforce hot oil movement checks in Panhandle
The Texas State Police and Public Safety urging periodic checks on hot oil movements across the Panhandle. Trucks especially gasoline carriers are inspected for proper manifests and credentials. improper units can be held 72 hours pending clearance. Amarillo unit comprises nine officers led by Captain M L Berry.
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State Department of Public Safety
State Comptroller’s Department
Panhandle
M. L. Berry
Amarillo
Allred Declares Texas Finances Sound to Bankers
Governor James V. Allred told the Texas Bankers Association in Houston that the state’s finances are sound. He cited ad valorem tax cuts from 77 to 62 cents and an expected end of year cash balance in principal funds. He had flown from Washington after discussing the Texas pension situation with federal officials.
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Houston
James V. Allred
Texas Bankers Association
Washington
Texas
City Dads Set 8 PM Meeting on Board Appointments
City commissioners plan an 8 o'clock meeting to appoint a board of equalizers. Written requests to extend the time parking zone on East Fifth Avenue will be considered.
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East Fifth Avenue
Grand Jurors Meet Tomorrow for Two Cases
Potter County grand jurors, meeting for the April term, will hear only two cases when the panel convenes tomorrow. Foreman Walter Barlow leads the panel, which typically meets about once a week.
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Walter Barlow
Visit in Amarillo by Castro County figures
Visitors in Amarillo included Fred Wortham editor of Castro County News and L A Gladden a prominent Castro County farmer. Mrs Gladden accompanied them.
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Amarillo
Fred Wortham
Dimmit
Castro County News
L. A. Gladden
Castro County
Mrs. Gladden
Amarillo Resettlement Office Details Plan And Reforms
Ben Malary and Jess Gilmer outline activities of the Amarillo Resettlement Office established in February. They describe aiding distressed farmers not served by others, surveying land use, and building a long term program to stabilize farming and prevent future distress. They note no reply to Ralph Bray’s criticisms and mention about 6.12 million dollars in loans and grants already disbursed. The land usage department gathers data to back a self-sustaining regional program.
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Amarillo
Mallary
Gilmer
Ralph G. Bray
Resettlement Administration
Bray
Mr. Mallory
Globe Reporter
Mallory
Panhandle Braces for Best Agricultural Season Since 1932
Rain across the Panhandle and eastern Texas boosts pasture restoration and grass growth after months of light grazing. Stockmen anticipate a strong season as permanent pastures improve while some dirt roads remain impassable. The Frio Draw swollen near Frtona and the Amarillo-Clovis corridor reports flooding.
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Panhandle
West Texas
Abilene
Frtona
Frio
Amarillo
Centennial Contest Program and River Road Delays
Radio schedule and local travel notes describe KGRC air time with programs from The World Day Time Revue to The Whistling Salesman. The highway report notes U S Highway 66 near Hereford to Bovina blocked by floodwaters. portions around Amarillo Dumas Hartley and Channing were also affected with conditions improving later in the day.
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Amarillo
New Mexico Line
Dumas
Hartley
Channing
Acidizing technique revives oil wells in limestone
Bacteria and acid treatment digests limestone rock to release oil. Dowell Company of Tulsa developed acidizing using hydrochloric acid to restore production, increasing a Kansas well from two barrels to 48 after one shot, now yielding 25 barrels daily.
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Dowell Company of
Tulsa
Kansas
KCNC Radio Daily Schedule Highlights
A full afternoon to evening of programming listings from KCNC includes Tom Cleary solos 11:15, dance tunes at 12:00 and 2:15, music features like The Flying Dutchman, Organ Reveries and Panhandle Cowboy, plus news and stock updates through 5:50 with Baseball Scores and Announcer's Choice.
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John Josey
Stone Hill
Taylor King
Betty Crocker
Victor Arden
M. I. Bevens
U. P. News
Eddie Baumel
the Organ
Jane Walker
Tom Cleary
Sons of the Pioneers
Betty
Bob
KGNC
Eden warns on dumdum bullet exports and Lopez ties
Foreign Secretary Eden states a friendly warning to Ambassador Grandi as Lopez's links with the Italian embassy persist. He notes contacts with the Italian military attache's staff in the last three weeks while avoiding direct charges against Italy. He portrays Lopez as the instigator of sensational publicity rather than a deliberate Italian ploy.
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Ethiopia
Dino Grandi
Lopez
Eden
Edens
Aerial Mapping Contract Awarded for Dust Region Survey
The Agriculture Department will spend 250000 to produce an aerial map over 12 to 15 months. Fairchild Aerial Survey Inc of Austin wins the contract and will deploy pilots from Lubbock to map the South Plains and later Amarillo Clovis. The completed mosaic will cover every acre in the dust region across the Panhandle eastern New Mexico and Colorado southwestern Kansas and western Oklahoma.
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Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc
Austin
Lubbock
South Plains
Amarillo
Clovis. Y
Panhandle
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
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