Kansan Close to G O P Nomination As Stop-Landon Moves Rise
Washington May 25 Gov Alf Landon of Kansas neared the Republican nomination as observers warned only a coalition of rival GOP candidates could halt him. Potential rivals Knox Borah Vandenberg and Dickinson faced a split field with Hoover still nominally leader.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Cleveland
Frank Knox
Illinois
William FE. Borah
Idaho
Arthur H. Vandenbrg
Michigan
Lester J. Dickinson
Town
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
GOP
Herbert C. Hoover
Republican Party
Chicago
Knox
Borah
Hoover
Charlies D. Hilles
New York
J. Henry Boraback
Connecticut
Roosevelt
East
Theodore Roosevelt
Veterans receive large bonus funds by county across Texas and beyond
The report explains veterans in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and surrounding areas will receive no less than 10 000 each and counties with higher populations will see bonuses of 350 000 or more The American Legion projects half the value of many certificates borrowed and full amounts for others with detailed county by county distributions including Dallam Sherman Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Hartley Moore Hutchinson and more plus state totals for Oklahoma New Mexico and adjacent counties.
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Floyd Sloan
Hanson Post
American Legion
Amarillo
Hutchinson
Ris
Hemphill
Oldham
Potter
Careon
Gray Fies
Wheeler
Sidith
Randall
Armstrong
Jey
Morley
Cottle
Bartleman
Foard
Cochran
Hook
Lubbook
Dicker
King
Oklahoma Cimarron
Texas
Beaver
Harper
Woodward
Roger Mills
Beckham
Greer
Harmon
NEW Mexico Union
Harding
Quay
Curry Roosevelt
Wanted in News Brings Rain Then More Rain
A Panhandle Auto Wrecking Co ad in Amarillo Daily News asked for a good rain. The result was a shower on the first day, a rain on the second day, and seven to eight inches of rainfall over ten days.
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Panhandle Auto Wrecking Co
West Sixth Avenue
Amarillo Daily News
Panhandle Auto Wrecking
West Sixth
North Plains
Dalhart
Albert Law
The
Dalhart Texan
Weather continues to flood Panhandle and South Plains regions
High water and heavy rains drenched the Panhandle and South Plains, delaying traffic and flooding underpasses. Cars waded through water several feet deep while rail lines remained intact. Forecasts note potential crop benefits but warn of continuing rain and flood risk across Texas and surrounding areas.
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Santa Fe
Panhandle Highway
Texas
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Aletia-Houston
Bligin
Georetioen
Tavior
Temple
Amarillo college groups push Texas Centennial ticket sale
Amarillo College could offer five general admissions to the Dallas Texas Centennial Exposition plus five concessions in a pocket booklet priced at $2.50, a saving over the $4.00 value. The Balladors and Balladettes, led by Mayor Ross Rogers, aim to fund the choruses’ Dallas trip and civic service, with tickets reservable by phone 2-2362.
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Amarillo College
Amarillo
Ross Rogers
Alta Turk
San Diego
Calif
Missing Dog and Requests for Work and Help
A jumble of notices requests help locating a lost lemon and white dog with a collar from 503 Virginia Street offering a $5 reward. Other messages seek jobs, a farm position, or apartment in exchange for services, with multiple names and addresses across Amarillo and nearby towns.
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Tack
Virginia Street
Amerson
Pierce Street
Dial
Burns and Bankhead Demand Action on Townsend
Speaker Burns and Democratic leader Bankhead told newsmen action is needed against Dr. F E Townsend for defiance of a House investigating committee.
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Washington
Burns
Bankhead
F. E. Townsend
House
City fines near monthly high as Amarillo revenue climbs
In the first 22 days this month Amarillo’s coffers collected 996.50 in court fines. The prior peak was 1002, mainly from traffic fines, with 23 days showing a total of 996.50 so far.
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Amarillo
China urges immediate talks for lasting peace with Japan
China through Foreign Minister General Chang Chun appeals to Chinese and Japanese to remove causes of hostility and seek sincere diplomatic discussions. He spoke at Sun Yat Sen memorial service urging equality reciprocity mutual respect for sovereignty and durable regional peace.
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Nanking
China
Japan
Chang Chun
Sun Yat Sen
Far East
Community Chest appoints new directors and plans unit drive
EF L Roy Curtis and John L McCarty were named to replace two leaders on the Community Chest board. A social worker position will coordinate agency efforts and a city-wide invitation to all social agencies will be issued. Groups still outside the Chest include Red Cross Crippled Children Council Tuberculosis Society and Girl Scouts.
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EF. L. Roy Curtis
John L. Mc Carty
Community Chest Board of Directors
Wilbur C. Hawk
G. W. Luke
Amarillo
W. A. Barlow
J. O. Gulerie
Ross Rogers
H. W. Galbraith
E. L
Red Cross
Crippled Children Council
Tuberculosis Society
Girl Scouts
Barlow
Fred DeCoster
G. A. McCullough
D. Roach
H. W. Galebriath
R. FE. Lucey
Bob Epperson
Grimes
Judge F. H. Small prominent cattle breeder and community leader
F. H. Small, longtime judge and stock breeder, led Aberdeen Angus efforts in Texas and for 15 years managed the William E. Hughes estate. He helped found churches, aided education in Collingsworth and Wheeler counties, and served as Shamrock Lodge’s first Worshipful Master. He married Olivia Parr in 1882 and had eight children, 18 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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Aberdeen
Wellington
Judge Small
Shamrock
Shamrock Lodge
Alabama
Collingsworth
Wheeler
F. H. Small
Olivia Parthenia Parr
DeKalb
Ala
Collingsworth County
Panhandle
Texas Delegates Set for Democratic National Vote Split
Party leaders plan four delegates per congressional district plus 16 at large delegates for Texas as part of the 46 votes at the national convention. The shift from two delegates and two alternates per district marks a notable change in delegate selection procedures.
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Texas
Charles M. Feris Dies in Dumas Hospital
Charles M. Feris age 74 of Amarillo died Sunday at Dr Brown Hospital Dumas after a sudden illness. He owned the hospital building where he died and part owned Feris Elmer used auto park. Survived by widow Mary Ferris and four sons Luther Dallas Chester Houston Buford Stamford Charles Austin. Funeral arrangements at Boxwell Brothers chapel.
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North Fillmore Street
Dr. Brown Hospital
Dumas
Amarillo
Feris
Feris-Elmer
Mary Ferris
Luther
Dallas
Chester
Houston
Buford
Stamford
Charles
Austin
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Pugh Services To Be Held in Reno Texas
Funeral services will be held in Reno Texas for James E. Pugh 72 a retired farmer who died at his Happy home The body will be transported tonight from Happy to Reno by Griggs & Sons Surviving are three sons B Pugh J F Pugh and S F Pugh four daughters Emma Selvidge Nora King Eunice Farr Ella Wilson and a brother J W Pugh The WWOW and IOOF lodges count him as a member
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Texas
James E. Pugh
Happy
Griggs & Sons
B. Pugh
J. F. Pugh
Tex
F. Pugh
Bridgeport
Emma
Selvidge
Mena
Ark
Nora King
Eunice Farr
Canyon
Ella Wilson
Roswell
N. M
J. W. Pugh
Ozone
Arizona
Pugh
Ww. O. W
Pioneer Grocer in Amarillo Dies at 63
J. M. Darrough, 63, a longtime Amarillo grocer and Church of Christ member, died at 7:15 this morning at his home 1336 East Sixth Avenue. He was a Mason with Lodge No. 731 A F and A M. Survived by widow Catherine, son James, daughter Mrs. W L Clifton of Los Angeles, and mother Mrs. Sarah Darrough of Notasulga Alabama. Body at Griggs Chapel.
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J. M. Darrough
Amarillo
East Sixth Avenue
Darrough
Church of Christ
A. F
A. M
Catherine Darrough
James
W. L. Clifton
Los Angeles
Calif
Sarah Darrough
Notasulga, Ala
Griggs Chapel
Leonard Bohr Dies at 32 in Wheat Farmer Death
Leonard Bohr 32 prominent wheat farmer and Guernsey cattle raiser died of pneumonia at his home six and a half miles northeast of Groom Sunday night. Catholic he survived by his widow and four young children. Funeral services likely tomorrow morning at Groom.
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Leonard Bohr
Guernsey
Groom
Mr. Bohr
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Board of Equalization Meeting With City Commission
The new board of equalization members John Gilvin W Farr and Dr D Roach met with the city commission this morning. Mayor Ross Rogers reviewed the board’s activities over the past three to four years. The board, appointed Saturday morning, will hold its first session tomorrow.
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Board of Equalization
John Gilvin
W. Farr
D. Roach
City Commission
Ross Rogers
Equalization Board
Jurors Excused in Forty Seventh District Court Sessions
Jurors and witnesses summoned this morning in Forty Seventh District Court were excused until early afternoon. Several criminal cases are on the docket for trial including assault with intent to murder theft and burglary.
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Forty-Seventh District Court
Taxes Due Soon For Amarillo Property Owners
Between now and July 1 the City of Amarillo is due 74000 in taxes from property owners. July 1 is the deadline for the last half payments. City tax collections from April 15 to May 15 totaled 6800, reports J. M. Barker, city auditor.
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Amarillo
J. M. Barker
Amarillo Chamber Debate On Paying Conventions
Amarillo officials and business leaders clashed at a Chamber luncheon over conventions. Otho Thompson urged that events pay their own way, while Horace Russell and John McCarty argued for broader citizen involvement to attract conventions that fund themselves.
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Otho Thompson
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Horace Russell
John McCarty
Mr. Thompson
Teachers to Attend Summer Sessions in Canyon
More than half of Potter County rural school teachers will attend summer sessions at Northwest State College in Canyon, per Carl Clifft superintendent of instructions. He will also attend summer school there. River Road School will finish the year Friday.
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Potter County
Northwest State College
Canyon
Carl Clifft
River Road
Water use in Amarillo drops after heavy rains
Heavy rains reduce Amarillo water consumption by about two thirds. Peak daily use this year hit 6,570,000 gallons on May 12. Last Saturday’s use fell to 2,561,000 gallons, a typical high day for weekends.
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Amarillo
Quintuplets Replace Falls as Ontario Tourist Draw
Niagara Falls no longer tops Ontario tourism says W. L. Houck Liberal MLA for Niagara Falls. Tourists now trek to Callander to see the Dionne quintuplets, who have become the province’s leading attraction.
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Niagara
Toronto
Clarence Bosley Taken by Death in Canyon
Clarence E. Bosley aged 52 died at 6 PM Sunday at his mother's home in Canyon. Survived by widow Frankie, four sons Cliff Tracy William Clarence E Jr a daughter Opal, three brothers L. F. Gainesville Cecil Max of Canyon, three sisters Mrs. M. Johnston Albuquerque NM Mrs. E. O. Morgan Watsonville CA and Mrs. Juanita Wagner Gainesville. Body at Griggs-Thompson chapel in Canyon.
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Clarence E. Bosley
North
Garfield Stret
8. M. Bosley
Cane Yon
Frankie Bosley
Cliff
Tracy
William
Clarence E., Jr
Opal Bosley
L. F
Gainesville
Cecil
Max
Canyon
Reconstruction era debt refunding plan advances in congress
The plan proposed a $400000 loan from the Reconstruction Corporation and required approval by a federal court and a majority of creditors under specified thresholds. Introduced by Representative Wilcox, Democrat, the act was extended and continued through debate.
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Reconstruction Corporation
Wilcox
Democrat
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