Boy with Big Dream Builds Parcel Empire
A Seattle eleven year old James B. Casey envisions owning a team of horses to deliver goods. By sixteen he rents a basement and forms a bicycle delivery crew, later expanding to trucks. He founds United Parcel Service growing into a global carrier with 2500 workers and a half million packages in one day at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
James E. Casey
Jimmie Casey
Oakland
United Parcel Service
Los Angeles
New York
Macy's
Best's
James B. Casey
McNaught Syndicate
Chinese Troops Mass To Prevent Rescue Of Isolated Force
Japanese reinforcements fought to reach Lieut. General Doihara's trapped division northwest of Lanfeng as Chinese forces blocked the corridor west of the Lunghai Railway. Air activity shifted with leaflets dropped on Nagasaki and Sasebo while Canton endured air raids with heavy casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kenji Doihara
Lanfeng
Doihara
China
Lawrence of
Manchuria
Taierhchwang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chengchow
Lunghai
Fukusoka
Kyushu
Japan
Hankow
Nagasaki
Sasebo
Pukuoka
Tokyo
Imperial University
Canton
United Press
Clouds To Float but They Won't Give Says Collman
Mr. Collman forecasts fair weather tonight and tomorrow with cooler temps. He sees no rain and notes a few floating clouds might pass, but there are no indications of showers. Hunsley’s for Picture Framing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collman
Mr. Collman
French Vessel Hit by Bomb in Spanish Civil War Action
Eight Insurgent aircraft attacked Valencia and set the French freighter El Djem ablaze. Nationalists pushed toward Madrid from Sagunto, threatening to cut Valencia’s supply line as Loyalist defenses faltered at Escandon Pass. Villastar and Puebla de Valverde were targeted in operations to seize Madrid’s approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Valencia
Madrid
Sagunto
Teruel
Mediterranean Sea
Ebro
Escandon Pass
Villastar
Puebla de Valverde
Cuenca
Eight Members Of Thompson Family Drowned In Cloudburst
In Manchester Kentucky a cloudburst swept away a Thompson family cabin, washing eight members to a creek. Thompson a miner and his eldest son escaped. Six bodies recovered by a railroad station agent based on miners’ report. Insurance listed as Neely-Greenhill Agey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bob Thompson
Penny Giver Sparks Bread Price War in Wathena
In Wathena Kansas on May 30 a local grocer handed out pennies to customers to buy competitors bread as price war lowered a 10 cent loaf to one cent. The shopkeeper explained that he lost one cent while his rival loses seventy one cents per loaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wathena
Kan
U.P
Cartwright Wins News Prize For Tip Leading Escape Story
Maxine Cartwright of 500 West Tenth Avenue won first prize in the News-Tip Contest for a tip that spurred a story about two boys escaping a theater by jumping through a window after an usher challenged them. Jerry Cooper got second prize for a tip about an accident at the White & Kirk building.
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Maxine Cartwright
West
Tenth Avenue
Jerry Cooper
van Buren Street
New White & Kirk
Clarence Nelson
General Delivery
P. J. Wooldridge
Ruby Daniel
Taylor Street
W. L. Line
Joe Blackburn
J. O. White
Washington Street
Guy Gibson
Sixth Avenue
Belleview Street
W. S. West
Amarillo Starts Hopper War at Bankers Convention
About 400 bankers and staff attend the Panhandle Bankers Association session at the Herring Hotel Amarillo with talks on government bonds and finance. Congress leaders praise anti robberies efforts while mass poison drives threaten local property as a mayor notes limits on city action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herring Hotel
the Panhandle Bankers Association
Treasury
W. F. Norris
Co. F. Childs & Co
Kansas City
Norris
R. L. Jones
Texas Bankers Association
Association
Mr. Jones
Texas
R. L. Thorton
Mercantile National Bank of Dallas
United States
Mr. Thornton
Horace Greeley
Fire at Amarillo Preventorium Damages Locker Room
Early this morning a fire of undetermined origin gutted the locker room and clothing of 11 boys in the ward at the Amarillo Tuberculosis Preventorium. The roof was damaged but extinguished. repairs start immediately with boys moved to another ward. Fire Marshal Ed Spann estimates about 1000 dollars in damage. Fire alarms at 5 35. three fire trucks fought the blaze with pond water.
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Amarillo
Ed Spann
Chester Moore
Lorene Moore
Follies Debut Impresses Amarillo Audiences
At the Municipal Auditorium last Saturday night Amarillo witnessed a home talent Follies featuring 125 participants from social and professional ranks. Director Larry Doyle led a seamless production with dazzling costumes and sets rivaling major shows. Backstage, Lawrence Hagg and Mary Fain coordinated makeup and costumes ensuring flawless presentation.
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Welizzard
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Larry Doyle
Music Hall
Earl Carroll
Billy Rose
al Jolson
Desert Heat Dynamics Revealed By Carnegie Study
The Carnegie Institution study by William V. Turnage reports deserts warm only at the surface. ground six feet deep remains cool, while surface air in midsummer tops 100 degrees or more. The report suggests arid Southwest living conditions could improve with deeper shade from ground heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Désert Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
American Southwest
William V. Turnage
Desert
Hitlerites Jeered In San Francisco
In San Francisco on May 5, hundreds of uniformed Hitler supporters gathered for a Pacific Coast German American Fund convention while about 2,000 anti Nazi demonstrators jeered and hooted them. The protestors clashed briefly as police line prevented chaos. four men were arrested on peace disturbance charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Adolf Hitler
German-American Fund
William Quinn
Roosevelt Rest Day Before Washington Visit
President Roosevelt spent a calm day at home in Hyde Park New York May 30 his only engagement James Townsend Democratic chairman of Dutchess County. Two mature rides were also on his schedule as he prepared to return to Washington this evening.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
James Townsend
Dutchess
Amarillo
Ernest Thompson
Bill McCraw
Jim
Old Jim
Thompson
Potter County
Griggs
Panhandle
Morris Browning
General Land Office
Browning
Baby Holding
Negro to be electrocuted for sheriff slaying in 1937
Charlie Brooks a 41 year old black man is scheduled for execution by electric chair soon after midnight in Huntsville for the March 1937 slaying of Sheriff Alex Brown of Marion County. The item notes the planned capital punishment and venue.
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Huntsville
Charlie Brooks
Alex Brown
Marion County
Cedillo Revolt Near End in San Luis Potosi
Federal troops seized the last rebel strongholds El Salto El Mico and La Concepcion in San Luis Potosi as the Cedillo uprising neared collapse. General Cedillo remained at large with small bands still active in hills, while authorities predicted final mopping up and possible escape to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Lander
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
U.P
Saturnino Cedillo
el Salto
el Mico
la Concepcion
Cedillo
Bruno Jasso
Cerritos
Gudalcazar
United States
Texas Heat Breaks May Temperature Records Across Cities
Record shattering May heat swept Texas with Midland at 106 degrees and 104 in Lubbock and Big Spring. Wichita Falls reached 97, Amarillo 96, Abilene 96, Corsicana 95, El Paso 94, Fort Worth 93, San Antonio 92, and Dallas 91 as the season’s high marks. Brownsville saw 88 and Galveston 82 as calmer readings lingered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Lubbock
Big Spring
Mercury
Texas
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Abilene
Corsicana
el Paso
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Dallas
Brownsville
Galveston
New Terraces Hold Plains Moisture
Guymon Oklahoma May 30 Soil Conservation Director H H Finnell said nearly 200 miles of new terraces are holding moisture from spring rains on about 5000 acres of Oklahoma Panhandle land. The terracing program to check wind erosion covers 305000 acres of school land under a cooperative agreement with the Oklahoma School Land Commission, State Extension Service and Bell Conservation Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guymon
Okla
H. H. Finnell
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma School Land Commission
State Extension Service
Bell Conservation Service
Private funeral held for kidnaped Peter Levine
In New Rochelle New York private services were held for 12 year old Peter Levine as six police and private searchers probed Davenport Neck for clues to his death. The body was recovered from Long Island Sound and identified by clothing and a laundry tag. Doctor Amos O Squire listed the case as homicide and officials pursued possible abduction linked ransom notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
N. Y
U.P
Peter Levine
Davenport Head
Murray Levine
Long Island Sound
Ferncliff
Dobbs Ferry
Amos O. Squire
Westchester County
Peter
Davenport Neck
Helmer Strong
Lewis Iselin
Peter Levin
Strong
New York
Cranium Crackers Spot the Odd Word Errors
Five sentences contain one incorrect word each. Identify the wrong word in each: 1 paraded with big-flippered tarpaulin among turtles, 2 Lietat c etalt mot, 3 baker s dozen equals 11, 4 sonnet 14 lines in a samic hexameter, 5 elections held in odd years in this country.
Five Candidates Campaign For Potter County Animal Inspector
Five candidates seek the Potter County animal and hide inspector post paying $196 monthly. Charlie Ellis plans a formal announcement before sundown. two of six may face a runoff. Local races include sheriff and clerk, with echoes of broader state campaigns and plans for Panhandle events.
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Potter County
Office of Hide
Lewis Nordyke
Charlie Ellis
Hubert Cole
Walter Ottinger
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Dale Carnegie
Hunsley's
Insurance! Neely-Greenhill Agey
News
I. W. Heck
Tyler Street
Ben Myers
Ninth Avenue
John Quattlebaum
Frank Gallogly
Joe Dilday
Jean Braunig
Polk Street
Jim Harris
Travis Street
L. S. Garrison
Mississippi Street
Henry Dozier
Eighth Avenue
Gertrude Brandt
St. Anthony's Hospital
W. R. Gann
North Hayes Street
Camerman
52Nd Coast Artillery Regiment
U.S. Army
Lewes
Del
U. S
Plains Bankers
America
Jack Hall
Rose Bowl
Arthur Ware
Earl Fuqua
Sharpe McCullough
Amarillo Banks
Crystal Ballroom
Amarillo Country Club
J. Ross Noland
Tulia
Arthur W. Ware
H. S. Wilbur
John K. Crews
Plainview
W. D. Smiley
James McGregor
McGregor
Twentyfourth Avenue
Ted Alexander
Alexander
Rock Island
Denver
Texas Highway Department
Ross Rogers
Tri-State Fair Grounds
John Maynard Lor, Co
Bill Wilson
Lawrence Hagg
Mary Fain
Mary
Billie Wagoner
Katie Madden
Amarillo Bnade & Fagulo. Co
The
Ulars
Iselin
Amos ©. Squire
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Levine
Hunsley
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