Airport Survey Group Arrives Here for Exhaustive Study
Civil Aeronautics Authority survey team arrives in Amarillo to conduct a comprehensive study of Municipal and English Field as part of a broader 11 state review. Led by Walter G. Reich, the party will assess costs and facilities, with findings to Congress on federal participation in airport development and maintenance.
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Amarillo Fields
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Texas
Amarillo
Congress
CAA
Walter G. Reich
J. L. Ririe
C. L. Hanna
Works Progress Administration
Lubbock
Big Spring
San Angelo
Smith
Washington
Convict Impostor Reunites With She Thinks Father
Los Angeles, Oct. 24. Mrs. Evelin Gates, 24, a Joliet prisoner impersonator used a shared name to lure her for two years. After a four year search, she discovers her real father lives within 25 miles of Long Beach, California.
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A.R
Evelin Gates
Joliet, Tl
Gates
William F. Nelson
Des Moines
Crates
Middle West
Long Beach
Cal
Tax notices due soon as mailings begin
County tax officer Miss Jewell Davidson said notices are being prepared and will likely go out early next week. Many residents have been calling the county tax office to ask when mailings will occur.
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Jewell Davidson
Amarillo Student Cast in School Murder Mystery
Amarillo student Peewee ry Terry Warren at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville Mo has been cast as Mrs Arthur in the college speech department production A Murder Has Been Arranged.
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Terry Warren
Amarillo
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Miss Warren
Arthur
Worst fog grips London and Thames shipping
The worst fog of the season paralyzed London and Thames shipping with hundreds of vessels halted in the estuary. Thousands of suburban and country residents faced rail delays as visibility dropped to nil in parts of London and southern England.
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London
U.P
Thames
Thames Estuary
England
RAF planes launch long distance flight to Australia
Four Royal Air Force bombing planes with an escort took off from Upper Heyford Oxfordshire for Egypt and then to Australia in an effort to set a world record for the longest distance flight.
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Upper Heyford
Oxfordshire
Eng
Royal Air Force
Egypt
Australia
U S Lends Postoffice For Church Services
INDIAN ISLAND ME This Passamaquoddy Bay island with about twenty adults has no church or school When islanders want church services the government lends the postoffice as the only meeting place on the island for worship services.
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Indian Island
Passamaquoddy Bay
Kelso Police Chief Reports On Air Hunt Talk
Kelso Washington police two way radio system remains functional. Chief Williams told local police he would report on elk hunting success later. At Kelso headquarters Sergeant Green answered Western exchange while Amarillo Car Four crews fixed radio. Mayor Rogers spoke with Kelso mayor via short wave.
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Kelso
Wash
Williams
Washington
Car Four
Amarillo
Green
Rogers
Car
Scout Leadership School Opens Soon
The Amarillo Area Council announces the annual Boy Scout Scouter's Training School to open Monday evening November 14. Classes run five weeks on Monday evenings covering scoutmastership cub leadership senior scouting and troop committeemanship. The course closes with the council meeting December 12. Roy Stockton chairs the leadership training committee and says the program is open to all interested in Boy Scout leadership.
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Amarillo Area
C. A. Clark
Amarillo
Roy Stockton
Scout Groups To Aid Chest Parade
Amarillo Boy Scouts cubs sea scouts and scouters join the Community Chest parade drive this Saturday. Leaders meet at 9 am on Eleventh Avenue between Tyler and Polk Streets near C A Clark scout executive of the Amarillo Area Council.
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Amarillo
Community Chest
Tyler
Polk Streets
Eleventh Avenue
C. A. Clark
Chamber Seeks Girls Softball Game With Movie Stars
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce seeks to schedule a game in the 1939 season between a local girls softball team and the Hollywood Movie Stars girls team. Interested teams should contact Pat Flynn at the chamber office.
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Chamber
Pat Flynn
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood Movie Stars
Junior Red Cross Nut Cups for Fort Sill Hospital
The Junior Red Cross created 200 nut cups for the government hospital at Fort Sill Oklahoma to be used on Armistice Day. Art classes at Forest Hill Humphreys High lands and Glenwood schools decorate the cups.
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Red Cross
Government
Fort Sill
Oklo
Forest Hill
Humphreys Highlands
Glenwood
Six aviators killed in midair collision near Parezzana
Six military fliers died when two airplanes collided in the air near Parezzana on October 24. The crash occurred in clear weather as the pilots attempted formation flight over Rome. Investigations were begun by military authorities to determine the cause and assess safety measures.
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Rome
U.P
Parezzana
Markets Kansas City Livestock Report
Kansas City markets report for October 24 lists hogs at top 7.90 with various weights, cattle at 18,000 head and calves 4,900 with high bids up to 10.50 for fed steers, yearling heifers at 9.75, grass fat cows to 6.00, and sheep showing demand with range lambs above 8.60 and Texas yearlings at 7.00. Sows mostly 7.00 to 7.40, a few to 7.50.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Texas
New York Curb Exchange List Published
Furnished by EB A Pierce and Company from Amarillo Building. New York Stock Exchange list highlights market activity and notable securities trading today.
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Curb ‘Exchange
EB. A. Pierce & Co
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NEW York Stock Exchange
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E. A. Pierce & Co
Amarillo
Beaoee
Credit School Opens Nov 8 in Amarillo
The Amarillo Credit Association and National Retail Credit Merchants Association announce a credit school in Amarillo opening Tuesday November 8 with classes every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Over 75 local credit managers store owners and credit workers plan to enroll. The course uses a Columbia University economics professor Dr Charles William Phelps authored text on retail credit management.
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Amarillo
Charles William Phelps
Columbia University
Chester Morris To Aid Chest Here
Radio listeners tonight will hear Chester Morris film star and Shep Field's Orchestra in a KGNC program for the Community Chest budget campaign. The program runs from 9 15 to 20 o'clock as the chest opens its general campaign for a budget of 63 989 next Monday morning.
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Shep Field
KGNC
Community Chest
Chest
Bridges Agitated Maritime Strike
Harper Knowles of the California American Legion testified to House investigators that a group led by C I O maritime leader Harry Bridges fomented agitation that triggered the San Francisco general strike of 1934 and disrupted the maritime industry. Knowles, Oakland born, chaired the Legion’s radical research committee and labeled Bridges a Communist. he cited the so called equality hall group as containing many Communists. Bridges faces pending deportation proceedings.
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Harper Knowles
California Legionnaire
House
Harry Bridges
San Francisco
Knowles
Oakland
California American Legion
Bridges
Equality Hall Group
Many Race Drivers Query Plains Boat Club Regatta
The Plains Boat Club enjoys strong response from racing drivers nationwide to March regatta bulletins. Secretary Pat Flynn notes drivers are sending inquiries about classes local conditions and other topics of interest to boat racers.
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the Plains Boat Club
United States
Pat Flynn
Budget Work May Be Completed Tomorrow
County commissioners said this afternoon that work on the 1939 budget likely would be completed tomorrow. They have spent many days on the budget as part of longstanding county financial planning.
Bakery truck crash kills man in New Jersey
In Camden two accidents occurred within three hours. Harry Raabe, 25, broke a leg when his bakery truck hit an oil truck and later died from internal injuries after a police ambulance collided while transferring him from Hammonton Emergency Hospital to West Jersey Hospital.
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Camden
N. J
Harry Raabe
Hammonton
West Jersey
Raabe
Storms hit Black Sea provinces. seaplane crash kills four
A storm swept the Black Sea provinces and a military seaplane crashing en route from Galatz to Constanza killed all four crew members. Another seaplane was reported missing.
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Bucharest
Romania
Black Sea
Galatz
Constanza
Boy is held for setting fire to apartment house
Newark authorities report an all-year old boy set fire to the apartment building where his parents live on three separate occasions. He told investigators he was driven by a passion to see the house burn down.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Supreme Court Recesses After Brief Session
The Supreme Court recessed for two weeks after a brief session confined to announcing orders in minor cases.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Amarillo Backs National Accident Prevention Drive
An Amarillo woman was seriously hurt at home as the city joins a nationwide effort to curb accidents. The National Red Cross leads the program with local Potter County cooperation, while the American Legion Auxiliary sends accident checklists to county and city schools for parental signing to raise safety awareness.
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Amarillo
National Red Cross
Potter County
American Legion Auxiliary
Red Cross
Quiet Morning in Corporation Court as Two Women Pay Fines
Judge Fly presided over a calm session in the corporation court. Two women appeared to pay fines, one for parking too far from the curb and one for overtime parking. Both were courteous, and the judge called it the quietest Monday in his three years on the bench.
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Judge Fly
Corporation Court
Hinton Attends Highway 66 Meeting in Rolla Missouri
Carl Hinton secretary of the Chamber of Commerce was in Rolla Missouri for a State Highway 66 Association meeting. He will travel to Tulsa Wednesday and return here later in the week.
Mayor Rogers to Attend Texas Municipalities League Session
Mayor Ross Rogers will be out of the city most of the week attending the 26th annual convention of the Texas Municipalities League at Port Arthur. He is scheduled to lead Friday’s program of the League.
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Ross Rogers
Texas Municipalities League
Port Arthur
Rogers
League
Seven-Pound Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Sitton
A seven pound girl named Anna Jane was born at 4 15 this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital to Mrs and Mrs Jack Sitton of 308 A Maryland Street. Mr Sitton is a reporter for the Globe News.
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Mrs
Jack Sitton
Maryland Street
Texas
Anna Jane
Mr. Sitton
The
Globe News
Joe Phelps Pleads Guilty on Liquor Charge
Joe Phelps of the Western Bar on West Tenth Avenue pleaded guilty in county court today to possession of distilled liquor on premises operated under a wine and beer permit and was assessed a fine of $109 plus court costs.
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Joe Phelps
West Tenth Avenue
Comptroller Delano Receives Currency Commission
Preston Delano began duties as comptroller of the currency after receiving the commission from Secretary Morgenthau. He becomes supervisor of all national banks nationwide and assumes office today in Washington.
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Washington
Preston Delano
Morgenthau
Arabs Ordered To Curb Their Attacks
Jerusalem report says Abdul Rahim, commander in chief of Arab insurgents, ordered followers to refrain from attacking British troops except in self defense. Some sources see it as a face-saving move possibly signaling a future truce, echoing a 1936 settlement that collapsed in three months.
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Jerusalem
Abdul Rahim
Rayburn Defends New Deal Plans Rally in Pennsylvania
Rep. Sam Rayburn Democrat of Texas majority leader tours Indiana and Illinois this week to defend the New Deal recovery plan. He urged Keystone Democrats at a Dawson Driveing Park rally claiming the nation benefits from increased re employment and business recovery. Rayburn predicted Democrats would lose few House seats in the upcoming election.
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Uniontown
Sam Rayburn
House
Indiana
Illinois
Dawson Driving
Pennsylvania
Keystone State Democrats
Rayburn
Father of Amarillo Woman Succumbs
News comes that J. M. Taylor of Sparta Tennessee died. He was the father of Mrs. Ray Johnson of Amarillo. Mrs. Johnson and her son flew to Nashville after learning of the death.
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Amarillo
J. M. Taylor
Sparta
Tenn
Ray Johnson
Bond Forfeited In Gray County Case
Jim Hodges manager of American Boiler Works Borger failed to appear in district court at Pampa on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property in Gray County. A letter claimed he was not physically able to attend, Judge Reesewing forfeited the $2,000 bond and continued the case to the next term of court.
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Jim Hodges
Borger
Pampa
Gray County
Hodges
Reesewing
Navy Band Concert Tickets Go On Sale At Globe News
Ticket sale for two November 4 Navy Band concerts rushes at Globe News office under Lieut Charles Bentner. Matinee at 3 30 with 25 cent child tickets, evening show at 8 15 with tiered pricing. Proceeds support the High School Band uniform fund.
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United States Navy
Globe News
Charles Bentner
Ross D. Rogers
Mason King
Resort Owner Fires at Rat and Kills Dishwasher
At Yucca Grove resort in Baker California a pistol fire aimed at a rat passed through a wall and struck Clyde Young who was washing glasses at the bar. George Delgardo, the 50 year old resort owner, told Undersheriff James F. Stocker he fired after spotting the rat on a kitchen shelf.
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Cal
Yucca Grove
Clyde Young
James F. Stocker
George Delgardo
Etting's Husband Leaves Hospital After Shooting
Ruth Etting's wounded husband Myril Alderman was released from St. Vincent's Hospital eight days after he was shot by Martin Snyder. His release came hours after Alma Alderman, his second wife, tried to see him to discuss reconciliation and after she filed suit for 159000 dollars alleging alienation of affections.
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Hollywood
U.P
Ruth Etting
Myril Alderman
St. Vincent's Hospital
Martin Snyder
Miss Etting
Alderman
Alma Alderman
Merriam Appeals For Mrs Barnett Eviction Halt
Gov. Frank F Merriam of California appealed to President Roosevelt to stop the eviction of Mrs. Jackson Barnett widow of an eccentric Indian oil millionaire. Federal courts ordered the eviction after ruling her marriage to the Indian invalid due to his incompetence.
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U.P
Frank F. Merriam
California
Roosevelt
Jackson Barnett
U.S
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