Garner Holds To Silence On Future Plans
Vice President John N. Garner returns to Washington after a two month Texas stay and refuses to discuss his political plans or possible role in the upcoming campaign. He urges early adjournment to limit federal spending and powers tied to Roosevelt.
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Garner
Washington
John N. Garner
Congress
Roosevelt
Texas
Edwin A. Halsey
Senate
Henry A Wallace
Scouts to Hold Court of Honor in Potter County Courthouse
Amarillo District Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts will stage a Court of Honor tonight at in the Potter County courthouse. The event honors regular awards and presents Tri-State Fair exhibit contest prizes including a $10 cash prize donated by the American Business Club to Troop 2 as first prize winner.
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Amarillo
Llano Estacado Council of Boy Scouts
Potter County
American Business Club
Hick Halcomb, Former Plains Editor, Dies
Hick Halcomb, 36, former editor of the Dumas and Dimmitt newspapers and ex head of the parole board in Gov. Allred's administration, died in Austin after a Seguin funeral visit. He had attended Mrs Halcomb's father's funeral earlier in the week. He is survived by his wife and a daughter.
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Austin
APRI
W. W. (Hick) Halcomb
Dumas
Dimmitt
Parole Board
James V. Allred
Seguin
Police shells reported missing after burial at St Michael's cemetery
In New York two artillery shells found in St Michael's cemetery were taken to sea and dumped. A report from William Van Noyak says his two shells are missing. he claims a navy friend gave them to him 12 years ago and he placed them on his father in law's grave until he could afford a monument.
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New York
U.P
St. Michael's Cemetery
William van Noyak
Navy
Fish stocks moved to Tascosa area by truck load
Fish by the truck load were sent through Amarillo this morning to Boys' Ranch at Tascosa. The fingerlings are packed in special air pressured compartments for transport. Deputy game wardens said the fingerlings originated from the state hatchery at Dundee.
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Amarillo
Britons Consider Rag Helmets in Wartime Shortage
London reports a shortage of steel tin hats for guns tanks and ships leading to a crash hat substitute made mainly from rags. The lighter helmet is half the weight and only slightly more vulnerable and will be sold to civilians.
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London
Amarillo Chamber Essay Prize Awarded to Litton
Jack Litton of 308 A Maryland Street won second prize in the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce essay contest receiving $10 for a seven point program for Amarillo. Secretary Carl Hinton declined to award the first prize of $20 due to too few entries.
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Amarillo
Senate panel declines to probe FDR Chattanooga speech
The Senate campaign committee ruled no sufficient political implications in President Roosevelt's Labor Day Chattanooga address to warrant a committee investigation. Senator Clyde M. Reed led the motion in Washington on September 26.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Committee
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Roosevelt
Chattanooga
Tenn
Amarillo Sees Unexpected Lull in Deaths as Year Proceeds
City records show 0 deaths over eight days, breaking the prior annual average of 478 deaths yearly or about 1.33 deaths per day. Analysts note the unusual pause and warn it could signal shifting mortality trends in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Reserved Seats Sell Quickly for WT Buffaloes ASU Game
More than 200 Amarilloans bought reserved seats for Friday night’s Butler Field game between the Buffaloes and Arizona State Bulldogs by noon today. Dr Jason Robberson chamber of commerce president and Sam Fikins good will committee chairman urged attendance.
Rock Island carloading figures released
FE M Durham Jr reports carloading totals for the week ending September 21 at 27 951, up from the previous week and down from last year. A 25 years ago note from September 26 1915 recalls British forces fighting near Ypres and gaining then losing positions.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
FE. M. Durham, Jr
Ypres
Army on Move Through Here
The army is moving through Amarillo with three troop trains and a motor convoy in the past 24 hours. An 18 car troop train with about 800 men passed over the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad around 11 a.m. en route from Colorado and Wyoming to Fort Sill Lawton Oklahoma for a year of training.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth & Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Fort Sill
Lawton
Oklo
Yuma
Ariz
Fort Reno
Rock Island
Chicago
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
202Nd Coast Artillery
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Motor Company
Santa Fe
Arizona
Forth Worth
Denver
Louisiana
Fifteen Register For Spanish Course
Amarillo College night school offers a Spanish class with 15 students registering at its first meeting. More students are expected at the next meeting Monday at 7 30 p m. Courses available for college credit or non credit.
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Amarillo College
Max Baers Uncle Max Baer Visits Amarillo on Business
Max Baer of Denver, uncle of the famous boxer, is visiting Amarillo on business. He is a former Amarillo resident and is accompanied by Mrs. Baer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Baer
Denver
Amarillo
Mr. Baer
Mrs. Baer
Charles Brooks Given Five-Year Suspended Burglary Sentence
Charles Brooks of Amarillo, living in a local hotel, received a five year suspended sentence after pleading guilty in the 47th district court to burglary charges.
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Charles Brooks
Amarillo
47Th
Delinquents Pass 1Q Feeble minded Test
Delaware State Hospital clinic tests show few delinquents are feeble minded. Superintendent Tarumianz reports only 4.35 percent of youths referred by the Juvenile Court as delinquents were found feeble minded.
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Wilmington
Del
U.P
Delaware State Hospital
M. A. Tarumianz
Markets and Livestock Report From Kansas City Stockyard
Market summaries show hogs up 15 20 cents with tops around 6.50 per hundredweight as 3 000 head reported. cattle offerings about 3 000 with feeder and stocker classes mixed. steers good grade at 9.50 to 10.50 and cows 5.50 to 16.25. sheep slow with native lambs around 8.75 to 9.00. Financial Security Fund liquidation noted with price 1 5837 and offering 1.74.
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Kansas City
To Organize Junior Cycle Safety Club Again
Dr J W Barr chairman of the Amarillo Safety Council bicycle committee will assist the Legion of Safety in organizing Junior High way Patrol Safety Bicycle Clubs in all public schools. Announcement of continuance was made after a Wednesday noon Legion of Safety meeting.
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J. W. Barr
Amarillo Safety Council
Legion of Safety
Amarilloans Travel for Kin's Funeral in Rockville
Mr and Mrs O E Robinson of 1703 Lincoln Street drove to Rockville Tl for the burial of Mrs Robinsons father Mr Scott slated for Friday.
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O. E. Robinson
Lincoln Street
Rockville
Mrs. Barker Heads East on Shopping Tour
Mrs. J. M. Barker wife of City Auditor J. M. Barker travels from Indianapolis to New York for a buying trip through the Fast and will be away several weeks after attending the annual antique show. Kennedy Dies After Defeating Coolidge in 1905. Auckland Noted as New Zealand’s Largest City.
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Coolidge
Northamton
Mass
John J. Kennedy
Northampton
Calvin Coolidge
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Newington
Conn
Kennedy
Mayor Receives Roosevelt Air Bill Text for Defense Airports
Mayor Ross D. Rogers received a copy of a bill submitted by President Roosevelt to authorize funding for airport development and defense related landing areas. The text includes allocations of 30 million dollars for construction and maintenance and up to 50 million for pre July 1 1941 contracts, with protections on land purchase and building con struction certified for military use.
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Roosevelt
Ross D. Rogers
Paul Betters
United States Conference For Mayors
Commerce Department
Civil Aeronautics
United States
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Independent Office
House Committee Calls for Record Defense Spending Increase
The House Appropriations Committee urged Congress to add 1.4699 billion dollars in cash and contracts, boosting the army to 1,399,441 by July and lifting total peacetime armed services appropriations to 12.1368 billion. The plan excludes roughly 4.7 billion for a two ocean navy program and includes 1.063 billion to feed equip and pay national guardsmen and draftees, plus 338 million for barracks housing approved earlier.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Eddie Boyd Among Navy Recruits From Amarillo
Navy recruiters in Amarillo interviewed 20 men and reviewed 9 applications by noon. Eight were rejected for physical defects mainly eyes and teeth. Eddie Boyd was accepted and will proceed to Pampa to interview more High Plains youths.
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Eddie Boyd
Eddie
Amarillo
Pampa
High Plains
Navy
Export-Import Lending Program Approved by Roosevelt
Roosevelt signs a law adding 500 million dollars to the Export-Import Bank for Latin America as part of a 1.5 billion expansion. The Redistributed funds lift RFC lending authority with remainder available for general RFC uses including defense industry loans.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Latin America
Bargain Rates For WTSC Exes Offer Cut-Rate Tickets
The West Texas Exes Association offers ex-students membership for discounted prices on West Texas State athletic events. Amarillo officials Carl Clifft Vincent Lockhart and Mrs. W D Word handle memberships at $1 a year. couple membership $1.50. life memberships via five year installments. Mrs Beulah Miller will sell cut-rate tickets at the Butler Field booth Friday night for the Buffaloes vs Bulldogs game.
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West Texas
Dixie Howell
Bulldogs
Tempe
Arizona
Jack Curtice
Rugged
Buffaloes
Amarillo
W. T. Exes Association
Carl Clifft
Potter County
Vincent Lockhart
W. D. Word
Clifft
Lockhart
Custodial School Tonight in Amarillo High School
The second session of a state and Amarillo Public Schools custodial education program will be held tonight at 8 at the high school. About 100 janitors custodians operators teachers principals and superintendents attended the first session. Sessions run tonight tomorrow Monday and Tuesday with special classes for school staff and a teachers class Monday focusing on lighting heating ventilation and public relations.
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State Department of Education
Amarillo
Panhandle Hi-V Officers Meet at Camp Training
Panhandle Hi-V club officers gather at Cota Glen Camp southeast of Canyon for the annual training camp sponsored by the Great Plains District YMCA. Harold L. Nichols directs the session with lead speakers S. H. Condron of West Texas State College and Bishop E. C. Seaman of the Amarillo Episcopal Diocese. Attendees include high school boys, sponsors, and leaders from Amarillo, Pampa, Phillips, Perryton, Dalhart, Tucumcari, Hereford, Canyon, Plainview, Memphis, and Lubbock.
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Panhandle
Cota Glen
Canyon
Great Plains
Young Men's Christian Association
Harold L. Nichols
S. H. Condron
West Texas State College
E. C. Seaman
Amarillo Episcopal Diocese
Amarillo
Pampa
Phillips
Perryton
Dalhart
Tucumcari
Hereford
Plainview
Memphis
Lubbock
Santa Fe Railway reports August income rise
The Santa Fe Railway system earned a net operating income of 2,253,419 in August, up 270,468 from the prior year. Gross income reached 14,631,685, an increase of 854,859 over August 1939, with year to date net operating income at 11,686,640 versus 10,086,108 last year.
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Santa Fe
Edward J. Engel
Buick Dealers and Servicemen Meeting in Amarillo
Buick dealers and servicemen of the Panhandle gather for a two day service school at the Amarillo Hotel led by C. F. Hamilton of Dallas with O. L. Daniels and Johnnie Filiott assisting.
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Buick
Night raids escalate as Berlin, London exchange blows
British and German air forces traded heavy night attacks with Berlin hit by Templehof airport munitions factory and rail yard damage while London endured over an hour of bombardment as raids intensified along the invasion coast. Berlin reports strikes on Kiel dockyard and power stations with a 19th straight London bombing night.
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British Air Ministry
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Great Templehof
Ministry
Kiel
Scharnhorst
Air Ministry
Wales
England
London
Air Miistry
Army Reserve Seeks Soldiers for Local Enlistments
Army Reserve seeks men up to 36 with at least one year service and honorable discharge to join the reserve list. Lieut. George T. Coleman will recruit at Amarillo station Saturday. Pay is $2 monthly, not active service, with no registration required unless called in a real emergency. Bring discharges. no discharge means no enlistment.
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Army
George T. Coleman
Lubbock
Amarillo
Set
R. A. Jackson
Jackson
Pullet Lays 26 Kees With Double Yolks
Kenneth Musick of Plains Creamery reports his white leghorn pullet has laid 26 consecutive double yolk eggs starting August 31, with proof the hen may reach 27 in 27 days. The farmer notes the pullet has produced 52 eggs in 26 shells and 50 eggs in a month.
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Kenneth Musick
Plains Creamery Company
Mr. Musick
Rotarians Attend John Snider Barbecue at Boys Ranch
Rotarians from Amarillo Panhandle and Dalhart join the event at the Boys Ranch Old Tascosa tonight for a 7 p.m. barbecue serving more than 250 Rotarians guests and families. Visitors from Pampa Shamrock Ralls Midland and Canyon join the three clubs. Special guests include Fred Wemple of Midland and Jim McLaughlin of Ralls. The ranch boys stage the program with farm and ranch contests a pet parade and other features as attendance tops 500.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Dalhart
John Snider
Old Tascosa
Pampa
Shamrock
Ralls
Midland
Canyon
Fred Wemple
Jim McLaughlin
Renting Time Nears in Globe Want Ads Drive
After today there are three more shopping days and a Sunday until October first totaling four renting days. If you have a vacant room apartment duplex house or business property, hurry to Want Ad Headquarters to start an ad. Time’s a’wasting. Globe News Want Ads Dial 6262.
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Globe-News
Drafted Men Will Be Fed Sumptuously
The war department pledged to feed army conscripts well with the best military rations. Officers attend baker and cook schools to learn dietary needs. A typical menu includes breakfast with fruit cereal milk bacon and eggs or sausages, dinner with beef, vegetables, bread, and ice cream or pie for dessert.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Gray Lady Corps Organized Here
The local Red Cross forms a Gray Lady Corps to aid Veterans Hospital patients. The group requires training, 50 hours annual service, and certificates of membership. Chairwoman is Mrs. William E. Herring with members including Mrs. C. P. Bordwell and Miss Lucille King.
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Women's Volunteer Service
Red Cross
Veterans Hospital
Red Cross’ Hospital and Recreation Service
William E. Herring
C. P. Bordwell
John K. Boyce
George E. Erlandson
J. I. Kendrick
Ingeborg Kilstoffe
Lucille King
R Dwan Kirk
S. Wayne O'Keefe
John Gray Named Radio Instructor
John Gray a 1940 Amarillo College graduate has been named instructor at Port Arthur Radio College Dr J F Mead Amarillo College president announced Gray joined the Port Arthur school after a vacancy opened following an instructor resignation He is the 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs John D Gray of 410 B East 19th Avenue and is an Amarillo High School and Amarillo College alum with a longtime interest in radio.
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John Gray
Amarillo College
Port Arthur Radio College
J. F. Mead
Port Arthur Radio School
John D. Gray
East
19Th Avenue
Amarillo High School
Panhandle drought relief yields 1 026 earthen tanks in 22 counties
Despite drought the Panhandle built 1 026 earthen tanks moving 1 802 229 cubic yards of dirt on 6 642 406 acres. Ranchers earned 442 805 dollars from 527 270 dollars in federal funds under the 1939 range conservation program. Reseeded rangeland 847 310 acres. contour furrows 38 411 acres. wells 35 888 feet. eradicated prickly pear 80 097 acres. fire guards 466 780 feet.
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Panhandle
Texas Extension Service
Business English Course Opens Tonight at Capitol Hotel
The West Texas State College extension course in business English starts tonight at 8 o clock at the Capitol Hotel. Dr A K Knott of the college faculty will instruct. Emphasis on business letter writing. Offered for college credit certification in the National Institute of Credit or non credit.
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West Texas State College Extension
Tri-State Association of Credit Men
National Institute of Credit
Capitol Hotel
A. K. Knott
Common Sense About Constipation Advice
A doctor would tell you the best approach is to address the cause of constipation to avoid symptoms. The piece urges a diet rich in bulk from high fiber cereals like Kellogg's All-Bran, plenty of water, and medical consultation for chronic cases.
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Kellogg's
Pattern 4578 offered in multiple women sizes with yardage details
Pattern 4578 is available in women's sizes 34 through 48. Size 36 requires 4 yards 35 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department Amarillo Globe, 243 West 17th Street, New York, NY. Additional ten cents will bring the latest Pattern Book.
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Amarillo Globe
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
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