Hay fever woes and wild Wyoming ranching talk stray in Panhandle notes
A chaotic mix of notes discusses hay fever in Kansas City Oklahoma City Chicago and Amarillo with masks on streets and pollen sources from weed seeds ragweed and Russian thistle charts, then shifts to dude ranching in Wyoming Palo Duro Canyon and a rattlesnake coat tale, plus scientific vitamin K notes and a Texas A&M team remark.
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United States
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Europe
Amarillo
Missouri
Texas
Panhandle
Tornado hits town as high school game looms
Fragmented excerpts show a tornado event and high school football hype. Notes touch on sports, politics, taxes, health, and population concerns amid a chaotic 1938 era snapshot. Entwined quotes hint at social tensions, crime, beards in Moscow transit, and evolving taxation policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandies
Classified notices and help wanted blurbs from readers
A collage of short reader ads seeking work from men and women, including a 18 year old seeking station work, a man experienced in truck and tractor driving and labor, and a young lady seeking laboratory tech or typing work. Also notes on a stolen 1938 Chevrolet pickup and other small items.
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Tack
van Buren Street
Washington Plans Starling Raid In Capital
Washington prepares for the annual starling influx as Clifford Lanham orders balloon deterrents ready. Clarence Cottam notes a new starling trap while the Smithsonian unmuzzles a self firing cannon to drive away the noisy birds from public buildings.
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Washington
Clifford Lanham
Starling
District of Columbia
Clarence Cottam
Bureau of Biological Survey
Smithsonian Institution
Deafness brings quirks and challenges to daily life
The piece recalls vivid scenes of a brawl and a humorous diary of living with deafness. It notes hearing aids, family moments like a child saying daddy, and the social and work hurdles faced by the hard of hearing amid economic pressures. It includes a personal appeal for missing money.
No Door, but This Boy Sure Did Make One
In Kansas City on trial for destruction of property a witness testified he ran into a beer parlor and out through the back door. The beer parlor owner countered that there was no rear door, claiming the man had “made one.”
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U. S
Moscow
Fortune
Hollywood
St. Peter
Gene Buck
Tennessee
Kansas City
Kan
Harl Thomas
Hearing impairment and work: occupation shifts among the deaf
A study on the occupational options of the deaf shows over 250 occupations represented with many adjusting to varied roles. Yet 40 to 50 percent of deaf men and women work in unskilled or semiskilled jobs like factories and laboring. Hearing aid users show more access to business roles and higher earnings, while nonhearing individuals tend to earn less, highlighting a self-imposed handicap and reluctance to face reality.
Romania at crossroads as dictatorship rises amid factional split
The article describes suppression of opposition and press, foreign staff involvement in Romania, and shifts toward new alignments with Yugoslavia Hungary and Czechoslovakia. It notes German money backing fascists, crushed democratic elements, and Russia France and Germany vying for influence as Romania offers wheat and petroleum wealth and access to the Ukraine.
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Rumania
Carol
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechslovakia
Poland
Russia
France
Germany
Ukraine
Hitler
Four-Power Weather Conference In Panhandle Doubts
Mr Collman doubts a four power conference among wind rain snow and ice can thwart fair weather as it occupies the Panhandle for the next several days.
Man Convicted of Drunken Driving Draws Suspended Term and Fine
Jack Barton pleaded guilty in 47th district court to drunken driving and was assessed a 200 dollar fine and 60 days in jail, both suspended. A Span ish Front dispatch notes a minor Sep 30 engagement in Belmez, Spain as insurgents claim a government attack was repulsed. The article also lists the sun's diameter as 864100 miles and its distance to Earth as about 92 million miles.
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Jack Barton
47Th District
Hendryf
France
Belmez
Spain
Hitler’s Rise Expands Germany Beyond Prewar Size
Report notes Hitler’s strokes and conquests push greater Germany past Kaiser era. With Austria Sudetenland and higher birth rates, population climbs from 65 million in 1933 to about 79 million, adding roughly 3.5 million people.
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Hitler
Germany
Austria
Sudetenland
Separation of Covenant from Versailles Treaty Moves Forward
In Geneva the Assembly of the League of Nations accepted separating the league covenant from the Versailles Treaty, aiming to undercut Germany's disarmament argument. Ratification by member governments is now required. In Rome reports suggest possible Italian troop withdrawals from Spain after Munich talks, though officials deny orders to move home.
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Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Spain
Texas planning board eyes federal funds for growth and resources
A. H. Lehdigh of Lubbock reported on a Topeka reclamation plant study that could produce 10 000 gallons of alcohol daily from 1 500 000 tons of maize and kaffir corn. He urged feasibility in the Panhandle and octane-boosting gasoline as a use. He noted eastern bean oil tests yielding high grade tongue oil for quercers and paints, with current only source in Central China. Senator Clint Small of Ama...
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Texas
A. H. Lehdigh
Lubbock
Topeka
Panhandle
China
Clint Small
Ama
Texas planning board backs O'Daniel tax stance
The Texas planning board urged low taxation to aid Governor nominee W Lee O Daniel, opposing state income and sales taxes. Speakers included Rep Jack Little Trav J Lewis Marlin Sandin and Roy Kimmel. After the meeting a banquet for citizens followed with an executive session and a planned tour of Palo Dam Canyon and Umbarger Dam.
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Illo
Texas Planning Board
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Jack Little
Trav. J. Lewis
Marlin Sandin
Roy Kimmel
Agriculture Department
Amarillo Sees Lowest Texas Power Rates
Franchisebracket brings rates to .009 cents per kilowatt hour in Amarillo with the city average at one cent. Mayor Rogers praises the reduction and notes gas and phone rates are also favorable. Commissioner Joe Jenkins says the next electric rate cut will be general and soon.
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Texas
Rogers
Amarillo
Makeig
Joe Jenkins
City considers water and sewer funding changes and rate cuts
The official notes the $8,000 from the telephone company to the general fund arrived on time while water department costs rise with system expansion. Mayor Rogers says if a PWA grant to extend water and sewer service is not approved the rate reduction may be passed to residents, especially during irrigation season.
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Water Department
Rogers
PWA
James Roosevelt to travel to California for recovery
James Roosevelt, son and personal secretary of the President, is convalescing at Mayo Brothers Clinic in Rochester. He will, on Wednesday, go to the ranch of Walter P. Murphy in Hollister, California, for further recovery.
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Rochester, Minn
James Roosevelt
Howard K. Gray
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Walter P. Murphy
Hollister
Cal
German Ambassador Denies Understanding With Bund
German Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff told the State Department there was no understanding between the German American Bund and the German government. Washington dispatch notes he rejected claims of any formal ties or agreement.
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Bund
Washington
Hans Dieckhoff
United States
State Department
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