President Roosevelt to visit Amarillo for two hour stop
Amarillo readies for a two hour Roosevelt visit on July 11 with plans by the chamber and city committees. Roy Cullum leads arrangements as crowds gather for the president to speak at Ellwood Park and tour the city route from Pierce Street to Third Avenue. Officials expect a large turnout with invitations sent to state governors and congressional leaders.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Riley Strickland
Wade Brymer
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Julius Dozenfield
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Clay Thornton
Fort Worth
Forwee H & Dene
Ellwood Park
Pierce Street
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Arian Pepe
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Amarillo Sunday News-Globe
Hyde Park
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Homer Rice
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Alfred
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Ernor Tingley
Ammons
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Tom Connally
Morris Sheppard
Carl Hatch
Dennis Chavez
Edwin
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Alva B. Adams
Pacific
Marvin Jones
Panama Canal
Tion
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Associated Press
Tradition shattered as stocks hold upswing Clovis
July 2 report notes Carls bad Caverns in New Mexico draw tourists like Yellowstone in Colorado. Port of entry surveys show highway fixes on routes 60 66 70 and feeders boost access, triggering a heavy tourist run from Texas Oklahoma Kansas and midwestern states. Tourists avoid weather troubles and travel in caravans to pleasure.
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European Front Grows Quieter
London reports a calmer European outlook as Anglo German debt settlement aids Chamberlain's appeasement push. Improved sentiment follows reduced Spanish insurgent attacks on British shipping and Turkish French differences, with ongoing efforts to form a neutral commission to study air raids in Spain.
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Tips for July Fourth trips in late model used cars
The Globe News Want Ads promote bargains on late model used cars with dealers urging quick action. Prices are down now but expected to rise as stocks deplete and business improves, so plan holiday travel with a reliable trade or purchase.
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Ig News-Globe
Peace Eternal Will Shine at Gettysburg Dedication
President Roosevelt will dedicate a 40-foot Alabama limestone shaft on the Gettysburg battlefield to symbolize a united nation. Two veterans will unveil the monument as a bronze hood lifts and a gas flame lights at twilight. The beacon atop Oak Ridge is seen for miles. the $60,000 project was funded by seven states and nations. One hundred thousand are expected to attend.
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Virginia
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Illinois
PWA Continues Spending as Debt Rises Nationwide
The Treasury reports public debt averaged 285.70 per person in the last year as two government agencies expand lending. In Fort Worth, PWA regional director Bull warns slow filers may lose funds while PWA approves 56 projects in 17 states totaling 4.37 million dollars in grants and 19 thousand in loans. The FCPC buys 8 million dollars of flour and cereal for relief families.
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Fort Worth
George M. Bull
Public Works Administration
Public Works Fund
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
GOP Fishing for Southern Democrats
Washington July 2 Republican efforts to win Southern Democrats for 1940 focus on breaking liberal conservative lines within the party. John Hamilton leads a Virginia and Alabama outreach to Jeffersonian Democrats as Roosevelt defines liberalism and conservatives face purges in the party. The 1936 Philly convention dropped the two thirds rule, weakening Solid South veto power, as the party braces for a 1940 realignment.
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Will Rogers celebration committee partially chosen
A committee is partially selected to organize the Will Rogers celebration with local officials and volunteers contributing to plan events and activities across the town.
Anvil Park Rodeo Opens Fifteenth Annual Western Show
Echoes of western yips fill Anvil Park as Roy Ross of Sayre Oklahoma bulldogs a steer in seven seconds nearly tying the park record set by Gene Hamilton. Vactor leads in two events with 8.6 seconds bulldogging, while Sydna Yokley, Canadian, captures attention as a 16 year old cowgirl.
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Johnnie Freeman
Supply
Bill van Vacter
Henry Snivgely
Pawhuska
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Plains Wheat In Demand
Kansas City July 2 The Southwestern wheat harvest, rated the best in seven years and perhaps the second best in history, hit its full stride today. Receipts in the Kansas City market reached 3,052 cars, a season record, as Garden City elevator men said the entire country is demanding Southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle wheat to mix with large quantities of inferior protein wheat being marketed elsewhere.
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Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Gunboats Speed To Swatow Port In Evacuation Move
Two US warships Edsall and Tulsa head for Swatow with Sacramento to protect Americans and aid possible evacuation as Japanese bombing hits Swatow for a second day. Casualties in the two attacks total around 500, including 200 schoolchildren, with 69 Americans in the consular district and 25 in Swatow.
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Adkins Denies Supporting Stuart in Railroad Race
Thurman Adkins of McLean says his name was used without authority to back Bob Stuart for railroad commissioner. He states he is not supporting Stuart and instead backs V. Terrell. The News-Globe report notes the misattribution came via a long distance telephone call.
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McLean
News-Globe
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Six Killed as Express Train Hits Auto Near Quakertown
Six people were killed when a Lehigh Valley Transit Company express train crashed into a automobile at Brick Tavern crossing two miles north of Quakertown Pennsylvania. The collision occurred today and involved multiple occupants of the auto. Emergency crews responded to the scene and the victims were reported at the crossing.
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Lehigh Valley Transit Company
Brick Tavern Crossing
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for fair sun across Amarillo and vicinity with generally fair conditions over West Texas, scattered thunderstorms possible in the southwest Sunday. New Mexico may see unsettled weather Sunday with little temperature change. Yesterday in Amarillo the high was around 96 and the low about 62.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Gipsy Smith Weds Mary Alice Shaw in Hollywood Ceremony
Mary Alice Shaw, 26, married Gypsy Smith, 78, evangelist, in the Hollywoodland home of the bride’s mother. The ceremony was attended by a small group of Los Angeles Gypsies with Rev. Rodney Smith, 50, officiating.
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Gipsy Smith
Los Angeles
Gypsy Smith
Hollywoodland
Allie G. Brady
England
Rodney Smith
Mystic
Conn
Betty Smith
Amarillo Dollar Day Set For Next Tuesday
Amarillo hosts its July Dollar Day on Tuesday with first of the month bargains attracting shoppers from across the Panhandle. The holiday Monday shift moves the sale to Tuesday, with promotional notices in the Globe and News.
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Panhandle
Globe
Conviction Grows as Markets Rally Before Independence Day
New York July 2 stock markets surged with pre holiday buying lifting industrial shares to highs not seen since October. The Dow Jones average rose and turnover peaked for a Saturday since October while markets prepare for a long weekend with Monday Independence Day closures.
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New York
Wall Street
Amarillo Friday Brims With Busy Shopping Amid Sale Day Hype
Amarillo shoppers packed the business section with brisk trade despite heat and a long slump. Dollar Day promises big buying as Friday activity hints at a renewed uptick, with parking scarce in the main district and stock values rising on revived demand. The stock and bond rally follows months of stagnation, tied to rumors of July bottoming out and anticipated pump priming by government.
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Amarillo
Musical Note Is Sounded For Roosevelt Visit In Texas
Homer Rice announces the world largest cowboy band will perform The Eyes of Texas in B flat or four four time for President Roosevelt on July 11 in Panhandle. Amarillo musicians rehearse Tuesday night at Municipal Auditorium as rehearsals spread across the region. The director calls it a great honor and says any cowboy with a suitable instrument can join.
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