District WPA Office To Accept Proposals For Projects Monday
Proposals for WPA projects in the Panhandle will be accepted starting Monday at District No 16 headquarters. District Director A A Meredith said a conference will invite eligible sponsors from 20 North Panhandle counties to plan allowable projects and transfer current Texas Relief Commission projects to WPA.
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A. A. Meredith
North Panhandle
Meredith
Texas Relief Commission
Elizabeth Colp and James Shelton wed in Dalhart
Mrs Elizabeth Colp and James M Shelton were married at Dalhart on a brief ceremony at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Scott conducted by Rev R Clifton Dorn. The couple, now newlyweds, left for a Colorado trip after the service. Mr Shelton hails from a prominent Panhandle ranching family. Mrs Shelton is formerly Miss Elizabeth Whitty of Fort Worth.
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Amarillo
Elizabeth Colp
James M. Shelton
Dalhart
Shelton
Colorado
Joe Scott
R. Clifton Dorn
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
J. M. Shelton
Elizabeth Whitty
Fort Worth
Bar Association selects Boston as next year’s convention city
July 20 Boston was chosen by the executive committee of the American Bar Association as the site for next year’s annual convention. The decision marks a shift to Boston after prior years in other cities and sets the event’s host in the Northeast for the following year.
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Los Angeles
The
American Bar Association
Tulip Bulb Orders Close in Ten Days in Amarillo
Amarillo Garden Club urges orders for Holland bulbs to make Amarillo a Tulip Town next spring. Bulbs cost 50 cents per dozen and ship directly from Holland. Order cut off July 30. Reservations with Mrs Ben Manning at 2-1547, Mrs John Rowland at 5902, or Mrs Davis Tudor at 2-0728.
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Amarillo
Holland
Ben Manning
John Rowland
Davis Tudor
Approve Park for Perryton Texas Lake Park Plan
Special to The News Perryton Texas a 100 acre lake recreation park was approved for the North Panhandle on Well Creek in Ochiltree County18 miles southeast of Perryton The National Park Service approved the Texas Park Board plan to begin October 1 at a cost over 250000 The lake will reach 32 feet deep A dam on Wolf Creek near Shady Nook Ranch will enable outings fishing boating swimming and picnics A land section was purchased from Mrs Mattie Brannon for 13000 and title is now vested in the state County commissioners adjacent cooperated as did many individuals and organizations
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North Panhandle
Well Creek
Ochiltree County
National Park Service
Washington, D. C
Texas Park Board
Wolf Creek
Shady Nook Ranch
J. T. Fryer
Mattie Brannon
Commissioners Courts
Forged Bonds Case Plea Faces Six Year Total
Herbert Lieb pleaded guilty in Houston to forging five $1,000 City of Omaha bonds. He was indicted for possession of the bonds and faced a potential two year penalty in each of the five cases, to run concurrently, totaling six years with four years already pending. The judge indicated a six year total pending state recommendations and possible pardon issues.
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U.P
Herbert Lieb
City of
Omaha
Langston G. King
Charles E. Kamp
Lieb
Robbers Force Watchman to Aid Heist at Pure Oil
Two robbers seized a watchman and a company employee at Pure Oil Products in Chicago early today and compelled them to help load a 1,400 pound safe with $7,000 into a company truck. The safe was taken from the second floor general offices after a 5 am inspection. the victims were coerced in the company yards.
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Chicago
Pure Oil Products Company
John Epperson
Eric Marzeki
Ride victim found in St. Louis County ditch
The bullet riddled body of an unidentified man, described as a ride victim, was found in a ditch beside a highway in St. Louis County. He had been shot several times and officers found $141 hidden in his rough clothing.
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ST. Louis
Fort Worth Wins Centennial Grant in Stock Expo Plan
The Centennial Commission of Control approved a direct 250000 grant to Fort Worth for a Centennial Livestock Exhibition with a supplemental resolution on reimbursements. Six members attended as Kemp and Folk resigned, but were not accepted. If a federal grant reaches Fort Worth the city would refund up to 250000 to the state commission.
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Centennial Commission of Control
Fort Worth
Wallace Perry
el Paso
Perry
State Centennial Commission
Control Commissin
L. W. Kemp
Centennial Historical Board
Control Commission
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Paul J. Folk
Canada Will Place New Tax on Japan
Prime Minister Bennett announced that Canada's forthcoming measures respond to Japan’s 50 percent surtax on Canadian imports to Japan. Tokyo’s move, reported yesterday, prompts Canada to impose a 33 1/3 percent ad valorem surtax on Japanese goods entering Canada. Further talks aim to bridge trade tensions under the Anglo-Japanese treaties.
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Japan
Bennett
Tokyo
Canada
Truit
Girls First Aid Training Saves Young Brother
Virginia Wedge, 15, a Whittenburg Girl Scout, likely saved her seven-year-old brother Orris Lee by stopping a spurting artery after an ice-pick pierced his foot during a mumble-peg game. She pressed the wound until they reached Pantex hospital, a mile away, after learning blood control in a Girl Scout first aid class taught by Mack Harlow of Phillips Petroleum.
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Sunday News-Globe
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Virginia Wedge
Whittenburg
Orris Lee
Pantex Hospital
Thirteen Die In Royal Dutch Air Crash Near San Giacomo
Thirteen persons were killed when a Royal Dutch airline passenger plane crashed into trees near San Giacomo, three miles from San Bernardino. The craft, en route from Frankfurt to Milan, reportedly sent an SOS while seeking an emergency landing field in fog. Passengers included Dutch, English, German and Swiss nationals. two victims were Gerard and Virginia Phillips.
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Switzerland
San Giacomo
Gerard
Virginia Phillips
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Milan
San
Injuries in Clovis Fight Claim One Fatality
J R Trott 19 of San Bernardino California died in a Clovis hospital from injuries in a fight at a transient camp. Woodrow Wilson Rainwater 17, an Indian from Fort Cobb Oklahoma, is held on a murder charge after slashing Trott’s neck with a razor.
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N. M
U.P
J. R. Trott
San Bernardino
Calif
Woodrow Wilson Rainwater
Fort Cobb
Okio
Trott
Congress May Not End Task Till Labor Day
Sluggish after seven months, Congress faces possible adjournment after Labor Day. Senator McNary warns little chance before Sept 1 unless tax expansion disputes ease. Democrats hope to reach mid August if House speeds the tax bill. Leaders note over two dozen major bills passed and about 200 more laws amid looming AAA amendments and banking actions.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
FLIERS SAFELY MAKE NEW LEG OF FLIGHT
Halifax July 20 Thor Solberg and Paul Ozcanyan refueled at Havre St. Pierre on the Gulf of St Lawrence en route from Seven Islands to Breggen Norway for the next leg of their New York to Norway flight. An east coast radio service announced their safe landing from Ellis Bay, Anticosti Island. Hearne July 20 three men robbed a night watchman at Gause after blowing a safe with nitroglycerine and then looted a drug store.
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Thor Solberg
Paul Ozcanyan
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Norway
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Anticosti Island
Hearne
Gause
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Frazier Hunt the Globe Trotter Writes Series for the Globe
Frazier Hunt known as Spike by readers traveled across continents for over 17 years. He returns to America to craft Listening to America, interviewing kings, guerrilla leaders, diplomats, farmers, and workers to depict contemporary U.S. life through global insights.
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Frazier Hunt
Globe Trotter
the Globe
Likely State Tax Cut Event Recalls History
Austin July 20 Examinations of state finances suggest a tax rate reduction from 17 to 6 2 cents for the next fiscal year. The tax board meeting with Governor Allred, Treasurer Lockhart, and Comptroller Sheppard was postponed. Estimates show a school fund balance of 2.5 million dollars and deficits in general and pension funds.
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State
Allred
Charley Lockhart
George H. Sheppard
Lockhart
General Fund
Bank Hold Up Laid to Karpis Gang
Philadelphia July 20 James Davenport Chester police chief said he believes the $48000 Chester bank holdup was engineered by Alvin Karpis America's Public Enemy No 1 Based on tracing telephone calls from Chester to Detroit during the last week Davenport said Karpis probably did not take part in the holdup but his move pulled the job aided by Philadelphia confederates
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Chester
Alvin Karpis
America
James Davenport
Davenport
Detroit
Karpis
Minister Upholds Manchukuo River Territory Claim
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Hirota reiterates Manchukuo sovereignty over the Delta Islands at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers near Khabarovsk. The Soviet Union dispatched a sharp note after frontier incidents, accusing Manchukuoan gun boats of penetrating Soviet waters along the Amur River.
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Japan
Koki Hirota
Manchukuo
Santsyaochow
Amur
Assuri
Khabarovsk
Constantin Yoreneff
Soviet Union
Amur River
Black Widow Bite Fatal to Farmer in Cumby
25-year-old Miller Grove farmer Wiss Lamb died today from a black widow spider bite he suffered a week earlier. Physicians said the venom spread through his system before treatment could help. Lamb's right arm was amputated in an effort to save his life.
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Cumby
Wiss Lamb
Miller Grove
Lamb
Emperor Haile Selassie Calls Out Italy In Parliament Speech
ADDIS ABABA July 20 Emperor Haile Selassie challenged Italy in a fierce parliament address urging world help to avert war. Italian minister Vinci protested verbally at the foreign office over the tone of the attack. Selassie vowed Ethiopia would defend its territory and never be conquered, accusing Italy of renewed aggression 40 years after a crushing defeat.
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Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Italy
Count Vinci
Foreign Office
Rome
Lion of Judah
Former Greek king plans Athens hop
London July 20 Former King George of Greece ordered an airliner to Croydon to fly him to Athens Captain William Ledlie the pilot said the aircraft was standing by awaiting instructions
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George of
Greece
Croydon Air Field
Athens
William Ledlie
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Amarillo and vicinity Sunday partly cloudy with a chance of showers in extreme west. West Texas areas west of 100th meridian also partly cloudy with possible showers. New Mexico unsettled Sunday with likely thunder showers in northwest portion. Temperatures similar to yesterday with highs around 86 to 89. Week outlook shows fair start for Southern Viking and West Gulf states, with partly cloudy conditions and possible showers mid to late week, seasonal temperatures.
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100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Viking
West Gulf States
Kidnaped by Mistake Man Informs Officers
Cleveland reports that Robert C. Byers of Columbus, a sales counselor, said three men abducted him mistaken for his brother George Byers, an automobile distributor. They demanded 500 dollars ransom, and he planned to pay at 1 PM Columbus time. He was released and advised police by Detective Captain Frank W. Story.
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Robert C. Byers
Columbus
George Byers
Byers
Frank W. Story
CCC
Story
Department of Justice
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