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Newspaper
Pampa Daily News
Location
Pampa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1934
Page
1
The jumbled text mixes comic lines about shaving mustaches, skating decisions, and odd food banter. It includes references to Whompson Bert Curry and pie making. The passage reads like a half formed joke page with nonsensical dialogue and stray culinary remarks.
A column reviews a pest problem with ants invading a home and garden. County Agent Ralph Thomas advocates cyanide use, while a reader warns of lethality and favors soil spading. letters discuss ant behavior and humane solutions amid a rustic home front scene.
The New York State Athletic Commission ordered the heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden to proceed as scheduled after executive examination. Chairman Joh J. Phelin announced the decision with doctors and commissioners endorsing the bout despite concerns about fighter condition.
Report notes Nencint entered in Mosley case with motion for non-suit. Mosley’s counsel sought dismissal after jury formation. Judge LeFors presiding, panel to be discharged. Witnesses and proceedings described amid corporate considerations of the BShimsack Oil & Gas Company matter.
Celebrations mark the formal casing of eight erete pikes as Pale Dure Park opens July 4 in Austin. San Antonio chair prompts a June sessions with a list of park openings including Meridian and Stephenville state parks through late June and July.
The forgotten grave of a king's army member near Refugio was reburied today with plans announced for an official burial service. The body was found while attempting to join Famnin's forces at Gollack during a Tey vota tion.
Fragmentary OCR note cites Pampins and Lane with mixed outcomes and names Simon Penders and PB Duvall. Text is garbled, mentions races, luck, location of pagoGff win dow, and a Yolco Art Tagat chief. Difficult to extract a coherent event or outcome.
A Dun and Bradstreet weekly trade review notes weather has boosted retail activity while drought hurts volumes. Industrial operate at steady pace with slight capital goods expansion. Employment remains high and pay scales near a postwar peak, but durable goods face unemployment yet show improving trends. About a billion dollars in new financing looms as a climate of rising living costs and higher fall food prices emerges from drought damage.
In midwestern farming regions Roosevelt slips in popularity while industrial states show rising support. Literary Digest fourth report quotes 270,491 approving to 256,429 opposing with Maine and Vermont dissenting. Industrial states like Connecticut and New York trend positive. Minnesota shows a boost in third quarter. Warren of the Panhandle Herald reports business in Pampa.
A tropical storm battered San Salvador causing widespread damage. Power lines and rail travel halted, homes flooded, and partial collapses reported across the capital. Martial law was declared as communications collapsed and Pan American Airways warned three weeks to restore services.
Fred Thompson travels to Toronto for the Kiwanis International Convention June 10 to 14. The club observes All Kiwanis Night with a fellowship hour at the same time as clubs worldwide. Appleton’s Jashika L. Jobs is named as international president and will address attendees.
Mrs. Dionne frets as five Dionne quintuplets and five older siblings recover from jaundice after birth. In Corbeil, doctors say complications arose but recovery continues slowly. Mrs. Dionne, long bedridden after delivery, desires activity while the household buzzes with newborns and incubators.
Gray County seeks to collect interest on land sales as Wyatte and Shell Petroleum explore leasing 1500 acres of Allison tracks. The county objects to subordinate liens while interest on lands has accrued. County Attorney Sherman White leads efforts to optimize revenue and examine all tracts.
Gray County Singing convention gathers at McLean on Sunday with sessions beginning at 3 PM in the Holiness church. John Taylor of Clovis, president of the 27 county Plateau Singing convention, is expected to attend along with visiting special members and Mrs McLean's group.
In Pampa, parking lots are increasingly used as merchants require free spaces for visitors. The north of the Combs-Variey area will be improved once funds allow, and the Santa Fe lot between Guyter and Russell roads remains in good condition. Mrs. W T Davis travels to Melbourne on business.
Beaumont June 8—Stark, a 58-year-old bachelor, ran amuck injuring his brother's child and Nat Stark, then killed Nat with a wagott spear. He cut off one of his own ears and attacked Jay Stark and others before being restrained by Clare family members who hid in nearby woods. He was held in Newton county jail as district attorney considers charges.
Pampa Kiwanians will gather Monday at 4 45 p m at the Ute Schneider hotel for a family picnic near LoFors to save on the annual pen e. A large trackful of food arrives from Alex Schneider and a Toronto International convention radio broadcast will be received. Speakers include Frank Carter and Jimmie Weir among others as locals welcome visitors today.
Texas officials from the Wie Fills company visited Pampa yesterday and today. The delegation included J Basham O Burden and LR Bmith, listed as officials of the Texas company with offices in Wie Fills.
Washington reports on agricultural output and a cricket match in Philadelphia where Webby Cruickshank from Richmond put on a sensational round 7. Kansas City and Des Moines women's poll results are noted, while Henry A. Wallace predicts a long national policy period as the nation decides its direction.
L N milative of One Ex explains a 3000 true Wip journey to New Mexia Wyoming Utah and Colorado lasting 8 weeks with credit for a 6 week summer term. For non travelers cooperative houses reduce living costs to near home levels. Next fall Canyon will establish an archaeology department by the board.
Monday will be Pampa day at the Southwest Rode Meek association spring meet with Amar day in Panhandle. Crowds are expected to be large as new grandstands starting gates and improved facilities promise a grander track. About 145 race horses are entered, with thoroughbreds and Panhandle entries featured in daily shows.
President Roosevelt told Congress he is preparing a broad plan for housing and a national program for land and water resources. He stressed aiding citizens with decent homes and productive work, proposing a unified social insurance system funded by contributions. He endorsed state federal cooperation and warned against recovery first without reconstruction.
Officers hunt Bill Elephens who escaped Sayre Oklahoma jail last night after kicking the jailer into a cell and beating him unconscious. He seized the jailer’s weapons, fled in a 1930 blue Chevrolet sedan with plate Oklahoma 250 078, last seen toward Parape on Highway AL.
A reader laments plum trees heavily laden at the home of J. O. Gillham describing thick fruiting that obscures branches. The comment references Roosevelt’s speech urging restoration of land in the northwest and southwest to support large-scale farming and prevent drought.
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