Holbrook Returns From Salvation Army Council
Captain Holbrook and Cadet Brady returned from the Inter Mountain Province Officers Council in Denver held May 27 to 31 under Commissioner Estil’s leadership. A $100,000 Salvation Army building was presented to Denver, funded by local subscribers, with other western projects noted. Calls for officer changes in August were announced, and Holbrooks affirmed they remain stationed in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Holbrook
Salvation Army
Amarillo
Brady
Denver
Thomas Estil
Chicago
Missippi River
Kaptain
Estil
Davenport
Iowa
Salvation Army Training School
San Francisco
Holbrook
American Legion
John W. Cousins
Colonel Cousins
Captain Holbrook
Temple Bond Drive to Fund Amarillo Masonic Temple
The committee raising funds for a Ma sonic temple in Amarillo will resume selling insurance bonds on Monday under T. E. Durham. Guy Carlander says the drive waits to sell the remaining bonds to complete the funding, with progress already made and continued effort regardless of time. Shriners bound for Portland will note bonds sold and the drive ongoing when applying for Shrine status.
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Amarillo
T. E. Durham
Guy Carlander
Portland
Local Trade Tour May Be Postponed
The Amarillo Trade Extension League may delay its excursion to mid July due to a railway inability to secure additional Pullman cars. Co. C. Dana of Santa Fe reports he is pressing officials for more cars but trains remain scheduled for regular service or coast travel. Postponement hoped to make the Pullmans available.
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Amarillo Trade Extension League
Board of City Development
Co. C. Dana
Santa Fe
Pacific Coast
May rainfall and weather summary for Amarillo 1920
The May 1920 meteorological summary for Amarillo reports total rainfall of 2.57 inches, eight rainy days, three with trace precipitation, and a May average sunshine of 72 percent. Mean temperature 64.2F, high 92F, low 40F, with a 39 degree daily range. Atmospheric pressure averaged 29.89 inches. Wind primarily from the south, total travel 8,668 miles, max five minute wind 31 mph late May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
United States Department of Agriculture
Polish naval chief without any fleet in Danzig
Admiral Michael Borowski heads Poland's naval effort from Danzig with a tiny force. He remains an admiral without a port, pressing for a Polish sea opening while managing seaport tasks and wartime emigrant logistics.
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Danzig
Michael Borowski
Europe
Admiral Borowski
Poland
Pilsudski
Austria
Paderewski
America
Haller
France
Borowski
Russia
League of Nations
Oder
United States
Philadelphia
Barberton
Ohio
Serbia
Sobieski
Wilson in Charge of Grand Jury in Federal Court Session
Judge James Wilson presided as jurors were empaneled and instructed on duties. The session covered topics including liquor laws, white slave traffic, profiteering, and interstate shipment violations while noting wartime price controls may endure into reconstruction. Citizenship grants were issued to four applicants, and civil and criminal dockets discussed for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States
Federal District Court
James Wilson
Charles Saigling
Poland’s Cry for Freedom Echoes Through Generations
A voice recalls the 1880 Polish revolt and the father’s fight in an uprising referred to as S63, questioning why the writer should endure less. The plea links family sacrifice to ongoing national yearning for independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Russians Desiring US Residency Face Passport Barriers
In Constantinople the foreign Russian population seeks entry to America but passport rules block most. About half of 4,000 to 550,000 Russians crave emigration, citing ties in the United States. Performers require contracts with reputable managers. Serbia and Italy are easier, yet Bolshevist suspects are barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Constantinople
America
United States
New York
Serbia
Italy
Russian Commission
Black Sea
Turkey
Franco
Rescuers Save Boy From Shore Line Express Near Boston
Two men spotted a boy dazed after a wall fall who wandered onto the Shore Line railway near Central Falls. The speeding Boston bound train, about 100 yards away, rounded a curve as the two men leaped to pull the boy clear, saving him from contact with the moving train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore Line
Boston
Central Falls
West Texas Thursday and Friday Partly Cloudy and Warmer
Weather forecast notes Thursday and Friday as generally fair with periods of cloudiness and higher temperatures. The report includes historic daily readings for Amarillo with high and low temperatures from 1919 and 1920 and humidity levels, indicating dry and wet temperatures around 55 to 69 degrees and humidity near 0.59 at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Amarillo
Scoala
Plague Search Yields One Suspect Case in Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz on Tuesday and into late night the area infected by bubonic plague was scanned with only one suspected case found. No deaths occurred during the period. Dr Fabella of the government sanitary department arrived to organize a campaign to eradicate the outbreak.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Fabella
Government Sanitary Department
Waxahachie Wins Texas Oklahoma High School Championship
Waxahachie Texas high school baseball team defeated Sapulpa Oklahoma by 6 to 5 to claim the Oklahoma Texas high school baseball championship in the final game of a three game series between state champions.
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Waxahachie
Associated Press
Sapulpa
Okla
Texas
Oklahoma
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Inter-Mountain Council OF Officers
Masons
George Harnest Parr
Ingland
Fred Svendsen
Denmark
Fred Gottfried
Germany
John McNamara
Ireland
Amason & Amason
Empire Gas & Fuel Company
Rescuf
Little Boy
International News Service
Pawtucket
Polk Street
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Howard T. Trigg
Court House
Amarillo, Texas
Daily News
Duke Drug CO
Polk
Amarillo Transportation CO
J. A. Daily
Mgr
Boyle Paint CO
West Sixth Street
the Elk Cafe
Elk Hotel
Othere
Dohoney-Oliver Drug Company
Fifth and
Taylor Streets
Berry M. Campbell
Cazzell, Elliott & Cresens
Amarillo-Caddo Oil Co
W. E. Cazzell
C. P. Elliott
Smith Bldg
J. W. Cresens
Nat'l Board of Fire Underwriters
T. M. Caldwell Co
Harley-Davidson
F. L. Beer
Fillmore
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