Ranch-o-Tel Opens In Amarillo With Branded Cabins
Amarillo debuts the Ranch-o-Tel at 2501 West Sixth Avenue highlighting its western design. The complex includes a brick administration building, 16 cabins branded with cattle marks, 14 garages, and a large Will Rogers sign. Furniture uses knotty pine, wagon wheel fixtures, and handmade iron lanterns. Will Rogers Highway honors, landscaping planned with cedar and yucca, and a G R Murphy management pair reside on site. Two branding iron keys provide guest access to cabins.
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Amarillo
Ben Carlton Mead
Will Rogers
C. P. Bordwell
G. R. Murphy
Dallas May Acquire Two Plane Factories
The Times Herald reports a Dallas source says plans include establishing a Lockheed plant in Dallas and moving Consolidated Aircraft Company from San Diego to a lakefront site near Dallas. Negotiations have lasted weeks and await Congress passage. the San Diego facilities would relocate to interior defense centers away from vulnerable coasts.
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Dallas
Times- Herald
Lockheed
San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Aircraft Company
Times Herald
Consolidated Company
Rupert Ruppert Estate Shows Moderate Value
Rupert estate in New York on June 7 shows an estimated value near seven million dollars, far below popular estimates of thirty to seventy million. Executors’ tentative accounting outlines the gentler figure and notes adjustments in holdings and liabilities.
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Rupert
New York
Let's Build While Others Destroy Museum Plea
Ben Guill leads a community brick drive for the Panhandle Plains Historical Society museum at Canyon urging constructive work over war. Donors include Derrell Shaw, Hattilu White, Mrs Nona Wilcoxin, Dr George Grout and many Panhandle residents and groups aiding with gold and common brick.
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Ben Guill
Panhandle-Plains Historical Society
Canyon
Derrell W. Shaw
Tascosa
Derrell
Hattilu White
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Amarillo
Miss White
Nona I. Wilcoxin
Marvin Sparks
Dukie Stephen
Alvis Wood
A. C. ‘Towe
Edward Webster
Gene Wood
Jaine Smith
Little Brother
Panhandle
Grout
R. P. Smyth
Plainview
C. P. Harder
E. G. Alexander
West Texas State
Harder
Dorothy Hamblen
Ruth Hughes
Delores Hopper
Patricia Summers
Mrs Mary A Law Rites Held In Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Law were held at the Pierce Street Baptist Church with Rev J D Horton and Dr R C Snodgrass officiating. Survivors include two sons and three daughters, with burial at Browning Cemetery near Tucumcari under Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Mary A. Law
E. R. Cox
North
Lincoln Street
Pierce Street Baptist Church
J. D. Horton
R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
E. L. Hunter
D. P. Pierce
E. E. Boxwell
Pierce
W. D. DeGurre
George M. Waddill
Law
Amarillo
New Mexico
E. H. Law
Mentone
Calif
J. M. Law
Topeka
Kan
B. J. Smith
Grace Law
Businessmen Labeled Communists by Col. Henry
At the Edison Electric Institute convention in Atlantic City on June 7 Col. Robert S. Henry, aide to the president of the American Association of Railroads, called hard headed businessmen who seek government favors the most practical form of Communists. He warned that unintentional fifth columnists exist within business, their words favoring private enterprise while their actions promote government financed competition across utilities and private enterprise.
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Atlantic City
U.P
Robert S. Henry
American Association of Railroads
Henry
Edison Electric Institute
Ship Sacrificed for Small Boy Life at Soaring Meet
Henry Stiglmeier a sailplane pilot from Inglewood California sacrificed his glider to save seven year old Franklin Farmer during a Southwest soaring meet near Wichita Falls Texas. He landed at Iowa Park ten miles west to claim a 25 dollar prize then tow from ground crew aided departure. As an altitude of about 250 feet was reached the tow line fouled and the plane dropped. Stiglmeier shoved the nose into the ground to avoid the boy. both survived though the glider was smashed beyond immediate repair.
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Wichita Falls
Henry Stiglmeier
Inglewood
Cal
Stiglmeier
Iowa Park
Here
Franklin Farmer
Stigimeier
Northcutt Furniture Company Opens Here
A new furniture store opens in Amarillo at 404 Taylor. The Northcutts Mr and Mrs Perry Northcutt operate the shop after returning from Tucumcari New Mexico where Mr Northcutt worked with his father in law E T Burke in the same business. The store is open today.
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Amarillo
Northcutt Furniture Co
Taylor
Perry Northcutt
Tucumcari
N. M
Northcutts
Lemon halves as quick bleach for nails and hands
Save lemon halves after juicing for natural bleach. Keep them at the kitchen sink for fast freshening after dish washing.
WPA Is Aid in Brick Drive at Panhandle Plains Museum
Pottery County WPA workers and 102 women in the sewing room donated 165 common bricks to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum in Canyon. The Brick committee and society officials praised the effort, noting many walked over two miles to contribute. Members named include Beulah Allgood, Josie Baker, Effie Barger, Lula Barley, Illa Beene, Zada Beckman, Julia Booker, Edith Brown, and others.
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Potter County
WPA
Panhandle Plains
The
Historical Society
Hab
Housekeeping
Beulah E. Allgood
Josie L. Baker
Effie D. Barger
Lula S. Barley
Illa C. Beene
Zada W. Beckman
Julia Booker
Edith T
Ruby G. Cox
Emma
Craig
Birdell Kearney
Hazel M. Keen
Opal
S. Lavoie
Marie M. Lees
Jessie Losoya
Lavada Mathes
Paula F. Martinez
Nellie J. McCarty
Bell Mason
Ivy T. McNabb
Clyde L. Mears
Emma W. Moore
Jewell W. Nickell
Mamie ©. Nutt
Walter R. Palmer
Names List of Women and One Man in Local Directory
A long roster of individuals including Ruby M Perez Ella M Pippin Freda Poe Gladys S Price Madeline Quintero Cenovia C Ramirez Aurora B Ramos Mary B Rhodes Mary G Ries Bertha N Rockwell Lula B Rook Jessie M Shelton Elizabeth J Smedley Frances A Crisp Myrtle F Curtis Warner V Darnell Ide W Dean Feliciano M Diaz Mary L Drake Addie A Duke Maggie M Early Sarah F Felder Cora E Fondy Maude S Gallegos Dewey W Gill Caroline S Goetz Isabel Gonzales Maria Q Gonzales Ladie I Gravely Fannie F Hake Kate McHarper Maye N Hawkins Dott J Hembree Emma L Henslee Charlie A Hervey Elizabeth Hopkins Alice R Hester Lora J Jackson Herschel G James Laura G Johnson Fannie L Smith Savannah N Smith Alice P Stephens Felipa R Sustalta Ada B Tate Inez FE Tate Ruth T Taylor Willie M Teter Ruby P Tull Lillian H Vaughn Gertrude Wells Onedia A Whitaker Flora M White Georgia J Williams Letha W Wright Kate A Wyble Maggie M Yarbrough Ida Young.
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Ruby M. Perez
Ella M. Pippin
Freda Poe
Gladys S. Price
Madeline Quintero
Cenovia C. Ramirez
Aurora B. Ramos
Mary B. Rhodes
Mary G Ries
Bertha N. Rockwell
Lula B. Rook
Jessie M. Shelton
Elizabeth J Smedley
Frances A. Crisp
Myrtle F. Curtis
Warner V. Darnell
Ide W. Dean
Feliciano M. Diaz
Mary L. Drake
Addie A. Duke
Maggie M. Early
Herschel G. James
Laura G Johnson
Fannie L. Smith
Savannah N. Smith
Alice P. Stephens
Felipa R. Sustalta
Ada B. Tate
Inez FE. Tate
Ruth T.taylor
Willie M. Teter
Ruby P. Tull
Lillian H. Vaughn
Gertrude Wells
Onedia A. Whitaker
Flora M. White
Georgia J. Williams
Letha W. Wright
Kate A. Wyble
Maggie M. Yarbrough
Ida &. Young
Military Highways Urged by Texas Contractor
J Rutledge Hill of Dallas urged construction of concrete highways between Texas military posts and major petroleum and sulfur regions. He spoke with war department officials and House Majority Leader Rayburn, noting army maneuvers proved the need for such roadways and airfields and factories would follow in defense plans.
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Washington
Texas
J. Rutledge Hill
Dallas
Texas Highway Branch
The
Association of General Contractors
War Department
House
Rayburn
Louisiana
Hill
Congress
Texas PTA conference set for Dallas dates
Austin June 7 The executive committee of the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers set November 6 to 8 as the state convention dates in Dallas.
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Austin
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Congress
Dallas
Huge Tax Bill To Raise Defense Funds In New Plan
A House tax subcommittee approved a plan to raise about 1.006 billion dollars yearly for national defense by broadening the income tax base and increasing excise levies. The bill cuts exemptions for married couples and singles, imposes a 10 percent supertax for five years, raises surtax rates on higher brackets, and boosts corporate taxes. It would also lift the debt limit by four billion to finance defense programs for the current session.
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Washington
National Defense
Roosevelt
Cooper
Tennessee
Bible School Registration Today at Buchanan Street Baptist
Registration for Vacation Bible School at Buchanan Street Baptist Church is set for 2 PM with an emphasis on preliminary instructions and a joy-ride parade. About 15 to 20 cars and several trucks will provide transport for entrants. Classes run Monday to Friday from 9 to 11 AM for two weeks ending June 21. Salary notes: farm helpers over 16 earn eight cents per hour. younger workers about 10 cents.
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Buchanan Street Baptist Church
Treasury orders vigilance for foreign securities to block Germany
The treasury directed postal and customs officers nationwide to watch for foreign securities mailed or imported into the United States. The move aims to stop Germany from cashing securities seized in invaded countries.
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Washington
The
Treasury
United States
Germany
Hartman dies at Westway after illness
Mrs G C Hartman 50 died at her Westway home Thursday after weeks of illness Funeral plans await word from a California based son Survivors include husband four sons Elvin G C Jr Leon Rodger of Hereford two daughters Mrs C O Houser Mrs Gordon Witherspoon and Nina Beth Hartman two grandchildren Born August 18 1890 in Georgia came to Texas in 1895 settling in Erath County in 1924 moved to Deaf Smith County later
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Hereford
G. C. Hartman
Westway
California
Elvin
G. C, Jr
Leon
Rodger
C. O. Houser
Gordon Witherspoon
Nina Beth Hartman
Hartman
Georgia
Texas
Erath County
Deaf Smith County
Floyd County
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Virginia Robbins
Oleta Johnson
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Norma Jean Maples
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Muriel Davis
Francis Davis
Detroit
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Northcutt Furniture Company
PTA
Chet Bordwell
Klock
His
Ranch-O-Tel
Dial
Plains Plumbing Co
W. 7Th
MR. Bordwell
Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Insulating CO
Bible School
New “Ranch-O-Tel
A. K. BA Electrica
Chet
Bordwell
Elers
Dallas Furniture Co
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