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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1941
Page
9
South as declarer in a spade slam plays against East’s clever count and finessing to drop a leading nine of spades. East’s false card wins a trump trick and seals defeat unless South can find the right cross ruff or finesse, with Culbertson promising discussion tomorrow.
Private Marvin E. Gardner of Amarillo has been named private first class and rated specialist 8rd class in the First Signal Troop at Fort Bliss, El Paso.
Clarendon schedules a two day rodeo at Broncho Park on July 4 and July 8 as the 56th independence observance. Veteran local ranchers John McCellan John Blocker Joe McMurtry Loyd Shelton and George Norwood head the rodeo committee contracting stock for the event. Also noted a separate item reports Arthur Db. W. Bunn 24 was jailed in Dartmouth England for robbing church collections dating back to youth.
Buffalo Lake hosts the third annual Opening Day on June 14 15 with a Sail Boat Classic Amaryllo Times Trophy fishing fleet races hydroplane events and an all girl diving contest. Ray Applegate is urged to bring a seaplane for the first West Texas lake landing while KFDA KFDB broadcast main events with free admission.
Mrs. Rebecca Ann Newman aged 66 died suddenly Sunday at her daughter Mary Oney’s home in Portales New Mexico. Funeral services were held at Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with pastor O W Edwards officiating. Burial followed in Portales cemetery. Surviving children include George Newman Macy Texas Lily Farrar Portales Harvey Newman Loving Lonzo Newman Morton Tex Mary Oney Portales Lloyd J W Newman Loving and Mrs Johnny Bell Maxwell Morton.
Charles J. Murphy a Fortune Magazine writer and Zamzam passenger returned from Lisbon recounting the German raider Tamesis sinking claim. He said the Zamzam was hit April 17 in the South Atlantic with 202 aboard as crew signaled it had stopped and Germans transferred supplies and aided casualties before transferring survivors to Dresden then to St Jean de Luz France.
The Top 6 Texas Folks Fiesta in Pampa runs Thursday through Saturday with a Palomino parade Friday and Saturday mornings at 11 and a Palomino parade during rodeo performances at 2:30 pm. Entries from the Panhandle expected. Jaycees offer prizes for best Palomino stallion and best Palomino mare.
Private First Class Elvin V Vestal of El Paso has been appointed sergeant in the First Signal Troop at Fort Bliss. A University of Toledo survey notes average college student reads 24.8 books annually.
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