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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
1
An odd ad text hints at a trademarked product promotion, urging readers to ask a Phillips 66 dealer about an easy pay plan. The snippet suggests sales tactics linked to fuel or consumer goods with emphasis on financing options.
Texas sportsmen push for a longer fishing closed season, with clubs urging the legislature to extend the season to four months. The Goldthwaite Eagle notes broad support and discusses February as key spawning protection, minnow issues, and enforcement ideas.
The article explains three trap shot types used by Jimmy Demaret. It outlines the explosion shot with an open club face and sand behind the ball, the chip or runup shot with a four or five iron, and the skip shot played on the left side to lift the ball over a steep embankment.
Semi final matches in the Amarillo Country Club championship flight paused yesterday as Jimmy Moore and Paul Gore prepared for their upper bracket semi. In the lower bracket John Olver faces E. B. Johnson while other flights push toward finals set for Sunday.
A compilation highlights commonly mispronounced terms such as address automobile acclimate dirigible magazine Museum hospitable and positively. The list aims to aid speakers and learners in improving clarity and pronunciation accuracy.
Edward Ramsey, 24, crippled by infantile paralysis since age two, earns his law degree in the June class at Marquette University. He paid his own way while wearing braces and using crutches, worked 45 hours weekly at a hotel switchboard, and held multiple campus roles. He is an active hitchhiker with trips to California and the Gulf of Mexico. In 1936 he reached San Diego in eight days and returned in six. Also noted is Iceland’s limited cultivable area.
New York June 13. Brooklyn pays around 150000 for outfielder Joe Medwick and pitcher Curt Davis from St Louis. Medwick will bat cleanup with Vosmik in right field and Dixie Walker in center. Durocher hails deal as immediate chance to win. The Reds series starts tomorrow with sellouts and extra police on duty.
Three bowling teams travel to Wichita Falls for a Class B invitation event. Mann's Cakes headlines the women's side with exhibition and mixed play, joined by Mann's Bread and National Shirt Shop quintets. Amarillo men start at 7 30 Saturday with doubles and singles prizes on Sunday.
The Texas League list shows Bradsher and Short leading batting with averages and hits. Key figures include Antonelli and York among leaders in runs and RBIs, while Muncrief and Pollet top innings pitched and strikeouts with notable wins by Muncrief and Pollet.
Earl Lanningham defeated H. C. Foy 6 4 to win the championship flight at the Huber course spring golf tournament for the third consecutive time, securing his third title in Borger.
Ten teams join the Hutchinson County Industrial League with Western Carlton McIlroy and Jims Demons latest additions. The schedule runs three games weekly on Tuesday Friday and Sunday from June 16 to August 16 followed by a Shaughnessy playoff.
Beau Bell drives in winning run with a grounder that offloads Detroit as Charley Gehringer errs twice on the key play. Cleveland’s Al Smith earns his sixth win with relief from the tough Detroit staff. Gehringer homers for Detroit, while Chapman hits a three bagger but the Tigers fall in the tenth.
Seven softball teams join Tucumcari Softball Association as the league plans night games next week. Managers listed include Kenneth Webber, Jack Thomas, Reid Chesher, Myron Mundell, Abad Lucero, Matt Saul, and Buddy Brooks. Officers are Leon Sands president Elmer Wells treasurer Earl Gray secretary and Bill Allen scorekeeper.
Art Querry sparsely uses his putter to card a front nine with one putt per hole at Ross Rogers Municipal course. He follows with a 38 outgoing for a combined par 38, amid a light foursome including Bill Belch and others. The report notes Belch’s recovery from injuries and a dreamt football past.
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