City awards paving contract for 40 blocks at Amarillo
The city commission awarded a resurfacing contract for 40 blocks of Amarillo streets to Bell Braden Berker Gilvin at 47 234 dollars the only other bid was 52 432 for improving working conditions The project covers West Seventh Avenue from Polk to Tyler and aims to finish a multi year pavement program The commission also authorized bids for a bulldozer for the sewer department and a mowing machine for the street department A late session discussed Waste Disposal Park Department wages with employees seeking a 10 per month increase and other salary and conditions suggestions
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Amarillo
City Commission
Bell, Braden, Berker & Gilvin
West Seventh Avenue
Polk
Tyler
Funeral for J F Duckett Held at First Baptist
Funeral services for J F Duckett were held at 4 pm at First Baptist Church with Rev. Carl Bates officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under N B Griggs & Sons. Pallbearers were John Goodman Howard Tomlinson Herman Wicker Wayne Shires C H Gifford Claire McCollum. He died Monday at Veterans Hospital at 36, an Amarillo resident since 1939 and shop foreman for Borden Company for two and a half years. He leaves a wife two sons two daughters parents a brother and five sisters.
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J. FE. Duckett
First Baptist Church
Carl Bates
Memorial Park Cemetery
N. 8
Griggs & Sons
John E. Goodman
Howard Tomlinson
Herman Wicker
Wayne Shires
C. H. Gifford
Claire McCollum
Charles Young
D. S. Watkins
S. Q. Daniels
Hoyt Palmer
O. B. Dalton
Ray Reed
Duckett
West Seventh
Veterans Hospital
Borden Company
Amarillo
Borden's
Sutherland to Build $1 Million Plant in California
Kalamazoo Michigan June 13 The Sutherland Paper Company announced a plan to construct a one million dollar plant in Santa Clara California. President William Race said the facility will manufacture Serviset branded cups plates forks spoons napkins and table covers for nationwide advertising.
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Paper Products
Kalamazoo
Mich
Sutherland Paper Company
Santa Clara
Cal
William Race
Sutherland
California
Serviset
End Segregation in Education Urged by Doctor
Dr. A L Hunter of Marlin, president elect of the Lone Star Medical Association, told the Negro physicians' convention today in Galveston that it is time to end segregation in education. Globe-News Want Ads Get Results.
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Galveston
A.L. Hunter
Marlin
Lone Star Medical Association
Negro, Physicians’ Convention
Free Movies in Amarillo Parks Stir Protest by Theaters
Amarillo park free movie nights face opposition from theater operators. The first show opened at Sam Houston Park with 200 attendees, and another is planned at San Jacinto Park. Officials defend the program as national trend driven and aimed at audiences not reached by other recreation efforts.
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Amarillo
Recreation Department
Sam Houston Park
San Jacinto Park
Haas
Amarillo street pool yields two dozen fish bait catch
In Amarillo a gutter pool behind Mrs. Cora Wood’s home produced about twenty four minnows saved from rain runoff. Morris Wise trapped them in a can using it as a seine while his wife recounted the accidental supply of small fish for future use.
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Morris
Zeke” Wise
North Polk
Wise
Cora Wood
West Fifteenth
Fuss Throws Hubby Into Burning Rage
John W. Mercer 32 quarreled with his wife who walked out. He piled her clothing on the bed and set fire to it. the fire department responded. The wife forgave him but the landlord and fire department did not. Mercer was jailed on arson charges.
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Wichita Falls
U.P
John W. Mercer
Mercer
Alluring Women Island In Pacific Attracts Scientists
Australian scientists reportedly study a remote Shangri La island 300 miles north of New Guinea where native men serve women wearing sarongs. The island beauties are described as Balinese-like with Cleopatra features, and researchers aim to prevent extinction from disease and inbreeding, though some skepticism remains from Pacific Islands Monthly editor Robson.
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Manus
Admiralty Islands
U.P
Shangri-La
Pacific
Sydney Sun
George H. Johnston
Western Isles
New Guinea
Johnston
R. W. Robson
Pacific Islands Monthly
Zoning Dispute Reaches Amarillo Court
Judge W. E. Gee of the 108th District Court heard the City of Amarillo versus Mrs. Iweta Scales. The city seeks an injunction over a West Nineteenth Street building used to house six families, alleging permit rules allowed only a duplex.
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W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
Amarillo
Iweta Scaies
Argentina to Build $35 Million Gas Pipeline
Argentina outlines plans to construct a $35 million gas pipeline from the Plaza Huincul fields. The project aims to expand gas transportation and bolster regional energy supply.
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Argentina
Plaza Huincul
Texas CPAs Rally Warns Government Bookkeeping Flaws
DALLAS June 13 The annual Texas Certified Public Accountants convention heard T Coleman Andrews of Richmond Virginia say businessmen would go bankrupt if they kept accounts like the federal government. He urged better financial data for smart management.
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Dallas
Texas Certified Public Accountants
T. Coleman
Drews
Richmond
Council of the
American Institute of Accountants
Andrews
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