Mission funding hits missionary work hard
Chicago June 18. Dr John C Acheson of St Paul chairman of the laymen’s missionary movement tells the executive committee that shrinking church benevolent budgets and pressure from American First sentiment are starving mission fields of preachers and funds. He cites hospital and school closures, and notes women’s boards lift giving while men pull back.
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Chicago
John C. Acheson
St. Paul
MacAlester College
Acheson
Branch Warehouse Opens in Amarillo by GE Refrigerator Dealers
The F. O. Cone Co of El Paso opens a new Amarillo branch with Armstrong Transfer and Storage Co as part of expanding General Electric refrigerator distribution in the Panhandle. J. E. Vaughan notes GE leads in home refrigerators with no service costs reported, and a tour showcases GE’s commercial line from 4 to 130 cubic feet, water coolers, ice freezers, and cabinets. After Golfino-Farley, the Hebrew competitor Farley is praised as the best opponent the writer has faced.
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F. O. Cone Co
General Electric Refrigerator Distributors
el Paso
Amarillo
Armstrong Transfer and Storage Co
Panhandie
General Electric
J. E. Vaughan
E. O. Cone Co
E. C. Cone Co
Panhandle
Amy Johnson the Girl Flier Returns in Triumph
Amy Johnson, at 22, became a symbol of British persistence after flying solo from England to Australia in six days, overcoming heat, monsoons, and danger. Plans later funded by sponsors and newspapers ended with a triumphant return as British morale rose. The narrative parallels Lindbergh, with Amy's background as a London stenographer and her relentless training and sacrifice fueling a historic feat.
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Amy Johnson
England
Australia
London
Britain
Amy
Lindbergh
Hull
Sheffield University
Stag Lane
Johnnie
Air Ministry
Royal Aeronautical Society
Lord Wakefield
Far East
Timor Sea
H. M. Fenton
Trade and Customs
Granville Ryrie
Sefton Branche
Civil Aviation
Amy Johnson to Receive Greatest Reception Ever for Flight
London excited as Amy Johnson returns from a 9500 mile Gypsy Moth solo flight to Australia in 19 days. She is awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire and will meet the King, with the Prince of Wales and aircraft clubs planning honors. Police anticipate huge crowds in London.
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London
England
Australia
Amy Johnson
Order of
Prince of Wales
York House
Edison Home in Health Again
The 83-year-old inventor Thomas A. Edison, returned to Newark after wintering at his Fort Myers Florida estate. He said he would not back Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow in the New Jersey senatorial race, a candidate who has declared for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Thomas A. Edison
Newark
N. J
Fort Myers
Fla
New Jersey
Dwight W. Morrow
Proceedings in Criminal Appeals Court and Effects on Records
The court of criminal appeals affirmed and reversed various cases including E L Murray from Jefferson and J W Bradley from Tarrant. Appeals were reinstated reversed and remanded in multiple matters while others were dismissed or denied rehearing. A 1930 notice states substitute trustee I W A Askew will auction Amarillo land on July 1 1980 to satisfy a Pot County Texas deed of trust default.
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C. E. Wilson
Dallam
R.L. Shoppe
Howard
Coy Maroney
Terry
George Griffin
Bowie
John Jackson
Wise
H. B. Victory
Polk
Lon Anthony
Bexar
A. O. Yancy
Collingsworth
Tom Minton
Eastland
Simon Castro
Bee
J. W. Bradley
Tarrant
Cecil Grice
Lubbock
Joe Falco
Falls
P. F. Tomlin
Calvin Johnson
Clay
Johnie Page
Jasper
John A. McKenzie
Jerome Stone
Baylor
Jimmie Beauchamp
Fannin
George Limbs
Caldwell
Ed Huse
Haskell
Val Blackstock
Bogue
J. W. Heatherington
Palo Pinto
R. Johnson
Knox
Tillie Gerlach
Galveston
J. T. Jones
Rusk
Mae Johns
J. H. Shipman
L. D. Heydrick
Parker
Augustine Pena
Archie Parr
A. D
C. R. Farra
Mollie Farra
Amarillo
Potter County
Texas
Wale
Walter J. L. Ray
San Jacinto Heights
W. A. Askew
I. W. A. Askew
Ruling Without Written Opinion Cited in Three Cases
The record notes overruling without written opinion for three judges Lee Bell of Hale, Jim Virgil of Brazoria, and Homer Hill of Johnson. No opinion was issued in these three cases.
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Lee Bell
Hale
Jim Virgil
Brazoria
Homer Hill
Johnson
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Laymen’s Movement
Farley
Minneapolis
Asbury Park
New York
H. W. Clutter
C. P
T. A
Rock Island Station
Amarillo, Texas
India
Egypt
Bobby Jones
Helen Wills Moody
America
Wall Street
Croydon
Milton Bronner
NEA
Edison
The
Associated Press
OF Foreign
U.S
Jones Brothers Tire Service, Int
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