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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1941
Page
5
The amateur golfers of Texas dominated the 1941 Texas Cup Matches at Amarillo Country Club defeating a pro team 10 to 5. Sones Bos Pros win doubles in morning but lose singles as Wes Izzard notes overall field day for amateurs.
In the final cup matches the amateurs beat the pros five to two in the afternoon singles, evening the overall score to four wins each with one tie. Morning doubles featured remarkable play including Hammett eagle on No 18 and Goldman 69.
Lyndon B. Johnson arrives in Amarillo for a Panhandle rally headlined by defense themes and a stage show. He cites Texas projects including Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and Lower Colorado River Authority while urging unity behind President Roosevelt and a $20 billion rearmament program.
Leona Sensabaugh Holt 53, longtime SMU Spanish instructor who taught 19 years, died in Dallas. Her father helped found the university. Dr. Umphrey Lee, SMU president, will conduct funeral services tomorrow afternoon.
Buenos Aires authorities move to suppress shows and literature deemed immoral. The action targets cultural venues and publications amid government-ordered censorship and public morality concerns. Local officials pressure venues and publishers to comply with new standards.
Texans Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret win the Inverness invitational four-ball with a plus 11 score to claim $2,000 top prize. Byron Nelson and Jimmy Thomson finish second for $1,300, as eight teams share $7,000 in Toledo on June 22.
Victoria June 22 Roy Pace 20, soldier on leave from Goodfellow Field San Antonio, died from injuries after an auto crash last night. Four Victoria youths were hurt including Jack Slaughter 20 Fort Sam Houston and Vida Kinsey 16 Alberta Granberry 16 with skull fractures. Vehicle skidded into a telephone pole, struck a parked truck and another car. Pace was son of Mr and Mrs W H Pace of Victoria.
Nomination for one of the most beautiful short drives around Amarillo. Go out west of Amarillo by the Country Club and Gem Lake and you are on the Tascosa Trail for about 10 to 12 miles. You will see blooming mesquites and tree cactus with pink purple yellow blooms. Returning you top the hill west of Amarillo for a pretty panorama of the city.
In Corpus Christi Lyndon Johnson spoke to Blackland farmers who sent Miss Jean Dennis to present a large basket of summer flowers. She praised his work for Texas farms and farm credit while Johnson thanked her and the crowd.
Alamogordo, June 22. Mrs KE D McKinley of Alamogordo was injured when her car overturned four miles west of Canyon. She suffered a fractured pelvic bone and was taken to Canyon Hospital in “resting well.” Police seek a man driving a 1941 black Ford who was weaving and forced her vehicle into a ditch and fled the scene.
Thieves in a Dallas area section caused a home theft taking three throw rugs a white linen cloth and a walnut tier cabinet from a residence. The incident reads as a domestic style burglary with items of household value reported missing.
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