Amarillo Chamber Plans Aviation Push With TWA Officials
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club will honor TWA officials during a luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel. The event coincides with plans for a new airport and airline routes from Amarillo to Denver and Oklahoma City. Miles Bivins was elected president as 1941 forecasts project aviation expansion and a program suggestion contest offers a $20 prize.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Rotary Chamber of Commerce
T. B. Wilson
TWA
John Graves
Miles Bivins
Jim Florey
G. G. Ordway
Clay Thornton
John Boyce
Mr. Hinton
Denver
Oklahoma City
Tom Cotten
Aviation Committee
America
Mr. Cotten
Chamber of Commerce
John Mead
C. M. Rogers
J. Howard Williams
Oil Crew Fights Lost Drill Bits at Amarillo Test
The City of Amarillo oil test Old Tack No. 1 crew hunted for tools lost in the well before 10 o'clock after the depth reached 4135 feet. Superintendent R A Ford ordered Borger help with minor tools as fishing yielded no results. Sludge indicated continued drilling in hard dolomite with little progress after the morning report.
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Amarillo
R. A. Ford
Borger
Spacing Hearing Resumes on Panhandle Oil Field Plan
The Texas Railroad Commission resumes a hearing in Amarillo on well spacing in the Panhandle oil field. Don Hughes of Phillips Petroleum testifies against 40 acre spacing with a production formula weighting 75 percent on acreage and 25 percent on bottomhole pressure. He notes past pool output at 80,000 barrels daily and argues spacing changes affect drainage and accuracy of Potentials-based formulas.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Hughes
Panhandle
Grief in Railway Case Is Filed
Washington March 20. XaS and various business interests in that state filed a brief before the Interstate Commerce Commission opposing Colorado Southern Railway lease of Fort Worth and Denver City Railway properties and Wichita Valley Railway. The Railway Labor Executives Association also opposed the lease. An ICC examiner recommended denial. Texas Railroad Commission, Childress Timber, Fort Worth Chamber joined in letters arguing no economic justification for operating gas properties far from producing area and revenue sources.
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Washington
E Interstate Commerce
Colorado &Uthern Railway
Fort Orth & Denver City Railway
Wichita Valley Railway
ICC
Colorado & Southern
Childress Timber of Commerce
The
Child: Board of City Development
Puldress County
Fort Worth
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Fair Thursday across Amarillo and western Texas with little temperature change. Fair Thursday in New Mexico with similar temps. Hourly readings from yesterday show no major swings with mild noon to evening values and minor variations in minutes.
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Amarillo
Viwilty
West Texas
100Th Morid
Mexico
Beara
New Warplane Climbs Mile a Minute
A Curtiss-Wright interceptor being produced for an undisclosed government at St. Louis. Test flights showed the craft can climb over a mile per minute and reach speeds above 300 mph. Officials say its mobility makes it superior to anti aircraft batteries in countering high flying bombers. Easter greetings from Russell's Stationery Co.
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ST. Louis
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
United States
C. W. France
France
Woolworth Plans Skyscraper in Amarillo Within Five Years
The F. W. Woolworth Company aims to build a nine story structure at Seventh Avenue and Polk Street in Amarillo within the next five years. The first three floors would house a Woolworth store while the upper six would be offices, with a major oil firm possibly leasing the top floors. Woolworth has leased portions of Polk Street properties from the Slade Trust Estate, effective Feb 1, 1945 to May 1, 1980.
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F. W. Woolworth Company
Amarillo
Seventh Avenue
Polk Street
Woolworth Company
Woolworth
Slade Trust
Chicagoan Takes College Post
William F. Read of the University of Chicago will succeed the late Dr. Stuart Johnston in West Texas State College’s geology and anthropology department. Read, completing his PhD at Chicago, specializes in vertebrate paleontology and will begin this late summer, praised by professors for his capability and enthusiasm.
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Hill
Reed
University of Chicago
Redbeds
Seymour
Texas
Panhandle
Chicago
Harlen Bretz
Read
W. C. Krumbein
Everett C. Olson
Department of Geology and Paleontology
Rollin T. Chamberlin
Harvard
Conyers Read
University of Pennsylvania
Floyd V. Studer
Panhandle Plains
Air Mechanics Course Opens for NYA Project Students
A March 20 note announces an aviation mechanics course starting April 15 for 24 NYA participants at West Texas State College in Canyon. David Bletner becomes state supervisor and will appoint the teacher. The program runs summer through fall with prospects of aviation jobs, as engines and parts arrive. shop work grows beside the pilot training program in which more than twenty students have soloed.
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NYA
Wealthy Scion Loses Texas Court Fight
Richard Gray Gallogly, scion of a Georgia family, lost a last court move to avoid extradition. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled a motion for rehearing of his appeal from a Dallas County district court, which had remanded him to Georgia authorities. He is serving two life sentences in Georgia for murder and could be transferred once the mandate arrives in Dallas.
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Austin
Richard Gray Gallogly
Georgia
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Gallogly
Dallas
Muder
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Daladier Steps Down as Reynaud Seeks War Government
Paris reports Daladier resigns after a bitter row over Allied action. Paul Reynaud is asked by President Lebrun to form a broad action ministry to push France toward victory in the war, with a 12 hour secret session shaping cabinet prospects.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
France
Daladier
Munich
Germany
Albert Lebrun
Chamber of Deputies
Reynaud
Finance
Lebrun
Left- Republican Party
Action
German Air Raid Repels British Escort Off Sylt
German air force attacked a convoy off the Scottish coast in retaliation for RAF strikes on Sylt. Three neutral ships were damaged or abandoned. Norwegian and Swedish vessels were affected. British warships and naval planes claimed success against Heinkel bombers with no losses to own forces.
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London
Germany
Sylt
Scottish
Heinkels
Svinta
Utklippan
Admiralty
Fleet Air Arm
Britain
Royal Air Force
Baltic
Scapa Flow
Air Ministry
RAF
Air
Kingsley Wood
Down
Wood
Senate Approves Parity Payments to Farmers
The Senate approved a 212 million dollar parity payments program for farmers as part of the agriculture department appropriation, despite opposition from economy-focused senators led by Taft who warned of budget deficits. The measure aims to restore purchasing power from 1908 to 1914, while a 607 million dollar full parity proposal was defeated.
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Senate
Congressional
Taft
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Lee
Oklahoma
Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senator Connally
Ohioan
Connally
Glass
Virginia
Russell
Georgia
Clark
Missouri
Idaho
Fire Over Cromwell Speech Sparks Capitol Push for Inquiry
Secretary Hull seeks official copy of James H. R. Cromwell's Toronto address that criticized American isolationists and sided with the Allies. Lawmakers urge a congressional inquiry and possible recall if quotes are verified, while Cromwell declines to comment at his New Jersey home.
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Washington
Hull
James H. R. Cromwell
Canada
Germany
Doris Duke
Capitol Hill
Cromwell
Rep. Sweeney
Ohio
Republic
Sweeney
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Toronto
Ottawa
New Jersey
Texas Ships First Magnesium from Llano Mine
Texas will ship 300 tons of magnesium today from the first magnesium mine near Llano. UT geologists who analyzed a Llano sample seven years ago say the mine may also yield crushed granite and serpentine in paying quantities. Magnesite serves as a heat resisting furnace material and has other uses.
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Austin
Texas First
Llano
University of Texas Geologists
G. W. Parkison
Bureau of Engineering Research
Wheat Loans Extended to Texas and Great Plains
Washington reports wheat loans for dryland growers in Texas and the Great Plains maturing in April will be extended for a year. Rep Marvin Jones says Secretary Wallace will announce the extension soon. farmers may retire loans in April if they choose.
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Washington
Texas
Great Plains
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Jones
Barber Narrowly Survives Falling Iron Post
H E Keisling, a barber in Taylor, escaped injury when a heavy iron post toppled toward him during a building demolition. The post scraped his hip pocket and ripped his pants to the knee, leaving only a damaged dignity as the mishap's sole consequence.
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Taylor
H. E. Keisling
Keisling
Hore Belisha Quits Liberal National Post
Former War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha resigns as chairman of the Liberal National party to gain free expression. The group, allied with the government, has 33 MPs in the House of Commons. He criticized Prime Minister Chamberlain over the Allied stance on Finland after being ousted as war secretary in January.
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Hore-Belisha
London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Liberal National Party
Liberal Nationals
House of Commons
John Simon
Chamberlain
Finland
San Jacinto Airs Traffic Problem in West Sixth Avenue
A mass meeting at San Jacinto Methodist Church tonight at 8 discusses traffic safety on West Sixth Avenue. Amarillo Safety Council aims to address West Amarillo congestion with a committee including Maynard Drake Robert Ricks and Guy McSwain. Kiwanis panel Bill Beechier George Kirchler Rev Clyde Smith and F W Ansley promotes the gathering. The Sixth and Georgia land condemnation case will also be reviewed.
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West Sixth Avenue
San Jacinto Methodist Church
West Amarillo
George Kirchler
Clyde Smith
F. W. Ansley
Sixth
Georgia
U S Ordered Out of Poland by German Government
The German government demands withdrawal of American and other consulates in Warsaw with a deadline of March 20. U S consuls and vice consuls will report to the American embassy in Berlin. The State Department notes the difficulty of aiding Americans without Warsaw consular representation and cites 532 Americans living in Poland as of January 1.
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Washington
Warsaw
Poland
State Department
Berlin
Department
Bunny Leaves Vacation For School Children
The Easter bunny granted a brief break for Amarillo school students with a two day holiday. Classes dismiss this afternoon and resume Tuesday morning. Amarillo College also dismisses and rural schools along River Road Bushland Soney Allison and Highland Park observe the same Easter holidays. Other rural schools remain open.
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Amarillo
Amarillo College
River Road
Bushland
Soney, Allison
Highland Park County
Globe-News City-Wide Used Car Sale Ads Update
Daily updates in the Globe-News classified want ads list fresh, never before advertised used cars. Cars sell quickly and are replaced with new listings, so check daily for arrivals and removals. Dial 6262 for want ads.
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Globe-News
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