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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1940

Page

4

Amarillo College Promotes Shorthand and Business Training

The Amarillo Commercial College in the Blackburn Building offers instruction in Shorthand Typing and Bookkeeping at special rates for a limited time. The school uses modern equipment and assigns individual instruction through specialist teachers. A display for the GEM 1600 gas burning Superfex Refrigerator is noted, highlighting its rural home use and cost-saving refrigeration powered by natural gas Butane or Propane.

Amarillo Commercial College Blackburn Building Seventh Avenue Polk Street Gregg Institute Johnson- Price Company Fillmore Street

Gooch Engineering Promotes Refrigerator Repair Service

Gooch Engineering Company highlights nine years serving Amarillo and Panhandle customers with dependable refrigeration and radio repair. They offer annual two-way checks, no pressure to replace, cash and carry service, and rapid delivery. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington houses the world’s largest nearly flawless topaz crystal weighing 152 pounds and 350000 carats.

Amarillo Panhandle Gooch Engineering Company Polk Street Der Good Engineering Company Smithsonian Institution Washington

Early Massage Form in Health Practices and Spa Offer

Historical overview traces massage as an ancient aid with Chinese origins and widespread adoption in Japan France and beyond. In Basle 400 years ago it became a medical study. Swedish movement rose in the 1800s. Burcham Steam Baths advertises massage and colonic irrigation by Mary Burcham Zella Flowers and Alta Edison at 607 Taylor Street with contact 2-3705 and discounts for series treatments.

Basle Switzerland France Mary Burcham Burcham Steam Baths Taylor Street Zella Flowers Burcham

Revlon Introduces Two New Spring Shades

Revlon debuts Pink Lemonade and Red Punch for spring. Shaded lipstick and wall enamel arrive at Frank's Barber and Beauty Supply and reach Amarillo and Panhandle salons this week.

Revlon Frank Amarillo Panhandle

Quilting of Mrs Ruby Ludlam Gains High Praise

Quilter Mrs Ruby Ludlam at 607 B Jackson Street Amarillo has earned strong praise after a little over a year in business. Her electric machine handles plain and fancy quilting, silk spreads, wool and down comforts, tops and jackets with designs such as clover leaf and flower. She serves 10 states and various Texas towns and accepts mail orders.

Ruby Ludlam Jackson Jackson Street Texas Pampa Austin Hereford Dumas Groom McLean Turkey Lubbock Ludlam Amarillo

Used Furniture Buyer Seeks Amarillo Trade Pieces

Lon and Leonard Sharp of Sharp Furniture Company advertise as buyers of used furniture for over 20 years in the Amarillo Plains. They offer estimates from a single item to whole households at 117 19 East Fourth Street, noting a constant need to replenish stock and paying high prices for items in good condition.

Amarillo Plains Trade Sharp Furniture Company East Fourth Street Lon and Leonard Sharp

Health Talk By Amarillo Chiropractor Dr Bromert

Editor note introduces Dr J F Bromert a leading Amarillo chiropractor with 23 years in practice. His offices at 514 Taylor Street are cited and the piece argues health as a valuable asset and that restoring health may require a trained professional.

J. F. Bromert Amarillo Taylor Street Bromert Taylor Sr

Dollar Day at Amarth Postoffice Cleaners

Today and Tuesday the Postoffice Cleaners offer four suits or plain dresses cleaned and pressed for one dollar under a cash and carry plan. High grade workmanship remains, with spring cleaning highlights and displays of new patterns for possible suit or coat ensembles.

Amarth Postoffice Cleaners East Seventh Avenue Postoffice Taylor Wren

Forest Fire Fighting Advances by Air Photographs

In Colusa California an improved method is being developed to combat forest fires. Planes fly over burning areas, photograph the fires, and rush negatives to the fire control center to determine fire scope and optimal attack angles.

Colusa Cal W.P

Grand Coulee Visitors Shaken by Long Trip

George L. Carpenter, a 77 year old farmer from Wamblee South Dakota, traveled 1500 miles to visit Grand Coulee Dam, famed as the world’s largest man made structure, but recalls the dam after seeing his first talking motion picture.

Grand Coulee Wash Grand Coulee Dam George L. Carpenter Wamblee South Dakota Carpenter Grand Coul

Panhandler Keever Gets Short Sentence In Camden Court

Joseph Keever, 43, faced a 15 day handling sentence after pleading not guilty, in Camden, N J. The fragmentary report mentions a judge and hints at a misstep by the defendant amid a courtroom exchange, with no clear outcome beyond the sentence.

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Tri-State General Finance Company Myrtle Eastman Maggie Mae Graham W. 10Th Amarillo Tent & Awning Company Palace Cafe Taylor ST T. M. Montgomery Optometrist Oliver Eakle Western Tent & Awning Co G. M. Stone Harrison Typewriter Service Co Victor Adding Machines Kidwell Bast Guns Keys Safe Work TOM & Roy GUN & Key Shop M. T. Robertson Roy F. McGee Tyler Speed Ravey Polk Frank's Barber & Beauty Supply the Panhandle Sthuell Blackstone Cleaners B.C. McFarland Sharp Furniture Co the Modern Johnson-Price Co Distr Fillmore Ifors E. E. Finkler, Inc Refrigeration and Radio Service Gooch Drugless Health Service L. E. Schaeffer Blackburn 7Th & Polk E-Z Amarillo Secretarial School Bess Orr Foringer Mer Jefferson Amarillo Shade & Equipment CO THE Blind Men W. Tenth San Jacinto School Southwest Gatlin Paint & Glass CO Featuring J. F. Brommert DR. Bromert Fort Worth and Denver Rock Island Santa Fe Railroads Dynamme Ahink M al Acme Freight Carloading Co Ede Hee Smv Cnn Arthur Madsen Panhandle Sign & Display West Texas Dial Amarillo Dairy Products Co
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