Biggest Sea Fight Looms Off Norwegian Coast In War Warning
Naval circles warn Germany may strike to cut Allied Arctic supply lines to Russia. Big battleship Tirpitz and other German ships based at Trondheim could attempt to break to the open sea. Britain strengthens convoy escorts as spring campaign looms and Arctic ports Murmansk and Archangel face renewed attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney J
Liam
London
Germany
Arctic
Russia
Norwegian
Tirpitz
Trondheim
Britain
Murmansk
Archangel
Russian Arctic
City Observes Good Friday in Amarillo
A Good Friday observance organized by the Amarillo Credit Association will run from 12 to 3 PM at the Paramount Theater. Stores will let employees attend in shifts, with seven 25 minute periods to accommodate partial attendance. Joe Cooley and Gordon Morrison lead the arrangements committee with support from the Amarillo Ministerial Alliance and lay representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Credit Association
Paramount Theater
Joe Cooley
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Morrison
Amarillo Ministerial Alliance
Maundy Thursday Talk by Bishop Seaman Led by Knights Rose Croix
Bishop E C Seaman will speak at the Maundy Thursday observance for Knights Rose Croix. The Masonic ritual begins at 7 30 in the lodge hall at 504 Taylor Street with music by the Beacon Quartet. N C Prince, president of the Panhandle Scottish Rite Association, has notified eligible attendees.
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E. C. Seaman
All Knights Rose Croix
Taylor Street
Beacon
N. C. Prince
The
Panhandle Scottish Rite Association
Schools Turn Out for Easter Tomorrow
Amarillo Public School and Amarillo College students end classes tomorrow afternoon and begin a holiday break through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Public School
Amarillo College
All Red Cross Volunteers Called for Army Day Parade
Red Cross asks all volunteers in surgical dressings knitting and sewing to join the Army Day parade. Call Mrs Earl L Mayne at 20638 to confirm participation as hundreds of workers must be reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Earl L. Mayne
Mayne
Scout Executive Discusses Camp Plans in Amarillo
Minor Huffman of Dallas deputy regional Boy Scout executive neared Amarillo to brief troop leaders and the Camping and Activities Committee of the Llano Estacado Council on summer camping. They discussed tentative use of Philmont Rocky Mountain Ranch Camp near Cimmaron New Mexico, donated by Waite Phillips in 1938, adjacent to Philturn camp.
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Minor Huffman
Dallas
Amarillo
Llano Estacado Council
Philmont
Rocky Mountain Ranch
Boy Scouts
Waite Phillips
Tulsa
Cimmaron
N. M
Mr. Phillips
Amarillo Toastmasters Banquet Hosts New Officers
The Amarillo Toastmasters Club holds its quarterly banquet at the Capitol Hotel this evening at 7 30. Newly elected officers will be installed with H. C. Munn serving as the new president. The same edition notes northern Alaska is largely tundra with sedge lichen moss and small brush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Toastmasters Club
Capitol Hotel
H. C. Munn
Alaska
Mail Order Romeo Faces Death Sentence in Spearman
Orrin J. Brown, described as a mail order Romeo, is to be sent to Spearman next week for execution by the death chair for the murder of Leota Murphy near Spearman last spring. He has awaited execution in Potter County jail after the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his sentence. Brown, who met Murphy through a mail order club, was arrested in Chicago and brought back to Spearman for trial.
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Orrin J. Brown
Spearman
Leota Murphy
Brown
Potter County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Maverick Club Collects Scrap for Salvage Drive
The Maverick Club expands its Salvage for Victory efforts by collecting scrap metal and old rubber. Ralph Dykeman says many households have scrap metal and the club will pick up items weighing up to 2000 pounds, excluding tin cans. Call F289 to arrange pickup.
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Maverick Club
Ralph Dykeman
Salvage For Victory
Dykeman
Amarillo
Uncle Bud Russell Moves Prisoners From Potter County Jail
Uncle Bud Russell arrived last night to collect six prisoners for transfer to the Huntsville penitentiary. The inmates include Louis Lopez five years for murder Jesse Jones two years for burglary Annias Miles twenty five years for murder Joe Hill four years for robbery Ed Knowles eighteen months for parole violation and Betty Stewart three years for theft. Miles received a stiff twenty five year term one of the longest in Potter County. The jail now holds under forty prisoners as courts have cleared many old cases and drained population.
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Bud Russell
Huntsville
Potter County
Louis Lopez
Jesse Jones
Annias Miles
Joe Hill
Ed Knowles
Betty Stewart
Miles
Kilgore Farm
Sergeant Dean Brown Funeral Tomorrow at Central Baptist
Funeral services for Sgt. Dean Brown who died Sunday in Las Vegas Nevada will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock from Central Baptist Church with Rev Frank A Godsoe and Rev T D Sumrall officiating The body arrives tonight on the 11 o clock Fort Worth and Denver train and will be received by N S Griggs and Sons He is survived by his wife his parents Mr and Mrs B G Brown 314 North East Seventh Avenue a brother J L Brown and four sisters Jo Ann Brown
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Dean Brown
Las Vegas
Nev
Central Baptist Church
Frank A. Godsoe
T. D. Sumrall
Pampa
Fort Worth
Denver
N. S. Griggs and
Sgt. Brown
B. G. Brown
North East Seventh Aveine
J. L. Brown
Jo Ann Brown
Homes Registration Bureau Opens Here
Amarillo’s homes registration bureau opened this morning under the chamber of commerce. A WPA clerical staff was flooded by calls from people with rooms and homes to rent and from those seeking housing. The first caller was a newcomer tied to a large government project about to start.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
WPA
Veterans of Foreign Wars to hold post election Friday
John B. Golding Post 1475 will hold its annual officer election Friday night at the I O O F Hall 312 East Fifth Avenue announced by Duncan McClaren commander.
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John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
I. O. O. F. Hall
East Fifth Avenue
Duncan McClaren
Livestock Markets Report from Kansas City
Kansas City apr 1 livestock report shows hogs salable 800 with prices 13.55 to 13.70 per cwt, cattle salable 3,500 with fed steers mostly steady to 15c higher, yearlings and stockers firm, vealers steady, cows 850 to 950, sheep 8,000 with clip lambs steady. Financial industrial fund notes liquidation at 1.1794 with offer 1.29.
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Kansas City
Principal Palls Prank On April Fools Day
Principal R B Norman of A H S fooled about 900 pupils and 50 teachers by announcing the two holidays were cancelled on Wednesday morning April 1. He then revealed it was April Fools Day with the customary school news summary.
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R. B. Norman
Services Tonight For Mrs Rankin
Rosary services for Mrs Camille Cadwallader Rankin were held last night. Rankin died Sunday night in a local hospital. funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 o’clock from N. S. Griggs and Sons Chapel. Pallbearers named G Mattingly L J Watson W W Gold Stanley Blackburn John Hooper Carlos Eustace. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include her husband O W Rankin, parents Mr and Mrs C A Cadwallader, and brother Paul W Cadwallader.
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Camille Canwallade
Rankin
N. S. Griggs and Sons
G. Mattingly L. J. Watson
W. W. Gold
Stanley Blackburn
John Hooper
Carlos Eustace
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Thomas J. Drury
Fort Leonard
Thieves Overlooked $100 In Lady’s Purse
A purse left on a Modern Beauty Shop window sill was snatched by two youths who fled but later abandoned the bag in a trash barrel. The owner Mrs W W Nelson recovered the purse with $100 still inside. The incident followed a separate note on 1941 airline revenues rising 25 percent to about $94 million for 16 domestic carriers.
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East Ninth Avenue
W. W. Nelson
Eleven year old writes to governor to free father
An 11-year-old from Philadelphia mails a plea to Iowa Governor George A Wilson asking to spare his father, Clarence Arters, from departure to prison. Arters, 53, escaped Fort Madison in 1921 after auto theft conviction, now facing habeas corpus action.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Arters
George A Wilson
Iowa
Franklin
Clarence Arters
Fort Madison
Kiwanians Hear Patriotic Talk In Amarillo
Ted Ferguson spoke to the North Amarillo Kiwanis Club on citizenship duties and standing up for beliefs despite business fears. Miss DeVona McKee sang with Miss Billy Jon Smith accompanying. visitors included C. L. Ives Roy Barnard Ed Singleton and George McCurty from nearby clubs.
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Ted Ferguson
North Amarillo
C. L. Ives
Kiwanis Club
Roy Barnard
Ed Singleton
George McCurty
San Jacinto
Lavoptik Eyewash Ad Claims Boric Acid Relief
An old advertisement touts Lavoptik eye wash as soothing for tired inflamed burning itching or sticky eyes. It promises soothing granulated eyelids and a money back guarantee after 25 years of success with wide consumer praise and availability at drug stores.
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Ninth and
Taylor Streets
Laurence J. FitzSimon
Chancery Office
FitzSimon
Monsignor
Steinlage
Drury
Schmidt
Marthaler
Riechel
Christ
Father Drury
Bishop Seaman
REE
Amarillo Paint and Wallpaper Co
American Institute of Laundering
Romeo
Homes Registration Bureau
H. V. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Oliver Eakie
Amar
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner and Beane
Financial Industrial Fund
New York
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Beane
Alleghany Lud Steel
Allis Chalmers
Roll Mill Ae
Smelt & Ref
Zine & Lead
Anwconda Thees
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp
Amer Tel & Tel
Baldwin Locamoothy
Aviation
Bendix
Bethlehem Steel Ae
Borden Vee
Budd Mig
Calumet Herla Mines Oo Als al Chrysler
Consol
Cop
Deleae
Curtiss Wright
Deere & Cr
Electric Boat Oe
Ly Gen Elec
Gen Foods Eee
Gen Motors
Greyholund Corpter
Vty Houston
Harvester
Ae Int Power & Pap
Kennecott
Marshall Field
Mid Cent
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Railway
North American Aviation
Ohio Oir
Packard
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
J C Penney
Penn RR
Phillips
Plymouth Oil
Remington Rand
Republic Steel Jones
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union
Socoany Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Standard Brandstere
California
Indiana
New Jersey
Studebaker
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf
Wilson & C
Ity Woolworth
Chicago
Southern
Biltmore Hotel
Western
America
Biltmore
Los Angeles
Amarillo Building
Mrs. Rankin
S'Joseph
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Corps
Southwestern Stationery
Polk ST
Southwestern Public Service Company
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