Three City High School Orators to Compete Here
Student orators from Amarillo Abilene and Wichita Falls will compete in Amarillo this weekend to determine who represents the region in the Texas Inter scholastic League finals at Austin. Debates focus on creation of a U S Department of Education with a Presidentappointed cabinet member. finals likely at First Baptist Church with Canyon final judges, and preliminary and bye round pairings set for Friday night.
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Amarillo
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Austin
United States
Yslock
Inns
Canyon Tinal
W. A. Criswell
Earl Bishop
Comer Clay
A. G. Hobbs
Marjorie Vincent
Elizabeth Goodwin
Jayerne Dennis
Pansy Gardner
Lemore Hill
Walter Ely
Desmondr Weatherford
Georgiana Amyx
Robert McKinney
Laurel Dunn l
Blacksmith Sets Park Shoe Record in Yosemite
Fred M Bruschi, a National Park Service blacksmith in Yosemite, nailed forty thousand horseshoes on about ten thousand horses over twenty years. He notes no change in shoe style and predicts reaching sixty thousand despite motor cars, citing 650 miles of park trails inaccessible to autos.
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International News Service
Yosemite
Cal
Fred M. Bruschi
National Park Service
Bruschi
Plans Completed for Soncy Social Friday
Plans are completed for the community social to be held at Soncy Friday night. Miss Laura V Hamner chairs the social and entertainment committee of the agricultural department of the board of city development. The Soncy program will mirror recent rural socials, which have drawn attention and received endorsement from the rural advisory council. A meeting is set for Zita tonight. Andrew Jackson was the first U S president to have a bodyguard.
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Soncy
Laura V. Hamner
Agricultural Department of the Board of City Development
Rural Advisory Council
Zita
Window Style Show Success Despite Rain in Amarillo
Amarillo hosts its first annual Spring Style and Window show with large crowds on the streets despite rain. Coupons printed in the Daily News and Globe offer prizes for the best windows as voted by shoppers, with living models and displays of spring dresses, gowns, shoes, hosiery, lingerie, and menswear across many stores.
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Daily News
Globe
News-Globe
Milady
Amarillo Coaches Lead In Abilene City Meet Tale
Three schools competed in a district event with Plainview and Lubbock defeated. Last year Amarillo led preliminaries at Amarillo and Wichita Falls, but Abilene won finals. Amarillo contestants were coached by Miss Marcella Walker Miss Thelma Smith and Miss Christine Stuckey.
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Plainview
Lubbock
Abilene
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Marcella Walker
Thelma Smith
Christine Stuckey
Fisk Serves Last Amarillo City Council Meeting
Charles A. Fisk will retire tonight as a member of the Amarillo City Commission. The new commission including Mayor Lee Bivins J H Harris and W H Brymer will be sworn in Monday at 10 o clock. Tonight’s meeting has no major items. city election returns will be canvassed and bids for the Wolflin sewer extension opened.
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Charles A. Fisk
Amarillo
Lee Bivins
J. H. Harris
W. H. Brymer
Wolflin Place
Child Threw Stone at Wood's Motor Car
An AP report from Manila dated April 12 states the stoning of Gov General Wood's official car Sunday night came from a child without malicious intent. The windshield was smashed but Gov Wood was not in the vehicle and no injuries occurred.
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Associated Press
Manila
General Wood
Governor Wood
Arkansas to Send West to Drainage Congress
Gordon R. West will be the official Arkansas representative at the National Drainage and Reclamation congress here April 21 to 23. He will join many prominent drainage and reclamation figures for discussions on drainage and reclamation problems, per Governor John E. Martin eau’s office.
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Gordon R. West
Arkansas
Board of City Development
John E. Martineau
Mr. West
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