Bank Opens Enlarged Quarters After Merger in Fisk Building
The First National Bank and Amarillo Bank & Trust Company merged to form a strong Southwest institution and will host an open house tomorrow at expanded quarters in the Fisk Building on Eighth Avenue and Polk Street. Officials cited economies, better facilities, and improved service as goals of the merger. Key officers include H. T. M. Fuqua, G. K. Richardson, C. A. Fisk, A. W. Kincade, J. S. Chesnutt, C. J. E. Lowndes, W. D. Smiley, A. D. Lidia, and John Wheatley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Fisk
Eighth Avenue
Polk Street
Amarillo Bank & Trust Cmpany
Southwest
Amarillo Bank & Trust Company
H. ™. Fuqua
G. K. Richardson
C. A. Fisk
An Ill Wind Blows $100 Out of Hand
Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania April 7 A wind blew $100 from miner Joseph Norless pay envelope beside a breaker as a gust carried the bill into a water trough and it drifted away before he could recover it. Officials fear the bill was damaged by the breaker and lost in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Carmel
U.P
Joseph Norless
Green Ridge
Rat Thieves Steal Car Key While Man Skiing on Mount Hood
Norman Shrum parked his car in Hood River Oregon and hid the ignition key to deter thieves while skiing Mount Hood. After 12 hours he returned to find pack rats had carried away the key.
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Hood River
Ore
U.P
Norman Shrum
Mount Hood
Grand Coulee Dam Excavation Surpasses Milestone
Dam excavation at Grand Coulee on the Columbia River has hit a new high, 1,000,000 cubic yards of dirt and rock removed in two weeks. Totals reach 3,500,009 cubic yards since start.
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Coulee Dam
Wash
U.P
Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia River
Simple star medallion pattern for easy handwork
As warmer weather arrives a beginner can quickly complete a star medallion and assemble a range of accessories. Pattern 5150 provides complete instructions, illustrations of stitches, and material requirements, with a request for 10 cents to The Amarillo Globe Household Arts Dept. New York.
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Amarillo Globe Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Maxor Drug Store Holds Formal Opening at New Location
Maxor Drug Store No 2 opens in the Fisk Building on Eighth Avenue Saturday from 9 to 10 am with a cordial invitation to inspect the new store The prescription department will be open and specials include ice cream sodas for 5 cents Peggy's Rhythm Girls perform 1 to 3 pm The owners also run Maxor Drug Store No 1 at 500 West Sixteenth Avenue
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Maxor Drug Store No
Fisk Building
Eighth Avenue
Sam Orr
H. G. Maxfield
Peggy's Rhythm Girls
Orr
Mr. Maxfield
Maxor Drug Store
West
Sixteenth Avenue
Fisk Bldg
8Th Street
Doye Arnold Executed in Texas Electric Chair
Doye Arnold, 28, of Callahan County, was put to death in the state electric chair early today for the murder of his former wife Zelma Arnold on Breckenridge Street in September 1932. Convicted at Baird after a prior death sentence was reversed and a second trial ended in a hung jury, testimony showed Zelma was stabbed and beaten with a stone when she told him she had obtained a divorce.
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Huntsville
Doye Arnold
Callahan County
Zelma Arnold
Qn Breckenridge Street
Arnold
Baird
Breckenridge
Wool rug to honor Jubilee for King George VI
The Canadian Handicrafts Guild will present a wool hooked rug depicting Old Quebec as a Jubilee gift to King George VI next month. The piece will be crafted by one of Canada's outstanding rug makers.
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Montreal
U.P
Quebec
George VI
Canadian Handicrafts Guild
Canada
Young Taber Lad Eats 17 Eggs in 15 Minutes
Herschel Robinson, 13, of Taber Alberta, won $1 after betting he could eat 14 eggs in 15 minutes. He finished 17 eggs within the time limit, proving his claim with a margin.
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Taber
Alta
U.P
Herschel Robinson
Four Minute Kiss Gets Chicago Jurists Approval
Four minute kisses win approval from Judge Joseph Sabath Judge Joseph B. David and Judge Rudolph Desart in Chicago. Sabath says longer kisses cause more divorces David says four minutes are fine if you are in a hurry Desart calls it harmless and charming pleasant.
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Chicago
Joseph Sabath
Joseph B. David
Rudolph Desart
Music and Dancing Are Siamese Twins
Boston pianist composer Charles Repper argues music and dancing are inseparable. He urges every music student to take dancing lessons and for diplomas to require proficiency in standard dances. He says dancing enhances rhythmic sense and benefits health and disposition.
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Boston
U.P
Charles Repper
Ferry 300 Years Old at Norfolk Virginia
The Elizabeth River ferry in Norfolk marks 300 years since its founding by Adam Thoroughgood who used early boats. Now six modern ferries operate day and night carrying 4,509,000 people and 1,239,759 vehicles last year.
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Norfolk. Va
Elizabeth River
Adam ‘Thoroughgood
Hot Dogs and Beer Revive Air Victim in Sham Attack
In Vienna on April 19 a staged air raid prompted townspeople to shelter. A fireman found a fake casualty, but Alois Huber, a barkeeper, defied orders to fetch beer and sausages. The “dead” man rose when touched by the beer and food.
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Vienna
U.P
Alois Huber
Air raid continues as haste swallows beer and sausages
A brief report notes a resident hastily swallowing beer and sausages before collapsing back as an air raid persisted.
Delaware River Outboard Marathon Returns This May
Delaware River Yachtmen's League will sponsor the second annual outboard marathon on May 25. The 64 nautical mile course runs from the Trenton Yacht Club to Philadelphia and back, attracting top east coast boats and drivers after last year’s successful event.
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Philadelphia
U.P
East
Delaware River Yachtmen's League
Trenton Yacht Club
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Fred McMurray
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Arthur Aioli
Eee Hillyer
Fandé
Vanishing Shadow
Lloyd Snyder
Roseland
Johnny Floyd
Maxor Drug Company
8Th St
Maxoreee Company O. 2
Fisk Bidg
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Peg Mason
Sherlock Holmes
Erle Stanley Gardner
Vewad
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Donald Woods
Claire Dodd
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Todd and
Kelly Komedy
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Parker Bickford
Clark
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Stuart Erwin
Billie Burke
Harvey Stephens
Katharine Alexander Clark Gable
H. E. Fuqua
Chas. A. Fisk
A. W. Kincade
J. S. Chesnutt
C. J. BE. Lowndes
W. D. Smiley
A. D. Lidia
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Polk
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