Floods Sweep Central and South Texas Forcing Evacuations
United Press reports continuing rains caused rivers to rise across lowlands and highways in Central and South Texas. Floodwaters forced evacuation of livestock and damaged crops while forecasts warned some farm families may abandon homes. Weekend downpours reached up to 57 inches near Corpus Christi, with streams bursting their banks from Brownwood to the Rio Grande.
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United Press
Texas
Corpus Christi
Brownwood
Rio Grande
Considine Rites Held for Mrs Angela Considine
Mrs Angela Boullemet Considine a longtime Amarillo resident and noted clubwoman died early Saturday at her daughter's home in Pampa after 35 years in Amarillo. She and husband TJ Considine moved from Dodge City in 1906. he served as a meteorologist at the Amarillo Weather Bureau until his death in January 1925. Interment will be in Dalhart this afternoon.
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Ngela Boullemet Considine
Amarillo
St. Drew's Episcopal Church
Dalharthis
T. J. Considine
Clifford Brualy
Pampa
Dodge City
Kans
Msidine
Weather Bureau
Dowlen Services Tomorrow for William Dowlen
Funeral services for William Dowlen, age 41, who died from injuries after a horse fell at the Western Stockyards, will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in the N. 8S. Griggs and Sons chapel. Rev. Clinton V. Oldam will officiate. Pallbearers are A. E. Colly, Jerome Waner, Frank Stitt, Dudley arms, Walter Coffee and Virgil Light. He is survived by his wife, two sons, his father R. O. Dowlen of Panhandle, and brothers T. Dowlen of Panhandle and C. Y. Dowlen of Amarillo. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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William Burton Dowlen
Western
Griggs and Sons Chapel
Clinton V. Oldam
North Amarillo
Veterans of Company G Hold World War I Reunion
Veterans of old Company G Ama illo unit in World War 1 will hold their annual reunion this Saturday. G Ray Smith heads the association this year. The unit served about 10 months overseas and faced heavy fighting. One day on Oct 8 1918, 691 of 1808 men in the 142nd Division were killed or wounded in a failed attack that advanced to capture Germans and equipment.
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Amaillo
Tne
G. Ray Smith
142Nd
Woman at 103 Long Devoted To Hard Candy
In Hamilton Montana Mrs Gertrude Peterson known as Grandma Great nears 103. A native of Norway she lived in Oregon before settling with daughter Mrs V O Blood. She eats three meals daily and has consumed a pound of hard candy weekly since youth while adapting meals by replacing coffee with milk. Her days are spent in bed or a chair, aided by a cloth strip, with keepsakes near her recalling Clatskanie Oregon and her late husband Elias Peterson who homesteaded there.
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Hamilton
Mont
U.P
Gertrude Peterson
Elk Leader Dies in Houston Funeral Planned for Walter Short
Walter W. Short 47 prominent in Elks Lodge circles died suddenly in Houston. Funeral services scheduled for this afternoon in the Elks community. He was known for active leadership within local lodge chapters and charitable activities.
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Houston
Walter W. Short
Elks Lodge
Navy building burns at Indian Head powder plant
A fire destroyed a building early today at the Navy's Indian Head powder plant in Maryland. No injuries were reported, and investigators began examining the blaze to determine its cause and the extent of damage to the facility and operations.
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NAVY
Indianhead
Big
New Mexico Solon Debates Eastern Horses In Washington
New Mexico representative Clinton Anderson criticizes eastern horses in a Washington discussion. He questions saddle types and gear, saying he does not understand eastern horses, plans to bring several New Mexico mounts and a western saddle when he returns to the capital.
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New Mexico
Solon
Albuquerque
N. M
Clinton Anderson
Washington
Marine Sergeant Bailey Reassigned to Oklahoma City Recruiting
Sergeant Sam H Bailey of the U S Marines is transferred to the Oklahoma City recruiting office as itinerant recruiter for the Panhandle and western Oklahoma. Since August 1940 he has served as assistant recruiter here succeeding Sergeant Lon F Rowlett, with a new assistant to join Sergeant F M Bell soon.
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Sam H. Bailey
U. S Marines
Oklahoma City
Bailey
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Lon F. Rowlett
F. M. Bell
Milk School Attendance At Texas Tech Tuesday
Ted Ratcliff of Spector for the city and Pinkey Vine yard of Borden's with Guy Blanton of Plains Creamery traveled to Lubbock to attend the fourth annual milk sanitarians course at Texas Tech. The session, sponsored by the department of dairy manufacturers in cooperation with the state health department, will run through Wednesday.
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Ted Ratcliff
Pinkey” Vineyard
Borden's
Guy Blanton
Plains Creamery
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Department of Dairy Manufacturers At
Tech
State Department of Health
Mr. Vineyard
South Called Nations Dairy Of Tomorrow Adress
E J Mather of Washington president of Southern Dairies Inc said the South is the nation s dairyland of tomorrow in Montgomery Alabama. Eight South Central states show a 20 percent rise in cows in ten years while the nation overall grows eight percent. Dairying will grow in Alabama due to cheap year round pastures, he noted, and explained slower milk output growth reflects rapid dairy expansion rather than lack of talent.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.P
South
E. J. Mather
Washington
Southern Dairies, Inc
Alabama
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Prepare To Build Outlying Defenses
The army plans a shortly announced enlistment program for foreign service in outlying territories. No recruiter details yet. Amarillo station added 29 new recruits in April including Charles Finkbeiner Amarillo to Fort Sill air service George R Pearce Amarillo to San Angelo air service Alfred L Gentry Panhandle to San Angelo Hereford Orval F Pierce air service Denver Roland C Daugherty Amarillo air service Denver.
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Army
Amarillo
Charles Finkbeiner
Air Service
Fort Sill
George R. Pearce
San Angelo
Alfred L. Gentry
Panhandle
Orval F. Pierce
Hereford
Denver
Roland C. Daugherty
Cat Chews Gum: Kitten Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
Mrs. Harry Warren of 619 A West Twenty-first Avenue reports her six month old kitten Squeaky loves chewing gum. The cat chews gum, often snagging packets before owners can keep them out of reach. The playful animal, not yet skilled at opening wrappers, nevertheless makes gum access easy.
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Harry Warren
West Twenty-first Avenue
School Boys Help To Stricken Gardener
Six Derrill schoolboys from six miles away came to spade the garden of Richard L. Hedge who has been ill for 20 years and bedfast most of that time. His sole income comes from selling bulbs and flowers from his small plot.
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Danville
Ill
Richard L. Hedge
Students Direct Own Plays at Hunter College
Students in a Hunter College play writing course create original plays and handle all production and direction components. The program focuses on girls writing and producing their own works, including makeup and props.
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New York
U.P
Hunter College
Colonial Mansion once housed NC's first state bank
Beverly Hall in Edenton North Carolina a colonial mansion housed the state's first bank until it closed in 1938.
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Bank Edenton
N. C
U.P
Beverly Hall
North Carolina
State Bank
Century Insurance Company Certifies Texas Authority 1941
Board of Insurance Commissioners Austin certifies Century Insurance Company Ltd Edinburgh has met Texas requirements to do business in the state for year ending February 28, 1942. Reuben Williams, Chairman, signs with seal. Cravens, Dargan & Company listed as Texas managers.
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State of Texas
Austin
Texas
Century Insurance Company, Ltd
Edinburgh
Scotland
Reuben Williams
Cravens, Dargan & Company
Texas Managers
Markets New York Stock List and Kansas City Livestock Report
Markets overview from Kansas City notes livestock trade slow with hogs down 25 cents and cattle and calves mostly steady to slightly lower. Hogs top around 8.50 to 8.60 per hundred weight. cattle receipts 12,700 with feeders and stockers steady to 25 cents lower. vealers and cows priced around 9.50 to 11.75. Sheep light activity with lambs at about 10.25. financial fund liquidation price cited at 1.4098 with offering 1.55.
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Kansas City
Arizona
War in Africa and Europe Dominates War News
Reports indicate greater collapse of Italian resistance in East Africa and loss of Dessye. Rome confirms 101 killed and 300 wounded in Tripoli bombardment as Britain shifts troops to Egypt. Corfu occupied by Italian forces. Allied efforts intensify with British raids on Hamburg and Cologne. Japan seeks US negotiations through Matsuoka in Tokyo.
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East Africa
Rome
Dessye
Ethiopia
Tripoli
Corfu
Albania
Portsmouth
Britain
Plymouth
Hamburg
Cologne
Holland
Norway
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
United States
Helium Plant Near Amarillo Plans Dock Expansion
The U S Helium plant west of Amarillo seeks bids to extend loading docks with bids due May 5. Specifications are at the plant. The expansion is not part of the defense program. Helium, sold commercially to hospitals, has shifted shipping from tank cars to small containers, necessitating more dock space.
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U. S
Amarillo
Increase of Federal Gas Tax Opposed
Washington April 28 A one cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to 2 12 cents per gallon would tend to defeat its purpose by curtailing motor vehicle use, said John V. Lawrence general manager of the American trucking associations He warned that reduced traffic could lower receipts from the gasoline tax at House Ways and Means Committee hearings on proposals to raise 3 6 billion in new taxes Lawrence noted the industry already pays all general business taxes plus over 100 million annually in excise taxes on automotive equipment and fuel.
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Washington
John V. Lawrence
House
Ways and Means
Lawrence
Marines Enlist 32 in Month
The Marines shipped a baseball player and a newspaperman today, boosting the total of the month to 32 enlistments. Earl Wayne Skinner, Texhome, Okla., baseball pitcher, and Stuart E. Johnson, staff of the Pampa Daily News, were the latest enlistments. Sgt. F. M. Bell said he expected an unlimited quota in May.
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Marines
Earl Wayne Skinner
Texhome
Okla
Stuart E. Johnson
Pampa
Burglars Take Paint Brushes in Amarillo Theft
Police investigated a burglary at John Farrell Lumber Company 904 North Fillmore Street where thieves took paint brushes valued between 25 and 50 dollars. The incident occurred last night and was reported this morning.
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Amarillo
John Farrell Lumber Company
North Fillmore Street
O N Pettey Hurt In Fall From Pole
O N Pettey a Southwestern Public Service line man, fell from a pole in the 900 block between Jackson and Van Buren streets this morning fracturing a leg. He was taken to North...
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O. N. Pettey
North East
Eighth Avenue
Southwestern Public Service Company
Jackson and
van Buren
Thompson Funeral Tomorrow at 10
Funeral services for Mrs. Terry Thompson Jr. will be held tomorrow morning at 10 from the home of Mr and Mrs Terry Thompson Sr at 3002 Ong Street. Bishop E C Seaman will officiate. Burial is in Llano Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home direction.
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Terry Thompson, Jr
Terry Thompson
Ong Street
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
E. C. Seaman
Llano Cemetery
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Lab fee charged for seven mile Holcomb trip
In Garden City Kansas about one hundred primary students paid a seven cent laboratory fee for a seven mile train ride to Holcomb. The article notes the cost and destination, highlighting the practical learning excursion for young pupils.
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Garden City
Kan
Holcomb
Plan To Confer Girl Scout Badges
Girl Scout Badge Consultant will meet with Scouts completing their My Country Badge in the Girl Scout office Tuesday afternoon from 4 oclock to 4 oclock and Wednesday from 4 oclock until 5 oclock. All girls expecting to receive their badge at the May Court of Awards should be present at one of these meetings.
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Girl Scout
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