Amarillo News Roundup On Weather Woes And Local Life
Weather in Texas shows showers with arcing plans for more rain as crop concerns grow. Amarillo reports heavy weekend rain in some districts, while tourist camps suffer a third drop in business. A fatal accident west of Canyon killed Mark Taylor of Phillips Petroleum and four youths. community mourning and tributes follow. Kansas City livestock figures and a public budget hearing for Amarillo are noted amid broader national interest.
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Plains
Mark Taylor
Texas
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Phillips Petroleum Company
United States
Colorado
Europe
Wendell Wilkie
New York
Hereford Potato Boom Promises Big Growth in 1941
Letter to Tack from E S Ireland extols Hereford potato industry thriving on irrigation. He cites potential 1941 acreage expansion and net income above 300 000 dollars, with over 100 dollars per acre, while noting diversified crops like alfalfa, wheat and sorghum on surrounding 500 000 acres.
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Hereford
Hereford & Little Closer
Mr. Tack
E. S. Ireland
Returned Traveler Says Japs Getting Exactly Nowhere In War Against Chinese
Joseph W. Morris, Transcontinental and Western Air representative, back from two years in China and Japan, says Japan made no headway in inland China and aims to save face after Manchukuo annexation. He notes guerilla resistance, Japanese casualties, and Chinese plucky defense while in Japan discontent grows as crops fail and women work the fields. Morris stopped in Amarillo on the China Clipper en route to Kansas City.
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United States
Europe
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Joseph W. Morris
Japan
Manchukuo
Mr. Morris
Amarillo
Kansas City
Worker Wants Winter Jobs in Amarillo
Wire notices show a reader seeking winter clerical or housework work in Amarillo and lists experience. A reader and a girl seek various child care, cafe, or hopping car work with contact details. a 16 year old boy looks for honest employment in drug or grocery stores.
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East 14Th Avenue
Tam
Will
Club Hears Music and Inspirational Talk in Kiwanis Meeting
The downtown Kiwanis Club met at the Amarillo Hotel at noon with twenty minutes of music and a five minute Kiwanis talk by Charley Pryor. Bobby Baker of Amarillo was featured with Eddie Gibbons orchestra. University of Missouri collegians performed a 15 minute novelty program. Mrs Otis Trulove and Mrs A D Steed sang solos. Carl Jenkins apologized for Cal Farley’s Kansas City Kiwanis Club broadcast.
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Amarillo Hotel
Bobby Baker
Amarillo
Eddie Gibbons
Aoup
University of Missouri
Otis Trulove
A. D. Steed
Pryor
Carl Jenkins
Cal Farley
Kansas City Kiwanis Club
Mr. Jenkins
Mary Perdue 78 Dies After Fall in Amarillo
Mrs. Mary Helen Perdue 78 died at 9:45 this morning in a local hospital after a fall caused a broken hip. A 24 year Amarillo resident, she is survived by daughter Icea Tadlock and three grandchildren Floyd Stocker Delmar Brown and Donald Perdue. Funeral services set for 10:30 tomorrow at Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Rev. FE B Fincher officiating. Burial at Liano Cemetery.
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Mary Helen Perdue
Amarillo
Icea Tadlock
Floyd Stocker
Delmar L. Brown
Donald J. Perdue
Oaks
N. D
Wind and Rain Hit Amarillo Business District
Wind and dust gusts hit Amarillo’s business district this afternoon. At 1:15 PM heavy rain drenched downtown while San Jacinto remained dry. Northeast wind shattered a large plate glass window at Rip's Cafe on Sixth Avenue between Polk and Taylor streets.
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San Jacinto
Rip
Sixth Avenue
Polk and
Taylor Streets
Man Charged With False Statement in Unemployment Claim
Robert Owen Dawson faced a false statements charge in Justice of Peace Charles W. Carder's court. He allegedly lied in an unemployment compensation application and is held in Potter County jail in lieu of a $250 bond.
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Robert Owen Dawson
Court of Justice of Peace
Charles W. Carder
Potter County
Potter County School Board Meets Tuesday
The Potter County School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 1 30 p m in the county superintendent's office to discuss student transfers between districts and the county administration budget.
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Potter County School Board
Potter County Students Required to Vaccinate for Smallpox
County Supt. Carl G. Clifft announced that students planning to attend Potter County Schools this year must be vaccinated against smallpox. Vaccinations should be completed before the school opening.
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Potter County
Carl G. Clifft
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