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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1939
Page
9
English actress Anna Neagle visits Hollywood and learns Western myths clash with reality. She reports disappointment as her image of cowboys fades after witnessing a playful nose-powder routine from a movie cowboy and his horse.
A large map puzzle presents horizontal and vertical clues including nations, animals, foods, and terms. Readers solve for terms like poison snake, elm genus, currency unit, and Baltic, mapping across positions and noting cross references to regional geography and common nouns.
Clay Thornton commander of Hanson Post announced the reappointment of A Petersen as chairman of the community Christmas tree project sponsored by the American Legion with cooperation of local groups.
Miss Neagle criticizes Hollywood depictions of the wild west and Indian life. She recalls seeing staged Indians in Albuquerque and blondes in disguise, notes the absence of real cattle and cowboys, and vows to report back in London while watching future films with skepticism. Amarillo sends a playful telegram claiming true west exists.
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. posted a first half 1939 net loss of 355 867 dollars, better than 671 051 dollars in 1938. Second quarter profits reduced losses by 8 974 dollars from 192 928 a year earlier as passenger traffic expanded significantly. Frye cited an 87 percent rise in passenger miles and noted pending Civil Aeronautics Authority hearings for mail rate increases and three new routes through Detroit Columbus Wheeling Cincinnati and Cincinnati stop.
Mr Petersen started the Yuletide feature for disabled children when commander of Hanson Post in 1928 and has run it since. The Legion sponsored tree draws at least 3000 children each year with toys candy and fruit distributed. A Veterans Hospital committee is formed and other Hanson Post groups await final appointments.
Courthouse records list several property transfers in Washington Center including H H Loewenstern to Tom Leno for lot 5 block 1 valued at 4450 and Fuqua Development to M H Loewenstern for lot 2 block 3 at 10. Transfers also show Florence Ames to F T Collins for an estate value of 10, J C Crews to First Federal Savings & Loan for lot 2 block 13 Summers, Wood Webb Lumber Co to First Federal Savings & Loan for the same lot and block, and H H Loewenstein to Investment Syndicate for lot 5 block 1. A Chevrolet truck is also noted as transferred to J F Brow.
A list shows Chevrolet, Dodge, Plymouth, GMC and Ford vehicles assigned to various individuals and entities including GMAC Burris Ele Co Paul Carter Calif Western State Life J D Rector Virginia Clark and others. A new hydraulic tree pruner with extension poles can reach and cut limbs up to two inches thick from twenty feet high.
Advertisment explains that Mentholatum soothes irritated nasal mucosa and keeps it moist easing breathing. It claims benefits for sunburn windburn and cracked lips and instructs to ask for Mentholatum at drug counters in jars or tubes for 30 cents.
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