Hazlewood eats soup in the dark at truckers meeting
Amarillo state senator Grady Hazlewood, famed for his legal mind, gambles on a comic dining stunt during a trucking group gathering at the Herring Hotel. He waits for bright film moments to strike for a spoonful of soup, while the ballroom lights go off and a Gulf Coast trucking film runs. The scene highlights his stubborn, humorous perseverance.
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Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Hazlewood
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballhea
Gulf Coast Area
OSS
L. R. Moore
East Central
St. Anthony's Hospital
Harris Landrum
Jackson
D. D. Cox
Buchanan
Amarillo Through the Years August Milestones 1899 to 1947
A concise Amarillo chronology spans Augusts from 1899 to 1947, highlighting entrepreneurs like G B Powell opening a marble and granite shop, a new chili stand, Santa Fe freight cautions, theater appearances, street paving changes, civic plans including parks and pools, a 1937 wartime tone in national news, charitable gifts, rodeo drives, dental advances, summer concerts, and traffic debates. The record emphasizes local figures, institutions, venues, and civic shifts across decades.
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Amarillo
G. B. Powell
Bob Smith
Bell County
Fort Worth
The
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Montague Love
Olympic Theater
Polk Street
Netherlands
Hitler
Tri-State
Pearce Dental Laboratory
Oscar Wise
Kennedys Visit Relatives Across State Lines
Mrs. Kennedy and Vernon Luther Kennedy travel from McLean to Moberly Missouri to visit her brother Mr. and Mrs. Harold Petty. Mrs. Kennedy works for the American Quarter Horse Association. Mrs. Eberstadt and Miss Eva Eberstadt will visit Jefferson Texas for a month. In Amarillo Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dodd and daughter Nancy were seen shopping.
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Like
Georgia
Olanda Peden
Borger
Alton William Brewster
Kerrick
H. L. Allison
North Buchanan
Margaret Satterfield
Wanda Porterfield
Dalhart
William J. Winters
Polk
Nadine Chapman
Roberts
Lou Ray Murrtin
West Tenth
E. M. Robb
Wallace
Okla
Don Roy Allien
Kentucky
Judith Diane Naylor
Tampa
Fla
Mary Hutchins
Tyler
Charles Mellor
Sunset Terrace
Clifford Persall
Hayden
Nora Mace
Lamar
Joan E. Portella
Ong
John Robert Clifton
Masterson
Mary Mayberry
Cliff
Red” Townes
North East Eighteenth
Glenn L. Martin
Dee II
San Antonio
Townes
Mrs. Martin
Miss Martin
San Antone
Delores
Susan Gregg
Albuquerque
C. W. Rogers
West Eleventh
Susan
Charles Gregg
George W. Dorman
Deborah
Dallas
M. E. Kemp
Washington
Fred L. Michael
Ronnie Ruiz
Corpus Christi
Michael
Kemp
University of Texas
Corpus Christi High School
Alice Conover
J. P Jones
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Clyde Hill
Department of Education
Yale University
Miss Warren
Amarillo College
Zora Kennedy
Adams
Ents
Luther Petty
Vernon Luther Kennedy
McLean
Moberly
Harold C. Petty
Kennedy
The
American Quarter Horse Association
A. Eberstadt
Capitol Hotel
Eva Eberstadt
Jefferson, Tex
Cecil Dodd
Nancy
Perryton
Amarillo
Truman Aide Visits Front During Korean Offensive
W Averell Harriman, Truman's special assistant on foreign affairs, flew to the Korean war front as American troops began their first offensive. He met with US Eighth Army leadership near the front lines and visited a battalion command post amid heavy artillery.
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Tokyo
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Japan
Harriman
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Haneda
MacArthur
Bataan
Korea
Envoy Returns to Tokyo as Harriman Plans Next Move
The presidential envoy came back to Tokyo and Harriman visited the American embassy. He said he would depart Tokyo tomorrow but kept his next destination undisclosed. In Formosa, informed quarters discounted reports Harriman would visit Taipei, home of the Chinese Nationalist government.
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Michael M. Kemp
M. E. Kemp
Washington
Lowry Air Base
Denver
Colo
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Gaither
Northwest Texas Hospital
J. H. Thompson
Lipscomb
Nela Haygood
Forest
Joan Ashley
Oklahoma City
Okla
Joseph Vosha
Tokyo
Harriman
Formosa
Taipei
Venezuela expands adult literacy with 1374 teaching centers
In La Guaira Venezuela authorities report 1374 centers active for adult literacy teaching reading and writing to adults nationwide. The program aims to improve literacy, empower communities, and expand access to basic education across multiple regions.
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LA Guaira
Venezuela
Irving pupils back defense saving stamp plan
Public school students in Irving operate a thrift program to buy US savings stamps, with classmates selling stamps during homeroom and teachers supervising. The effort, praised by the Texas Outlook and observed by US Treasury representatives, aims to teach work ethic savings discipline and honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Barnard Associated Press
Irving
US Treasury
North Texas
Texas Outlook
Parent-Teacher Association
Room Mothers Club
Little Johnny
Your Horoscope For Stella Readers August 7
Born today you have a complex personality with an inner life few share. You have keen intuition, avoid being persuaded, and favor outdoor life over city living. Early romantic success and a practical shift with age shape your ambitions. beware temper and sharp tongue.
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Leo
U S Air Force official opens liaison office in Formosa
Maj. Gen. Howard Turner commander of the US 13th Air Force has established a liaison office at the Chinese Nationalist Air Force headquarters building in Taipei Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Howard Turner
13Th Air Force
India Boosts Tea Export Quota for 1950 51
India announced a tea export quota of 453,307,713 tons for 1950 51, amounting to 128 percent of the standard export figure. The release aims to expand overseas shipments and strengthen curren cy earnings for the year.
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India
Bombay
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Reynold M. Gardner
Reynold Gardner, Jr
Jean
Otis Camp
W. C. Grammer
Queak
Albert
Jacer
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Big John Little
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Henry Danciger
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Pa Kettle
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