Carpet Cleaning Reclassified to Retail Status in Amarillo
Amarillo city commission on first reading amended zoning to raise carpet cleaning from second manufacturing to retail, after supporter Charles Green argued modernization. The meeting also addressed re zoning requests, a proposed public hearing denial, and WPA paving and sewer extension petitions for several streets and alleys.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Charles Green
Charles Green Realty Company
Col Royal Williams
W. S. Williams
Ruthelle Bacon
C. H. Hines
W. E. Stone
Starkey & Crowders
Tenth Avenue
Travis Street
Ross D. Rogers
S. F Rose
Jesse Proctor
Proctor
Clarence Whatley
Twelfth Avenue
Ethel Wiseman
North
Johnson Street
Petitons
Bonham Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
San Jacinto Avenue
Britain’s Air Power Marred by Bombers Crashes
London Aug 9 Britain’s display of air power was marred by multiple bomber accidents. A Wellington vanished at 2:30 A M in the North Sea near Yarmouth. four airmen died in a crash near Tollerton, Yorkshire, and four others parachuted from a bombing plane over Thetford, with minor injuries reported.
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London
Britain
North Sea
Yarmouth
Tollerton
Yorkshire
Thetford
Husband Accused of Murder Plot Linked to Three Slayings
Mrs Marian Wright testified that her former husband Tom Wright tried to kill her claiming she knew about three murders he committed. She cited a 12 year old Muskogee Oklahoma slaying, a Van Buren Arkansas choking death, and another unconfirmed killing. She alleged two unwed wives, Nellie Potts of Van Buren and a woman in Columbia Missouri, and said his real name is Allen Taylor.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Marian Wright
Tom Wright
Tom Paris
Muskogee
Oklo
van Buren
Ark
Dear Tack Personal Help Wanted Notices
A set of classified help wanted notices from readers seeking employment. Entries include Lorn ie Washington at 1400 Polk Street seeking day or evening work. a private individual seeking hotel or sewing or motherless home work with references. a young couple with a baby seeking any work. and a young woman offering to do anything for permanent employment at 210 North Buchanan Street.
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Cal
Lornie Washington
Polk Street
Tack
Box
Canyon
Texas
France Accused of Smuggling Films Into U.S.
Attorney John T. Cahill forwarded charges from the federal grand jury accusing the French ministry of foreign affairs and multiple French entities of using diplomatic pouches to smuggle commercial films into the United States to evade customs duties. The presentment names the French tourist bureau, the consulate in New York, the French line and general manager Morin De Lindays, and eight others, filed with Judge John C. Knox.
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New York
Aus
U. 58
John T. Cahill
Hull
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United States
Cahill
Federal Grand Jury
French Line
Manjager
Morin de Lindays
John C. Knox
Farmer seeks wife with angel wings and $20,000
Joe Ellis Baker, 24, a Kentucky farmer near Boxville, told deputies he wanted a wife under 26 who is good looking and a good cook and has $20,000 to buy a farm. He would not marry a redhead but would take a blonde or brunette.
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Evansville
Ind
Joe Ellis Baker
Kentucky
Vandenbrugh
Lacy
Baker
Boxville
Galveston Bookies Face Police Court Hearings
Hearings were set in police court today for 23 people, including three women, arrested in raids on 19 alleged tip book establishments. Police seized tip books described as punchboard gambling devices, a slot machine, and other paraphernalia.
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Galveston
U.P
Floyd Goodrich
Hereford Men Begin Tour Through Panhandle Breeders
More than 300 Hereford breeders and cattlemen started a three day Panhandle Hereford Tour. The caravan left Amarillo at 7 AM to inspect herds in Randall Swisher and Castro Counties.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo Hotel
Randall, Swisher
Castro Counties
W. —. Bennett
L. M. Fisher
Amarillo
George E. Nance
T. A. Dowlen
L. A. Donnell
Tierra Blanca Farms
Canyon
W. A. Graham
Happy
C. J. Mapes
George Burch
Dimmitt
Cluck Ranch
Wagley Ranch
Hart
W. C. Dinwiddie
G. C. Hutchinson
C.C. Poff
Tulsa
Gulf Petroleum Company
Real Estate Man Sues for Damages in Amarillo
C. B. Bledsoe a 69 year old Amarillo real estate man filed suit in district court seeking 15 500 damages from the City of Amarillo claiming a fall on a cardboard piece in a flooded alley on West Eighth Avenue between Madison and Monroe on Sept 18 1937. He alleges the city failed to remove trash deposits. James O. Cade represents the plaintiff.
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C. B. Bledsoe
Amarillo
West Eighth Avenue
Madison and
Monroe Streets
James O. Cade
Courthouse Records Include Property Transfers and Sums
Densel A Marconi and spouse transfer Lot 51 Block 206 Holland for 1500 dollars. Barfield and spouse transfer Lot 2 Block 102 Fakle for 1050 dollars. A Jewell and spouse transfer Lot 10 Block 59 Bakle for 100 dollars. Mrs Rosina Walters transfers multiple tracts in Petty Subd of South Tract 4 and Heaton Subd of E Sec 164 Block 2 ABA M totaling 10 dollars. Susie E Davis and spouse transfer Lot 7 Block 3 Roberts to H R Jack.
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O. R. FE
Aba&m
Susie E. Davis
H. R. Jack
Roberts
Quarrel Over Coffee Ends in Death and Murder Charge
A Houston incident report states J. W. Hawkins 74, watch repairman, died from a gunshot after a July 28 confrontation at T. H. Causey’s shop over coffee. Causey 74 reportedly fired at intruders prompting Hawkins’ death and a murder charge against Causey. Hawkins had been held on assault to murder with a $300 bond before his death.
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Houston
U.P
J. W. Hawkins
T. H. Causey
Causey
Hawkins
Mexican Federals Rescue Prominent Cattleman
Federal troops killed several kidnap band members and freed Marcelino Gaitan a leading cattleman after months in captivity near Ciudad Guzman. The abductors had demanded a large ransom.
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Gudadalajara
Mexico
Ciudad Guzman
Marcelino Gaitan
Markets and stock quotes from New York exchanges
Markets show declines across sectors with the Dow Jones averages down and individual line items including rails utilities and stocks trading lower. Grain quotations for Wheat show May and Sept contracts with mixed highs and lows reflected in the day’s close values.
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Dow-Jones
Fenner & Beane
Amarillo Building Industries
Amarillo
Billy Ray Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for W. D. Billy Ray four and a half month old son of Mr and Mrs T H Ray 609 Johnson Street will be held this afternoon at 4 from the Blackburn Shaw Funeral Chapel The infant died yesterday morning at 6 in a local hospital He is survived by his parents and three grandparents W A Leavens of Chillicothe Mrs J M Ray of Oklahoma City Okla Burial will be in Llano Cemetery under the direction of Blackburn Shaw
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Billy)Ray
T. H. Ray
Johnson Street
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Chapel
W. A. Leavens
Chillicothe
J. M. Ray
Oklahoma City
Okla
Llano Cemetery
Blackburn Shaw
Ben Tolley Celebrates 79th Birthday in Amarillo
Ben Tolley oldest insurance man in Amarillo celebrates his 79th birthday. He is guest of honor at a party by Southwestern Life Insurance Company agents this evening at San Jacinto Park. Tolley, pioneer resident, previously ran a grocery business before returning to insurance.
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Ben Tolley
Amarillo
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
San Jacinto Park
Tolley
Army Plane Crash Kills Two Near Round Lake Village
An army airplane crashed on the outskirts of Round Lake Village in Saratoga County today killing two army fliers. The incident occurred near Saratoga Springs as an unnamed WP report notes the fatalities in the early hours.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Round Lake Village
Saratoga County
Prowler Reported in Amarillo Houses and Pecans Stolen
A prowler broke into the Pat Davis home at 909 Louisiana Street but took nothing. The R. B. Norman home at 1501 Bowie Street was entered with no items missing as the family is away. From a nearby warehouse a truck driver, Murry Curl, 1610 Hayden Street, led thieves to steal 185 pounds of pecans, 68 pounds of shelled pecans, 72 packages of mixed cookies, plus other confectionery. R. L. Mason at 713 Harrison Street reported a wrist watch stolen from his room.
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Amarillo
Pat Davis
Louisiana Street
Davis
R. L. Mason
Harrison Street
Prisoner Ends Sitdown Strike on Kingston Smokestack
A Kingston Penitentiary prisoner ended his 100-foot smokestack sit down strike before dawn. Warden Allen said he was physically okay but offered no details on how he descended. A night rainstorm and the prison power area context were noted as possible factors.
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Ont
Kingston Penitentiary
Allen
Local farmer Arthur Meek dies after horseback incident
Bethany Missouri reports Arthur Meek a farmer known in Ed Howe stories died from injuries after being kicked by a horse. He was a neighbor of Howe before Howe moved to Atchison Kansas.
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Arthur Meek
Ed Howe
Atchison
Kan
Meek
Howe
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