Most Assessments Remain Unchanged After Protests
Ninety percent of the increased tax assessments on city and school district property will stand after Saturday’s protest hearings. The joint board of equalization has met since Monday and plans a post noon recess. About 12 million dollars in personal property value was increased in each subdivision, with three million added for annexed city areas. By Friday noon 27 protesters had appeared and 179 in total this week, led by 61 on Thursday. Board members include Ivor Davies, Gus Leftwich, R G Mills, Hugo Loewenstern, L C Nesbitt, and P V Alexander, who is ill. Additional sessions are planned in September for out‑of‑town firms to present more evidence.
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Ivor Davies
Gus Leftwich
R. G. Mills
Hugo Loewenstern
L. C. Nesbitt
P. V. Alexander
Alexander
Joe B. Stevens of Munday Dies Here
Joe Bob Stevens forty two of Munday died at five o'clock Friday morning in a hotel room in Amarillo after a heart attack He was manager of the West Texas Cotton Oil Company at Munday and had been in Amarillo on a purchasing trip A longtime Slaton resident he moved to Munday about two years ago The body will be transported to Munday by N Griggs & Sons ambulance Funeral arrangements are pending He is survived by his wife Vera Stevens and three sons R C of Slaton Joe Melton and Horace Gordon of Munday
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Joe Bob Stevens
Munday
Amarillo
Stevens
West Texas Cotton Oil Company
Slaton
N.&. Griggs & Sons Ambulance
Children To Visit Industrial Plants In Amarillo
Amarillo Kiwanis Club Boys and Girls Work Committee will lead trips for Children’s Home members to several local industrial plants. Thursday night 19 children attended a carnival party at Rhodes Amusement Park on Canyon highway with refreshments and rides provided by owner S B Rhodes. Adult chaperones included Arch ie Castleberry L C Whitney FE Smith and Harold Gallarneau with Mrs Jake Wilhelm accompanying the group.
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Amarillo
L. C. Whitney
FE. E. Smith
Gallarneau
Jake Wilhelm
Reserve Personnel Will Meet Tonight
Air Force Reserve officers and enlisted personnel in the Amarillo area will hold their monthly meeting at the Amarillo Hotel tonight. Lt. Col Lew Hindert announced Air Force headquarters details on a permanent establishment. Fellowship and dinner at 7:30 p.m. lead into ground school at 8:15 p.m. Capt Thayer of Tinker Field Oklahoma City will conduct the session.
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Air Force
Amarillo
Lew Hindert
Air Force Headquarters
Air Force Reserves
Thayer
Tinker
Lovato Receives Five-Year Sentence After Knife Attack
Joe Valerio Lovato, 21, was sentenced to five years after a 47th District Court jury found him guilty of assault with intent to rape in an Amarillo case. He allegedly struck a 12 year old girl twice with a knife during the attack. she sustained no serious injuries. Lovato, arrested minutes later, was represented by Amarillo attorney Ben Manning Jr.
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Joe Valerio Lovato
Amarillo
Lovato
Mexican Railroad Extra
47Th
Ben Manning, Jr
Walser Family Holds Reunion in Ellwood Park
Annual Walser family gathering held Thursday in Ellwood Park with lunch dinner and informal games. Reunion tradition started in 1933 and has run except 1943 yes. attendees include T L Walser Mollie Walser Car Wall Aaron Phillips Chillicothe W E Walser Clifford Walser Canadian and many others from Amarillo Wheeler Hereford Borger Quanah Sudan Electra Wellington Pampa Brow nfield and more.
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Walser
Ellwood Park
Amarillo
T.L. Walser
Mollie Walser
Car Wall
Aaron Phillips
Chillicothe
W. E. Walser
Clifford Walser
Canadian
H. H. Walser
Lloyd Anglin
Buster Walser
Wheeler
L. Walser
C. R. Walser
Guy Walser
D. C. Walser
W. H. Walser
June Clark
Hereford
Fannie B. Henderson
C. H. Patterson
Borger
Gladys Oglesby
Pampa
W. A. Golightly
Wellington
Beville Charged With Swindling In District Court
A. M. Beville, of Amarillo Hotel, was charged Friday in 47th District Court with swindling by worthless check. He allegedly passed a $50 worthless draft to McCartt's Super Market after a prior misdemeanor arose from a similar bad check. He remained jailed in Potter County Friday.
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A. M. Beville
47Th District Court
Beville
Amarillo Hotel
McCartt
Super Market
Potter County
Eugene Latham Arrested on Assault and Battery Charge
Eugene Latham faces assault and battery charges after a Saturday night attack on Lindy Boggs and her brother near a drive in theater. Boggs reported several men and boys forced their car off North Fast Eighth, and Latham was arrested Friday morning. Boggs gave the jail address 3813 East Sixth and Latham listed 905 North Mirror.
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Eugene Latham
Lindy Boggs
East Sixth
Boggs
Kenneth
North Fast Eighth
Latham
North Mirror
Women in Australia Start Make Your Own Dresses Drive
Australian women launch a make your own dresses drive to combat rising inflation. The effort aims to provide affordable clothing options and support households facing higher costs. Local groups organize sewing circles and share patterns to empower participants nationwide.
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Australia
Outline Steps For School Registration
Proud mothers preparing to enroll children in Amarillo schools must bring birth certificates and a physician’s smallpox vaccination note. Optional diphtheria shots recommended. Birth records vary by birthplace. Potter County residents use the county clerk. Public elementary registration Sept 3. high and junior high Sept 2-3. classes begin Sept 7. Price College Sept 1-2, boarding Sept 3-4. Amarillo College Sept 13. Amarillo Center Sept 13. Children must be 6 by Sept 1 to enroll in public schools.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Potter County
Price College
St. Mary’s Academy
Amarillo College
Amarillo Center
Three Are Arrested In Car Theft Case
Amarillo man is seized in Dallas on a theft charge and a 1941 Buick owned by Herman McPherson is recovered. The initial suspect names two others, one arrested in Waxahachie and the other already in Amarillo custody. No charges have been filed yet.
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Dallas
Herman McPherson
North Hughes
Amarillo
Waxahachie
Narcotics Seized in El Paso Seizure Case
U S customs agents reported the seizure of 69 pounds of marihuana valued at 70000 if rolled into cigarettes in El Paso. Rogers Burton a San Francisco Negro was charged before US Commissioner Henry Clifton with narcotics smuggling. Dial 6262 to Place a Want Ad.
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EL Paso
Rogers Burton
San Francisco
Mrs Davis Dies In Richland Washington
Mrs Myrtle Lee Davis 48 daughter of J G Nichols 1106 Johnson died at home in Richland Washington Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday in Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Rev E Lee Stanford and Rev Hubert Thomson officiating Burial will be Llano Cemetery Survivors include husband Ocie four sons Lloyd Bobby Lee Herman Leon father Roy Nichols and four sisters from Vernon Amarillo Eldorado Wellington plus a brother and other relatives The family previously lived in Amarillo for 20 years before moving to Washington last year
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Myrtle Lee Davis
J. G. Nichols
Johnson
Richland
Wash
Blackburn- Shaw Chapel
E. Lee Stanford
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Hubert Thomson
Canyon Methodist Church
Llano
Ocie
H. A. Marr Gro
Cery
Lloyd
Amarillo
Bobby Lee
Herman Leon
Roy Nichols
Wichita Falls
W. L. Beasley
Vernon
Kent Davis
Dan Weddle
Eldorado
Okla
Vestal Mincey
Wellington
Lubbock Youths To Trial in Car Theft
Three teenage boys arrested in Lubbock on July 29 were scheduled for trial Friday afternoon in Federal Court here on charges of driving a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce.
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Lubbock
Interstate
Three Mount Clemens youths face guilty pleas in auto theft case
Allen Oliver Pingle 18 and John Milton Schultz 16 and George Roy Hays 16 were arrested in a Mount Clemens auto theft linked case. They indicated plans to plead guilty, per US Assistant District Attorney Davitt S. Binyon and Deputy US Marshal Clarence res of Lubbock.
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Commerce
Allen Oliver Pingle
John Milton Schultz
George Roy Hays
Mount Clemens
Mich
Davitt S. Binyon
Clarence Res
Lubbock
US Marshall
Expectant Mother Found Shot to Death in Home
In San Antonio, Joyce Cameron aged 21, an expectant mother, was found shot to death in her home by her husband. Police began an investigation into the fatal shooting, with officials noting the case as a domestic incident under inquiry.
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San Antonio
Joyce Cameron
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Jack
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Jack's
OASIS
Polk
Schilling
Pillsbury's Flour
Imperial Sugar
Franks
Cudahy
Kentucky
Armour’'S Star
Richland, Wash
Walker’s Gin
Gordon’s Gin
Gilbey’s Gin
Package Store
Dysh
Ray Sawyer
Fillmore
West 10Th
Amarillo Tent & Awning CO. Inc
Adami
Park City
Westinghouse Appliances
Sanders — Waxers
Glen L. Casey
Roy
Danny) Daniels
Breeze
Lever Brothers Company
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