New $70,000 Bivins Building To Stand On Site Of Old Structure
Miles G. Bivins announces a new $70,000 Bivins Building to replace a landmark in Amarillo's business district. Southwestern Public Service Company will use the three-floor, 25,000 square foot office, with fireproof construction, air conditioning, and space for future expansion. The structure, at Polk Street and Fifth Avenue, is leased for 20 years by the utility company and designed by E F Rittenberry, with plans for assembly rooms, model kitchen, vault, and display spaces.
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Bivins
Public Service
Amarillo
Miles G. Bivins
Southwestern Public Service Company
Myda T Bivins
Elizabeth Clair Childers
Joe T. Bivins
Utility Company
Rittenberry
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Accounting Service
Polk Street
Fifth Avenue
KGNC Tower Rising with Beasley Crew at OKC Site
Foreman Ralph Pemberton of Beasley Construction Company directs 10 workers as four steel sections of KGNC'S new broadcast antenna are bolted into place. The tower climbs skyward as crews work in high places under steady, steady hands.
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Devil
Ralph Pemberton
KGNC
Pemberton
Beasley Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Primrose Party Celebrates Year of Senior Gatherings
The Primrose Party, started by church women to honor Americans over 70, has grown yearly. Amarillo adopted the program last year and hosted its first summer event with over 200 seniors, followed by a similar turnout at the most recent gathering.
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Lula Mae Farley
Amarillo
Primrose Party pictured. council plans summer sponsorships
Pictures on Page Five show this year’s Primrose Party. The Amarillo Council of Church Women plans to sponsor one Primrose party each summer through coming years. Programs are for and by the honorees with group singing and a speaking honor. See page 3 Primrose.
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Amarillo
Railroad hints it knows who derailed train
A. D. McDonald of Southern Pacific said officials might know the identity of those responsible for the crash of the City of San Francisco, which killed 24 and injured more than 100. He stated they have definite evidence but would not divulge it yet, and he expressed belief one man was responsible.
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Reno
San Francisco
A. D. McDonald
Southern Pacific Railroad
McDonald
Postoffice Murals You’re the Judge Amarillo Contest
Citizens have until midnight tonight to submit ideas for Amarillo’s new postoffice murals. Letters under 300 words to Globe News could win $5 first prize or $3 second prize. A qualified committee will judge entries and announce the winners based on Panhandle heritage and tradition.
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Amarillo
Postoffice
Globe News
Post Office
Panhandle
Mrs Don Martin Wins Weekly News Contest
Prize winners and tips reported for Amarillo Globe News weekly contest. Mrs. Don Martin, 819 Crockett, tops with a water main break tip earning $5. Nancy Lou Meyer, 847 Bowie, wins $3 for reporting Old Tobe the bear at Amarillo Zoo died. Tom Rowan, 1519 Taylor, wins $2 for reporting a sparrow loss. Additional participants listed.
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West Eighth Avenue
Don Martin
Crockett
Globe News
Nancy Lou Meyer
Bowie
Old Tobe
Amarillo Zoo
A School Bus Or A Family Flivver
Amarillo dealers offer a range of transportation including a good school bus and various coupes coaches and sedans. All makes and year models available at near lowest yearly prices. Check Want Ads to find appealing cars and visit dealers’ lots for bargains.
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Amarillo
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday afternoon across Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico shows fair skies with little temperature change. Temperatures range from a 63 degree minimum to an 88 degree maximum, with noon at 86.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mr Collman Predicts More Showers Amid Dry Humor
The weather note says Mr. Collman remains dry and morose as he forecasts scattered showers today and tomorrow. Amarillo has not seen 110 degree heat in 50 years, with last night’s moisture limited to Clovis and Clayton and a brief shower between Amarillo and Claude.
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Mr. Collman
Amarillo
Fort Worth Stockyards Resumed Trading After Hour Delay
Fort Worth stock yards trading resumed after an hour's halt this morning following reports that Union members and the company reached an agreement. Details specify Fort Worth, Aug. 15, with no further specifics on the pact.
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Fort Worth
Divers Work To Resink Squalus Stern Drums
Navy divers, after submerging three bow pontoons, prepared to resink the three stern drums to lift the ship Squalus from an undersea mudbank and tow her nearer shore for salvage.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Panhandle Wells Shut as Railroad Board Orders Closures
Panhandle field wells closed at 7 A.M. with high water exemptions only. K I Dunn reports most operators favor the order though some feel the shutdown is too brief. Borger Phillips refinery and Amarillo Texas Co plant have storage for two weeks. others lack storage and may need lifting or modification. Total district stocks exceed 5 million barrels as of July 1. Phillips says no crude price cuts planned unless required by Kansas/Oklahoma reductions.
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Pampa
Railroad Commission
Panhandle
K. I. Dunn
Dunn
Phillips Petroleum Company
Borger
Texas Company
Amarillo
Kansas
Oklahoma
Power Line Fatal to Leo Nicholas and Birds
In St Thomas Ontario on August fifteenth Léo Nicholas aged seven climbed a tree to inspect a bird nest as his sister Pearl watched. His hand touched a 4000 volt line causing a fatal shock. three tiny birds found in his pocket were also dead.
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ST. Thomas
Ont
Léo Nicholas
Pearl
Leo
City Estimates Tax Increase Plans Revealed
report notes a city council reckons on higher taxes with budget talks continuing On page 2 city officials outline anticipated revenue needs and potential levy changes affecting residents and local services.
Roosevelt Proposes Early Thanksgiving for 1940
President Roosevelt announced plans to move Thanksgiving from the last Thursday to November 23 this year and to the second Thursday in November starting 1940. Merchants support the longer Christmas shopping period while college football bosses and traditionalists oppose the shift. Governors weigh legal and practical implications as turkey growers worry about market timing.
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Roosevelt
New England
Texas
George Washington
Plymouth
Mass
James Frasier
Six Men Rob Bank Messenger In Shootout Escape
Six men in an automobile robbed a bank messenger of about 70000 dollars on a Long Beach street in Nassau County New York. Police airplane with license plate reading ability assisted in the pursuit along a main Long Island highway as gunfire erupted.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Long Island
Nassau County
Opinion Split On Shutdown
In New Orleans Gov Farl K. Long said Louisiana would cooperate to prevent oil price cuts. Col Ernest O Thompson urged a midcontinent crude shutdown. Texas did shutter about 80 000 wells. Investors urged 30day shutdowns while penalties for violation included fines and jail. See OIL Page 3.
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New Orleans
Farl K. Long
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Ernest O. Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact
Oklahoma City
Col. Thompson
Charles Roeser
Fort Worth
Independent Petroleum Association of America
United Press
Compacts
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Michigan
Arkansas
Ilinois
Thompson
James Bailey
Tulsa
National Association of Petroleum Investors
Railroad Commission
Jerry Sadler
Wichita Falls
Travis County
Sadler
Col
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Mr. Rittenberry
Kgnc Tower
Primrose
Neely-Greenhill Agey
N. S. Griggs Yard
Taylor
Tom Rowan
Globe-News
Gene McGlasson
Washington
William A. Willbanks
Lubbock
W. M. Leachman
West Thirteenth
L. C. Tyson
A Hayden
C. ‘A. Smith
Florida
E. F. Leachman
Polk
J. W. Caplan
Monroe
Henley Jones
San Jacinto
J. T. Ferguson
West Fifteenth
Helen Anderson
Lincoln
Luther Ranskin
West Fifth
Joe Honrest
Mississippi
C. A. Trisler
Madison
Lloyd Walker
Pierce
Finley Nelson
Joan Parr
Horace Small
East Ninth
Istory
Oregon
Sylvester Penoyer
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Rhode Island
William H. Vanderbilt
Bill Ackerman
University of California At Los Angeles
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