Mrs Martha Ray Dies at 87 in Amarillo Hospital
Mrs Martha Ray aged 87 and mother of Mrs Toney Chisum died at 12 15 pm in Northwest Texas Hospital after month long illness. Born June 23 1853 in Alabama she was a Texas pioneer whose family settled near Austin. Survived by son E Paul Ray and four daughters Cora Curry W H West and O M Street and one more daughter in Amarillo seven grandchildren. Burial plans to be announced.
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Toney Chisum
Northwest Texas Hospital
Alabama
Ray
Texas
Austin
Tohoka
Amarillo
E. Paul Ray
Tohola
Cora Curry
West Fork
Ark
W. W. West
Tulsa
O. M. Street
Dallas
Pampan Seeks To Follow His Father In Service
Carl Nolen of Pampa has a son Pampan who enlisted in the Marine Corps at Amarillo. The father served in France with the Bath Regiment, Second Division, U Marines. The Amarillo office also reported eight new enlistments including Warren Drum Groom Thomas McCain Jr Matador Stanley Ferrara Providence Arthur Mullins Amarillo Bennie Lathim Dalhart Noble Bullard Elgin John Spencer Indiana Irwin Miles Hereford.
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Carl 8. Nolen
Pampa
H. Nolen
Nolen
Marine Corps
Amarillo
Bath Regiment
U. Marines
France
Army
Warren G. Drum
Groom
Thomas H. McCain, Jr
Matador
Stanley A. Ferrara
Providence
R. I
Arthur C. Mu
School opening plans and staff assignments noted
Superintendent Charles M. Rogers returns to the office to finish arrangements for the September 9 opening. Principals R B Norman RF L Hunter J B Maharon prepare pupil registrations for September 5 and 6 while Elizabeth Nixson recovers from a fall. Annie L McDonald and R A Selby resume duties as ANTA FE carloadings report weekly totals and Soviet union republic count of sixteen.
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Charles M. Rogers
New Mexico
R. B. Norman
RF. L. Hunter
Horace Mann
J. B. Maharon
Sam Houston Junior High School
Elizabeth Nixson
Central Junior High School
Annie L. McDonald
R. A. Selby
Amarillo Symphony Opens Season With Americanism Drive
The Amarillo Symphony will start its fall membership campaign with a special Americanism program at Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday September 4. New conductor Robert Louis Barron arrives to lead the civic orchestra with a varied patriotic presentation and no formal contract yet. The membership drive begins next Tuesday with detailed plans to be announced by J R Pendleton and coordinated by John Ballard Grace Hamilton and the executive committee.
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Civic Orchestra
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
J. R. Pendleton
John Ballard
Association
Grace Hamilton
Rescuer George McClellan’s 15 years saving lives gains fame
Pittsburgh man George McClellan has rescued 629 people from violent death through fire and mine disasters, river tragedies, and similar events. A former firefighter, he built $2,000 worth of gear and became known as Life-Saving Gas, doing the work without pay for the reward of saving lives.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
George McClellan
McClellan
Sicily Distance From Malta Noted At Sixty Miles
Sicily, the Italian possession nearest to Malta, is reported as being sixty miles distant, highlighting the geographic proximity between the two regions.
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Sicily
Malta
Mighty Prints Reveal Giant Dinosaur Footprints
In Buffalo, New York, the Hall of Geology displays three 34 inch footprints on the ceiling of the museum. The footprints, carved in relief, come from a coal mine near Cedaredge Colorado where a coal seam was removed. The gigantic bipedal dinosaur reportedly had a 15 foot 2 inch stride and the long walking pace is noted as the largest on record.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Hall of Geology
Buffalo Museum of Science
Cedarege
Colo
J. M. Plummer Killed in Alpine Auto Crash
J M Plummer former manager of the J M Radford Grocery Company Amarillo died in an automobile crash near Alpine last Saturday friends notified today. Services were held in Austin this morning. Plummer lived here several years and his home was then in Austin.
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J. M. Plummer
J. M. Radford Grocery Company
Amarillo
Alpine
Mr. Plummer
Austin
British Bombers Extend Night Campaign Across Europe
London reports British warplanes conducted daylight raids yesterday and expanded to night strikes, bombing 27 airfields in Germany Holland Belgium and France along with other military targets.
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London
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Air Ministry
Amarillo golfer John Olver falters in Dallas tourney
John Olver of Amarillo finished far from the sectional qualifiers in the national amateur tourney at Dallas. Fred Becford of Dallas led with 70, edging Reynolds Smith Harry Todd of Dallas and Billy Bob Coffey of Fort Worth who tied for second with 73. The national championship opens September 9 at Mamaroneck, New York.
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Dallas
John Olver
Amarillo
Fred Becford
Mameroneck
N. Y
Reynolds Smith
Harry Todd
Billy Bob Coffey
Fort Worth
Colleges Urged To Throw Out All Textbooks
In Boston American colleges should abolish textbooks and study the world’s 100 greatest books, says Dr Mortimer J Adler author of How To Read a Book. He cites St John’s Annapolis as a model where living teachers read discussions of Homer Plato Galen Hegel Marx and Freud. He warns few students truly know how to read a book and urges smaller schools to lead. The cattle brand 6" has been used continuously in Texas since 1638.
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Boston
Mortimer J. Adler
St. John’s
Annapolis
Homer
Plato
Galen
Hegel
Marx
Freud
Adier
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