Glider Officer Recovers From Severe neck Injury
Lieut. Lynn H. Child, Glider School graduate, broke his neck in two places diving in Palo Duro Canyon last Sunday. He remains on a hospital stretcher as doctors at the Veterans Hospital prepare a local cast and use weights to realign the vertebrae, with recovery seen as possible though doctors call the incident miraculous.
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Lynn H. Child
Army Air Forces
Palo Duro Canyon
Veterans Hospital
San Antonio
Lieut. Child
New Amarillo Students Report This Week
New students for Amarillo schools must report this week for preliminary classification to avoid delays. High and junior high students classified alphabetically A-G Tuesday, H-O Wednesday morning, P-Z Wednesday afternoon. elementary enrollment is Wednesday morning.
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Amarillo
North Amarillo Church Opens 12 Day Revival
Opening services of a 12 day revival meeting were held last night at the North Amarillo Church of Christ. Evangelist Raymond C. Keley conducts the meeting with O M Reynolds directing the song service. Services are at 10 am and 8 30 pm daily.
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North Amarillo
Sergeants Hang Picture Of Palo Duro
Three staff sergeants from Brooklyn Chicago and Columbia South Carolina display a Palo Duro painting in Amarillo Texas Recreation Room The trio hanging the image say it belongs to them and proudly guide visitors to view it describing its Texas connection
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Palo Duro Canyon
Brooklyn
Chicago
Columbia
S. C
Palo Duro
Amarillo
Scouts Friday Hold Swimming Contests at Gem Lake Pool
The Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts will host an annual swimming meet Friday night at 8:30 at Gem Lake Pool with all council troops, four weight classes, multiple 40 yard events, an 8 man relay, a bobbing race, and life saving demonstrations to follow. Attendance is open to parents and friends with no admission.
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Boy Scouts of the
Llano Estacado Council
Gem Lake Pool
Old Cowboys Celebrate at Wragge Park
Cowboys and their families gathered at Wragge Park near Canyon for the 22nd annual reunion. The event began with a ranch style feast and old-time dance, setting a record attendance. John Snider hosted a noon barbecue, with a brief business session led by F. C. Britain and musical performances by Blackburn Shaw Quartet. Local speakers included C. E. Coombes, Mrs. Billy Dixon, Mrs. Otho Mims, and Miss Laura V Hamner, with John McCarty as emcee.
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Wragge Park
Canyon
John Snider
F. C. Britain
Blackburn- Shaw Quartet
C. E. Coombes
Stamford
Billy Dixon
Otho Mims
Laura V Hamner
Amarillo
John McCarty
Draft plan to draft 18 and 19 year olds proposed
Washington reports a new draft bill to make 18 and 19 year olds eligible for service, pushed by House Rules Chairman Sabath. He expects Congress will approve, citing this as the finest fighting material. Other items include taxes and service vote by mail tweaks. White pine lumber production in Idaho neared 800 million feet in 1941.
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NAVY
New Orleans
George Dreyfus
Coast Guard
Washington
Congress
Sabath
Timos
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Idaho
Potter County Grand Jury Reconvenes After Week-Long Recess
The Potter County grand jury reconvened today with many cases for investigation including several on theft. Miss Florence Newsom returned from Meadville Missouri after the death of her father.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
Amarilloan
Florence Newsom
Meadville
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Lucille Shoppe
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Blue Jay
Ves
West
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Nees
Sentinel OF Freedom
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Panhandie
San Jacinto
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