Navy WAVES enlistment open to Panhandle women
Amarillo Navy recruiters plan to start accepting WAVES applications on September 1, with Chief L. D. Burgess noting the exact enlistment date is pending final confirmation. Details are available at the Navy office in the Federal Building. County Judge Theodore R. Robinson said no additional funds are available for the health measure, forecasting minimal spraying next year unless new revenue appears.
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Amarillo tickets on sale for concert season kickoff
Ticket board extends hours at Southwestern Public Service on Sixth and. Pork in Amarillo for spring sale purchases with pickup available. Board remains open Tuesday 10 to 4 and in September expands to Pampa Bor Dumas Shamrock Plainview Hereford Canyon. James Melton leads the season with other noted artists including Nelson Eddy Joseph Battista Morini Kapell and Warren among others.
Turn Abouts Fair Play in Politics
SROWNWOOD Aug 27 The Brownwood Bulletin planned an editorial truce in the US senatorial runoff race. The paper, a Johnson supporter, allowed Coke Stevenson campaign manager E M Davis to present his views. A joint nonpartisan appeal will urge fellow Texans to support whichever candidate wins.
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Lyndon Johnson
E. M. Davis
Brown County
Coke Stevenson
Davis
Pioneer West Texas Cattle Baron Dead
ABILENE Aug the 88 year old J Bryan once helped cowhands drive Chisholm Trail herds died at home He was a Texas political force with four terms as state representative beginning in 1900 and two terms as state senator An early cattle baron he came to Taylor County 69 years ago after graduating from A&M in 1879 His family acquired the T Diamond Ranch later a 20 000 acre operation with about 10 000 cattle Surviving sons Tex Abilene and Dr W J Bryan Jr Tulsa Okla
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W. J Bryan
Chisholm Trail
Texas
Bryan
Taylor County
A&m College
Jones County
Tex
Abilene
W. J. Bryan, Jr
Tulsa
Okla
Women’s Suffrage Anniversary Passes Quietly in Amarillo
The 28th anniversary of women’s voting rights passed without rallies or parades in Amarillo as Aug. 26, 1920, the date the Secretary of State declared the constitutional amendment effective, marked the occasion.
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United States
Amarillo
Girl Dies After Car Struck in Houston Traffic
Houston report says Kathryn Simmons alleges a child ran in front of a car driven by H M Martin, 35, causing a fatal accident. No charges were filed today as the girl died from injuries received when another vehicle went in the opposite direction.
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Puneral
H. M. Martin
Kathryn Simmons
Prowler Goes Through Home of Mrs Wedding
A prowler forced entry at 1309 North Polk by cutting a bedroom window screen and prying the window. Mrs Lottie Wedding was away from 7:40 a.m. to 6 p.m. with valuables missing and the home thoroughly ransacked. Police noted no items recovered.
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Lottie Wedding
North Polk
Youth To View Murder Suspects
Lt. Charles Welch and Detective Tia Miller traveled to Belton Texas with 16 year old Alfred Griffin to view two Black suspects in the Hazelwood killing at a Belton filling station. If Griffin identifies either, warrants will be issued to return them to Kansas City. The suspects were identified as M. C. Mayfield 26 Chicago and Aubry Kiner 29 Houston.
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M. C. Mayfield
Chicago
Aubry Kiner
Houston
Tex
Houston Cab Firms Plan Shop and Homes for 80 Workers
Houston cab firms UPyellow and Checker Gab announced a $200,000 plus project to erect a centralized shop, offices, and 16.66 acres near the Galveston super highway. They will build eight four and five room homes for employee rental and start construction immediately.
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Houston
Galveston Superhighway
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