Armstrong 51 dies after months of ill health
Ezra Allen Armstrong aged 51 and retired accountant died at 4 15 this morning at his home 1106 West Twentieth after months of illness. Born December 30 1898 in Oklahoma he moved to Panhandle in 1917 and later lived in Amarillo since 1930 with the Truitt Buick Company. Funeral at Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Rev Eugene Slater officiating. Burial in Panhandle Cemetery. Survivors include wife a son Charles Ray Armstrong mother Mrs J L Armstrong and seven brothers.
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West Twentieth
Mr. Armstrong
Oklahoma
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Ohlo
Business Colege
Tyler
Tex
Big Sandy
Amarillo
Frost Motor Company
Truitt Buick Company
Polk Street Methodist Church
Gleaners
Retail Credit Association
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Eugene Slater
Panhandle Cemetery
Charles Ray Armstrong
J. L. Armstrong
Seven Brothers
C. L. Armstrong
Auberry
Cal
Glenn
Armstrong family figures in church council meeting report
A church council meeting is noted with attendees including Armstrongs from Wichita Oklahoma City Ojai and Canyon plus a sister Miss Gladys Armstrong of Canyon and a grandson Michael Allen Armstrong of Amarillo. Other named participants include Wayne Don Floyd Ursel and David Armstrong from various locations.
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Globe
Amarillo
Amarillo hires Leigh Fisher & Associates for new terminal
City of Amarillo contracts South Bend aviation consultants Leigh Fisher & Associates to analyze terminal space needs for the new Amarillo Air Terminal. City Manager N V Moss says the firm will determine required space and allocations based on traffic volume. Cost is 3400 dollars with half funded by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Local architects Rittenberry & Rittenberry will supervise planning.
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Leigh Fisher & Associates
Amarillo Air Terminal
South Bend
Ind
N. V. Moss
Rittenberry & Rittenberry, Amarillo Architects
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Indian Fishermen Caught in Gale
COLOMBO Ceylon Aug 30 Nearly 500 fishermen were missing today after a gale struck the northwest coast at sea yesterday A Royal Air Force plane two tugs and commercial planes conducted search sweeps Of 1500 men who set out about 1000 were rescued or reached shore last night Dozens of boats were smashed on reefs as crews hastened to land Anxious wives and children kept vigil along the coast through the night
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Colombo
Ceylon
Royal Air Force
HSU Man Wins Strut Contest at VFW Encampment
Don Rogers of San Antonio drum major for Hardin-Simmons University won third in the strutting contest at the national Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment. Billy Ed Wood of Plainview earned honorable mention in baton twirling. The HSU band marched in the parade led by J. T. Rutherford, Odessa VFW state commander, as a mounted group from HSU carried the six flags of Texas history.
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Don Rogers
San Antonio
Hardin-Simmons University
National Veterans of Foreign Wars
Billy Ed Wood
Plainview
Tex
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J. T. Rutherford
VFW
Odessa
Texas
Baptists Accept Orphanage Gift Near Round Rock
The state Baptist executive board will accept a debt free orphanage gift on 110 acres near Round Rock from Mr and Mrs Louis Henna. Five buildings to house 60 orphans cost about 300000 dollars.
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Round Rock
State Baptist Executive Board
Louis Henna
Wood County Man Killed In Car Crash Near Hawkins
James Thomas Greer aged 18 of Hawkins Wood County was killed yesterday when the car he drove struck a portable oil derrick being hauled on a truck near Hawkins. The brief note ends with a stray quoted aphorism.
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Wood County
Tyler
James Thomas Greer
Hawkins
Fragmented Radio Schedule From An Old Program List
A garbled OCR page lists many radio show titles with times such as David Harum Ma Perkins Yonne Dr Maton and Lorenzo Jones. It mentions NBC News and various serials like Stella alias Vonne Wid Brown and Live Like a Million. The text is noisy and names are inconsistently spelled.
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David Harum
Ma Perkins
Yonne Dr Maton
Panne Orn
Thurst A
Man On Street
iChuck Waroe
News
Winstor Oursit
E'siate Wife
NBC
Stella Alias
VRC
Lorenzo Jones
Vvonne Wid Brown
Urges Speed on Tax Legislation
President Truman pressed Congress for swift action on a five billion dollar tax hike. He met with Senate Democratic Leader Myers and House Democratic Leader McCormack to urge quick passage, with Treasury concerns over funding needs if increases take effect October first. A Senate vote timetable and a potential excess profits tax compromise were also under discussion.
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O'Mahoney
Wyoming
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Thompson Pool Draws Big Crowds at Thompson Park
More than 20,000 swimmers visited Thompson Park Swimming Pool during the three months before it closed Sunday. Recreation Department records show 7,974 children 8,882 teenagers and 3,261 adults admitted. At least 1,875 children attended instruction classes free of charge.
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Thompson Park Swimming Pool
Recreation Department
Local Water Rule Urged for High Plains Reservoir
High Plains farmers urged local administration for water use and conservation during a meeting with the Texas State Board of Water Engineers and the High Plains Water Users and Conservation Association. The board took witness testimony, invited more information to Austin, and had no decision. Witnesses came from Lubbock Hale Swisher Hockley Crosby Castro Palmer Briscoe Floyd Lamb Lynn counties.
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High Plains
Texas State Board of Water Engineers
High Plains Water Users and Conservation Association
H. A. Beckworth
Austin
Hockley
Lamb
Hale
Texas
Lubbock
Swisher
Crosby
Castro
Palmer
Briscoe
Floyd
Lamb and
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High Plains Water Association backs local district control
The High Plains Water Association convened its members after the hearing and urged plains residents to consider the new water law favoring local district control and ownership stability through land titles. Wilburn Edelman of Palmer County argued that a local district, no matter its size, would still be preferable to state administration.
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Plains
Wilburn Edelman
Palmer County
Best filling station in the world offers dining room access
In a grand claim the piece asserts that this country lets residents obtain all they want from the top filling station, highlighting the novelty of having one’s own dining room as part of the service. It frames the offering as a hallmark of abundance and convenience.
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