Amarillo Panhandle Weather Heat and Fishing Plans
A column discusses extreme Panhandle heat with 107 degree days and fading interest in July. It notes TV and radio growth, a lost diamond watch reward, and lake fishery experiments in Lake Marvin and Boggie Creek. It also previews a Washington Panhandle lake project and new raising ponds for fingerlings to boost public fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altavena Clark
Gene Worley
Amarillo
Washington
Panhandle
Boggie Creek
Lake Marvin
Hemphill County
Game Department
Buffalo Lake
Joint city school tax plans and budget figures outlined
The joint city school board plans to complete the tax roll by mid September with a 10,000 budget for school shares and a city run tax office on contract. The college rate is split 14 cents for operations and 3 cents for debt service. Estimated district valuation is 105 million dollars at 8 percent of actual value, with 93 percent collection. Revenue sources include current and delinquent taxes, tuition, rentals, grants, and penalties. Salaries dominate expenses with raises for superintendents and teachers, plus major adjustments in administrative and maintenance costs. Tax rate will be set after valuation, with possible adjustments up or down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waddill
Chas. M. Rogers
Amarillo College
A. M Meyer
Stevenson and Johnson vie for Senate seat in close Texas race
In Texas the campaign for the Senate seat to replace W. Lee O’Daniel narrows to Stevenson and Johnson after a near tie. Final canvass by the Democratic Committee is set for Sept. 13 in Fort Worth as counties continue to report results and possible revisions. Meanwhile North Carolina faces a shifting hurricane, with warnings eased south of Cape Hatteras as ships in Norfolk mobilize for the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Daniel
Pappy
Enate
Odaniel
Bob Johnson
Aul
Sta Democratic Committee
Fort Worth
W. Lee O'Daniel
Stevenson
Johnson
Eastland
San Jacinto
Northeas
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk Harbor
Missouri
Iself
Skeptical cop notes famed Nelson cup in Edinburgh museum
A police report recounts skepticism over a cup once used by Lord Nelson at Trafalgar now housed in the Scottish National Military Museum in Edinburgh Scotland The officer recorded the remark that the Roman was really the man’s wife after being shown a couple who claimed to be married twenty years The brief incident prompts a curious misidentification in a single night report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Nelson
Trafalgfore
Scottish National Military Museum
Edinburne
Scotland
Roman
City Budget Hearing Set for 1948 49 Budget
City budget hearing tentatively set for Tuesday night September 11 at 7 30. City manager N V Moss announced the date change after a legal opinion from corporation counsel Ben Manning allowing a hearing any time after filing 15 days prior. A Sept 30 meeting to set the tax rate is planned and bids for a concert grand piano for Municipal Auditorium will be opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. V. Moss
Ben Manning
Municipal Auditorium
Army Jets To Try For Speed Record At Cleveland Races
The Air Force announced jet speed trials at the National Air Races in Cleveland this weekend to set a new world record. From September 4 to 6 the F 86 fighter will attempt a record vastly exceeding the 1947 mark set by Lt Col Marion F. Carl in the D 558 Skystreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Auk Osvin
Air Force
Cour
Marion F. Cari
Marine Corps
Dove Season Opens Wednesday With 10 Bird Limit
The dove season starts Wednesday morning at 6 30. Daily bag limit is 10 birds and possession limit is 10. Hunters 17 and older must hold a hunting license when hunting outside their county of residence. Shooting hours are half an hour before sunrise to sunset, with sunset at 7 14.
Markets Closing Stock Averages Report
Closing stock quotations from New York market compiled by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Beane. Readings list industrials and various named firms with prices and percent changes, reflecting the Amarillo office dissemination. The message imitates a late 19th or early 20th century tape style with scattered company names and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Lynen
Pierce Uner
Beane Industrials
New York
Amarillo
Merrill Coach Pierce
Penner
Beane Jones kLaush
Telien ‘Powig
Umer Powerabt
Fragmented OCR blend of stocks and ads with stray names
A dense, garbled OCR page mix shows stock quotes, grain table headings, livestock markets, and scattered brand names. It reads like a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper stock and market section with commodity prices, cattle and sheep notes, and a brief home-style cooking tip in a Want Ad. Names and places are largely unreadable or fragmentary.
Indictment Against Brothers in Armed Robbery Case
Alton and R. B. Chappell indicted by Armstrong County grand jury on robbery with firearms. The brothers, held in jail on $8,000 bond, are accused of robbing Earl F. Morris, Fort Worth and Denver station agent at Claude. Chappell, 18, Tulsa address. Alton, 26, Camp Stoneman address. A note on South Africa trade restrictions appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Armstrong County
Arms County
Earl F. Morris
Fort Worth & Denver
Claude
R. B. Chappell
Tulsa
Camp Stoneman
Cal
Mrs Fullerton's Father Dies at Kearns Tex
Maryland resident Mrs Fullerton learns her father died Tuesday morning in Kearns Texas. She was at his bedside when he passed. Mr Fullerton and the couple's two children were en route to attend funeral services Wednesday afternoon. A line about a human heart pumps 650000 gallons of blood yearly and fills one standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Kearns
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Smee
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Passilinezars
Bartert
Mig
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W. F. Cretney
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Jim Maggard
Catain
Becton Coety
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Warne
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Charles Rodgers
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Loon
Calvert Today
Morehead City
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Weather Bureau
Norfolk Navy
Kentucky
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Norfolk
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pa _Petsotope
Bae Ae Berolotex Corp
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Steet
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Tex GultSil
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Nrrnea Stethaund
Bratman Air House
Howe
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Jones
Westvnen
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Uyfe Teag
Kaiser Prager
Barry
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Ringsten
Chicago
Aue
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Ipocaen
Ask Tully “Stenay
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Ewes
Medunt
Uveston
News-Globe
Lukay
Lukay Investment CO
South Africa
Bette
Prescription
Bill McClendon
Polk
Ansley Cleaners
LP Center
Zamarillo
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Pierce
Schell
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