City Auditor Barker resigns his post in Amarillo
The Amarillo Globe reports city auditor Barker submitted his resignation effective Dec 8 after a lengthy tenure beginning Jan 15, 1933. The city faces uncertainty over his successor as commissioners await Hancock’s return from Florida. Barker notes he can assist the new auditor with a few days off if needed during the transition.
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Hancock
Florida
Sow,n
Bob Epperson
City Commis- No
Oscar Hargett
City Missioner No
Ford
Oklahoma City
Amarillo Globe
Barker
City Water Department
Austin
Bond House
Amarillo
Mr. Barker
Gasoline Plant Blast Kills Man and Injures Fifteen
An explosion at the Phillips Petroleum refinery in OKmulgee Oklahoma kills James Hawk a yardman and injures fifteen others including two ambulance attendants. The blast centers in the gasoline department accumulators and tanks causing a major fire and threatening a large storage tank as firefighters work to prevent further detonation. The incident rattled the downtown area a mile away with flames leaping hundreds of feet and lines knocked out at the plant. The refinery employs 350 to 400 workers.
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Okmulgef
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
James Hawk
Leonard Davis
Carney Wise
Cleveland
Ferguson
Kirk
Steigner
Decolbert
Colorado Senator Alva Adams Dies at 66 in Washington
Sen. Alva B. Adams of Colorado died early today at the Wardman Park hotel in Washington of a heart attack after a illness of under a week. He was 66 and left a widow and four children. Adams, a Democrat, served in the Senate since 1932 after an earlier term and chaired the appropriations subcommittee on deficiencies amid defense program work.
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Washington
Alva B. Adams
Colorado
Amarillo
Wardman Park
Adam
Joe Uhl
Alva B. Adams, Jr
Senate
Adams
Alva, Sr
William H
Billy) Adams
Edwin C. Johnson
Stapf Awarded Helium Plant Equipment Job
Custom-built equipment for the U S helium plant expansion in Amarillo under a 525000 contract was awarded to Lowell Stapf of Star Machinery and Foundry. The project, part of a larger defense-related program, involves regional machine shops and a Dallas event to showcase defense tools and contract opportunities.
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Stapf
U. S
Amarillo
Lowell Stapf
The
Star Machinery & Foundry Company
Lincoln Street
C. W. Seibel
Dr. Seibel
Congress
Dallas
Civic Chorus Rehearsal Moved to Tonight in Amarillo
The Amarillo Civic Chorus reschedules its weekly rehearsal for tonight to avoid clashing with the Philharmonic Orchestra Concert. They will perform Handel's The Messiah Sunday afternoon December 14 at the Municipal Auditorium, rehearing at 1322 Tyler Street.
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Amarillo
Missing Prince the Black Cocker Spaniel Reported
Notices seek Prince a black cocker spaniel lost by Tack Black Cocker. Reward offered. contact 6546 or 5965 or return to 1902 Monroe St. Also seeks glasses lost from Dr. W C Martin at Zale's with reward for return. Readers offer or seek help for jobs and domestic help in Oklahoma listings.
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Tack
Prince
Monroe St
Jimmie Anthony
FDR Saw German War Threat Five Months Before Poland Invasion
The White House released excerpts from Roosevelt press interviews in 1939 and 1940 showing he warned that Adolf Hitler sought world domination and that France and Britain agreed to halt the Nazi program. Berlin would bear responsibility if one more nation was invaded. Proceeds from related books support financing.
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Washington
White House
Germany
Poland
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
France
Britain
Berlin
Warm Springs
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Proclamation Declares Optimism Week in Amarillo
Mayor Joe Jenkins proclaims December 1 1941 as Optimism Week in Amarillo urging citizens to adopt a cheerful cooperative attitude amid global and national conflicts. The measure cites collaboration with the Optimist Club of the United States and Canada promoting constructive optimism.
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United States
Canada
Joe Jenkins
Amarillo
Joe A. Jenkins
Mayé
Roosevelt Library Notes on Poland and War Worries
March 1939 remarks from the President address questions on Germany's threat to Poland and suggested England and France might join in action if Hitler invaded Poland. The reference notes Poland was invaded later that year on September 1, 1939.
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Mr. Hancock
Esigns Auditor
Hype Decolbert
C. J. Steigner
John Rogers
Louis Pope
George van Stratton
John Ferguson
Jim West
Wendell
Babe) Hurst
W. O. Dozier
David Collins
Red Schrandt FH
Kirk Ed Cleveland
Sen. Adams
Samuel D. Nicholson
Savings and Trust Banks of
Pueblo
Colo
del Norte
Phillips-Andover Academy
Yale
Alva Adams
Leland
Hibbs
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Dickie
Darrell Hibbs
Althea Hibbs
Mitchelville
Iowa
Earl Hibbs
Des Moines
Harry Hibbs
Horton
Kan
G. H. Burnett
Earl McClannahan
J. R. Lovett
Youngstown
Columbia
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Civic Chorus
Gunn-Hinerman
Cash & Carry
Bowie Street
Rear
North Pierce Street
Kentucky Street
Fillmore St
Harrison
Tam
Box
Willow
Oklahoma
Belle Morris
Jacques Fray
Mario Bragiotti
Bragiotti
Gershwin
Philharmony
Fray Ang
Bragiotta
Gram
Cretney Drug
Fisk
Auditorium
Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Robert Louis Barron
Municips
Auditori
Bentonelli
March
Chestra
Corneliy Viiet
Rex B. Baxter
D. Harold Oliver
Amarillo Printing CO
Roosevelt Library
Hyde An
Jor Julyes
United States Defense Savings
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