School Opens For Louisiana Convicts Soon
Inmates at Angola prison will begin a winter education program after the sugar cane season ends. The Work Projects Administration and state education officials will coordinate staff from qualified educators including James Monroe Smith, former LSU president, now under term in state custody. The aim is basic literacy and vocational training to rehabilitate prisoners according to Warden D Rayar.
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Baton Rouge
Angola
Work Projects Administration
State Department of Education
State Colleges
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
Gay
Bam Jones
D. Dn Rayar
Court Reporters Meet in Pampa Weekend
The Northwest Texas Shorthand Reporters Association formed in Pampa will hold a Saturday meeting with a luncheon at noon and an afternoon business session. They are invited by Amarillo Bar Association to attend its annual banquet that night. Hosts are Joe Witt and Norman Minter.
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Texas Shorthand Reporters Association
Pampa
Ninth Administrative Judiciary District
Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo Bar Association
Joe Witt
108Th District Court
Norman Minter
Sandies To Eat Wild Goose Dinner
Successful goose hunters Bill Gunn and Ben Manning will host Amarillo High School Sandies for a wild goose dinner at the high school cafeteria after the game Saturday night.
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Amarillo
Outboard racing couple produce trophy wins and daring feats
Morton Mandell, an attorney and outboard motor racing fan, taught his wife Ann to drive boats. Since 1935 she has raced in nearly 50 events, earning prize money and the nickname iron woman after a dramatic on river incident where she finished second.
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Cleveland, QC
Morton Mandell
Ann Mandell
Ann
Mandell
North Carolina soybean crop seen at record high
Raleigh reports the state department of agriculture projects 1940 soybean production reaching 2,442,000 bushels, the largest on record for North Carolina.
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Raleigh
N. C
U.P
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Hazing Forbidden at Coe College Freshmen
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 1940 The Coe College student council banned freshmen hazing stating it is not going soft. Replacements include memory tests on campus life and a kangaroo court for weak memories plus a prize for the worst dressed on another day.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Fingernail Watch Built by Swiss American Watchmaker
Max Argent of Philadelphia built what may be the smallest accurate watch in the world. The tiny timepiece is smaller than a man’s fingernail and required nearly two hours daily for a year to complete, measuring 3 32nds of an inch thick.
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Philadelphia
Max Argent
Argent
Mrs. C. L. Timmons Dies in Hollywood
Mrs. C. L. Timmons, formerly of Amarillo, died yesterday at her West Hollywood home after a long illness. She had lived in California for years but often visited Amarillo, remaining a noted figure in local memories. The article notes her connection to Amarillo and her long illness.
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C. L. Timmons
Amarillo
West Hollywood
Cal
California
Obituary mentions survivors in California
Besides her husband she is survived by one son Thomas L Tim mons and two daughters Mrs John Walker and Mrs Herman Rondot all of California.
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Thomas L. Timmons
John Walker
Herman Rondot
California
Glee Club Sponsors Skating Party at Amarillo College Gym
The Amarillo High School Glee Club sponsors a skating party tomorrow night at Amarillo College gymnasium. The event welcomes high school and college students with admission set at 25 cents.
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Glee Club
Amarillo High School Glee Club
Amarillo College
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