Patrons urged to use library in morning hours
Potter County Free Library, amid rising patronage, asks Amarillo residents to conduct reference work in the mornings or before 3 pm. Librarian Ruth Delzell says she can offer undivided assistance for researchers in mornings while afternoons serve high school students and rural patrons. Aiming to showcase Readers Guide usage, staff will prepare bibliographies by phone queries. Funds for the new year soon unavailable. several departments to be strengthened. The library operates branches through rural county schools and serves many non city patrons.
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Potters County
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Mendis Ready for Tunney After Baseball Regulating Arduous Pause
In New York the Associated Press reports Mr. Mendis feels fine and declares he is ready for Tunney after a lengthy period regulating baseball affairs. A wide mix of notes follows including Cupid aid in India and gold shipments for wedding gifts. Ossining prison notes mention warden Lawes delaying executions to keep inmates amused during a chapel musical. A light remark on salt storage in wet climates ends the snippet.
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Associated Press
New York
Mendis
Cupid
India
Ae Ossining
Lawes
Sing Sing
Fall and Winter Fashion Book Offers Patterns and Instructions
5469. Boys' Suit Cut in 3 Sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. A 4 year size requires 2 yards of 36 inch material with a yard of contrasting for Prenet collar and cuffs facing. 5995. Ladies' Dress Cut in 6 sizes bust 34 to 44 inches. A 38 inch size requires 3 4 yard of 32 inch lining and 3 5 yards of 1 material 40 inches wide with 1 yard contrasting for facing on belt and cascade and cuffs. Dress width 46 inches. Price 1s 6d. Send life in silver or stamps for four up-to-date Fall and Winter 44927-1928 Book of Fashions with color plates and dressmaking notes. Globe Press, 11-13 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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1888-year-old widow attends nightly movie shows for 2,920 straight nights
Mrs. Wilhemine Alff aged 88 has not missed a night at the Cherokee theater for nearly 2,000 nights, tallying 2,920 performances. Immigrant from Germany who raised twelve children on a farm near Oakland, Iowa, she now walks to the cinema daily after chores and enjoys films as lifelong work and pastime.
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Wilhemine Alff
America
Germany
Oakland
Reed Asiatic Expedition to Remotest Manchuria
Professor Howard Reed has reached Harbin and plans a Reed Asiatic expedition to study native tigers in remote Manchuria. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Museum of Science and Art, the California Botanical Gardens, and the San Diego Zoological Society, the team will build on California tiger fossil findings.
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International News Service
Shanghai
Howard
Reed
Harbin
Reed Asiatic Expedition
Manchuria
Los Angeles Museum of Science and Art
The
California Botanical Gardens
San Diego Zoological Society
California
No Drop in British Birth Rate Challenged
London reports that despite chatter of a falling birth rate, the baby carriage trade thrives. An International News Service interview with a branch manageress notes factory expansion, eight new London branches, and rising demand for prams as families buy separate carriages for each child. The firm argues high consumer need supports stable or growing the market despite birth statistics.
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International News Service
London
England
Bandit Suspect Recovering From Wound In Hospital
Gus Johnson, in St Anthony hospital since Monday with multiple gunshot injuries, is expected to leave tomorrow as police note he may be charged in an attempted robbery of Wildorado Grain and Mercantile. Roy Harmon, linked to Ray Terrell Oklahoma gang, died from wounds after a night watchman shooting during the same robbery. Johnson was moved from Borger hospital and may be jailed in Potter county. No other arrests reported.
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Wildorado
Ray Terrell
Oklahoma
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