White Christmas dreams and Amarillo Christmas lights
Weather chatter hints at a warm spell then possible snow in the Panhandle as Mr Tack forecasts a white Christmas. The piece highlights Mrs. Altavene Clark and Charley Robertson, a fund drive for Stan Mauldin, travel notes, local praise for Mrs. Clark, and an all city Christmas home decorating contest with 75 prizes totaling 605 dollars.
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Ing
Sunset Terrace
Blue Star of Bethlehem
Globe News
Amarillo’ Garden Club
Amarillo
Burglars Hit Clarendon Cafes In Morning Break‑In
Between 2 and 6 this morning two Clarendon businesses were entered. At Jimmie's Cafe the thieves stole a pie milk cheese and about a dollar in snail change after damaging the cash register. Bryant's Service Station lost about $8 in coins and $35 in currency, with other merchandise unaffected. Deputy Truitt Behrens leads the investigation.
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Clarendon
Bryant
Truitt Behrens
Decoration continues with large show window candlesticks
In the building display windows, candles with 25 watt bulbs glow atop candlesticks. Second floor candlesticks reach 18 inches while main floor windows feature 36 inch giants. Mr. King, helped by Harold Juergens, ascends a tall ladder to cap the display.
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King
Harold Juergens
Tremor Near City Linked to Local Explosions
Residents reported a tremor as dynamite blasts from Klock Construction pits northwest of the city were tied to the event. Mrs. Bishop feared the worst until driver J R Cole arrived safely. Scientists checked seismographs and found no earthquake aftershocks.
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Timpy
Joplin
Texas Technological College
Amarillo
Pleasant Valley
Cattle and Hog Prices Steady in Kansas City Market
Kansas City cattle and calves offer light supply with prices nominally steady. Hog values slow and uneven, mostly 2 to 3 dollars lower than Thursday, with top around 21.00 for 110 pounds and up. Chicago market reports slower demand for under 20 pounds and steeper declines for heavier weights, with top hogs at 22.30 and sows down about 16 dollars.
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Kansas City
Thursdar
Saeed
Chicago
Bee
Osha
Financial Market Report and Commodity Prices
Raw data shows bids and prices across commodities with figures like 2550 down and 3200 top for filers, lamb prices around 28 cents, and wool and shearing costs noted. The text references the Financial Industrial Fund and a liquidation figure of 61.7398 with an offering at 61.90, attributed to the president.
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Financial Industrial Fund
Exchange Club Elects New Amarillo President Humphries
The Exchange Club of Amarillo elected C. J. Humphries as president at a noon meeting in the Herring Hotel, succeeding Howard Ferguson Jr. Other officers named include Vice President Bob Hucker and Secretary Treasurer Bill New. New board members are Howard Ferguson Jr Troy Jones Bob Wilson and Pat Cunningham with Burl Witt and Johnny Gray as holdovers. Installation is set for tomorrow at 8 p.m. during the club’s Christmas dinner dance at the Amarillo Hotel.
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Xchange Club
Amarillo
C. J. Humphries
Humphries
Herring Hotel
Howard Ferguson, Jr
Bob Hucker
Bill
Troy Jones
Bob Wilson
Pat Cunningham
Burl Witt
Gum chewing discouraged in Lancaster schools
Lancaster Ohio police confiscated several chewing gum machines after parents complained about students spending school tuition money on gum. The action targeted persistent schoolyard use and aimed to curb the distraction.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Trial reveals common law marriage and Oklahoma divorce question
The court heard Betty Brinkley testify about her 1939 marriage to Emory Getz and a later common law union with Getz's son Joseph Michael's father. A September 18 Fort Sumner marriage certificate was admitted, with testimony detailing Aug. 30 events surrounding Joseph Michael's death and the intertwined legal wrangling over Oklahoma divorce laws.
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Brinkley
Fort Sumner
Lloyd King
Simpson
W. F. Nix
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Oklahoma
Nix
King
Branch Archer, Jr
Oklaoma
Betty Brinkley
Emory Getz
Cement Plant Plans Await Developments in Amarillo
J F Hayden vice president told Chamber of Commerce directors that plans for a cement plant near Cliffside hinge on basing point legislation and building costs. He noted uncertainty after the Supreme Court ruling and Capehart study, with a decision tied to delivered prices and land availability.
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Baxter
Amarillo
Supreme Court
Senate
Capehart
General Portland Cement
Trinity Portland Cement Division
Cliffside
Broome
Carl R. Gray
Veterans Affairs
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
Testimony and calls for stricter liquor laws amid polls debate
Timmons urged testimony for a liquor probe and stricter laws for both wet and dry areas. Texans repealed statewide prohibition in 1935 but banned open saloons, leaving a local option liquor system under tight control. Jester declined to comment beyond what was in the newspapers.
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Liquor Control Board
Esterday
Railroad Commission Hearing on Rock Island Schedules
A Texas Railroad Commission hearing on Rock Island train schedules is set for January 4 in the courthouse. The hearing, postponed at the commission's request, involves protests by Amarillo trainmen over a schedule that would move ten Amarillo families to Sayre Oklahoma.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Rock Island
Commission
Amarillo
Amerillo
Sayre
Okia
Cadets Plan Christmas Flight From San Angelo
Three aviation cadets from Goodf Force Base will depart Mathis Field near San Angelo shortly after midnight December 19 for a round trip to Burbank California. They expect to return January 2.
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Good Force Base
Mathis Field
Here
Burbank
Cal
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