Amarillo Weather and Culture Notes Amid Wind and Word
Panhandle forecasts warned of a blizzard, but only a north wind and 24 degrees reached Amarillo. A Shakespeare lecture by Rev. Henry Courtney at Cathedral Hall, and a San Angelo Amarillo football bet with large stakes, highlight a spicy mix of weather, culture, and sports in Amarillo.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Henry Courtney
St. Benedict's College
Father Henry
United States
Cathedral Hall
Washington Street
Pampa
San Angelo
Amarillo Observations On Women Reputation And Names
A column reflects on a fighter in Amarillo gossip, a found $41 check left by a fireman, opinions on boorish spouses, and how a colorful name aids success. It notes WWI veterans’ views on French and English girlfriends and claims about aging beauty and Belgium US trade prewar commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Monroe
Pantex
News-Globe
Elma Carlin
R. W. Waldrop
Amarillo Field
Carling
England
AEF
Australia
Chicago
Uniformed Bodies of Khiva Plan Membership Drive
Uniformed members of the Khiva Temple assemble at 7:30 p m at the temple to push a drive for 100 percent Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children membership. Wayne Keefe chairs the committee to secure 294 rungs with Ed West as assistant. 89 workers in Panhandle communities were issued prospect lists and will call to meet the Nov 28 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khiva Temple
Shriners
Wayne Ckeefe
Ed West
Panhandle
Rita Hayworth Delivers Daughter at St Johns Hospital
Actress Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles welcomed a six and a half pound baby girl at St. Johns Hospital Santa Monica. Dr Blake Watson performed a Caesarean operation.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
St. John's Hospital
Blake Watson
U S Signals No Objection to Poland Frontiers Accord
Secretary of State Stettinius said the United States would have no objection to an agreement on the future frontiers of Poland if the United Nations involved consented. The statement reflects Washington's stance amid postwar boundary discussions.
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U. S
Poland
Washington
Stettinius
United States
United Nations
Lost glove and found dog notices in local reader column
A reader reports a found black cocker spaniel at 1317 Harrison Street seeking its owner, with contact for Mrs. George E. Clark. Another reader found a roll of Congoleum rug and provides a contact number for claim. A lady’s brown pigskin glove lost between Sixth and Seventh on Polk is also mentioned with a call number.
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Tack
Harrison Street
George E. Clark
Polk
Crusade Funds Use Explained
The 25 million dollar Methodist Crusade for Christ will fund 14 million for foreign postwar rebuilding and 8 million at home to aid uprooted populations and wary institutions. Bishop Charles C. Selectman of Dallas told 600 in opening remarks that the drive welcomes humanitarian support from all, not limited to Christians.
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Methodist Crusade For Christ
Charles C. Selectman
Dallas
Learning
Mercy
Bishop Selectman
Earl G. Hamlett
Methodist Church In America
Harlod G. Cooke
Ray H. Smith
Herndon S. Robinson
Lubbock
Neal D. Cannon
J. H. Rutherford
Stanford
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Short Grass and Longhorns Third Printing Starts
Laura V. Hamner Amarillo author and historian sees third printing of Short Grass and Longhorns. University of Oklahoma Press director Savoie Lottinville says copies arrive by the last week in January with strong sales and paper supply delays. Gift cards or letters can assure delivery in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura V. Hamner
Amarillo
Savoie Lottinville
University of Oklahoma Press
Miss Hamner
Clarence J. Wiard Funeral Services Arranged
Clarence J. Wiard retired railroad foreman dies at local hospital at 62. Funeral set for 3 pm tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Dr. R Thomson officiating. Burial follows in Llano Cemetery. He served as general foreman of the Rock Island roundhouse until 1939 and was a Mason and Methodist. Family home at 407 Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Wiard
Boxwell Brothers
R. Thomson
Llano
Mr. Wiard
Rock Island
Hamlin Calls Meeting of Panhandle Historical Society
Judge James D. Hamlin, president, calls a Panhandle Plains Historical Society executive committee meeting for 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon at the Amarillo Hotel.
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The
Panhandle Plains Historical Society
Amarillo Hotel
James D. Hamlin
Accident Claims Life of 11-Year-Old John Webb
John Calvin Webb 11 died in a local hospital after a Dec 11 accident on North Mirror Street. Police say he ran into a car, suffering a broken collar bone and leg injuries. He was Horace Mann student, son of Seaman and Mrs. D. T. Webb, with siblings, and grandparents in Devine. Funeral by N B Griggs and Sorf8.
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John Calvin Webb
North Mirror Street
Seaman
D. T. Webb
North Houston
Horace Mann
Dorothy Fay
Jerry Lou
Doyce Charles
C. A. Waddell
Devine
Griggs and
Sorf8
City Commission Accepts Three Bids
At a special meeting the City Commission approved three bids for gaso line, cast iron pipe, and valves hydrants. The Texas Company won 0.10125 per gallon for 16 000 gallons of gasoline, U S Pipe and Foundry Co bid 3600 feet of six inch pipe at 0.90 per foot, and Clowe and Cowan supplied valves hydrants for 729.48. Also approved were monthly bills tax adjustment and cancelling two taxicab licenses. Attendees: N V Moss acting city manager Mayor Joe A Jenkins commissioners R H Epperson and O H Hargett.
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Texas Company
U. S. Pipe and Foundry Company
Clowe and Cowan
N. V. Moss
Joe A. Jenkins
R. H. Epperson
O. H. Hargett
Rites Arranged for Mrs Matilda Coyle
Funeral services for Mrs Matilda Coyle wife of O D Coyle of Beverly Gardens will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the Griggs Funeral Chapel Rev Frank A Godsoe pastor of the Central Baptist Church will officiate Pallbearers will be J M Mullins Frank Buck Virgil Carpenter Frank Ivins O E Johnson and H P Palmer
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Matilda Coyle
O. D. Coyle
Beverly Gardens
Griggs
Frank A. Godsoe
Central Baptist Church
J. M. Mullins
Frank Buck
Virgil Carpenter
Frank Ivins
O. E. Johnson
H. P. Palmer
Llano Cemetery
Rationing Board to Close for Perpetual Inventory
Potter County Rationing Board offices will shut all day Wednesday for a perpetual inventory taken on the twentieth of each month. Clerks will process the inventory and public access is barred. The board urged rationing business to be moved to Tuesday. Bolivia’s high altitude population context noted with 3.5 million residents above 10,000 feet.
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Potter County Rationing Board
Market roundup and livestock prices across Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report cattle hogs and sheep trading with mixed changes. Cattle and calves see varied gains while hogs rise 25 to 50 cents and sows hold steady. lambs and sheep show slower activity with higher asks and limited sales. Freight car mileage notes include a historical statistic on average daily movement.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
James Hammontree Rites Are Set
Funeral rites for James Jefferson Hammontree are set for 11 oclock Thursday morning at the Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Rev. Sam A. Thomas of the San Jacinto Methodist Church will officiate. A retired farmer he was 64, with family home at 314 North East Fifth. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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James Jefferson Hammontree
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Sam A. Thomas
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Hammontree
North East Fifth
Memorial Park Cemetery
Germans Suffer Heavy Losses In Crossing Action
Texans report Fifty Germans killed and 67 captured after a crossing where 10 pillboxes, one tank and one 75 mm gun were taken. Lt. Col. Frederick Loomis of Salt Lake City praised the 358th as “never did so few do so much.”
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Churchill
Frederick Loomis
Salt Lake City
358Th
King Mihai Grants Romanian Jews Full Citizenship Rights
In Bucharest on December 15 a delayed report says King Mihai signed a decree abolishing Jewish restrictions and laying groundwork for full citizenship rights for Romanian Jews, signaling major civil status reforms.
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Bucharest
Mihai
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Lambie
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Shakespeare
Harry Hoare
Fort Worth
Pampa Sports
Sandies
Belgium
Roy T. Slagle
Friona
Rep
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Clayton
Wayne Claude
Warren Roy Rutherford
Ted Rutherford
Richmond
Khiva
Mrs. Welles
Clarence Wiard
Hamlin
Wat Oan Hs
Cretney
Stanley Home Products
C. F. Smith
Taylor St
Virginia Gray
van Buren St
Laura Sage
Louisiana
W. O. Allison
Monroe
Southern Comfort Corporation
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Roop Valley
John Webb
City Commission
Mrs
Bolivia
Andes
Howard McDonald
Maryland
Dow-Jones
Yi Lyne Pierce
Rr Beane
I Utilities
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Financial Industrial Fund
NEW York Stock Exchange Pierce
Merrill Lynch,& Beane
Enner
Douglas Aircraft Tee
General Electric
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Glenn L. Martin Eee
Gulf Otis
Mid Cent Pet Wee
Montgomery Ward Tee
Nash Kelvinator Wees
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cannes
New New Shipbuilding
New York Central
North Am Aviation
Qi Ohio Ola
Packard Nn Eee
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount Shebee
Enn Tenens
Phillips
Plymouth Otis
Remington Rand
Rep Steel
St. Jo Lead Sears
Shell Union Oil Socony Vacuum
So Pac
Stand Brands
Shamrock Oil & Gas
Indoe
Stand Oil N J
Studebaker
Swift
Ogue Leaners
Fillmore Baby
C. Neely
Blackburn Shaur
Directo
Pierce
James Hammontree
Texans
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
Tyler
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Towers
Amarillo Retail Druggists Assn
Brooks’ Drug Store
Polk Street
Oliver Eakle
Dickson Drug Store
Pol
FOX Drug Store
4Th
Pierce Streets
Herbert Drug Store
Herring
Herring Hotel
Hollingsworth Pharmacy
Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Kirk Drug Store
Lincoln Drug Store
Bas
Mark Galloway
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
10Th Ore
Pipesee Phillips Drug Store
Post Office Drug Store
Taylor Street
Ratliff Drug Store
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