Weather and culture notes from Amarillo area chatter
A quirky Amarillo dominated page features forecasts down state calling for a blizzard that never arrives, plus a dry cycle and a cold snap. The column highlights a Shakespeare lecture by Father Henry Courtney at Cathedral Hall, a San Angelo Amarillo football betting tale, reader letters on moral reform and women's modesty, and local weather bits.
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Amarillo
Henry Courtney
St. Benedict's College
Father Henry
United States
Cathedral Hall
Washington Street
Colorful Names and Sizable Sparks in Amarillo Circles
A column notes a publicized Amarillo scene where a sporty woman and her partner fight after he objects to her swearing. It touches on readers in Chicago and England, courtship fears with WWI AEF links, a fire-alarm kiss in Chicago, and praises a 60 year old actress seen as vibrant.
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Amarillo
England
AEF
Australia
Chicago
Uniformed Bodies of Khiva to Meet for Shrine Drive
The Uniformed Bodies of Khiva Temple drum corps patrol wrecking crew and chanters will meet at 7 30 tonight at the temple to organize the drive for 100 percent Khiva Temple membership in Shriner Hospitals for Crippled Children. Wayne O Keefe is chairman to secure 294 rungs with Ed West as assistant. 89 men across Panhandle communities have prospect cards and will call to meet quotas by Navy 28.
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Khiva Temple
Shriners
Wayne O'Keefe
Ed West
Panhandle
Navy
Rita Hayworth Delivers Daughter in Caesarean Birth
Santa Monica California December 18. Actress Rita Hayworth presented her husband Orson Welles with a six and a half pound baby girl at St John’s Hospital. 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 Backs Poland Frontier Agreement Plan
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 reach a consensus. The statement was issued in Washington on December 18.
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Washington
Stettinius
United States
Poland
United Nations
Lost glove prompts Polk street call for finder
A light cream pigskin glove stitched in brown was lost last week between Sixth and Seventh on Polk and a finder is asked to call 23694.
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Polk
Crusade Funds Use Explained
The $25,000,000 Methodist Crusade for Christ will fund rehabilitation programs at home and abroad with over $14,000,000 for foreign post war rebuilding and $8,000,000 for domestic aid and learning institutions. Bishop Charles C. Selectman of Dallas spoke to 500 at the opening morning session.
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Methodist Crusade For Christ
Charles C. Selectman
Dallas
Learning
Mercy
Bishop Selectman
Earl G. Hamlett
Methodist Church In America
Harrod 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 Announced
Amarillo author Laura V. Hamner's Short Grass and Longhorns enters a third printing. Oklahoma Press director Savoie Lottinville says copies will arrive by late January and demand has been high despite paper shortages. Gift cards or letters can secure delivery in January.
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Laura V. Hamner
Amarillo
Savoie Lottinville
University of Oklahoma Press
Miss Hamner
Clarence J. Wiard Funeral Services Arranged
Clarence J. Wiard retired railroad foreman died last night in a local hospital. Funeral services set for 3 PM tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers Chapel officiated by Dr. R. Thomson. Burial in Llano Cemetery. He was 62 and lived at 407 Louisiana. He served as general foreman of the Rock Island roundhouse until 1939 and was a Mason and Methodist.
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Clarence J. Wiard
Boxwell Brothers
R. Thomson
Llano
Wiard
Rock Island
Hamlin Calls Meeting of Panhandle Plains Society
Judge James D. Hamlin, president, calls a meeting of the executive committee of the Pan handle Plains Historical Society for 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Amarillo Hotel.
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The
Belgium’s Prewar Trade With U S Averaged 100 Million
Before the war Belgium’s commerce with the United States stood at an annual average of about 100 million dollars, reflecting a strong intercontinental exchange prior to hostilities.
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Belgium
United States
Accident Fatal for 11 Year Old John Webb
John Calvin Webb 11 died in a local hospital after an accident in the 1100 block North Mirror Street. Police say he ran into a car which struck him. he suffered a broken collarbone and leg injuries. He was son of Seaman Webb and the D T Webb, of 916 North Houston. He attended Horace Mann School and is survived by two sisters, a brother, and grandparents. Funeral arrangements by N B Griggs and Sor8.
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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
N. 8
Griggs and
Sorf8
City Commission Accepts Three Bids for Gasoline Pipe Valves
The city commission at a special meeting accepted three bids for gas line items. The Texas Company won 16,000 gallons of gasoline at 0.10125 per gallon. U. S. Pipe and Foundry bid 3,600 feet of six inch cast iron pipe at 0.90 per foot. Clowe and Cowan bid for valves and hydrants at 729.48. Attendees included N. V. Moss acting city manager Mayor Joe A. Jenkins and 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 Burial will be in Llano Cemetery
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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
The Potter County Rationing Board offices will be closed all day Wednesday for a monthly perpetual inventory. Clerks will be busy with the count and doors will stay shut to the public. The board urged handling rationing business on Tuesday. Bolivia’s population includes eighty percent living above 10,000 feet in the Andes.
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Potter County Rationing Board
Bolivia
Andes
Markets Livestock Report From Chicago and Kansas City
Markets detail cattle and hog futures with price ranges and loads, noting gains on hogs and mixed results for cattle. The Chicago and Kansas City reports show higher closes for hogs, with cattle steady to slightly higher on selective grades, and sheep slow to sell early.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Hammontree Rites Set at Boxwell Chapel
Funeral rites for James Jefferson Hammontree set for 11 o clock Thursday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Rev Sam A Thomas of San Jacinto Methodist Church to officiate. The retired farmer was 64. Family home 314 North East Fifth. Burial 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
Texans Capture German Positions After Crossing
Lt Col Frederick Loomis, executive officer of the 358th, said the crossing cost one man wounded and reported fifty Germans killed, 67 captured. Ten pillboxes, one tank and one 75 mm gun were seized as clashes ended. Churchill’s phrase echoed in Loomis plan.
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Churchill
Frederick Loomis
Salt Lake City
358Th
Bucharest decree restores full citizenship rights to Romanian Jews
King Mihai signed a decree ending Jewish restrictions and laying groundwork for the return of full citizenship rights to Romanian Jews in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Mihai
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FOX Drug Store
4Th and Pierce Streets
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Herring
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East 10Th
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W. 16Th
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Bas
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Maxor Drug Store
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