Gift to Amarillo Library Opens Bush Southwestern Collection
A Christmas gift from Chicago widow Mrs. William H. Bush arrives as a 1009 check to Amarillo Public Library. The Bush collection, valued over 6000 with 876 volumes, features Marcy papers maps early periodicals and Texas Historical Association publications. The Bush family memorials the Panhandle area history since 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Public
Southwest
Miss Green
Marcy
Weekly Register
The
Texas Historical Association
Mr. Bush
Panhandle
Amarillo
Frank O'Brien
Ray Daniel
David Warren
Ernest Archambeau
Senator Flanders Pushes Pay Hike for President
In a 1948 column Frederick Outhman reports Vermont Senator Ralph Flanders backing a bill to raise Presidential pay from 75 000 to 100 000 plus 90 000 expenses. The measure aims at the next administration with vice president and cabinet raises also debated.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Truman
White House
Mr. T
Flanders and Co
Herbert Hoover
Harold Ickes
Mr. Truman
Congress
Flanders
Calliope Tootles
Pennsylvania Avenue
Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
Alben Barkley
Alben
Blackstone Boys
O’conor
Turner 38 Faces DWI Charge After City Crash
Louie R. Turner age 38 was charged with driving while intoxicated after a collision with Mrs. Ozel Gibson age 31 at First and Taylor. Turner pleaded not guilty in county court and posted a $500 bond. Gibson was treated and released after emergency care. Turner also faces a separate $350 bond on illegal possession of liquor.
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Louie R. Turner
North East Eighth
Turner
Taylor
Ozel Gibson
1611 Buchanan
North Fillmore
Gibson
St. Anthony's Hospital
Buckner Baby Dies At Local Hospital
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Buckner of Borger died at 3 30 this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital Survivors include sister Barbara and grandparents Mrs F D Deason and Mrs Minnie Buckner Funeral arrangements are pending at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home
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Michael Davis Buckner
Robert Buckner
Borger
Northwest Texas Hospital
Barbara
F. D. Deason
Minnie Buckner
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Case of Stolen Sheet Music Targets Local Music
Police seek a thief who took a case containing only sheet music from Weldon Allard's car at 404 Madison. The music, used by the XIT Boys orchestra, carried a $25 reward for its return. A second report notes Donald Elgin's car battery stolen from 2109 Arthur during the night.
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Weldon Allard
Madison
XIT Boys
Allard
Donald Elgin
Arthur
Patterson in Jail On Charge of Theft
Ed Patterson of 207 Cleveland was jailed in Potter County on a $1000 bond for allegedly stealing four boiler heaters and six furnace supports from Moore Boiler Works at 1700 East Third. Charges filed December 10 accuse the theft.
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Ed Patterson
Cleveland
Potter County
Moore
East Third
City Employees Hold Christmas Party Tonight
City Employes Wives Association hosts a Christmas party for city workers tonight at IOOF Hall 312 East Fifth. The event features a children's Christmas tree and starts at 7 o'clock.
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CITY
City Employes
City Employes Wives Association
Ioof Hall
East Fifth
Wreckage Found of Czech Airliner in Peloponnesus
US searchers report sighting wreckage of a DC-3 with 24 aboard in the Taygetos Mountains near Kalami Greece. No signs of life as Greek troops rush to the scene and rescue craft prepare to reach the site.
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Athens
Greece
Palestine
Peloponnesus
Arthur G. Ray
Amarillo
Tex
Taygetos
Kalami
Kalamata
Ray
Kalamai
Czech Airlines
Josef Hubacek
Prague
Rome
Tripolis
Belgrade
Freeman Wood of Tulia Dies at 44
Freeman Wood a 44 year old Tulia barber was found dead in his bed from a heart attack. He was born in Colorado City and moved to Tulia in 1923. He married Ann Johnson in 1946 and worked at the M O Elliott Barber Shop. Survivors include his wife, father W L Wood of Burkburnett, two brothers Elmer and Willis, and three sisters Mrs Kenneth McMahan Mrs E W Rodrick and Mrs T D Evans. Funeral at First Methodist Church with Rev Bill Thompson officiating. Burial Rosehill Cemetery.
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Tulia
Freeman Wood
Mr. Wood
Colorado City
Ann Johnson
M. O. Elliott
W. L. Wood
Burkburnett
Elmer
Willis Wood
Kenneth McMahan
Clovis
E. W. Rodrick
T. D. Evans
Tulsa
First Methodist Church
Bill Thompson
Rosehill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Boy on Fender Hurt in Monroe Collision
Jimmy Saunders twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs Guy Saunders 2200 Hayden is at St Anthony s Hospital with a broken foot after riding on the fender of a car driven by his sister Celia Saunders A collision occurred with a car parked in the 2900 block Monroe owned by Frank Harrison 2901 Monroe
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Jimmy Saunders
Guy Saunders
Hayden
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Celia Saunders
Saunders
Monroe
Frank Harrison
Trial examining incomplete for Davison and Mitchell
The examining trial for Joe Ernest Davison and Robert Leon Mitchell began yesterday in the Pace court and remained unfinished today due to the absence of Texas Ranger Kelly Rogers. Davison of Dallas and Mitchell of Wichita Falls face burglary charges in the December 16 Patterson and McClure used car lot office theft. alibi testimony placed them in Wichita Falls at the time. They were arrested Sunday night in Georgetown and brought back by the ranger.
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Joe Ernest Davison
Robert Leon Mitchell
Pace Court
Texas
Kelly Rogers
Davison
Dallas
Mitchell
Wichita Falls
Patterson & McClure
Georgetown
Radio Set Reaches Burma After Three-Year Voyage
After a long voyage from Britain, a radio set finally arrived in Burma. The shipmentHighlights reveal the spread of communications technology to distant corners, enabling locals to access international broadcasts and improve wartime information flow.
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Britain
Burma
Amarillo Recruiter to Take One-Week Furlough
Sgt. Bailey Magee of Amarillo, an Army recruiter, will depart this evening for a one week furlough in New Orleans.
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Bailey Magee
Amarillo
New Orleans
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News-Globe
Peme
J. M. Hyden
OF Optometry
Barfield
R. A. DeFee
Barfield Bidg
Boxwell
Perry Ton—Spearman
Buckner
Patterson
Fisk Bidg
Bank of
Herman Dean Borger
Magee
10Th
Dial
Ina Pearl Bagwell
POLK
EAL
LSAU
Sterling
Zale
Os Madeira
Sis
Gorham Melrose
Gorham Chantilly
Towle Towle
Candlelight
Chippendale
Towle
OLD Mirror
Gorham Camellia
Towle Louis XIV
Gorham Strasbourg
Gorham King
Edward
Zale’s
Ruth McAlpine
Gorham
Wallace
Frank H. Smith
Lunt
Frank Whiting
Sovereign
Towle Rambler
Richard
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!