Amarillo Club To Hear Psychologist Dr David Seabury
The Amarillo Knife and Fork Club will host Dr David Seabury a renowned consulting psychologist and author as keynote speaker at 7 00 PM Thursday January 6 at the Amarillo Country Club He plans to outline step by step methods for overcoming various difficulties and self help themes from his books including Unwashing Our Minds Growing Into Life What Makes Us Seem Queer Help Yourself to Happiness and The Art of Selfishness Tickets are 275 per person and available at Maxor Drug and Herbert Drug.
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David Seabury
Amarillo
Maxor Drug
Herbert Drug
Leap Year Precipitation Surpasses Normal in Amarillo
Weather observer H. C. Winburn notes Leap Year affects annual rainfall figures. Amarillo’s standard 265 day year normal is 21.01 inches, and 1948 records show 24.38 inches, about 3.37 inches above normal, indicating above par precipitation despite the extra February day.
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Musvanne Serning Minsuens
H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Belt Sizes Signal Regional Business Conditions
Rochester business leader Ray Hickok notes belt sizes reflect regional economic moods. In a varied national pattern, Washington and Chicago show larger waists while the Deep South and Texas trend thinner. New York centers on a 34 to 36 inch average, with 32 and 34 inch as typical men’s sizes.
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Rochester
Ray Hickok
Belt Manus Company
Washington
Chicago
Deep South
New Orleans
California
New York
WCTU Leader Calls for Censorship of Movies and Comics
WCTU president Mrs D Leigh Colvin urges state and federal action to censor films radio and comics to curb glorification of drinking. She links rising juvenile delinquency to publishers and producers and notes comic books sell over ten million copies weekly to children. New York firms and interior decorators are cited among top spenders in business services.
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Weseweguu
Ine Neaa
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
D. Leigh Colvin
WCTU
New York State
New York
Polio Victim Turned Telephone Operator Triumph
Jean, a North Carolina polio survivor, 19, now works as a telephone operator at Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital. After 300 hospital days and 20 operations since sixth grade, she regained mobility and used nursing, music, weaving, and typing to build a career while helping other sufferers.
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Thomas
Jean
Ntral Carolina Convalescent Hospital
North Carolina
North
Hospital job seeker helps crippled children in Boston
Jean Pitz Gerald, 19, in Boston, applied for a hospital desk post and won it for the Convalescent Hospital project. She attends business school and hopes to someday run a hospital, while a new facility is built to care for youthful victims of polio. Meanwhile in Arizona, a film crew paid Navajo extras $12,500 for five days of shooting near Chinle for When a Man's a Man.
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Amarillo
Texas
Galbraith
Theseas
Boston
Tiques
Greensboro
John F. M. Fitz Gerald
Newton
Pitz Gerald
North Carolina
Perman
Governor Vincent
Tral Carolina
Fitzpital
Gerald
Jean
Window Rock
Ariz
Chinle
Hollywood Movie
Arizona
Bus Misser Given Relief
E J Fredwest told Cincinnati councilman he misses the 11 40 PM bus because he works until midnight. City manager and Cincinnati Street Railway Co officials added a 2 25 AM bus now runs. If others ride it, the change could stay. otherwise Fredwest will continue missing the bus. Prices in Paris are high making the new look press unaffordable for many women.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
E. J. Fredwest
Cincinnati Street Railway Co
Fredwest
Paris
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Mack M, Hickman
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Triple H Electric CO
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Sam Cross
Robert L. Horton
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