Mead's Fine Bread Fresher-ized for Longer Freshness
Mead's Fine Bread uses new ingredients and modern baking methods to stay fresher longer. The loafs have a snowy white texture, rich brown crust, and delicious home baked taste. Delivered in large trucks to Panhandle retailers and cafes, then transferred to smaller trucks for fast delivery. The fresher-ized bread remains popular with farm and ranch wives buying multiple loaves.
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Mead’s
Mead
Panhandle
Norwegian Colleges Offer Low Tuition and Student Benefits
Oslo reports that Norwegian colleges levy only a 50 kroner matriculation fee and a 5 kroner per semester charge, with no tuition. The student fund finances services such as low-cost meals, affordable housing, and printing presses that provide inexpensive book copies.
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Oslo
Refineries Bid Sought for Batman Oil Processing Plant
Istanbul reports bids are being sought to build a refinery at Batman to process rising oil output from southeastern Turkey. The project aims to expand capacity and support regional energy development with competitive proposals from industry firms.
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Istanbul
Batman
Turkey
New Metalicord Decoration Hits Home Furnishings
A new 45 inch wide metalicord cloth with gold yarn comes in 16 designs and colors. Suitable for lined or unlined use in formal or informal settings. Available at 2.10 per yard at Yoes Home Furnishings Amarillo. Clyde Yoes invites visits or home consultations via phone 3 2105.
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Yoes
East Tenth Street
Amarillo
Clyde Yoes
Motor Tune-Ups Done by Experts
Wilson Battery and Electric Service at Seventh and Jackson Streets in Amarillo offers precise motor tune ups using advanced testing that simulates road conditions. Mechanics measure compression fuel mix carbon content air quality and hill pulls to maximize horsepower and fuel efficiency with no guesswork.
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Wilson Battery & Electric Service
Seventh and
Jackson Streets
Amarillo
M. Z. Wilson
Jackson
First Gold Bar Poured in Africa at St. Helena Mine
The first gold bar in the Orange Free State new gold fields was poured at the St. Helena mine near Odendaalrus. After six years of work and challenges including water strikes during shaft sinking, miners extracted appreciable ore from the basal reef expected to sustain the field.
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Odendaalrus
Orange Free State
St. Helena
India and Pakistan Reach Agreement on Minority Security
India and Pakistan announce a pact to protect minority communities, detailing joint measures to ensure safety, civil rights, and equal treatment across both nations. The accord signals a bilateral commitment to reduce sectarian tensions and support legal protections for vulnerable groups.
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India
Pakistan
Amarillo Printing Company Offers Wide Printing Services
Amarillo Printing Company at 112 East Fifth, run by Charlie G. Barrett, offers printing of envelopes invitations and forms. With experienced staff and modern equipment the shop handles letterheads bookkeeping forms record sheets order books wedding announcements and more. Free estimates available for complex jobs.
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Amarillo Printing Company
East Fifth
Charlie G. Barrett
Amarillo
Diamonds Found in Para Area of Brazil
Belem Brazil The state government of Para asked Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture to deploy geologists and engineers to survey the Caroa River area where a discovery of diamonds amethysts and other stones was reported. The fields are described as immensely rich with a bed of quartz and could employ 10 000 miners for many years.
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Belem
Brazil
Para
Ministry of Agriculture
Caroa
Panama Aids Poultrymen With Chicks And Feed
Panama continues to assist its poultrymen by supplying baby chicks and feed to support local poultry farmers and maintain production levels.
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Panama
New School Term Begins This Week
Amarillo Secretarial School starts a new term this week under owner and instructor Mrs. Bess Orr Foringer. She notes high demand for trained office personnel and offers bookkeeping and stenographic courses, refresher classes, mid term enrollments for high school graduates, night stenotype courses, Stenoscript mail courses, and machine training at 800 Jefferson Street with contact 23594 for details.
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Amarillo
Foringer
New Zealand Plans Rail Electrification Move
The Minister of Works told Auckland power authorities the government will electrify North Island railways soon but priority goes to hydroelectric projects and housing. New Zealand faced coal shortages with 44,260 tons imported in 1950 and rail costs totaling £1,092,000 amid fuel oil expenses of £840,000.
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Auckland
New Zealand
North Island
New Zeland
Prescription Laboratory and Dobbs Trusses Ad
Amiarillo's Prescription Laboratory at 512 Polk offers prescription filling sickroom supplies wheel chairs crutches bed pans walkers and Dobbs Trusses with a patented concave pad. Truss supports body at two points for comfort and relief fitted by experts for single or double rupture.
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Polk
White & Kirk
Amiarillo
Dobbs
McClendon
Trico Unveils Quick Install Wiper Arm For Cars And Trucks
Trico introduces a rain bow wiper arm with three second snap installation and two shapes for curved or flat shields. Adjustable to fit all shafts, now standard on over 90 percent of vehicles. Available locally through E S Cowie Electric Co Amarillo with jobber salesmen ready to stock and demonstrate. A closing odd line notes a beaver can swim half a mile underwater.
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Trico
E. S. Cowie Electric Company
van Buren Street
Amarillo
Quality Memorials From Osgood Monument Company
In Amarillo a long standing dealer promotes durable memorials and a wide stock of monuments and markers. Osgood Monument Company at 2701 Buchanan offers Rock of Ages Rainbow Granite and Georgia Crystalline Marble. They handle design, cutting, polishing and inscription in house and have served the Panhandle for over 45 years under Arthur Osgood with Charlie Lutz now handling management.
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Osgood Monument Company
Buchanan
Georgia
Arthur Osgood
Amarillo
Panhandle
Modernize Your Sewing Machine by Byers Conversion Offer
Winter sewing season prompts a push to convert treadle machines to electric. Call 65663 to reach W. Byers of Western Vacuum Cleaner & Sewing Machine Supply, 606 West Sixth, for options including motor and cabinet installs. Conversion starts at 24.50 with a one year guarantee. Byers has 24 years of experience and 12 years at the shop, stocking parts for all makes.
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Western Vacuum Cleaner & Sewing Machine Supply
West Sixth
Byers
Western Vacuum Cleaner
Tea Classic Cha Ching by Lu Yu 780 AD
A note identifies Cha Ching as the first tea book, written by Chinese scholar Lu Yu in 780 AD. It records tea as a recognized subject and marks an early colonial era interest in tea history from Hong Kong sources.
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Hong Kong
Lu Yu
Cause of Dulling Car Finishes Found
Detroit chemists investigate why car finishes form a dull chalky film after sun exposure. Experiments with moisture in sealed cups triggered reactions suggesting hydrogen peroxide involvement, but direct tests with peroxide did not reproduce dulling. Researchers now suspect a reducing action rather than oxidation causes the effect.
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Detroit
Rockefeller grant funds study of Caribbean and Pacific economies
San Juan Puerto Rico and Hawaii lead Caribbean and Pacific regions selected for a 70000 dollar study at Stanford University. The project aims to gather information on how small island economies can advance economically and identify best practices for growth.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Hawaii
Stanford University
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Munhail's
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Soft Water Service
Isie
Borger
Secretarial School
Bess Orr Foringer
Mar
Jefferson
Africa
Fairman Dee
P.O
Dick Dye
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George and Roy Stout
Nadel
Polk Sr
Mize Radio Service
West Tenth
Charlie Mize
Sesame
Auto-Lite Ignition Distributors
Ith and
Charles F. Smith
General Building Contractor
Skyline Drive
U. S
Marshall Deaton
Woodland
Tex
Onsgood Monument CO
Marie
Fat Saton
Earl Wyatts
Remote Door Control Co
South Jackson
Charlie Lutz
Leroy Walcher
Arthur
SID
Sid Veazey
Arillo
Old Ave
Pampa
Brown
Amarillo Printing CO
Charrie Barret
Prop
East Ltd
Boasement
Taylor
Sharp Furniture
BRAY
Leah Kay
Elan
Audivox
Audiphone CO
Maynard Drake
Travis
Audivox, Inc
Western Electric
Epepe
Acet Eed
Cust Diready Ci
Vaughan
Dia
Singer
Raff Bros
St. Francis, Umbarger
Vega Amarillo
Rt. 3
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