Dance To Aid Greek Fund in Amarillo
A dance for Greek War Relief will be held in Amarillo on Feb. 17 to aid Greeks in Italy. The American Legion Post sponsors with Bruce Autry chairing the legion committee and Dave Peters heading tickets while Sam Page leads publicity. Contributions exceed 400 dollars locally with a national goal of 10 million dollars to aid Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson Post
American Legion
John K. Boyce
Bruce Autry
Legion Committee
Greek War Relief Finance Committee
Dave Peters
Sam Page
F. Rose
Legionnaires
Amarillo
Boost Canyon As Spot for Photography
Roy Davis of Carlsbad is a leading booster of Palo Duro Canyon in eastern New Mexico. He began photographing the canyon early and remains a strong advocate, earning it the nickname Roy Davis's Palo Duro Canyon from friends. Amarlo residents are urged to value the site alongside Carlsbad Caverns as a top tourist draw.
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Palo Duro Canyon
New Mexico
Roy Davis
Carlsbad
Mr. Davis
Dear Tack classified notes seek coat and help
A letter requests return of an Oxford grey tailored coat from Hogan and Patton Lubbock. Other notices seek work from a colored woman for cooking ironing and housework and a reader seeks part time work near 7th and Harrison. contact details provided.
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Hogan and Patton
Lubbock
Tex
Evelyn Bold
Globe News
Amarillo Hotel
Tack
East Fourth Avenue
Veterans Hospital
L. M. Call
Record of safety by Hnemen linemen after storm
A letter praising the Hnemen crew who repaired power, telephone and telegraph lines during a storm notes only two accidents among about 750 men working daily. The writer, one of the linemen, requests no personal credit but hopes the record may be used.
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Mr. Tack
Hnemen
Plastics boom reshapes daily life and industry
Washington profile shows J N Taylor detailing how plastics made from cotton coal and chemicals underlie common items from pens to light switches. The piece notes 240 trade names 123 plants and 285 manufacturers while hinting at dynamic war era research and shifting formulas in a growing sector.
ASCAP Charged in Sherman Antitrust Action
Milwaukee February 5 federal government charged the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers along with 19 corporations and 26 individuals with Sherman act violations. Information cites conspiracy to pool control most desirable copyrighted music for commercial use and public enjoyment to eliminate competition and monopolize supply.
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Milwaukee
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Victor O. Waters
ASCAP
Credit Authority Will Be Speaker at Joint Meeting
Paul M. Millians, authority on credit and credit insurance, will be guest speaker at a noontime joint meeting of the American Business Club and the Tri-State Association of Credit Men at the Capitol Hotel. He has led offices in the National Association of Credit Men and was vice president in 1994. Reservations may be made by calling 9816.
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Paul M. Millians
American Business Club
Tri-State Association of Credit’ Men
Capitol Hotel
Millians
National Association of Credit Men
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Tri-State Association of Credit ‘Men
Front page jitters hint at war of materials and plastics
The article notes U S competition with England Germany and Japan in raw materials and markets. It highlights rapid experiments with plastics from coffee and soybean based auto bodies, with test planes and two hour molds. The piece urges readers to trust local laboratories over maps.
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United States
England
Germany
Japan
Taylor
Brazil
Clarifying the average mentality of newspaper readers
A University of Texas Testing Bureau head explains mental age concepts to readers of the Childress Index. He argues the U.S. average mental age is about 15, with 10 to 20 percent of readers at 12 or lower, and notes that intelligence differs from education and information.
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Childress Index
United States
University of Texas
Dead Milking Cow Sells for Forty Dollars in Amarillo Trade
Charley Rowley of Amarillo sold a dead milch cow to Clarence Willmering at Willmering’s business after a coin toss. The animal died hours before the trade, and Rowley notes a market for other dead cattle. Willmering has lost interest in buying cattle sight unseen.
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David Harum
Charley Rowley
Amarillo
Clarence Willmering
Mr. Rowley
Mr. Willmering
Willmering
Rowley
Winters To Speak At Lubbock Parley
County Commissioner John H Winters will speak tomorrow afternoon at a Texas Social Welfare Association regional conference in Lubbock. He and County Judge Sherman White of Pampa will discuss city and county participation in social welfare programs. F. M. Brasley of Amarillo chairs the two day session.
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John H Winters
Texas Social Welfare Association
Lubbock
Sherman White
Pampa
F. M. Brasley
Amarillo
Albert Walker
WPA
M. L. Fuller
J. J. Crume
Harold Nichols
YMCA
Rex Baxter
Farm Security Administration
Fuller
O. W. Moore
Potter County
Oldest Brazilian Wedding Unites 106-Year-Old Groom
May and December Bahia report Donato Jose Santana of Nilopecanha aged 106 wed a 48 year old bride today in Bahia Brazil. The ceremony marks an extraordinary age gap and a historic nuptial note for local tradition.
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Bahia
Brazil
Donato Jose Santana
Nilopecanha
Final rites set for W. J. Hibbetts in Amarillo
Funeral services for W. J. Hibbetts are planned for Friday at Sacred Heart Cathedral with high mass by Father Thomas J. Drury. The Amarillo nat ive died in a Denver hospital. Body arrives tonight aboard Fort Worth and Denver line. Rosary is scheduled for Thursday night at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Survivors include brother F. J. Hibbetts of Amarillo and three sisters in Amarillo Canyon and Reno.
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W. J. Hibbetts
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Thomas J. Drury
Hibbetts
Armstrong County
Denver
Colo
Fort Worth
Boxwell Brothers
T. J. Drury
Jim Ryan
Joe Killough
Henry
Cecil Cayton
Charles Stewart
Claude
F. J. Hibbetts
Amarillo
Mary Hibbetts
Anna I. Hibbetts
Canyon
J. F. Shaugh- Inessy
Reno
Nev
Community groups join in memorial burial plans
iChurch Knights of Columbus Order of Elka and the Spanish American War Veterans plan burial services with burial at Liano Cemetery.
Few Changes Planned for Amarillo Building Code
Wallace Hazlewood of the Amarillo engineering department said only a few changes remain before the modernized building code is presented to the city commission. He returned from Austin after a conference with the state fire insurance commissioner and noted revisions were incorporated after review by the national board of five underwriters in New York.
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Amarillo
Wallace Hazlewood
Austin
State Fire Insurance Commissioner
City Commission
National Board of Five Underwriters
New York
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Boost Canyon
Weather Data
Weather Bureau
City
Airport
Abilene Sheceta
Albuquerque
Coat
7Th and
Harrison Street
Laura
Harrison
By Sigrid Arne
J. N. Taylor
Commerce Department
Ascap Suit Info Court
Credit Authority
Broadway
Carol Bruce
Louisiana Purchase
Chesterfield
Bill Dee
Winters
Lubbock Parley
Fairmondee Plains Office Supply CO
Rye
Paul Jones
Frankfort Distilleries, Inc
Louisville
Baltimore
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