Sacred Heart Cathedral Opens Lent with Services
Sacred Heart Cathedral marks the start of Lent with ashes blessed by Rev. T. J. Drury and services through Easter. Lenten devotions are at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday Friday and Sunday, with Father Drury speaking this evening on The Meaning of Life. The choir, directed by Rev. Andrew Marthaler, will provide music for the devotions.
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
T. J. Drury
Father Drury
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Andrew Marthaler
Markets rundown and Dow figures from New York exchanges
Market page shows Dow Jones level around 14620 with a 27 point rise and utilities higher. Industrials and rails movement noted with minor shifts. A brief New York Stock Exchange list references Amarillo Building and Fenner Beane furnishing data.
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Fenner & Beane Amerie
Industrion
Uech Grocer
NEW York Stock Exchange
Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
Pianist seeks housework nursing work and a piano loan
A reader from 119 Taylor Street seeks a piano for storage and care, a colored woman offers housework and nursing services, widow seeks day or hourly work with references, contact 2-1309 or 2-2934. Kansas City Livestock report shows hogs and cattle trading with modest declines and steady to slow activity.
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Taylor Street
Taft Declines Illinois Primary Entry in 1940 Race
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio says he will not enter the Illinois presidential preference primary on April 9, calling the vote advisory and nonbinding for delegates. He cites inability to campaign effectively in a large state while remaining in the Senate. Dewey has entered the race and may be the sole Republican contender. Roosevelt is listed for the Democratic primary with no other Democrats filed. Beavers have a split nail on the second toe of their hind feet, used as a comb and toothpick.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Illinois
Taft
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
We Must Be In Peace Meet
Washington officials say the United States should participate in any peace conference after the European war even if not involved in the fighting. Aims include avoiding past mistakes and building the next peace around orderly trade and law. Secretary Cordell Hull leads an advisory committee to mobilize economic strength for peace.
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State Department
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Hull
Griggses Attend Dallas Funeral of Colby Smith
Mr and Mrs N S Griggs traveled to Dallas to attend the funeral of Colby E Smith president and general manager of Ed C Smith undertakers and former president of both Texas and national undertaker associations. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 pm in Dallas.
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Investigators Rule Out Sabotage in Louviers Explosion
Investigators dismissed all sabotage theories after a blast at the Du Pont Louviers plant killed two workers Arnold Berg and Ernest W. Smith Jr and injured two others. The explosion sent 1600 pounds of dynamite blasting through the site twenty miles south of Denver. A second item notes the purse seiner Varsity feared lost after going aground on the Washington coast with at least nine men aboard.
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Golo
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Denver
Arnold Berg
Ernest W. Smith, Jr
Seattle
Varsity
Washington
Captain Draper Not Dead Says Texas Ranger Captain
Capt J B Draper of the Texas Highway Patrol informs friends relatives and others that reports he is dead are false He is in good health and unaware of how the rumor started He spoke after a call from Col Homer Garrison Jr and a San Angelo police report about his death rumor spread in West Texas He sought to calm relatives and officials with the clarification
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Austin
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Tax Valuations in Potter County Since 1928 Through 1939
Figures and facts detail state and county valuations, tax rates, and total assessments from 1928 to 1939. The data show shifts after 1933 when home steads up to $3,000 were exempt from state taxes, with separate state and county valuations and varying rates. Key names include Tempie Houston Judge H E Hoover and Jewell Davidson, noting school taxes and district totals.
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Hoover
Temple Houston
Commissioners Court
Potter County
Amarillo
Merry Fahrney Seeks Moneyed Man For Next Marriage
New York report profiles 25 year old patent medicine heiress Merry Fahrney after her fourth divorce. She aims to marry a wealthy, intelligent, trustworthy partner who can support herself and her future spouse. Fahrney hints at possibly marrying an American, or even a foreigner if love arises, while maintaining belief in lasting love.
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Merry Fahrney
New York
House Misses Turn Near River Road No One Hurt
A house being moved failed to turn near River Road and tumbled from a truck, blocking a county road a mile west of River Road. No one was hurt. In Washington, Rayburn was elected Speaker pro tempore during Bankhead’s illness.
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U.P
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Sam Rayburn
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William B. Bankhead
Market Report: Feeder Steers and Cattle Prices Mixed
Early sales show weak to medium demand with fed steers around 7 509.00 and loads near 9 50410.00. Choice heifers in Colorado fetch 9.50 to 19.60, fat cows 5.00 to 6.25, canners 3.50 to 4.75, western bulls 6.25, sausage bulls 6.50, dealers up to 11.00. Sheep trading slow with 5 000 head total. best fat lambs above 8.75. Financial Security Fund records 1 780 bid and 1 195 asked.
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Kansas City
U.K
Colorado
Cuttings From Old Tack No 4 Washed in City Lab
Cuts from Amarillo Oil Company's test well at Thompson Park are being washed in the city health unit lab with samples taken every ten feet. The well reaches 688 feet with 15 1 2 inch casing down to 540 feet. Bankhead is confined to bed but expected to return to his office in a few days.
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Thompson Park
Bankhead
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