Dentists Hold Annual Session For 13th Time
The Panhandle District Dental Society held its thirteenth annual meeting at the Herring Hotel Amarillo with Dr. W. M. Curl presiding. Dr. F. G. Elliott, dean of the Texas Dental College Houston, was principal speaker and lecture demonstrator. The banquet was set for Crystal Ballroom at 6 30 p.m. and guests included Drs Waldo Beckley K R Durham R P McCasland Bob Younger W R Moody and S W Browning.
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Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Herring Hotel
Waldo Beckley
Borger
K. R. Durham
Tohoka
R. P. McCasland
Tulsa
Bob Younger
W. R. Moody
W. Browning
Amarillo
NYA Audition Group Named for Area Youth Symphony
A local selection committee in Amarillo schedules prelim auditions for NYA youths aged 16 to 25 for a 100 piece All-American Youth Symphony to be formed by Leopold Stokowski. Applications close February 10. area winners advance to a state audition in Austin February 24 and 25, with five musicians to face Stokowski in Dallas on March 8.
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Amarillo
NYA
Leopold Stokowski
R L. Barron
Amarilo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Oscar Wise
Henry L. Robinson
Amarillo Cole
Harold V. Hamilton
Amarillo Area
Donley
Gray
Hall
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Lipscomb
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Palmer
Potter
Randall
Roberts
Sherman
Swisher
Wheeler
Austin
Leoid Stokowski
Dallas
Temperature Equals Coldest of Year in Amarillo
A cold spot dropped to 17 degrees in Amarillo, tying the year's low, with a town low of 22. Tucumcari 26, Elk City 23, Lubbock 25, Clayton 18. Mr. Collman forecasts drizzle tomorrow morning, then partly cloudy unsettled weather with slightly higher temperatures.
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Amarillo
Tucumcari
Elk City
Lubbock
Clayton
Collman
Fl Paso
Phoenix
Airport
Albuquerque
Big Spring
Brownsville
Chicago
Corpus Christ Delio
Denver
Dodge City
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Goodland
Guymon
Havre
Minneapolis
Montgomery
Williams testifies on air power and production limits
Williams argues that 950 combat planes are not all needed for the U S. and production capacity is unlimited by choosing plane types and uses. He recalls testing a Grumman fighter for Beaverbrook, disputes German output, and warns air power decisions could cost empires.
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U.S
United States
U. S
Williams
Lord Beaverbrook
London
Beaverbrook
Germany
Grumman
One Concert Memberships For Philharmonic Concert
Single concert memberships offered for Monday night’s Philharmonic program featuring Esther Jonsson as guest pianist. Prices are 1.25 reserved, 0.75 general. available at Tolzien’s Megert’s and Cresney Drug Store with season memberships also saleable. conductors Robert Louis Barron leads a Chopin F minor concerto with orchestra accompaniment.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
Esther Jonsson
Tolzien’s
Megert’s
Cresney Drug Store
Oliver Eakle
Robert Louis Barron
Jonsson
Codification of Laws Urged in Texas Tax Reform
Atty. Gen. Mann urged codification of Texas tax laws to end scattered, confusing rules. Counties vary in assessment, with some as low as 20 percent of value. Comptroller Sheppard favored a flat gross receipts tax on natural gas and faster delinquent tax sales. Secretary Flowers proposed a franchise tax of 1 dollar per 1000 dollars of capital and repeal of reduced rates for street railways and utilities.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Gerald C. Mann
State Tax Board
W. Lee O'Daniel
Mann
George Sheppard
M. O. Flowers
Sheppard
Secretary of State
Air Transport Association Ends Four Day Convention
About 260 airline representatives concluded the ATA of America convention in Brownsville with O. H. Hamm of American Airlines elected purchasing agents committee chair. E. Van Vechten of United Airlines moves to a new post and R. J. Anderson of American Airlines heads the engineering and maintenance committee. The three day engineering session included talks with Army and FBI officials. No next meeting site was chosen.
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Brownsville
United States
Air Transport Association of America
O. H. Hamm
American Air Lines
Hayam
New York City
E. van Vechten
Chicago
United Airlines
R. J. Anderson
ATA
United States Army
FBI
Train to cover U.S. rail trackage at 60 mph in 292 days
A statistician estimates that traveling all United States rail trackage at 60 miles per hour would require 292 days for a single train. The sulfur producer’s output is described as concentrated in six operations, one in Louisiana and five in Texas.
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United States
Lowsiana
Texan
Cooking School to Be an Outstanding Event
The Globe News announces a four day Cooking School in Amarillo featuring Mrs. A. D. French. Demonstrations from a fully equipped kitchen stage, free admission February 18 to 21. Audience questions on home management answered by Mrs. French, plus cooking tips and time saving tricks for meals.
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The
Globe News
Amarillo
A. D. French
Globe-News Cooking School
French
Lone airedale dog saved by camp care in California
Laddie a 10 year old airedale, starved by loneliness for his soldier master, received intravenous glucose and tube feeding at Camp Ord California. Private Everett Scott of Chanute Kansas arranged to keep the dog in camp. Doctors hope he improves enough to travel by plane to rejoin his master.
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Kansas City
U.P
Laddie
Camp Ord
Calif
Everett Scott
Chanute
Kan
TWA
V. Y. Drury
Scott
Ladde
Dr. Dry
Representatives Defy O Danial On Truck Load Bill
The Texas House refused to order an immediate report on Gov. W Lee O Daniels truck load bill raising limits to 14000 pounds. Rep Reese Turner argued emergency action, but the motion failed 68 to 50 short of two thirds. The bill awaits sub committee study.
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Austin
U.P
House of Representatives
Highways and Motor Traffic Committee
W. Lee O'Daniel
Reese Turner
Cameron
O'Daniel
Turner
Skiing Spots In Good Shape Across New Mexico
Winter sports conditions from the weekly bulletin show powdery unbreakable surfaces at Aqua Piedra Taos Hyde State Park Big Tesuque Cedar Creek and wet surface at Cloudcroft. Snow depths range from 6 to 34 inches with clouds and likely weekend snow. Roads open but chains required in Hyde State Park and Big Tesuque areas.
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New Mexico
Cloudcroft
Hyde State Park
Big Tesuque
Taos
Cedar Creek
Velo Pay Hike For Judges
Amarillo court of civil appeals asked for annual salary boosts from 6500 to 7000 for judges and raises for clerks but the Texas Board of Control rejected the requests in its budget plan. Total two year appropriations remain 28330 dollars, unchanged from 1939 levels, covering salaries and expenses.
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Austin
Globe News
Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals
Board of Control
Texas
Severe
Sesee
Sseenes
Man Shot to Death While Mindin Baby in Bronx
Police identified Benjamin Tannenbaum a 35 year old loan shark as the man shot twice in the chest while minding the four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Heitner in Featherbed Lane Bronx. The baby Paulette slept through the shooting. two revolvers were found unfired in the nursery area.
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New York
Bronx
Benjamin Tannenbaum
Ben
Max Heitner
Featherbed Lane
Paulette
Heitners
Walter Stanton
Tannenbaum
Fire Department Gets Its Own Lighting System
Amarillo's fire department now has a dedicated lighting system. Four large spotlights powered by an emergency plant have been mounted on aerial truck at Central Station in city hall, able to turn night into day.
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Amarillo
Central Station
Youth jailed in Amarillo after confession of burglary
George Griffith a 21 year old from Moline Illinois surrendered at Amarillo police saying liberty wasn’t worth dodging officers. He had escaped Sierra Blanca jail days before Christmas after admitting thefts including 30 dollars and cigarets to help his unemployed father. He drove to California earlier and rode hitchhiking home with 15 dollars earned.
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Amarillo
George Griffith
Moline
Ill
Sierra Blanca
Griffith
W. R. McDowell
Police
California
el Paso
Houston
Youth Parley Opens Tonight In Washington
The 7th annual American Youth Congress begins in Washington with about 3000 youths. Leaders plan strong opposition to Roosevelt aid to Britain and conscription bills. Missing officials and affiliates mark a quieter start than last year.
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Washington
U.P
American Youth Congress
Roosevelt
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Student Federation
Federation
Communist Party
Turner
Services for James W. Reed Held Today
Funeral services for 63 year old Amarillo resident James W. Reed were held this afternoon at 4 o clock from the N 8 Griggs and Sons Chapel with Rev. Fred D Blake officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. Reed died last night in a local hospital after breaking his hip in a December 17 fall. He resided at 314 North Polk Street and is survived by his wife four sons and four daughters, a brother and two sisters.
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James W. Reed
Army to claim 150 mile Texas coast bombing range
The Army Air Corps moves to set a 150 mile coastal bombing range along Central Texas from San Luis Pass to Aransas Pass. Generals Brant and Hewitt held hearings with fishermen and townspeople, promising relief where possible while detailing safety rules and potential damage to small boats.
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Victoria
Army Air Corps
Texas
Gerald C. Brant
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Air Corps
L. H. Hewitt
Army
Brant
Corpus Christi
Carl Storey
San Luis Pass
Galveston Island
Aransas Pass
Parachute Jumper Plans New Life After 250 Mile Jumps
William H. Cook 30 of Los Angeles, after 250 miles groundward in 83 parachute jumps, decides to settle down. He has enlisted in the Army Air Corps, been assigned to Randolph Field, and is learning parachute packing at training. Mexican tourist cards for American visitors cost 81 cents.
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San Antonio
William H
Bill) Cook
Los Angeles
Cook
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Cafe Destroyed by Early Morning Fire at Grand Avenue
Fire at 507 Grand Avenue, origin undetermined, destroyed a cafe early today. Firemen received the alarm at 3:29 and were on scene for two hours. The cafe stood south of the Texas Company refinery.
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Grand Avenue
Texas Company
Marines Hymn noted as home front sheet music
Article discusses censoring war songs, the Marines’ Hymn printed for free by the US Marine Corps Publicity Bureau, and mentions Tripoli as a current news topic in Libya. It also notes 39,000,000 travelers passed through New York’s Grand Central in 1940.
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Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps Publicity Bureau
U. S. Marine Corps
Montezuma
Tripoli
Libya
New York
Grand Central Station
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