Rifle Experts Claim Older Men Can Defend Nation
A column argues older men with rifle experience, especially big game hunters, can defend the country as well as youths. It cites 24 consecutive hits at 1,000 yards by Lt. F. L. Hamilton and proposes a public rifle contest with cash prizes to identify Amarillo’s best marksmen.
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United States
F. L. Hamilton
United States Marine Corps
England
Hamilton
Army
Navy
Panhandle
Amarillo
Jerry
News-Globe
Old Tack
Government balks at JA ranch sale to aid war effort
In Washington a proposed 3 million dollar purchase of the JA ranch for agriculture and potential war use was withdrawn after strong local opposition over price and English ownership. Monte Ritchie says the ranch was not for sale, though officials consider other sites for bombing and training.
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Washington
Clarendon
Congress
Panhandle
Department of Agriculture
War Department
Marvin Jones
England
J. A. Ranch
Monte Ritchie
Honor Society Induction at Amarillo High
Inductions for mid term initiates of the Amarillo High School National Honor Society begin tonight at 6 30 in the high school library. Membership is based on scholastic excellence character and leadership and limited to 10 percent of seniors and 5 percent of juniors. The annual banquet follows at the Blackstone Hotel. Carl Sawyers leads the chapter with Miss Louise Russell as faculty sponsor.
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Amarillo High School
National Honor Society
Blackstone Hotel
Carl Sawyers
Louise Russell
Dear Tack Seeks Companion from a Newspaper Column
An elderly woman writes seeking a sober Christian man aged 60 to 70 who is Baptist, has a home and income, to meet. A separate loss notice says a pair of child size 4 brown leggings matching a suit was lost between Seventh Street and an nearby area.
County Court Hones Budget To Fund County Audit
Commissioners continued a search for funds in the 1941 budget to pay for a county and precinct offices audit. They must raise at least 3 000 dollars, preferably about 7 000, with no funds found so far. Aid to neglected children and WPA programs were discussed. cuts were deemed unlikely. The court has not yet voted on an audit period and noted no legal budget amendment provision outside emergencies.
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John Winters
Laddie Recovers at Fort Ord After Reunion With Master
Laddie the dog, treated for loneliness, drank milk and nipped at fleas after reuniting with Private Everett Scott. Veterinarian Lieut Col Raymond Lovell says Laddie remains in danger but pulse is near normal. Scott, who enlisted in Chanute four months ago, had him flown 2,000 miles from Kansas City to Fort Ord after near death.
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Fort Ord
Cal
Laddie
Everett Scott
Raymond Lovell
Lovell
Presidio of Monterey Veterinary Hospital
Scott
Chanute
Kane
Kansas City
Potter Grand Jury Convenes Again
The Potter County grand jury re convened today after a several day recess, continuing its session and readiness to hear new cases.
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Potter
Potter County
Poultry and Egg Dealers Licensing Bill Filed in Texas House
A bill to license and regulate dealers in poultry and eggs was introduced today in the Texas House of Representatives. The measure seeks to establish standards and oversight for egg and poultry commerce within the state.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Coal Thieves Hit East St Louis Yard For 15 Tons
Police say thieves stole 15 tons of coal from a local fuel yard in East St Louis. They scaled a 10 foot fence, shoveled coal over the barrier and loaded it into a truck. The report notes only older residents heard a bat squeak.
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East ST. Louis
W.e
Miracle Book Club to Host Rev Curtis in Amarillo
Rev Curtis H Curtis a former Marine evangelist will address the Miracle Book Club in Amarillo tonight. He will discuss Scriptural Titles for Gods People and represents Mrs E M McCluskey founder of the Texas Chapter 21 club at 505 Lincoln Street near the public library.
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Claude H. Curtis
Miracle Book Club
Curtis
U. S
China
Amarillo
E. M. McCluskey
Richmond
Calif
Amarisio High School Revises Student Advisory Groups
The school reduces advisory groups from 54 to 46 and raises average class group size from 30 to 35. Sophomores have eight groups, juniors twenty, seniors eighteen, with counselors Eli Cox Miss Dorothy Brokaw and Mrs W A McDavid leading each class. Students stay in their advisory group through high school.
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Amarisio High School
Eli Cox
Dorothy Brokaw
W. A. McDavid
R. B. Norman
Private Goes AWOL And Gets Married
Pvt. James D. Oakes of Camp Bowie left for Wichita Falls to wed Miss Ophelia Marcelle-with son in Brownwood and was arrested after a skirmish with a deputy sheriff guest at the ceremony. Camp Bowie authorities released him on trust to return to duty and his wife will live with his mother.
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Fort Worth
U.P
James D. Oakes
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
W. W. Stallings
Oakes
Wichita Falls
Ophelia Marcelle Whitson
Sam
Three Draftees Rejected by Local Boards at Lubbock Induction
From Potter County 27 men sent to the selective service station at Lubbock last week three were rejected two from Board No 2 and one from Board No 1. Board No 2 will send two replacements February 19 Phillip Eugene Holzkamper and William Robert Beard both volunteers. Board No 1 sent two extra men and will not dispatch replacements.
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Potter County
Lubbock
Board No. 2
Board No. 1
Phillip Eugene Holzkamper
North East Eighth Avenue
William Robert Beard
East Seventh Avenue
Olive Tablets Advertisements Claim Digestive Benefit
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to prevent constipation and aid liver bile flow. It urges hydration fruit and vegetables, cites 20 years of use, and lists prices 15 30 and 60 cents for purchase at druggists.
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Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Stretches Until She Is Tall Enough To Enlist
Evelyn Hatchett a 19 year old from Lamar Colorado sought admission to a pilot training course on January 2 but was rejected for being an inch short She then stretched and chin pressed morning and night for a month following advice from Dr FE Likes a CAA medical examiner Now at five feet two inches she will begin the course February 15.
Taxpayers Session At Noon Wednesday In Amarillo Hotel
The Potter County Taxpayers Association will hold a noon luncheon session at the Amarillo Hotel to hear bond committee reports and elect officers. The committee reports on proposed bonds for a National Defense Mechanical Arts School at Amarillo College and a gymnasium and classrooms at Horace Mann School ahead of Saturday’s bond election. All members and officers are urged to attend. The United States has 92 cities with 100000 or more residents.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Associated Press
United Press
Tye
England
United States
Potter County Taxpayers Association
National Defense Mechanical Arts School
Amarillo College
Central Junior High
Horace Mann School
Association
Realtors Brush Up On Constitution
Amarillo real estate members met at a noon luncheon to study the constitution and by laws. Hal Brown reviewed questions from recent meetings and produced the original charter of the Amarillo Real Estate Board from January 1927.
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Amarillo Realtors
Hal Brown
Brown
Amarillo Real Estate Board
C. P. Atwood
Charter
National Association
Realtors’ Code of Ethics
March 31 Deadline Set for AAA Benefit Payments
County Agricultural Agent Frank Stubbs announced the deadline of March 31 for applications for Agricultural Adjustment Act benefit payments from the previous year.
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AAA
Frank Stubbs
Union Label League To Be Entertained at Culinary Workers Dance
Members of the Union Label League will attend a dance tonight at Carpenters Hall hosted by the Culinary Workers Union. All members are invited.
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Union Label League
Culinary Workers Union
Carpenters’ Hall
Texas Girl Coins New Word It's Femocrat
Miss Jane Pink of Harlingen typed an unintended letter and produced femocrat a coinage for woman Democrat. University of Texas Public Relations catalog officials noted the neologism as a shorter form with potential use in political contexts.
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Texas
Austin
Jane Pink
Harlingen
Pink
University of Texas Department of Public Relations
Automobile crash in Farmington injures two New Britain men
State police described a dramatic crash in Farmington as an automobile carrying two New Britain men climbed a four foot bank launched 45 feet into the air then crashed and rolled covering additional distances before coming to rest.
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Farmington, Conn
New Britain
Tak
Aerial Hop Accident Injures Two Climbers
In an incident during a third aerial hop of 23 feet, John Pisko 32 suffered a lacerated finger and John Olajas sustained a bruise above the right eye.
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John Pisko
John Olajas
Italian Army Commander Tellera Dies of Wounds
British headquarters reported that General Tellera commander of the tenth Italian Army and a British captive died from wounds received in combat south of Bengasi.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tellera
Bengasi
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