Odds and Ends on Cattle, Weather and Local News
A long column mixes cattle market thoughts, weather outlook, and personal notes from Amarillo. The writer discusses registered cows and Playboy the Great, a noted herd bull, with sale bids and management shares. Also covered are upcoming marriages, club improvements, and quirky clippings on weather lore and world affairs.
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Playboy
Big Bull Ranch
Mason King
Buck Harris
Clene Stockton
Spring Creek Pasture
Jim Montgomery
Louisiana Population Soars Since 1880
Louisiana's population has increased almost 150 percent since 1880, reflecting dramatic demographic growth and shifts across the state. The change marks a period of considerable expansion in urban centers and rural areas alike.
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Louisiana
Lincoln Fetes Hold Eyes of Republicans
The 1940 presidential campaign loomed as Republicans gathered at dinners marking Lincoln's birth anniversary. In New York 1500 reserved to hear Herbert Hoover and five governors. Other tributes included a Lincoln tomb service in Springfield and a Lincoln Shrine ceremony in Washington with a wreath sent by President Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Herbert Hoover
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Stephen F. C. Chadwick
American Legion
Wallace
Germany
Lincoln Shrine
Washington
Roosevelt
Illnness
Internal Revenue Offices Open Daily for 1938 Taxes
The Collector of Internal Revenue offices in the Panhandle will be open daily until March 15 to assist taxpayers with 1938 income tax returns. Deputy collectors will visit Dalhart, Borger, Pampa, Canadian and Shamrock on set dates to aid filers. Returns are required for individuals with certain income thresholds and couples with combined amounts. tax rate is four percent on net income after exemptions and credits. Read instructions included with the form before filing.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Panhandle
Dalhart
Borger
Pampa
Canadian
Shamrock
United States
Canyon Minister To Preach at Church of Christ Tonight
Furl L. Craig of Canyon Church of Christ will speak at the North Amarillo Church of Christ at 7 30 this evening on Conforming the Church of Today with the Early Church in Sounding Out the Word Luther G Roberts of the Central Church of Christ will speak Tuesday at 7 30 on Conforming Church in Worship Other prominent evangelists will speak each evening of the week at the church including Friday night
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Furl L. Craig
Canyon Church of Christ
North Amarillo
Scouts Executive Board Will Meet Tomorrow
The executive board of the Amarillo Area Council of Boy Scouts will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 at the Capitol Hotel. This will be the first executive board meeting of the year. The program for the coming year will be arranged at this meeting.
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Amarillo Area
Markets Closed In Lincoln Birthday Observance
New York stock and major markets closed today for Lincoln birthday holiday. Kansas City livestock report shows hogs 2,000 head top 67.75, cattle 9,000, calves 9,., veal up to 11.00, stockers 7.40 to 9.56, sheep 10,000 with fed lambs bringing 8.25 to 8.80, natives down from 5.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Curb Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Anies
Orchid bloom hangs on in Prague after 39 years
An authenticated orchid bloom remains preserved in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, marking 39 years of survival. Prague supports 35 daily newspapers as part of its vibrant press scene.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Help wanted worker with farm ranch carpentry and more
Experienced in farm and ranch work plus hanging paper carpentry and grocery service station duties seeks employment. References available. Contact Bob at 413 Monroe Street Apartment 1.
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Tack
Mave
Bob
Monroe Street
Lost Persian cat Madam Queen near Lincoln Street
A cream colored Persian named Madam Queen has strayed from 1800 8 Lincoln Street. Neighbors and readers are asked to contact local animal control or page 1D continuation for updates and recovery efforts.
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Lincoln Street
Royal Baby and Quadruplets Highlight Global Youth News
Egypt reveals Royal Princess Ferial at six weeks in Cairo with Queen Farida and King Farouk presenting her in Alexandria. Denmark’s Count Haugwitz-Reventlow and Barbara Hutton’s son Lance enjoys a bobsled ride in Switzerland. The Badgett quads of Galveston, led by Jeanette, are billed as America’s premier babies.
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Egypt
Ferial
Cairo
Farida
Farouk
Alexandria
Orn
Lance
Count Haugwitz - Reventlow
Denmark
Barbara Hutton
Dad
Switzerland
America
Badgett
Galveston
Jeanette
Judges Bill Under Fire Again Today
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce highway committee schedules a 5pm session to discuss the proposed county judges bill. Wade Brymer chairs the committee and called the meeting following Friday's afternoon session that produced no decision, at the suggestion of the Texas Good Roads Association which opposes diverting gasoline tax funds to county road improvements not part of the state system.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Wade Brymer
Brymer
Texas Good Roads Association
Sons of Legion Rehearse Tonight
The Sons of the American Legion in Amarillo plan a regular meeting after drum and bugle corps rehearsal at 7 o clock. Guy P. Miller reports rapid growth with 51 members, up from 38 recently, dues at 75 cents yearly. The youth group, formed three years ago, expects to have uniforms soon.
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Sons of the American Legion
Guy P. Miller
Miller
Amarillo
SAL
Boxwell Announces Birth of Son Richard Lee in Dumas
Mr and Mrs Alton Boxwell of Dumas announce the birth at 4 o clock this morning of an eight pound son named Richard Lee Boxwell The baby was born in St Anthony s hospital The father is head of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home at Dumas connected with Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Amarillo Mrs Boxwell formerly Miss Sylvia Christianson of Minneapolis Minnesota
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Alton Boxwell
Dumas
Richard Lee Boxwell
St. Anthony's Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Amarillo
Boxwell
Sylvia Christianson
Minneapolis
Minn
Scoutmasters Roundtable Opens First Meeting of Year
The Amarillo Area Council Boy Scouts roundtable holds its first regular meeting of the year at 7 p.m. tonight at First Baptist Church. Bert Stinson leads, with L. C. White as principal speaker, and J. C. Oliver of Troop 12 hosting. Dinner is served at 7. Maj. Frank Dixon, inaugurated in 1939, was Alabama's 42nd governor.
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Amarillo Area
Maj
Frank Dixon
Alabama
Amarillo Woman Hurt When Ceiling Falls at Home
Mrs. Mary Hollandsworth of 303 North Lamar Street sustained cuts and bruises to her face after a ceiling collapsed at her mother’s house 301 North Lamar Street. An N. S. Griggs and Son ambulance carried her to Northwest Texas Hospital where she was treated for shock and lacera tions and contusions before being dismissed after first aid.
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Mary Hollandsworth
North Lamar Street
Hollandsworth
Northwest Texas Hospital
N. S. Griggs and Son
Two Divorce Cases Filed In Court Over Weekend
District court saw two filings over the weekend. Eftin Cryseroff seeks divorce from Lenke Cryseroff while Alton Lynn Horn motions for divorce from Jessie Marguerite Horn.
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Eftin Cryseroff
Lenke Cryseroff
Alton Lynn Horn
Jessie Marguerite Horn
Hope Abandoned for Five Missing in Alaskan Plane
Jun ea u Alaska Feb 13 Hope was abandoned for five men missing in a Marine Airways plane on a flight from the area authorities said no sign of wreckage or survivors had been found and search efforts were suspended due to weather and darkness
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Juneau
Alaska
Hope
Marine Airways
Weekend Club of Intestinal Cleansers Promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT
Advertised as a gentle all-vegetable laxative, BLACK-DRAUGHT claims to tone lagging bowels and relieve headachy, bilious, and nervous symptoms from constipation. The pitch promises a morning effect and urges nightly use with simple directions.
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Gales
Mason
Mereford
Walter Winchell
Atchison
District of Columbia
Marvin Jones
Bascom Timmons
A.N. Olver
Mr. Olver
Old Tack
U. S
Argentina
Chaco
Dixie
Bristol
Bristol, Tenn
New England
Alieas
Berlin
Internal Revenue
Canyon
Church of Christ
Scouts
Wien Tack
Madam Queen
H. V. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Youth In the News
Tiny Cleopatra
Small Dane
Sons of Legion
Mrs
Scoutmasters’ Roundtable
Amarilloan
Sheen
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