Fire guts Borger studios and shops with near 100000 loss
A large Borger blaze destroyed Court ney Studio McGee Studio Chat and Curl Beauty Shop and Penland. The fire spread after 10 pm and burned until after midnight. Several other buildings suffered smoke and water damage. Looting reported at Charlie Smith's Bargain House. Firefighers from Stinnett Phillips and Bonavista aided. One trapped worker escaped, and injuries included burns to Curtis Lamb and a broken hose strike on E T Sisco.
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Courtney
McGee Studio
Chat & Curl Beauty
Penland
Charlie Smith
Martin
Coney Island Cafe
Smith
Stinnett
Phillips
Bonavista
Borger
Leona Magee
Curtis Lamb
Keith Lane
Young Lamb
E. T. Sisco
Quadruplets born in Britain span two midnights
Four babies were born in Britain within the same hour but due to births crossing midnight two of the siblings have one birthday while the other two have the opposite date. The rare timing gave each pair a different birthday.
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Britain
Brotherhood Week Talks Set At AHS
Amarillo High School marks Brotherhood Week February 18 to 25 with a panel discussion during both sophomore and junior senior assemblies. Panelists include Joe Saunders Gus Montes and Gordon White with Rev Carl E Bates Rex Baxter and Bert Levy.
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Amarillo High School
Joe Saunders
Gus Montes
Gordon White
Carver High School
Carl E. Bates
First Baptist Church
Rex Baxter
Bert Levy
Amario
Seek Driver Who Sent Cars to Ditch
Deputy Sheriff Grady Stapp and state patrolmen seek the driver of a Utah licensed Buick se dan after a morning collision on Highway 66 near Groom. Two people were injured, including Mrs. Roxie Schmidt of St Louis and Ed W O Keefe of Spokane. Mrs Lucille Hern of Ferguson Missouri and a Shamrock hitchhiker were treated at Groom Osteopathic Hospital.
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Groom
Grady Stapp
Roxie Schmidt
Greer Avenue
St. Louis
Ed W. O’keepe
Watkin Road
Spokane
Wash
Utah
Groom Osteopathic Hospital
Murphy-Spicer Ambulance
Clarendon
Lucille Hern
Ferguson
Schmidt
O'Keefe
Missouri
Thomas Collier Dies at Hospital
Thomas H. Collier 53 died yesterday afternoon at 4 30 in the US Veterans Hospital. A painter by trade, he lived at 308 North Lincoln and was a World War I veteran who came here from San Angelo about 15 years ago. He belonged to the Painters Union and will be buried at Memorial Park Cemetery after services at 2 o'clock tomorrow in the First Christian Church with Chaplain Morris Lively officiating. Survivors include his wife Mary of Amarillo, a son in Fort Worth, three sisters and three brothers in Amarillo, El Paso, Justin, Dallas.
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Thomas H. Collier
US Veterans Hospital
Collier
North Lincoln
San Angelo
Painters’ Union
First Christian Church
Morris Lively
Memorial Park Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Mary Collier
Amarillo
Tommy H. Collier
Fort Worth
Sidney Brown
Leonard Morris
el Paso
T. C. Florance
Justin
Tex
W. C. Collier
S. B. Collier
R. G. Collier
Dallas
Ben Sharp Charged With Liquor Law Violation at Ben's Package Store
Ben Sharp of Ben's Package Store on North East Eighth faces a liquor law charge for selling more than three gallons without an invoice. The complaint was signed by Joe Sides of the Texas Liquor Control Board and Sharp was to be arraigned in Potter County Court this afternoon.
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Ben Sharp
Sharp
Ben’s
North East Eighth
Joe Sides
Texas Liquor Control Board
Sides
Potter County
Deserted 1942 Chevrolet Reported in Front of Home
Mrs. Carl M. Smith reported a car parked in front of her Crockett home for nearly three weeks. Deputy W. W. Riner checked the vehicle and found no stolen report. The 1942 Chevrolet is registered to Thomas Eugene Ward, address unavailable.
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Carl M. Smith
Crockett
Ben A Winn Rites Tomorrow in Plainview Cemetery
Last rites for Ben A Winn 72 year old Montana ranch foreman and brother of William Winn of Bush land will be conducted at 1 pm tomorrow in the Ivy of Boxwell Brothers Funeral home. Dr E B Fincher will officiate and burial will be in Plainview Cemetery. He died Saturday in El Paso after retirement from ranch work.
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Ben A. Winn
William Winn
Bushland
Boxwell Brothers
E. B. Fincher
Southern Presbyterian Church
Plainview
Winn
Montana
el Paso
Italian Film Housing Shows Mostly Domestic Productions
Only one in eight films shown in Italian movie houses is produced outside Italy, reflecting a strong domestic film industry.
Recreation workers plan Amarillo conference
Harold Van Arsdale of Dallas, field representative of the National Recreational Association, meets with Amarillo city recreation director Jack Haas to discuss planning the Southwest District Conference in Amarillo from April 3 to 5. About 150 attendees from roughly 90 Southwestern cities are expected.
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Harold van Arsdale
Dallas
National Recreational Association
Amarillo
Jack Haas
National Recreation Association
Sharp Charged With Liquor Violation
Two chamber of commerce committees are scheduled for this week. The sports committee led by Leo Wilmeth will meet tomorrow at 11 in the chamber offices. Frank Higinbotham, traffic committee chairman, has called a Thursday luncheon at the Herring Hotel.
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Chamber of Commerce
Leo Wilmeth
Frank Higinbotham
Chamber
Herring Hotel
Four Latin-Americans Held in Potter County Jail
Four Latin-Americans were being held in Potter County jail this morning for immigration authorities. They are Alberto Gutierrez, 23, Alfredo Esparza, 20, Benito Mendez, 33, and Rafael Quinterno, 48. They were arrested by city police.
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Potter County
Alberto Gutierrez
Alfredo Esparza
Benito Mendez
Rafael Quinterno
Exchange home program enables youth exchange visits
An exchange home program allows young people from Belgium and Britain to swap residences for vacation periods, enabling cross country stays and cultural exchange between families during holidays.
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Belgium
Britain
Leisurely traveler dies on tour after illness
A year ago he left on a country tour when he was stricken. The deceased, a native of Colorado Springs, is survived by a brother in Bushland and another brother, Charles Winn of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and a sister, Mrs. Ella Munger of Bakersfield, California.
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Winn
Colorado Springs
Bushland
Charles Winn
Cheyenne
Okio
Ella Munger
Bakersfield
Cal
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