Bids Placed for Mid-Central Fish Plant in Amarillo
Bids for the regional distributing plant to be built by Mid-Central Fish Company in Amarillo were submitted. The facility at 410 North Polk Street is estimated to cost at least 25000 dollars. Amarillo contractors submitted proposals to Henrici Lowry Engineering Company of Kansas City, with Carl Cox of Amarillo serving as associate engineer.
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Mid-Central Fish Company
Amarillo
North Polk Street
Henrici Lowry Engineering Company
Kansas City
Carl Cox
Ralph Carr
O. L. Carr
Oklahoma City
Lubbock
Booth Fisheries Corporation
Labor Seeks Jobs for Idle Workers Across Nation
Washington January 1 Labor leaders from AFL and CIO urge a government jobs program to absorb unemployed workers. William Green warns against war driven prosperity while John L Lewis cautions against diverting focus from domestic problems and warns against repeating past economic mistakes.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis
Abe Pickus on the Phone Again
Abe Pickus, a self described world peace ambassador, cables Stalin in Moscow and Churchill in London New Year messages urging practical steps to end wars. He calls for a world table conference and warns Europe may descend into violence if England does not cooperate.
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Cleveland
U.R
Abe Pickus
World Peace
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
London
Stalin
Russia
Churchill
England
Europe
Sick Duck Evidently Got Well The Proofs in the Eating
Clarence Byrne nursed a sick duck to health over two months then set it free with a tag bearing his uncle’s name. A few days later Walter Byrne of Piedmont Wyoming received a Denver sport writer’s note praising “finest ducks ever tasted.”
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Ogden
Utah
Clarence Bryne
Walter Byrne
Piedmont
Wyo
Denver
Burglars Use Tear Gas Fails to Stop Heist at Grain Office
Burglars who broke into Grabill Grain and Milling Co. office released tear gas to deter intruders but it failed. They opened windows and stood by as the room cleared, then blew the safe.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Grabill Grain and Milling Co
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Hogs salable 2,000 total. prices up to 5.75 for 160-240 lb and 5.50-5.60 for 250-200 lb. Cattle salable 7,000. vealers firm. bulls and stockers higher. medium weight slaughter steers around 9.75 to 10.50 for yearlings. cows up to 7.00 for good fat cows. Sheep 2,500. lambs 25c higher. top native lambs 9.10. most natives 9.00-9.10.
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Kansas City
Vinew Tack Dear Tam young man 26 years old continued on page 3
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a 26 year old man with unclear context and a continuation instruction to page 3. No verifiable event or full details are clear from the readable text.
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Tam
Washington Off the Record on D C Dining and Secrets
Sigrid Arne tours Washingtons top eateries from the Mayflower to L Escargot and Hall s with notes on terrapin, crepes suzette, snails and secret sauces. The piece brushes on Olney Inn, Cannon s, the Occidental and a House bean soup while recalling Morgenthau and shipboard seafood on the Chesapeake.
Mummers Parade Debuts 27 Units in Four Hour Philadelphia Show
Philadelphia witnesses the 100th annual Mummers Parade with 20 000 spectators amid 27 units competing for 25 000 in prizes. The four hour march featured ornate costumes and string bands despite 18 degree cold and hospital treats for exposure. The chamber of commerce plans expand the event into a multi day carnival akin to New Orleans Mardi Gras.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
New Orlean
New Year Quiet in Amarillo as Nation Sees No Comment
Washington reports President Garner had no comment on weather or politics as 1940 began. No ambulance calls, no hospital emergencies, and many stores closed for a holiday. Nine celebrants jailed for over-imbibing. interest centers on Bowl games this afternoon. The first lord mayor of London held the post for 25 years.
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Amarillo
Washington
Garner
Congress
Ninlask Thic
Post Office
London
England
Puerto Rico Fortified as Army Moves Troops and Navy Seeks Mines
Washington reports over 6,000 Army personnel transferred to Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal Zone since the European war began to create America's most fortified Caribbean sector. The Navy seeks emergency funds in the $275 million deficiency bill to deploy high explosive mines at key harbors and the canal, with storage already in place. Infantry units and anti aircraft batteries reinforce the Caribbean buildup to respond to any sudden attack.
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Washington
U.P
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Caribbean
America
Navy
Congress
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
New York
Boston
Norfolk
Puget Sound
San Francisco
San Diego
Cloudy and Cold Weather Report for the Panhandle
The Panhandle faces cloudy and colder conditions with possible snow as a winter weather system from the Rockies moves in. Officials doubt the Panhandle will see heavy precipitation, but some freezing mist was observed at Pueblo and Trinidad. Am arillo reports 1939 moisture up to 21.01 inches and a year total near normal.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Ex Gov Jos Ely Denies 1940 Presidential Bid
Former Massachusetts Democratic governor Joseph B Fly says he is not a candidate for any political office. He recalls supporting Al Smith and notes Ely nominated the New York governor for the presidency in 1932 during a birthday interview in Westfield Massachusetts.
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Westfield
Mass
Massachuetts
al Smith
Joseph B. Fly
Smith
Ely
New York
Police Stumped in Singer's Death
Authorities said they were at a dead end in the investigation of Harvey Hess a choir singer and secretary to New Jersey Senate leadership. Hess was found partly clothed on the Schuylkill riverbank in west Manayunk with police suspecting he was killed elsewhere and his body dumped from a car.
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Philadelphia
Harvey Hess
New Jersey State Senate
Hess
Schuykill River
West Manayunk
Gene Storr Dies Former Amarillo Restaurateur
Gene Storr a former Amarillo restaurant operator died this morning in Austin. He previously ran the Todd L N drive in and left Amarillo about two years ago. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
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Gene Storr
Amarillo
Austin
Storr
Clara Bow Leaves Mayo Hospital After Examinations
Former screen star Clara Bow left Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester Minnesota today after three weeks of physical examinations. She quit the hospital but remained in Rochester to begin the new year.
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Rochester
Minn
Clara Bow
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Wife Fractures Arm After Porch Slip Leads to Hospital
Mrs Gaines T Warren of 1105 West Twentieth Avenue slipped on ice on her porch while attempting to call a doctor for her ill husband. She was rushed to hospital with a fractured left arm, while her husband Mr Warren, a meat cutter, had recovered earlier in the day.
No Man's Land Worth $50,000 to Sooners Under Texas Win
Oklahoma land board seeks judgments on 21 loans tied to 221 acres of disputed land taken by Texas in 1930. Charles Steele notes salvage of 21 loans is priority while 14 certificates of purchase may be reinstated under Texas law, altering tax and ownership rights.
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Lone Star State
Sooners
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Texas
State Land Board
Charles B. Steele
Austin
Oklahoma Panhandle
Steele
Roger Mills
Harmon
Ellis
Beckham
Land Board
Witch scare grips small New Mexico town
In Mora New Mexico a witch scare surrounds Evelino Espinosa known as the frog man. He is bound over to a January 8 preliminary hearing on mayhem charges as his wife and her cousin accuse him of hexing them Christmas night. Witnesses claim injuries to fingers teeth and facial damage.
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R. E. Cooper
Amadeo Sisneros
Fechner Remembered. CCC Chief dies in Washington
Robert Fechner longtime CCC director died in a Washington hospital of heart disease. Flags at half staff were ordered nationwide and CCC enrollees will honor him with a burial at Arlington Tuesday, with pallbearers from nearby camps in spruce green uniforms.
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Washington
U.P
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Fechner
Roosevelt
Chattanooga
Tenn
CCC
Arlington National Cemetery
British Tanker San Del Fino Strikes Mine Off East Coast
The 8 072 ton tanker San Del Fino struck a mine off the east coast with a crew of 41. All landed safely with no casualties.
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London
U.P
Labor Leader Stabbed Twice in Manhattan Hotel
John Wallace 32 a upstate labor leader was confronted by five men in a Manhattan hotel mezzanine lobby. He was stabbed in the abdomen and chest and his wife was struck. Wallace, organizer for Local 17 AFL Leaders Union at Newburgh, was hospitalized in good condition. Detectives doubt quick arrests, suspect professional thugs linked to Wallace's adversaries.
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New York
U.P
John Wallace
Manhattan
Wallace
American Federation of Labor
Newburgh
N. Y
George Meany
AFL
Post Graduate
Pigs Turn Out To Be Farmer Jones Of Arkansas
Amarillo residents witnessed a man walking with two pigs in the morning, sparking tips of a mysterious bewhiskered figure. By noon the traveler, revealed as Arkansas wrestler Farmer Jones, arrived at Cal Parley's for the broadcast, with his trained pigs following on his walk.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Farmer Jones
Arkansas
Cal Parley’s
Pampa Junior High Coach Injured in Highway Crash
Three Texans returning from an eastern holiday motor trip were hospitalized after an ice slick crash on Highway 66 near Carthage Missouri. Injured were Harvey Blanks of Lakeview Jack Davis Pampa junior high school coach and Herbert L. Miller Pampa schools music supervisor. Blanks suffered a severe head injury.
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Carthage
Here
Harvey Blanks
Lakeview
Tex
Jack Davis
Pampa
Herbert L. Miller
Blanks
Safety Mark For Airlines Shows Best Record In History
Washington Jan 1 The nations airlines closed with the best safety record in history of commercial aviation An analysis for United Press by the Civil Aeronautics Authority shows only two fatal accidents in 1939 Nine passengers and three crew members were killed This compares with five fatal accidents in 1938 and 1937 eight in 1936 1935 and 1934 The CAA estimated 82 000 000 passenger miles flown in 1939 with 22 308 771 passenger miles per fatality in 1938 and 80 515 in 1933 The first of last years accidents occurred Jan 13 when a northwest Airlines plane crashed Miles City Montana killing two passengers and two crew members A Braniff airliner crashed at Oklahoma City on March 26 causing seven deaths The safety record was built despite a 50 percent rise in miles flown.
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Washington
United Press
Civil Anautics Authority Today
CAA
Miles City
Mont
Braniff
Atlahoma City
Hull Declares There Is a Way For Peace in 194?
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, in a New Year message from Washington, says there is no inevitability about war and that peace is possible if nations choose it rather than aggression. He notes mixed global apprehension and hope for the coming year and urges restraint and constructive diplomacy.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
America
Hull
Ickes Named National Grouch of 1939
Hartford reports Interior Harold L. Ickes selected as lead grouch of 1939 by the Grouch Club. Ned Sparks followed close, with Donald Duck ranking third in the national contest.
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Hartford
Conn
Harold L. I
Amé
Willard B
Bernard Shaw
Grles
Ned Sparks
Ickes
Donald Duck
Chacter
Better Use Hog Jowl and Corn Pone For Luck
Sheriff Bill Adams in Amarillo starts a Black Eyed Pea tradition for prisoners after they advised him luck comes from eating greens. The note says canned peas were obtained for the jail meals as there is no surplus in local stores.
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Dixie Dice
Bill Adams
Amarillo
Plains
Judge C S Slation Replaces A B Martin on Supreme Court Commission
Judge C S Slation of San Antonio acted today as a member of the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals succeeding A B Martin who resigned. Chief Justice C M Cureton administered the oath.
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Tack
Golden Sandie
Buchanan Street
Helsinki
Finland
Sigrid Arne
Baltimore
White House
Forster Jesuitgarten Auslese
L’escargot
Connecticut
Dixie
Olney Inn
Olney
Morgenthau
Atlantic City
Hall's
General Grant
Chesapeake
Cannon's
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gus Bucholz
Gus
Maryland
U. S. Army
Joseph G. Froberg
Brockton
Air Corps
Mitchel Field
L. L
Singer
Lara Bow
Mayo Hospital
Toas
FOX Drug Company
New Mexico
Taipale
Lake
Ladoga
Tenth
Tyler
Labor
Cyprus
Judge C. S. Slation
A. B. Martin
Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe
Craft Dept
Eighth Avenue
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