Pro-Communist Salon Prompts Hostess Spotlight
In a 1930s Amarillo Globe fragment a social club event framed around a Jack Stachel shower for a prospective bride surfaces. Names of nine hostesses and figures like William Z Foster and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn appear alongside unrelated legal intrigue and illness delaying trials.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Gus Hall
Benjamin J. Davis
John Gates
Gilbert Green
Irving
Jack Stachel
William Z. Foster
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Plumbing Came Natural to Him
New Amarillo master plumber Curtis O Burke, age 33, recalls starting with his father in 1934, serving in WWII, and opening State Plumbing Heating Firm in 1950. He describes ground conditions, air force service, and major projects like Private Enterprise Homes Corp housing in Amarillo. He lives at 4245 West Twelfth with wife and two young sons.
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Curtis O. Burke
Burke
Roy Burke
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Tent City
Camp Bowie
Air Force
Boston
Mitchell Field
New York
North Africa
Europe
West Twelfth
Doyle Gordon
Richard Curtis
Fillmore
Private
Enterprise Homes Corp
Communists reelect leaders at national convention
The Communist Party of the United States held its 15th biennial convention naming 13 national committeemen, of whom 11 have been convicted of conspiracy against the government. A new group of nine alternate committeemen was elected to step in if convicted leaders are jailed or lose appeals, with Eugene Dennis as general secretary and Henry Winston as organization secretary among the reappointed officers.
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New York
Communist Party of the United States
Eugene Dennis
Henry Winston
John Williamson
Carl Winter
Michigan
Robert Thompson
New York State
Polite good night remarks at hosting
The note suggests thanking the hostess for the dinner and the evening, with a courteous line like Thank you so much for a delicious dinner. The second question expresses concern about dating someone who may perceive the narrator as younger, indicating caution about age perception in romance.
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Mrs. Post
John Henry Jones
Yugoslavia Seeks 16,000 Doctors to Meet Need
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia has only about 4,000 doctors. For years many physicians were burdened with administrative duties and nonclinical tasks, leaving clinical care understaffed. Government plans call for recruiting thousands of new medical staff to expand health services nationwide.
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Yugoslavia
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