Amarillo News Highlights Holiday Travel and Local Notices
Local column recaps New Year visits and returns of Amarillo residents to colleges and jobs. Names include Ross D Rogers Jr and Waples Platter manager relatives, plus travelers to Dallas Tulsa Oklahoma City and Denton. Also notes illness hospital updates and distant family travel for weddings and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross D. Rogers, Jr
Ross D. Rogers
van Buren Street
General Mills Company
Dan Wadley
Hayden Street
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Mollie B. True
Nell True
Norman
John Smithee
John Smithee, and Mr. Smithee
Fillmore Street
Roger M. Teas
Martha
Cleburne
J. W. Stewart
Teas
Fort Worth
Waples-Platter
Martha Teas
Denton
Madison Street
Roy Cullum
Polk Street
R. G. Clennen
Philip Lautz
Topeka
Kans
Amarillo
H. H. Williams
Lautz
E. B. Bowen
Sweetwater
R. E. Brown
Dallas
J. S. Oliver
W. E. Crites
Texas University
Duncan Lds
Toronto
Canada
Bill Allen
Allen
Miss Billings
Mr. Foulds
Mr. Allen
Austin
Cantrell
Canyon
Claude
R. M. Hunter
Lloyd Turner
Lillian Weatherford
Tyler Street
Maud King
Trinity College
Waxahachie
Dorothy McNeill
Lauchlin McNeill
Taylor Street
Joseph Klugg
Dodge City
Sterling Klugg
Ong Street
Bill Dunn
Lucerne Apartments
Herbert Foster
University of Missouri
Hub Foster
Sadie Deere
White and Kirk's
Denver
P. K. Brian
F. C. Evans
White Deer
Frank Storm, Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Frank Storm
Harrison Street
A. P. Hill
Monroe Street
Hillsboro
J. C. Hill
Dean White
Cardenas Firm On Oil Battle
In Mexico City the president’s New Year message to the people signals no compromise on the expropriation dispute. He says 17 oil properties worth about 400 million dollars will be revalued and paid under law, after court approval and without returning control to original owners. The speech also aims to consolidate reforms rather than start new ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Cardenas
Mexico
National Palace
Supreme Court
Slightly Warmer Weather In Store for Amarilloans
Local forecast presenter Mr. Colilman predicts partly cloudy skies with slightly warmer temperatures for tonight and tomorrow and little if any moisture. Amarillo saw a trace of moisture, with last night’s low around 20 to 23 degrees. The day should rise to about 40, with 23 at the airport and 28 in town tonight as a southwest breeze of about 10 miles per hour continues.
Rep. William A. Ashbrook Dies at 72 Soldiers Friend
Johnstown Ohio newspapers report Congressman William A. Ashbrook Republican known as the soldiers friend died last night at age 72. He was completing his 10th term from Ohio 17th district and led pension bill sponsorships. He also edited the Johnstown Independent and led Johns town Bank as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
William A. Ashbrook
Ohio
Ashbrook
Johnstown Independent
Johnstown Bank
Germany considers drastic political shake-up for peace move
Paris dispatch reports Petit Parisien claim Germany plans a radical internal reorganization to appease Allies. Proposed: Hitler as president, Goering as chancellor, Nazis exit public life, foreign affairs led by diplomat, and economic policy shift toward normal world economy with limited Poland and Czechoslovakia revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Peter C. Rhodes
Paris
U.P
Petit Parisien
Adolf Hitler
Empire
Paul von Hindenburg
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Secret
Joseph Goebbels
Robert Ley
Labor Front
Hans von Mackensen
Italy
Hjalmar Schacht
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Mili
Cracked Ice, Narcotics and Pigs Give Their All in This Wacky War
A satirical piece portrays a surreal war of gadgets with comic vignettes. It riffs on decoys, spy drops, anti plane rays, and homebound gadgets, listing exaggerated scenes of German and French misadventures, along with Russian and Chinese twists.
Uncle Sammy Sets Bid Specs for Porch Rockers in Amarillo
The Veterans Administration issued invitations for bids to furnish an Amarillo facility with rocking chairs with arms. Specifications detail material and workmanship and demand samples. Proposals must be submitted in Washington, DC by 11:00 AM on January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Amarillo
Veterans’ Administration
Police Search for Assailants of Star Football Player
Police in Mobile Alabama search for two foreign looking men in connection with an assault on Odie B Strickland Jr star end for Spring Hill College. Strickland was beaten in a New Year Eve nightclub fight and fell into a coma at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Odie B. Strickland
Spring Hill
Strickland
Britain expands army as 2 million more called to colors
King George VI issues a proclamation ordering about 2,000,000 additional Britons aged 19 to 27 to register for service. Total mobilized could reach 3,500,000 with likely calls beginning spring and 23-year-olds mobilized first. Canada reports 16,000 soldiers in England as part of the broader war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Sandringham
Dominions
France
Ottawa
England
Middle-East
Strickland Injured in Street Confrontation
After a woman asked for a cigarette, two men with thick foreign accents demanded Strickland step outside. Outside, a fight broke out and Strickland was struck between the eyes, suffering a cranial injury reported at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strickland
Aspironal Quick Comfort for a Cold
An advertisement touts Aspironal as fast relief for cold symptoms. It claims quick warmth and rapid comfort, presenting the product as a remedy that eases discomfort promptly.
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Genevieve Garner
Washington
Arlington Hall
Tully Garner
Margaret Stone
Ben Stone
Joe Dooley
J. B. Dooley
Hughes Street
Texas A. & M
Eddie Rogers
David Rasco
Northwestern University
I. Rasco
Charles Grimes
Southern Methodist University
Standard Oil Company
Houston
C. Grimes
Virginia Brown
J. Edwin Brown
Bowie Street
Josephine Kuyskendall
Frances Farwell
H. J. Farwell
Washington Street
Bo” Henson
Ben Henson
Sunset Terrace
Texas Tech
Martha Fisk
W. A. Fisk
Fisk
Rene Deaver
Bluffdale
Earl Rogers
Wichita Falls
Tech
Byron George
New London
Paul Sewell
Santa Fe
N. M
Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma College For Women
Nokia Sewell
West Eir
H. H. Cooper
Bonham Street
San Antonio
H. B. Jones
Katherine Lamar Jones
Bonnye Beth Baker
Musical Arts Conservatory
Floyd Rutter
W. A. Martin
Borger
Kansas City
Homer Croy
Croy
Johnson Street
Edward F. Kral
Thomas Edward
Mr. Kral
Clara Johnson
G. B. Hampton
Ralph
Dumas
McAlester
Ida L. Johnson
Rhea Faulkner
Joe
Phoenix
Ariz
Bill Davidson
M. B. Hutchinson
Ike Davidsons
B. L. Powers
Earl Barnt
West Twelfth Avenue
Cheyenne
Wyo
G. T. Kopp
Lufkin
Mrs. Butler
Fred Lyon
Mr. Lyon
Mrs. Lyon
Texas
Clark Mathers
Myles
Miami
Mather
J. W. Collins
Mathers
Robert Glenn
N. O. Glenn
Jack Adkins
H. L. Adkins
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
M. N. Collins
Gail Collins
Alamogordo
Mr. Collins
Mr. Glenn
Rudy Bauman
Rudy
Bobby
Missouri
Inlaw
Gus Renfro
Curley Wilkens
Clovis
J. O. Hutto
Kenneth
Robert
Buchanan Street
M. H
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Erin Gamble
Sanford
C. W. Allen
Hugh Cypher
Pampa
Ed Ralston
Phillips
Irene Knight
Frances Armitage
Vega
Charles Harter
Groover Wilson
Waynoka
Oklo
Pauline, En
G. B. Hamilton
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Sixteenth Avenue
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Blanche McGee
Frank J. Harper Grace Marie Coontz
Imogene Darnell
Kenneth Gilmore
W. R. Smoot
ST. Anthony's Hospital
W. A. Yancy
G. T. Warren
West Twentieth Avenue
Robert Roberts
M. E. Waters
Edwin Regal
Willie Boyett
McLean
Irene Emmrick
Anna C. Culpepper
North
James Slemp
Sammy Taylor
Kingsmill
R. M. Parcell
Dalhart
James H. Morris
Memphis
St. Josephs Hospital
J. B. Gibbon
Marion Roberts
B. I. Cogdill
M. A. Gottshell
Shattuck
C. R. Konkle
Frank Steinwinder
Amarillo-Sayre
W. F. Lofgren
Roundhouse
Maxie L. Montgomery
W. W. Wheeler
Arfield Lumber CO
T. J. Wagner
Mgr
Pierce
Russia
Tary
Berlin
Bing
Delilah
Samson
War Department
Henry
Mata
Hari
Sammy
America
Plumbing Contractors of America
Ye, Peter
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