Arabia's Desert Wealth Told Through a Welder’s Eyes
Luttrell Graham, a 1912 Monroe native and Bechtel welder, recalls four months in Saudi Arabia and the Arabian oil fields. He describes ARAMCO plans, Trans-Jordan obstacles under King Abdullah, and the harsh tribal codes, illness, and daily toil under the desert sun.
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Saudi Arabia
Midas
Luttrell Graham
Monroe
Suez
Mr. Graham
Arabia
Bechtel International Construction Company
Aramco
Chah- Yan
Mediterranean Sea
Haifa
Republic of
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Graham
Abdullah
Camel Corps
Ibn Saud
Middle East
Britain
Gruver Man Decapitated In Oklahoma City Crash
The 33 year old Joseph P. Hudson of Gruver Texas was killed in a high speed crash on Highway 81 south of El Reno. His 1947 Plymouth was severed in two after launching into an elm tree. Highway Patrolman Garland Etheridge cited speeds around 80 to 85 mph and described the wreck as the worst he had seen with a single fatality. Hudson, a farmer and member of the Pearland Texas American Legion post, was identified by papers found in the car.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Oklahoma
Joseph P. Hudson
Gruver
Tex
Highway 81
el Reno
Garland Etheridge
Etheridge
Hudson
American Legion
Pearland
Knife and Fork Club Tickets On Sale Tomorrow
Knife and Fork Club will put tickets on sale tomorrow morning as Floyd Studer, new president, announced. Banquet tickets for the Thursday 7 pm event are available to members at Herbert Drug Store Amarillo Building and Maxor Drug Store Fisk Building and will be removed from sale at 1 pm Thursday. Dr. David Seabury, eminent psychologist, will speak on causes of rising mental patient numbers in the United States.
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Knife and Fork Club
Floyd Studer
Herbert Drug Store
Amarillo
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk Building
David Seabury
Seabury
United States
Hop Heads Slang Hops Up Our Language
MAURY TEAGUE examines drug slang, tracing terms like snow for cocaine and wig tight for marijuana. He notes origins from various languages, the spread of terms across regions, and the persistence of drug jargon in crime and narcotics discourse.
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Maury Teague
America
Yellow Jackets
Amarillo Phil harmonic Orchestra rehearse tonight for Jan 24 concert
The Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra holds its first rehearsal tonight at 7 in the high school band room. Leonard Warren the Metropolitan baritone will be guest soloist, with a 200 voice a capella choir featured on the program. All players should attend. VA: Opening for dental assistant at sub regional VA offices. Salary $2,254 annually. Apply at Barfield Building VA offices.
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Orchestra
Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Warren
Veterans Administration
C. E. Todd
Todd
Barfield
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Mecca
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Allah
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India
Baluchistan
Sodom
Gomorrah
Laurell Graham
Globe Files
Cretney Drug Stores
Ray
Baylor
Admiral
Nathan M. Hunt
North Fillmore
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L.P
Miracle
Fillmore
US Bureau of Narcotics
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South America
Mary Warner
West Coast
Midwest
West
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Mer
Kohler
Trusess
B. M. Goff Company
Lubbock
Broadway
N. E
Gili Busche
Amarillo Globe
Household Arts Dept
P.O
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
N.Y
Alice Brooks
Ozarks
Se Water CO
Fisk Bidg
Ist. National
Bank of
ST. Paul
Minn.u.2
Minnesota
Izaac Walton League
Beltone
Beltone Hearing Services
Joe S. McCallister
Mgr. Dept
Texas
New World
Polk Street
Thomsen
Home Supply
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