Life Isn’t Simple These Days Says Eleanor Roosevelt
In this MY DAY column Eleanor Roosevelt reflects on Thoreau’s call to live deeply not fast and weighs balancing personal duty with public responsibility. She notes the value of organization, reduced detail, and flexible rural living as sources of peace amid changing guest plans and winter solitude in Hyde Park.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
United Feature
Hyde Park
Mageee
Seidel Canby
Thoreau
Canby
Thorteous
Brick mortar hardens with age as lime returns to limestone
A historical note explains that brick mortar strengthens as it ages because the lime alters its composition back toward limestone, influencing the material’s durability over time.
Fire Loss Tops $150000 in Amarillo for 1947
Amarillo fire marshal Ed Spann estimates the city's approximate share of national fire losses in 1947 at more than 150000 dollars excluding December. January to November losses totaled 170, etc. Chief George Cooper notes the toll goes beyond monetary figures. Nationwide, 11000 people died in fires last year and the average American spends 3.69 dollars per year per person on fire protection. A four person family would pay 14.76 dollars for safety and 11.66 more if losses were shared equally, totaling 26.42 dollars.
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Amarillo
Ed Spann
Spann
Mr. Spann
George Cooper
City Buildings Appraised For Insurance Coverage
City-owned properties including water department sites city hall fire stations Municipal Auditorium city barn and golf course were surveyed by city tax department appraisers for insurance revaluation. Appraisal values will be tabulated and new policies issued to cover value increases.
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N. V. Moss
City Tax Department
Water Department
Hospital addition needs nearly a million at Northwest Texas
Architect Guy Carlander told county commissioners and the hospital planning board that the authorized 750000 is insufficient for a proposed 100 bed addition plus nurses home, heating plant, laundry and covered passage. Costs now are estimated between 900000 and one million dollars. The board will choose between a 100 bed addition alone or a fully equipped smaller version at a special session tomorrow at the courthouse.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Hospital Planning Board
Guy Carlander
Carlander
Planning Board
Commissioners
Connally Named Acting Secretary Of Texas Medical Examiners
Dr H F Connally of Waco is named acting secretary of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and will serve until a permanent secretary is chosen February 19. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Dr T J Crowe, a board member since 1901 and secretary since 1921.
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Dallas
H. F. Connally
Waco
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Dr. Connally
T. J. Crowe
Abilene Voters Approve State Civil Service Plan
Abilene voters approved civil service for policemen and firemen by 368 to 191, and minimum pay schedules by 372 to 198. Sweetwater voters approved the plan 217 to 191 with the pay schedule in favor 205 to 178.
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Abilene
Sweetwater
Snowstorm Benefits Skip Western Kansas Fields
Western Kansas counties received little of the New Year snowstorm moisture while Eastern Kansas saw up to a foot of snow. Crop statistician Hubert Collins noted light soils blew in western counties amid strong winds, but he called the thick eastern blanket very beneficial to wheat and soil conditions in Central and Eastern Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Hubert Collins
Collins
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