Santa Fe Empire Chronicle in Jim Marshall Book
Book review of Santa Fe by Jim Marshall recounts how the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe built a western railroad empire. It notes Chicago to Los Angeles freight runs, Raton Pass grading feats, and the line’s spread through Texas and New Mexico with maps, illustrations, and an appendix of stats.
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Kansas Prairie
Jim Marshall
Santa Fe
Fer
Marshall
Collier’s Magazine
Topeka
West
Chicago
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Random House
New York
Curvus K. Holliday
Atchison
Kansas
Mountains
Desert
West Coast
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Belin
Albuquerque
Texas
Colorado River
Needles
Cal
Raton Pass
John Santa Fe
Jerry Briscoe
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Whitewater
Hanover Junction
Hanover
Fierro
Santa Rita
Floydada
Tex
Floyd
Ada Price
Pecos River
Texas-New Mexico State Line
Langtry
Lily Langtry
Roy Bean
Lily
Judge Bean
Railroad slang and terms from the old West
The excerpt lists colorful railroad jargon for locomotives, crews, signals, and actions. It notes terms like big crummy for business car and smoke orders for moving without orders, plus a remark on a book about Santa Fe and the railroad empire.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe
To Sell Hire or Rent Use Want Ads
Classified wants list guidance appears as a brief public notice urging readers to use want ads to sell hire or rent items. The exact details or contact names are not provided in the readable text.
Hardware Men Hit OPA Price Policy
Dallas report notes the Texas Hardware and Implement Association condemned OPA price policies and tax exemptions for cooperatives. The group criticized OPA increases to manufacturers and demands they be absorbed by retailers. They argued cooperative tax breaks enable rapid expansion and sharpen competition.
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Dallas
OPA
Texas Hardware and Implement Association
Wanted to Buy Ad From News Globe Reader
A News Globe reader offers to sell an item via a Wanted to Buy notice. The ad invites readers to specify the sought item and arrange details directly with the seller.
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News-Globe
Paramount stage presents They Were Expendable at theater
Amusement listings show Paramount presenting They Were Expendable starring Robert Montgomery John Wayne and Donna Reed. Also Uncle Harry starring George Sanders and Ella Raines a psychological murder drama. Capitol screens Fallen Angel with Alice Faye Linda Darnell and Dana Andrews Rialto offers Navajo Kid Bob Steele Leon presents Typhoon Treasure a special.
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Paramount
Robert Montgomery
John Wayne
Donna Reed
STATE
Uncle Harry
George Sanders
Ella Raines
Capitol
Alice Faye
Linda Darnell
Dana Andrews
Rialto
Bob Steele
LEON
Road Show Attractions and Night Club Listings
The listing highlights film showings including Ghost Guns with Johnny Mack Brown, A Guy A Gal and A Pal with Ross Hunter and Lynn Merrick TENAS, The Southerner with Zachary Scott and Betty Field VICTORY, Adventures of Rusty with Ted Donaldson and Conrad Nagel LYRIC, Bells of Rosarita with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Young on Trial with Cora Sue Collins and Davis Reed, Cyclone Prairie Rangers with Charles Starrett, and Tahiti Nights with Jinx Falkenburg. It also covers venues and acts at NIGHT CLUBS OLD TASCOSA, AVIATRIX, THE NAT, RAINBOW GARDENS, MEXICAN INN, MAYFAIR, and music dial info for booking.
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Johnny Mack Brown
Ross Hunter
Lynn Merrick Tenas
Zachary Scott
Betty Field Victory
Rusty
Ted Donaldson
Conrad Nagel
Rosarita
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Young
Cora Sue Collins
Davis Reed
Charles Starrett
Tahiti
Jinx Falkenburg
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Huff and Puff
Santa Fe Railway
Cretney Drug 690
POLK
J. B. Briscoe
Bob Ward
Ward
Briscoe
MA Frazier
Madison
Tyler
Sons OF the West
Panhandle
N. E
Soma Ucird
Betty
Beulah Bondi
Carrol Naish
Percy Kilbride
Carlton Scales
Roy Krogh
Jale Evans Csarita
Cora Suf Collins
Mayfair
North East Eighth
CLUB
Clarence
Jack” Jackson
MCA Presents
Avalon Club
Broadway
Sun-Mon
City Cab Baggage and Light Hauling
A. V. Lowrance, Owner
Fors the Thiitl OF
Laura
Hcture
Oana Linda Andrews
Darnell
South Seas
Cartoon
Mexico
Victor Maclaglen
Chester Morris
Charles Star
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Ralkenburg
Obrien
Ghost Guns
Roy Hunter
Lynn Merrick
Avalon
C. A Rogers Terrific Orchestra
Dansante
Bob Siler
Ralph Pellow
Moor
van Buren and
6Th Ave
Longchamp
Maine
Iparkmoor Drive - Inn
K. C
Parkmoor Drive-In
Buck Storrs
Stateenth
Dick Stevenson
Orchestra
OLD Tascosa
Herring Hotel
Dick Morton
Nigne
Dik Stevenson
Rainbow Gardens
Sons of the Weat
Texas Wanderers
Saratoga
Featuring
Dick Morton and His Orchestra
Mreastare
Interstate Theatres
Reader’s
Montgomery Wate
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