Banks Close Today In Honor of Hero
Banks in Amarillo closed in tribute to Gen Robert E Lee the South’s famed Civil War commander and West Point graduate with Texas service as a lieutenant in an engineering corps. Lee died in 1870 after postwar rehabilitation work and was born in Virginia in 1807 as son of cavalry leader Light Horse Harry Lee. MR P KROFF ran his Want Act renting an unfurnished house.
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Amarillo
Robert FE. Lee
West Point
Texas
Mand
United States Army
Army of
Virginia
Lee
Harry” Lee
Trade Survey Underway in Panhandle Counties
A federal trade survey with 40 white collar workers is now underway in 26 Panhandle counties. Jim Bowen Amarillo heads the effort, with 42 districts and enumerators for most districts. Work should finish soon after February 1, using simple questionnaires for business men. Information will be kept confidential to aid future planning.
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Fin
Panhandle
Jim Bowen
Amarillo
Federal
Bowen
Department of Commerce
Cars Crash Without Serious Injuries
A two-car crash at Sixteenth Avenue and Pierce Street involved six passengers per vehicle. Two young people sustained minor injuries, with Charles Wilson and Edwina Noahs treated at Northwest Texas Hospital and released after examinations. Tom Gallaher’s car rolled over twice without injuries.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Pierce Street
Charles Wilson
Harrison Street
Edwina Noahs
Georgia Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
Jess Delho
North
Lincoln Street
Tom Gallaher
Hayden Street
Amarillo Man to Take Auditor Post in Washington
W. J. Meador of Amarillo is en route to Washington to fill an auditor position in the public works projects survey. He spent three years with the Interstate Commerce Commission, led the CWA vital statistics survey in Amarillo since last July, and previously worked for Santa Fe. He had just gone to Houston for appointment with the federal coordinator of transportation when he received notice to report to Washington.
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W. J. Meador
Amarillo
Washington
Public Works Projects Survey
Interstate Commerce Commission
CWA Vital Statistics Survey
The
Santa Fe
Meador
Houston
Federal Co-Ordinator of Transportation
Electron Microscope Promises 30000x Magnification from Ruska
Berlin January 18 A new microscope using electrons instead of light may reach 30000 times magnification. Ernst Ruska of the Berlin Technical High School explains electron waves reveal details invisible to light. The device requires a vacuum and uses magnetic coils to magnify electron beams onto a fluorescent screen. The slightest shake blurs the picture.
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Berlin
Ernst Ruska
Ruska
Farmer Convicted On Murder Charge
John Allen, Gregg County farmer, was convicted of murder with out malice and sentenced to five years penal servitude for the shooting of Roy King. Allen accepted the verdict, and thanked the jury after the sentencing by District Judge Renne Allred Jr. His long fight for liberty ended after his arrest following King’s death on a farm near Gladewater over a year earlier.
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Longview
John Allen
Gregg County
Roy King
Allen
Renne Allred, Jr
King
Gladewater
Life Lesson Theme in Christian Science Church
Sunday the First Church of Christ Scientist will read a Lesson Sermon on life as the life to enter. The Golden Text notes eternal life is knowing God and Jesus, with citations from Matthew and Mark and insights from Eddy in Science and Health.
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Church of Christ, Scientist
Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
God
Jesus Christ
Food Preservers to Meet in Houston This Week
The American Food Preservers Association convention will be held in Houston January 23 to 25 with delegates expected from across the nation. Hagood Ashburn of the chamber of commerce convention department announced the event. A special session is planned for next Wednesday night with Rice Institute Engineering Society the South Texas chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Houston Engineering Club.
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Houston
American Food Preservers Association
Hagood Ashburn
Chamber of Commerce
Rice Institute Engineering Society
South Texas
American Institute of Architects
Houston Engineering Club
North Texas Episcopal Convention Set for Lubbock
The 24th annual North Texas District convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church will meet in Lubbock Sunday and Monday. Amarillo attendees include Bishop E. C. Seaman and Mrs. Seaman along with Rev. and Mrs. FP A Foster and others. The West Texas group spans 80 counties.
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North Texas
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lubbock
Treasury position January 17 balances and receipts
Treasury figures show receipts of 133 420 124.65 dollars and customs revenue of 14 872 949.57 for January. Expenditures reach 3 255 257 439.62 with 1 648 163 032.18 emergency outlays. Balance stands at 965 900.39 dollars. Fiscal year receipts total 1 612 630 729.60 since July 1.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Conquering Contract in Purely Defensive Bridge Hand
Analysis of opening one club with a defensive hand Sp xxx DIxx Hts AK x CLA QIU0 and rebids by partner. It covers responses to one over one, safety bids, and the path to two no trumps or four spades, including rubber and tournament implications and the risk of no slam.
Boy Scouts Plan February Round Up
Scout round up set for February 9 and 10 with clowns to perform. Scouts meet at Palo Duro Motor Company, 417 Fillmore Street, at 10 a.m. Saturday. Each scoutmaster should send at least two scouts from his troop, says H. L Patterson in charge of training.
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Palo Duro Motor Company
Fillmore Street
Amarillo
H. L Patterson
Hand Description of Bridge Auction in Public Ledger
A phrase from the Public Ledger discusses a bridge hand where the responder may overcall with a jump bid after a sign-off rebid of one no trump, highlighting bidding sequence implications in contract play.
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Public Ledger
Bran Confusion Ends Over Bran Cereal Labeling
Government guidance clarifies that cereal packages must state exact contents to avoid misbranding. Kellogg’s All-Bran is described as all bran with flavoring, while Att-Bran is promoted for constipation relief with added bulk. Readers are urged to check label wording and ask for Kellogg’s Att-Bran.
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United States and Drug Administration
Kellogg's
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