Judges Named For National Essay Contest
Announcement lists a three member judging panel for the $2000 high school essay contest sponsored nationwide by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Frank L. Martin chairs the board for the third year, with Catherine Edwards and James E. West. Local phases are run with John B. Golding Post No. 1475 Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
United States
John B. Golding
Amarillo
Frank L. Martin
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Columbia
Catherine Edwards
New York City
Parents
James E. West
New York
Boy Scouts of America
Roy Andrews
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Binford Arney Speaks at Region One Chamber Parley
Binford Arney formerly of Amarillo and president of the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce is among the speakers at the Region One convention of the chamber of commerce in Laredo. He urged young businessmen to press labor groups he claimed were delaying defense production by strikes. He noted members choosing army life over steady jobs and warned others seeking to exploit the wartime emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binford Arney
Amarillo
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Laredo
Local Classified Note And Railroad Workforce Updates
Mr W H Ingerton Jr of 2046 Washington Street seeks buyers for a bicycle through the Brown Saddle Shop. Rail line staff updates include D C Redding’s Hollywood crash attempt, Denver Brakeman J B Bennett seeking tonsillectomy at St Joseph's Hospital Fort Worth, and Robert Fields on a three week leave from Waynoka. Diesel Units on Choctaw Rockets to be replaced with 1200 HP motors. J H Hibbett and others on assignments and transfers across Rock Island Santa Fe and Fort Worth Denver City lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Redding
Santa Fe
Hollywood
Don
Denver
J. B. Bennett
Fort Worth
St. Joseph's Hospital
Robert Fields
Waynoka
Arlington
R. B. Hays
Amarillo
Memphis
John H. Grider
I. M. Hess
Rock Island Emergency Board
Amarillo Co
W. Gwinn
Texline
Denver City Railway Company
W. D. Shu- Bart
J. F. Schoolar
Shattuck
A. G. Branchi
Gift Favored To Aid Britain
Washington dispatch reports opposition Senators weighing a substitute bill for a cash gift to Britain instead of an outright $1 to $2 billion aid package. Willkie pressed Roosevelt and Hull on aid policy as inauguration nears while House leaders seek quick action despite Congress adjournment. Kennedy and Lindbergh slated to testify as talks focus on a cash aid substitute with initial outlay up to $2,000,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Britain
Willkie
Hull
England
Congress
House
White House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Joseph P. Kennedy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Legion Auxiliary Dinner Ahead of Legion Meeting
The Hanson Post American Legion Auxiliary will host a 6:45 pm covered dish luncheon at Legion Home 1800 Harrison Street before the 7:30 pm weekly meeting. Dr Louis A Warren will speak on Abraham Lincoln as arranged by C B Rittenberry of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. Warren has spoken in most major cities and 33 states since directing The Lincoln National Life Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson Post
American Legion
Legion Home
Harrison Street
Louis A. Warren
Amarillo
C. B. Rittenberry
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Bill Harwell Named Assistant Cashier
W. F. Bill Harwell son of Mr and Mrs R D Harwell of 1505 Hughes Street has been appointed assistant cashier of the First State Bank of Monahans. He has been with the bank since February 1940 and was named at the annual directors meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F
Bill” Harwell
R. D. Harwell
Hughes Street
First State Bank of Monahans
Harwell
Directors of Amarillo Safety Council Meet Tonight
Amarillo Safety Council directors will convene at 8 tonight in the Amarillo Coca Cola Bottling Company offices. Vernon Hancock announces a heavy agenda with president Maynard Drake urging full attendance, supported by executive officers and ex officio city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Safety Council
Amarillo
Coca-Cola
Vernon Hancock
Maynard Drake
Hancock
Tom Wingate
Robert Ricks
Ted Lokey
W. W. Rusk
Clyde Holtzclaw
American Business Club
Robert A
Bob” Wilson
Guymon Banquet Draws 125 Local Business Leaders
More than 125 Guymon business men attended the annual Junior-Senior Chamber of Commerce banquet in Guymon Oklahoma on January 20. Mayor George Gear acted as toastmaster. Officers of the two groups gave brief talks and a lively program. Grady Thompson is the Senior Chamber president and Donald Hughes leads the Jaycees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guymon
Okla
G-Men Join in Search for Missing Girl at Exclusive School
G-men have joined Tacoma police in the search for 15 year old Carol Falk missing since yesterday. Daughter of a Boise Idaho physician she attends Annie Wright Seminary in Tacoma. Authorities appealed to the FBI after a long local search. her father plans to fly to Tacoma today. Defense regulations in England ban church bell ringing except to mark war’s end or a German landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Carol Falk
Carol
Boise
Idaho
Annie Wright Seminary
FBI
England
Courthouse Records and Real Estate Deeds Listed
Courthouse records show warranty deeds transferring lots in blocks 167 1 Sunset and 92 Hughes plus related transfers between R D Kirk J F Jones A A Min chermerhorn T D Smith Ben H Schermerhorn and others with prices from 1 to 1190 dollars. Marriage license issued for Charlie Rose and Willie Mae Greenhaw and a list of 1941 vehicle registrations for local firms and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Kirk
Et Ux
J. F. Jones
A. A. Mincher
T. D. Smith
Ben H Schermerhorn
C. C. Ter
Ben H. Schermerhorn
T. C. Sparks
L. L. Bourn
Charlie Rose
Willie Mae Greenhaw
Buick
B. L. Morgan
Ford
G. B. Merchant
Panhandle Floral
German Officer Slain in Bucharest Murder Suspect Arrested
Belgrade dispatches report Major Doring a high ranking German officer in the Nazi expeditionary force was shot dead on a busy Bucharest thoroughfare near the royal palace. A former Greek origin boxer is said to be the assailant, arrested after police say a cafe quarrel sparked the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Doring
Romania
Glenda Farrell Marries Doctor in Passaic Ceremony
New York actress Glenda Farrell wed Dr. Henry Ross a New York surgeon and West Point and Harvard graduate in Passaic New Jersey today. The couple announced the marriage after a brief ceremony with family and friends present at the courthouse chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Glenda Farrell
Passaic
N. J
Henry Ross
West Point
Harvard
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James FE. West
Round Town
Dickie
W. H. Ingerton, Jr
Washington Street
Brown Saddle Shop
Floyd V. Studer
Legion Auxiliary
Bill Harwell
Directors of Safety
Courthouse Records
Olds
Amarillo Olds Co
Kodaks
ARRON
Phit Club
Roy Ratcliff
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
Amarillo Printing CO
Sao
B.O
Webster
Zephyr
Mately
Tees
Globe - News
Better Business Bureaus
Better Business Bureau
the Public Service of Private Business
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