Oil Hope Sparks Near Amarillo Amid City Debate
A hurried weather note hints at a January fog on the Plains as cold air collides with warmth. The column urges advancing Tack No. Two oil tests near Amarillo, eyeing a possible nearby derrick sights and airport plans, while lamenting airport controversy and urging civic unity. It muses on square dance revival and a Coliseum, links oil prospects to transportation needs, and touches on local personalities, cinema, and lore from Wheeler County.
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Tack No. Two
Amarillo
Amarillo Airport Project Details and Budget Hope
Mayor outlines Amarillo English Field arrangements with Oxnard, city ownership of the landing area after 25 years, initial lease terms, and future appraisals. Federal support could fund concrete runways and lighting for 200 more airports, with the city’s cost limited to one dollar if approved.
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Amarillo
English Field
Oxnard
CAA
Washington
Army
Navy
Congress
TWA
Braniff
Lubbock
WPA
John Hill Urges Amarillo to Build Up Airport and Defense Capacity
In a spirited column John F E Hill argues Amarillo must back a modern airport and local defense industry. He questions funding, taxes on municipal bonds, and urges local businessmen to engage service clubs to attract defense work and expand Panhandle output. He cites paying part of defense costs and partnering with New York capitalists as necessary for progress.
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Colorado
Panhandle
Mrs
Sam Orr
Sam
Amarillo
Alaska
Siberia
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce
Broadway
Anne Lindbergh
Boston
Debs
York
Park Avenue
Paulette Goddard
Jack Horner
Neil Vanderbilt
U. S
Garbo
Panama
Greta
Gaylord Hauser
Hauser
Tack
Texas
New York
Hitler
Fort Worth
Boston Yields Fishing Stakes Of Early Man
Excavation in Boston Back Bay unearthed Pisawett stakes 35 feet below marsh fill, dating 2 500 to 3 000 years ago. Prof Albert Morris Boston University sociologist notes adze sharpened stakes formed inland bay weir built by pre Algonquian Indians, indicating a warmer climate era. Discovery in August 1939 during building evacuation provides a dating anchor for New England’s earliest culture.
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Boston
U.P
Pisawett
Back Bay
New England
Albert Morris
Boston University
Morris
America
Curiosities From History and Hearsay in Public Life
A mosaic of facts and anecdotes from the early 20th century notes how figures from Bell to Churchill, Alger to Cardozo, and Royalties, presidents, and publishers cross paths in public life. It recalls inventions, wealth, and private habits shaping celebrity and influence.
View TAGK Dear Tack two women seek work as house keepers
Two readers from South Buchanan S&t seek employment as housekeepers. One is middle aged preferring night shifts, the other mornings. Both are well experienced and offer cashier, clerk, light office, receptionist, or drug store duties. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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Thornton Oxnard
Erwin Ochsner
Binford Arney
Tom Wingate
Ross Rogers
Carl Hinton
Rogers
Hinton
United States
Denver
Dallas
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Pop
Scottie
B. I. Barfield
Barfield
Liberty
Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Katharine Hepburn
S. P. Britt
Down
Wheeler County Way
Mr. Britt
Wheeler County
West Texas
Lana
Winchell
Gloria Swanson
Mel Davis
Mack Wyatt
Walter Winchell
State Game Department
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Fifth Avenue
John D. Rockefeller
P. D. Armour
Chicago Packing Company
Marie
Romania
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
John Hill
John FE. Hill
Weather Data
U. S. Weather Bureau
Benjamin Franklin
London
Edward VIII
Winston Churchill
Horatio Alger
United States Supreme Court
Benjamin Cardozo
Bankers
Nicholas Murray Butler
Collier
Peter F. Collier
Ireland
James B. Conant
Harvard
Ringling
Harry Richman
Mae West
Peggy Joyce
Emily Post
Alexander Graham Bell
U. S. Army
Wright Brothers
Picayune
Bell
Nizam
Hyderabad
India
Joseph P. Kennedy
Cape Cod
Roosevelt Will Rogers
City
Airpe
Abilene
Big Spring
Brownsville
Chicago
Clayton Corpus Chi del Rio
Dodge City
Elk City
EL Paso
Galveston
Goodland
Guymon
Havre
Huron
Kansas
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Lamar
Little Rock Lubbock
Minneapolis
Montgomery
North Platte
Oklahoma
Omaha
Phoenix
Rapid City
Roswell
St Louis
Salt Lake
Shreveport
Tucumeart
Washington Waynoka
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Williston
Yardley
Eveready Razor
Enders
Durham
Rexall
Thornton
Moone
ODORO
Saghets
Lucien LeLong
Razor Blades Srrs
Hinds
Ender's
Norform
Polk
South Buchanan S&t
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