Plains Boat Club approves dues cut and new officers
Members of the Plains Boat Club reduced dues to 3 and initiation fees to 5 at a special meeting for the 1940 term. R. 8. Hatcher was chosen commodore, Trent Davis secretary, Jim Golding treasurer, with five directors elected. Charles Green becomes vice commodore per club rule. Installation set for Feb. 6 at the Amarillo Hotel alongside a sail boating talk and films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Plains Boat Club
R. 8
Hatcher
Belleview
Commodore
Lewis M. Blackwell
Trent Davis
Polk
Jim Golding
Virginia
Charles Green
Sailboat Division
Carter Matthews
H. H. Finnell
Don Allred
Lowell Pitt
Anjnal
Amarillo Hotel
Nazi Planes over Britain
Three German planes flew over the Shetland Islands as British fighters engaged them. The raid lasted 31 minutes, marking a renewed aerial activity near Shetland and Orkney bases. One craft climbed high, another dived on a harbor but did not attack. The steamer at the pier was not struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shetand Islands
Shetland
Orkney Island
Mary Bundles Perishes in Kings County Hospital
New York dated January 24 United Press reports Katherine Powers, known to neighbors as Mary Bundles, died of starvation in Kings County Hospital. She was nearly 70, lived as a hermit in a six room home, weighed 50 pounds at admission, and police found bank books and uncashed checks totaling 45 to 60 thousand dollars among her possessions. Neighbors recall her feeding stray animals with bundles of food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Mary Bundles
Kings County Hospital
Katherineers
Miss Powers
Mary
Radio Program Schedule With Notable NBC Evening Lineup
Listing details a 1940s Amarillo radio schedule with 2500 watt day and 1000 watt night operation. Programs include Fred Waring NBC news Know Your Amarillo Institutions Bert Levy Sports Review John Josey The Fred Allen Show Kay Kyser and orchestras Woody Herman and Jan Savitt NBC. A note states Great Britain bought about 800000 tons of scrap iron and steel in the U S in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Waring
NBC
Amarillo
Bert Levy
John Josey
Fred Allen
Kay Kyser
Carl Kress
Pinto Pete
Breakfast Club of the Air
Dr. Malone
Betty and
Bob
the Guiding Light
Kate Hopkins
Angel of Mercy
Southernaires
National Farm and Home Hour
Redding
Jack Armstrong
Vesta O'Dell
Great Britain
United States
Radio Schedule Highlights Local Programs and Orchestras
A detailed listing of daily broadcast times and programs for KFDA and TSN networks, including Amos sessions, news blocks, orchestras and club segments. Notable names include Fulton Lewis Jr, Jack Free, Boyd Raeburn, Guy Lombardo and Phil Harris, with morning and evening feature slots and special segments like War at Sea and Morning Devotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Lewis, Jr
MBS
Jack Free
Orch
TSN
Amarillo Public Schools
Myers
Sky Reporter
Slite
America
Faith
CBS
Gail North
Woman's Club of the Air
Lois Fay
John Metcalf
Cottonfield
U. S. Navy
North Side
Enoch Light
Carol Lofner
Joe Ludy
Palmer House
Rudolph Friml
King's Men
Donald Nevis
W. P. A. Symphony
Frank Traumbauer
Network Schedule Snapshot January 24 Highlighting Evening Programs
A dense listing of radio network scheduling for Wednesday January 24 CST. Entries span NBC CBS and ABC with varied programs from news broadcasts to music orchestras, dramatic serials, comedies and a boxing broadcast. Notable names include Edwin C Hill Fulton Lewis Jr Hedda Hopper and Tom Mix in repeats, with multiple stations and time slots across the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Sears
Nbc-Wiz-East
Dinning Sisters
Scattergood Baines
Cbs-Wabc
Luther Layman
Nbc-Weat
Nbc
Wjz
Cbs-Wabe
Billy and Betty
Cbs
Midwest
Harold Turner
Mbs-Chain
Edwin C
Nbc-Wiz
Bud Barton
Nbc-Blue
Elmer Davis
Wabc
H. V. Kaltenborn
Cbs-Chain
Li'l Abner
Nbc-Weaf
Lowell Thomas
Wabo
Easy Aces
Abner
Weaf
Kyw
Wbz
Wmal
Nbc-Red-Chain Dancing Music Orchestra
Mbs
Wor
Bob Howard
Nbc-Red-Chain
Sam Baker
Wlw
Wgn
Nbc-Weal
Johnny Green
al Pearce
His Gang
Dancing Music Orchestra
Net
Grandpappy
J. Hersholt
Christian
Mbs-Net
Fred Allen
Radio Guild
Theater of Stars
Raymond G. Swing
Win
Wer
Percy Faith & Orchestra
Kay Kyser
Glenn Miller & Orchestra
Waab
Kaye Brinker
Indianapolis
Burns and
Allen
Cbs-West
Fulton Lewis
West
Andy
Nbc-Chains
P. Sullivan
Canada bans wheat exports to Germany’s neighbors
Ottawa reports Canada forbids exports of wheat and other materials to Germany’s neighboring states except under license. The order-in-council aims to block 1,250,000 bushels of wheat recently bought for Soviet Russia, the Prime Minister’s office said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Germany
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Soviet
Russia
Science dissolves alibis of drunken drivers in new tests
Chicago report cites Donald Berry of the National Safety Council predicting stricter limits on intoxication. He notes chemical tests for blood alcohol prove impairment beyond doubt and anticipate more states adopting 0.15 percent or similar thresholds. He calls breath mouthwash, sleep, or dentist shots insufficient as excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donald Berry
National Safety Council
Berry
Indiana
Maine
Man Who Told of Call Is Charged
EDGARTOWN Mass Jan 24 U P Capt Byron C Brown retired army officer arrested on a drunkenness charge insisted he was cold sober last night when he said he heard a distress call from a sinking ship with 147 aboard. In an interview from Edgartown jail Brown said there was no drink in the house and that he heard the call on his home radio. He claimed to report it to his wife and then to the coast guard after a 7 02 p m distress call. He was seized by state police as the coast guard searched Vineyard Sound for the vessel. A later note credits Giovanni Caboto with discovering Newfoundland in 1497.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgartown
Mass
U.P
Byron C. Brown
Brown
Thad
Coast Guard
Vineyard Sound
The
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Howard Saunders
Sail Conservation Service
Club
Windsor
N. 8S
Sir Wyly Grier
Nova Scotia
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Sam Slick
Haliburton
Britain
David M. Marcley, M. D
Hamilton Beach
Cal Farley
Gal Farley
KFDA
Mexico
Mexico City
Jalapa
Veracruz
Wallace
Idaho
Andrew Erickson
Lochsa River District
Erickson
Newfoundland
Giovanni Caboto
John Cabo
Revolution
C. R. Anthony CO
Adies
Arfield Lumber CO
T. J. Wagner
Pierce
Shirley Temple
Marcy Lee
St. Joseph
EY Syes
Psmos
Johnnie Walker
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc
New York, N. Y
Southwestern Drug Corp
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Houston
Waco
Odessa
Austin
Wichita Falls
Texas
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