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Obe-News Board of Censors
És Izzard
Paul Allingham
Bartlett Grady Camp
Sarah Winn
Bob Babb
Lewis Nordyke Joes
Alice Timmons
Tack’s Amarillo Advice Sparks Inquiry Into Purchases
The remark surfaced in a public inquiry noting that Tack urged readers to buy anything available in Amarillo about five to six weeks ago. Questions arise on how many he guided readers to purchase and the extent of the prompt's influence.
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Tack
Amarillo
Used car buying tip sparks Amarillo speculation
A speaker touts buying used cars as they rise 5 to 20 percent and likely higher in coming years. A city source notes dealers hoarding stock for higher prices, signaling a transforming Amarillo as an old friendly neighborly city fades amid rising values and changing fortunes.
Amarillo Poised for Rapid Payroll Boom and Growth
The speaker describes Amarillo as about to become a major industrial hub with a surge of payrolls. Crowded Polk Street, growing population, and influx of highly paid skilled workers are cited as signs of a big city future. The forecast predicts Amarillo will rank among Texas's top five cities before the next census as payrolls flood in.
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Polk
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Water, defense bonds drive Texas city’s growth view
The piece argues the Canadian River Dam and water for Lubbock will boost the region’s economy, with Reed Mahon and Pantex cited as key drivers. It foresees many workers at the dam and Amarillo air base, and laments the old town changing as life shifts with new industry and fashion trends.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Texas
George Mahon
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Washington
Pantex
Amarillo
Canadian River
Food Shortage Rumors and Local Quail Tale
The speaker questions tin or horse meat shortages and wonders about horse meat canning for dogs and potential sales to Houston. Deskins Wells recalls a fall incident driving a country road when a quail hit his windshield, was cooked at home, and given to his two year old son.
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Houston
Father praises unselfish Wells in family quail remark
The speaker contrasts Mr Deskins Wells with most men saying one quail from their family goes to the fittest. She admires Wells as unselfish and wonders if all fathers are the same. The tone lauds Wells’ selflessness and questions typical paternal choices.
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Mr. Wells
Mr. Deskins Wells
Minnis Hall recalls young brother forming sentences at 11 months
Minnis Hall speaks of the Hon. Wales Madden noting his early speech. The question asks when the reader first realized they could think and remember.
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Minnis Hall
Wales Madden
Ex city judge Harris Lofthus denies Chicago ties
In a brief chat Harris Lofthus refuted claims he had Chicago connections. The ex city judge, born on a Minnesota farm and briefly in Minneapolis, emphasized he has never visited Chicago, despite statements by Old Tack.
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Harris Lofthus
Excity
Chicago
Old Tack
Mr. Lofthus
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mr Lofthus Poised to Resume Amarillo City Judge Duties
The subject, described as pleasant and personable, plans to remain in Amarillo and prove his origin as Minneapolis rather than Chicago. The writer urges clearing up rumors and states he should resume duties as city judge after the clarification.
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Lofthus
Amarillo
Chicago
Minneapolis
Norwegian ancestry sparks pride and origin tale
The speaker describes a mixed heritage with Pennsylvania Dutch and English roots, notes Minnesota origins, and clarifies not Swedish. He traces Norwegian ancestry to grandparents who immigrated and settled on a farm, and links the surname Lofthns to “a house with an upstairs,” claiming historical importance for those who had an upstairs.
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Tack
Lofthus
Minnesota
Norway
Lofthns
Harris Lofthus Arrives in Amarillo Not Chicago
Harris Lofthus traveled from Minneapolis to Amarillo and not Chicago as initially stated. The clarification emphasizes fairness and correcting the earlier misattribution.
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Harris Lofthus
Amarillo
Minneapolis
Chicago
Amarillo Faces Political Problems Ahead in City Elections
His running again is a must. The same with the other two commissioners. Amarillo has been most fortunate in its city elections, but we have political problems ahead.
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Amarillo
San Santa Monica honors memory with Herman scholarship
In Santa Monica California Mr and Mrs Fred W Herman and retired Lt Gen James Doolittle presented the Pred Brooks Herman memorial scholarship to Jack Morris a Santa Monica High School graduating honor student. The award provides $50 a month for four years of engineering study. The Herman son was killed in 1944 on a bombing mission over Munich.
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Santa Monica
Fred W. Herman
James Doolittle
Jack Morris
Santa Monica High School
Brooks Herman
Herman
Munich
Pets cemetery urged for Johannesburg area
A local call urges establishing a pets cemetery in the Johannesburg region of South Africa. The note references British composers and questions about the absence of canned dog yen for cowboy songs, reflecting a quirky cultural aside in a fragmented text.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Man of Year At Hereford Banquet Named
Henry Sears an elevator operator and civic worker was named Man of the Year at the Hereford Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Bruce Wooddell announced the award. Sears, reared in Canyon and West Texas State College graduate, moved to Hereford in 1939 to enter the grain business and led local Rotary in sponsoring the junior livestock show.
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Hereford
Hereford Chamber of Commerce
Henry Sears
Bruce Wooddell
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Sears
Canyon
West Texas State College
Rotary Club
New York
Hereford House
W. B. Ama
Rockwell Brothers Lumber Company
W. E. Cameron
W. J. Stanford
Black Company
Cecil Rockwell, Jr
Paul Allingham
Amarillo Globe News
Hereford C of C
Jimmie Gillentine
Funeral set for Mrs F E Finney at Kress church
Funeral services for Mrs. F. E. Finney of 403 Alabama are set for 2 30 this afternoon at the Methodist Church in Kress. Rev. Russell McAnally and Rev. Russell Poage will officiate, with burial in Kress Cemetery. Wallace Funeral Home of Tulia directs. The 58 year old was found dead in her car after a Tuesday morning crash north of Tulia. She left Plainview Monday afternoon after visiting a sister, having lived in Amarillo since November, and previously in Wildorado and Plainview for many years. Survivors include two daughters, four grandchildren, and three sisters.
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F. E. Finney
Alabama
Methodist
Kress
Russell McAnally
Russell Poage
Kress Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Tulia
Finney
Justice of the Peace
P. W. Rucker
Plainview
Floyd Compton
Amarillo
Wildorado
Finneys
H. L. Chilton
North Kentucky
Verdis Chilton
Sunset
Compton
John Slagle
Seymour
A. J. Samsill
Phoenix
Ariz
Chamber Banquet Set for Feb 2 in Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce plans its annual banquet at 7 p.m. Friday February 2 in the Herring Hotel Cryst al Ball room. Reservation cards were mailed to members. Dr Arthur A Smith of First National Bank Dallas will speak and the Dixie Dice School of Dancing will present a floor show. New directors elected for two year terms include Virgil Patterson H O Starks Frank Storm Jr Buster Sharp and others. Retiring director is R Earl O Keefe.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
Crystall
Arthur A. Smith
First National Bank
Dallas
Dixie Dice School of Dancing
Virgil Patterson
H. O. Starks
Frank Storm, Jr
B. Whittenberg
Gus Roberts
R. G. Mills
Frank Means
John Fullingim
Delbert Dalby
G. R. Buchanan
E. M. Blackburn, Jr
John Armstrong
Herbert W. Dodson
E. W. Hardin
Wes Izzard
Herman Smith
Buster Sharp
T. W. Gilstrap
A. F. Madison
Fred Miller
Joe Morris
W. W. Rusk
Charles T. Ware
W. W. Gibson
Charles H. Young
R. Earl O’keefe
Chamber of Commerce
Continued Cold Weather Forecast Promises Low Temps
Amarillo meteorologist Walter Watts reports a cold front has moved to the Gulf and cold air covers the state. A northern Kansas front is due to reach the Panhandle by tomorrow morning with no moisture. Tomorrow’s high near 47, low around 30. Yesterday’s high 44, low 23.
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Walter Watts
Amarillo Air Terminal
Gulf
Kansas
Panhandle
Watts
Littlefield Rites For Lon Dyer
Lon Dyer aged 62 died Monday in the Veterans Hospital here. The body was sent to Littlefield today by N S Griggs & Sons for funeral services and burial. A World War I veteran born March 27 1878 in Bridgeport Texas he is survived by a niece Mrs Jessie Sanderson of Littlefield.
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Lon Dyer
Veterans Hospital
Littlefield
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Mr. Dyer
Bridgeport
Texas
Jessie Sanderson
Lost glasses near Barfield Building with leather case
Luta Bob Archer reports losing plastic framed glasses with twisted gold and silver ear pieces on Monday night around 10:30 in front of the Barfield Building. A Duncan Laboratories leather case held the specs, and a $5 reward is offered with pickup at 1501 Beverly. call 5952 to arrange return.
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Barfield
Duncan Laboratories
Beverly
Luta Bob Archer
Cash Register Recovered From Pampa Motor Burglary
Pot ter County Deputy Woody Riner recovered a cash register from a Fast Fourth Avenue barbershop after a burglary at Lewis Motor Company in Pampa. Furman Welch of Dumas, 26, led Deputy Buck Haggard to a North Fillmore shop where a $35 battery charger tied to the break in was found. Welch admitted the car lot burglary and said only the register and charger were taken. The register was later sold to an East Fourth second hand store and then to the barber shop.
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Pampa Motor Company
Fourth Avenue
Potter County
Woody Riner
Furman Welch
Dumas
Lewis Motor Company
Pampa
Gray County
Buck Haggard
North Fillmore
Haggard
Welch
Motor Company
Riner
East Fourth
Last Rites for Mrs Wheeler Held in Amarillo Church
Leona Wheeler aged 63 died Monday night after a month long illness. Rites conducted at First Christian by Rev J C Arnold with pallbearers D D Smith Ray Mansfield E L Briley R C Storrs Leonard Swafford Clifford Finley. Survived by two sons Harry J Wheeler and W E Buckner, a daughter Mrs Charles Clark, a sister Mrs E J Greener of Greenland Colorado and five grandchildren. Burial Llano Cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons.
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Leona Wheeler
First Christian Church
J. C. Arnold
Southland
Tex
D. D. Smith
Ray Mansfield
E. L. Briley
R. C. Storrs
Leonard Swafford
Clifford Finley
Harry N. Wheeler
Asheville
1950 Big Year in Building Industry
Texas building activity in 1950 totaled 721,158,577 dollars across 62 cities, rising 71 percent from 1949. Houston led with 179,545,434 in permits, followed by Dallas 132,717,951, San Antonio 56,924,707, Fort Worth 47,665,261, and Austin 39,404,951. Four cities declined: Borger, Gainesville, Bryan, and Galveston. The London Zoo recently received 100 sea horses.
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Austin
W.P
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Borger
Gainesville
Bryan
Galveston
School Janitors Strike Closes Minneapolis Public Schools
Four hundred school janitors walked out on January 24 demanding higher wages, causing 93 public schools to close and no effort to reopen until further notice. Sugar Pine is noted as a genuine white pine.
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Minneapolis
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