European powers brace for fallout as Franco advances in Spain
London reports a grim test between Democratic and Totalitarian powers in the Mediterranean as Franco's insurgents push toward Barcelona. Italy and Germany support the rebels, with Bonnet Hitler and Chamberlain speeches shaping a looming clash over Mediterranean concessions, Morocco, Djibouti, Suez, and Tunisa.
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Wallace Carroll
London
U.P
Europe
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Spain
France
Britain
Ranean
Georges Bonnet
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Spanish Morocco
Minorca
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Neville Chamberlain
Franco
Catalonia
Benito Mussolini
French Djibouti
Italy
Tunisia
Africa
Paris
Local Want Ads Offer Farm Work and Domestic Help
A reader seeks farm labor and ranch or dairy work with tractor experience and references. Several notices ask for laundry and housework at home, child care, and dog adoption. One ad requests correspondence with an educated unmarried Christian woman.
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North Bryan Street
Carolina Street
Courthouse Swarm of Moves Drives Busy
The county courthouse begins its moving season with the highway patrol, rangers, and licensing staff shifting to newly vacated offices in the building. The patrol gains space as others relocate including the justice of the peace office, the Old-age Assistance district office, the county surveyor, and the grand jury returning to its former quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Highway Patrol
Federal
Rangers
Justice of the Peace
Texas Old-age Assistance Commission
County Surveyor
Grand Jury
Brick by brick the old Amarillo churches fade into history
The article recounts the fate of Amarillo churches from the early 20th century through the 1930s. It notes the 1910 Presbyterian church on Taylor and Eighth Avenue, the 1928 Methodist church torn down, and bricks reused in various buildings and a theater. It mentions the Presbyterian church demolition in 1936 and bricks sent to a ranch home, plus odd remnants in other local structures. It also includes stray classified-style lines about employment for a widow and a colored man seeking work.
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Eighth Avenue
Polk Street
Ninth and
Polk
Tenth and
Taylor
Amarillo
Negro Baptist Church
Heights
Chancery
Methodist Church
Tenth and Roberts
Old Baptist Church
God
Paramount Theater
Presbyterian Church
J. M. Sanfords
Calotabs Promised to Fight Colds and Toxins
An ad touts Calotabs or Calotade as a veritable art in treating colds. It claims the tablets purify the intestinal tract and promote kidney function to eliminate toxins and mucus, offering a purgative and diuretic double effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyer
Small To Ask State To Return Palisades Park
Sen. Clint Small of Amarillo plans a Texas Senate resolution to revert Palisades Park ownership to its original owners. The land was taken for a state park, once free to all but with entrance charges. police removed a fence, confiscated a sign, and warned the operator. If the resolution passes, the state would relinquish control of the lands.
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Small
State
Palisades
Clint Small
Amarillo
Texas
Senate
Palisades Park
Amarillo Police Report Shows 10 Traffic Violations A Day
A report to the city commission shows traffic violation complaints filed last week by the Amarillo police department averaged more than ten per day. The tally lists over 100 violations including 28 criminal complaints and fines assessed on 51 persons totaling $116.
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Amarillo
City Commission
City Commission Grants Light on Ong Street
City commissioners approved a street light at Twenty-eighth and Ong after a petition by T. H. Campbell Macon O. Carder and C. D. Hare. The request aims to deter petty theft and improve neighborhood safety.
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City Commission
Ong Street
Twenty
Ong
T. H. Campbell
Macon O. Carder
C. D. Hare
Farwell Lumber's Brick Distribution Expands Across Amarillo
Over the past year the Farwell Lumber Company supplied one and a half million bricks from its Amarillo facility. Wrecked small buildings on the Post Office site and the White and Kirk Building provided brick supply for two new homes, a bowling alley, the Black Leg Serum plant addition, and repairs for farmers including chicken pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Amarillo
White and Kirk
Farwell Lumber Company
C Anderson Honored at Banquet in Capitol Hotel
Clinton P. Anderson of Albuquerque, chair man of the Coronado Cuarto Cen tennial commission for New Mexico, is honored tonight by Amarilloans at a Capitol Hotel banquet. He is a former Rotary International president and NM state treasurer. Plans for Coronado 1940 are under way. Amarillo officials discuss Panhandle participation.
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Clinton P. Anderson
Capitol Hotel
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Anderson
Rotary International
Washington
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Carl Hinton
Mr. Hinton
the Panhandle
Hanson Post Nears Yearly Legion Quota
Hanson Post of the American Legion was within 15 of its 450 member quota for the year. Adjutant J T McEntaggert announced the effort aimed to reach the target before the interpost meeting in Legion hall. The adjutant said last year was the first time the post met its quota and predicted exceeding it this year. The veterans filled the hall for the meeting.
Georgia Mae Miller Dies at Hospital
Georgia Mae Miller infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Elgin Miller of Conchas Dam New Mexico died this morning at 945 oclock at a local hospital The body will be taken overland this afternoon to Shamrock for funeral services and burial by N B Griggs and Sons A cabbage grown in 1938 by a Bowdon Georgia farmer had one large head and 21 small heads clustered around it
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Georgia Mae Miller
Elgin Miller
Conchas Dam
N. M
Shamrock
Griggs and Sons
Bowdon, Ga
E McKinnon Dies at Home in Amarillo
Edward Albert McKinnon longtime Amarillo resident and former municipal judge died at 1 45 am at his home 807 Adams Street after a long illness He lived in the Panhandle for over 50 years and was an Episcopal Church and Masonic Lodge Shriner member Funeral services are set for 2 pm tomorrow at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel Bishop E C Seaman will officiate Pallbearers named He is survived by his wife Annie and one brother Frank McKinnon of DeFuniak Springs Fla Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery
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Edward Albert McKinnon
Amarillo
Adams Street
Panhandle
Episcopal Church
Masonic Lodge
N. S. Griggs and Sons
E. C. Seaman
F. A. Foster
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Henry S. Bishop
J. W. Whitfield
R.T. Weills
R. P. Jarrett
H. L. Thompson
E. H. Reedy
Annie Mc
James E. Rogers Dies at 71 Owner of Hollywood Apartments
James E. Rogers 71 died at a local hospital this morning. He owned the Hollywood Apartments at 1601 Buchanan Street. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev. F. M. Neal officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Kate, two sons Paul and Leslie, two daughters Mrs. L. E. Thompson of Albuquerque and Mrs. Mabel Rogers of Clayton NM, four brothers Charles Hobbs W P Frank and John, three sisters Mrs. Nellie Stone Mrs. W. L. Rippy and Mrs. Emma Barrett, and a niece Mrs. A. Swanson.
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James E. Rogers
Hollywood Apartments
Buchanan Street
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel
F. M. Neal
Llano Cemetery
Kate Rogers
Paul
Leslie Rogers
L. E. Thompson
Albuquerque
Mabel Rogers
Clayton
New Mexico
Warrant Issued for Blonde In Shooting Incident
The district attorney's office said a subpoena was issued for actress-wife Blonde Hope Hampton, wife of Jules Brulatour, who was wounded by a pistol bullet in their New York apartment Sunday night.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
Hope Hampton
Jules Brulatour
Teethinga Baby Care Advice and Teethinga Product
A Cleveland style baby care notice urges mothers to watch infants for fretful signs and spitting up linked to constipation. It promotes TEETHINA as a mild laxative and notes the product can be bought for 40 cents per box and requests Columbus Georgia address for a free baby booklet.
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Teethina
Columbus
Georgia
Credit Association Reelects Officers
The Amarillo Credit Association and the Retail Merchants Loan Association reelected all officers and directors for 1939. The Retail Merchants Loan Association reported 1938 business roughly twice that of 1937. Elected: R. D. Kirk president, H. W. Blackburn vice president of both associations. directors include Roy Pool, Jack Farwell, W. O. Stephens, C. M. Williams, R. L. McSpadden, D. P. Seay, William Gunn, Dr. A. E. Winsett, Dr. F. Q. Kelleam, and Sam Orr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Credit Association
Retail Merchants Loan Association
R. D. Kirk
H. W. Blackburn
Roy Pool
Jack Farwell
Optimist International Club Discussed at Amarillo Meeting
Business and professional men met at the Amarillo Hotel to hear C. H. Aldrich of Wichita Falls discuss forming a local Optimist International chapter. Aldrich spoke at lunch and is district organizer for the northern Texas Oklahoma Arkansas district.
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Optimist International Club
Amarillo Hotel
C. H. Aldrich
Wichita Falls
Optimist International
Aldrich
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Jaycees Enjoy John Snider Barbecue Luncheon
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce members attended a noon luncheon at the Amarillo Coca Cola Bottling Company plant. Jaycees president Tom Wingate led about 80 attendees through the building and bottling process, followed by a 15 minute film tracing the operation.
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Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Snider
Amarillo Coca Cola Bottling Company
Tom Wingate
The
Jaycees
Coca Cola Company
Building Directory Completed for Postoffice and Federal Building
The new post office and federal building has a completed directory listing all office room numbers. The directory covers every room in the building, aiding visitor navigation.
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Post Office
Federal Building
Osteopaths Hold Regular Capitol Meeting
Amarillo physicians and surgeons met for a luncheon at the Capitol Hotel to discuss ongoing osteopathic practice and professional affairs.
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Capitol
Amarillo
Capitol Hotel
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Fairmont
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Fourteenth Ave
Ike
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Ted
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Wools Hotel
Christan
A. M.C
McCain
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Madison Street
C. Anderson
Hanson
E. McKinnon
Credit Association
Griggs Chapel
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors
Amarillo, Texas
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Witenes
Razor
A. C
D. C
Morrow-Thomas Hardware Co
Laden
Amarillo Lumber & Supply Co
O’coats
Bostonian Freeman
Thes Hub
Q. Clothiers Et
Men's Sox
Vohomal D
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