Fund Bill Recommended by House Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations Committee recommended an independent offices supply bill totaling 1.4046 billion dollars with a new emergency fund of 125 million dollars. It also proposed 175 million dollars for the War Department to finance advance clothing and equipment purchases for the army, and funds for agencies including the Maritime Commission for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The total exceeded last year by about 146 thousand dollars, due mainly to the emergency fund.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Army
Maritime Commission
Khiva Temple Plans Dance On Feb 18
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine announces a reception and dance at the Amarillo Hotel on the date set for the imperial potentate’s visit. George Olendorf cannot attend due to medical orders. Jerry Briscoe as potentate will preside, with Les Walton’s note explaining the cancellation and hope for later visit.
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George Olendorf
Mystic Shrine
Ans
Jerry Briscoe
Briscoe
Les E. Walton
Springfield
Olendorf
Rolla Cartwright
Amarillo
Man sought by state and federal officers arrested in Amarillo
Amarillo police arrested a man last night in connection with forgery and burglary cases. State officers from Sayre Oklahoma pursue the suspect who refused to sign a waiver. Federal authorities say he is wanted for interstate theft under the Dyer Act and involvement with post office jobs. He possessed car papers forged in the signature of Jewel Davidson, county tax collector.
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Amarillo
Sayre
Okla
Oklahoma
Austin
Jewel Davidson
Senate approves $909 million naval expansion bill
The Senate sent to President Roosevelt a $909,000,000 authorization to expand naval construction facilities and build 400 new small craft for the navy. The measure, already passed by the House, would fund $400,000,000 for the 400 small craft including submarine chasers and minesweepers, $215,000,000 for shipbuilding facilities, and $194,000,000 for armor plate munitions and ordnance material expansion.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Navy
Magician Goldini Survives Mosquito Escape Trick
Goldini the magician recalled his toughest stunt a Fourth of July near St. Paul Minnesota when six to eight large mosquitoes joined him inside a packed packing box while he was in a straight jacket. He demonstrates quick hand feats and trains a wooden duck for tricks. He also performs milk vanishing, a glass eater routine, and blindfolded audience card tricks with a grocery sack.
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Goldini
St. Paul
Minn
B'nai B'rith
West Sixth Avenue Widening Legal Forms Circulated
City officials prepared five sets of legal forms for the West Sixth Avenue improvement from Georgia Street to Belleview Street. The documents cover lien contracts front foot pavement costs waiver of damages land conveyance and settlement of claims. mimeographed forms were distributed to San Jacinto Kiwanis and other interested parties for circulation.
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West Sixth Avenue
Georgia Street
Belleview Street
San
San Jacinto
Deer Team Draws Border Fans In Rural Ohio
Border residents are excited by a deer team owned by Mr and Mrs E W Nut tle that pulls a cutter sled around the countryside, drawing curious crowds and festive chatter in the border area.
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Border
Wye
U.P
E. W. Nuttle
Hoyt's Compound touted by night watchman in testimonial drive
An advertisement extols Hoyt's Compound as a cure for multiple ailments. It features a testimonial from J. R. Webster, an 82 year old night watchman who claims leg weakness, nervousness, and indigestion improved after using the liquid extract. The Cretney Drug Stores promote consultations and mail orders, two bottles for $2.00.
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Hoyt
Cretney
Cretney Drug Stores
Italians Show Their Loyalty Amid War Demonstrations
In Milan Turin and Verona crowds praised Mussolini and Germany's forces amid denials of Italian hostility to the war. Fascists hailed the spontaneous demonstrations as rebukes to foreign reports of rioting and urged continued support for the Duce and the northern Italian Fascists.
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Rome
Milan
Turin
Verona
Belgrade
Mussolini
Duce
Ti Popolo D'Italia
Ti Telegrafo
Giovanni Ansaldo
Four Dances for Birthday Of Roosevelt Fund Raiser
Amarillo residents will celebrate the President's birthday with four dances at The Nat Amarillo Hotel Aviatrix Club and Mayfair Club. A single 1 ticket admits to all four events with receipts split 50 50 between the Amarillo Crippled Children’s Council and the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis for relief and research. Tickets available from civic club members and area drugstores and hotels.
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Herring Hotel
Amarillo To Get Road Money Project Approved
A statewide $2,000,000 Works Progress Administration funded road improvement project has been approved. Amarillo’s share will be used for widening grading spacing and landscaping the roads, though the exact allocation for the city has not yet been agreed upon.
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Texas
State Highway Department
Works Progress Administration
Amarillo
Amarilloan Must Prove He's a Citizen
Bill Winter and his wife Sarah Winter face a citizenship ordeal preventing her return to Amarillo. He must provide proof of assets employment and citizenship with affidavits from Montana while Ottawa ties and wartime rules complicate crossing the border. A $500 bond may be required if lines are crossed without full documentation.
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Bill Winter
Canada
Montana
Industrial City Faces Water Cutoff Without New Extension
About 40 to 50 residents of Industrial City near Amarillo may lose water unless The Texas Company grants another time extension. The Texas Company and Santa Fe system supply water currently. refinery and railroad seek to discontinue. City would need to lay nearly two-thirds of a mile of six inch pipe at about $5,000 to serve the cotton oil plant.
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Texas Company
Industrial City
Amarillo
Amarillo Cotton Oil Company
Santa Fe
Building Code On New Trip to Austin
Amarillo a streamlined ordinance for a modern building code moves toward Austin after a committee completed changes from the national underwriters review. City officials led by Macon Carder meet to finalize with Wallace Hazlewood delegated to present the measure to the state fire insurance commissioner for prompt approval.
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New York
Amarillo
Austin
National Board of Five
City Hall
Macon Carder
John K. Boyce
W. Frank Litle
Albert Randall
Public Speaking Dramatics Meeting At Amarillo College
An Amarillo College meeting for adults interested in public speaking and dramatics is set for 7 30 tonight. Donald Clark announces a flexible class schedule and a spring session costing 15 dollars. The gathering will be brief before decisions on class nights and times.
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Amarillo College
Donald Clark
Clark
Levy to New Store About Feb 20
Bert Levy Inc. announces its new men’s clothiers store at 501 Polk Street will open about February 20 with a completely new setup, fixtures, and stock. A removal sale starts tomorrow morning, cutting stock to a minimum and offering all fixtures from the present store. The guarantee remains on every purchase. The new location is being prepared a little over three weeks before occupancy.
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Bert Levy
Dexterous knitting machines boost output per worker
Modern knitting machines can produce more than 3,000 pieces per day while a single operator can run four machines. The shift increases efficiency and reduces labor needs in textile production.
Epidemic of Cold Symptoms Relief Claims
An old note describes 666 liquid or tablet preparations with salve or nose drops said to relieve cold symptoms on the first day. Ady.
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Ady
Old home remedy cough syrup from Pinex formula
An old home remedy promises quick cough relief. Mix 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water, then add 215 ounces Pinex to a pint bottle for a fourfold quantity. Claims include loosening phlegm, soothing membranes, easing breathing, and promoting restful sleep with guaranteed satisfaction.
Visual Star Count and Night Vision Myths
A claim that 4000 stars are visible to the naked eye from any single U S location in a year is noted. The piece adds a belief that dark-eyed individuals see better at night than blue or gray eyed people while driving.
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United States
Jaycee Players Air Tonight On KFDA
The Jaycee Players present the second of five radio plays at 7:30 PM over KFDA. A 30 minute aviation themed drama features Mary Stack Wayne Clifton Mrs Wayne O Keefe Bill Buckley Lawrence McBee and director Paul Ellis.
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Jaycee Players
KFDA
Paul Ellis
Americanism Committee
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mary Stack
Wayne Clifton
Wayne O'Keefe
Bill Buckley
Lawrence McBee
Mr. Ellis
Birds avoid nests for sleeping under parental incubation
The text notes that birds generally do not sleep in their nests with only the incubating parent staying through the night while the other parent often sleeps nearby. It then states Palestine is governed by Great Britain under a League of Nations mandate.
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Palestine
Great Britain
League of Nations
Airport Group To Meet Again
Amarillo's seven member airport committee, formed at a mass meeting, planned another session this afternoon after an almost full day of discussions. Members said they were digging in to get at the bottom of things but refused to disclose information.
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Amarillo
Slow though speedy light travels from nearest star
The article notes light takes about four and a half years to reach Earth from the nearest star at 186000 miles per second. The line appears as a brief factual remark in the newspaper page.
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Earth
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Weather Data
Weather Bureau
City
North Platte
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix
Pueblo
Amarilloan
Levy
Dallas - Fort Worth
Houston
Texas Panhandle
Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines
Grant
Joe
Jaycee
Iglobe News
Amarillo Printing CO
E. Std &T
Kentucky
LE Sage Company
Amarillo, Texas
Electric Dealer's Store
Southwestern Public Service Company
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