Panhandle News Roundup Highlights Pheasant Stocking and War Echoes
The column reports rising train traffic on the Santa Fe main line through the Panhandle, rising liquor taxes, and a game commission study on Chinese pheasants thriving in the northern Panhandle. It notes a test stocking campaign, mixed war commentary, and local health observations, including readers joking about heart trouble and stairs in Amarillo.
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Santa Fe
Panhandle
Texas
Game Commission
New Mexico
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Wit and Wisdom From A Bygone Era In Newspaper Snippets
A patchwork of quotes and anecdotes spans marriages, gender roles, gambling, war slogans, and daily life. Notes on sugar nicknames, famous lines, reform groups, and a Reno stockade closure mix with worldly musings on divorce, shoes, pay, and household labor. It reads like a column of dated quips and cultural observations.
Death claims Mrs Wagner longtime Amarillo resident
Mrs Mary Wagner 69 died this morning at a local hospital in Amarillo. She lived with her daughter Mrs Bob Kester BON and leaves two daughters Mrs Free Wheeler Amarillo and Mrs Howard Templeton Indianapolis Ind. Also surviving two sisters Mrs Minnie Kahn and Mrs Emma Brock Brookfield Ind. Funeral from Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel tomorrow at 2 with Dr Earl G Hamlett officiating. Pallbearers listed. body to be sent to Indianapolis for burial.
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Mary Wagner
Amarillo
Polk Street Methodist Church
Free’ Wheeler
Howard Templeton
Indianapolis
Ind
Minnie Kahn
Emma Brock
Brookfield
Thief Steals Baby Snakes From Fort Worth Zoo Exhibit
A thief broke the glass cage in Forest Park Zoo reptile pit last night and stole four baby boa constrictors belonging to Harry Jackson's educational exhibit. Two other babies were left unharmed. Jackson found the loss upon opening the pit today. The article also digresses with various proverb quotes and trivia snippets.
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Fort Worth
Harry Jackson
Forest Park Zoo
Jackson
Stray Pekingese Found at 1925 Pierce Street
A resident reports a stray Pekingese at their home and asks the owner to call 7523. They offer payment for the finder’s trouble and any return expenses. Also seeking a lost brown Dachshund and urging prompt reunion.
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Polk Street
Call
Pierce Street
Roy Gaut
Market roundup and livestock quotes from Chicago and Kansas City
The report covers Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets on July 6 with hogs, sheep, and cattle prices. Hogs are up 10-15 cents in early sales, with top quotes around 14.70 to 15.00 for 180-270 lb. cattle and calves show varied movement with feeders and yearlings steady to weak. cows under pressure. heavy bulls to 12.00. in Kansas City hogs at 14.40-14.60, cattle steady to lower, and stocker and feeder prices mixed. note on the cost of a modern steam locomotive ranging from 80 000 to 100 000 dollars.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Kansas
China Warns Japan Could Fight 100 Years If China Falls
Gen Hsiung Shih-Fei, head of the Chinese mission to the U S, warned that Japan could wage a century long war if it conquers China and consolidates its resources. He cited Dutch East Indies assets and urged vigilance as China’s five year war with Japan continues.
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Martin Kane
New York
U.P
Japan
China
Dutch East Indies
Hsiung Shih-Fei
United States
Germany
Europe
Asia
Tanaka
Philippines
Malay Peninsula
Britain
Russia
Mississippi Man Hurt in Crash Near Adrian
JH Wright of Greenville Mississippi was being taken to an Amarillo hospital for injuries after the 1939 sedan he rode in overturned on US 66 near Adrian. Eight passengers were in the car. Wright was the only one seriously hurt. The driver lost control after a rear tire blew out. the vehicle was demolished.
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JH. Wright
Greenville
Miss
Amarillo
Adrian
Vega
Mr. Wright
Wright
Train Kills Cattle Buyer in Fort Worth Yards
Investigation continues into the death of John O. Hall a Denver cattle buyer who was run over by a Fort Worth and Denver freight train around midnight in the Fort Worth yards. Hall was severed at the waist by the wheels and his body cared for by N B Griggs and Sons ready to be sent to Denver.
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John O. Hall
Denver
Fort Worth
Hall
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
May Be Able to Buy Only Necessities of Life
In Mexico City on July 6, Claude R. Wickard warned that by year’s end American citizens may face shortages of luxuries and even nonessential goods. He spoke to the Inter-American Agriculture Conference, noting sacrifices shared by the United States and other American nations as inflation and rationing concerns grow. He stressed the need to prioritize essentials in daily life.
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James A. Naismith
Babe Ruth
Scotland
Holland
Hermit
Mexico City
United States
Claude R. Wickard
Inter-American Agriculture Conference
Wickard
Soviet Landing Party Annihilated on Ladoga Shore
The Finnish High Command reports Russian forces landed by rubber boats on the east shore of Lake Ladoga and were annihilated. The report, from Helsinki, is dated July 6.
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Helsinki
Lake
Ladoga
Rites Planned for Panhandle Rancher T. L. McBride
Funeral services for T. L. McBride, longtime Panhandle rancher and oil operator, will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at the Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr. E. B. Fincher officiating. Pallbearers include Gib Landis, Frank Givens, Ed Ely, Tom Slack, Otis Trulove, and H. R. Fulton. honorary pallbearers named. He resided in the Panhandle for 50 years and is survived by two brothers A. P. McBride of Amarillo and R. G. McBride of Webb City, Ariz., and two sisters Mrs. B. B. Wright and Mrs. M. H. Rockwell of Canyon.
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T. L. McBride
I W Elliott Succumbs Here At 73 In Amarillo
Isaac Walker Elliott longtime caretaker of the Central Church of Christ died at 8 40 this morning at his home 1903 B Tyler Street Amarillo aged 73 He had lived in Amarillo since 1916 from Plainview Survived by wife Ella Jane Elliott four sons Horace W Elliott Orba Elliott Roy E Elliott Howard E Elliott two daughters Mrs Wallace Winfield Mrs Wilmer Vandiver 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Body in state at Boxwell Brothers Chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Isaac Walker Elliott
Central Church of Christ
Tyler Street
Amarillo
Plainview
Ella Jane Elliott
Horace W. Elliott
Orba Elliott
Roy E. Elliott
Fabon
Texas
Howard E. Elliott
Port Worth
Wallace Winfield
Wilmer Vandiver
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Aleutians Alert: Japanese Convoy Sighted Near Agattu
A patrol plane sighted a Japanese convoy of three transports with escorting vessels in the Aleutian area on July 2. Army bombers attacked the force the same day, but the extent of damage could not be determined.
Swedish Vessel Bombed Off West Coast of Sweden
A Stockholm broadcast reported a German air attack on a marked Swedish fishing boat off the West Coast of Sweden. The crew reportedly suffered no fatalities after the 30 minute bombing and machine gunning.
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New York
Stockholm
CBS
Sweden
War News From Europe and Africa Battles Reach New Scale
Berlin reports indicate a major Soviet push near Orel while German claims of bridgeheads near Voronezh suggest a widening Don front. Moscow counters that Soviet counter attacks inflicted heavy losses on German forces as air and ground battles rage across Ukraine Kalinin front and near Moscow. In North Africa, Allied air forces press Rommel’s El Alamein lines 60 miles from Alexandria.
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el Alamein
Rommel
United States
Rommell
el Daba
Lies
High Command
Orel
Red Army
Kursk
Berlin
Semyon Timoshenko
The
Don
Voronezh
Moscow
Ukraine
Vichy
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Kalinin
Middle East
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
FASTEETH Promises Comfort for Dentures
FASTEETH powder offers firmer denture retention with alkaline formula. Sprinkle lightly on plates to improve eating and speech, reduce plate odor, and avoid gummy tastes. Available at drug stores for relief.
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