Triple Jointed Holiday Costs Over 400 Lives
AP dispatch from Chicago reports the Fourth of July weekend as a triple jointed holiday Friday to Sunday resulting in 404 deaths nationwide. Fireworks accidents 29, automobiles 178, drownings 121, plus 76 from various causes. Chicago beaches were crowded. unusual fatalities included a parachute jumper in Wisconsin and a boy killed in Madison Illinois by contact with a live wire.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nation
America
Wisconsin
Duluth
Madison
Legion Post Aids Hunt For Missing Pampa Girl Nada Doss
Hanson Post of the American Legion assists in a nation wide search for Nada Doss a Pampa high school girl who vanished with Bob Carter. Floyd L Sloan adjutant announces all Legion units are asked to cooperate. Kerley Crossman Post 344 offers a 50 reward for information locating the girl or her abductor.
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Hanson Post
American Legion
Nada Doss
Pampa
Bob” Carter
Floyd L. Sloan
American Legion Organization
Kerley Crossman
Farris Rites This Morning At Boxwell
Services for James C. Farris age 55 were held at 10 o clock this morning at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Herbert H. Hamilton in charge. Burial followed in Llano Cemetery. He is survived by two sons George of Fort Worth and John H. Farris of Miami Florida, two brothers G W and B C Farris of Fort Worth, one sister Mrs K F Johnson of Miami, and a nephew Fred Farris of Amarillo.
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James C. Farris
Harrison Street
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Herbert H. Hamilton
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Llano
Farris
George
Fort Worth
John H. Farris
Miami
Fla
G. W
B. C. Farris
K. F. Johnson
Miami, Fla
Fred Farris
Amarillo
Missing Man Paul Biddle Sought After. Cash Stolen
Police report Paul Biddle, night helper at Shamrock Produce, remains missing after Friday night disappearance. Investigators also search for $400 taken from the Produce office and a rented drive-it-yourself car borrowed Friday night from Max Long.
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Paul Biddle
The
Shamrock Produce Company
Biddle
Max Long
Third
Pierce
Panhandle
Amarillo Youths Start Eskimo Pie and Soda Pop Stand Boom
Amarillo's youths launch a summer side business selling Eskimo pies and soda pops from improvised stands. Kids build stands themselves from varied materials, attract drivers seeking a cold drink, and turnover sales quickly. Some combine yard work and errands with pop selling to earn cash between vacations.
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Amarillo
Two Amarillo Boys Head North For Alaska Trip
Two Amarillo youths Hugh Currie and Jack Lemons leave for Alaska on a two month journey by Model A Ford. They plan to explore interior routes or the coast via Canada with camping gear and radio in tow. Parents await word on chosen path as they travel through the frozen wastes and scenic routes.
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Amarillo
Alaska
Point A
Hugh Currie
J. J. Currie
Washington
Jack Lemons
M. W. Lemons
Polk
Lark
Canada
Raton Pass
Rudy Valle
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Worlds Most Popular Laxative
In 1875 a young physician sought a harmless laxative for constipation. His discovery, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, gained fame for easing sluggish bowels and related symptoms. It became a widely sold remedy kept to the original formula in drugstores.
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Dr. Caldwell
Fechner Illness Delays Amarillo Pulpit Weekend
Rev A W Fechner pastor of West Amarillo Baptist Church missed both Sunday services due to illness. Rev George W Keeling preached and led the Lord s Supper. Fechner has been ill several days and will stay under doctor care a few days. He and his family plan a vacation to Waco and Coleman, prompting a three week absence.
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A. W. Fechner
West Amarillo Baptist Church
Neas
George W. Keeling
Fechner
Waco
Coleman
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