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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1939

Page

5

Burton Wins British Open With 290 Total

English pro Dick Burton captured the British Open at St Andrews by finishing 72 holes at 290 after a 12 foot birdie putt on the 18th at the Royal and Ancient course. In London Wimbledon Cox matches Riggs beat Cooke in five sets to win the all England final.

ST. Andrews Scotland Dick Burton Royal and Ancient Wimbledon England Bobby Riggs Chicago Elwood Cooke Portland Ore

Mrs. Amacker Attends Annual AAA Convention in Denver

Amarillo AAA secretary Mrs. A B Amacker travels to Denver for the annual convention. She notes this marks the second year in Denver, with Southern members pushing for cooler mountain meetings. Mrs. Baker carries on AAA service in her absence.

W. B. Amacker AAA A. B. Amacker Amarillo American Automobile Association Denver Colo Amacker South D. V. Baker

Death on Highways Impresses Delegates To ABC Convention

Amarillo delegation to the American Business Club national convention in Washington reported highway dangers with four accidents and three deaths blamed on crowded roads and large trucks. The group, seven members strong, won the National Marathon cup for most member miles and aims to send 50 members to Enid Oklahoma for the 1940 gathering.

Amiarillo American Business Club Washington Capitol Hotel Charlie Young Amarillo Club Young Lew Fields C. P. Atwood

All Day Dress Pattern 4072 by Anne Adams

Announced pattern 4072 offers a back buttoned dress with a wide front and back yoke and pockets. Available in misses and women sizes 12 to 40, size 16 requires 358 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 15 cents and include size name address and style number to Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept. New York. Sun filled summer fashion catalog also promotes a 25 cent pattern book combo.

Anne Adams Prey Close Close Allied Chemical & & Dye Allis Chalmers Allied Stores American Locomotive American Power & Siede American T & American Rolling Mills Armour & Co Atchison Top & SF Atantic Refining American Smelting Aviation Corps Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Barnsdall Oil Lds Bendix Aviation Zone Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Borden & Co Borg Warner Vie Briges Budd Burroughs Bridgeport Brass Trees Baneee Calumet & Hecla Celanese Corp Sty Chicago Pneumatic Tool Chrysler Columbia Gas & Electric Commercial Credit Commercial Solvents Consolidated Oil Commonwealth & Southern Continental Baking Continental Curtis Wright Douglas Aircraft Dupont de Nem Deere & Co A James Eaton Manufacturing Electric Power & Light Engineers General Electric General Foods General Motors Gillette Safety Razor Gimbbel Bros Weees Goodrich Goodyear Johns Manville Kennecott Copper Tee Marshall Field Martin Glen L Miami Copper Mid-Continent Petroleum Montgomery Settees Murray Corp Rene National Nash Kelvinator Dept Stores Sly Nat Biscuit Natl Products Nat Phillips Petroleum Pullman Gar Ieee Fils Keith Orpheum Lyl Remington Rando Reo Motors Safa Ok Republic Steel Reynolds Tobacco Bray Sohenley Distillers Evewence Joseph Lead Seaboard Oil Sears Roe United Air Lines United Corporation United Fruit United Gas Improvement Ss Steel Warner Bros. Pictures Western Union Westinghouse Electric Wilson & Company Bly Woolworth Kee Iss Walworth Oc. Oir Yellow Truck & Coach 4 Zenith Radio Kers

Markets Dow Jones Averages Update

Amarillo building market desk reports preliminary closing averages across 30 industries with mixed moves. Rail and utility sectors show gains while a broader index edges lower. The bulletin includes New York curb and stock exchange listings for comparison.

Dow-Jones Fenner & Beane Amarillo NEW York Curb Exchange NEW York Stock Exchange

Citywide Swimming Contest Sponsored by Amarillo Pools

A citywide amateur swimming contest sponsored by Country Club Gem Lake and Thompson Park pools starts July 12 at Thompson Park pool with two swimmers from each pool advancing. Finalists chosen on points after Gem Lake event July 26, then final on Aug 12. The three pools award prizes and the winning team takes the loving cup. Country Club won in 1937 and Gem Lake last year. Three straight wins required for permanent possession.

Country Club Gem Lake Thompson Park Pools Thompson Park Pool

Amarillo Wheat Receipts and Quotes Hit Mixed Tone

AMARILLO wheat receipts total 237 carloads today versus 335 last year. Wheat futures show July at 6B, with quotes around 6%%, while other contracts edge higher or lower. Kansas City livestock reports steady prices for hogs and cattle amid lighter demand, with top hogs at $6.95 and various weight classes listed for cattle and calves.

Amarillo Kansas City

A Home a Day Is Begun in Amarillo

Construction in Amarillo continues at about one new home started daily overseen by FHA head Charles Wolflin. The latest permit was issued to H. C. Hines for a $4500 five room brick house at 1906 Madison Street, part of a total building value of $1,574,981 this year.

Amarillo FHA Charles Wolflin Wolflin City Hall H. C. Hines Madison Street

Germany Forms Union of Jews in Germany

A Reich Union of Jews in Germany was created by official decree in Berlin. It will include all German Jews and Jews without citizenship and operate under the Interior Ministry to aid emigration and oversee Jewish education and welfare. The Union will run schools and may support craft schools to further emigration. Jewish teachers must serve the Union.

Berlin U.pi Reich Union of Jews Germany Ministry of Interior

Police Plans Nearing Completion For Amarillo Traffic Survey

Police officials announce a thorough traffic survey in Amarillo with State DPS help. The survey is set to start tentatively July 17, forming the basis for improved traffic control and safety planning.

Amarillo State Department of Public Safety

Wyoming WPA Incubators Aim to Save Babies

Dr. Margaret Jones leads a Wyoming WPA project to produce simple plywood incubators for every county. The devices, heatable by electricity, heater bottles, or bricks, will assist local physicians in homes and small hospitals to cut premature infant deaths, 160 fatalities in two years.

Wyoming WPA Cheyenne Wyo Margaret Jones State Division of Maternal and Child Health Dr. Jones L. G. Flannery

Potter County Rural Schools Meet 100 Percent Standardization

The Texas state education department notified Potter County Superintendent Carl G. Clifft that all rural schools met 100 percent standardization for the past term. Allison Brady Highland Park River Road earned permanent standardization after three consecutive years. Bushland Long S and Ady will become permanently standardized next year. Standards equate rural school status to high school affiliation.

State Department of Education Carl G. Clifft Potter County Allison Brady Highland Park River Road Bushland Long S Ady

99 Patients at Welfare Clinic

The Catholic Welfare Bureau reports in two weeks of operation a dental clinic served 99 patients, including 53 children. There have been 80 extractions and 63 examinations, with sessions from 8 to 12 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Equipment and supplies came from Robert E. Lucey. The bureau requires a welfare-agency recommendation and is open to non Catholics.

Catholic Welfare Bureau Robert E. Lucey Community Chest

Silver price unchanged by treasury actions

The foreign silver price of the treasury remained at 36.975 cents an ounce. No change from yesterday's quotation indicated a temporary halt to price cuts that had driven silver both in the United States and globally down from 43 cents per ounce on June 26.

Washington Treasury United States Treasury

Beauteous Kay Stammers Faces Alice Marble in Wimbledon Final

Britain’s Kay Stammers meets Alice Marble of San Francisco in the Wimbledon final after Marble’s dominant form and speed. Marble is favored 2-1 by experts, though Stammers previously beat Marble in a event last year, Marble’s current form marks her as a formidable challenger.

Wimbledon Eng Britain Kay Stammers Alice Marble San Francisco Kay Waterloo Katy Alice Miss Marble Miss Stammers Marble Philadelphia Athletics New York Yankees

Squalus Submarine Expected to Stay Buried Until August

Navy officials said rough weather and strong tidal currents could keep the sunken submarine Squalus with 26 dead aboard under water until August.

Portsmouth N. H Navy

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