Amarillo Artist Vesta O Dell Becomes Boston Sensation
Amarillo’s shy Vesta O Dell, a Juilliard graduate and former West Texas State College student, has risen to stardom in Boston’s Sable Room at Hotel Touraine. The 4 foot 11 inch entertainer charms patrons with organ and piano numbers from boogie woogie to concertos and supported veterans’ efforts, while earning praise from the Red Cross and a cache of gifts. Her visit to Boston precedes a family vacation back in Texas as the Sable Room undergoes redecorations in her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Vesta ‘O Dell
Boston
Touraine
Miss O'Dell
Daisy Weicher
M.S. O'Dell
East Hastings
Pleasant Valley
Amarillo Club
Daisy Weichel
Vesta O'Dell
Hotel Touraine
Juilliard School of Music
American Red Cross
Raisada K. N. Modi
India
Vesta
Texas
Gin Rummy Grafting On Gin Plays By Oswald Jacoby
A strategy discussion about extending play after reaching gin in a partnership gin game. The author analyzes risks and rewards exploring a late continuation to draw an extra card and force the opponent to lay off the queen of hearts, with potential misfires if the opponent gin’s first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxnald Jacoby
Motion To Revoke Whitemore Sentence
District attorney prepared to revoke the suspended five year sentence of Ray Whitemore, convicted May 17 of theft by false pretext over an automobile theft from Conley Motor Co, and a June 23 conviction for attempting to pass a forged check to Wayne Le Gate of Freeman Motor Co, resulting in a three year sentence. A separate note mentions 1661 Italian anatomist discovering tiny vessels with a new microscope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Whitemore
Amarillo
Whitemore
Conley Motor Company
Wayne LeGate
Freeman Motor Company
Hit-Run Case Charges Filed Against William Shotwell Lee
In Amarillo a head-on collision Tuesday night between William Shotwell Lee and Frank R. Farris led to Lee being charged in district court with hit-and-run and related offenses. Lee, described as a Negro, allegedly fled the scene after displaying a shotgun. Bond was set at 350, and arraignment for the felony charge had not occurred by Wednesday afternoon. Lee has a long criminal history including a 1942 murder sentence in Lawton and an escape from an Oklahoma penitentiary in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shot- Well Lee
Amarillo
Lee
Ope
Frank R. Parris
North East
Branch Archer
Farris
Adams Street
Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma
Governor Denies Clemency in 1946 Tulsa Rape Case
Gov Beaufort denied clemency for J B Baugus an Amarillo laborer convicted of rape and sentenced to five years The decision cited lack of local support The May 1946 rape of Mrs Marthena Bettis a Tulsa soda fountain waitress occurred on a country road near Veterans Hospital Baugus and Willard Davis Smith allegedly picked up the couple while hitchhiking toward California Smith faced assault charges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Beaufort
Board of Pardons and Paroles
J. B. Baugus
Amarillo
Baugus
Marthena Bettis
Tulsa
Veterans Hospital
Willard Davis Smith
California
Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Africa
Oswald Jacoby
Washington
South Plains
Potter County
Texas Prison System
Bbis
Omeza
Rolex
The
Liquor Marts
Kenneth Whipple
Monroe 16Th
Fillmore Phone
Goff Company
Ua & Ae
Bresawas
Bettis
L. R. Cherryhomes
Sheriff
Friends of
Bangui
Bangkok
Siam
Griggs
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Fillmore
Eighth
Globe-News
Sporting Goods
Gunn Bros
Panhandle
Gunn Brothers
Horrocks-Ibbotson
Heddon Pal
Shakespeare
Actionrod
Montague
Martin
Krine Twin
Great Motors
Manrin
Angie
Cece
South Bend Oren O-Matic
South Bend
Gunn Bros. Thrift
Ocean City
Hodgman Paklite
Coleman
EAGLE
Harrison
Amarillo, Texas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!