Death of Earl Fuqua and other county notes
The item notes the death at 45 of Earl Fuqua, a key Amarillo banker, due to diabetes after a long career at First National Bank. It includes anecdotes about his character from Potts Ingerton and Sam Britt, plus light commentary on politics, insomnia cures, and a string of humorous anecdotes about daily life and a fishing tale.
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Plains
Earl Fuqua
Amarillo
Panhandle
First National Bank
Sam Britt
Southwest
Britt
Earl
Italy
Rome
Twister Causes Minor Damage in Amarillo
A small early afternoon twister damaged a storefront window at W. L. Finkley Electric Co. and blew out a door glass at Amarillo Planing Mill. A city trash wagon was struck and partially unloaded, and a dead tree toppled from a truck onto the street.
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Amarillo
W. L. Finkley Electric Company
West Sixth Avenue
New Idea for Personal Greetings to Amarillo Newcomers
Ruth Donaldson launches a novel Merchant's Hostess Service in Amarillo offering personal newcomer greeting by a trained hostess. Merchants pay for service while the newcomer receives introductions to churches lounges clubs and employment. From April 10 to July 3 174 families were contacted and 163 church reports 58 lounge reports and 46 club reports were filed.
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Amarillo
Ruth Donaldson
Classified Help Wanted and Lost Diamond Ring Notice
A widow seeks cooking waiting and nursing work. a tractor man seeks any kind of job. a young woman wants housework or nursing. a widower seeks a refined partner. a yard worker offers services. a nurse seeks travel with a healthier companion. furniture exchange offer. a young couple seeks yard or carpentry work for housing. a diamond ring lost in the business district with reward offered. contact details listed. The writer also notes being a high school girl.
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Tack
West
14Th Avenue
Johnson Street
Two Trusties Escape Pot ter County Jail On Sunday
Prisoners Arnold Hicks and Tom Green, trusted by jail staff, escaped from the Pot ter County jail via the elevator on the third floor and a fire escape while the jailor was at lunch. Hicks, a 1 year sentence for shoplifting, would complete his term in October. Green, indicted for robbery, had not been tried. Police searched but had not recaptured them along the county attorney’s office route.
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Arkansas
Boston
New York
Japan
Potter County
Arnold Hicks
Sheriff's Office
Tom Green
Jail Kitchen Trusty
Hicks
Green
Practical Nurse Seeks Evening Work at Home
Woman with experience in practical nursing and child care seeks employment. Prefers night hours at home, willing to stay nights for short periods. Call 4988 after 6 PM.
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Monroe Street
Somervell Orders Burns Of Imagery In WPA Murals
Lieutenant Colonel Brehon Somervell, New York WPA administrator, ordered three of four murals in Floyd Bennett Field’s administration building burned, calling them obviously Communist. Protests claimed depictions included the Wright Brothers in Russian peasant dress, a Stalin statue with a fallen aviator, a red star on a naval hangar painting, and a Soviet plane flying from Moscow to California.
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New York
Brehon B. Somervell
WPA
Floyd Bennett Field
Somervell
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Joseph Stalin
U. 8 Naval Reserve
Moscow
California
Bascom Burch Hurt in West Sixth Avenue Crash
Bascom Burch was injured in a traffic crash at 1400 West Sixth Avenue around 2 PM and admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital for abrasions. Hospital staff described the injuries as not serious.
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Bascom Burch
West Sixth Avenue
Northwest Texas Hospital
City Board Holds Protest Hearings This Morning
Protest hearings were held by the city board of equalization to review valuations. Property owners and homeowners waited in the hall to appear before the board, which this year includes Tom Cotter Chad Elliott and Homer Wheeler.
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Board of Equalization
Tom Cotter
Chad Elliott
Homer Wheeler
Maud McClung
Thieves Plan For Harsh Winter Amid Heat Wave
Thieves break into the Social Welfare Association office last night amid a heat spike. They tore a screen, busted a window, pulled a light fixture, and stole clothing including two overcoats a man's suit hat five ladies dresses eight sweaters one pair of boots and a pair of trousers.
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Mercury
Social Welfare Association
Moon or No Moon Affects Panhandle Wheat Threshing
Farmers in Carson and Armstrong counties report wheat that is hard to thresh. They claim dark moon ripening caused grain to stick in hulls and waste through inefficient use of combines. One farmer doubts the moon’s role, blaming sucker wheat instead.
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Panhandle
Carson County
Armstrong County
Pitman Leaves Amarillo for Lubbock Business Move
J. S. Pitman, former Khiva Temple recorder and Shrine official, visited Amarillo briefly then departed for Lubbock to make his home. He had resigned from Shrine duties and had just left Dallas where he represented Shrine and Scottish Rite bodies. In Lubbock he plans to start a business.
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J. 8. Pitman
Khiva Temple
Lubbock
Mystic Shrine
Pitman
Dallas
NYSE records 18 year low in trading activity
The New York Stock Exchange slumped to an 18 year low with only 230000 shares changing hands. Fenner Beane Amarrillo members of the NYSE and other leading exchanges report the inactivity.
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New York Stock Exchange
Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
Ball Park Fire Promptly Stopped by Umpire During Malin Park Game
Umpire Joe Pate halted a Gold Sox Cowboys game at Malin Park after flames licked the front row boxes. Pitcher Chester Hill rushed with a cup of water as spectators watched. In Manila, a typhoon 120 miles off Samar Island was headed toward the Philippines after a week of heavy rains.
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Gold Sox Cowboys
Malin Park
Joe Pate
Chester Hill
Sox
Manila
P. I
Samar Island
Philippines
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