Raef Brothers Servicing Butane Propane Customers
Raef Brothers of St Francis and Umbarger operate a fleet of trucks serving Potter, Armstrong, Randall, Carson and Deaf Smith counties. They monitor refills but cannot precisely estimate consumption, inviting calls or visits to secure supply, plus a station at Umbarger. They stock butane water heaters, floor furnaces, kitchen ranges, space heaters and other appliances. Outside natural gas they handle other services.
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Raef
St. Francis
Potter
Armstrong
Randall, Carson
Deaf Smith
Raef Brothers
Umbarger
Wilson Battery and Electric Service Tune-Up Special
Wilson Battery and Electric Service offers motor tune-ups brakes checks wheel balancing and electrical system checks at their Seventh and Jackson location. Vacation checkups are advised to avoid road repair costs with modern equipment and skilled mechanics ready to service tractors and farm magnetos for local farmers.
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Wilson Battery & Electric Service
Seventh and
Jackson Streets
Wilson
Stork Shop July Clearance Sale Opens in Amarillo
The Stork Shop at 30 9 West Sixth Street Amarillo launches its annual July clearance offering infant to six year old items. Bargains include boxer shorts $1, western pants $1.95, Eton caps 50 cents, play clothes 89 cents and up, girls dresses $2 and up, boys white suits $3.19, play pen pads $2.95, toddlers batiste slips $1. Special 50 cent table and a $1 bargain table featured. Call 2 7989 for selections.
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Stork
West Sixth Street
Amarillo
Bob
Betty Drake
Betty
Eton
Batiste
Miss
Utah Man Loses Suit Over Chickens Killed by Bombers
Mike Boskovich of Midvale Utah failed to win a $2000 damage suit against the US government. He alleged Air Corps bombers flew low over his 3500 chickens causing many to die jumping a fence and stopping layings. Judge Willis W Ritter dismissed the case.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Ancient Roman wine vessels found on Walbrook site
Archeologists uncover ancient Roman wine vessels on a bombed site in Walbrook City of London revealing historical cellar remains and pottery shards dated to early imperial period.
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Walbrook
London
New Liquid Kills Roaches and Ants Advertises Johnston's No-Roach
Scientists endorse modern pest control using Johnston's No-Roach brush application. The colorless odorless coating kills roaches ants and water bugs for months without staining or mess. Available in 8 oz 89c pint 1.69 quart 2.98 at White & Kirk 4th Floor.
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Johnston
White & Kirk
Vacuum Cleaners At Bargain Price
An unusual sale of reconditioned late model vacuum cleaners, mostly Electrolux, with attachments, is in progress at Western Vacuum Cleaner and Sewing Machine Supply on West Sixth. Models from Hoover and other brands are offered from 19.95 with a new machine guarantee and installment terms, with repair services guaranteed.
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Electrolux
Western Vacuum Cleaner and Sewing Machine Supply
West Sixth
Hoover
Western Ewing Machine and Vacuum Cleaner
Panhandle
Johnston's No-Roach pest coating promises months of protection
A colorless brush-on coating for kitchens kills roaches ants and waterbugs on contact and then paralyzes them. Safe odorless and sanitary it contains no DDT or toxic phosphorous and lasts for months. Available at White & Kirk Amarillo on the fourth floor with prices 89 cents half pint 1 69 pint and 2 98 quart.
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Amarillo
White & Kirk
Phillips Offers Used Furniture
Phillips moved their used furniture department to a new building managed by Mr Ed. The department aims to pay fair prices for used items traded in on new and helps young couples furnish homes completely from the used stock.
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Phillips Used Furniture
Ed.” Phillips
Phillips
Crosley
Ships Located Off German Coasts After World War II
Hamburg story notes 553 sunken ships found near the German North Sea and Baltic coast since 1945. Hermann Leiber says hydrographic institute crews have continuously sought wrecks, finding vessels across classes including coastal freighters fishing trawlers and German naval ships. Many could be salvaged or sold for scrap.
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Hamburg
Germany
German Hydrographic Institute
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Hermann Leiber
Institute
Sieber
Russian Slavery on Oriental Markets Highlighted by Britannica
Britannica notes that within the last century Russian slaves were sold on Oriental markets, reflecting a dark chapter in slave trade history. The claim ties Russian bondage to broader regional trafficking patterns noted in historical records.
Garment Hanger Dealers Listed in Amarillo
E M Benesch’s Travelers Auto Garment Hanger gains traction at his Kentucky factory as 25 Amarillo service stations list selling points. Priced at 3 dollars, it installs in seconds without tools and keeps rear visibility when full.
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E. M. Benesch
Travelers Auto
Kentucky
Amarillo
Amarillo Secretarial School Seeks More Office Personnel
Mrs. Bess Orr Foringer of Amarillo Secretarial School says demand for well trained office personnel such as stenographers bookkeepers and machine operators is rising beyond the supply of graduates. She urges high school students not planning college to consider a business course and offers brush up programs for those with prior training. The school at 800 Jefferson is approved to train returned and disabled veterans and invites visits or calls to 23594.
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Bess Orr Foringer
Amarillo
Bible Stolen From NI Church Display Case
A Bible left open for daily reading was stolen from a glass fronted case in front of a Ballymena church in Northern Ireland. Police appeal for information as church officials review security.
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Ballymena
Northern Ireland
Chrome Office Furniture At Western Business Supply
Western Business Supply at 208 West Tenth Street offers chrome reception lounge furniture in complete stock with settees from 64.50 and matching chairs 33.75. Oak walnut and steel desks tables and chairs are also available for fully furnishing an office. Call 2-8333 or write for more information.
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West Tenth Street
Burst Dam Devastates Holyoke Connecticut River Sill
1848 dam across the Connecticut River at Holyoke failed the same day it was finished. Telegrams to a Boston firm detail a rushing flood as pressure overwhelmed the structure. Messages chronicle initial completion followed by rapid deterioration and collapse.
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Holyoke
Mass
U.P
Connecticut River
Boston
Willimsett
Peeper Adopts Sorority House on ST PAUL
A peeping tom harasses the Gam ma Omicron sorority house at the University of Minnesota. Coeds say they’ve called police 15 or 20 times in six months. the prowler evades capture, even using a packing box under a tree as a viewing platform.
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ST. Paul
Gamma Omicron
University of Minnesota
Chilean Etymology Traced to Snowy Indian Word
A claim links the name Chile to an indigenous word meaning snow. The assertion notes linguistic roots and regional usage, highlighting a connection between geography and language in South American toponymy.
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Chile
Snow
Sunday Sessions Cut Time in Jail
Chicago launches Sunday municipal court sessions to shorten jail terms for Saturday night misbehavior. In the first Sunday operation, 237 of 295 prisoners were discharged, 23 sent to further confinement and charges against 35 were continued or transferred.
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Chicago
Judge Explains How Whiskey Works
In Chicago two lawyers argued before Municipal Judge J Hasten over whiskey under a new state law that requires bars to serve a full ounce of rum whiskey or gin unmixed. The judge offered a quip defining whiskey as something that makes you sick when well and well when sick.
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Chicago
U.P
J. Hasten
Jen
Kick for Kick Satisfies Man
In Memphis Tennessee a fruit vendor and his horse both proved the saying he who kicks last gets the kick. The vendor was kicked by the horse as he walked beside the market wagon then delivered a return kick. The exchange left both parties satisfied as the horse continued along the street.
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Memphis
Tenn
Average 1900 fashion shows women in starched petti coats
A sentence noting that American women wore about six starched petti coats on average in 1900, reflecting early 20th century dress norms.
Old Cavalry Officer Dies Not Dieing Yet in Para Jump
Lt Col Winston W Ehrgott of Washington recently graduated as a paratrooper at Fort Benning Georgia. The 48 year old cavalry veteran, once with the Seventh Cavalry under Custer, still wears boots and spurs and insists on rugged cavalry training. He has served as a senior military instructor in Greece and Saudi Arabia and remains eager to maintain the cavalry ethos in airborne service.
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Fort Benning
Ga. U.P
Cavalry
Winston W. Ehrgott
Washington
Ehrgott
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
George Custer
Greece
Saudi Arabia
Col. Ehrgott
Oldest U S mint: The Philadelphia facility from 1793
The Philadelphia mint, established in 1793, is the oldest of the three U S coinage mints. It highlights the early federal push to create a national coin system and marks a foundational era in American numismatics.
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Phaia
United States
Artisan Furniture Manufacturing and Upholstering Co
Visit Artisan Furniture in Amarillo at 2920 West Sixth to see custom built options. Bruce Edwards and Ed Caldwell guide customers through affordable, durable pieces with chosen coverings from a large material stock. Rebuilding, reupholstering and styling services available with home delivery and no obligation.
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Amarillo
Artisan
West Sixth
Bruce Edwards
Ed Caldwell
Atenals
No Favorites in Price of Milk Told in Brief
Memphis report on rising milk costs shows a Shelby County farmer who just bought a cow apologizes to his milkman for stopping service. The driver replies that he may buy a cow himself as his milk bill exceeds 30 dollars monthly.
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Memphis, Tenn
U.P
Shelby County
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