Grandchild birthday musings and nation wide notes
Apersonal stream of thoughts covers family joy in a newborn grandson named Sloan Howe Krister and reflections on motherhood, marriage, and memories. The piece also recalls Louise Macy and Harry Hopkins engagement and Churchill’s visit, plus assorted vignettes from public life and a report on Amarillo’s Municipal Airport work and local interests.
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Louise Macy
New York
Harry Hopkins
White House
Miss Macy
United States
Mr. Hopkins
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Darling
Mrs. Hopkins
Saboteur Defense Set to Open This Afternoon
Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, head of the military commission trying eight Nazi saboteurs, said the defense is expected to open its case this afternoon in Washington.
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Washington
Frank R. McCoy
Military Commission
Help Wanted and Lost Notices From Local Columns
Classified requests seek a companion and housekeeper, with ages 50s to 60s, steady work, and home duties. Also lost items include a purse belonging to Thelma Gallia and a rhinestone lapel watch. searches urge return to local offices and homes. Contacts listed with numbers and addresses across Olney Amarillo Pampa and surrounding Texas towns.
T. E. Johnson is Convalescing
T. E. Johnson recovers at home after three fractured ribs from a recent automobile accident. He spent last week at the Veterans Hospital before returning to 1702 Hughes Street.
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Tfe. Johnson
Hughes Street
Veterans’ Hospital
Lost brown Buxton bill fold with cards and IDs
A brown Buxton bill fold containing credit cards for Magnolia Humble Texaco Sinclair Gulf GMAC Ford and to Harbison Fischer Mig Co Fort Worth is missing. Birth certificate and selective service card are inside. No money. Reward offered.
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Buxton
Magnolia
Humble
Texaco
Sinclair
Gulf
GMAC
Ford
Montgomery
Harbison Fischer Mig. Co
Fort Worth
Just-a-settin and the Wisdom of Will Dudley
A reminiscence portrait of Will Dudley, a rugged, self-educated man who finds wisdom in daily quiet time. He advocates wholesome beer as a calming companion, shaping a peaceful, untroubled life and long happiness. The piece praises Time's verdict that beer suits men of good will.
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Will Dudley
Will
Red
Two Men Killed In Powder Blast At Virginia Plant
Two men died and several workers were injured in an explosion at a Hercules Powder Company munitions unit in the Virginia Ordnance Works near Glen Wilton. Victims were W. M. Hill, 30, and Lawrence Hites, 40, a married father of two. Four others were taken to hospital.
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Clifton Forge
Virginia Ordnance Works
Glen Wilton
Hercules Powder Company
Army
W. M. Hill
Lawrence Hites
Hites
J. W. Huffman
Chesaoe and
Ohio Railroad
Dalhart Sheriff Seeks Missing Woman Jeannette Simmonds
Dalhart sheriff asks Amarillo police to help find 22 year old Jeannette Simmonds who disappeared Saturday at midnight. She is five feet four inches, 120 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. She wore a brown slack suit when she vanished.
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Amarillo
Dalhart
Jeannette Simmonds
Wild chase and high stakes tale from 1839 letter
Springfield archives reveal Orin Hamlin stole state funds 103 years ago. He fled by river boat after an $11,500 theft, lost $8,000 at poker, and a pursuit ran through Eastern states and Canada. He later repaid the state, won a lottery of 25,000 pounds, and settled with Dixon in Galena after losing and selling all.
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Uncle Sam
Louis B. Mayer
Hollywood
Massachusetts
B. K. Keith
Archduke Ferdinand
New York
Ence
Uar
Samuel Pepys
Robert Fulton
Carrie Jacobs Bond
A. T. Stewart
New Yorker
Richard Whitney
Wall Street
Sing Sing
British Association For the Advancement of Science
A. R. Sennett
Congress
Luther Patrick
Alabama
China
Japan
United States
Ciggie
Springfield
Ill
Orin Hamlin
John Dixon
State Board of Commissioners
Dixon
Hamlin
Canada
Connecticut
Galena
Women Killed in Bus Truck Crash Near Keller Virginia
A heavy trailer truck rammed the end of a bus carrying women en route to a freezing plant killing at least five and injuring 13 or more. State Trooper Charles B. Strauss said the celery laden truck struck the bus just south of Keller and demolished it.
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Keller. Va
Charles B. Strauss
Keller
USC Fund Short By Five Thousand Three Hundred Forty Seven
The USC fund in Amarillo reached 16502.67 dollars after collecting 21.30 at a benefit softball game. The total fell short of the goal by 5347.333 dollars.
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USC
Amarillo
Spelling Champ Fumbles Word on Quiz Kids Show
Richard Earnhart 11 El Paso Texas national spelling champion forfeited next week's Quiz Kids after fumbling bacchanalian. Richard Williams Oak Park Illinois edged the champ by correctly spelling pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a rare lung disease term not in ordinary dictionaries.
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Chicago
U.P
Richard Earnhart
el Paso
Tex
Richard Williams
Oak Park
Til
Deputies Tow Listing Man Safe to Port
A county deputy escorted a visibly intoxicated man from the Courthouse Lawn Reposer's Society gathering to the jail for safety. While deputies towed him in, many attendees stayed asleep on the lawn enjoying a West Texas siesta and socializing under shade.
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West Texas
Potter County
Reposers Society
Water Line Reaches Amarillo Army Technical School
City water now serves the Amarillo Army Technical School via a new large line from Ridgemere Boulevard. The line was completed yesterday, with further extension work starting today toward Second Avenue and Harrison Street.
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City Water
Ridgemere Boulevard
Amarillo Army Technical School
Second Avenue
Harrison Street
Ingenious Cart Helps Sandy Walk Again
Milwaukee report tells how a two-wheeled rubber-tired cart strapped to a shepherd dog Sandy enabled hind legs to be lifted and his front legs to move. Frank Holman and neighbors built the device over two months, improving mobility after paralysis.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Sandy
Frank Holman
Holman
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Texas
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C. F. Conyers
Box 87
Pampa
Tack Tam
J. FE. Hausman
Happy
Star Theater
Tack
Jim Jackson
Globe News
Joseph Battise
Houston
Tyler Street
Bettye Barton
Rusk Street
T. E. Johnson
Robert D. Rhodes
Harbison
Taylor Street
Von
Buchanan Street
Mrs. Harris
Joe Marsh
Gee Mears
Wild Chase
First National Bank of
Fisk Bldg
Sanitone
Panhandle Laundry
Sani
Tone
Handleaundry Dry Cleaning CO
Vie
Australia
Hine
Portland
Ore
Henry J. Kaiser
America
Ninese
Mae West
Los Angeles
Frank Wallace
Mae
Tre Oy Malia Pa Optometrist
Bihes Ae Tneal
Taetory
Busbless Reltless Strapless
Amarillo Hotel
Masy
Navy
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Manpower Commission
Washington, D.C
Jack
Institute of Life Insurance
East 42Nd Street
New York City
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