Headquarters Opened Here for Amarillo Horse Show
Amarillo prepares for a three day horse show from July 30 to August 1 at Polk Street. Mrs William Diers sen presides as finance chair with Miss Betty Wooldridge and Mrs David Kruser leading ticket sales. Prizes include an 18 inch silver tray from Wagner's for top seller and a 17 jewel wrist watch from the Diamond Shop for the best sales record. Proceeds benefit the Crippled Children's Council.
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Amarillo
Crippled Children’s Council
Dumas Man Robbed Of Cash And Car
E G Markham of Dumas reports he was robbed of 54 dollars and his 1939 blue Pontiac four door, license AD-858, by two men near Dumas. A second vehicle, a stolen 1939 Chevrolet coach from Woodward, Okla, was abandoned after the incident. The men, about 21, both slender, fled west. descriptions include blond and dark hair, tan polo shirt and khaki clothing. Deputy Younger investigated.
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Dumas
Markham
Woodward
Okla
Sheriff Younger
Political Fanfare Returns to Texas in Campaign Tour
The Associated Press reports Lyndon Johnson staged a campaign revival in Texas with entertainment and lemonade as he urged Texans to elect him US senator for preparedness and progress. In Austin a recorded address echoed his themes while George Peddy and Coke Stevenson spoke in person in Austin and Waco outlining economy and federal cuts. Johnson planned stops in Waco San Antonio and Bryan to follow.
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Associated Press
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Fort Worth
Peddy
Stevenson
Johnson
Austin
River Oaks
Waco
San Antonio
Bryan
Coal Miners Now Best-Fed Germans in Germany
A report states German coal miners are the best fed in the country, highlighting improved meals and nutrition for workers amid ongoing economic strains and industrial activity.
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Germany
Injunction Granted Against Amarillo Building Code
City Manager N. V. Moss discusses an injunction in Frank Foliart’s suit against Amarillo. A temporary injunction bars enforcement of the building code until a final hearing set for July 24 by Judge W. E. Gee. Foliart has two city court convictions on building code violations now on appeal to county court.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Frank Foliart
W. E. Gee
Foliart
Moss
Cactus Cootiette Benefit Program
Cactus Cootiette Club presents a 8 o clock Tuesday benefit at VFW Hall for monthly birthday parties at the Preventorium. Local candidates attend. events include fiddlers contest cake walk sack races and door prizes. Feature play How the Story Grew with an all local cast.
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Cactus Cootiette Club
VFW Hall
Water restrictions cut Childress daily use in half
Childress City Council enacted water limits as lake supply falls short. Daily sales run near two million gallons and must be reduced by at least half a million, with only three feet of suction left in Lake Childress. Wells can supply 12 million gallons daily and blocks switch usage by day.
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Childress
Panhandle
South Plains
Communists Urge Thorez as French Premier in Coalition
In Paris on July 20, Communists urged Maurice Thorez to head a Socialist Communist coalition government. Thorez, leader of the largest party in the assembly with 186 of 618 deputies, asked President Vincent Auriol for consideration as the new premier after Schuman's government fell over budget disputes.
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Paris
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Vincent Auriol
Frances
Robert Schuman
Auriol
Communist Party
National Assembly
Wise Women Beauty Routine and Mercolized Wex Cream
A beauty routine emphasizes caring for all exposed skin with Mercolized Wex Cream, a cosmetic long marketed for clearer skin for nearly forty years. It advises use as directed and notes wide sale at cosmetic counters everywhere.
Red Forces Win: Fall of Liangyang Reported
A national military spokesman acknowledged the fall of Liangyang to Red forces. Living costs in Peru have continued to rise since the first of the year with inflation affecting households.
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Nanking
Liangyang
Peru
Miss Lenora Lowry Honored at Amarillo Paper Retirement Picnic
Lenora Lowry retired after 18 years with the Amarillo Paper Company. Fellow workers at Palo Duro Park hosted a barbecue where Mrs. W. R. Pumphrey presented her a diamond wrist watch. Attending were company employees, families, and several local friends and relatives.
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Lenora Lowry
Palo Duro Park
Amarillo Paper Company
E. M. Benesch
Jean Scott
Harry Scott
Anna _ Anderson
Tom McMahon
Engineer Aviation Group Holds Tuesday Night Meeting
The 950th Engineer Aviation Group will meet at 8 PM Tuesday in the Manhattan Construction Company offices at 1850 Washington. Col. Philip Goodman commands the group and will lead the meeting, inviting all Reserve members interested in airfield construction and maintenance.
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Engineer Aviation Group
950Th Engineer Aviation Group
Manhattan Construction Company
Washington
Philip Goodman
Six Panhandle men set for Alaska big game hunt
Six men from Claude and Dalhart plan a hunting trip to Alaska. Newton Harrell Edward Harrell Buddy Benneth of Claude and O H Finch Allen Finch and F A Finch of Dalhart will drive to Fairbanks via the Alaskan Highway and return aboard the SS Aleutian.
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Panhandle
Alaska
Newton
Edward Harrell
Buddy Benneth
Claude
O. H. Finch
Allen Finch
F. A. Finch
Dalhart
Fairbanks
Santa Fe carloadings and traffic compare year over year
Santa Fe System carloadings for the week ending Saturday were 30 731 versus 33 148 in 1947. Cars received from connections totaled 10 322 vs 9 495 last year. Total cars moved were 41 053 compared with 42 643. Santa Fe handled 39 275 cars in the preceding week of this year.
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Santa FE
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