Veteran Jimmy Prowell joins Amarillo welding firm
Jimmy Prowell, assistant manager at J. Ernest Stroud & Co., with 11 years of service, came from Clovis New Mexico a year ago. He served over three years in the Air Corps as a first lieutenant and C 46 pilot in the European Theater. The Amarillo firm sells oxygen and acetylene welding gear from small home outfits to large systems and offers a repair department for all brands at 501 07 Polk Street with telephone 8277.
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J. Ernest Stroud & Co
Jimmy Prowell
Amarillo
Clovis
N. M
Prowell
Air Corps
Polk Street
First Lady Skipper Kay Cosby Cleans Ship
Kay Cosby 21 prepares to become San Diego’s first woman ship skipper aboard a 32 foot jigboat after quitting bus navigation and taking to the open sea. Her voyage begins by tidying the ship under doctor advised guidance.
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San Diego
US P
Kay Cosby
Good Brakes Means Safety at Palo Duro Tune-Up
The ad promotes Palo Duro Motor Tune-Up at 212 West Seventh Street offering brake lining and wheel services. An expert oversees brake work with wheel balancing tire aligning and a fool proof machine to diagnose issues. Regular checks prevent tire wear and accidents and extend tire life.
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Palo Duro Motor Tune-Up
West Seventh Street
Palo Duro Motor
Palo Duro
Panhandle Specialty Company Promotes Automatic Phonographs
The Panhandle Specialty Company, at Tenth and Taylor in Amarillo, offers automatic phonographs for restaurants, dance halls, bowling alleys, clubs, and stores. They supply machines, update records, and provide private party installations with delivery and pickup. Call 2-1297 to arrange installation for new businesses.
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Panhandle Specialty Company
Tenth and
Taylor Streets
Amarillo
Double mistake gave Mount Tacoma its name
The article explains that Mount Tacoma’s name arose from a double error by white explorers who misheard the Indian term Ta ko-bed. The term referred to any snowy mountain rather than Mount Rainier specifically, leading to a misattribution tied to the snowy peak in view.
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Mount
Tacoma
Tako-bed
Mount Rainier
Western Vacuum and Sewing Machine Supply opens new stock
A Western Vacuum and Sewing Machine Supply Company location in Amarillo at 616 West Sixth Street and a Borger outlet at 120 East Fifth Street Head Building report new and rebuilt vacuum cleaners from General Electric Premier and Cadillac lines. W M Escoe Jr. oversees Borger store. W R Byers runs Amarillo. In addition a fresh shipment of button hole attachments arrives for most sewing machine brands. Rebuilding and turning old treadle machines into electrics remains their main business with special one day service for out of town customers.
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Western Vacuum and Sewing Machine Supply Company
Amarillo
Borger
West Sixth Street
W. R. Byers
East Fifth Street
W. M. Escoe, Jr
General Electrics
Permiers
Cadilacs
Western Vacuum and Sewing Machine Supply
Gold Stamp Your Luggage Amarka Bookbindery Offer
Amarillo Bookbindery and Gift Shop at 3119 West Sixth Street in Amarillo offers one hour gold stamping for luggage plus monogramming of stationery, napkins, matches and coasters. Mr and Mrs H B Vaughan recently reopened in a new air conditioned building. They provide binding of magazines books and Bibles, custom directory covers, and a variety of gift items from a Dallas gift show including lucite baskets and embroidered jackets.
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Amarillo
West Sixth Street
H. B. Vaughan
Vaughan’s
Dallas
Herb McKenley Earns Illinois Athlete of the Year
Champaign Illinois Herb McKenley the record breaking quarter miler was named Illinois Athlete of the Year receiving the Lion Gardner Memorial. He set a world record 0 46 2 in the 440 at the Big Ten meet then ran 220 yards in 0 20 6 two tenths behind Jesse Owens world mark.
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Champaign, Ill
Nea
Herb McKenley
Lion Gardiner
Illinois
McKenley
Jesse Owens
They Were First White Women on Overland Trail
The first white women to travel the Overland Trail through South Pass Wyoming were the wives of Spalding and Whitman, two missionaries.
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South Pass
Wyo
Spalding and
Whitman
Holiday Magazine promotion with subscription offer
Promotes Holiday Magazine with a September issue of 152 pages and a full length 101 Ranch feature. Encourages orders to Arvell Meador, guarantees refund of subscription charges, delivers within 30 days, and touts a three year $11 sale saving $7, plus new fashion editor Miss Margaret Hockaday and the "Holiday of the Month" feature.
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Arvell Meador
Polk Street
Arvell
Holiday
Margaret Hockaday
Bahamas
Brushup Secretarial Courses Open for Returning Veterans
Mrs Bess Orr Foringer runs the Amarillo Secretarial School at 800 Jefferson offering brushup business courses. Veterans can enroll anytime under Public Law 346 and the GI Bill of Rights for complete or single programs including shorthand bookkeeping comptometry and machine bookkeeping.
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Bess Orr Foringer
Amarillo
Time to Insulate Your Home With Redwood Bark Fibre
John Weeks Insulating Company offers Redwood Bark Fibre and Rockwood insulation at 510 East Tenth. Insulation can cut home cooling by 15 to 20 degrees and reduces winter heating costs, with seasoned installers delivering reliable work. Call Johnny Weeks at 26516 for a consultation.
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John Weeks
510 East Tenth
United States Bureau of Standards
John Weeks Insulating Company
Amarillo
Johnny Weeks
Speed Ravey Watch Repair and Jewelry Store Ad
Speed Ravey offers guaranteed watch repair by experienced men at 410 Taylor Street Taylor's Market. Shop hours 9 to 6, 10 day returns, and a full jewelry line with watches, rings, bands including Schaefer's Smootheez. Wrist watches from 17.50, a new wedding band shipment, and costume jewelry in stock.
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Speed Ravey
Taylor's Market
Taylor Street
Speed Ravey’s
Nose Monkeys of Central Asia Found in High Mountains
Rhinopithecus, known as nose monkey, inhabits central Asian mountains just below the snow line. Researchers note its unique facial features and altitude niche in remote habitats.
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Central Asia
Mars Observer Sees Earthlike Sky From Other Planets
An inhabitant of Mars or any planet in the solar system would observe the same star patterns we see from Earth, presenting a Earthlike view of the night sky across the solar system.
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Mars
Earth
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