Gladioli Grow Well Says Amarillo Flower Brothers
Two railroad men J. D. Clark and T. J. Clark in Amarillo report gladioli as the best garden bloom for the Panhandle. They cultivate about an acre, list 30,000 salable bulbs, and run gardens in Pleasant Valley and near town. They describe thrip control, costs, and how chromes determine blooming, inviting interest in a local gladiolus society.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
J. D. Clark
Fast Twenty-third Avenue
Santa Fe
T. J. Clark
Lincoln
Pleasant Valley
Here
New England Gladiolus Society
Boston
Mass
California
J. T. Clark
New England Society
Betty Nuthall
Thomas A. Edison
Margaret Fulton
23Rd Avenue
Lincoln Street
Clark Brothers
Senate transport bill declared dead for this session
Jana of the Senate interstate commerce committee said the general transportation bill is dead for this session. The House made so many changes in the Senate approved measure that compromise before adjournment is unlikely. Wheeler said he would ask the Senate to send the bill to a joint committee for fall study and report at the start of the next session.
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Amarillo
Texas
Jana
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Wheeler
Senate
Enise Senate
Dixie Davis to Be Free Man at Midnight
Exiled crime figure Dixie Davis, once a key spokesman for Dutch Schultz, is to be freed from the Bronx jail with four detectives guarding him. He may seek seclusion in Hope Dare’s New Mexico town while authorities plan to question him about the Manton case and other legal matters amid hopes he will go straight.
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Hope Dare
Davis
Philadelphia
New Mexico
Dixie Davis
New York
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Bronx
U S. Circuit Court
Martin T. Manton
Catskill Mountain
Tannerville
N. Y
Davis Marcus
Dutch Schultz
Drum Corps Heads to Memphis for 13th Trip
Organized by George P. Miller the Sons of Legion drum and bugle corps from Amarillo departs with 25 members in cowboy costumes for the Hall County celebration in Memphis. The group, all sons of World War II veterans, began at Armistice Day and may enter the state competition during the August department convention in Waco.
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George P. Miller
Memorial Park Cemetery
Amarillo
Sons of Legion
Hall County
Memphis
SAL
American Legion
Miller
Waco
Courthouse Transfers and Credits From 1939 Records
A ledger style list shows W A Bryant et ux to Ben Mc Cowan and others with dates in July 1939, deed transfers, mortgage and trust company moves among Kenosh banks, car registrations, and a dental ad for FASTEETH noting relief for slipping dentures.
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W. A. Bryant
Ben McCowan
Heglad
S. D. Vaughan
Reeves
C. Cc. Ter
W. F. Griffin
C. C. Park
Chas. Priole
Roy Mathes
Lot
States Loan Co
Business Men's Assn. Co
Wolflin
Mystery of Elinore Bertrand ends with homecoming
Philadelphia reports the disappearance of 16 year old Elinore Bertrand once declared Miss World's Fair. The New York beauty contestant was found in a Philadelphia hotel lobby after being disqualified July 11. She said pride kept her from returning home as police confirmed her identity.
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Philadelphia
Elinore Bertrand
New York
Notable Growth in Women Drivers by Era
In 1937 estimates put the number of women drivers around 10 million, while data from 1900 records about 65 women drivers. The figures show a dramatic rise in female participation behind the wheel over the period.
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Herschel Caplan
Thomas &. Dewey
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Manhattan
Drum Corps
Guy P, Miller
Courthouse Records
RFC Mtg. Co
Kenosh
Wis
Roberts
C. Co
RFC
Mtg. Co
Pleas
Val
Flynn
Natl Bk
C&s
Natl
C. L. Munday
James Foran
Swift & Co
City
Ford
Canadian River Gas
Amarillo News
Lcity
Leo R. Studer
Edwin F. Coard
FHA
John Maynard Lumber Co
West Fifth Sr
Voiles
Dimity
Batiste
Cs. Wa
Floor
Anthony
Tom and Jerry Brand
C.R Anthony Co
Bradley Brand
SUAVA
Bemberg
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