Hughes Flying Boat Witness Talks of Hollywood Josephines
Grover Loening testified about Howard Hughes vast wooden flying boat project and Hollywood entourages. He described urging cancellation after $18 million was spent and predicted the craft will fly but warn of wing flutter due to wooden construction. He recounted meetings with Henry Kaiser and interactions with Johnny Meyer.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Josephine
Grover Loening
Sistant
Orville Wright
War Production Board
America
Henry Kaiser
Loening
Kaiser
Atlantic
Hollywood
Johnny Meyer
Hughes
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Mr. Meyer
Loering
McCarty Quest Speaker At Zonta Club Meeting
John L. McCarty spoke at Amarillo Zonta Club in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel on Cultivating Deeds. He outlined projects for youth clubs and a community action program. The group voted to back a year around recreation program for Amarillo while Zonta members sell horse show tickets for crippled children benefits. About 16 members and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. McCarty
Amarillo
Zonta Club
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
McCarty
Zonta
Cripple Children’s Fund
Mrs Carter Visit and Deloris King Health Update
Mrs Curtis King and daughter Deloris of Dumas visit Mrs R L Carter at 1610 Jackson. Deloris underwent a ton silectomy this morning. Mrs Jim Carter of Canyon is also visiting today.
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Curtis King
Deloris
Dumas
R. L. Carter
Jackson
Jim Carter
Canyon
Patterson to Leave for Jacksonville Visit
Clarence Patterson will return to Jacksonville tonight after visiting in the T. E. Sanders home at 136 Cliff Side.
Amarillo Parks Film Captures Recreation Events
City recreation director Wm Paul Bradford announced a new pictorial record of Amarillo's summer events. Photographer Alvin H. Dell will film at Ellwood Park with scenes from the pet show horseshoe contest playground activities art classes and junior league supervision. Filming will continue this week at several parks and a school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Paul Bradford
Alvin H. Dell
Parker
Ellwood Park
Billie Frost
J. C. Paul
Bill Hulett
Seldon Simpson
Bradford
el Alamo East
San Jacinto
Will Rogers
North Heights Parks
Fred Douglass School
Visit Notes of Mrs Adams and Laura Fave
Mrs W E Adams and her daughter Laura Fave returned to Wichita Falls after visiting Mrs Josephine Fubanks and Mrs Z B Fulfer at 1615 Jackson.
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W. E. Adams
Laura Fave
Wichita Falls
Josephine Fubanks
Z. B. Fulfer
Jackson
Jacobson Dies in California
Louis Jacobson longtime Amarillo merchant and Liberty Theater owner died in Los Angeles at age 65 yesterday. He moved to Amarillo in the early 1900s and lived here until the mid 1920s. Funeral services will be in Los Angeles with burial there. survivors include a widow two sons and four daughters, all residing in California.
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Louis Jacobson
Liberty Theater
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Mr. Jacobson
Gus Rummell
Second
Buchanan
Rummell
Jacobson
Jake
California
Masonic Order
Amarile Lodge
Af&am
Khiva Temple
Ella Jacobson
Joe
Sammy Jacobson
Goldie Moss
Esther Glickman
Alice Hindin
Frances Schwab
Arrest Four in Wheat Theft From Abel Elevator
Four men arrested in connection with the theft of 1500 bushels of wheat from the Abel Elevator on July 14. Sheriff Clarence Williams of Carson County reported in Panhandle that charges of theft will be filed this afternoon. Suspects include residents of Amarillo and Panhandle, with three jailed in Panhandle and one in Amarillo. The theft involved a large truck and trailer, and owner Friday Hughes reported the loss July 15.
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Clarence Williams
Carson County
Panhandle
Abel
Williams
Amarillo
Willams
Friday Hughes
O J Grabbe Funeral Held in Canyon
Funeral services for O. J. Grabbe were held at the First Baptist Church in Canyon with Rev. A. J. Sullivan and M. G. Upton officiating. Grabbe, a 46 year old Palo Duro farmer, died in a Canyon hospital. Burial followed at Dreamland Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Chloe, his parents W. M. and Mrs. Grabbe, sister Mrs. Bessie McCrow, and brother W. M. Grabbe Jr.
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O. J. Grabbe
Canyon
First Baptist Church
A. J. Sullivan
M. G. Upton
Palo Duro
Grabbe
Wildorado
Dreamland Cemetery
Griggs-Warner Funeral Home
City approves chip factory building for Cecil M Blakley
The city engineer's office granted authorization this morning for a 24 by 50 foot potato chip factory to Cecil M Blakley. The frame construction facility will have six rooms.
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Cecil M. Blakley
Negro Youth On Trial For Burglary In Amarillo Case
Thomas Hall an 18 year old Negro youth stands trial in district court on charges of burglary. He is accused of burglarizing Reeves Grocery and Market at 2700 West Tenth on July 4. Jury inclusion was expected later this afternoon.
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Thomas Hall
Amarillo
Negro funeral directors hold 14th annual Texas meeting in Amarillo
State Negro morticians meet in Amarillo for their 14th annual convention. C. L. Austin of Austin Funeral Home was elected second vice president. Officers include C. J. Clark of Dallas president and John J. Jones of Texarkana first vice president. The next meeting will be in Houston.
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Texas
Amarillo
Independent Funeral Directors of Texas
Bones Hooks
C. L. Austin
Austin Funeral Home
North Hughes
Houston
C. J. Clark
Dallas
John J. Jones
Texarkana
W. M. Larremore
San Antonio
G. E. Mercer
Austin
L. D. Dorsey
Marlin
R. A. Lay
Tommie Tyler
Hearne
A. H. Banks
el Paso
Chaplin
Wesley Chance
M. L. Starks
San Angelo
Board elects finance chair and lists diverse directors
The finance committee chairman was elected, with board directors including R. S. Keats of Mexia, W. K. Robinson of Marlin, R. D. Washington of Ennis, A. L. Walden of Houston, J. A. Edwards of Waco, Mrs. O. J. Carter of Dallas, W. H. Hicks, G. J. Sutton of San Antonio, C. H. G. Fleming of Beaumont, R. Collins of San Antonio, and R. B. Hampton-Williams of Dallas.
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R. S. Keats
Mexia
W. K. Robinson
Marlin
R. D. Washington
Ennis
A. L. Walden
Houston
J. A. Edwards
Waco
Visiting Relative Puts Lynda Levy in Des Moines NM
Lynda Levy of 411 Maryland visits her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs G T Amos in Des Moines New Mexico.
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Lynda Levy
Maryland
Mrs
G. T. Amos
Des Moines
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