Resigning Chief Outlines Fire Department Improvement
Edward R. Wilson, who resigned yesterday as fire chief, proposed two hours daily for instruction and two hours for drills for every firefighter. He urged two officers to survey Amarillo buildings to create construction blueprints for use in training and prefire response, stressing advances in hydraulics, building knowledge, and explosion physics. Mayor Hegg called the recommendations a good blueprint for improving the Amarillo Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Wilson
Lawrence Hegg
Amarillo Fire Department
Wilson
Amarillo
Now She Shops Cash and Carry for Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Doan's Pills as a fast remedy for backache tied to kidney issues. It claims kidneys excrete wastes, that improper function causes pain, swelling, and sleep trouble, and urges readers to ask druggists for Doan's, saying millions have used them for over 60 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Doan
Grigas To Give Short Course On Restorative Art
Amarilla mortician Horace Griges of N S Grigas and Sos departs for Houston to lead a three day short course on restorative art at Landig College of Mortuary Science. The post graduate program runs through Aug 1 with Griggs already a decade long lecturer at morticians courses in Texas and elsewhere.
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Amarilla
Horace Griges
N.S. Grigas & Sos
Houston
Landig College of Mortuary Science
Griggs
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico
Seven Candidates Enter Race to Succeed Ewing Thomason
Seven hopefuls joined the 14th District race to replace Ewing Thomason who resigned to become federal auditor. contenders include Kenneth Regan Mirl oilman James Metcalfe Odessa firm head Pat Har grove Paso veteran Gary Ord Paso county commissioner Lewis Fair railroad conductor Woodrow Wilson Bean El Paso state representative.
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Paso
U. S
14Th
Ewing Thomason
Federal
Fudor
Otlewine
Kenneth M. Regan Mirl
James W. Metcalfe
Oessa
Pat Hargrove
FE Paso
Vietor RF
Ord Gary
Lewis A. Fair
Woodrow Wilson Bean
el Paso
Baylor University seeks license to build Houston radio station
Baylor University asked the communications commission for permission to build a Houston radio station on the same frequency and power as KWBU Corpus Christi. The university, which has a medical school in Houston, seeks sole ownership of KWBU and currently owns half of Corpus Christi station stock.
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Washington
Baylor University
The
Communications Commission
Houston
KWBU
Corpus Christi
Baylor
Visit By Barrett and Selvidge Sisters in Happy Guests
Visit described as Mrs. N R Barrett and Mrs Bud Selvidge from Happy staying with their sister Mrs. Osa Salver at 908 Buchanan. The note records a family social visit among siblings.
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N. R. Barrett
Bud Selvidge
Happy
Osa Salver
Buchanan
Reformatory inmate escapes after hornet attack
In Centerville Virginia on July 30 a road gang member stepped on a hornets nest causing prisoners to scatter. Clarence Clark 19 of Hobart Oklahoma fled further than the others and authorities have yet to recapture him.
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Centerville
Virginia Reformatory
Clarence Clark
Hobart
Okla
Reformatory
Kincaid Paints WSC Murals In Student Union
Clarence Kincaid Amarillo student and Juanita Black designed three of four murals recently installed in West Texas State College Student Union Building to reflect campus history. The four by six foot panels line the north wall of the recreation hall and feature bold color and lifelike figures.
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Clarence Kincaid
Amarillo
West Texas State College
Canyon
Union
Derald Swineford
A. G Kieselbach
Sister of J. R. Keeling Dies in Santa Paula Cal
Mrs. J. M. Burleson, 63, sister of J. R. Keeling, died Monday in Santa Paula California after two weeks ill. She had visited the Keeling home in town and the brother cannot attend the funeral as he was called to Covina when Otis F. Keeling died. The Commerce Department estimates 38 million cars on the road by 1952.
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J. M. Burleson
J. R. Keeling
Crockett
Santa Paula
Cal
Department of Commerce
Brakes Fail Crash Sends Texarkana Family to Hospital
Maj. G W Goodman of Texarkana and three family members escaped injury when brakes failed and their car raced down a hill, struck a telephone pole, and crashed into a drug store on the way to Martinez California. Seaman Donald W Turner, 715 Cleveland, is aboard the destroyer USS Waldron for a two week Navy Reserve training cruise in the Caribbean.
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Los Angeles
Maj
G. W. Goodman
Texarkana
Tex
Martinez
Cal
Donald Turner
Donald W. Turner
Cleveland
Waldron
Caribbean
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Amarillo Cement
Builders Supply
Ognes
Consolette
Stewart-Warner
Polk
Horace Griggs
Grigas
Westex College
Kincaid
WSC
New Zealand
Union Bus Center
Fillmore
Bly
Amarillo Venetian Blind Co
Tarior St
Pho
East 6Th St
Fine Home
C.F.M
Plus de Federal Tas
Ase Fey
Aswaaa
Shapapoo
FOX Drug CO
Pierce
New Woodstock
All
Carter
Typewriter Service Company
R. M. Kidwell
Prop
Amariller Gas Company
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