Weather notes and life in Amarillo includes births and travel talks
Weather cycle continues through the weekend with moisture in places and pasture showers. A baby boy, Blair Cherry Jr, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Blair Cherry weighing seven pounds five ounces. Community voices discuss summer store closing hours and shopper campaigns. Travel lectures by Mrs. Ed Hardin highlight South Africa and world travels, praising Mrs. Hardin and the Hardin couple.
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Blair Cherry, Jr
South Africa
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Amarillo Hardware Company
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Africa
Amusing Africa Travel Tales and Odd Facts Recap
Mrs Hardin and husband recount Africa voyage highlights Victoria Falls thrills and safaris in Krueger Park with lions rhinos and hippos. They note heat 117 and windmills vs elephants and share quirks from the journey plus quirky global trivia and cultural observations.
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Africa
Mrs. Hardin
Krueger National Game Preserve
Surprise wedding shocks county courthouse crowd
County Auditor H. G. Hamrick and Frances Gallison Parker wed two weeks ago. Courthouse staff learned of the marriage and raided the Hamricks home at 708 Georgia, taking a fine linen dinner set as a party surprise. Pete Kinkead and John Stalecup handled the license issuance in their absence.
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Frosty) Hamrick
Hamrick
Frances Gallison Parker
Pete Kinkead
John Stalecup
Kinkead
Cattle Ownership Case Continues in Federal Court
In a federal case W. D. Johnson v Vermal Rentfro witnesses testified on who owns the cattle at issue. About a dozen witnesses are expected to testify with a ruling anticipated after tomorrow's hearing.
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W. D. Johnson
Vermal Rentfro
Legion Thanks Public For Poppy Sale Response
The American Legion Auxiliary thanks the public for a generous poppy sale on May 27. Poppy Headquarters leaders Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Horace Griggs report excellent cooperation and total sales of 501.41 dollars. The highest single poppy price noted was 10 dollars paid by Mrs. Blanche Pumphrey.
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Peterson
Horace Griggs
Grices
Blanche Pumphrey
Halley and Francis Open Welding Shop on Cleveland Street
Halley and Francis Welding Shop announces a new machine and welding facility at N013 Cleveland Street, expanding from 504 Fast Tenth Avenue. The shop offers complete machine shop services with modern equipment for welding boiler making and general machine work.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Street
Fast Tenth Avenue
Amarillo Chamber Chief Carl Hinton Heads to Washington
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce manager Carl Hinton was due to arrive in Washington tonight or tomorrow. En route he paused in Hope Arkansas for a family reunion at the Hinton homestead, a prewar family home long owned by the Hinton family.
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Carl Hinton
Washington
Amarillo
Special Service At Assembly of God Church Tonight
E R Poster pastor invites all members and interested people to a special service at 8 o clock tonight at the Assembly of God Church Guest speaker will be Rev H E Comstock pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Pampa and Presbyter of the Texico District North Plains sector
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Assembly of God Church
H. E. Comstock
Pampa
Comstock
North Plains
Texico
Assembly of God Churches
Amarillo Water Pumpage Surges to 5.7 Million Gallons Daily
City hall records show last month total water pumpage of 176.7 million gallons, a daily average of 5.7 million, up from May 1938’s 123.4 million total and 2.98 million daily. April figures rose from 122 million to 137.1 million gallons, with daily averages from 4.07 million to 4.57 million.
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Amarillo
House Approves War Supply Bill in Roosevelts Program
The House gave final approval to a war materials bill as part of the rearmament program. It authorizes spending of $1,000,000 for strategic war materials after conferees resolved differences with the Senate.
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House
Washington
Attendance declines amid police suicide concerns
The article notes police self harm rates are higher than the general population as officers are habitually armed and carry pistols, affecting depression outcomes. It mentions Canadian papers reacting to a comic strip parodying the Edward VIII Wallace Simpson affair and a Canadian supply redraw for a week's consumption.
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Saquerce
Wallace Simpson
Dow Jones Averages and Commodity Prices Report
Market notes show mixed activity with rail and utility stocks up while grains and livestock trade lists reflect uneven demand. Philadelphia murder probe shifts to New Jersey and New York as authorities pursue five Camden deaths and a Brooklyn arrest intensifies the case.
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Camden
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Noted Players To Hold Forth In Grist Mill Bucks County Playhouse Opens In Old Mill
NEW HOPE Pennsylvania backed by a celebrity list forms the Bucks County Playhouse an experimental summer theater in a transformed grist mill. Richard Bennett will direct with stars including Dorothy Parker Allan Campbell George Kaufman Orson Welles Myron McCormick Walter Huston John Barrymore Joan Bennett Brian Aherne Alexander Woollcott Margaret Wycherley Moss Hart Burgess Meredith. Parker debuts in Hedda Gabler Woollcott will appear in Our Town Bennett aims to transplant Salzburg spirit. Bennett calls the project a cultural milestone with about 40000 in pledges.
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Purse Lost Two Years Found In River Bottom
Two years after a Republican River bridge collapse in Stratton Nebraska Mrs. W. B. Hall lost her purse with $185 when her car plunged into the water. Three youths exploring the river bottom found the purse and returned the money earning $10 each in reward.
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Stratton, Neb
Republican River
W. B. Hall
Stratton
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