Fathers Day Observance Emphasizes Delinquency Awareness
A historical look at Fathers Day origins, celebrating dad while highlighting home moral guidance. The article notes the 1910 Spokane start, the 100 dollar prize idea, and industry gifts aimed at fathers, from cologne to tools, while stressing the rising delinquency issue and parental responsibility.
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America
Amarillo
East Forty-Second Street
New York
Uency Control
Pather
River Road School District appoints tax board
The River Road Independent School District formed an equalization board of Saunders Henderson and Reville to hear and adjust school tax assessments. Trustees also voted to purchase a 45 passenger school bus, with bids due at a special meeting next Monday evening at the school. Present were Dr. G L Cline president and trustees Pavillard Oler Brown and Metcalf.
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River Road Independent School District
X. Saunders
M. E. Henderson
T. A. Reville
River Road
Glenn Scott
Teen quiz show fan spied by patrolman in New York
Patrolman Andrew Steifwater watched a 17 year old repeatedly enter and leave an office building for two days. The boy, under scrutiny for suspicious activity, had been visiting radio studios and still held tickets for 25 programs, mostly quiz shows.
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New York
Andrew Steifwater
Wilson named head of Polk Street Methodist Board
Amarillo attorney R. A. Wilson was elected chairman of the Polk Street Methodist Church Board of Stewards at the reorganizational meeting for the 1947 48 conference year. He succeeds J Leo Southern who served six and a half years. Jerry Ratcliff was elected vice chairman and Walter Irwin secretary.
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R. A. Wilson
Amarillo
Polk Street Methodist Church
J. Leo Southern
Jerry Ratcliff
Walter Irwin
Parks and Monuments System Totals Briefly Recounted
The U S federal park system comprises 26 parks four historical parks 82 monuments 1 mill park eight battlefield sites six historic sites one recreation area nine miscellaneous memorials 12 cemeteries and three parkways.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Help Constipated Folks
Dr Edwards relieved patients with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets sold by drugstores. Olive Tablets act on upper and lower bowels to produce natural movements with no griping. Follow label directions. 15¢ or 30¢.
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Dr. Edwards
Baugus Draws 5 Year Term For Rape Conviction
J. B. Baugus was found guilty and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by 47th District Court for rape. The jury deliberated over hours before convicting him of assault in a Tulsa woman’s attack while hitchhiking near Amarillo. Willard Davis Smith faces later trial on related charges. defense was by Culwell and Culwell.
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J. B. Baugus
47Th District
Baugus
Tulsa
Amarillo
California
Willard Davis Smith
Culwell
Seaman T F Phillips Serves Aboard USS Fall River
T F Phillips, seaman second class, son of Mr and Mrs Jesse A Phillips of 3612 Center, serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Fall River flagship of US Naval forces in Japan. Based in Tokyo Bay the crew can visit Nagasaki Hiroshima and other major Japanese cities.
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T. F. Phillips
Jesse A. Phillips
Center
Fall River
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
John Thomas Sharp Receives Columbia Medical Degree
John Thomas Sharp of Canyon earned the Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University's annual commencement in New York. His education was interrupted by Navy service and he is among 113 graduates from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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John Thomas Sharp
Canyon
Columbia University
New York
Sharp
Navy
Columbia
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Global food demand soars beyond current production
The world today requires roughly twice as much food as it produces with 50 percent more cereals, 90 percent more meat, 125 percent more milk and dairy, 125 percent more vegetable oils, and 300 percent more vegetables to meet demand.
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Helen Thompson
John Bruce Dodi
Spokane
Wash
H. C. Gentry
Central
Conchas Lake
Board of Stewards
Santa Fe Meet
Santa Fe
Enti
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
Grand Canyon
Courier-Nurse Service
Fred Harvey
Carl R. F. Gill
Texas
Westbor
Kansas City
Clovis
H. C. Vincent
Amarillo, Texas
Phillips
L. Green
City Hatters
Globe-News
Penney's
Dad
Poplin
Penney’s
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