Amarillo and Wichita Falls Plan Bi City Soaring Meet
Negotiations for a bi city soaring plane meet in Amarillo and Wichita Falls were nearly finished in Wichita Falls with Jaycees and the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce showing strong support. National pilots praised the plan, expecting increased participation from West Coast flyers en route to Elmira, New York, for the national meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Junior €. C
Wichita Falls
Chamber of Commerce
Mack Bryant
Jaycees
Downstate
Dick Esser
San Diego
United States
The
Globe News
Eugene Ardell
National Aeronautical Association
Lewin Barringer
Soaring Society of America
Garner Returns From Washington Visit With Family
Mr. and Mrs. Tully C. Garner and daughter Genevieve have returned from a trip to the national capital. While there they visited Mr. Garner's parents, Vice President and Mrs. John N. Garner, in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tully C. Garner
Genevieve
National Capital
Washington
Mr. Garner
John N. Garner
Loy Stockton Cast in Tom Sawyer in Amarillo Play
Loy Stockton, a leading Amarillo youth actor, stars as Tom Sawyer in Friday’s performance at the Municipal Auditorium directed by Doris Landers Hess. The production, raising funds for the Social Center building fund, features several standout performers and raises community ticket support for underprivileged children.
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Loy Stockton
Tom Sawyer
Amarillo
Mark Twain
Doris Landers Hess
Loy
Peter Pan Players
Dorothy Hale Pittman
Amarillo College of Music
Becky Thatcher
Paul Organ
Muff Potter
Marguerite Cleghorn
Aunt Polly
Municipal Auditorium
Oma Link Rowley
Judge Williams
Wilbur Budd
Fidel Reyes
June Brides and Divorcees Must Report to State Police
June brides and divorcees are urged to report name changes to the Texas state police within 16 days to obtain corrected driver licenses. The notice notes many brides will marry in June but warns that failing to report can complicate highway travel and legal identity, with no charge for corrected licenses.
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Texas
Ralph L. Buell
Jim Line
Panhandle
Potter County
Mrs Pearl Wallace Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs Pearl Wallace wife of John Wallace died this morning at 3 30 o clock in a local hospital She was 63 years old The family home is five miles south of the city on the Canyon highway Survivors include four daughters Mrs George Ross and Mrs Phil Brown both of Amarillo Mrs J H Hartman and Mrs Jack Hargett both of Fort Worth two sons Cecil and Oliver Wallace of Austin A body is in state at the Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements
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Pearl Wallace
John Wallace
Canyon Highway
George Ross
Phil Brown
Amarillo
J. H. Hartman
Jack Hargett
Fort Worth
Cecil
Oliver Wallace
Austin
Blackburn-Shaw
Fisherman who survived Galveston hurricane killed by car
Frank L. Smith aged 64, who rode out the 1900 Galveston hurricane in a small fishing boat, was struck and killed by an automobile last night in Houston. He had worked as an elevator operator since 1920.
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Houston
Frank L. Smith
Galveston Island
Arizona Child Hurt in Fall From Moving Automobile
Four year old Mary Gaile Edge of Bisbee Arizona was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital for a possible fractured skull after falling from a moving car on the Can yon Highway south of Amarillo. Riding with her mother May Edge the child opened a door and tumbled to the ground as the party returned to Arizona from Oklahoma. Medical staff said she would be confined about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gaile Edge
Bisbee
Ariz
Northwest Texas
Canyon Highway
Amarillo
May Edge
Arizona
Oklahoma
Reservations for Luncheon on Coliseum Plans in Amarillo
Cattlemen and Panhandle residents are invited to a Wednesday noon luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel hosted by Jim Florey, Amarillo Chamber of Commerce president, to discuss ways and means of building a coliseum or livestock pavilion at the fair grounds. The effort aims to gather support for the proposed facility.
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Amarillo
Colonel Byrne Will Enlist Reserves in Amarillo
Colonel F A Byrne Ninth Corps Area recruiting officer will be in Amarillo Wednesday to complete enlistment of regular army reserves. Sgt R A Jackson Amarillo recruiting officer said this morning. Ex soldiers eligible if honorably discharged after up to a year’s service in good health under 36 may enlist in the regular army reserve. Take advantage as no officer is expected in Amarillo to swear in reserves again soon.
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Amarillo
United States Army
Hawaii
Set. R. A. Jackson
Robert L. Curtis
Jack Lyon
Buie Smith
San Francisco
Curtis
Guy E. Curtis
Polk Street
Lyon
Smith
Fred Lyon
West
Tenth Avenue
Aliie B. Smith
West Seventh Avenue
F. A. Byrne
Ninth Corps
R. A. Jackson
Sgt. Jackson
Sgt
Jackson
Royalty Farewell Sparks Mixed British and U S Reactions
Royal party departs New York after warm welcomes as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth board the royal train. In London, Britons praise the reception but chide some blunt remarks and jokes, noting a broader pro Allied sentiment and hopes for stronger democratic unity against totalitarian regimes. Britain plans a grand welcome for their return on June 22.
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New York
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
London
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Jesse James
Stagecoach
Union Pacific
Capitol
Mr. Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Tax Collecting Nets $11,315.73 May Revenue
The county tax office reports May collections totaling $11,315.73, including $501.11 in insolvent delinquent personal property taxes, $501.11 higher than last May. Highway fees reached $9,467.93, with the state highway department receiving $4,507.34. Miss Jewell Davidson, tax officer, presented the figures to the county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Davidson
County Commission
State Highway Department
Dick Vaughn Improves After Tulsa Wreck
Amarillo deputy sheriff Dick Vaughn is reported doing all right at Northwest Texas Hospital. His condition is described as good after he was injured in a car crash near Tulsa Wednesday night in which deputy Sam Ramsey was fatally hurt.
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Dick Vaughn
Amarillo
Northwest, Texas
Mr. Vaughn
Tulsa
Sam Ramsey
McDowell Attending Texas Police Meeting in Dallas
Amarillo Police Chief W R McDowell travels to Dallas for the forty first annual convention of Texas city marshals and police chiefs. The union plans to close its annual meeting Thursday with a pistol shoot.
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W. R. McDowell
Amarillo
Dallas
Texas
Pair Plead Guilty For Trap Theft Near Wheeler
Ted Epperley and F A Fulton pleaded guilty in Wheeler County court to stealing a beaver trap set by state game wardens on Sweetwater Creek. They were fined $5 and court costs. Wardens Dewey Moseley and Polly O Ne al arrested them, with Moseley later transporting two beavers to Amarillo for a Sportsman's show. Wardens had caught three other beavers for the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Epperley
F. A. Fulton
Wheeler County
Sweetwater Creek
Dewey Moseley
Polly O'Neal
Moseley
Amarillo
Two Japanese Officials Die From Poisoned Wine at Banquet
The Japanese foreign office said two officials from the consulate general in Nanking died after drinking wine at a banquet. Shanghai reports claimed poison was added, calling it a daring act by Chinese enemies of the new regime targeting officialdom.
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Tokyo
Nanking
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Vandals, Two Negroes Apprehended After Shooting Probe
Police report two men were taken into custody around 1 this morning in connection with a shooting investigation. Authorities in Plainview received the suspects and are reviewing events including a reported car theft and a truck theft involving clothing and bedding items. A hospital admission followed a stabbing and head injury, with the victim declining to sign a complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Kiwanis Club Sees Movies in Amarillo Meeting
The Amarillo Kiwanis club hosted a noon meeting with three reels by A. T. Waner of Walter Irvin Inc. The Ford produced program contrasted old and modern cars, then toured Yellowstone and Bryce Canyon. Aubrey Jackson led the program. new North Amarillo Kiwanis officers were introduced. Announcements covered Kiwanis Night at the Nat and the Tom Sawyer play for the Social Center for Girls building fund.
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Amarillo Club
A. T. Waner
Walter Irvin, Inc
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Ford Company
Yellowstone National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Aubrey Jackson
New North
Amarillo
Annual Red Cross Swimming School Opens at Gem Lake
The Red Cross sponsored swimming school opens this afternoon at Gem Lake. It is open to all who wish to enroll with a 10 cent cost. The Junior Chamber of Commerce co operates with the Red Cross under the direction of Mrs Lois Snow.
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Red Cross
Gem Lake
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lois Snow
Infant William Cooper Jr Dies in Local Hospital
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hyde Cooper of 3604 Taylor Street died at 9:30 this morning in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 10:30 AM at N. S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel with Rev. H. C. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Liano Cemetery under the funeral home's direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hyde Cooper, Jr
William Hyde Cooper
Taylor Street
N. S. Griggs and Sons
H. C. Smith
San Jacinto
Gas Tax Conference To Meet Here In August
Western group members of the North American Gasoline Tax Conference will convene in August at Amarillo Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Last year the meeting was in Carlsbad New Mexico. R G Morrison of Shamrock Oil and Gas Company was named chairman of the arrangements committee with tentative dates set for August 7 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Sheriff Enroute To Texas Parley
Sheriff Bill Adams travels to Galveston for the 61st annual convention of the Sheriffs Association of Texas June 14 to 16 where he is vice president and expected to be elected president. He attended Deputy Sheriff Sam Ramsey's burial in Lillian Johnson County after Ramsey died from a highway crash near Tulsa last Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Adams
Galveston
Sheriffs Association of Texas
Sheriff Adams
Lillian
Johnson County
Sam Ramsey
Tulsa
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America
June
Highway Patrol
Howard A. Draver
Fort Logan
Colo
BY Lewis Nordyke
ABC
Amarillo Finance CO
Fisk
Byrne
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
McDowell
Texas Police Meeting
Wheeler
Vandals
Kiwanis Club
William Cooper, Jr
Kentucky
U.S
Panhandle Laundry
S. & H. Green
Duratone Service
Laundry Day Cleaning Ca
ID Laundry Shirt Service
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