Amarillo Home Town Pride Earns Fisher Prize
Howard Fisher of Amarillo won the 1941 My Home Town contest by West Texas Chamber of Commerce receiving a liberal cash award a 25 Defense Bond and scholarships in 11 West Texas colleges. A booster extols Amarillo as a thriving center of oil gas wheat and culture with modern schools banks transportation and entertainment.
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Amarillo
Howard Fisher
Rose Fisher
Palo Duro
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Panhandle
Quivera
Redmo
Throngs View Blackburns Trophies From Alaska Hunting Trip
Display in Blackburn Brothers shows five bears six sheep a moose and a caribou from the 1940 Old Tack expedition. Notable is Walter Holmes grizzly eight and a half feet and nearly 800 pounds. Other items include Old Tack’s suitcase rifle and a guide’s sleeping bag photo.
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Blackburn Brothers
Walter Holmes
Alaska
Old Tack
J. B. Berry
Tack
Private Jobs for 48 NYA Youths
The National Youth Administration rolls dropped by 48 youths last month due to private employment, area officials report. Over 125 Panhandle youths have gained work experience through NYA projects since January, with jobs ranging from farm laborer to welder helper and clerical work and starting wages from six dollars a week to one hundred forty dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Texas State Emipment Service
Purchasing Agents To Organize In Amarillo Meeting
Purchasing agents and superintendents in charge of buying and material men of the Panhandle will meet in Amarillo to form an association tentatively named Buyers and Material Men's Association of the Texas Panhandle. Originated by J. R. Boone of Amarillo and Borger sponsors. attendees from Sunray and Borger will gather at 7 o clock Wednesday night at the Capitol Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
Buyers and
Mail misaddressing costs USPS millions annually
Improperly prepared and addressed mail causes a loss to the Post Office Department and mail users totaling between 4 and 5 million dollars each year.
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Postoffice Department
Bacteria From Fox Fur Emit Fox Odor When Heated
Bacteria cultured from fox fur on gelatin produced the distinctive fox odor when heated to 99 degrees Fahrenheit, indicating a link between microbial activity and scent.
Attacker of Girl Sought in DC Slayings
Washington police seek the killer of Jesse Elizabeth Strieff a 23 year old department clerk and aviatrix found slain in a garage. Army intelligence officers aided the investigation as four recent unsolved slayings in the capital heightened concerns. The janitor of Strieff’s apartment is being questioned.
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Washington
War Department
Jesse Elizabeth Strieff
Army
Congress
District of Columbia
Miss Strieff
Connecticut Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Purge in CIO Denied as Murray Warns on Outlaw Strikes
CIO President Philip Murray denied rumors of a red purge in the Congress of Industrial Organizations and vowed to apply constitutional controls to outlaw strikes in defense plants while condemning dissension and government army intervention at North American Aviation Inglewood plant. UAW CIO President R J Thomas rebuked Milton Kaufman for unwarranted interference in CIO affairs.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Cal
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Milton Kaufman
American Newspaper Guild
Summer Band To Play on Friday
The Amarillo High School Summer Band opens its Summer Series with a Friday night concert in the high school auditorium. The 35 member ensemble will perform three selections with soloists Bobby Rigler Clylas Knight Bert Matthews and J C Wright. Remaining series dates are set for July 11 and August 1 with no admission charge.
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Amarillo
Bobby Rigler
Clylas Knight
Bert Matthews
J. C. Wright
Courthouse Records and Local Divorces in Pleasant Valley
Courthouse records show numerous warranty deeds moving properties in Miles Realty Co. and other firms, plus transfers to Fairview Baptist Church. Divorce cases include Violet Stokes versus Jim Stokes and Sy Rose McCormick versus C C McCormick. Marriage licenses issued and new car registrations listed beside routine notices.
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Miles Realty Co
H. O. Lemons
Bivins
F. M. Bralley, Jr
H. Jack Ellis
J. W. Taylor
H. H. Roberts
Mirror
Hayden A. Humphreys
Marie Harper
Humphrey's Highland
T. M. Bruner
A. L. Mills
Dan F. Wadsley
First National Bank
Fairview Baptist Church
Fairview
Lee Brady
Banking Commissioner of
Texas
Quincy Ford
Casey Page
Pleasant Valley
Violet Stokes
Jim Stokes
Sy Rose McCormick
C. C. McCormick
James E. Simms
Maxine Simms
John Neal, Jr
Dorothy D. Deaver
John E. Sorey
Marcille Harrison
Walter Jasper Hooper
Elsie Oleta Gilsler
Oldsmobile
E. M. Blackburn
Murry Elson
Plymouth
John Bingamon
Jack Wheatley
J. E. Newberry
Chevrolet
Travelers Insurance Co
Dodge
George H. Simonds
A. P. Odell
Tom Dale
Mercury
Robert L. Logan
Man Gilbert Keyed Call At Apartment Entrance
A witness recounts how Mister Gilbert met Mister Flynn’s associate at an apartment door. Gilbert was admitted to wait, then rang the bell, and the elevator boy later confirmed the arrangement. The witness suspects Barry Flynn had already left by the time Gilbert arrived.
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Mister Stanley Gilbert
Hisself
Mister Gilbert
Mr. Gilbert
Mister Flynn
Barry
Mister Gibert
Fiancée Kay Allison Seeks Clue to Barry’s Missing Return
Kay Allison, fiancée of Barry Flynn, searches for his whereabouts after he left an airport without revealing destination or return. She learns from a longtime friend Stanley Gilbert that Flynn has vanished, possibly heading toward a mine, as a cliffhanger ends with Kay exiting the elevator.
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George
Barry Flynn
J. Dorne
Ching
Gilbert
Barry
Kay
Miss Allison
Kay Allison
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Home Town Pride
J. T. Russell
Globe-News
Donald Duck
Blackburn
NYA
Carlessness
Norma
Jayne
America
Southern
California
Hollywood
M. A. Charlston
Mgr
Hollywood Knickerbocker
Courthouse Records
Gladys
Memphis
Jetta
Miss Dorne
Jetta Dorne
E Gilbert
The
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Benson & Benson Doctors of Optometry
Taylor
Ben Hogan
Pontiac
Michigan
IAL Motors
Ponti Michigan
Porittac
Spikes
Truitt Pontiac Company
Tyler
Amarillo, Texas
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