FOUNDER OF CITYS FIRST SUCCESSFUL LAUNDRY DIES
Jim Vernon Amarillo business leader and former city official died Sunday in Paducah at age 80. Funeral set for 10:30 Tuesday at Griggs & Sons chapel with Rev. Somerville and Dr. Fincher officiating. Burial in Liano Cemetery. Vernon organized the Amarillo Laundry the first successful local laundry and later Troy Laundry. He served on the City Development board during WWI and held multiple city posts including Commissioner and mayor pro tem. His son-in-law Russell Fowler has run the laundry for years.
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Amarillo
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Griggs & Sons Chapel
H. A. Somerville
Vernon
Canadian River
Lxan
Cleburne
Hillsboro
Plains Homestead
Troy
Russell Fowler
Amapean Eet
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New Mexico
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest C
Vernon retires from commission after long Texas career
Native of Nol ineville Tennessee Vernon moved to Texas as a child and settled in Cleburne. He worked on railroads before entering the laundry business in the 1890s. A Masonic member and Kiwanis participant, he left a widow Jean Vernon and children Mac Vernon Russell Fowler J Miller Beard and others with grandchildren listed.
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Nolineville
Tenn
Texas
Cleburne
Santa Fe
Masonic Order
Amarillo Bible Church
Kiwanis Club
Jean Vernon
Mac Vernon
Los Angeles
Russell Fowler
J. Miller Beard
Artesia
Cal
Bryce Beard
Long Beach
Jim Vernon
Joe Vernon
High Cost of Home Building Explained
A Dallas regional meeting of the National Association of Homebuilders concludes with an inspection of Dallas housing projects. Frank W. Cortright says construction costs depend on the volume of new housing, noting higher costs as more houses rise to compete for scarce materials and labor. Representatives from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Georgia attend. LAZE SWEEPS BRIDGE HENDERSON POINT. Firefighters fight to breach a Bay St. Louis bridge fire, burning a quarter of the two mile span.
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National ‘Association of Homebuilders
Dallas
Frank W. Cortright
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Georgia
Laze Sweeps Bridge
Henderson Point
Miss
Bay St. Louis
Amarillo council to hear parking ban report and city issues
Parking ban report tops Amarillo City Commission agenda along with routine police briefing, monthly airport finances, and a transportation report. The panel will consider approving a private use of 2 feet of street space at 1623 Lincoln to Edgar L. Taylor and heirs after a structure extended onto the sidewalk.
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Varne Price
Ponce
Lincoln
Clayton Facing Murder Charge In Oklahoma City
Clarence Limywss, 26, Monday faced a murder charge over the fatal shooting of his wife Bernice Clayton. She died after an affray at Murphy's Safe Third and Van Buren. Clayton was arrested by officers after leaving the scene and remained jailed as district attorney Lloyd King and Jay Dell Love testified. Bond set at 2500 by Justice Charlie Carder.
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Bernie Clayton
Murphy's Safe
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St. Anthony
Clayton
David Blitchell
Cecil Scott
Lloyd King
Jay Dell Love
Charlie Carder
Airport plans stuck in Washington causing panic in Amarillo
City engineer Des Stanton fears amassing one million dollars of English Airport work could stall before winter as Civil Aeronautics Administration reports no word from Washington on the final approval. Van Johnson, June Auer, Barbara Bristow, and others are tied to the effort with the airport extension project.
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Barbara Bristow
Ington
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Washington
Field
English
Santa Fe Reports May 1948 Net Income At 4.37 Million
Santa Fe Railroad announced May 1948 net income of 4 370 009 dollars. The figure includes a 1 047 429 dollar credit adjustment for the first four months due to the new graduated tax scale under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Five month 1948 net income totaled 18 093 250 dollars versus 15 594 233 dollars in 1947.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
F. G. Gurley
Paramount Green Grass of Wyoming Show
Variety calendar item notes Burl Ives and Peasy Cum fins plus comedy and news with showtimes at 1.00 and 1.30. Mentions a 7 34 10 01 code and scattered misprint. Referenced film program includes Rodin sided with Errol Piya and Olivia de Trusses at M. Goff Company.
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Peasy Cumfins
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Errol Piya
Olivia de
Tucker, NBC Trade Post Highlights in 11:00 News
Fragmentary OCR notes show trading post and sports mentions tied to Tucker and NBC with names such as Morton and Bernie Owen. No clear event details or outcomes.
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Tucker
NBC
Trading Post
Bernie Owen
Tos Tors Fsnton
Betts Harris
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