City to Join Road Opening in Pampa Honor
City officials will attend the opening of a seven mile paving stretch on the Pampa Amarillo highway. O V Vernon of the chamber of commerce said the link was completed about ten days ago but closed for seasoning. A formal ceremony in Pampa was not confirmed, but the chamber plans to participate in any public program.
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Rillo
Pampa
Amarillo
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
P. 8. Bailey
City Dads Face Busy Evening
The city commission plans a large agenda including deciding if the zoning ordinance goes to a vote or is approved without election. Petitions seek paving, street lights, grading and other improvements. East Twenty-Second Avenue paving from Polk Street to the alley is ready for acceptance. Session starts at 8 o'clock.
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East Twenty-Second Avenue
Polk Street
Alley
VFW to Back Orphans Home Drive in Texas
Amarillo VFW posts plan a statewide drive to raise at least 12000 for an orphans home in Eaton Rapids Michigan. Paul C. Wolman commander in chief noted Eaton Rapids consists of orphans homes with 12 children of war veterans and a matron. He spoke in Amarillo before heading to Weston for a veterans convention.
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Amarillo Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Paul C. Wolman
Wolman
Weston
Body of Drowned Gul Is Recovered
Miss Myrtle Proctor 22 was found in the Red River near DeKalb Texas after a group of five drowned crossing to the Oklahoma side. Also recovered earlier was Mrs Gladys Roberts 26. The victims included J D Simers 38 Tom Roberts 26 and Joe Bailey Roman 9 who sank when a log dragged them into deep water.
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Dekalb
Tex
Myrtle Proctor
Red River
Gladys Roberts
Roberts
Miss Proctor
Oklahoma
J. D. Simers
Tom Roberts
Joe Bailey Roman
Son of Former City Couple Drowned in California River
James S. Haymes seven year old son of Mr and Mrs J S Haymes formerly of Amarillo now of Los Angeles drowned last Friday while swimming in a river near Kingsburg California The family lived here about two years ago They were on a vacation tour and were staying at an auto camp in Kingsbury for an afternoon swim The boy body was found floating face down about 50 yards below the camp site
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James S. Haymes
J. S. Haymes
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Kingsburg
Calif
Kingsbury
Rail Rate Hearing Set for July 15
Washington June 30 The Interstate Commerce Commission set hearings on the railroads petition for a 15 percent rate increase to begin July 15. Only petitioners and supporting parties will be heard first, with cross examinations and protestant evidence in hearings starting August 31.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Two Sisters and Aunt Drown in Arkansas River Near Ponca City
In Ponca City Oklahoma on June 29 three members of the Dotson family died when Eleanor 9 Esther 13 and their aunt Mrs Pearl Hunter 21 stepped into a deep hole while bathing near their home a mile east of the city. The trio disappeared into the Arkansas River last night and their bodies were recovered later.
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Ponca City
Okla
Jost
Arkansas River
Eleanor Dotson
Esther
Pearl Hunter
Here
Fire at Bill Bogard feed store causes $106 damage
An early morning fire at the Bill Bogard feed store on 1108 East Tenth Avenue caused over $106 in losses. Firefighters reported about $100 worth of feed destroyed and minor building damage. The blaze origin is undetermined. alarms rang at 4:33.
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Bill Bogard
East
Tenth Avenue
Chester Moore
Youth Viewpoint: Langdon to Speak at National Education Assn
Hershel G Langdon a Town University senior law student will represent college men at the National Education Association convention in Los Angeles on June 29. He speaks on Youth Views Education and has worked as a linotype operator to pay his way through college. He will graduate with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
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Hershel G. Langdon
Town University
National Education’s Association
Los Angeles
Langdon
Ellison in Critical Condition at Washington Street Home
Ellison, notable Amarillo businessman, remains seriously ill at his home at 1619 Washington Street after weeks of confinement. Official word states his condition is critical and unsettled.
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Woods Ellison
Amarillo
Washington Street
Ellison
Life in city blamed for drop in American birth rate
Census expert Warren S. Thompson argues in a monograph that urban life erodes family formation. He states city life values tangible, countable success over living, with unmarried men able to prosper without wife or children, unlike rural areas.
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City
Washington
Warren S. Thompson
Birth rates and loneliness in rural America raise concerns
Thompson notes that bachelors face loneliness without a wife and homemaker. He cites a 44 percent higher village to city child-to-woman ratio and farm populations exceeding village and urban figures by wide margins. He predicts natural increase may drop to about half of 1920 levels by 1960 unless a powerful birth-stimulation agent emerges.
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Thompson
United States
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