Rites Held For 22 Year Old Vault Door Victim
Edward Eakens, 22, who died when a vault door crushed him at a Panhandle Laundry plant, will be buried in Brenham Texas. Funeral services are at 2 pm at Central Presbyterian Church with Dr. R Thomson and Rev. E B Fincher officiating. Pallbearers include Burl Callaway and others. Boxwell Brothers handling arrangements. Survivors include his father W J Eakens four brothers and a sister. He was born in Brenham and was a 1934 Amarillo College graduate and a former basketball star.
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Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Burl Callaway
Summerfield Ledbetter
J. C. Birdwell
Frank Jones
Clay Thornton
Kyles Bates
Tom Berry
B. S. McClendon
Panhandle Laundry
Eakens
Brenham
Texas
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
W. J. Eakens
Elimination Affects Cold Catching Says Ona Man
Clyde Martin of Ona West Virginia notes constipation leads to sickness and says Black Draught keeps him well when taken properly. He reports feeling bloated and cold-prone if constipated and that two good doses cleanse his system and boost his energy. Sold in 25 cent packages.
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Clyde Martin
Ona
W. Va
Gly-Cas Transforms Amarillo Man's Health Says He Feels Rejuvenated
Mr. C H Wall of 2208 South Lincoln Street Amarillo testifies Gly-Cas restored his appetite end weight and regulated his stomach after seven years of distress. He reports renewed energy and calls Gly-Cas a remarkable remedy. The Gly-Cas Man speaks daily at Fox Drug Co offering explanations and sales details. Price is one dollar per box or six boxes for five dollars with payment by money order.
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Gly-Cas
Fox Drug Co
No. 4
Oliver-Fable
C. H. Wall
South Lincoln
Amarillo
Mr. Wall
No. 3
Oliver Eakle
New Form of Vitamin D Identified by University of Illinois
Dr Millicent L Hathaway at the University of Illinois Medical School reports a new form of vitamin D, the bone control factor. She created it by irradiating heated purified cholesterol and found it cures rickets in baby chicks, indicating multiple forms of vitamin D exist.
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Chicago
University of Illinois Medical School
Millicent L. Hathaway
Dr. Hathaway
King Edward’s speech signals shift from empire rhetoric
The piece notes Edward VIII avoiding the pronoun we and calling subjects fellow-men, contrasting with his father’s “my empire” language. It describes his visit to Olympia before broadcasting and labels him a business king connected to industrialists. It then mentions Mussolini's nearing end in Ethiopia and Haile Selassie’s exposed position between Italian forces and Addis Ababa.
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Edward the Eighth
Olympia
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Water rates cut in Amarillo irrigation contract approved
The Amarillo city commission approved a six month irrigation contract effective April meter readings. Home consumers may sign at the water department in city hall and rates revert to last year’s minimum charge of 10 000 gallons per month. Businesses are not included.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Water Department
van Buren Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Jefferson Street
Tenth
Eleventh Avenues
Third
Fourth
Texas Utilities
Amarillo Gas Company
Southwestern Public Service Company
Twenty-Sixth Avenue
Hughes Street
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Bruno Hauptmann
W. C. Vinyard
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Webster’s New International Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
Pamphte
G. & C. Merriam Company
Springfield
Mass
Seagram
America
Seagram's
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Seagram-Dectiliert Corp
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Lad
News-Globe
Southwestern Public Company
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