City buildings rise as Amarillo program nears 350000
Amarillo reports construction costs for 1939 reach 348672 with permits issued for a baseball grandstand at the fair grounds a brick veneer home servants quarters addition and a frame stucco residence. Grandstand $6000 brick veneer home $4500 and stucco home $3000 with addresses 206 Crestway 3700 Tyler Street and 510 North Pierce Street.
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Fair Grounds
R. N. Francis
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R. H. Alliston
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W. L. Lyons
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report March 9
Hogs seen at 1,000 head total with 200 priced early. top at 7.75 for 170-990 lb cattle sold. Cattle salable 1,000 with total 1,200. killing classes active and steady. stockers and feeders scarce but steady. Sheep slow with no early sale. lamb prices held above 8.85. market mixed across hogs cattle and sheep. New York Stock Exchange list furnished by Penner and Beane.
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Kansas City
USDA
Charity calves sale raises funds for children's groups
The Children’s Home, Social Center for Girls and Junior Welfare League pooled 1670 dollars from a calf sale. The grand champion calf donated by Phillips Petroleum sold for 66 cents a pound to the Junior League and resold thrice to net 91 cents a pound or 796 dollars. Three calves for the Social Center netted 449.20 dollars, and a calf donated by George Nance of Canyon brought over 300 dollars in total resale. A mascot calf sold for 175 dollars to benefit the Junior League.
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Junior Welfare League
Phillips Petroleum Company
Joe Sneed
George Nance
Canyon
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
U S Continues Money Agreement With Brazil
Secretary Morgenthau announced the treasury will keep in effect the 1937 agreement to make gold and dollar exchange available to Brazil. He did not comment on reports of additional credits with the export import bank while noting Brazilian Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha is negotiating anew to give the 1937 accord added importance.
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Washington
Morgenthau
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Brazil
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Second Organization Meeting Of New Canyon Troop Tonight
The second organization meeting of a new Boy Scout troop in Canyon will be held this evening at the Canyon Methodist Church. More than 20 boys attended the first meeting last week. E. W. Wood is scoutmaster of the troop.
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Canyon
Canyon Methodist Church
E. W. Wood
To Make People Happy Is Rotary Club Purpose
Dr. Thomas H. Taylor president of Howard Payne College and former district Rotary governor told Amarillo Rotarians the club exists to make people happy. He outlined four rules: Express yourself Live Today Tell others about it Be a good mixer. Texa s Baptist convention and visiting Rotarians attended.
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Howard Payne College
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Lor
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Kiwanis Hears Dr. Williams on History Philosophy
Dr. J Howard Williams of First Baptist Church told the San Jacinto Kiwanis Club that studying history reveals how grave threats like Hitler may be swept away in time By knowing the past we gain a present perspective and a sense of the future The talk included saxophone solos by Rev L E Godwin and highlighted guest attendees and members of Kiwanis Anns from the club in attendance
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Shoes and Clothing Drive Aids Amarillo Needy Tots
Shoes and clothing are still being received to aid Amarillo children who cannot attend school due to lack of shoes. A Saturday drive organized with Amarillo Boy Scouts collected footwear and garments from residents, yielding more than 2 000 pairs of shoes and a truckload of clothing.
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Amarillo
Great Offensive On Madrid Begun
Frontier dispatches report Nationalist troops led by Gen Francisco Franco began occupying Republican positions on the Madrid front. The move signals a prelude to an anticipated Franco offensive.
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Amarillo Caravan Plans Albuquerque Rally Trip
Tri State Fair manager Milton Cox outlined Amarillo’s caravan to Albuquerque via the Will Rogers route for the annual convention. The group will depart Sunday at 1 PM, stop at Tucumcari, reach Albuquerque by 5 30 PM MT, with Amarillo headquarters at El Fidel Hotel and nearly 40 reservations already made.
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Albuquerque
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Tucumcari
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Mrs Babb Critically Ill at Home
Mrs. Charlie C. Babb, wife of Patrolman Charles C. Babb, is critically ill at the family home on Prospect Street. The condition worsened yesterday prompting all family members to rush to her bedside. Wayne Babb, a stock company actor and grandchild seen in a local film, is in Hollywood. Patrolman Babb covers a Polk Street beat.
Texas Senate OKs state medical practice bill
The Texas Senate approved the medical practice bill by a 30 to 0 vote after minor amendments were added. The House of Representatives concurred, completing the passage. Germany granted France formal assurances that reports of Nazi attack plans via Switzerland and the Netherlands were false, with similar assurances to London, Berne, and The Hague.
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Hague
Bar ny Ogle to star in Coronado Jones lead tenor role
Barney Ogle known as Byron Westley arrives on the Santa Fe to begin work on Coronado Jones lead tenor for April 3 and 4 performances by Amarillo Symphony Orchestra and the Little Theater. He will meet directors tonight while Gladys Webb sails from Chicago to join rehearsals. A men’s dance rehearsal directed by W. W. Miller will be held tonight at the Conservatory of Music Arts.
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Hollywood
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Chicago
W. W. Miller
New York
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Eighteenth and Harrison
Reservations Pour in For C. of C. Meeting
Unsolicited reservations for tomorrow noon's chamber of commerce membership meeting in the Amarillo Hotel rose rapidly. Reservations at 60 cents a plate close at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. Carl Hinton the chamber manager due from Washington this afternoon will make definite recommendations on Amarillo's aviation and industrial programs.
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Amarillo Hotel
Carl Hinton
Washington
Amarillo
Texas WPA releases 2222 aliens under new act
H. P. Drought, state Works Progress Administrator, announced that 2,222 aliens have been released from Texas WPA rolls under a recent act of Congress.
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U.P
H. P. Drought
Works Progress
Texas
Congress
Bombardment Kills and Wounds 1500 in Chinese City
Shanghai reports from foreign sources that 1500 Chinese were killed or wounded in two days of Japanese air bombardment centered on a Yangtze River city about 1,000 miles from Shanghai. About 120 bombs are said to have struck the heart of the city.
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Zchang
China
Yangtze River
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