Amarillo Local Lime in Southwestern Bell Report
Amarillo figures prominent in Southwestern Bell Telephone annual report released in St. Louis. The company notes 1088 new phones in Amarillo, 125 on River Road lines. defense growth drives activity. Net earnings up 2 percent to 21,527,289 with higher taxes. total revenues rise to 92,897,368 in 1939 and 94,? wait.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Amarillo
A. Oran Thomas
River Road
Telephone Company
Thomas
Southwestern Bell
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Navy
Corpus Christi
Tex
Phillips Dealers Meeting In Amarillo At Herring Hotel
Phillips Petroleum Company agents and dealers in Amarillo gather at the Herring Hotel for a day long meeting to discuss the year sales program. About 100 attendees hear company officials including H O Starks J A Whitley P D Berthelot Paul Hunt W O Stevens and J D Henderson outline the annual plan in a session that travels across the division.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Phillips
H. O. Starks
J. A. Whitley
P. D. Berthelot
Paul Hunt
W. O. Stevens
J. D. Henderson
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions across Amarillo and western Texas tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures. In New Mexico, fair skies persist with continued cold in the north and a colder south and west. Temperature extremes over the last 24 hours ranged from 27 to 65 degrees with noon at 42.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
France Threatens to Break Blockade By Force
France warns it will use the fleet to break Britain’s food blockade if aid to France is not allowed within weeks. Darlan accuses Germany of using France’s wheat for civilians while Paris signals echoes of Laval. Greece vows to defend its sovereignty as Italian losses mount in Albania. Italian editor Gayda says Axis actions may affect Pacific, while the British report a Conndottieri A cruiser torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
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United Press
France
Jean Francois Darlan
Britain
Darlan
Ger
Amany
Paris
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Germany
Istanbul
Sofia
Bulgaria
Jugo- Slavia
Greece
Alexander Korizis
Albania
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Bottai
Virginio Gayda
England
United States
Pacific
Gayda
America
Italy
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Mediterranean
Fair Warm Day With Dust Blown In From Plains
Forecasts call for fair and warmer conditions with no dust, as northwest winds ease to southwest. Yesterday's north wind kicked up dust from Montana to the Rio Grande at speeds around 40 mph. Wheat damage is uncertain for days, with a cold dry north wind carrying static electricity that may affect crops. Night temperatures near 25 last night, tonight 30 to 35, highs around 60 with lighter winds tomorrow.
Drive to spread defense work aims to cut production jams
Washington officials said a lease lead bill will trigger a nationwide push to distribute armament orders more evenly. About 90 percent of ten billion dollars in contracts awarded last June to December went to 600 large concerns, with 13,000 prime contractors holding most allocations. OPM aims to farm out work to small shops and mills, planning a broad campaign to mobilize up to 200,000 U.S. concerns, many with idle machine tools.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
OPM
United States
Most Ta Moment in His Life
Detroit patrolman Stanley Westgate recounts a painful incident during a jiujitsu demonstration at Masonic Temple. He, a 190 pound officer, explains how his wife Violet, 115 pounds, choked him with a Nelson hold before lifting him off the platform and causing a broken leg.
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Detroit
U.P
Stanley Westgate
Westgate
Vilet
Masonic Temple
Farmers Meeting Tomorrow at the Herring Hotel
A district farm bureau session will be held at the Herring Hotel tomorrow starting at 9 o'clock in the morning. All Panhandle farmers are urged to attend.
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Herring Hotel
Panhandle
British leaflet raid on Germany reported today
Lookback item notes that on March 10, 1940 British planes conducted a leaflet raid over Germany. It also recalls March 10, 1916 when Russians repelled a German attempt to cross the Dvina River at night, as part of a retrospective column.
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Germany
Dvina River
Upshaw Jenkins In Mayor Race In City Hall Petition Friday
Four men filed to enter the mayor and commissioner races with April 1 election looming. Upshaw and Jenkins seek mayoral posts while Epperson, Huddleston, and Hargett pursue commissioner seats. Absentee ballots start Wednesday with 248 valid signatures needed for ballot placement. خيار
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Fancher Upshaw
Joe Jenkins
R. H. Epperson
M. I. Huddleston
Oscar Hargett
W. H. van Shaw
Jenkins
E. T
Dusty” Miller
Ross Rogers
H. Ernest Smith
Women Tax Collectors Spread Across England
London reports that since a ban was lifted, women are authorized to collect emergency income tax. They tramp remote rural fields and board ships to nab laggards, proving a capable substitute for male collectors. Inland Revenue seeks more of these cash-producing pioneers.
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London
England
Inland Revenue Department
Hunt Beast For Slaying Of Beauty In Kansas City
Police hunted an undoubted maniac who killed and mutilated Leila Welsh a 24 year old former school teacher in her mother's home with a hammer and butcher knife. Investigators questioned several men and kept others in custody while no solid lead emerged. The killer entered through a window after Miss Welsh returned from an event and a friend left. Coroner said no movement after the fatal blow. footprints and window evidence were being analyzed.
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Kansas City
U.P
Leila Welsh
Miss Welsh
Marie F. Welsh
George W. Welsh, Jr
Richard Funk
Funk
C. G. Veitch
House Rushes Aid Bill in Wartime Move
Washington March 10 The House unanimously agreed to consider tomorrow the British aid bill under acceptance of Senate amendments with two hours of debate and a vote to follow. President Roosevelt plans immediate lend lease support and a fireside chat. Senate approved a 242 million naval base expansion bill for Guam fortifications and Atlantic sites, with minor Senate amendments to return to the House. A parallel measure authorizes Guam harbor dredging and bombproofing at a cost of 4.7 million, a project twice rejected previously to avoid provoking Japan. The Senate also approved a resolution to not recognize transfers of western hemisphere territory between non American powers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Britain
Guam
Pacific
Atlantic Naval
Japan
United States
Western Hemisphere
Strand Theatre Roof Collapse Kills 12 Firemen in Brockton
In Brockton Massachusetts on March 10 a theater roof weighed with snow and ice and weakened by flames collapsed on firemen battling a general alarm blaze. At least 12 firemen died and scores were injured, with two to three others possibly buried. The disaster marks the greatest fireman death toll in New England history. All casualties were firefighters fighting a blaze fed by flammable film on the theater balcony.
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Brockton
Mass
U.P
Strand Theater
National Fire Protection Office
Boston
New England
Ruttman Rites Tuesday in Moorelaf Oklahoma
Burial services are planned for L. O. Ruttman who died after leaping from his spinning plane when his parachute failed to open. The funeral will be held Tuesday in Moorelaf Oklahoma, with arrangements handled locally.
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Borger
U.P
L. O. Ruttman
Moorelaf
Okla
Car prowlers topple coupe top. steal camera and gear
In Laguna Beach California Alex Drohemes found his car missing its top after prowlers ripped it off to seize a camera and $66.50 in equipment while he dined nearby on North East Eighth Avenue. In a separate incident Norm an N Aselton lost $12 worth of tools in the 300 block on Taylor Street late Saturday night.
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Alex Drohemes
Laguna Beach
Calif
Eighth Avenue
Norman N. Aselton
Harrison Street
Taylor Street
U S Letter Warns Of Labor Strikes Amid War Effort
Former ambassador William C Bullitt told the House Judiciary Committee that the United States faces a dangerous parallel to France as strikes disrupt defense production. Across Detroit Philadelphia and Fairmont 3400 workers walked out at defense plants including Midland Steel Brill Co and Fairmont Aluminum Union action jeopardizes over two billion dollars in Bethlehem and U S Steel contracts.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
France
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Bullitt
Detroit
Philadelphia
Fairmont
W. Va
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Midland Steel Products Co
J. G. Brill Co
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Fairmont Aluminum Co
CIO Aluminum Workers
Bethlehem
United States Steel Corporations
H. V. Robertson to Audit Potter County
H V Robertson and Company of Amarillo will audit Potter County and precinct offices for 1939 and 1940. The county set the maximum pay at 6000 dollars. The commissioners court announced the accounting firm selection this morning and will amend the budget when the contract is let. Work on the audit will begin about April 1.
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H. V
O’daniel
Senate
Robertson
February Fire Losses in Amarillo Decline
Fire marshal Ed Spann reported February losses in Amarillo at 576.55 dollars, January at 848.30, totaling 1,424.85. Last year January and February losses totaled 2,690.80 dollars, showing a reduction.
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Amarillo
Ed Spann
First Aid Course To Start Tonight
A Red Cross first-aid course begins at 7 30 in the county courtroom this evening. About twenty four participants have enrolled for the 20 hour program of instruction and practice. E W Robinson, first-aid chairman of the Potter County Red Cross chapter, will teach. Dwight Newby Co 418 West Tenth.
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Red Cross
E. W. Robinson
Potter County
State Police Honor Courteous Drivers With Merit Certificates
State Police shift focus from curbing reckless driving to rewarding careful motorists. Beginning today, certificates of merit will be awarded to courteous and skilled drivers. Awards will be announced on the 3:45 PM Texas State network radio program, and recipients will receive certificates in person.
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Texas
Bush Memorial Collection donated to Amarillo Library
The Amarillo Public Library will receive a $2,500 plus Panhandle and Southwest history book collection known as the William H. Bush Memorial Collection. The nucleus of 102 titles, many chosen by Bush, will arrive by early summer with more volumes to follow. The set is non circulating and will be housed in the auditorium area with careful care and indexing supervised by Ruth E. Delzell.
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Panhandle
Southwest
Amarillo
Ruth E. Delzell
William H. Bush
Bush
J. F. Glidden
Sanborn
Glidden
Mr. Bush
Chicago
South America
Ross D. Rogers
Mrs. Bush
What About Paying For A Texas Driver License
The Texas Safety Association and 22 Texas groups back a two year driver license with teeth priced at 50 cents a year. They claim the fee could double the highway patrol and boost traffic safety. Readers are invited to submit a 150 word opinion to YOUR IDEAS Editor for a prize.
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Texas Safety Association
Texas
Contributors Boost Boys' Ranch Fund to 1409 Dollars
Latest donors to the Boys' Ranch building program are Mr. and Mrs. Charley Fisk Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Britain John Cowan and Buck Holman. Their gifts raise the fund total to 1409 dollars.
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Charley Fisk
E. C. Britain
John Cowan
Buck Holman
Bus Drivers Strike Ties Up New York Transit
Bus company officials conferred with Mayor LaGuardia as 3,500 drivers and others went on strike for higher pay immobilizing 1,094 buses and forcing nearly 1,000,000 people to seek transport options.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
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