Former Local Man Ernest Covington Killed in Stratford Crash
Stratford March 13 Ernest Covington 32 former Amarillo man and truck driver died when his light pickup collided with the Rock Island Golden State Limited at Main Street crossing. He was thrown from the vehicle and his head crushed. Train signals functioned. witnesses say he failed to see them as he crossed. Covington had lived in Stratford five months. Survived by his widow five and a daughter Barbara.
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Charles G Butler Claimed by Death
Charles G Butler 71 an Am arillo carpenter died this morning at 12 15 o clock at the family home 1406 Lincoln Street He had lived in Amarillo 15 years coming from Sulphur Oklahoma Survived by wife daughters Mrs Gladys Arm ony of Amarillo and Mrs Westa ce of Ardmore Okla five grandchildren Sue Armstrong of Amarillo Mrs Pauline Jackson of Amarillo and Jack Eudoras and maid Rice of Ardmore Pallbearers were Herbert Litle Yancy Charles Chesshire Ed Ewell C Weaver and J A Leeth Funeral services will be held at 7 o clock from the N B iggs and Sons Chapel with Luther Roberts officiating Body to be sent to Sulphur tonight on the 11 50 Fort Worth and Denver train Burial in Sulphur.
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John G Sanders Dies at His Amarillo Home
John Gordon Sanders veteran of the city street department died at 11 15 AM at 1003 Lincoln Street after a long illness He served twenty years with the department He is survived by his wife Allie L Lane three stepdaughters Mrs C L Blackwell Miss Harvey and Miss Eva Harvey all of Amarillo Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 4 PM from Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Reverend G Roberts officiating Pallbearers include George Shelton Les Clayton Irvin Ingham R English R F E Cole and Jim Allen All city employees will be honorary pallbearers Burial will be in Llano Cemetery The body is in state at Boxwell Brothers Chapel and the casket will not be opened at the service
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Les Clayton
Irvin Ingham
English
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Girl Scout Troops Report Cookies, Projects, and Programs
Girl Scout troops detailed cookie sales totals and community projects from meetings led by leaders and volunteers. Troop notes include talks by Mrs. Cartwright, crafts for Veterans Hospital, folk dances, games, scrapbooks for the Preventorium, and Junior Citizen badge work.
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Girl Scout Troops Sell Cookies At Local Gatherings
Troops 20 22 29 38 41 42 held meetings at Polk Street Methodist San Jacinto and Lee Bivins schools with cookie sales tests and pageant games. Officers elected include Nancy Ong president Jane Cara way vice president and others. 459 boxes reported sold and activities ranged from health safety tests to songs and camp prep with a Camp Kiwanis reward day.
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Dolores Hill
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Lee Bivins School
Delois Utterback
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San Jacinto School
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State Aid Fails on 6th Widening
San Jacinto's delegation to Austin to confer about widening West Sixth Avenue is due back today with discouraging news. Plans and appropriations exist but no state aid is anticipated. On return they will visit Brownwood and Wichita Falls to confer with highway officials. The Austin meeting included James Lott, division highway engineer. Proposals include rerouting the Will Rogers Highway to Western, then east along North West Eighth Avenue to Fillmore Street.
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Amarillo to Host Southwest Highway Conference for Troop Movements
The War Department selects Amarillo for a key Southwest meeting due to heavy troop concentrations and large scale training. Other conferences are planned in Baltimore San Francisco Omaha Atlanta Boston Chicago and Columbia with L S Harris F M Krem and Capt C R Weaver among attending representatives.
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Mussolini Directs Italian Offensive From Front Lines
Greeks report Mussolini directing spring offensive operations from the front as Italian gains momentum. Details indicate Italian forces advancing with coordinated strikes and evolving battlefield dynamics shaping the campaign.
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Mussolini urged generals to win a decisive victory in Greece
The report cites captured Black Shirts claiming Mussolini would stay at the front through Saturday and press for a decisive victory before returning to Rome. Greece announced a convoy in the Aegean and said the Greek destroyer Psara sank an Italian submarine. Private sources said a British expeditionary force arrived in Greece from Egypt. A British admiralty note says an Italian submarine was sunk on March 6 while attacking a convoy.
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Aluminum Plant Strike Ties Up Edgewater Facility
The Aluminum Company of America plant at Edgewater New Jersey, holding defense contracts totaling 154 million dollars, saw 85 to 90 percent of its 3 000 workers support a strike called yesterday. Production of critical rationed metal for air force expansion was disrupted as the Aluminum Workers CIO union pressed wage hikes and accused the firm of not paying overtime at time and a half under the contract.
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