Conscience Pays Amarillo Traffic Debt With 3 Dollar Letter
A conscientious objector in Lapine Oregon sent a $3 confession to Amarillo police for a past stop-sign ticket issued years earlier. He explained his wartime pay and personal hardship and asked for a receipt. Mayor Joe Jenkins called it a first for the city and the department returned the money.
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Amarillo
Police
Lapine
Oret
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Joe Jenkins
Killing Rattlers Becomes An Industry In Jacksboro
In Jacksboro on a Sunday afternoon rattlesnake killing shifts to an industry. Hunters have killed 700 snakes since counting began, using gasoline fumes to flush them from dens. Snakes are killed or caught alive, some dens yield up to 57 snakes, live rattlers fetch 50 cents per pound, and this week 50 snakes weighed over 100 pounds were shipped.
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Jacksboro
Committee Holds Hearing on Plea To Admit Orphan to U S
Washington March 13 the House Immigration and Naturalization Committee will hold a hearing March 19 on a bill by Rep Luther Johnson of Texas to admit Johnny Camera 13 year old Italian war orphan to the United States Camera the mascot of the 36th Division arrived in the U S S StoWaway and recently joined his friend Claren Thompson a veteran of the Texas division at Waxahachie Texas
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Washington
House Immigration and Naturalization Committee
Luther Johnson
Texas
Johnny Camera
Camera
U. S
Claren Thompson
Waxahachie
Hallmarks Welcome Daughter in Paso Robles
A daughter was born yesterday in Paso Robles to Lt. and Mrs. Kenneth Hallmark. Mrs. Hallmark is the former Helen Jane Stephenson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P. Stephenson of 1407 West Nineteenth.
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Paso
Kenneth H. Hallmark
Hallmark
Helen Jane Stephenson
Chas. P. Stephenson
West Nineteenth
Paris Largest World City for a Millennium
Paris stood as the world’s largest city for about 1,000 years, a remarkable longevity reflecting its Renaissance and medieval prominence and its central role in European history through repeated growth and decline.
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Paris
St Patrick’s Day Celebrated Quietly in 1776 Boston
Washington issued March 16 parole for March 17 as Boston and St Patrick countersign. Gen John Sullivan named brigadier general of the day as Irish GIs in the Continental Army celebrated in the Boston area.
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St. Patrick's Day
Washington
Boston
St. Patrick
John Sullivan
St Patrick's Day Cheer Across Texas and Ireland Ties
A lively look at St Patrick's Day celebrations across Texas, detailing Irish heritage in Panhandle towns such as Shamrock and Dublin, and noting large Irish-American communities in New York. The piece links Irish religion, St Columba's monastery, and St Patrick's legendary life to the holiday mood.
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Ireland
Texas Aggie
University of Texas
Panhandle
Lone Star State
United States
Empire State
New York
Shamrock
Shannon
San Patricio
South
Texas
Coryell
O'Farrell
Cass
O Brien
Haskell
Patricia
Dawson
Dublin
Erath
Port O'Connor
Calhoun
Kellyville
Marion
Britain
Irish
Scotland
Germany
Alps
Apennines
Isle of
Tonn
St. Columba
St. Patrick
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Camp Bowie Training Site for Two Infantry Divisions
Brownwood report notes Camp Bowie serves as training site for the 36th and 31st Infantry Divisions as of March 13 according to UP dispatches.
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Brownwood
Camp Bowie
Embroidered Daisy Apron Pattern Sold By Needlecraft Dept
Fifty cents, in coins, buys Pattern 972 for an embroidered apron with daisies in one color from Amarilo Globe Needlecraft Dept New York. Include name address and zone with pattern request. A 1946 Needlecraft Catalogue offer follows with illustrations and a free cuddle toy pattern.
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Amarilo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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