The Bigness of It By Herbert Grannis
A student essay praises the Student Loan Fund and the Parent Teacher Association at Amarillo High School. The piece urges support for the fund as a life changing plan enabling students to complete high school or college and possibly become future leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Granmis
John
Parent- Teacher Association
United States of America
Parent-Teacher Association
Amarillo
Amarillo High School
Woodward to Tackle U S Grant Biography
Biographer W E Woodward, who recently published a life of Washington, plans a new book on Ulysses S Grant. He notes Grants dramatic rise from a discouraged 38 year old in a country store to leader of the Union armies and two term president.
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W. E. Woodward
Washington
U.S. Grant
Grant
Woodward
Flaming Youth in Africa
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions reports rising difficulties in West Africa as youth revolt from tribal norms and pursue mobility to other tribes. Elders struggle to control teens drawn to new paths, mirroring trends seen in the United States.
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Africa
America
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
West Africa
United States
Bootleg Route Brings Bottles and Discontent to Watertown
In Watertown New York residents on upper Mill and Phelps streets complain of bootleggers using heavy trucks along rough streets and waking the neighborhood at night. They report dodging broken beer bottles when backing cars out and driving over jagged glass to avoid tire damage. The streets are described as a main artery for bootlegging from the Canadian border to downstate cities. Vermont potatoes in separate paper wrappers are now on sale in metropolitan markets.
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International News Service
Watertown
N. Y
Upper Mill
Phelps Streets
Mill Street
Upper Mills
Vermont
Boyce Resigns as Adjutant of Field Artillery
Captain William C. Boyce Jr. resigns as adjutant of the 131st Field Artillery with headquarters here, transferred to the National Guard Reserve due to time demands from his Armstrong Transfer and Storage company duties. Lieut. Joan L. McCarty serves as acting adjutant after the resignation.
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William C. Boyce, Jr
131St Field Artillery
Adjutant General’s
Austin
Boyce
Armstrong Transfer and Storage Company
National Guard Reserve
Joan L. McCarty
Texas Senate OKs constitutional referendum on official salaries
The Texas Senate approved a referendum proposing a constitutional amendment to cap salaries for state officials. The governor would earn up to 10000 dollars annually and legislators up to 1500 dollars.
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The
Associated Press
Austin
Senate
Yale Game Recalled In Harrowing Football Battle
The account details a brutal Yale contest where Harvard drives stalled by Yale’s defense. Key moments include a fumble, a dangerous pass, and relentless Yale marching. A late surge by Harvard sees a series of long runs and a bold forward pass near the goal.
Secretaries Left to Explain Congress's Busy End
Washington dispatch notes the alibi squad of secretaries remains in the buildings as lawmakers flee, leaving staff to answer constituents about vetoed bills and shifting budgets amid filibusters and last minute resignations. Yale football tale closes with a dramatic safety and a near comeback.
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Washington
Senate
House
Reddy’s Watch for Hen House Chicken Heist
Reddy Fox uses wit to track Hooty the Owl as he targets a distant farm henhouse. The fox studies routes, knows the countryside, and plans a potential entry before dusk but ends with a tease of a future twist in the tale.
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Reddy
Reddy Fox
Hooty the Great Horned Owl
Hooty
Mrs. Hooty
Roosevelt County Lands Under State Revaluation
The Roosevelt county land revaluation began this week in Portales New Mexico conducted by the state tax commission with Nathan Jaffa George L Ulrich J R Aguilar and John Joerns as staff and Ezra Watts J H Brashears Harve Creek as local liaisons. The work aims to correct unequal assessments and could take about 60 days benefiting school districts through additional revenues.
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Portales
N. M
Roosevelt County
State Tax Commission
Nathan Jaffa
George L. Ulrich
J. R. Aguilar
John Joerns
Board of County Commissioners
Ezra Watts
J. H. Brashears
Harve Creek
Theo. Summers
Chas, Maxwell
Som Ackers
Third Victim Dies From Big Hotel Fire
The third victim, Mrs. Florence Nelson, 50, died at a local hospital after leaping from a second story during the fire at the hotel on Third and Van Buren last Friday. Her earlier injuries included a broken hip and internal wounds. She previously lived in Glenwood, Colorado.
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Third
van Buren Streets
Florence Nelson
Nelson
Glenwood
Colorado
Jewel Gonzales
Suit Filed Over Baylor Basketball Bus Crash Damages
Wesley Bradshaw sues I G N railway for 51500 in damages tied to the Round Rock Baylor basketball bus crash. In Austin the House kills the Love-Fairchild bill to allow railroads to grant passes to preachers. In Paris W A Lyon of Sam Marcos elected president of the Outdoor Advertising association of Texas and New Mexico. W A Wright of Corsicana named VP and W E Holland of Beaumont re elected treasurer with new directors Bill McKinley and R D L Killough.
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Associated Press
Waco
Wesley Bradshaw
I. G. N. Railway
Round Rock Baylor
Austin
Paris
W. A. Lyon
Sam Marcos
Outdoor Advertising Association of
Texas and
New Mexico
W. A. Wright
Corsicana
W. E. Holland
Beaumont
Bill McKinley
Lubbock
R. D. L. Killough
Vernon
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Amarillo Co
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Wilbur C. Hawk
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Oklahoma
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Young Man
King Features Syndicate
Yale
Harvard
Stephens
Iself
Congress
Rodney Dutcher
Norbeck
Radio Commission
McFadden
Europe
Bulldog
Mde
By Thornton W. Burgess
Buffalo
William T. Wrigh
Emile L. Frigon
Wright
Jean
Jeanette
Frigon
Earl
Ervena
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