Harvard Lists Five Presidents Among Alumni
Harvard University, celebrating its 350th anniversary, counts five presidents among its notable alumni. Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the fifth Harvard graduate to reach the White House, joining John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Theodore Roosevelt, with many other famed names such as Cotton Mather, Artemus Ward, John Hancock, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Ford, Louis D. Brandeis, John Pierpont Morgan, and Horatio Alger.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harvard
White House
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Rutherford B Hayes
Theodore Roosevelt
Cotton Mather
Artemus Ward
John Hancock
Edward Everett
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oliver Wendell
Amarillo Fire Marshal Claims Low City Fire Rates
Amarillo fire marshal Ed Spann says Amarillo has the lowest fire risk rates in Texas after reviewing state data on rates and fire record credits. He notes brick building insurance in Amarillo costs 1.80 per thousand while El Paso charges 1.84.
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San Antonio
Texas
Amarillo
Ed Spann
State Fire Insurance Commissioner's Office
el Paso
Spann
Roswell Visitor Counts on Visit to Mrs Hamlin
L. E. Allen of Roswell New Mexico is the guest of his daughter Mrs R B Hamlin at 105 North Kentucky Street during the current visit.
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L. E. Allen
Roswell, N. M
R. B. Hamlin
North Kentucky Street
Strength Tests For Post Office Labor Applicants
Nine applicants underwent strength tests to lift a 128 pound bulky sack of twine as part of an entry exam for postal labor jobs. All passed, some with ease and one with difficulty, under Assistant Postmaster C M Tyler. A written exam is also required. the vacancy opened when Melvin Laa was promoted to substitute clerk.
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C. M. Tyler
Melvin Laa
Postal Officials Visit West Texas Postal Leaders
Two visiting postal officials toured the Post Office this morning. Sweetwater postmaster Mrs Thelma H Bowen met Amarillo postmaster W D DeGrassi and Pampa resident George Darnell visited the finance department. Bowen accompanied her husband Joe Bowen a Sweetwater druggist at the West Texas Pharmaceutical Association convention where he serves as vice president.
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Thelma H. Bowen
Sweetwater
Jin
Amarillo
W D. DeGrassi
George Darnell
Pampa
Finance Department
Denmark Sweden 16 Mile Bridge Bridge and Highways Plan
Copenhagen reports three Danish firms propose a 16 mile bridge linking Denmark and Sweden to Malmo across the Ore Lund plus a high speed highway across Zealand and a Great Belt bridge. Total cost about 628 million kroner 150 million dollars with 12 000 workers over ten years. Denmark to fund by loans taxes and subsidies.
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Science Service
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
Zealand
Punen
Malmoe
Lund
Price Returns to Day Duty on Taylor Street Beat
For the first time in four years Am arillo police officer Carley Price reports for day duty this morning. Price, previously a scout car officer, walks a beat on Taylor Street while fellow officers note his use of dark glasses and a flashlight due to sunlight.
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Carley Price
Amarillo
Tack Letters Seek Steady Work and Variety
A collection of help wanted notices from a newspaper page. Various individuals seek employment including a 24 year old man with truck driving experience, a World War veteran open to cafe and recreation club work, a farm hand, and two married women offering housework skills.
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Tack
North West
Fourth Avenue
East
Fifteenth Avenue
Frances Bannister testifies to spare mother in Dorchester kidnapping trial
Frances Bannister, age 15, testifies with care to save her mother Mae Bannister from conviction in a Dorchester New Brunswick kidnapping trial. She accuses her brothers of planning the abduction of a baby amid harsh poverty and labor hardship.
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Frances Bannister
Mae Bannister
Dorchester
N. B
Philip Lake
Set Date for Louis' Bout With Schmeling
New York promoter Mike Jacobs announced that the Joe Louis versus Max Schmeling heavyweight bout will be held in New York sometime in June. The exact date and venue will be announced later after considering bids from Philadelphia Chicago and Detroit.
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New York
U.P
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
20Th Century Club
Mike Jacobs
Jacobs
Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Oregon fox terrier buys his own dog license
A fox terrier in Eugene walked to the license counter with a dollar in his mouth. The clerk read his number and age from the collar and the dog left with a receipt clenched in his teeth.
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Eugene
Ore
Adlerika Promises Quick Relief for Chronic Constipation
A vintage testimonial touts Adlerika as fast acting for long term constipation and gas. It claims cleansing of the bowel tract beyond ordinary laxatives and cites Dr. H. L. Shoub of New York about reducing intestinal bacteria. Sold by Fox Drug and City Drug Stores.
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Adlerika
Mia
Mabel Schott
H. L. Shoub
New York
Fox Drug Company
City Drug Stores
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J.B. Coe Lumber CO
Mtd & Lincoln St
Friedrichafen
Germany
Lake Constance
Hugo Eckener
North Atlantic
Lakehurst
N. J
Goodyear Pathfinder
Pathfinder
Gunn-Hinerman Tire Co
Borger
Scout Car
Walking Beat
Buchanan Street
Cleveland Street
West Oorth Avenue
Jackson Street
J. B. Sanders
North
W. M. Hays
North Side Station
Schmeling
Terrier
Town Tavern
America
Mr. DeCoster
Narillo Community Chest
Aman
Xan
Ted
F. HH. A
Amarillo Hardware CO
Polk St
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