Young kite flyer wins in Globe News contest
Arétind Tolt n Perchie Bridges, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Bridges of 2002 Pierce, proved a standout in the Globe News kite contest as the best under twelve. He won one division and placed high in others, then correctly claimed a $5 prize after disputing a $10 award with the judges.
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Robert Bridges
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Jean Wright
Dwight Bradley
Charles Hook
G. C. McDaniel
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V. W. Fergus Marion
Ruth
Amarillo 1940s life glimpsed in snow rescues and society notes
A look back across Amarillo history highlights 1940 ski rescues by John Farrell John Currie Dale Smith and Al Hurt in Tres Ritos waist high snow and Amarillo receiving a National Safety Foundation award for Texas safety. The piece also recalls memory demonstrations by Rip Underwood book reviews notes from a Sunday society page stories of air mail figures 1931 and ads from 1920 listing local merchants and products.
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Bedford Harrison
Shamrock
Sea Island
Francis Griswald
Cyril Luker
the Nazarene
Sholem Asch
John Merchant
Ethel Vance
L. T. Martin
Jennie
Robert Nathan
Libray Notes
Ruth Delzell
Green
My Valley
Mary Blodgett
Kitty Foyle
Bobbette Green
Toinette Seay
Dr. Hudson
Secret Journal
Amy Jackson
Endorsement Visits By State Highway Dept Official
State Highway Det. Here on business Carl Hinton former Amarillo Chamber leader is in town with Commodity Credit Corporation. Dallas visitor Mrs. James Dees stays with her parents at 102 Sunset and with her in law family at 3301 Van Buren. Her daughter Janis, three months old, accompanies.
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Northwest Texas
Corporation Court
Harris E. Loft Hus
Amarillo
Tommy Hainze
Billy
W. D. DeGrassi, Jr
Jefferson
Austin
Hainze
University
Ariel DeGrassi
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
Harry Elam
Hayden
Hot Springs
Carl Hinton
Barkley Invited To Demo Dinner In Texas
Houston report notes a statewide Texas Democrats fundraising dinner set for May in Austin with Vice-President Alben Barkley as speaker. Local leaders, invited by Wright Morrow, expect a $25 per plate event and plan to allocate part of the proceeds to the state executive committee after Barkley is contacted.
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Austin
Alben W. Barkley
National Democratic
Wright Morrow
Barkley
Fire Destroys School Building in Aquilla Texas
AQUILLA TEX March 22 U P. School classes held in churches after a fire yesterday destroyed the public school building and gymnasium. Cause unknown. Loss about 75 dollars. The Hill County hamlet has no fire department. Townspeople watched the two structures burn to the ground.
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Aquilla
Tex
U.P
Hill County
Fight over war dance wounds twelve in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg a clash erupted after Zulus criticized a Bantus war dance injuring twelve men. Police reported the violence broke out during a confrontation among rival groups in the city.
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Johannesburg
Young Leaders Highlighted At Horace Mann And Amarillo High
Ora Vihiant Pegny Joyce Bledsoe of Horace Mann School has led her homeroom for four years. Aged 14, she is in eighth grade, daughter of J M Bledsoe, with tennis and reading as hobbies and a dream to succeed. Harris Kimbrough of Amarillo High, 17, National Honor Society member and vice president of the Slide Rule Club, aims for Yale and dentistry, known as Kb Horace to peers, son of H M Kimbrough.
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Gadsden
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H. N. Gettys
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Wheeless
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Elmo Morton
Houston
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Michael Smith
East Ninth
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Chester Barrett
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North Mirror
Leola Cooper
Verlin Noblett
John Wesley Baugh
Eunice Combs
Stratford
Lottie King
Muleshoe
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Otto Findeisen
Virginia
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J. L. Bivins
New York
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Montgomery
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Quinlan
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Joyce Bledsoe
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J. M. Bledsoe
North Harrison
Harris Kimbrough
Amarillo High School
Hi-Y
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Ken Klub
Yale
Horace
H. M. Kimbrough
Hayden
Stage leader dies in New York at 71
New York March 23 Arthur Hopkins a renowned stage director and producer dies after a heart ailment. He was 71. Hopkins shaped Broadway with influential productions and showcased prominent performers during a long career.
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New York
Arthur Hopkins
Congress Debates Bread and Water Diet for Prisoners
Washington March 23 the Senate and House clashed over how long a military prisoner should endure bread and water. Both chambers passed versions of a military code bill and sought a uniform limit. The dispute centers on reducing the current one week to four days, with the Senate proposing three days and a conference committee to decide.
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