Underwriters to Gather for West Texas Congress Tomorrow
Fort Worth hosts the Amarillo Association of Life Underwriters conference at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom starting at 9 am. More than 300 underwriters from the West Texas district expected. five executives will discuss estate planning and industry factors.
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Amarillo Association of Life Underwriters
West Texas Insurance Sales Congress
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Tom Fletcher
West Texas
R. Barney Shields
Dallas
Great National Life Insurance Co
Texas Association of Life Underwaters
Meat label fraud case links Kansas City broker and Risken
Indicted with Risken was Meyer Gilgus a Kansas City Missouri food broker. The brief note ties the pair to a case involving mislabeling horse meat advertised as tenderloin.
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Risken
Meyer Gilgus
Kansas City, Mo
FTC charges third drug maker over antihistamine ads
The Federal Trade Commission accuses Whitehall Pharmaceutical Co of false and misleading advertising for the anti cold drug Kriptin. The action follows earlier complaints against Bristol-Myers Co and Anahist Co, Inc. FTC warns of possible halting orders if charges prove true and gives 20 days to answer.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
Whitehall Pharmacal Co
New York
FTC
Bristol-Myers Co
Anahist Co., Inc
The
Trade Commission
Whitehall
Bristol-Myers
Anahist
Livestock Firm Granted Charter for Amarillo Auction
The Producers Livestock Sales Corporation received a charter from the Secretary of State to run a livestock auction in Amarillo under the cooperative marketing act. Acting director W. D. Christopher reports the enterprise is capitalized at one million dollars, with directors A. L. Edwards of Amarillo, A. R. Northcutt, Fred Marshel and Paul Rogersall of Canyon, and Carl Jackson of Vega.
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Producers Livestock Sales Corporation
Secretary of State
Amarillo
W. D. Christopher
Tennessee
Delegates Gather for VEW Convention in Amarillo
About 400 delegates from seven Texas VFW districts register at 10 a.m. at local halls for the regional convention this weekend. National Senior Vice Commander Charlies C. Balls arrives from Seattle for a nine day Texas tour, attends a cocktail hour and birthday party for Vice Commander Ralls, and plans stops in Lubbock, Odessa, Sweetwater, Abilene, and Paducah before continuing downstate.
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Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Mel Kruse
Charlies C. Balls
Seattle
Wash
Department of Texas
Amarillo Air Terminal
TWA
Ralls
Amarillo
Texas Department
Julian Dickenson
Lubbock
Odessa
Sweetwater
Abilene
Paducah
Points Downstate
Amarillo Exchange Club Members Travel to Austin Meeting
Four members from the Amarillo Exchange Club will drive to Austin for a weekend state board of control gathering of Texas Exchange Clubs. Attendees include Troy Jones president O J Humphrey D Stailard and Pat Cunningham. Led by Leland Hamner Houston the meeting aims to boost charter growth, as Texas hosts 21 clubs with Orange and Brownsville as recent additions. They depart about 6 this afternoon and return Monday night.
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Amarillo
Clothing Stolen From Car in Polk Street Incident
Clay Flower reported to police the theft of a coat and several other clothing items from his car parked at 2400 B Polk last night.
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Clay Flower
Polk
Texas meat dealers charged over horse meat scam in 2 cities
US and state authorities charged Wilson Wagers of a Houston firm and three Fort Worth officials with handling horse meat as beef for sale. They said they believed the meat was beef bought at 97 cents per pound. All said the meat came from a Dallas supplier as inspectors traced shipments from Chicago. In Minneapolis, Louis Risken posted a 2000 dollar bond after indictment on three counts of transporting horse meat from Chicago to Dallas.
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Wilson Wagers
Houston
Houston City
Martin
Fort Worth
O. T. Morris
IL. B. Chapman
E. E. Bagley
Dallas
Texas
Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
Louis Risken
Risken
Dawson Draws Two-Year Sentence in Burglary Case
In 47th District Court yesterday afternoon Melvin Dawson, 28, of 819 North East Seventh, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after conviction of burglary. He was charged in the Feb. 15 break-in of H&H Drug Company, 3805 North East Eighth, and was defended by Amarillo attorney W. T. Brothers. Dawson also faces burglary charges in Carson County for a series of break-ins at Groom.
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Melvin Dawson
Dawson
North East Seventh
8&H Drug Company
North East Eighth
W. T. Brothers
Amarillo
Carson County
Groom
Postpone Trial on Bookmaking Charges
Scheduled trial of Cal Davis and Charlie Ball on bookmaking charges was postponed in 47th District Court until Monday morning. Davis and Ball, both residents of Polk addresses, are accused of taking football bets under the anti bookmaking statute. Jury was excused after Ball and Davis lawyer George McCarthy were found to be out of town.
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Cal Davis
Charlie Ball
47Th District Court
Davis
A Polk
Ball
Polk
George McCarthy
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B. J. Tyler
Here
Sam Cummings
Kansas City Life
A. R. Jaqua
Southern Methodist University
Institute of Insurance Marketing
St. Louis
General American Life Insurance Co
Bert Jaqua
Frank Vesser
St. Louis Underwriters Association
Reppert Lumber CO
W. 6Th
GEO. A. Dickel Distilling Company
Louisville, Kentucky
Studebaker
America
BOB Crudgington, Inc
Fillmore St
Jeff Wilson Motors
East 7Th
Berger, Texas
John Wood
Hereford
VEW
Austin
Lewis
Pork Corner
Associated Meat
Compan
Frank Howell
Prop
Lowell
Pharmacy
Santa FE
Globe News
Ead
Corner
6Th & Polk
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