Amarillo pioneer A F Parker dies at 74 in Hereford
G A Parker born November 6 1861 in Missouri moved to Texas in 1879. He helped build Amarillo firsts including the lumber for its first house and served in multiple banks. Funeral at Hereford Methodist Church with burial in Hereford Cemetery. He later moved to Hereford in 1892 and left four children.
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G. A. F. Parker
Amarilla
Panhandle
Hereford
Hereford Methodist Church
T. C. Willett
C. C. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
Missouri
George Alsdorf Faulkner Parker
Oakdale
Shelby County
Texas
Texas A. & M
Houston
Austin
Amarillo
Plains
First National Bank
Meridian
American State Bank
Canyon
Parker
First Church
First Commercial Club
First Building and Loan Association
Santa Claus
Anne F. Parker
Catonsville
William L. Parker
Washington, D. C
George Parker
Mary Ellen Parker
London
Deep Decollete Vogue Sizzles with Violet Velvet Gown
A spring evening decollete dress features a shoulder strap free silhouette with a soft violet velvet center and mauve organdy edging. Designed by Lelong, the gown showcases a lower skirt and dramatic décolleté.
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Lelong
Flight links Europe and Americas expand with Klm plans
Albert Plesman, head of K L M, says Holland to Paramaribo flight with Curacao cooperation links Pan American routes. K L M eyes Central America bases, Far East extensions, and a possible Amsterdam Batavia airship line, likely years away.
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TH Hague
U.P
South America
Holland
Paramaribo
Albert Plesman
Royal Dutch Airlines
United Press
Plesman
Curacao
Pan-American Airways
Pan- American Airways
Central America
South
Far East
Amsterdam
Batavia
Napoleon’s shopkeeper remark backed by British trade stats
In London on March 25 the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants cites Britain’s one million stores, or one per 44 people, to argue for registration and licensing. They note rising unemployment from distributive trades, bankruptcies over three years, and that small shops employ 65 percent of labor while big combines account for 30 percent of retail turnover.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants
Navy tests giant flying battleships for Pacific defense
The navy secrets plans tests of large flying battleships aiming to form a first line of defense. One ship on the West Coast undergoes final testing while a Norfolk ship is readied for trials. If approved, 30 planes cost 150000 each and could be deployed on both coasts and at Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Navy
Norfolk
Scon
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Pacific
Last Rites Held For Mrs Scott at Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
Funeral services for 88 year old Mrs Alice P Scott were held at 3 p m at Blackburn-Shaw Chapel with Rev Ross A Smith and Bishop E C Seaman officiating. She died Friday night at the family home 308 Bellview Street and was buried in Llano Cemetery. Four hundred million fence posts are used in the United States annually.
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Alice P. Scott
Blackburn-Shaw
Ross A. Smith
San Jacinto Baptist Church
E. C. Seaman
Llano
United States
Edwards Sentence Upheld by Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the first degree murder conviction of Bobby Edwards in the slaying of Freda McKechnie. Edwards argued a natural death while they swam at Harvey's Lake caused her death via a hidden blackjack. prosecutors said the act killed the expectant mother.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Bobby Edwards
Freda McKechnie
Edwards
Indians Stalk Tourist Trade In Lac du Flambeau
The Lac du Flambeau Chippewa, newly self-governing, approves plans for a major fish hatchery to produce over 190 million game fish yearly. It includes the largest muskellunge pike and bass rearing ponds yet attempted, with two lakes reserved for bass. The project stocks lakes within the 144 square mile reservation in Vilas County Wisconsin, home to about 600 residents.
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Lac DU Flambeau
Wis
United States
Flambeau
Vilas County
Wisconsin
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A.F. Parker
Bremen
Germany
Louisiana
Huey Long
New Orleans
Rato 1 Rouge
J. Y. Sanders
Louisiana “Old Guard
Sanders
Pullmans
Santa Fe
P. A. Winstead City
Sta
T. B. Gallaher
Amarillo, Texas
Od Housekeeps Institute
Health Authority
The
Food and Drug Administration
U. S. Department of Agricultre
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Lincoln
Napoleon
U.S. Navy
Mrs. Scott
Joseph F. Gaffy
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Senator Gaffy
Providence
R. J
Cambridge, Mass
Helen A. Howard
Belmont
Underwood
Sundstrand
West 7Th St
H. F. Eldridge
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