Death of Fred C. Fox Former Santa Fe official
Fred C. Fox longtime Santa Fe Western lines general manager died in Shreveport Louisiana. He retired in 1927 after a career starting as a telegraph operator in 1880 and serving in key posts across divisions before leading Western Lines from Amarillo 1910 to 1916. He was born in 1663.
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Fred C. Fox
Santa Fe Western Lines
Amarillo
Shreveport
Fox
Santa Fe
Taylor Street
Marysville
Ohio
Big Four Railroad
Larned
Kansas
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Tri-State
Murder Clue Fails to Identify Woman Victim Near Spearman
Perryton residents including Mrs. M P Browning failed to identify the hammer slaying victim found on a road near Spearman. Sheriff Hicks Wilbanks said no progress and that the woman likely was not from the Panhandle. Shoes dated beyond local shops and the hammer purchase point remain unresolved clues. Dozens sought identification with no success.
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Spearman
Perryton
M. P Browning
Hicks Wilbanks
Panhandle
Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Panhandie
Payrolls and Auto Sales Show Texas Increase
Texas payrolls total 199,483 workers with weekly payrolls of 2,770,830. February car sales in 17 populous counties reached 8,456, up 3 percent from February 1940. Commercial car sales in cities totaled 1,535, a 2 percent rise. Employment rose 6 percent since January and 41 percent since February 1940. payrolls up 13 percent and 85 percent respectively. In Ohio, Mrs Harry Chandler gave birth to twins in De Graff and in a nearby hospital, a daughter followed two hours later a son was born.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Veterans of Foreign Wars to elect 1941 officers in Amarillo
Amarillo Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1907 will hold an election for 1941 officers on Saturday April 5 at Carpenter's Hall 212 West Seventh. Commander C B Parks urges all members to attend. In a separate case testimony concluded in the Kenneth Yates robbery by assault trial. Yates and Floyd Henson indicted in connection with the January 5 robbery of W R Davis known as Doe Davis. Pierce St Greenhouses. Phone 7117.
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Amarillo
Kenneth Yates
W.R
Doe) Davis
Mr. Davis
Floyd Henson
Yates
Wavell
Greece
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Hitler
Spain
Gibraltar
Balkan and African Fronts Shuffle as War Expands
The report describes Greek defense near Salonika with 200 000 to 500 000 volunteers and British support lines, Turkish-Russian diplomacy, and potential Royal Air Force bases. In Africa Graziani resigns, Garibaldi takes command, and Nazi forces recapture El Agheila as Germany widens influence in Tripolitania and western Libya.
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Gulf of
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Jugoslavia
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Russia
Thrace
Dardanelles
Adolf Hitler
Africa
Berlin
Naa African Legion
el Agheila
Benghazi
Building Permits Push Amarillo Yearly Total Past Half Million
Late yesterday and this morning Amarillo issued eight building permits, all for homes, raising the year’s construction cost total to 509 852 dollars. Applicants include Leland B. Roper 1329 Bellaire Mrs. Fred Lyon 810 Mississippi 3310 San Jacinto Claude Keener 902 Fannin Oliver Eakle Development Company 2013 Monroe 2906 Fillmore 3302 Taylor Pierce Henderson 724 North Wilson.
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Amarillo
Leland B. Roper
Bellaire
Fred Lyon
Mississippi
San Jacinto
Claude Keener
Fannin
Oliver-Eakle Development Company
Monroe
Fillmore
Taylor
Pierce Henderson
North Wilson
City Commission Meeting Sets Routine Agenda
City commissioners hold a regular weekly session tonight at city hall. A survey on the need for automatic traffic control at Wolflin and Washington is among items to consider.
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Wolflin
Washington
Fisherman Bitten by Pickerel Sparks Ice Fishing Ouch
In Rockville Connecticut attorney Donald Fiske was bitten on the finger by a pickerel while ice fishing, the sole bite of the day amid cold conditions. The incident was noted with no serious injury.
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Rockville
Conn
U.P
Donald Fiske
House Pages Leave to Attend Charity Baseball Game
In Austin on March 25 Speaker Homer Leonard said all pages have sick grandmothers and the House excused the pages to attend a charity game between the St. Louis Browns and Boston Bees. St. Louis players visited the chamber wearing large white hats from their San Antonio training stay.
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Austin
U.P
Homer Leonard
Texas House of Representatives
St. Louis Browns
Boston Bees
St. Louis
San Antonio
Texas House Approves Two Year Offical Term Extension
Texas House votes 73 to 59 for engrossment of a constitutional amendment extending term limits for all future state and county officials. It needs 100 votes in the House and 21 in the Senate before going to voters. Amarillo sanitation project authorized to employ 15 to 30 men under WPA plan.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
House
Senate
Amarillo
Commissioners Court
Ernest O. Northcutt
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Live cattle calves and hogs sold with prices by weight. Slower trading noted with mixed declines across categories. Feeder steers and cows remained steady to firm while best lambs held above eleven dollars. Financial security fund figures listed at end.
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Kansas City
U. B
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