Last Day for Amarillo School Census Count
Friday marks the final day to enumerate all pupils ages 6 through 18 in the Amarillo Independent School District. Missed children save $22 per head for taxpayers. parents should report new enrollments or missed entries to Mrs. Westbay, the census supervisor, the district office, or their local principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Independent School District
State Department of Education
Amarillo Public
Amarillo
W D. Westbay
Raw Milk Association Holds First Reorganization Meeting
The Amarillo Grade A Raw Milk Producers Distributors held their first luncheon meeting today at the Colonial Kitchen. Jim Morrison serves as business manager, with C. M. Boyd of Gurtz Dairy as president and Jack Wyatt, city sanitation chief chemist, as principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Morrison
Amarillo
Jack Wyatt
Colonial Kitchen
C. M. Boyd
Gurtz Dairy
Postmaster DeGrassi Seeks Local Plant Choice
Postmaster W B DeGrassi debates the new Amarillo post office entrance plantings. Suggestions include cactus yucca and bear grass, with a preference for a local beauty that fits the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. B. DeGrassi
Mr. de Grassi
Seventh Anniversary Easter At Home Club Market
The Saturday market at Municipal Auditorium run by the Home Demonstration Club of Potter County marks its seventh anniversary Easter. County farm women bring produce poultry eggs vegetables flowers and handwork to the market each week and the venture has become a substantial income source for rural women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiba
Potter County
One Millionth Money Order Expected at Amarillo Post Office
The Amarillo post office will issue its one millionth money order within two to three weeks. The No 1 000 000 money order blank is in supplies received for next month. Postal workers note it took over 20 years to reach the first million money orders in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Gold Medal Kidney Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts a capsule treatment labeled Gold Medal Kidney Remedy for kidney and bladder discomfort. It claims to ease irritation and reduce frequent urination with a 3s cent package and direct usage instructions.
Grasshoppers Tops as Egg Layers and Disease No Threat
Research from entomologists shows grasshoppers lay vast numbers of eggs but only one generation occurs per season. Cold damp weather and rainy seasons reduce populations, while freezing temperatures must be extreme to affect eggs buried below ground. Potter County reports little change in infestation from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Timmons
Panhandle
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Potter County
Ted Alexander
Bishop Seaman Returns to Amarillo for Palm Sunday
Bishop E. C. Seaman of the North Texas Episcopal district is home in Amarillo for Palm Sunday engagements after a month abroad. He conducted services in Sweetwater, Colorado, Big Spring, Midland, Abilene and Baird, organized a Odessa congregation, lectured in Clarendon, preached in Galveston and Alexandria, La, and visited New Orleans. He will celebrate at 8 o clock and preach at 11 o clock at St. Andrew's, with a choral Palm tribute by Frank Peterson and Nellie Erhard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Seaman
Protestant Episcopal Church
North Texas
Amarillo
Palm
Seaman
Sweetwater
Colorado
Big Spring
Midland
Abilene
Baird
Odessa
Clarendon
Episcopal Church
India
Burma
Ceylon
Trinity Church
Galveston
St. James Parish
Alexandria
J. Hodge Alves
Lubbock
New Orleans
St. Andrew's
R. A. Foster
Frank Peterson
Nellie Erhard
Joan Meeker Keys Coronado Jones Script for 70 Cast
In Amarillo, Joan Meeker, sister of conductors Murray and Mildred Meeker, typed all lines and lyrics for 70 cast members in Coronado Jones. She has copied some music, retyped the script daily with few mistakes, and now handles Tolzien's Music Store seat reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Meeker
Murray Meeker
Mildred Meeker Miller
Joan
Tolzien
Coronado Jones
Man Calls It Blink But Court Rules It a Wink
In Cambridge Mississippi on March 30, 62-year-old Robert Townsend was fined $20 after a court found he winked at a 17-year-old girl. Townsend claimed a medical eye condition caused uncommanded blinking, but Judge Arthur P. Stone sided with the girl's account.
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Court
Cambridge
Miss
Robert Townsend
Arthur P. Stone
Townsend
Ring misplacement and recovery described in ongoing tale
The narrative recalls a bent ring troubling a flyer who removed it to an ash tray and lost track of its location for days before it reappears. The text reflects the column's light, personal tone as it follows this small domestic incident.
PWA Official Closes Bids On The Dot At Meeting
Potter County commission will open bids for a 300000 annex to Northwest Texas Hospital with a PWA representative present. A recent example shows the official declaring bids closed at exactly ten o clock, with one bid excluded for arriving half a minute late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Potter County Commission
Northwest Texas Hospital
Western Union
Fish gulping must stop says ARL
The Boston Animal Rescue League urged an end to collegiate goldfish gulping contests after Donald V. Mulcahy of Boston College ate 30 live goldfish to win the championship from Jules Alsner of the University of Michigan. ARL president Robert F. Sellar pledged steps to curb such events, arguing no one knows how a fish feels.
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Boston
Boston Animal Rescue League
Massachusetts
Donald V. Mulcahy
Brockton
Boston College
Jules Alsner
University of Michigan
Alsner
Mulcahy
Robert FP. Sellar
Sellar
Coronado Jones Musical Extravaganza Ticket Sales Soar
Tickets for Coronado Jones at the Municipal Auditorium are moving quickly at Tolsten's Music Store in Tolsten. Advance tickets bought by High School Congress and Glee Club members must be exchanged for reserved seats by Monday evening. Prices range from 40 cents to two dollars, with different sections priced accordingly.
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Coronado Jones
Municipal Auditorian
Tolken
Music Store
Ninth and
Polk Street
Joan Meeker
High School
Congress and
Glee Club
Tolasten
Betwen
Uve
White Deer Echool
Ford Plant Film Shown at Amarillo Rotary Meeting
A Rotary Club luncheon featured a Ford Motor Company plant film from River Rouge Michigan. Irving Tolzien as program chairman led the session. James McKinstry of Ford Oklahoma City presented the industrial movie with Walter Irvin Motor Co. dealers invited. Coronado Jones guest star Barney Ogle sang Night on the Prairie with Mildred Meeker Miller at the piano. Stanley Crowe gave a brief talk and H F Atkinson was introduced as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Mich
Rotary Club Today
Amarillo Hotel
Irving Tolzien
James McKinstry
Oklahoma City
Walter Irvin Motor Company
Rotary Club
Barney Ogle
Amarillo
Coronado Jones
Mildred Meeker Miller
Stanley Crowe
H. F. Atkison
Famous Swiss Skier Featured On KGNC Interview
Reno du Pasquier, renowned Swiss skier, appears on the Sports Review for an interview to air tomorrow at 7 PM over KGNC. He will lecture at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ball room, show skiing films, and discuss winter sports in the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno du Pasquier
Sports Review
KGNC
di Pasquier
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Sangre
Dale Smith
January District Court Term Ends This Saturday
The January term of the 47th district court will end Saturday with the spring term opening in Claude next Monday. The grand jury, recessed yesterday, will reconvene tomorrow for its final session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
47Th District Court
Claude
Grand Jury
Randall County Scouts Court Held at First Methodist Church
The Randall County District Court of Honor was held at the First Methodist Church in Canyon. Tenderfoot through first class ranks and merit badges were awarded to many Canyon and Happy Scouts. J. B. Speer presided as superintendent of Canyon Public Schools and chair of the court, with H. Condron and Levi Cole among the other members.
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Randall County District Court of Honor
Randall County Boy Scouts
First Methodist Church
Canyon
Tenderfoot
Canyon and Happy Boy Scouts
J. B. Speer
Canyon Public Schools
Randall County Court of Honor
H. Condron
Levi Cole
He Was Confident Until He Met Mrs Scruggs
In Birmingham on March 30 a man presented a $25 check and forged credentials to a hotel cashier claiming to be W E Scruggs. A detective arrested him on forgery charges after noting the stolen credentials belonged to a traveling salesman in Jacksonville Florida. The man learned the cashier was Mrs W B Scruggs.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. E. Scruggs
Scruggs
Jacksonville
Pla
W. B. Scruggs
Mount Zion Church Choir Spring Festival
The Mount Zion Baptist Church choir presents its annual spring festival on Friday at 8 15 P M directed by Kathryn Oliver Hines. The program includes negro spirituals anthems solos and duets at Second Avenue and Van Buren Street with no admission charge a silver offering will be taken a section is reserved for white visitors.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Kathryn Oliver Hines
Mount Zion
Second Avenue
van Buren Street
Burglar Returns Purse After Simple Favor Incident
A burglar took a purse containing about 15 dollars from Margaret Johnson at 700 West Seventeenth Avenue but left all other property intact. Mrs H Ray Johnson described how the burglar entered through a window that was normally hard to raise. Separately George Shannon reported his car damaged in a rammed crash at 1711 Harrison Street after parking at 2213 Hayden Street.
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Margaret Johnson
West
Seventeenth Avenue
George Shannon
Hayden Street
Harrison Streeet
Liquor Stores Likely Open During School Board Elections
Austin report states state elections for school trustees next Saturday will not require closing beer and liquor establishments. State Liquor Administrator Bert Ford announced no forced liquor store closures during the election.
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Austin
Bert Ford
Fishermen Eager To Wet a Line Before Season Closes
Amarillo residents rush to fish as the season nears its close with a two month shutdown on all game fish approaching. Workers from stores to elevators fill the scene with talk of fishing while clocks edge toward the weekend closing hour.
Ed Wynn Accused of Cruel Home Life by Wife
In a separation suit in supreme court, Mrs. Frieda Wynn formerly Mierse alleges Ed Wynn a famed stage comic was cruel at home. She seeks 250 a week temporary alimony and 7500 in counsel fees after alleged post marital depression and weight loss from his nagging. She says hearing set for next Thursday.
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New York
U.P
Ed Wynn
Appropriation To Fight Freight Rate Structures
Abilene March 30 An appropriation of 40000 to 50000 dollars will be asked by the West Texas Chamber of Commerce to fight freight rate inequalities. Senator George Moffett of Chillicothe and Representative Bryan Bradbury of Abilene will sponsor the amendment to the rate division section of the railroad commission departmental appropriation bill.
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Abilene
D. A. Bandeen
West Texas Chamber of Commercce
Bandeen
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Bryan Bradbury
Railroad Commission
Foley Freed After Six Months For Unpaid Poll Tax
Portland Maine March 30 James A Foley jailed six months ago for refusing to pay a $3 poll tax was released today as his imprisonment could no longer be afforded. City treasurer noted Foley’s keep cost the city $100 and he remains unpaid.
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Slo
Portland
James A. Foley
Foley
Collision Near Hong Kong Involving Canton and Marechal Joffre
A Canton steamship and the French Marechal Joffre collided off Hong Kong today causing no serious injuries and both vessels resumed power and headed to safer waters after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Canton
Marechal Joffre
Borth
Bethaly
Hong Kong
Amarillo Grows Elite Fingerprint Archive With 4000 Volunteers
Virgil Beavers announces more than four thousand Amarillo residents have volunteered to have fingerprints taken for civil identification. The files, held by the Amarillo Police Department and the FBI, cover prominent citizens and everyday residents and aid identification in accidents and various job screening processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beavers
Amarillo
Water and Sewer Works Men To Have Barbecue Meeting
Members of the Panhandle Water and Sewer Works Association travel to Amarillo for their annual meeting. A 5 o clock chicken barbecue opens the session in city hall with talks by Lawrence Cecil of Chicago on conditioning water and Carl Baird of Tulsa on meters. Jack Wyatt serves as president for the year.
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Panhandle Water and Sewer Works Association
Amarillo
Lawrence Cecil
Chicago
Carl Baird
Tulsa
Oklo
Jack Wyatt
County Tax Office Flood for Licenses Starts
The county tax office attracted hundreds today as residents lined up to obtain 1939 auto and truck license plates before the April 1 deadline. Afterward penalties apply and officers warned vehicles without 1939 plates would be stopped and drivers charged with operating unregistered machines. Edward FitzGerald, translator of Omar Khayyam, was born March 1809.
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Edward FitzGerald
Omar Kahyyam
Deputies Cautioned As Hercules Is Sought in Hills
Sheriff Tobiasson ordered deputies to take special precautions against ambush as they hunted William Ebaugh a giant red bearded recluse in the Mother Lode country. He is accused of attacking the mother of three and threatening her children and fled into the hills after a long barrel rifle incident.
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Nevada City
Cal
U.p
Carl J. Tobiasson
Mother Lode
Tobiassen
William Ebaugh
Willow Flats
Ebaugh
Pittsfield Woman Prepares Her Own Funeral Details
A Pittsfield resident has chosen her casket engaged a clergyman and undertaker and is sewing the dress she will wear at her own funeral showing remarkable advance planning in a personal health and end of life arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield, Mass
U.P
Pittsfield
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Bishop Seaman
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Randall County
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Mrs. Scruggs
Mount Zion Church
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Pras
Heidelberg
Etna
Milwaukee
Ce Eee
Blot: Brewing Co
Milwaukee, Wis
Ce Miesckes
TbAadiseas
Amarillo Gas Company
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