Personal branding iron offered for tools and gifts
Franks Barber and Beauty Supply in Amarillo advertises a custom personal branding iron for marking tools, toys, gear, and personal items. Each unit features a bronze head, brass shaft, and wooden handle with gift boxing. Pricing starts at 3 initials for 3.50, with 0.50 per extra letter and 1 dollar for II or III. Mail orders accepted with 3.50 enclosed.
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Franks Barber & Beauty Supply
Polk Street
Amarillo
Cortez
Polk
Beauty back home with Mary Collins screen test
Britons welcomed Mary Collins arriving from America for a screen test. They noted her great grandfather hailed from Kildare Ireland, highlighting a proud family link to the old country.
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Mary Collins
America
Kildare
Eire
Brakes Efficiency at 40 MPH Stop Distance
A braking standard states that brakes, to be effective, must stop an automobile traveling at 40 miles per hour within 71 feet, outlining a benchmark for safe stopping capability.
Phillips opens a North Fillmore furniture store
Joe Phillips inside Amarillo opens Frank Phillips Furniture Outlet at 105 North Fillmore Street with Ace Gosselin in charge. The store offers new and used living room kitchen and dining sets plus appliances and more open until 7 pm daily. Telephone 30047.
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Joe Phillips
Frank Phillips
North Fillmore Street
Ace” Gosselin
Gotham's Apartment Strike Called Off
In New York on May 1 elevators resumed as 12,000 workers across 1,000 Manhattan buildings ended a four day strike over wage hour disputes with landlords. Workers returned to duties and normal service was expected today in fashionably priced apartments. A fact finding board will review the disagreement between AFL employees and landlords.
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New York
Manhattan
AFL
Crow Delivers Egg Likely From Hen Nest
A china egg found in a hollow Australian tree is believed left by a disappointed crow after seizing the egg from a hen's nest. The find suggests a curious incident of a crow taking poultry treasure and abandoning it in the hollow of a tree.
PLAN MUSIC COLLECTION Musica Britannica planned by RMA and Arts Council
The Royal Musical Association and the Arts Council of Great Britain announce a planned 30 volume set titled Musica Britannica. The project aims to compile English music history with scholarly apparatus and broad public access.
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Royal Musical Association
Arts Council of Great Britain
St Lawrence River Source Traced to Minnesota
A note identifies the St Lawrence river as having its source in Minnesota before flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. The claim ties the river’s origins to the northern U S state, highlighting a geographic surprise within the historic waterway.
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St. Lawrence River
Atlantic Ocean
Minnesota
Quality Counts In Memorials
In considering memorial purchases, choose quality granite marble and bronze. The Amarillo Monumental Company at 31st and South Fillmore offers guaranteed materials, 700 designs, installment plans with no interest, and a slogan promising best value.
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Amarillo Monumental Company
31St and
South Fillmore Streets
A. L. Keeney
Spring House Cleaning Buy With Soft Water Help
A spring cleaning pitch extols Soft Water and Cut soap as easing chores. It touts fabric and blanket care, woodwork, china, and glassware washing, energy savings, and better flavors in foods and beverages. The ad lists Soft Water Service Co. contact details in Amarillo and Berger for more information.
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Soft Water Service Co
West
Fifteenth Avenue
Amarillo
Berger
Weatherly Street
Price deal fail delays grain for India trade talks
Negotiations between Russia and India over an exchange of grain for jute castor oil and shellac stalled after price agreements could not be reached. The talks centered on securing a favorable rate for India’s exports while Russia sought concessions on payment terms and delivery schedules.
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Russia
Jute
Castor Oil
Shellac
India
All Prescriptions Accurately Filled
The Prescription Laboratory at 512 Polk, Amarillo, four doors north of White & Kirk, promotes itself as the city’s original exclusive pharmacy and sickroom supply. In business over eight years, owner Bill McClendon asserts professional staffing, full attention to patients, and high quality materials with clean, prompt service and free delivery at no extra cost.
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Polk
White & Kirk
Amarillo
Bill McClendon
Prescription
Gifts for Her At Vetesk No 2
A Mother's Day gift guide from Vetesk No 2 at 719 West Sixteenth. Mrs. Paul Foster promotes baskets of fancy jellies and delicacies, Ming teas in reusable containers, and Ming Epi-Curios. Also featured are Byler lamps, Elmer's Candies, Old Thompson shakers, plate racks, Kaysal cards, Spice Island lines, and Vermont maple syrup with ample in-store parking.
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Vetesk
West Sixteenth
Paul Foster
Old Thompson Pepper Mill
Screen Actress Weds a Furrier in Palm Springs
Film actress Helen Walker aged 27 wed furrier Edward Nicholas Du Domaine aged 41 in Palm Springs. They planned a four or five day honeymoon here before a trip to Laguna Beach and Mexico. It was the couple's second marriage for both.
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Palm Springs
Cal
Helen Walker
Los Angeles
Edward Nicholas du Domaine
Munhall Offers New Broadlooms
Munhall's Fine Carpets promotes Early Californian chenille reversible broadloom with two wearing surfaces and low initial cost. Available for room size rugs or wall to wall carpet up to fifteen feet three inches, 29 colors, seamless, and offered with home consultations. Wool prices rising, Munhall says, call 32105.
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T. Munhall
Munhall
East Tenth
Amarillo
Gatlin Glass Co For Safety Glass
Gatlin Glass Co offers auto glass services at 417 East Tenth Amarillo. Glass is cut to fit car and truck windows and windshields by trained experts under Hugh Gatlin supervision, promising precise fitting and guaranteed satisfaction after 13 years in business.
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Gatlin Glass Company
East Tenth
Hugh Gatlin
Gatlin
Amarillo
Murder Victims Buried in Java
In Bandoeng Java USI May 1 Yale University Professor Raymond Kennedy and Time and Life Correspondent Robert Doyle were buried after simple funeral services. Several hundred Americans including US embassy officials and Indonesian and UN representatives attended the graveside rites in the European cemetery overlooking the city. Police believe the pair were killed last Wednesday on a remote highway by four masked assassins while traveling unarmed in Kennedy’s jeep. Potato beetles were unknown in Europe until World War I.
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Bandoeng
Java
USI
Yale University
Raymond Kennedy
Time and Life
Robert Doyle
United Nations
Kennedy
Pique and Large Hats for Spring at Marie's Hat Shop
Marie's Hat Shop at 520 West Fifth features small pique made to order hats in every color for spring wear and a wide selection of large brim straw hats ready for trimming. Stock includes many flower trims and new spring/summer options. Marie notes upcoming June bride wear and offers wedding veils and hats for wedding party members. call 6903 for an appointment.
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Marie
West Fifth
Joan Caulfield Weds Film Producer Frank Ross in Hollywood
Hollywood May 1 Actress Joan Caulfield 26 married film producer Frank Ross 45 at a ceremony held Saturday at Armand Deutsch home who gave the bride away Mrs Deutsch formerly Benny Venuta a Broadway star The couple left for a private honeymoon destination after a reception Miss Caulfield's first marriage
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Hollywood
Joan Caulfield
Frank Ross
Armand Deutsch
Cesar Romero Threatened After Bar Altercation
Hollywood May 1 Cesar Romero received a threatening letter via mail. Detectives quoted part of the note warning that something could fall on him on a movie set. The actor said he argued with a man in a Hollywood bar last week and asked the heckler to leave.
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Hollywood
Cesar Romero
You Get Service At Sprinkler Co.
The Sprinkler Company at 2904 West Sixth Amarillo offers electromatic lawn sprinkler systems praised for water efficiency and convenience. They claim rapid watering minimizes evaporation and streetside losses, promising lower bills and lush lawns. Visit or call 34168 for a representative visit in the region.
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Sprinkler Co
West Sixth
Amarillo
Three Die in Plane Crash on Leatherwood Mountain
In Mountain Home Arkansas a California family of four perished when their private plane crashed on Leatherwood Mountain in fog. Father Bill Houston, mother Mary, and son Garry Don, seven, died. Only survivor is Mary Ann Houston, a Stanislaus County sheriff's deputy, who was ejected from the wreck and rescued.
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Mountain Home
Ark
California
Arkansas
Bill Houston
Garry Don
Mary Ann Houston
Houston
Stanislaus County
Cal
Leatherwood Mountain
Here
US Strikes Over 500 Billion Matches Annually
The report notes a striking annual figure of more than 500 billion matches. It highlights the vast scale of match usage domestically and implies implications for supply, industry demand, and environmental considerations.
Ravey Staging A Variety Sale in Amarillo
Amarillo jeweler Speed Ravey at Fourth and Taylor tempts shoppers with bargain jewelry and radios this week. Offers include Zenith radio combinations at 40 dollars and radios from 5.95, a 200 dollar 1 percent karat diamond ring, plus several watches and a matched set of golf clubs for 49.50.
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Speed Ravey
Amarillo
Fourth and
Taylor Streets
Speed
Zenith
Zenith Radio
Motorola
Man’s Gold
Hamilton
Ladies’ Bulova
Jewel Hamilton
Elgin de Luxe
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Coldstream Guards
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R. M. Kidwell
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Georgia
Gatlin Glass CO
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Food Lovers Delight
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Greene & Sons Hatters
Hatters
Carpet Service
Hunt's Cleaners
Buster Hunt
Reader’s Digest
Marshall Deaton
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Briggs&stration
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Pampa
E. Brown
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