Beck affair shocks Amarillo. wife defends husband amid arrest
In Amarillo, Texas, the arrest of radio announcer Jimmy Beck for statutory assault on a 14 year old girl sends shock waves through the community. His wife, Mrs. Beck, staunchly defends him, saying his innocence and praising his character while promising to fight the case. precinct conventions are urged for party insiders as spring gardens and civic pride flourish in Amarillo.
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Beck
Amarillo
Texas
Mrs. Beck
Jimmy
Tack
Jimmy Beck
Amarillo Letter Snippets Mixwit And Wit On Women And World
Snippets from Amarillo readers joke about women and upbuilding roles while mixing quirks from travel and war time. A handbag found on the 66 highway prompts call to a local contact. Notes cite Orville Wright, tall womens shops, Hollywood awards, large births, and a sergeant’s wary view of women.
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Norman Crim
Texans and Californians Boost War Effort Cooperation
Robert H Bolman of Union Bank and Trust Company praises Texas California collaboration in wartime finance and supply. He notes free enterprise suits the economy, urges 100 percent return to American formulas, and stresses bankers' role in sustaining production and growth amid wartime changes. Bolman stays at the Herring Hotel.
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Texas
Robert H Bolman
Union Banks& Trust Company
Los Angeles
Amarillo
California
Las de Greie
South
Crai California
America
Mr. Bolman
Bolman
Herring Hotel
Markets and grain and livestock market report
Chicago May 4 grain prices list bids and arrows with wheat, soy and corn figures. Chicago livestock market shows hogs steady to higher and cattle and calves firm, best fed beef cows and vealers near steady to strong with gains on mid grade steers and yearlings.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Iu S&sda
Shirley Temple at sixteen solid shows steady poise
Hollywood dispatch notes Shirley Temple now sixteen with lip stick heels and refined poise. David O Selznick predicts her film Since You Went Away will re establish her as a top star while her mother Gertrude Temple faced criticism for guiding her career.
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Shirley
Gertrude Temple
Miss Marker
David O. Selznick
Panhandle Visit Highlights Texas Humor Speaker
The newspaperman and radio columnist known for I Give You Texas tours the Panhandle as a popular speaker. He has given over 125 talks since January, promotes Texas stories, and sells his Texas jokes book with 50 000 copies sold. He speaks at Canyon May 12 and also at Amarillo High School and the American Business Club Mothers Day program. His KGNC radio show airs Sundays at 12 45.
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Boyee House
Texas
Panhandle
House
Panhandle-Plains
Historical Society
American Business Club
Amarillo High School
KGNC
Practical nurse sought and shoe loss appeal
Dear Tack seeks an experienced practical nurse with decent wages and easy work. Also a reader asks for help locating a brown size 5 1 2 B pair of shoes lost after shopping at Kress Anthony's. Additionally a Gruen wristwatch lost near Hardin Barber Shop and 1200 West Ninth Avenue is offered for reward.
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Tack
Kress
Anthony
D. T
Callaham
North
Cleveland Street
Hardin Barber Shop
West Ninth Avenue
Plains Chevrolet Co
Amarillo
Representative Ennis Favors Expressing Himself On Pork and Be}
Hon Tom Connally writes from Washington expressing concern over OPA policy on pork and beef. He cites over production and price controls, cites packing plants and Montgomery Ward case, and urges defense of property rights and constitutional protections amid wartime governance.
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Ennis
Tom Connally
Washington, D. C
Montgomery Ward & Company
Johns
America
Education and Peace Education Forum by Dr Willis A Sutton
Dr Willis A Sutton former NEA president speaks at Senior High School Tuesday night on Education and the People's Peace. He outlines why a United Nations Council on Education and an international office of education should be established as part of long range planning by the Educational Policies Commission.
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Willis A. Sutton
National Education Association
Nations Council On Education
United Nations Council On Education
International Office of Education
Sutton
Educational Policies Commission
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