Popular Amarillo Senior Excels in Marks and Music
Elizabeth Allen, Amarillo High School senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Allen, shines as a rifle marksman and a singer. She captains a cadet team scoring 143 of 200 and impressed Marian Anderson with her voice, drawing praise for a bright future in concert stages.
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Elizabeth Allen
Amarillo High School
Harvey Allen
Hughes
Elizabeth
Marian Anderson
AHS
Miss Anderson
Wal
No. 1 Aviation Columnist Urges Strong Air Arm and Free Enterprise
The No 1 Aviation Columnist argues for a robust air force and continued free enterprise. He cites a hypothetical Los Angeles to Amaculto flight at 319 mph, discusses private planes like the Beech Bonanza and Cessna 190, and predicts safety gear improvements for crosswind landings. Captain Gill Robo Wilson, famed aviator and consultant, calls for market-driven pricing and non-stop versus milk-run routes while stressing aviation’s vital role in future peace.
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No. 1
Aviation
Enterprise
Wilson
Los Angeles
Amacutlo
Gill Robo Wilson
Amarillo
Knife & Pork Club
Pall Mall
Aviation Osb
Americb
Feneral
Tie
Wall
Aviation leader calls for more Ground Controlled Approach radar aid
The aviation leader advocates expanding Ground Controlled Approach radar and airborne radar, plus Instrument Landing Systems to improve safety and efficiency in flight operations.
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Fday
Senior Girl Scouts Plan Pampa Conference Attendance
Senior Girl Scouts from the Panhandle Area including Amarillo prepare to attend the Senior Girl Scout Conference in Pampa on Saturday from 9:20 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The afternoon session will be in the city club rooms. A planning conference held in Dumas on April 10 chose three discussion topics: Ideas and Methods for Better Troop Programs, What Senior Troops in the Area Are Doing, and Personality The Key to Future Happiness.
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Panhandle
Amerillo
Pampa
Dumas
B&PW Members Honor President at May Breakfast
Executive board and about 20 members of the Business and Professional Women’s Club met in Mrs. Margaret Fletcher’s home at 423 West Tenth for a May breakfast honoring club president Miss Margaret Ventress. Guests found seating by professional symbols and Mrs Iris Graham assisted. A note on beetles claimed they can lift 700 times their weight.
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Business and Professional Womens Club
Margaret’ Fletcher
West Tenth
Margaret “Ventress
Housing costs in Amarillo seen as reasonable by real estate board
Bob White secretary of the Amarillo Real Estate Board argues housing costs are reasonable compared with other prices, citing Morgan L. Fitch figures. He notes wages up 108 percent since 1935-39 and a 68 percent rise in the cost of a home, contending dollars have shrunk in value and that higher nominal prices reflect broader inflation rather than inflated real estate.
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Bob White
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Morgan L. Fitch
National Association of Real Estate Boards
White
Woman hides diamond pin in shoe toe in charity drive
In Portland on May 7 Mrs J J Parker told police she placed a $2 diamond bar pin in the toe of a shoe for safekeeping then donated the shoe in a charity drive. The incident could bring luck to the finder.
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Portland
J. J. Parker
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Ting
Smith & Sons
M. Filmes
Ales
Ang Prue
Commlete
Commiertial
Denby Batchleail
Meoda
Arias
Tyler
Ires
Stabblefield
Bates
Nickel Magazine
Thomas
Hukini
Thomas Bakery
Polk
Lichons
Buthker
Florists
Buthkews
Amarillo Greenhouse
Taylor
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