Time To Order Gas From Raef Brothers Dealers
Raef Brothers of St Francis urge farmers to order summer butane and propane now for harvest season. Their fleet serves Potter Armstrong Carson Randall and Deaf Smith counties. They offer installation and supply, warning shortages may occur and promising delivery to customers who place orders now.
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Raef Brothers
St. Francis
Umbarger
Potter
Armstrong, Carson
Randall
Deaf Smith
Raet Brothers
St Francis
Vaughan plans enlarged shop at West Sixth site
Vaughan and wife plan to expand Vaughan's Gift Shop at 3119 West Sixth, occupying the entire building. Remodeling will create a 5 by 85 foot space for more stock and show cases. New stock includes hundreds of books, frames, Roseville pottery, Horton pottery sets, and monogramming services.
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Vaughan
Guy
Amarillo Bookbindery
West Sixth
H. B. Vaughan
Shakespeare
O. Henry
Mark ‘Twain
James’ Whitcomb Riley
New Roseville Pottery
Wincraft
Horton Pottery
Vaughans
Arm Prosthesis Rearms Russian Veterans In Mass Push
London reports Russia declares a new artificial arm for war veterans that allows use of a machine gun and daily tasks. Tass quotes Captain Sergei Chikhov praising its ability to write, saw, chop wood, strike matches, and operate firearms as mass production soon begins.
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London
Russia
T Tass
T ‘Tass
Sergei Chikhov
Amarillo Air Conditioning Company promotes cooling expertise
The Amarillo Air Conditioning Company, successor to Bruce Air Conditioning, markets complete cooling and heating services at 316 East Fifth Street. They handle small home units to large commercial installs, with a repair department and in house engineering. They highlight a window "squirrel cage" cooler designed for any home side and low vibration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Air Conditioning Company
East Fifth Street
Bruce Air Conditioning Company
Amarillo
Soldier’s Hurry To Get Home Blamed For Fatal Express Wreck
A coroner’s jury ruled a soldier’s rush home caused a crash that killed 24. The soldier pulled a communications cord, halted the London express near QNDON on April 24, and cut across fields. Verdict: misadventure. act deemed selfish but not criminal.
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Qndon
London
Here
Tot's Playhouse at 712 Tyler Open for Toddlers to School Age
Mrs. R. B. Nutt Jr. operates Tot's Playhouse, Amarillo, at 712 Tyler Street telephone 3-3912. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily with noon hour. Exclusive night reservations for 10 plus children for parties. Safety and sanitation emphasized with Lysol disinfection daily. Ill children isolated and a doctor called. Toys, equipment, and floors cleaned. building refinished with new linoleum.
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Enuaren
Amarillo
R. B. Nutt, Jr
Tyler Street
Rockefeller Foundation Approves Record 1947 Grant
The Rockefeller Foundation appropriated 23,413,615 dollars in 1947 for public health medicine science and the humanities. President Raymond B Fosdick called the sum the largest in its 35 year history. About 60 million acres in the United States were urban areas parks roads and railroad rights of way in 1940.
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New York U
Rockefeller Foundation
Raymond B. Fosdick
Foundation
United States
New Shelvadore Display at John Bush Hardware
New Shelvadore display showcases the 1948 five way refrigerator at John Bush Hardware and Appliance, 404 Taylor Street. The ad highlights five storage compartments including a freezing cold, normal cold, moist cold, dry storage, and the famous Shelvador door for eggs and dairy, plus gleaming white washing machines and affordable hardware and yard tools.
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John Bush Hardware and Appliance
Taylor Street
Shelvador
Bush
Taylor
Old treadle sewing machines now upgraded to electric models
The Western Vacuum Cleaner and Sewing Machine Supply at 606 West Sixth markets conversion of old treadle sewing machines into modern electric cabinets or motorized units. W. R. Myers offers repairs and retrofits with electric motors, plus stock on Stitchmasters button hole attachments and pinking shears. Limited supply, order now. Also noted is a pet duck rescue story about Pitter, a month-old duckling trapped in a sewer for nearly six hours and finally freed using a wire lure.
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West Sixth
W. R. ‘Ers
ST. Louis
Pitter
Ore Electric Cavinet
Mead's Bread Introduces Fresher-Ized Process
Mead's Bread announces an improved Fresher-Ized process that keeps Mead's Fine Bread fresher longer. The new method is applied to all loaf varieties and aims to serve farmers, housewives, and customers who order by store or telephone, with the yellow wrapper signaling Presher-Ized Bread from Mead's.
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Mead’s
Mead
Panhandle
Mead's
Housewife
Kidwell Plans Airplane Show in West Texas
Kidwell Model Shop announces the first annual West Texas Model Airplane Contest to be held June 12 and 13 within 200 miles of Amarillo. Contest includes free flight, U-Control, speed races, stunts, and exhibitions with awards across divisions. RM Kidwell invites entries from boys and men and mentions plans to bring manufacturers to the event.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Kidwell Model Shop
East Third Street
Kidwell
Hicken
Bottom
RM. Kidwell
East Third
Kidwell's
USB
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E. L. Smith Jewelry
Buttonroles
Emma Huckabey
N. Johnson
CLYDE
Tires & Tubes
Clyde’s
Phillips
22Nd & Washington
Hearingaid
P.O
Texas
Frank Buck
Mel Mets
Star Drug Store
Fillmore
Crosley
Crosley Electric
Crosley Radios
John Bush
Bush Furniture & Radio
Cliff
Cliff Mace
Butane Transports
Cehden Sener Ewer
Kelly
Oliver Eakle
Boston Greenhouse
Fillmore —Florists
West
6Th Avenue
5Th and
Tyler
Cretney Drug Store
Uj Best ! U
Nick
6Th & Tyler
Nichols Paint & Wallpaper, Inc
Iws-Globe
RB. Nutt, JR
Lot's Playhouse
Shelvadore
Imme
Taylor St
Wilson
Instrumer
Jefferson Amarillo
Earl Wyatt
Fullelenth Empire Manseany
Paeesa
Ray Hickenbottom
News-Globe
Prescription Laboratory
Polk
Gatlin Glass Company
East
Attonery
Vaughan's Gift Shop
Srmerly
PHONE
Tpada Noire Scrap Books
Hoto ‘Books
Hartman's Jewelry
K Building
Wates
THE
Amarillo Hotel
C.E. iii
MACE
Tri-State
Lamar
Amarillo Air Conditioning CO
BINK
M. Killion
Apt
Marshall Deaton
N. Woodland St
Amarillo Secretarial School
Red
Bess Orr Foringer
Jefferson
Sid L. Veazey
Georgia
Raef Bros
Butane
Propane
Rte. 3
St. Francis and
Your Ee Cleaners
Polk Y Nutt
Can
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