Weather and Community Notes from the Panhandle
Rainy spell expected with showers every other day for a week or more. Old Tack’s forecast praises a strong row crop season and notes no major floods. Lubbock aims for a big new office building and faster progress than Amarillo by 1950. William Aden White may speak to Texas editors in April 1959. National Tire Week urges tire upgrades amid millions of old tires replacement. Junior League Follies prep with 140 cast, 26 scenes. Community charity highlights include milk for needy children and local health initiatives.
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Old Tack
Editorial Association
William Aden White
OWS
Panhandle of Texas
Texas
Larryanam Whitespeare
R. Vie
Amarile
Abraham Lincoln
New England
Washington
Massachusetts
Union
Pennsylvania
Chicago
United States Public Health Service
Webb
Archbishop of Canterbury
London Times
Hitler
Hamburg
Germany
George Washington Bridge
New York
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Wisdom and whimsy flash in a busy page of notes
A mix of aphorisms on human behavior, a Townsend Club entertainment notice featuring Jimmy West and Mrs. Mary Miller Beard with 10 cent refreshments, science tidbits on stars and hygiene, and bridge length comparisons including Hamburg and the Golden Gate.
Watters Services This Afternoon
Funeral services were held at 4 PM in Griggs Chapel for Charles Watters a Wheeler County farmer found dead Saturday The Rev R A Springer assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church directed the services Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery
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Griggs Chapel
Charles Watters
Wheeler County
R. A. Springer
First Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Rudolph Campbell Soloed Airplane at Municipal Field
Rudolph Campbell of the JA Ranch soloed an airplane at Municipal Field yesterday afternoon. He learned to fly under John Payne of the Payne Flying Service and hopped off solo after 5 hours and 15 minutes of dual instruction.
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Rudolph Campbell
JA Ranch
Municipal Field
John Payne
The
Payne Flying Service
International Harvester Dinner At Amarillo Hotel
The International Harvester Company employees hold their regular monthly dinner at 7 30 this evening at the Amarillo Hotel. The event continues the Employes Self Education program with Alva Silay as principal speaker. About 40 employees will attend.
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International Harvester Company
Amarillo
Alva Silay
Allred to Return to Texas as Woodul Acts Today
Governor James V. Allred plans to return to Texas tomorrow after a stay in California while acting Governor Walter F. Woodul governs in his absence.
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Austin
James V. Allred
California
Texas
Walter F. Woodul
Wanted dog for farmer seeks smart affectionate police dog
A reader advertises a young dark colored police dog suitable for farm life. The dog is described as smart and affectionate and available to anyone who wants a good dog. The notice also mentions a reader seeking housekeeping and child care work and notes continuation on page 12.
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Tack
Buchanan
Rose To Head Delegation To Pampa Convention
Rose to lead Hanson Post No 54 American Legion delegation to the district convention in Pampa Saturday and Sunday. National Commander Doherty will attend, delivering a 2 PM address in Pampa city hall. Events include a 40 and 8 parade, dances, auxiliary entertainment, and a mammoth noon feed for delegates.
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F. Rose
Hanson Post
American Legion
Pampa
Daniel J. Doherty
Amarillo
Lubbock
J. T. McEnteggart
Doherty
Pampa City Hall
Special Legion
First Methodist Church
Fred E. Young
W. J. Danforth
Department of Texas
Wallace Martin
Department of New Mexico
Val Crawford
Department of Oklahoma
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Artists' Model Talks About Weather Then Ends Her Life
Gretchen Bowers, 23, an artists' model in Chicago, telephoned a man and spoke of rainy weather before dressing in her finest gown, tying her lips, and shooting herself. A four page note for the man was found on her dressing table.
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Chicago
U.P
Gretchen Bowers
Townsend Club No 5 to Sponsor Thursday Evening Entertainment
Townsend Club No 5 will sponsor an entertainment Thursday night at o o clock in Townsend Hall of the Municipal Auditorium East wing. Johnnie West and Mary Miller Beard will supervise a varied program followed by music and dancing.
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Townsend Club
Municipal Auditorium
Jimmy West
The
Academy of Music
Mary Miller Beard
Townsend Club No. 5
Garden Notes From Amarillo Street Plantation
The account describes a street plantation with beans and peas failing to emerge while tomato plants struggle and okra seeds finally push through. Radish and onion rows show promise but require thinning to prevent crowding, reflecting the backbreaking work and uncertain yields of rural gardening.
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Te Plantation
Global briefs map shifting fronts and claims
The text notes Wilno as the lawful capital of Lithuania and Poland’s 1920 seizure of Wilno. It also reports insurgents in Spain seizing heights from Teruel to the Mediterranean, planning a coast offensive toward Castellon and Valencia. In Mexico President Lazaro Cardenas pressures oil revenues and tours oil fields while denying revolutionary aims. Soviet Admiral Dushenoff asserts Murmansk base blocks German submarines, ensuring Soviet access to the western world.
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Wilno
Lithuania
Poland
Spain
Teruel
Mediterranean
Castellon
Valencia
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
San Luis Potosi
Saturnino Cedillo
Cardenas
K. S. Dushenoff
Murmansk
Soviet
Russia
Kola Gulf
Izvestia
Woman directs search after crash near Mt McDill in fog
A crash occurred within an hour of takeoff and a woman guided rancher Louis Wulekuhler to Mt McDill base. The dawn search targeted the San Gabriel San Bernardino triangle with 12 pilots, 40 Lockheed workers, 490 CCC youths, and many locals. Lola Totty, one of the crash victims, had relatives in Amarillo including sister Mrs. Leslie Christal.
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Mt. McDill
Sierra Pelona
Louis Wulekuhler
Union Air Terminal
Desert
San Gabriel and
San Bernardino Mountains
Elizabeth Lane
CCC
Lola Totty
Amarillo
Leslie Christal
North
Unclear Names Tie to Local Residents on Buchanan Street
OCR reads a fragment listing relatives across Amaro families and named addresses on Buchanan Street including J W Jenkins and M E Jenkins, with mentions of Miss Totty Terrace and Mrs Man son Jones. the passage lacks a clear event or action.
Miss Totty Visited Amarillo and Lived in Oklahoma City
Miss Totty, born and raised near Erie Oklahoma, visited Amarillo several months ago and had resided in Oklahoma City for several years prior.
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Miss Totty
Amarillo
Erie
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
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Canadian
South Plains
United States
White
Life
Emporia
National Tire
Junior Welfare League
Gota
Mr. Doyle
Watters
International Harvester
Allred
Wiets’ Tack
Rose
Art C. McKay
W. L. Ezell
Houston
Guy Clay
Wellington
James O. Cade
Beulah Robinson
Carrie Wilcox
Legion and Auxiliary
J. F. Mead
Amarillo College
McKay
FE. C. Nelson
Philharmonics
R. W. Adams
Mary Roberts Warner
Paul Boxwell
Howard Boxwell
I. D. Cole
J. W. Sanders
Harvey Crudgington
Monroe Street
Fraction Acres
Kentucky Street
Seth Tou Coomroetasis
Totty
Carl Jenkins
Tennessee Street
M. E. Jenkins
Sunset
Hudson
Cullum Motor Co
Tyler St
Shudson
Muscatel
Ayea van Vtc
CLT Pve Ite
UTC
Unsae
L.A. Sales Company
Amarillo, Texas
el Paso, Texas
Ashable
Palm Beach
Normandie
Pchienberg
Quicksilver
Polk ST
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