Tragic Bivins family honored for landmark Boys Ranch work
Plains residents mourn Julian Jude Bivins and his son as the Boys’ Home on the Bivins ranch is lauded as a lasting monument to his generosity. Reports recall his quiet gift of land water and care that shaped a ranch for underprivileged boys. A South Dakota visitor loses a purse. reward offered. A dog-seeking offer and a pigeon-buying note appear among varied town notices.
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Plains
Julian Bivins
Billy Bivins
Jude
Southwest
Cal Farley
Farley
Johan Bivins
Plains Country
Bivins
Julian
Jude Bivins
Canadian River
Mayor Would Turn Airport Over to Federal Government
Mayor Ross Rogers proposes giving the municipal airport to the federal government in a national emergency. The Cham ber of Commerce aviation committee meets as Paul Edquist chairs. Ed Hardin predicts government needs may extend to land if required. A committee trip to Washington is planned to explore possible federal action.
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Rogers
Ross Rogers
Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Edquist
George Ordway
Ed Hardin
Plains
Washington
George Broome
Chamber
Texas
Gene Howe
Lindsay Nunn
Controversy and rumors swirl amid war talk in Panhandle
A letter from Amarillo urges restraint as rumors about American citizens of German blood spread. It condemns witch hunts and calls for fair treatment, noting Washington’s war warnings, Roosevelt’s third term chatter, and local mentions of Borger aviation plans.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
France
England
South America
Mexico
Borger
Missing chenille letter A sought by reader
A reader reports losing a chenille letter A about four inches long in the afternoon yesterday. The note continues on page 3 for more details.
Honest Farmer Repays Old Debt After 25 Years
In Tampa, Pietro Cimino, who bought radishes on Christmas Eve 1914 with two nickels that included a counterfeit $5 gold piece, never forgot the loss. On Christmas Eve 1939 the farmer who sold him the radishes returned, repaying the $5 plus $5 interest, earning Cimino the title of the first honest man he ever met.
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Tampa
Fla
U.P
Diogenes
Pietro Cimino
Pietro
Dartmouth Students Operate Thayer School Model Railroad
In Hanover New Hampshire a group of 13 students and two faculty members at Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineering run a miniature railroad on the third floor. The 400 feet of track including a 185 foot double loop showcases full rolling stock in a small boy’s paradise. The line is nicknamed after a nearby river Nigger Island and Pompannostc Railroad.
Wilkes-Barre Students Promote Anthracite Coal Week
In Wilkes-Barre during Anthracite Week high school students acted as salesmen for the anthracite industry. They mailed letters to college presidents nationwide seeking information on prices and availability for heating and power needs. Responses came from 17 states Alaska and the District of Columbia.
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Wilkes- Barre
Alaska
District of Columbia
Art Treasures Missing From Brussels Museum
Paris reports that thirty truckloads of priceless artworks including Rubens Rembrandt and Van Dyke were spirited from the Brussels Museum during the German invasion. The convoy moved toward France via bombed roads with Belgium’s capital fallen a week earlier.
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Paris
Rubens
Rehbrandt
van Dyke
Brussels
France
Belgium
Child Passenger Arrives From Scotland Aboard Cameronia
A 17 month old girl named Carol Anne MacMoffett traveled with her mother on the Cameronia’s New York arrival from Scotland. The mother refused to give her name or address after British cautions against talking to strangers.
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Cameronia
Scotland
New York
Carol Anne MacMoffett
Dr. W. P. Garvin Dies in Lubbock
Dr. W. P. Garvin longtime Methodist minister died at his Lubbock home after a long Panhandle ministry begun in 1890 He served as presiding elder at various posts and led churches including Lamesa Hereford San Jacinto and Canadian before retiring in 1931 He was pastor at San Jacinto from 1928 and funeral arrangements were announced
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W. P. Garvin
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Lubbock
Panhandle
Lamesa
Hereford
San Jacinto
Canadian
Garvin
San
Committee Approves Crop Loan Boosts
A Senate banking subcommittee approved a $50,000,000 increase in funds for government loans on major crops to cushion price declines from the European war. Commodity Credit Corp president Carl Robbins testified that loan money had been reduced to about $19,000,000.
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Washington
Senate Banking
Carl B. Robbins
Commodity Credit Corporation
Mechanic Mr Pointer Vanishes After Credit Repair Ad
A mechanic named Mr Pointer advertised credit repair services less than two weeks ago and has since not been heard from. The notice suggests he may be missing after placing the ad.
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Iska Landis
Madison Street
Bill Gunn
Gunn-Hinerman's
Winchell
James Roosevelt
Mayo Brothers
U. S
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Finis
Capitol
Delray Florida
Cleveland
United States
Gamelin
West 54Th Street
G-men
Sithtreet
Wall
Hays Office
Herman McCarthy
Dewey
Fritz Kuhn
New York City
Philharmonic
Europe
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Fritz Kreisler
Norway
U. S. Steel Corporation
University of Chicago
Robert Ley
Navi Labor Front
Ben Ames Williams
New England
Mississippi
Dartmouth
Wilkes-Barre
Thames River
Britain
Thames Bridges
Waterloo Station
Southern Railway
Thames House
Imperial Chemical Industries
Lambeth Palace
Archbishop of Canterbury
London
Pointer
Globe-News
Mr. Boston
America
Boston
Ret Ihseby
Monie Heetin Rere
Burk. Inc
Masa
Kelvinator Division
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Detroit
Mich
Kelvinator
Hardware CO
Grant Street
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