East Texas cooking tale and possum stew lore
The narrator recounts a visit from Gordon Massengale of Rock Island Amarillo who extols East Texas cuisine. He describes removing fur by ashes on possum and the quirk of “taking the tree” from possum, lists ingredients for Hopkins County stew, and proclaims stewed squirrel head the ultimate East Texas delicacy with regional pride.
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East Texas
Hopkins County
Gordon Massengale
Rock Island
Amarillo
Crand
Texas
Sergeant Crocker Assigned to Fort Elise El Paso
Public relations sergeant A W Crocker is moving from Amarillo to Fort Elise in El Paso to take a new assignment. The piece notes replacements at Amarillo offices and recalls past leaders while urging voters to cast ballots tomorrow and then step back from politics for a while. It ends with a plea for confidence in country and leaders amid political discord.
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Crocker
A. W. Crocker
Amarillo
Fort Elise
el Paso
Ieag Remy
Tack
Sasre
Sotnios County
East Texas
Surface Battalion Meeting at Center Surface
Surface Battalion 8 19 will be held tonight at the US Naval Reserve Training Center San Jacinto and Rusk. Continuation of classes on Naval tactics will be the feature of the session. Lt Commander A P Jones is the newly appointed battalion commander in charge.
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Talion
US Naval Reserve Training Center
San Jacinto
Rusk
A. P. Jones
Realtors for Amendment 7 urge vote for tax relief
Amaro reasowie ada campaigns to keep tax money at home by backing Amendment No. 7 which would abolish the 35 cent ad valorem levy for the state general fund. Hugo Loewenstern cites disparities in county valuations and notes that ad valorem taxes contribute about 3 percent of state revenue. The West Texas Chamber backs the amendment, saying real estate bears the tax burden and should be relieved.
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Amaro Reasowie
Ada
Hugo Loewenstern
Texas Real Estate Association Tax Committee
Comptroller
San Saba
Palmer County
Loewenstern
General Revenue Fund
Real Estate Boards
South
Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Honor Bishop William C. Martin Named to Dallas Methodist See
The Church to honor Bishop William C. Martin as he succeeds Bishop C. C. Selecman in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Martin returns to Texas from Nebraska Kansas where he served the last years. Before election to the episcopacy in 1940 he led the First Methodist Church in Dallas for four years after moving to Dallas in 1996 from Little Rock Arkansas.
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William C. Martin
C. C. Selecman
Dallas-Fort Worth
Methodist Church
Martin
Texas
Nebraska-Kansas
Star of the
First Methodist Church
Dallas
Little Rock
Inaugural Trip Contest Announced by News-Globe Leader
A contest invites readers to forecast the 1948 presidential electoral and popular votes with a prize of round-trip travel, hotel stay, and a daily allowance for eight days. Entries must arrive by Monday midnight and are open to all readers through Mr. Tack at The News-Globe. The event aims to test political analysis and forecasting accuracy.
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North Texas Conference
Seleeman
Southern Methodist University
Mir’ Tack
Washington
Blackburn-Shaw
Truman
Dewey
Punds Eee Aire
Gerived
Aiso
Tional Building Fund
Thurmond
Wallace
Tack
News-Globe
Part Time House Work Ad Seeks Female Helper
A reader requests a part time housework assistant for light duties. References exchanged. Contact via phone 6793.
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Tack
City Bound Yet Key Switch Engine In Amarillo Yard
In Amarillo yards Number 2267, a critical switch engine, is steered by captain Inman and H. G. Dickson with switchmen Charles Howland and Tom Cooper guiding the diesel through yard tracks to assemble trains for routes toward California New York Chicago or Ogallala Neb. While night shifts work, priority trains pass with calm order, the crew using only a torch as a guide and ensuring safe, efficient shunting amid cars from Santa Fe Union Pacific Southern Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Nickel Plate and privately owned tank cars. The engine rarely sees broader country but logs extensive yard mileage daily, a vital cog in the national transportation system.
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Amarillo
Inman
H. G. Dickson
Texas
Charles Howland
Tom Cooper
California
New York
Chicago
Ogalla
Neb
I Yards
Howland
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Reminiscences of 1920s to 1930s America in Mr Sam Carter's memory
The excerpt recalls hard times from 1924 to 1933, detailing bank failures, lost cattle, unemployment, and the plight of families moving by box cars. It hints at political shifts and social struggles, with Mr Carter reflecting on past hardships and the contrast to present conditions.
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Amarill Daily News
Hoover Democrats
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