Grady's Cleans Rebuilds Hats and Clothes in Amarillo
Grady Nutt of Grady's cleaners at 1215 Polk reports over 600 rebuilt hats in October and promotes alterations for dresses and skirts. The shop offers repair and finishing on dresses suits coats and menswear with emphasis on removing bagginess and ensuring fit. Located across from the Senior High School with convenient parking.
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Grady Nutt
Grady’s
Polk
Amarillo
Dame Fortune
Park
Dobbs Trusses Bring Relief
Prescription Laboratory at 512 Polk Street in Amarillo distributes the Dobbs truss with bulbless beltless design. Truss fitters Bill McClendon and Clyde Howell offer demonstrations and stock a full line for single or double rupture across the Panhandle.
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Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
Amarillo
Bill McClendon
Clyde Howell
Panhandle
O. C. Dobbs
Dobbs
United States
Canada
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Unwanted Hair Removal Offered by Mrs Killion in Amarillo
Mrs M Killion promotes the Kree Method of electrolysis for permanent hair removal on face arms or legs. Her salon at 1224 West Eleventh Avenue Amarillo offers in home or local treatment with no charge for an appointment and promises quick, painless results from 14 years of experience.
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M. Killion
New Philco Radio at Finklea Electric
A Philco radio model is now on display at Finklea Electric located at 512 West Fifth. The showroom features one of the new Philco radios for customers to view and purchase.
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Philco
Finklea Electric
West Fifth
Early Selection of Radios Urged by Finklea Electric
Finklea Electric Company at 512 West Fifth Amarillo urges customers to choose radios and Christmas freezers early while stock remains. The showroom features Philco General Electric Westinghouse Monitor and Howard radios and a 21 cubic foot and 5 foot Philco freezer. Dee Caldwell leads repairs with Ed Bevill in charge of radio service. German POWs visit local courts to study British justice.
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Finklea Electric Company
Philco
West Fifth
Amarillo
General Electric
Westinghouse
Monitor
Howard
W. L. Finklea
Finklea Electric
Dee Caldwell
Ed Bevill
America
New Sturgis Office Chairs Show At Western Business Supply
Western Business Supply at 208 West Tenth Street unveils the complete Sturgis line of office chairs including models 1200 1225 1250 1275 624 and 618 with new features for comfort health and reduced fatigue. A variety of finishes and upholstery colors are in stock with chairs suited to most offices.
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West Tenth Street
Sturgis Steel
Navy Accepts First Transport Helicopter For Rescue Use
The US Navy officially accepts the Piasecki HRPT Rescuer, a tandem transport helicopter capable of carrying a ton at over 100 mph. It accommodates two crew plus eight passengers or six litter patients, with 400 cubic feet of space for cargo. Demonstrations show the craft hovering at 40 feet while five men climb a rope ladder from its door.
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Morton
US Navy
San Marino Size Compared to Washington DC
A comparison notes that the republic of San Marino is a little more than half the size of the District of Columbia, highlighting its compact geographic footprint.
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Republic of
San Marino
District of Columbia
Christmas Gift Subscriptions Offer From Reader’s Digest to Newsweek
Magazines for Christmas promotes gift subscriptions with up to 40 percent discounts. Marshall Deaton, authorized agent, urges orders now for delivery by Christmas. Offers and prices cover Reader’s Digest Life Coronet Newsweek Harper’s Bazaar House Beautiful American, with phone orders at 2-3061 or mail to 1005 N Woodland St Amarillo.
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Marshall Deaton
Reader's Digest
Life
Newsweek
Harper's Bazaar
House Beautiful
American Magazine
Woodland St
Amarillo
Ravey’s Offer Lay Away Plan
Speed Ravey a longtime Amarrillo firm offers Christmas gifts on a lay away plan. Visit the Fourth and Taylor shop to select watches rings silverware radios jewelry or other items with a down payment.
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Speed Ravey
Amarillo
Ravey’s
Fourth and Taylor
Guaranteed Christmas Gift Repairs and Stock at Speed Ravey
Speed Ravey announces headquarters for guaranteed watch and clock repair with three day service and guaranteed workmanship. Expert repairmen use the Watchmaker to check and recheck watches and offer three hour service for crystals. A new shipment of watches bands costume jewelry and other gift items has arrived for early holiday shopping.
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Speed Ravey
Bargains at Star Drug store in Amarillo
Mr and Mrs Philip Irvin convert Star Drug Store at 619 North Fillmore to retail and offer deep discounts on leather goods Indian and Mexican ware and more. They launch the Star Token Plan giving 1 cent to 1 dollar tokens with purchases to earn discounts on regular items. Tokens redeemable for merchandise after accumulating enough, with emphasis on friendly staff and customer approval.
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Philip Irvin
Star Drug Store
North Fillmore Street
Amarillo
Mr. Irvin
Irvin
Star Drug
The
Irvins
Bush Hardware & Appliance Closes Furniture Stock Sale
Bush Hardware & Appliance at 404 Taylor Street is closing out its furniture department with low prices on living room, bedroom, and dinette suites. The store emphasizes new weekly merchandise in hardware and appliances, Crosley radios, and a used radio selection with 90 day guarantees and on site service led by Floyd Smith.
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Bush Hardware & Appliance
Taylor Street
Bush
Crosley
Floyd Smith
Senator Moffett Stresses Amendment Necessity
Senator George Moffett of Chillicothe urged an amendment to empower Texas lawmakers to fix a gubernatorial line of succession as shown by the death of Oregon Governor Earl Snell. The vote on the amendment is set for November 1948.
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Austin
U.P
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Texas
Earl Snell
Oregon
Hearing Aids Help Children And Adults In Need
A plea for hearing care urges both elderly and children to see a family doctor and request a free audiometer test and Western Electric Hearing Aid demonstration via Maynard Drake at 922 Travis Street. Drake, representing Audiphone Co of North Texas, cites improvements in speech and hearing in young patients and touts Western Electric as best.
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Maynard Drake
Drake
Travis Street
Audiphone Company
North Texas
Western Electric
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Audiphone Co
Travis Amarillo
Hotel Coffs Ghost Clothes After Cleaning
A Capitol Hotel lobby undergoes cleaning last Monday as cleaners drape furniture and rugs. They use odorless ammonia to safely clean murals and large paintings while white-sheeted ghost objects stand in the vestibule during the process.
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Capitol Hotel
Pierce
Aggies to Meet for Weekly Dinner Tonight
Amarillo Aggies will hold their weekly dinner meeting tonight at 7 o’clock in the Blackstone Hotel.
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Aggies
Amarillo Aggies
Blackstone Hotel
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V. J. Bromert
M Killion
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Bess Orr Foringer
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Stroud
F. Wa
Grady
C.E
Cliff
Tri-State
Cali
West Sixth
Boston
Fillmore —Florists
NEW Philco
England
Taylor
Bush Furnitewre & Radio
Stroam & CO
J. Ernest Stroud Co
East Third
Navy Accents
N. Fillmore
Omawa
A. J. Kelly
Oliver Eakle
P.O. Box
Builders Headquarters
Mme-Sims Lumber Company
N. Polk
Magazine Man
Ravey
Senator Moffett
Ting
Wtfn Toy
E. L. Smith
J. R. McDowell
Tyler
Agle
Frank Wardle
Amarillo, Tex
H. J. Stephenson
Johnson-Price
Fillmore
Qld
Hotel Coffs
BINK
Origen
Acetylene
Taylor St
Jack Phillips
W. Sixth
Auto-Lite Ignition
Wilson Battery & Electric Service
West 6Th
Gatlin
East
Hearingaid
Amarillo, Texas
Emma Huckabey
N. Johnson
Flushmaster
Phillips 66
Phillips
LEE Tires & Tubes Auto Accessories
Clyde
Phillips Service
Washington
John Weeks
Insulating CO
Roseville Pottery
San Jacinto
Amarillo Bookbindery
H. B. Vaughan
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