Amarillo weighs state civil service for police and fire
The Amarillo city commission discussed adopting state civil service which would shift control of the police and fire departments away from the city. A state board would handle appointments and appeals would go to district court. Mayor Hagg urged study before final approval. election ordinance passed first reading with next Tuesday set for final action. The board also reviewed traffic signal proposals and monthly reports.
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Byron Singleton
Lawrence Hagg
Bud Curtis
Qra
Stephenson
Singleton
Commission
Civil Service
Amarillo
Cty Commission
Civil Service Board
Hagy
Hagg
Pharmacologist’s Mertox touted as cure all remedy
An older advertisement proclaims a pharmacologist has perfected Mertox, a 25 herb formula claimed to relieve rheumatic pain kidney ailments indigestion and other ills. It promises quick action with no narcotics and is available from Texas druggists.
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Europe
Texas
Mertox
Will Rogers Again the Man of the Hour in Fort Worth
Fort Worth honored humorist Will Rogers with a statue unveiling and a portrait amid speeches by Gen Dwight D Eisenhower in a quiet ceremony. The event contrasted with wartime heroism as public pomp was muted and Eisenhower requested private citizen treatment.
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Jack Rutledge
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Cowtown
Wil Rogers
Amon Carter
Rogers
Mammoth Auditorium
Collgeum
Wildi Rogers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Will Rogers
Texas
US Army
Mede
Adam Faces Stomach Pain After Apple Bite
A garbled ad style piece urges Adam to try a remedy for stomach ulcers and indigestion. It promotes Udes Tablets with a money back offer and promises double your money back for the first dose.
Indict Three In Bank Theft In Hale Center Robbery
Three Lubbock men Grisham Scott May Charles Walter Royalty and Sidney Maurice Willburn were indicted for the May 26 robbery of Hale Center’s First National Bank taking 2200. They were captured near Hereford minutes after the holdup. Indictments also named Walter Allen Lucas and Walter J. Wallace for robbing mall boxes in Wichita Falls area with forged checks totaling about 21860.75. Lucas and Wallace were arrested October 18 in Waco.
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Fort Worth
Lubbock
First National Bank
Hale Center
Grisham Scott May
Charles Walter Royalty
Sidney Maurice Willburn
Hereford
Walter Allen Lucas
Walter J. Wallace
Waco
Wichita Falls
Texas
Lucas
Wallace
Gardner School Buys Baruch Home in New York
Bernard M Baruch's former Fifth Avenue residence is acquired by the Gardner School the oldest girls school in the city. The purchase marks a new site for the institution.
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Baruch
New York
U.A
Bernard M. Baruch
Fifth Avenue
The
Gardner School
Mild Winter Forecast From Woolly Worm Survey
In Scottdale Pennsylvania weather observers cite a woolly worm survey as the natural source for a mild winter forecast. Forecasters say none of the worms appeared heavy, suggesting a warmer season ahead.
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Scottdale
Realistic fire scene halts WOR radio rehearsal
A rehearsal at WOR studios turned dramatic when an unexpected fire triggered sprinklers. Actors were drenched as water soaked the set and equipment during the live session.
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New York
WOR
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