Josie Bishops Mine Source for Uranium
Josie Bishop, a desert prospector, owns the Red Rock uranium radium mine in the Mojave. After years of doubt over ore, Canadian Radium and Uranium Corp engineers confirmed radium presence and a contract offers $250 monthly plus profit sharing until a million is paid. She vows honesty and remains tied to her desert home and her six children.
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Josie Bishop
Mojave
Mrs. Bishop
Ethel Bogardus
NEA
San Francisco
Mojave Desert
Red Rock
Curie Institute
Paris
New York
Radium and Uranium Corp
Doughty
Silver City
N. M
Julie
Billy the Kid
Geronimo
Desert
Southern Methodist Mustangs Get New Passing Plays
In Dallas on November 7 Southern Methodist unveiled new passing plays for the upcoming crucial conference game against Texas A&M at College Station. Doak Walker leads the offense as the key hope for an upset, with Paul Page teaming at halfback alongside Gene McClintock Red Maley and Walker in the backfield.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Texas A. & M. Aggies
College Station
Doak Walker
Methodists
Paul Page
Gene McClintock
Red Maley
Walker
Three Centuries of Service by Amarillo Texas Company Employees
Thirteen workers at The Texas Company Amarillo refinery total 300 years of service. Tomberlin leads with 29 years. Price and Troth have 25 years. most have 20 or more years, with Miesse and McMahan serving entire periods in Amarillo. Awards include pins for 20 and 25 years and watches for 30 years plus extra vacation benefits.
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Amarillo
Texas Company
L. V. Dorsch
R. L. Miesse
S. P. Harmon
J. F. Coffman
J. P. Tomberlin
J. H. McMahan
Carl Buchanan
Joe C. Smith
J. C. Baker
Gus Price
T. A. Troth
J. D. Andrews
H. S. McCray
Tomberlin
Price
Troth
McCray
Dorsch
Miesse
McMahan
The
Braniff to impose 40 hour work week for ground staff
Dallas November 7 T. E. Braniff president Braniff Airways announced all ground service employees will move to a 40 hour basic work week with no pay reduction.
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Dallas
T. E. Braniff
Braniff Airways
Roosevelt remark on Maine roads and rivers resurfaced
Island Falls Maine reports recall of Theodore Roosevelt quote from a hunting trip noting that beaver dams distinguish roads from rivers in Maine. The remark was cited as a humorous analogy referencing Maine's landscape and wildlife.
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Island Falls
U.P
Theodore Roosevelt
Maine
Navy Yeoman Donald J. Fish Transferred to Pearl Harbor
Donald J. Fish, a yeoman to the division commander at Navy Headquarters in the Pacific, is transferred from Guam theater command to Pearl Harbor. He has served in the Pacific since last January after three years at the San Diego photo identification laboratory where he earned commendation for his work.
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Donald J. Fish
Navy Headquarters
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guam
S. Fef. Fish
Harrison
San Diego
Navy adopts enhanced firing system
An improved firing method now used by the Navy is described. Cpl. Whitman E. Fish, brother of the subject, has served in Europe since last January and is currently attached to the 278th Combat Engineers in Heidelberg, Germany.
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Navy
Cpl
Whitman E. Fish
Europe
278Th Combat Engineers
Heidelberg
Germany
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Canada
Belgian Congo
Wilson Battery & Electric Service
Hanesknit
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
HANES
HAWES
Amarillo News 2
Household Arts Dept
P. O
Station O
New York 11
N. Y
Alice Brooks
Ansley Cleaners
Harold Bugbee
Cowboy
the Shamrock
Box
Amarillo, Texas
Donald Fish
Theresa Wright
Virginia Field
Reginald Owen
Marie Earle
Herbert
Shamrock
Ameri
Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Colta Bottling Company
Lincoln ST
Morton Downey
Coke
Coca-Cola
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