Methodists Hike Pensions and Retirement Age
The Texas Conference of the Methodist Church raised ministers pension deductions from five to seven percent. Retired ministers now retire at age 72 starting 1942. District superintendents’ salaries fixed at 5000 dollars, churches to pay 11.25 percent of pastors salaries to cover costs. Aimed at redistributing district services.
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Houston
101St Assembly
The
Texas Conference of the Methodist Church Today
R. W. Adams
Chapel Hill
C. J. Atkinson
Texarkana
Fraternity Men Plan Amarillo Council for National Fraternities
Interest grows in organizing all national fraternity men in Amarillo. Hymie Clayton of ATO urges an Inter-fraternity Council to unite Greek letter men here. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 PM in the Amarillo Hotel for all college fraternity men to attend.
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Amarillo
Hymie Clayton
New Mexico
SMU
Dallas
Oklahoma A
Denver
Dekes
Ato's
Pi Kappa Alphas
Phi Psi's
Kappa Alphas
Saef's
Sheriff Seizes German Gun From Barn Near Army Arsenal
Morris County Sheriff Henry Sterling, acting on an anonymous tip, led a posse to a barn five miles from Picatinny arsenal and seized an old German made cannon. State police challenged the find while noting the gun was obsolete and incapable of firing at the arsenal. The raid followed a sabbotage probe into the Hercules Powder Company explosion.
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Morristown
N. J
Henry Sterling
Picatinny Arsenal
Morris County
William O. Nicol
New Jersey
Lake Swannanoa
Hercules Powder Company
Incubator Beds Donated by Junior Welfare League
Amarillo's two largest hospitals, Northwest Texas Hospital and St. Anthony's, received incubator beds with oxygen attachment for premature babies. The equipment, costing about $800 for both beds, features oxygen supply, heat, and humidity control, hailed by Northwest Texas Hospital's Harry Hatch as the finest locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Junior Welfare League
Harry Hatch
Northwest Texas Hospital
Northwest
St. Anthony's
Brazilian airliner crash kills fifteen off Rio de Janeiro
Fifteen passengers aboard a Brazilian airliner leaving Rio de Janeiro for Sao Paulo were feared dead when the transport collided with a military plane. Both aircraft plunged into Botafogo Bay. Civil authorities pursued recovery and details remained scarce.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Botafogo Bay
Weather Data Observations Across Multiple Cities
Weather data collected at 6 30 AM today shows temperatures across Amarillo and many western and southern cities. First figures list the low temperatures last night and the second figures the highs in the past 24 hours with a third reading for precipitation in inches.
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Amarilla City
Amarillo
Abilene
Albuquerque
Alpine
Tex
Big Spring
Tex Roise
Idaho
Brownsville
Carrizozo
Cheyenne
Wye
Chicago
Clayton
N. M
Corpus Christi
T del Rio
Denver
Colo Des Moines
Dodge City
Elk City
Okla
el Paso
Tex Fort Worth
Tey
Goodland
Guymon
Havre
Mont. Huron
Kansas City
Lamar
Croly
Lander
Little Rock
Ari Lubbock
Minneapolis St Montgomery
al Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
North Pintte
Oklahoma City
Omaha
New Phoenix
Ariz
Portland
Ore
Pueblo
Colo Rapid City
Colorado Rookies Describe Aerial Siege Baptism
Newly arrived Colorado born newspapermen Al fred Wall of Longmont and William M. White of Boulder report their experiences under the British aerial siege. The dispatch recalls their baptismal sounds of the all clear signal and hints at becoming used to the ongoing danger.
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London
Alfred Wall
Longmont
William M. White
Boulder
Bowe
London Blitz Diary From The First Night Of Air Attacks
A wartime correspondent recalls the first hours of bombing in London. The unflustered British crowd moves through the blackout as sirens wail and bombs fall nearby. Fear grips the writer and companion, yet shelter and sleep prove elusive amid the relentless assault.
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London
Noy
Jerry
United States
Lisbon
Drew Middleton
Hugh Wagnon
Bill
White
Red Cross Workers Map Their Work in Potter County
Red Cross business division members mapped their roll call duties at a meeting in Potter County. The annual roll call begins Monday and runs through the month. Division chairman Grady D. Henderson of Phillips Petroleum leads key members Jim Oakes and Walter Givson, with many others in the group assigned to workplaces with under ten employees.
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Red Cross
Potter County
Grady D. Henderson
Phillips Petroleum Company
Jim Oakes
W. B. Givson
Kenneth Busick
Ray Wolfe
C. A. Craig
C. C. Hemsell
Mortimer Denton
H. T.white
H. E. Bradey
H. E. Knight
L. D. Heyser
L. G. Brady
Lloyd Farnsworth
A. D. Foreman
J. Francis Brown
William M., Conway
Ted Lokey
Charles A. Reagan
William Kane
R. M. Kidwell
Charles Woodburn
Carl DuPriest
Guy Walden
John Ekelund
U S Wallets Hit Record October Per Capita Cash
Washington reports Americans carried an average of 62.66 in coin and currency on October 31, up 1.02 from September and the highest per capita figure since the 1933 banking holiday, apart from a few days.
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Washington
Treasury
French seize German posts near Andechy in heavy fighting
Five days after November 3 1915 Allied lines report French troops recaptured German positions near Andechy as artillery duels raged along a broad front. Along the Pacific theater Philippine islands report about 15000 lepers amid ongoing colonial unrest and disease.
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Andechy
League backs 1 AM tavern close and midnight beer ban
Fort Worth reports the League of Texas Municipalities adopted a plan to close beer taverns at 1 AM and halt alcohol sales at midnight. Port Arthur's Bill N. Taylor elected league president, Amarillo mayor Ross Rogers named first vice president, executives renamed to executive director, and calls for liquor license revocation by the state board after midnight.
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Fort Worth
U.P
League of Texas
Bill N. Taylor
Port Arthur
Temple
Ross Rogers
Amarillo
Roger Moore
Seguin
Phil Hamburger
Houston
E. P. Scarborough
Coleman
T. 8. Mitchell
Greenville
Hughs. Cluck
Laredo
E. E. McAdams
Austin
Joe A. Jenkins
Texas
Jenkins
League
State Liquor Control Board
Doris Duke and Husband Estranged
James H R Cromwell revealed he and his wife Doris Duke were estranged and that he had no idea of any divorce plans. He had not seen Mrs Cromwell since June 4 and noted Cromwell’s recent defeat as the Democratic candidate for U S senator in the prior Tuesday election.
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Spring Lake
N. J
James H R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
What Next In Europe Lord Marley to Speak in Amarillo
Rt Hon Lord Marley, a Labour Party leader and refugee expert, will address the Knife and Fork club on Europe’s refugee problem. He recently toured proposed German Jewish refugee colonies and will discuss the issue during his Amarillo lecture at 7:15 pm at the Country Club. Reservations are needed by noon Saturday. Tickets available at Maxor Drug and the Amarillo Hotel Newstand.
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Europe
Lord Marley
Knife and Fork Club
House of Lords
South Africa
Amarillo
Country Club
Maxor Drug
Amarillo Hotel
Newstand
Five year old Richard Newton avoids choking after pin removal
Boston November 8 a five year old boy Richard Newton recovered after doctors removed an open safety pin from his windpipe causing three weeks of sore throat. The incident underscores risks of misplaced objects in children.
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Boston
Richard Newton
Roosevelt to confer with congressional leaders on legislative situation
President Roosevelt said he would confer with congressional leaders Monday on the legislative situation but could not say whether he would have any request to Congress in the near future. The remark came in response to questions about adjournment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
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