Christmas shopping fears and plans in a field report
Barbara Rowe and Troy Mays discuss Christmas shopping habits and stress the value of early buying. A sales clerk at Folly Stock Yon notes he buys early for cards and others, believing spread shopping reduces pressure. Motor Sergeant Cecil G. Fair visits the Amarillo recruiting station to inspect vehicles and arrange needed repairs.
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Bai Martin
W. &. Montgomery
Lakeview
Eernest
FOLLY
Parker
Cecil G. Fair
Hie
Amarillo
Fair
Army
Enlistment Slump in Volunteers Slows Draft Efforts
Amid draft machinery, volunteer enlistments fell last week. In Amarillo, 46 Panhandle men appeared before the pre induction board at the Amarillo Induction Center. Next week 24 Amarillo men are scheduled to answer the draft call. Enlistees include Donald N Whaley Dalhart Eldridge W Wilson Grover Charles Bingum Arthur R Dezenzia Roy L Worth Bobby J Ellis. Navy recruits include Billy W Halloway James H Craig Walter C Webb. Naval Reserve enlistments include William W McGuee John Sullivan Borger.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalhart
Eldridge
W. Wilson
Grover
Charles Bingum
Arthur R. Krasnick
New York City
Bobby L. Murphy
Borger
Charles R. Rozell
East Tenth
Anthony J. Dezenzia
Russell
Roy L. Worth
Bobby J. Ellis
US Navy
Billy W. Halloway
North van Buren
James H
Miss Erdman to Visit Baylor University
Miss Laula Grace Erdman prize winning author and West Texas State College English professor will visit Baylor University on Wednesday and Thursday. The trip is to see her nephew Robert Wilson a Baylor freshman while she also studies the Baylor English department. She previously taught at Sam Houston Junior High School in Amarillo and now lives in Canton with her mother.
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Laula Grace Erdman
West Texas ‘State College
Baylor University
Baylor
Robert Wilson
Amarillo
Tillis Erdman
WSTC
Sam Houston Junior High School
A. F. Erdman
Canyon
R.A. Wilson
Ex-convict in Gastonia barricade wounds four police
In Gastonia North Carolina an ex convict who fled a robbery and larceny siege his home for two and a half hours wounded four people including a patrolman before police fired. Officers used rifles pistols machineguns tear gas and fire to subdue him during the standoff.
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Gastonia
Offi-Cay
Aldridge
J. D
Fort Bliss Centennial Stamp Goes on Sale
Fort Bliss commemorative stamp released at Amarillo main post office with a brown rocket design over the fort. Limited supply prompts collectors to purchase specimens quickly.
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Fort Bliss
Fort, Bliss
Amarillo
James Ely
Fort
Local shooting injures four including officer and bystander
English, 32, and Patrolman R. H. Smith, 24, were struck by shotgun pellets, while Henry Chastain, 41, a neighbor, and James Ayers, 28, a bystander, were hit by rifle bullets in a neighborhood shooting. Reports describe the scene as a rapid exchange with injuries, no fatalities reported.
Aldridge Appears At Door After Firing Breaks Windows
After gunfire shattered windows and domestic items, Aldridge showed at the front door with hands raised. He was unharmed by police bullets and remained at the scene as officers responded.
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Aldridge
Ambiguous 1908 Memoir Fragments Reported Injury Incident
Fragmentary diary style note from November 1908 describes drinking taking a pill called yellow jack or foot ball. The writer recalls not remembering shooting or other actions, only being on the floor with glass flying about, then sitting up and leaving when someone stole them.
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