Funeral services set for Mark Hardin in Amarillo
Funeral services for Martin H. Mark Hardin will be held Tuesday at 10 in Central Presbyterian Church with Dr. R Thomson officiating. Pallbearers include J M Oakes D W Mays and others. Burial with Masonic rites at Llano Cemetery follows. Hardin died at 10:45 a m yesterday at 907 Madison Street after five weeks illness. He was 63 and long active in Amarillo public life including as first city manager under the commission form, first district clerk after division, and later tax assessor for the Amarillo Independent School District. He was born April 12 1878 in Fulton Mississippi and came to Amarillo in 1907. He was a Rough Rider and member of several local orders. The district and tax offices closed today in tribute. Burial at Llano Cemetery.
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Martin H
Mark” Hardin
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
J. M. Oakes
D. W. Mays
H. C. Lyle
W. R. Patterson
L. C. Taylor
Morris Browning
Ben Smith
James Bowen
Llano
Mr. Hardin
Madison Street
Amarillo
Hardin
W. O. W. Here
Blue Lodge
Masonic Order
Order of Elks
Amarillo Independent
British Sink Italian Ships In Mediterranean Blitz
British naval and air forces struck in the central Mediterranean over the weekend destroying nine of ten Italian ships and one escort destroyer, with a tanker set afire. No British losses were reported as RAF attacked a second convoy, damaging or sinking another merchant vessel.
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Mediterranean
Libya
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
W. G. Agnew
Order of the Bath
Cairo
Brindisi
Italy
Benghazi
Bardia
Sollum
Benina
Aurora
Penelope
Lance
Lively
Germany
Russians Stop Nazi Push on Sevastopol
Desperate Russian counterattacks halted the German advance on Sevastopol while Berlin reported gains at Tikhvin and near Kerch on the Crimean front. The Moscow drive was seen as an attempt to seal rail routes and Lake Ladoga shores amid broader Soviet resistance.
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Berlin
Crimean
DNB
Tikhvin
Leningrad
Kerch
Crimea
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Lake Ladoga
Finland
United States
Soviet Union
Kestenga
Soviet Information Bureau
Kuibyshev
Russia
U.P
Red Army
Volokolamsk
Eleven Die As Express Jumps Tracks In Ohio Derailment
Eleven killed and at least 42 injured when a Pennsylvania flyer derailed in Dunkirk Ohio after a 1000 pound cylinder head blew onto the tracks from a west bound freight. The Pennsylvanian and freight did not collide. a 14 year old boy named Nino Bottalla aided his brothers from the wreckage.
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Dunkirk
Pennsylvania
Ohio
F. R. Gerard
Northwest Division
Findlay
Ada
Kenton
Nino Bottalla
Wheel er quotes sailor claim sinking subs aboard Reuben James
U P dispatch reports Sen. Burton K Wheel er of Montana releasing a letter from a Reuben James sailor to his mother stating the destroyer sank two submarines before being torpedoed. Wheeler cites the claim while noting Churchill’s remark on US navy actions against the Axis.
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Washington
U.P
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Reuben James
Wheeler
Armistice Day Revival Parade In Amarillo Fetes Past
Memories of the first Armistice celebrated in Amarillo will be revived with an 11 o'clock parade down Polk Street led by marshal Cliff Barnett. The event, sponsored by the American Legion with theme Unity For Defense, includes civic groups bands and units. The day features a Bank holiday and postal service suspension with a two hour general delivery window. A later football game at Butler Field pits Borger Bulldogs against the Sandies, followed by the Armistice Day dinner and dance at The Nat.
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Amarillo
Cliff Barnett
Polk Street
Butler Field
Borger Bulldogs
Sandies
Legionnaires
Nat
Defense Strikers Face Navy Threat
Defense workers at a Federal Works Agency housing project and naval facilities threaten a general strike to back wage demands. The AFL Teamsters and other unions seek higher pay up to 12 dollars for electricians and lower for laborers as Rear Admiral Blakely insists on resuming construction work.
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Federal Works Agency
Naval Training Station
Marine Corps Rifle Range
Camp Elliott
Marine Base
Navy
Naval Station
Marine Corps Base
Charles A. Blakely
Naval District
AFL Teamsters Union
Roosevelt
Railway Express Agency
Detroit
Weather and labor turmoil wrap Amarillo and Linden stations
Sunny and warm in Amarillo this afternoon and Tuesday. Clear and cold tonight with a high near 59 and a low around 32. West Texas cloudy in Del Rio and Eagle Pass, elsewhere clear with rising temps. Rio Grande and Pecos valleys frost. New Mexico clear and cold tonight then warm and sunny Tuesday. Minimum 34, maximum 57 in 24 hours ending 6:30 AM. At Linden NJ, 100 workers stranded as CIO UAW strike presses for better conditions after 200+ dismissals. 4,000 affected by the walkout and picket lines remain closed.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Texas
Lubbock
Laredo
Palacios
Houston
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Pecos
Local hunter brings back eight point buck from New Mexico
Earl Elliott Jr returned from a one day hunting trip in eastern New Mexico with an eight point buck weighing 250 pounds. He killed the deer on the Baca Ranch near Tucumcari. Elliott is the son of Mr and Mrs W Earl Elliott of 411 A Carolina Street.
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Earl Elliott, Jr
New Mexico
Baca
Tucumcari
Mr. Elliott
W. Earl Elliott
Carolina Street
Marine Day Observed As City Honors Corps Birthday
Mayor Joe A Jenkins of Amarillo proclaims November 10 Marine Day marking the 166th anniversary since the Continental Congress created two battalions of Marines in 1775. The proclamation recalls Marines’ WorldSpanning service and honors veterans who kept the birthday in memory despite wartime distractions.
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Continental Congress
Bahamas
Uncle Sam
U. S
Meuse
Joe A
Jenkins
Amarilla
Uresalute
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