Funeral set for Father Krukkert at St Marys Umbarger
Funeral services will be held at 10 tomorrow in St Marys Church Umbarger for Father John H Krukkert who died Tuesday in St Anthonys Hospital aged 72. The body lies in state at the church. He came to the Panhandle in 1923 to lead St Francis Church and served multiple pastorates. He retired in 1935 for health reasons but returned in 1943 as pastor of St Marys Umbarger.
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John H. Krukkert
St. Mary's Church
Umberger
Peter Morech
White Deer
Francis J. Pokluda
Wall
Tex
Liano Cemetery
Amarillo
Umberger Church
Krukkert
St. Anthony'’s Hospital
Panhandle
St. Francis Church
Umbarger
Hughes- Bond discussion at committee meeting centers on 1 percent short term bonds
Meyers told a committee that 1 percent interest short term government bonds maturing 1952 to 1954 were being considered. Ferguson read Meyers' July testimony noting Morgenthau advised he could not go wrong, and Meyers said the memory was refreshed by the prior testimony.
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Meyers
Ferguson
Morgenthau
Eccles Meyers
Eccles
Panhandle soil talk links railroads and farming
The article recounts Fort Worth and Denver lines funding feed for settlers and promoting soil conservation through agricultural tours in the Panhandle near Amarillo. It notes railroads as partners in land settlement, quotes Col. A G Boyce and G C Jefferis, mentions Louis Bromfield and his farm improvements, and recalls Burling ton seed and sire campaigns.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Panhandle
Col
A. G. Boyce
Amarillo
Budd
Burlington
G. C Jefferis
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railroad
Louis Bromfield
Mr. Bromfield
Bromfield Voices Farm Reform At Amarillo Lecture
Prominent author William Bradford Bromfield urged ending submarginal farming and subsidies while praising practical methods. Donations for Amarillo’s Friendship Train reached 1963.18 dollars with wheat pledges from local grain companies and a school drive planned for Friday. The train departs Tuesday as community leaders coordinate multi-city support.
Bromfield Warns of Agricultural Decline Threat to U S Life
Westerner Bromfield argues that rising costs and falling yields create marginal farms draining the economy. He blames cash crop speculation and soil depletion and calls for information and education as remedies to halt the drift away from American farming ideals.
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Bromfield
Tidwell Bible Building Drive Nears Half in Baylor Campaign
A breakfast at the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel updates Baylor University fundraisers for the Tidwell Bible Building. The campaign aims for 600000 with 23219 pledged so far. Baylor trustees have voted 100000 and paid 50000. Construction may start by May at a chosen campus site.
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Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Tidwell Bible
Baylor University
Guy A. Carlander
Amarillo
4. B. Tidwell
Baylor
Carlander
Rugged Cross
Jury Selected In Cook Suit Over Glenwood Baptist Church
Jury selection finished this morning in 47th District Court for the injunction case Rev. E. F Cook versus Gilbert Jackson and others. The dispute centers on restraining Jackson and others from blocking Rev. Cook from conducting religious services at Glenwood Baptist Church. Jurors examined by Judge Reeder and attorney Grady Hazlewood include O. F. Russell Roy Mershon D. C. White C. W. Pierce M. F. Wirtz G. F. Leftwich J. R. Mask A. C. Mullin Chris Moser G. D. Stephens Joe Patterson and C. C. Cearcey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F Cook
Gilbert Jackson
47Th District Court
Glenwood Baptist Church
Rev. Cook
C. B Reeder
Jackson
Reeder
Grady Hazlewood
O. F. Russell
Roy Mershon
D. C. White
C. W. Pierce
M. F. Wirtz
G. F. Leftwich
J. R. Mask
A. C. Mullin
Chris Moser
G. D. Stephens
Joe Patterson
C. C. Cearcey
Sponges Described As Simple Animals With Eating Ability
A brief note explains sponges are a basic form of animal life capable of ingesting food. The text emphasizes their simple structure and digestive powers as a defining trait of these organisms.
Suit for 186250 filed against Bob Blair in district court
Bob Blair of 1008 Buchanan is sued for 186250 by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Escobedo of Corpus Christi. Attorney Bob Huff says the Oct 23 highway crash near Lamesa involved Blair's truck. Claims total 186250 for injuries to Mrs. Escobedo and her husband, lost earning capacity for Mr. Escobedo, plus hospital and property costs.
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108Th District
Bob Blair
Buchanan
Nicholas Escobedo
Corpus Christi
Bob Huff
Lamesa
Two Oilfield Workers Die In Train Vehicle Collision
Two 20 year old Stanolind Oil Company workers, A. B. Brown and Samuel Lewis Travis, were killed when their 1940 Buick convertible hit a Santa Fe freight train at a Plainview crossing. The men, ex Marines who lived in Roswell and Plainview, were dragged about 30 feet after the impact and died of head injuries. Both birthdays were in early November and funerals were planned at Roy Wood Funeral Home.
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Plainview
Santa Fe
A. B. Brown
Samuel Lewis Travis
Stanolind Oil Company
Fisher
Here
Brown
Oil Company
Travis
Marine Corps
Roswell
Bertha Brown
Aubrey
Billie
Verda Lee
Roy Wood Funeral Home
Airport Runway Recommendations For City Fields
N. V. Moss city manager received runway length width strength and construction recommendations from J. D. Church district airport engineer for the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Church lives in Big Spring and the plans will guide English Field improvements funded by half a million dollars with half from city sources and half from the federal government.
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N. V. Moss
J. D. Church
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Church
Big Spring
Stanton Field
English Field
Faelish Field
Markets report cattle hog and sheep prices from Kansas City
USDA bids from Kansas City mark a large grain fed steer run with slow trade. Calves remain light with most steers in the high 20s to low 30s per hundredweight and hogs steady to firm with top near 25.25. Slaughter lambs show scattered good to choice lots, openers strong, with native lambs and slaughter ewes noted.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago hog market steady to lower on light demand
Chicago livestock report shows hogs at 18,000 head, moderately active trade. Prices mostly 25 cents lower with top $25.35 for a load of strictly choice 225 pound butchers, and bulk sales in the 190-270 pound range.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Market livestock prices mixed as cattle and hogs inch higher
The dairy and beef markets show varied gains with top cattle reaching 636.75 per hundredweight, fed steers around 125 to 135 and heifers 25 to 31.50. Cows move up 25 cents, bulls firm, dealers steady at 27.00, lamb bids near 23.00 with no decisive action yet. Financial notes report a Liquidating fund at 82.07 with 1,8853 offered.
Amarillo Man Dies in Los Angeles Veteran Hospital
Frank C. Driver 49 a former Amarillo resident died in Veterans Hospital Los Angeles after a nine year stay. He served in the US Navy in World War I then worked 15 years as a brakeman conductor for Fort Worth and Denver RR. Survived by wife Bell Driver and daughter Mrs Joe Hamm both of Los Angeles and stepson Jeff Morriss. Interment in Veterans Cemetery Los Angeles.
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Frank C. Driver
Amarillo
Veterans Hospital
Los Angeles
Driver
Fort Worth
Denver
Bell Driver
Joe Hamm
Jeff Morriss
North East Fourteenth
Veterans Cemetery
Bids for Hospital Bonds Up Tomorrow
Potter County plans to issue 750000 dollars in hospital bonds with bids due at a special county commissioners session tomorrow morning. No bids were received by today, auditor John Crudgington said as the project for a 100 bed addition to Northwest Texas Hospital enters preliminary design by architect Guy Carlander.
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Potter County Hospital
Potter County Commissioners Court
John Crudgington
Northwest Texas Hospital
Guy Carlander
American flag flies over 40 active canoes in Alaska and Hawaii
Report notes more than four dozen canoes with the American flag afloat in Alaska and Hawaii, highlighting an unusual display of nautical craft across these states.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Bus Drivers in Amarillo Push Union Amid Recognition Delays
Clarence Aber, Oklahoma City, third international vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, says Amarillo Bus Drivers Union gains as management delays recognition. An NLRB election filing is expected soon to decide bargaining agent status after Amarillo Bus Company managers refused to recognize the union.
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Amarillo Bus Company
Clarence Aber
Aber
Oklahoma City
American Federation of Labor
Amarillo
National Labor Relations Board
George Nussbaum
Substantial Driver Union Support Reported to Nussbaums
A letter from Mr Aber states a substantial majority of drivers and other employees have joined the union, signaling strong labor backing for organizing efforts.
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Nussbaums
Aber
Grid Special Football Train On Sale From Amarillo
Tickets for a football special train from Amarillo to Pam next Saturday go on sale. R B Norman Amarillo High principal says the trip is open to all and will carry many high school students the Sandie Band and Sandie cheerleaders. Student tickets at the high school adult tickets at the Santa Fe office. Train departs Santa Fe Passenger Depot at 12 01 Saturday afternoon.
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Amarillo
Pam
R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School
Mr. Norman
Sandie
Santa Fe
Atom Origins Hidden in Greek Word for Invisible
The term atom comes from the Greek "atomos" meaning invisible. This etymology traces to ancient ideas that matter cannot be cut further.
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Hughes
Mr. Budd
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Amon Carter
Dallas
G. C. Davis
Lon Edwards
Coffee-Davis Grain Company
Kearns Grain Company
Chas. M. Rogers
Hereford Hartley, Groom
Panhandle and Childress
Lions Clubs
Wichita
Southwest
Charlie Gunn
Herb Lewis
Edwards
Gunn
Mr. Lewis
Baptists
MR. Tack
Kathy Lynne Robins
Bob Robins
Canyon
Milton Dooley
Jessie Robins
Newark
Aunt Dora
B. T. Curtilco
Blair
Amo
Tack
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Enner & Beane
American Smelt & Refih
American Tel & Tel
Aviation Corporation
Ethene Slo
Baldwin Locomotive Sheen
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Blaw-Knox Steel
Borden Foods
Braniff
General Electric
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodrich
Goodyear Weeee
Gulf Petroleum
Illinois Central Ry
Interlake Lion
Internatial Harvester
International Paper Eee
International Tewee
Jones-Laughlin Steel Whee
Kennecott Copper
Lockhe See Eee
Lone-Bell Lumber
Glenn L. Martin
Mid Continent Petroleum
Montgomery Ward War
Nash Kelvinator Eaee
National Biscuit
National Gypsum
National
New York Central
North American Aviation
North Pacific
Ohio
Packard Motors
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
Pennsylvania
Penney d. C
Phelps-Dodge Wee
Phillips Petroleum
Pure Ou
Radio Corporation Weeene
Standard Brands
Eee Eee
Standard Oil
Ind Sneer
Standard Oil NJ Ween
Studebaker Motors Weer
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf
Tidewater Oil Union Carbide Ee
Enee
United Aircraft
Odeneee
Chicago Board of Trade
Financial Industrial Fund
California
Zale
Zale’s
Suge
West Texas
Toei
Mae Et
New York
Lre
TWA
Trans World
Arline
Vata Ee
Elmer McCollum
Miss Simmonds
Johns Hopkins
SAN Jacinto Drug
Georgia
Blackburn-Shaw
Pri
Schick
Schick Colonel
Shaver
Zales
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