Amarillo Chamber Plans Tuesday Membership Launch
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will launch its annual membership roundup at an 8 a.m. breakfast Tuesday at the Amarillo Hotel. Committee chair Jeff Neely announced the three day campaign to recruit nonmembers, noting 1 100 members already hold continuing memberships. The committee includes Virgil Patterson Herb Budke Palmer Black Gene Klein Roger Harris Henry Thomson Arthur Truitt Walter Blackburn Jimmie Cogdell W E Haley Bennie Solnick L M Gunderson F B Martin W R Fox Roy Cloninger Fred Miller Earl O Keefe L C Kramer Lon Edwards J W Frazier M D Richards R B Scruggs D S Watkins and Grady Stubbs.
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Amarillo
Gene Klein
Roger Harris
Henry Thomson
Arthur Truitt
Walter Blackburn
Jimmie Cogdell
W. E. Haley
Bennie Solnick
L. M. Gunderson
F. B. Martin
W. R. Fox
Roy Cloninger
Fred Miller
Earl O'Keefe
L. C. Kramer
Lon Edwards
J. W. Frazier
M. D. Richards
Former Amarillo Resident Becomes Fort Worth and Denver Agent
O B Sandage, previously acting for Burlington Lines in Dallas, is assigned as traveling freight and passenger agent for Fort Worth and Denver in Amarillo, succeeding Guy Victory who becomes general agent at Lubbock. Victory arrived Amarillo in 1938. Sandage served as chief clerk there from 1938 to 1942. Dew moisture on a car harms finish. keep cars in a closed garage at night.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
O. B. Sandidge
Burlington Lines
Dallas
Guy Victory
Disabled Veterans hold two hospital parties this fall
J E Pietzsch Chapter and Auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans plan two Christmas cheer parties for patients at the U S Veterans Hospital. The events, on November 26 and December 10, start at 7 p m. The auxiliary voted to donate 30 to the department’s Christmas cheer fund for Texas hospitals and set meetings for the second Wednesday each month. Next gathering is December 12 at Mrs J H Anderson’s home. New members include Mrs J W Short Mrs H W Gorman and Mrs Kathryn Polkinghorn.
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U.S. Veterans Hospital
J. E. Pietzsch
Department
Dallas
G. W. Allbrooks
West Eleventh
Texas
J. H. Anderson
West Fourteenth
J. W. Short
H. W. Gorman
Kathryn Polkinghorn
A Good Loser Is About To Increase His Losses
Jamestown New York November 15 an attorney Ernest Cawcroft who won one write in vote for mayor says he will buy his sole admirer a dinner and has 50 claimants to the meal so far but he will proceed to entertain the whole group with arrangements for the dinner.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Ernest Cawcroft
Cawcroft
Dog Hair Do in Court Over Pet Pomeranian
In Coney Island Magistrate Court Mrs. Edna Kahn accuses Isidore Meyer of stealing her dog Whitey and curling its hair to resemble a poodle. Meyer pleads not guilty to unlawfully holding the animal. The accused dog refuses to testify.
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New York
Edna Kahn
Isidore Meyer
Whitey
Coney Island
Mrs. Kahn
Tax Assessing Should Be Expert Profession Free of Politics
Mr. Loewenstern told the association that tax assessing and collecting should be the work of experts insulated from political influence.
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Loewenstern
Association
Beanstalk Grows in Maryland’s Herald Harbor Yard
In Annapolis on November 15 a local gardener Peter A. Mertz from Herald Harbor planted an Australian bean seed given by retired Captain Oscar Anderson of Washington. The bean sprouted rapidly reaching a six foot fence then climbing 15 feet into trees. One pod measured over 45 inches and grows about an inch daily.
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Annapolis
Peter A. Mertz
Herald Harbor
Oscar Anderson
Washington, D. C
Anderson
Mertz
Seeks Shifting Of Tax Burden
Hugo Loewenstern urged Potter County Taxpayers to adopt a fairer tax plan that shifts some burden to those with heavy incomes, calling for equitable payment by individuals and firms with high earnings.
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Hugo Loewenstern
Potter County
Window cleaner hangs by belt in garment district rescue
Max Berkowitz lost part of his safety belt while cleaning a six story window in Manhattan. He dangled for 15 minutes on a single strand as onlookers watched. The building superintendent arrived and pulled him to safety. he was uninjured and took the rest of the day off.
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New York
Max Berkowitz
28Th Street
Garment District
Berkowitz
Victoria’s First Words On Being Told She Would Reign
At age 12 Victoria learned she would become queen and she reportedly said I will be good. The remark reflects early royal expectations and the young heir’s sense of duty in a historic royal narrative.
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Victoria
Feathered headdress tied to Sioux and Crow rituals
The article notes that the feathered headdress is not worn by all Indians but specifically by the Sioux and Crow, and only in ceremonial or warfare contexts.
Longest Canal Yun Ho spans almost a thousand miles
The Grand Canal of China known as Yun Ho extends through the coastal plain for close to a thousand miles. It claims the title of the world’s longest artificial waterway, linking ancient transport routes and regional economies.
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Yun Ho
China
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