Bishop Freeman warns on alien propagandists at bankers meeting
At the American Bankers Association 64th convention in Houston Bishop James E. Freeman of Washington DC urged firm action against alien propagandists and un American doctrines. He warned of subversive forces undermining religious tolerance and national solidarity amid rising hate and political rancor.
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Houston
James E. Freeman
Episcopal
Washington
D. C
Freeman
United States
American Bankers Association
WPA Sewing Room Chief Promoted
Don Boyd of Potter County elevated from superintendent of sewing room projects to WPA district assignment officer by district director Alson A Meredith. Boyd, a former Katy railroad personnel representative, opened the Athletic Building sewing room in 1934 and will assign and classify WPA labor in 26 counties.
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Don ©. Boyd
Potter County
WPA
Alson A Meredith
Katy Railroad
Boyd
Meredith
Jack Ale
Mrs. Childers To Build Six Room Residence
Mrs. Olive Childers plans a six room home at 2808 Lipscomb Street with a $7,000 estimated cost. Permit issued to contractor J. W. Jesse. Amarillo issued more than one new home permit daily last week.
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Olive Childers
Lipscomb Street
J. W. Jesse
Amarillo
Five Carloads of Trucks Due Soon
W. C. Hubbel the Amarillo Diamond T Truck agent is in Chicago arranging shipment of five carloads of 1938 model trucks already sold for delivery before month end.
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W. C. Hubbel
Amarillo
Chicago
Former Highway Engineer W J Van London Article
A comprehensive illustrated piece in Texas Parade profiles W J Van London a former Amarillo division engineer who led highway construction for the state and discusses Panhandle road maintenance and erosion along rights of way.
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Panhandle
Texas Parade
Amarillian
W. J. van London
State Highway Department
Flag Association awards life membership to Mayor Rogers
The United States Way Association grants life membership to Mayor Ross JD Rogers in recognition of supporting efforts to spread understanding and appreciation of Old Glory. The certificate hangs at city hall and notes work against communism and hostile forces.
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United States Way Association
Ross JD. Rogers
America
River Girl Demonstrates Telekinesis in Louisiana Town
In Jonesville Louisiana 13 year old Alice Bell Kirby draws witnesses with moving tables levitating and piano actions many in the community call miraculous. Local educators and officials including Dr H W Wright and Principal F H Shiel report unexplained feats in light and darkness. The narrator experiences a table that remains inactive during a separate test.
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Ted H. Maloy
United Press
Jonesville
Black River Bottoms
Alice Bell Kirby
Leon Kirby
Alice Bell
H. W. Wright
Catahoula Parish
Tve
Wright
Charles FE. Elkins
A. L. Brooks
Sicily Island
F. H. Shiel
Shiel
Keva
Wight Tom
Trade data shows US goods to UK and Canada ties
The United Kingdom bought $835,000,000 of US goods in 1937, close to Germany France the Netherlands Belgium and Sweden combined. The US Canada trade pact replaces a treaty expiring Dec 31 and expands it. 1937 total trade with Canada reached $908,047,000.
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United Kingdom
United States
Germany
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Sweden
Canada
Dominion
Insurance Men Meet in Amarillo District Seven Gathering
Insurance agents from the Panhandle and West Texas attend the Texas Association of Insurance Agents District Seven fall meeting at the Amarillo Hotel. State President B A Cobb and district secretary D G Foreman join speakers from the Texas Insurance Commission including Marvin Hail and Dick Waters. A noon luncheon drew many attendees as Jeff Neely leads the local Amarillo association with Dorsey B. Smith and Ed Spann in officer roles.
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Panhandle
West Texas
Amarillo
Texas Association of Insurance Agents of
District Seven
B. A. Cobb
D. G. Foreman
Texas Insurance Commission
Marvin Hail
Casualty
Dick Waters
State Association
Amarillo Association of Insurance Agents
Jeff Neely
Dorsey B. Smith
Ed Spann
Reserve Enlistments Will Be Completed
Major K. Whittemore will be in Amarillo on Monday Nov 28 to complete enlistments for the regular army reserve. Sergeant Jackson, Amarillo recruiting officer, says qualified applicants honorably discharged within three years in good health may enlist. Contact Jackson at the Amarillo Recruiting Station before Nov 28. Major Whittemore also invites area reserve officers with expired commissions to renew with him at 213 East Fifth Avenue at 7:30 PM on Nov 28.
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K. 8
Whittemore
Amarillo
Regular Army
United States Army
R. A. Jackson
Sergeant Jackson
East Fighth Avenue
Howard C. Griggs
380Th Infantry
U. S. Army Reserve
Women In The News Victors Wives A Survey Of Smiles As Votes Were Counted
Wives of successful election candidates smile as vote counts come in. Mrs Warren Barbour, wife of the New Jersey senator, notes her husband’s GOP victory over William H. Ely, despite backing from Mayor Frank Hague and Jersey County Democrats.
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Warren Barbour
New Jersey
William H. Ely
Democratic Machine of Jersey Co
Frank Hague
Nazi Propagandist Attacks LaGuardia in Attack on Jewish Guard
Berlin press outlet Angriff praises New York Mayor LaGuardia while denouncing his decision to appoint a Jewish guard for the German consulate. The piece mocks LaGuardia as impolite and tactless and claims the guard shows poor taste and is a gross lie. It calls for action against Jews rather than by them.
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Alice Bell
Wright
Alice
Kirby
New Orleans
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
The
Angriff
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
Germany
Dalhart Chamber Banquet Tonight With Speaker George Angel
Dalhart Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual banquet tonight with Pat Flynn representing Amarillo Chamber. Invitations were issued to chamber directors yesterday. George Angel, former Rock Island executive, will be the principal speaker.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Dalharts
Knife Forkers Dine Tonight At Amarillo Club
The Amarillo Knife and Fork Club hosts Albert Kennedy Rowswell as the after dinner speaker with the talk titled No Place Like Home or Why Americans Travel. Dinner lectures begin at 7 15 and reservations can be made at Maxor Drug Fisk Building or the Amarillo Hotel news stand.
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Amarillo Knife and Fork
Albert Kennedy Rowswell
Pacific
Atlantic
Maxor Drug
Fisk
Amarillo Hotel
Knife and Fork
Rowswell
Certificate to City For Rural Health Victory
Amarillo and Potter County won first place in a regional rural health conservation contest. The four state division award was presented by the United States Chamber of Commerce. Dr. B M Primer accepted the certificate on behalf of the county at a national meeting. The certificate is now in executive offices at city hall.
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Amarillo
Potter County
United States Chamber of Commerce
B. M. Primer
Revival Meetings Gain in Popularity at Open Bible Church
The special meetings at the Church of the Open Bible on Fifteenth Avenue and Ong Street continue to gain popularity, says pastor Rev. H. A. Somerville. Evangelist Carleton E. Null of Chicago speaks, noted as a leading Christian businessman and preacher.
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Church of the Open Bible
Fifteenth Avenue
Ong Street
H. A. Somerville
Carleton E. Null
Chicago
Null
Estimated U S medical car costs and wage loss from illness
The annual cost of medical cars for all people in the United States is estimated at 3.577 billion dollars and wage loss from illness at 1 billion dollars.
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U. S
Lehman’s Fourth Term Faces Opposition in Dewey Challenge
Herbert H. Lehman, governor of New York, won a fourth term amid strong opposition from Manhattan district attorney Thomas E. Dewey.
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IRS
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Manhattan
Thomas E. Dewey
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