Airport Lease Showdown Looms Over English Field
Amarillo faces a deadline on November 27 for Thornton Oxnard to sell the English Field property and cancel his lease in favor of the city. Oxnard holds first call on purchase of 720 acres, and failure to act could bar federal funding and halt airport development plans. The Army has drafted a servicing base lease for 150 by 100 feet of western field land, effective June 30 1930, renewable to 1952, with a dollar yearly rent.
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Amarillo
English
Thornton Oxnard
Oxnard
C. L. Kilgore
English Field
Army
WAE SEEKING WORK FROM AUK BOY AND OTHERS
A collection of brief notices from youths and a reader seeking employment. Wae a 17 year old offers farm work and machinery experience. Jay Barber lists Lincoln Street dishwashing work and references. A reader on North Pierce Street seeks washing jobs for a two person household. A young girl from Moore Street seeks morning housework and child care with references.
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Tack
Jay Barber
Lincoln Street
Missing item and job seekers in courthouse note
A brown feather Billfeld is reported missing with four one dollar bills and a girl’s picture found in a courthouse. A 7 year old boy seeks work in linoleum laying painting and shipping clerk tasks, offering references. An elderly cabinet maker Billy Workman advertises woodworking skills and design ideas.
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Pierce Street
Tam Seeks Work As Waitress Housekeeper Typist
Glen Tam, a settled colored woman, seeks work as a waitress, housekeeper, and typist. She can furnish references and has experience in all kinds of housework. Calls to 20085 or 2016 Bear Tack Tam.
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Glen
Dial
Plenty of Whisky For Yale Season
The treasury alcohol tax unit pledged ample bottled in bond whisky aged at least four years for the coming year. Bonded warehouses held 8,648,255 gallons of whisky over four years old as of June 30, and total whisky stocks reached 471,159,539 gallons, well above pre prohibition peaks.
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Washington
Treasury
Classifieds seek housework and childcare help
A string of handwritten help wanted notices lists Rosalia Roba Lee at 1013 Harrison Street offering experienced housekeeping, and a young German woman seeking housework and child care. Other ads show a reader at 1317 East Tenth Ave Cabin 9 and a reader seeking town-hopping work references.
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Roba Lee
Harrison Street
East Tenth Ave
Amarillo Seeks Bid for Pipe Supply 1938
City of Amarillo invites bids for 4 000 feet of 6 inch Bell and Spigot Type Class B cast iron pipe or 6 inch cast iron pipe plans Federal Specifications W W P 421 or 140 Transite pipe. Bids due November 29 1938 with five percent bid guaranty. City reserves right to accept or reject any bid. H R Smith city manager November 21 1938.
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Amarillo
H.R. Smith
Notice to Street Equipment Dealers Amarillo bid request
Notice to street equipment dealers of Amarillo to bid by 7 30 PM November 29 1938 for one two horse seven foot steel wheel road grader for City Street Department. Full specs with proposal and a 5 percent certified or cashier's check required. City reserves right to stop or reject any or all bids. Hor Smith City Manager November 21 1938.
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Amarillo
Smith
Texas Stars and Cotton Bowl Plans Stir Football Debate
Roosevelt and Sanford outline a Cotton Bowl bid with Texas icons and Hollywood stars promoting a move to rival the Rose Bowl. They envision a Texas team like TCU or Texas Tech earning large payouts, while public and regional enthusiasm for football remains high. Meanwhile, mid conflict reports note executions in a Chinese city and renewed battles along railway lines with casualties on both sides.
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America
Roosevelt
Texas
TCU
California
Dallas
Texas Tech
United States
Pacific Coast
Neck of the Woods
USC
Thompson’s Appendix Improves Ahead of Amarillo Lubbock Game
Thompson’s condition remains excellent with signs of a full recovery. Doctors anticipate his appetite returning and expect him to participate in the Amarillo Lubbock football game Thursday afternoon.
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Blazing Bill Thompson
Amarillo
Japanese column notes ruinous actions near Chungking
The dispatches claim Chinese officials at Chungking the temporary capital declare the fives began by accident and through a premature seal. Authorities are anxious to pursue a scorched earth policy to deprive invaders of valuables.
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Chang~ Aha
Chungking
Ot Ching
Chatasha
Island of Formosa Rocked By Strong Earth Shock
A strong earthquake shocked Formosa today according to a Taihoku dispatch. No damage details were given. The article also notes a historical anecdote about Frederick III and a large stag antler possession later passed to Frederick William and the King of Saxony in a trade for a regiment of grenadiers.
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Island
Formosa
Tokyo
Domei
Taihoku
Frederick III
Prussia
Frederick William
Saxony
Island Pen Fugitive Faces Possible Return to Penal Colony
Rene Belbenoit author of Dry Guillotine fears return to the French Guiana penal colony despite a 6000-name petition to President Roosevelt. The former WWI veteran, who survived multiple escapes and witnessed beheadings, arrived in California carrying his manuscript after 17 months of travel.
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New York
Rene Belbenoit
French Guiana
Roosevelt
Morocco
California
FDR To Figure in Holiday Broadcasts
President Roosevelt headlines Thanksgiving and December 5 radio broadcasts. The Thanksgiving program features children’s songs from Warm Springs Founders Day dinner where the President will slice the turkey. The Dec 5 address comes from Chapel Hill North Carolina at 3 30 PM with NBC and CBS carry. A seiche affects the Great Lakes due to atmospheric conditions.
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New York
Roosevelt
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Wjz-Nbc
Amarillo
Washington
Chapel Hill
N. C
Carolina Political Union of the
U. of North Carolina
NBC
CBS
Business Boom Near Amarillo Vet Hospital Rumors Grow
Rumors of new business development around the Veterans Hospital in Amarillo spread after a rezoning of 600-608 Bushland Avenue to commercial use. Local leader George Broome notes inquiries about a tourist camp to serve hospital visitors, comparing to other sites like Waco Albuquerque and Lisbon near Dallas.
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Vet Hospital
Veterans’ Hospital
Amarillo
Bushland Avenue
Sixth Avenue
George Broome
Waco
Albuquerque
Lisbon
Dallas
Deportation Ordered for Author After Arrival in U S
An emigrant writer declares loyalty to the country and refuses to abandon his craft. His deportation, set for December 15, follows an arrival marked by debates over extension and eventual liberty. He asserts he writes of things he knows and does not seek to take anyone's job.
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United States
Stranded Four Aid Recovery Of Stolen Car
Four transcontinental travelers stranded in Amarillo helped recover a stolen vehicle from Salt Lake City. One man from Harrisburg and others from Washington set out for California after paying a tour driver. The driver did not return, prompting police to investigate the car and locate the missing Utah theft.
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Salt Lake City
Harrisburg
Washington, D. C
California
Amarillo
Utah City
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Billpold
Tack Tam
Haye
Bili, Workman
West Eighth Avenue
Marlene Dietrich
Mary Martin
Mistinguette
Broadway
Ann Pennington
Mary
Yale
Elliott
Buchanan Street
Pat
Sanford
Paul Whiteman
Everett Marshall
John Boles
Ginger Rogers
Gene Autry
Feng Ti
Yochow-Changsha
Thungyang
Sienning
Hankow
By John Ferris
FDR
Great Lakes
Housewives
St. Joseph
Cal
Farley
Cal Farley
Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Department
Eighth Avenue
N. Y
William Jameson
Arish
William Jameson & Co., Inc
N.Y. C
Turkey
WHITE
Polk Street
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