Rev J D Bowles Dies in Crown Point Indiana
Reverend J D Bowles son of Mrs Ina Bell Bowles of 912 Buchanan Street died yesterday in Crown Point Indiana. He served as pastor of the First Christian Church in Crown Point. Survived by his wife and two sons, his mother, nine sisters and five brothers. Three brothers and four sisters live in Amarillo. Funeral set for Sunday afternoon in Crown Point with most siblings expected to attend.
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J. D. Bowles
Ina Bell Bowles
Buchanan Street
Crown Point
Ind
First Christian Church
Amarillo
R. A. Bowles
T. D. Bowles
W. D. Bowles
Harry Julius
Vernon Hancock
Sallie Stanford
Elmo Blackburn
Pickpockets Strike At Dallas Train Wreck Scene
At the Dallas wreck site where two men were killed, crowds watched as railroad workers cleared wreckage. Police report pickpockets seized a billfold containing $22 from a spectator, M. M. Hinton, amid the chaos.
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Dallas
M. M. Hinton
Biting Dog In Amarillo Not Rabid, Observation Ongoing
The dog that bit Cora Jo Lilly, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lilly of 1415 Pierce Street, was found after a week and placed under observation at the Amarillo City Pound. Preparations for the anti rabies injections had been completed prior to locating the dog, but poundmen doubt rabies. No previous local rabies cases are on record despite multiple dog observations.
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Cora Jo Lilly
John Lilly
Pierce Street
Amarillo
City
Wholesale Grocers To Meet Today in Amarillo
Amarillo and Panhandle members of the Texas Wholesale Grocers Association were scheduled to meet today at the Capitol Hotel. The session will be in charge of Sam Hanna of Dallas with ten or twelve grocers expected to attend.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas Wholesale Grocers Association
Capitol Hotel
Sam Hanna
Dallas
First Color Alaska Hunting and Fishing Film Perk
Amarillo residents will see the first color motion pictures of Alaska big game hunting and fishing next week at Municipal Auditorium. Five showings are scheduled Monday and Tuesday with free admission via tickets from local stores. The hour and a half film features glaciers and dramatic scenery, with all shows open to the public and children accompanied by parents.
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Amarillo
The
Panhandle
Municipal Auditorium
Jack Lamb
Gulf Oil Corporation
Old Tack
Smiling Jack
Northland
Alaska
Jan Garber to Appear Here on Nov 29
Jan Garber the idol of the air lines will bring his band to the Nat here Saturday night November 29. Garber led the largest World War I era orchestra of 56 pieces and later formed a string trio before directing a tour of prominent hotels and theaters across the United States including Cincinnati Milwaukee Washington Atlanta Memphis Los Angeles Chicago San Francisco and New York venues.
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Jan Garber
Uncle Sam
United States
Jan
Auburn
Ala
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Garber
Washington
D. C
Coral Gables
Fla
Gibson and Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati
Schroeder
Milwaukee
Muehlebach
Kansas City
Wardman Park
Washington, D. C
Ansley
Atlanta
Peabody
Memphis
Casino
Catalina Island
Cocoanut Grove
Palomar Ballroom
Los Angeles
Blackhawk
Chicago
Mark Hopkins
San Francisco
The
New Yorker
New York
Free Lecture on Christian Science in Municipal Auditorium
Elizabeth McArthur Thomson of St Louis will deliver a free public lecture on Christian Science titled Christian Science Its Healing Power two weeks from tonight December 5 at Municipal Auditorium. She is a member of the board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ Scientist Boston Mass and First Church invites the public.
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Elizabeth McArthur Thomson
St. Louis
First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientists
Boston
Mass
Art student earns top grade at North Texas State
In Denton on November 21, Paris student Bernie Hellums secured an A in her art course at North Texas State. Her realistic painting of a begonia drew a hummingbird to the classroom window, where the bird hovered among the painted blossoms seeking nectar.
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Denton
U.P
Bernie Hellums
North Texas State
40 Motored Divisions Said Needed By America
Col Charles I Faddis a U S Representative from Pennsylvania and House military affairs committee member said in an interview that the United States needs 40 armored and motorized divisions to participate in overseas affairs. The remark came as orders went out for three such divisions to march into the advancing first army during the Carolina maneuvers. He noted proposals from eighteen months earlier to create ten armored divisions and said by June production could reach 1,000 units monthly to equip two divisions.
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United States
Charles I. Faddus
U. S
Pennsylvania
House
IV. Army Corps
First Army
Col. Faddis
Charles L. Scott
Germany
Battleship Indiana Ready for Launching at Newport News
Newport News Virginia November 21 Ready for launching six months ahead of schedule the battleship Indiana awaited James River high tide for her christening at the home of Mrs Lewis C Robbins daughter of Indiana governor Henry F Schricker. The 35000 ton vessel from Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company marks 731 days of work with keel laid November 20 1939 Secretary of Navy Frank Knox called the ship a symbol of the nations will to survive in war stressing the load ahead but stating our side shall win. The Indiana to be 680 feet long with 108 foot 2 inch beam and 34 foot draft carries nine 16 inch guns in three turrets and modern anti air and secondary weapons.
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Newport News
Indiana
James River
Lewis C. Robbins
Wichita Falls
Henry F. Schricker
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Virginia
West Virginia
Schricker
James H. Price
Navy
Elmer E. Groff
Wenonah
N. J
Santiago
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