Fight on Sales Rackets Targets Amarillo Fund Drives
Amarillo merchants and Chamber of Commerce directors discussed curbing sales rackets and high pressure fund drives that drain thousands. Rolla Townsend of the Retail Credit Association led a control committee with Jim Florey Clyde Smith and Erwin Ochsner to regulate solicitation schemes and protect legitimate projects. On Dec 22 the South Pole is nearer to the sun than at any other time.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Hotel
Rolla Townsend
Retail Credit Association
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Credit Association
Jim Florey
Farr
Charles Pryor
Clyde Smith
Erwin Ochsner
Chamber of Commerce
Earth
College Players Offer Keeps First Night Patrons In Uproar
Amarillo College presents The Whole Towns Talking a three act comedy with Robert Paul Carter as Donald Swift and Roberta Newell as a movie queen. Etta Lou Probst and Henry L. Robinson head the cast with curtain at 8 15 and admission 10 cents for students 35 cents for adults.
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College Players
Robert Paul Carter
Donald Swift
Amarillo College
Roberta Newell
Etta Lou Probst
Henry L
Tax Payments Moving Up In Amarillo Half Installment
Amarillo property owners rush first half tax payments under the installment plan close to the November 30 deadline. City tax assessor collector Perry C. Burks estimates 25 000 to 40 000 will be paid this period, with total early payments around 75 000 to 80 000 on the 1938 roll. He urges paying now to avoid lines at city hall and to beat the January 31 final due date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Perry C. Burks
Burks
Truman Whips Wins Turkey in TWA Quiz Challenge
TWA employees held a quiz during combined traffic and operations meetings. Truman Whips, chief radioman, correctly answered more questions about TWA routes and fares than others, earning a turkey donated by Vernon Gunn and Fred McLeod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWA
Truman Whips
San Francisco
Vernon Gunn
Fred McLeod
English Field
Braniff Buys Two Douglas DC-2 Airliners for Dallas South Texas Route
Braniff Airways announced the purchase of two Douglas DC-2s to meet growing traffic on its Dallas to South Texas main line. The larger 14 passenger planes will begin service immediately, according to Vernon Gunn, local traffic agent.
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Braniff Airways Today
Dallas
South Texas
Vernon Gunn
Ford Salesmen Meet In Panhandle Zone
Ford Motor Company salesmen and sales managers from throughout the Panhandle Zone will meet at 7:30 this evening at the Herring Hotel for an educational session on the new 1939 Ford automobiles conducted by a zone official.
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Ford Motor Company
Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Ford
Mrs. B. W. Bauer Resting Nicely After Crash
Mrs. B. W. Bauer of Happy was seriously injured in a truck collision yesterday afternoon. She is reported resting nicely at St. Anthony's Hospital after a good night, with attendants noting progress.
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B. W. Bauer
Happy
St. Anthony's Hospital
Buer
Fifty Years of Methodism Pageant Tonight at Polk Street Church
The Panhandle celebration highlights a pageant titled Fifty years of Methodism in the Panhandle. Written by H. M. Timmons and directed by Jordon Grooms the event recalls church history from ranch bunk houses to grand buildings.
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Panhandle
Polk Street Methodist Church
H. M. Timmons
Jordon Grooms
M. K. Little
Vernon
Texas
Gaston Foote
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Foote
Fourth Avenue Methodist Church
Little Rock
Ark
Louis
Engineer Arrives to Supervise Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Wilmer A. Oakes, a government construction engineer from San Bernardino, arrived in Amarillo to supervise the $800,000 Veterans Hospital project. He searched for housing amid a shortage, contacting the Chamber of Commerce as work is set to begin this week with Bellows Construction Company of Oklahoma City as general contractors.
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Wilmer A. Oakes
Amarillo
Veterans’ Hospital
San Bernardino
Cal
Oakes
Chamber of Commerce
Bellows Construction Company
Oklahoma City
General Contractors
Pageant Director Visits Amarillo Producer Returns
Harry Walters, director for Cargill Productions behind the Old Southwest Days pageant on the Will Rogers route celebration, arrived in Amarillo for a brief visit with local friends before heading to Albuquerque. Larry Doyle is reported as being up north.
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Harry Walters
Cargill Productions
Amarillo
Will Rogers
Walters
Albuquerque
Larry Doyle
Mr. Walters
Bushland Station Visited By SCS Officials In Texas Oklahoma
Soil Conservation Service project managers from Texas and Oklahoma and regional SCS heads inspected the new Bushland research station today. The delegation will tour the nearby dune area near Dalhart and North Panhandle towns tomorrow morning as officials formulate the experimental program for the station.
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Soil Conservation Service
Texas
Oklahoma
SCS
Bushland
Dalhart
North Panhandle
Italy Expels U S News Correspondent
Rome orders Frank Smothers, Rome correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, to leave Italy by month end for unfriendly dispatch tone. The move marks the tenth foreign correspondent expelled this year after intervention by the American embassy.
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Rome
Frank Smothers
Chicago Daily News
Italy
Smothers
Ministry of Propaganda
Foreign Office
Edward Reed
Rifle Pistol Club To Open New Range
The Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club will open its new pistol range in the Merchants Building at Tri State Fairground Wednesday night. The weekly shoot moved to Wednesday due to Thanksgiving. The range accommodates five shooters at once with matches for .22 caliber pistols 38 pistols and larger calibers and for .22 rifles.
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Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club
Merchants Building
Tri- State Fairground
Mistrial Declared in Ames Case Over Juror Illness
A mistrial was declared in the Ames case due to a juror illness. R M Tankersley suffered a heart attack overnight and could not serve, marking the case’s second mistrial after a prior deadlocked trial. The defendant was indicted on a drunken driving charge and pleaded not guilty.
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R. H. Ames
R. M. Tankersley
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Adverts Kidney Relief
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe inexpensive remedy for overburdened kidneys and bladder. It claims to ease irritation frequent urination and sleep trouble and urges buyers to insist on the original Haarlem product with a Gold Medal label. It notes other symptoms like backache puffy eyes and leg cramps.
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Haarlem
Holland
Legion Prepares For Santa's Visit in Amarillo
Ex service men of Amarillo and Hanson Post of the American Legion plan a royal welcome for Santa Claus. Bruce Autry, commander of Hanson Post, outlined plans for the Legion's event today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Hanson Post
American Legion
Santa Claus
Bruce Autry
Legion
Christmas Tree Party Aids City Poor At Municipal Auditorium
The annual Christmas tree party for the city's worthy poor was expected to be completed this afternoon at Municipal Auditorium. The Legion planned a Forty-Niner dance at the same hall tonight.
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Municipal Auditorium
the Legion
Dentist Targeted by Robber Steals Gold and Dental Plates
Dr. Thomas Edwards, a Cincinnati dentist, was away from his office when an intruder entered and stole $30 worth of gold scraps and dental plates along with a $35 pistol. Police investigate the break-in.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Thomas Edwards
Simple Two-Piece Cuddle Toys Pattern 1887 Offer
Pattern 1887 provides three toy designs with directions and material needs. Send ten cents and write PAT TERN NUMBER along with name and address to Amarillo Globe Needle craft Dept 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
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Cain
Amarillo Globe
Needle+ craft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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Calvert
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Calvert Distillers Corp
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Braniff
Mrs. B. W. Bauer
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