Permanent Street Signs Predicted for Amarillo
Mayor Joe Jenkins announced a plan to install permanent street signs in Amarillo within one or two months. A $2,000 budgeted amount began October 1, with total installation estimated at $6,000. The Panhandle Sign and Display has erected a sample sign at Sixth Avenue and Jefferson Street, with potential WPA backing and about 1,200 signs needed citywide.
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Joe Jenkins
Jenkins
Amarillo
Panhandle
Sixth Avenue
Jefferson Street
WPA
J. R. Pendleton
The
Panhandle Sign and Display Company
Two steps to amazing new pep and vitality
A health advertisement promotes 8.8.8. Tonic as a digestive aid and blood builder. It claims the liquid tonic revives stomach digestion, restores red blood cell vitality, and improves appetite, energy, and appearance. The copy cites relief from colds, fatigue, and stress, urging daily use and stressing scientific backing and widespread user approval.
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Ake
Moves listed for Mrs Gouldy and others to various streets
The around town column lists numerous residents changing addresses from Taylor Street to Lipscomb Street, West Thirteenth Avenue to East Nineteenth Avenue, and other pairs including Harrison Street to Buchanan Street. It also notes business moves and a kitchen recipe for beef with all bran pastry.
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H. C. Gouldy
Taylor Street
A. D. Gugenheim
Ong Street
Lipscomb
E. V. Groom
Belleview Street
Fifteenth Avenue
C. C. Gant
Tyler Street
Nineteenth Avenue
F. W. Hopkins
Grant Street
B. L. Hunt
Thirteenth Avenue
L. G Hunt
Tennessee Street
Lee Holcomb
Thirteeth Avenue
Maurice Hanna
Carolina Street
R. L Hulett
Hughes Street
B. J. Howard
Fourteenth Avenue
Max J
E. H. Klein
J. P. Long
Florida Street
Bowyer Street
Lee Way
O. Z. Light
Do-or-Die Drive On Targets Moscow Leningrad Ukraine
The author weighs Hitler's claims of defeating the Reds and reports a major Nazi push on the 1100 mile Russian front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. He notes heavy attacks near Moscow and in the Ukraine, with Leningrad under pressure, while Bolshevik resistance remains stubborn. The piece compares war risks to a high-stakes gamble and cites Moscow and London reports as context.
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Herr Hitler
Russia
London
England
Baltic
Black Seas
Moscow
Ukraine
Leningrad
Hitler
Reds
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Bolshevists
Birthday We Missed Billy Joe Towles
A birthday note mentions Billy Joe Towles and indicates the date was yesterday. The item also notes Santa Fe engineers T. W. Cooper E. Baker and H. G. Carlson joining the Canadian engineer's board due to increased business. Neal Rowland, a fireman, is referenced in connection with railway staffing.
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Billy Joe Towles
Santa Fe
T. W. Cooper
E. Baker
H. G. Carlson
Neal Rowland
Potter County to Hold Open Meeting on 1942 Budget
Potter County Texas commissioners schedule an open meeting October 10 at 10 AM in the Courthouse Commissioners Court Room to officially consider the 1942 county budget. Taxpayers may discuss any budget item. By County Judge E. O. Northcutt.
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Potter County
Texas
Commissioners’ Court
Potter
Commissioners’ Court OF
E. O. Northcutt
Railroad Positions and Assignments in Amarillo District
Commercial agents and engineers join the Amarillo district roster as Santa Fe expands service with two extra turns on the 1st 2nd and 3rd districts. L. B. Ball of Rock Island visits Amarillo while T. S. Clarke resumes duties at Lelia Lake Fort Worth and Denver.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
C. W. Robinson
L. B. Ball
Rock Island
Phoenix
Ariz
Hall
Little Rock
Ark
Santa Fe
T. S. Clarke
Lelia Lake
Texas
Clarke
E. F. Morris
C. J. Chapman
L. W Urban
Waynoka
C W. Crews
Mrs Proffer's Home Hit by Lightning at Eighth Avenue
The home of Mrs J C Proffer at 1527 East Eighth Avenue was struck by lightning at about 3 o clock this morning. She was asleep and awakened sitting upright in bed as she assessed the damage and believed the strike could have started a fire.
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J. C. Proffer
East Eighth Avenue
Lightning sparks damage during home incident and air force maneuvers planned
Mrs Proffer described a near miss after lightning caused blackened walls and burned the tub drain stopper chain. The report notes about 1000 American built planes and nearly 10 000 Air Force officers and enlisted men will take part in large maneuvers planned in Louisiana and the Carolinas this year.
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U.S. Army Air Force
Louisiana
Carolinas
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Bolivia
Switzerland
South America
SSS
Georgia Street
Louisiana Street
Caucasus
Pears
Delivery Service
J. M. Childs
Dumas
O. L. Simmons
Amarillo- Pampa
Oren Cooper
R. E. Weaver
ROYAL
Kansas City, MO
R. F. Gill
H. C. Vincent
Mrs. Proffer
Tolzien
Gulbransen
Mason-Hamlin
Fir
Vitto
U.S
Deluxe Cleaners
N. Fillmore
Jack Phillips
FURR
All Furr
Gouldy BR Grain & Seed
Tyler Haley Furniture CO
Taylor Harrol Brooks
Polk Kohler Bros. Cleaners
Levine’s Dept
Polk Nunn Electric CO
POLK
Tory Thrift
Panhandle Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Pierce Pool Drug CO
Amarillo Hotel
Rudy Bauman
Royal Crown Bottling CO
East 5Th & M. Drug CO
Victory Thrift
Tyler
Pullip Morris
Americas
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