Amarillo Sandies Crush Austin Panthers 61 to 6
Amarillo High School's Golden Sandies overwhelmed Austin High at the El Paso stadium, gaining 260 yards and forcing seven first downs to six, with Ray Daniels Irwin and Cline starring in a dominant 61 to 6 victory. Kidd and Marusich stood out for Austin in a losing effort.
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el Paso Times
Austin High School
EL Paso
Amarillo High School
Golden Sandies
Austin High Panthers
Sandies
Border City
Howard Lynch
Panthers
Austin
Cats
Panther
Amarillo
Kidd
Sandie
Marusich
Ray Daniels
Irwin
Ray Daniel
Hoskins
Tadlock
Mixon
Watts
Jolly
Eviction by Wasps Faces Amarilloans
The Towers at 1925 Van Buren Street face possible moving out as a wasp nest in their air conditioner threatens the home. Firemen, puzzled by how to proceed, plan to resolve the issue today to prevent a dangerous infestation in the bedroom.
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G. W. Tower
van Buren Street
Tower
Tortoise Found by Polk Street Driver
T. L. Shu mate of 907 North Polk Street stopped amid traffic on Polk Street last night after not seeing a hare. He showed a soft shelled turtle to The Amarillo office, joking it likely dropped from somebody's ear.
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Polk Street
T. L. Shumate
Amarillo Oe
Football Scores From Many Games Across Regions
Lester Blackshear from Pago Pago visits his sister Mrs. P. M. Craig at 1001 North Tyler Street with Mrs. Craig's sister Mrs. Albert Pruitt and her two children from Los Angeles. Blackshear was at sea about 300 miles from Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack occurred.
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Lester Blackshear
Pago Pago
Samoa
P. M. Craig
North
Tyler Street
Philharmonic Deadline Is Set Nov 9
Amarillo Philharmonic membership drive ends yesterday but will continue through November 9. Reported sales were exceptionally good with final figures pending from workers. This marks the 18th season directed by Robert Louis Barron who predicts the best season for the home talent orchestra.
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Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Louis Barron
Amarilloan William R. Watkins to Present Evidence in Dallas
William R. Watkins, a former Amarillo resident and assistant attorney general, will present months of evidence to a federal grand jury in Dallas this week. He, known as Dick in Amarillo, is investigated over a giant food price conspiracy with national scope.
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William R. Watkins
Watkins
Dallas
W. A. Watkins
Fisk
Amarillo
Food Trust
Texas
Illinois Upset Over Minnesota Sets Big Ten Shuffle
New York Oct 10 The upset heavy college football day saw Illinois under Ray Eliot defeat Minnesota 20-13 led by guard Alex Agase who scored twice. Purdue, Princeton also won while Notre Dame and Ohio State repelled Western invasions. UCLA upset Oregon State as Washington posted a 68-16 blowout over Montana.
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New Mexico Highlands
Texas Mines
Abilene Christian College
Westminister
Hiram
Itie Montena II
Washington State
Cornell
Beloit
Coe (le
Ripon
Platteville
Oshkosh
North Central
Wheaton
Monmouth
Augutana
Bowling Green
Ball State
Indiana State
Neb
Allegheny
Earlham
St. Martin's
Pacific U
Abilene Christian
Buena Vista
Upper Town
Iowa
Seahawk
Carleton
Mankato
Winona
Peice
St. John's
Collegeville
Bellot
Duluth
Lake Forest
Carroll
Stevens Point
Whitewater
Manhattan
Georgetown
Grinnell
Kno
Wentworth
the Principia
Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Station
Villanova
Auburn
Florida
Centre
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Duquesne
Texas Tech
Oklahoma A. & M
Portland U
Western Washington College
Navy
Cloudbusters
N. C. State
Wake Forest
Furman
Hope College
Kalamazoo College
Hillsdale College
Albion College
Santa Ana Air Base
Whittier
March Field Fliers
U. of Redlands
Hardin-Simmons
SMU
Apeokatas College
San Jose State
Illinois College
Carthage
Black Hills Teachers
Aberdeen
Northern State Teachers
Western Michigan
Toledo
Minnesota
Gophers
Illinois
Ray Eliot
Trini
Alex Agase
Agase
Bill Daley
Purdue
Princeton
Williams
New York
Fordham
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Wildcats
Texas
Middle West
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Angelo Bertelli
Stanford
Southern California
Michigan
Wolverines
Bernie Bierman
Wisconsin
Elroy Hirsch
Missouri
Pitt
Panthers
Great Lakes Naval Station
Towa
Camp Grant
Marquette
Iowa State
Texas A
Corpus Christi
Oklahoma
Baylor
Arkansas
Texas Christian
Kansas
Boston College
Clemson
North Carolina
Harvard
William & Mary
West Virginia
South Carolina
Penn
Yale
Brown
Hank Margarita
Columbia
Army
Hank Mazur
Colgate
Dartmouth
Georgia
Frankie Sinkwich
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tulane
Rice
Duke
Alabama
Tennessee
Citadel
Virginia Tech
Virginia Military
Joe Muha
Virginia
Utah
Brigham Young
UCLA
Oregon State
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Santa Clara
California
St. Mary's
Alameda Coast Guard
Banks to Close For Columbus Day Observance
Banks in Amarillo and across Texas will close tomorrow for Columbus Day as a public holiday. The item notes the 1992 Columbus discovery date and recalls the holiday's status in many states. President Roosevelt plans a fireside chat Monday night focusing on domestic issues including economic stabilization and manpower. Defense Guard captains call for unit members to report in uniform today for a scrap metal drive.
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Amarillo
Texas
Christopher Columbus
America
Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen T Early
A. Petersen
Company A
The
Defense Guard
Classes Open Monday For Soft Goods Clerks
J P Williamson of the extension service at the University of Texas will lead the first 16 hour course for soft goods merchants and clerks. The class meets at 8 p m in room 217 at Senior High School under the chamber of commerce and public schools. Display will be shown in tomorrow night s lesson and enrollment for the second class opens at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce until 5 p m tomorrow.
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J. P. Williamson
Extension Service
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Eli P. Cox
Williamson
Tomorow
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Nation Indebted to Washington His Ideals Still Live
A West Texas State College Amarillo Center graduate history course profiles George Washington. The lecture traces his aristocratic roots, land gains, and education, noting his surveyor work, frontier knowledge, and military leadership. Washington shapes domestic policy, neutrality, and federal unity, culminating in a unanimous presidential election and the guiding principles of liberty and government.
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Washington
Hattie M. Anderson
West Texas State College
Amarillo Center
America
Canyon
Amarillo
George Washington
England
Augustine
George
Mary Bell
Lawrence Washington
Mount Vernon
Lawrence
William Fairfax
Belvoir
Fairfax
Fairfax County
Colonial Army
United States Army
Ohio
Virginia
United States
Pranklin
West Virginia
Martha Curtis
John Adams
Boston
New England
France
Cornwallis
Shay
Madison
Morris
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Hamilton
Jefferson
South
East
Washington Irving
Portrait of a Founding Leader in A Nation Life
The passage extols a historic figure whose prudence firmness sagacity and justice shaped a pivotal revolution and a new government. It lauds steadfast courage patience truth and magnanimity, linking his spiritual fortitude at Valley Forge to enduring national principles and lasting influence.
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Valley Forge
Handicap Match Set for Today at Amarillo Muni Golf
Today Brown and Don Loden duel for the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association handicap championship at the Ross Rogers Course. Brown defeated Roy McKinney 4 and 3 to reach the finals while Loden beat R A Swenson 3 and 2. Semi final results include George Mansur and Frank Lawler in A flight, Bud Ammons and Tex Muncy in B flight, B W Hayden in C flight, and Aaron Gwyn in D flight with several consolation matches pending.
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Brown
Don Loden
Amarillo
G. E. Caskill
J. R. Stevenson
Frank Lawler
Bud Ammons
Tex Muncy
Wilkie Talbert
W. W. Rogers
B. W. Hayden
L. C. Whitney
FE. L. Smith
C. L. Duniven
Charles Qualls
Aaron Gwyn
John Reynolds
Joe Witt
Charles Bates
Roy McKinney
R. A. Swenson
Jim McKnight
Albert Smith
George Mansur
C. J. Morton
George Dotson
Carl Culwell
Bill Jenkins
H. A. Miller
J. C. Thompson
Ernest Dowell
Charles Quail
Jim Payne
Tony Davis
J. R. Brown
D. W. Klock
W. M. Curl
H. C. Pester
Columbus Murchison Services Conducted
Funeral services for Columbus Michison 71 died Thursday were held yesterday at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Luther G. Roberts Central Church of Christ minister officiating. Interment in Llano Cemetery. Survived by two daughters two brothers and three sisters. Daughters Mrs A A Mincher of Amarillo and Mrs R V Royal of Dumas.
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Columbus Michison
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Luther G. Roberts
Central Church of Christ
Llano Cemetery
Murchison
A. A. Mincher
Amarallo
R. V. Royal
Dumas
Clarence M Williams ill in Fort Worth hospital
Clarence M Williams head of the Williams hardware firm is a patient at St Joseph Hospital Fort Worth after suffering a stroke yesterday. Mrs Williams left to be with him at the bedside and said he was stricken while in a Fort Worth hotel on his way to Dallas for the Texas Oklahoma football game. He was conscious and recognized his wife but could not talk.
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Clarence M. Williams
St. Joseph Hospital
Fort Worth
Burial Rites Held for Virginia Ann Hacker Infant
Burial services were conducted yesterday at Llano cemetery for Virginia Ann Hacker infant daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Hacker of 714 West Ninth Avenue. Dr E B Fincher of Ellwood Presbyterian Church officiated with interment under Blackburn Shaw funeral home direction. The child died Friday night in a local hospital. Survived by parents a brother a sister paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother.
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Virginia Ann Hacker
F. M. Hacker
West Ninth Avenue
Llano
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Presbyterian Church
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Thousands of American Troops Pour Into British Isle Camps
Thousands of U S soldiers arrive in Great Britain for intensive battle training for the second front. They join the existing AEF units on the island base, proceeding to brick barracks after a safe crossing. Maj. Sewell Watts of Baltimore leads the first detachment, with many from Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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British Isle Camps
British Isles
United States
Great Britain
AEF
Europe
Dixie
Georgia
Brick Barracks
Maryland
Virgil
Pennsylvania
Firs
Sewell Watts
Baltimore
Tidewater
Virginia
U S and RAF Fliers Swipe Axis in Mediterranean Action
U S and RAF forces raided Axis airfields and supply bases across the Egyptian front and beyond to Bengasi Crete Suda Bay and Alamein striking airdromes and ground targets. Twelve Allied planes were lost while thirty four enemy aircraft were destroyed or damaged including a downed Messerschmitt 109 by Second Lieut William J Moy.
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Harry Crockett
Cairo
United States
RAF
Bengasi
Libu
Suda Bay
Crete
U. S
U. S. Bom
Alamein Front
Alexandria
William J. Moy
Osawatomie
Kans
Egg
Baylor Falls Arkansas in SWC clash 20 to 7
Baylor Golden Bears defeated Arkansas Razorbacks 20 to 7 before about 4,000 fans at Razorback Stadium Fayetteville. Baylor’s defense forced a punt block and quick scoring drive highlighted by Bill Coleman’s rushing and receiving connection with Gandy and Jeffrey.
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Baylor
Arkansas Razorbacks
Baylor Golden Bears
Razorback Stadium
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Bob Forte
Bear Wenzell Gandy
Parkers
Bill Coleman
Gandy
Jack Jeffrey
Fort Worth
Texas Christian
Kansas
Carnegie Tech
Frogs
van Hall
Kaufman
Patton
Corpus Christi
Comets
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Texas A. & M. Aggies
Navy
Marty Karow
Aggie Rurnning
New Orleans
Lou Thomas
Rice Institute
Tulane
Auburn
Rice
Thomas
Hardin-Simmons University
North Texas
San Antonio
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Cowboys
Southwest
Lubbock
Oklahoma A. & M
University of Oklahoma
Texas Red Raiders
Oklahomans
Tech
Red Raiders
Aggies
Oklahoma
MacArthur Sees Battle Front in Jeep Tour
General Douglas MacArthur toured the New Guinea battle front in an American jeep, inspecting outposts and artillery shelling Ioribaiwa Ridge as Australian forces began the Owen Stanley ascent. Troops cheered his presence amid mud spattered gear and rough jungle trails.
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Dean Schedler
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Ne Guinea
Ioribaiwa
Owen Stanley
MacArthur
Mrs Dewey L Gann Rites Held After Death
Services for Mrs. Dewey L Gann 41 died Friday were held at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr Earl Hamlett officiating. Burial followed in Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers included Walter Sikes F Powers Forrest Ansley W Morris Ross M Lambden Lucian Burnett Lewis P Fields and W Colley. Mrs Gann had been ill for several years. family home is Albuquerque. Survivors include husband father son daughter two brothers and two sisters.
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Dewey L. Gan
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Cha
Earl Hamlett
Polk Stre Methodist Church
Burn
Llano Cemetery
Walter Sikes
F. Powers
Forrest Ansley
W. Morris
Ross M. Lambden
Lucian Burnett
Lewis P. Fields
W. Colley
Gann
Albuquerq
Odess
Tex
Carlsbad
N. M
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Amarilloans
Associated Press
Philharmonic
Diamond Georgantonis
Pete Georgantonis
Northwest Texas Hospital
Columbus Murchison
U.S
Mediterranean
Africa
Dewey L. Gann
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