Southwestern Bell plans air conditioning for Texas plants
C. L. Stewart of Southwestern Bell announces in Dallas that Texas plants may be air conditioned next year. Amarillo district chief A. O. Thomas had not heard of the plan but welcomed the news, noting their circulating air ventilation could be converted without much trouble and that downstate needs are greater.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas
Dallas
C. L. Stewart
Amarillo
A. O. Thomas
Elks Elect New Officials in Amarillo Lodge No 923
At a regular meeting Henry F. Hendricks was elected trustee to succeed Charley Barrett who resigned. Barrett is district deputy grand exalted ruler of Texas West. Floyd Lackey was elected secretary replacing LeRoy McGlain who resigned. Lackey has been club manager since July 1 and will continue as manager while serving as secretary.
Church Build-up In Cities Noted
Texas Presbyterians marked the synod centennial reporting a cityward shift in membership over 30 years. Eight Texas cities with populations over 100,000 housed 41 percent of members while towns under 1,000 lost 56 percent. About 1,000 ministers and officers attended the three day session. Rev. Hubert Hopper of Memorial Oaks Presbyterian Church in Houston was elected synod moderator.
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Austin
Texas Presbyterians
Ellis Nelson
Austin Theological Seminary
Texas
Hubert Hopper
Memorial Oaks Presbyterian Church
Houston
No Developments in Station Burglaries
No new developments reported in burglaries of Santa Fe stations at White Deer and Panhandle Monday night. Sheriff Clarence Williams said all clues are being checked. The White Deer safe was battered open with $5.58 taken. Panhandle safe broken with entries through a window and door removal, and burglars left behind tools.
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Santa Fe
White Deer
Panhandle
Carson County
Clarence
Williams
White Deer Station
Panhandle Station
Air Force Band to Perform at NTSC West Texas Game
The 35 member Amarillo Air Force Band will entertain NTSC students and alumni at the Amarillo Stadium game against West Texas State College. An ex-student association has organized a special west-side cheering section with NTSC ticket windows. Claus Webb notes only NTSC ticket holders may sit with the exes. The band will march at halftime.
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Amarillo Air Force
North Texas State College
Amarillo Stadium
West Texas State College
NTSC
Claus Webb
Exes Organization
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Billy Roses Marriage on the Rocks in New York
New York October 10 The billionaire showman Billy Rose and Eleanor Holm have separated and a divorce is pending according to the New York Journal American. The couple, who have lived at Roseholm Mt Kisco, have been apart days and Holmes been seen with old acquaintances while Rose works on a revival of Music in the Air at the Ziegfeld Theater.
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Eleanor Holm
New York Journal-American
Joyce Mathews
Milton Berle
Rose
Miss Holm
Mt. Kisco
Beechman Place
New York City
Billy
Ziegfeld Theater
Amarillo High School elects student officers
Amarillo High School students voted at 10 30 this morning selecting officers for the student council and classes. John Jenkins was elected student council president with Steve Curtis as vice president and Carol Creek as recording secretary.
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Amarillo High School
John Jenkins
Steve Curtis
Carol Creek
Sara Kelly
Imogene Dearley
Allan Adkins
Donald Mathis
Troy Wise
Dan Gunn
Shirley Herrington
Keith Winter
Rites Pending For A L Ford
Funeral arrangements awaited for Aubrey Lonzo Ford 47 who died yesterday at Amarillo Air Force Base while working as a tractor operator for Bell Braden Barker Gilvin. He came from Panhandle last June, lived at Trailer Ranch, born February 5 1904 in Roff Oklahoma. Survived by wife Mabel Ford a son W A Ford Borger two daughters and four brothers and two sisters. Body at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Bell, Braden, Barker & Gilvin
Amarillo Air Force Base
Mr. Ford
AAFB
Amarillo
Panhandle
Trailer Ranch
North East Eighth
California
Roff
Okla
Mabel Ford
W. A. Ford
Borger
W. M. Britten
Groom
Helen Buehler
Watsonville
Cal
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Maysville
B. M. Ford
Renfroe
Ala
Norman Ford
Hermiston
Ore
Wise Ford
Anadarko
Nieva Garrett
Zona King
Oklahoma City
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Bowles Approved As Envoy to India
In a 43 to 33 Senate vote Bowles was confirmed as ambassador to India despite a caustic Republican attack. Five Republicans joined 38 Democrats to back President Truman's nomina tion of former Connecticut governor and wartime price administrator Chester Bowles. Only Democrat McCarran opposed.
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Chester Bowles
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India
Truman
Bowles
Connecticut
Price
McCarran
Nevada
Aiken
Vermont
Langer
North Dakota
Lodge
Maine
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Airport Shows Loss on Paper in August
Amarillo City reports a bookkeeping loss of 5871.51 for August at Amarillo Air Terminal due to $12692.48 in runway repairs. Total revenues were 21169.70 while expenses reached 27042. The city manager N V Moss said the loss is temporary and tied to cash basis accounting for major repairs.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Rama
N. V. Moss
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