Underwriters Meet in Amarillo for Regional Sales Education
Fire and casualty insurance underwriters from 26 Panhandle counties will gather at the Amarillo Hotel tomorrow for a sales education meeting. The event is part of a series by the Texas Association of Insurance Agencies with Farris C. Oden of Pampa as vice president presiding and speakers to discuss various sell ing phases.
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Fire and Casualty
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
Texas Association of Insurance Agencies
Farris C. Oden
Pampa
Weather notes and community life from a Southwestern column
The column discusses dry conditions and a warm spell with winds shifting from southwest to north this week, forecasting heavier snows later. It laments a moisture drought over two falls, honors the late cattleman Joe Sneed as a major regional figure, and includes social notes about Miss Juanita Johnson. It comments on conscription nerves, Roosevelt’s stance, and election betting chatter with anecdotal remarks on weddings and fashion.
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Juanita Johnson
Eddie Johnson
Hughes Street
Nita
Tack
Patriotism and public pressure amid wartime marriage debates
The excerpt argues for compliance with government draft and enlistment policies, urging not to question wartime rules. It ridicules antiwar views as fake patriotism while stressing marriage as a civic duty and downplaying the imminent danger of war. It weaves in miscellaneous notes on oysters, socks, and trivial facts.
New Chapel at Price College Begins Construction
Construction starts this week on St. Catherine's Chapel at Price Memorial College funded by Countess Catherine E. Price of Greenwich. Project cost about $18,000 not counting fixtures. past gifts by Countess Price include a gymnasium, president's home, and a wing of the administration building in memory of her husband Lucien B. Price. The C S Lambie Construction Company builds the chapel with George Walters of Lubbock as architect.
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St. Catherine's Chapel
Catherine E. Price
Greenwich
British Cruiser Ajax Sinks Italian Destroyers in Mediterranean Sweep
The admiralty reported Ajax sank two Italian destroyers and crippled a third during two engagements in an extensive Eastern and Central Mediterranean operation by the British fleet.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Airways Officials Find Pair Asleep in Beriiis
Pan American Airways officials found a man and woman sleeping in berths of a clipper cabin replica at Laguardia Field. They explained they drove from Boston to see the world’s fair but could not find rooms. A police officer suggested the terminal chairs, but they opted for the berths.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Laguardia Field Marine Terminal
Boston
Lost two white Persian cats
A reader from 713 North Williams Street reports the loss of two white Persian cats. The note appears in a continuation indicating further details on page 14.
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North
Williams Street
Buttermilk Bath After Anniston Car Crash
Mrs. Eva Jones and her two children Rosalie and Lucile were bathed in buttermilk and gasoline when their car collided with another in Anniston. The incident prompted a large cleaning bill but no serious injuries were reported.
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Anniston
Alt
Eva Jones
Rosalie
Lucile
Put the Man Back Together And the World Comes Out All Right
Sim Kelly addresses the Lions Club on Citizenship Responsibility stressing individual action over national focus. District Governor F W Wallace urged Lions to host next year Texas Lions convention with 500 plus attendees anticipated. Gene Jordan urged Community Chest support while a quartet provided entertainment led by Lion Fred Lyon.
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Sim Kelly
Lions Club
Washington
F. W. Wallace
Dumas
Gene Jordan
Community Chest
Jim Hudson
Dub Brown
Cleo McGinnis
Loyd Roberson
John Josey
Lion Fred Lyon
Ex-Convict Charged In Dallas Stabbing
Melvyin Looney an ex convict aged 25 was charged with assault to murder in the stabbing of W D Basey a guard on the University of Texas football team Basey remained critically ill after the Saturday night attack which followed Texas victory over Oklahoma Basey pierced lung and pneumonia diagnosis reported at St Paul Hospital Looney arrested near the scene by Detectives Vernon Smart and M A Shaw during celebrations hours after the game Basey s mother from Austin was at his side.
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Dallas
Melvyin Looney
W. D. Basey
University of Texas
Basey
Texas
Oklahoma
St. Paul Hospital
Looney
Vernon Smart
M. A. Shaw
Austin
Federal Docket Cleared in Federal Court by Judge Wilson
Judge James C. Wilson cleared the federal docket. Jesse W. Green of Fort Worth, a probation violator, received three years in the El Reno reformatory after a two year counterfeiting sentence suspended in 1935. McClendon was fined $100 for motor carriers law violation. eight cases were handled with no contested matters.
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James C. Wilson
Federal District Court
Jesse W. Green
Fort Worth
Reformatory
el Reno
Oklo
Alaska
John Henry McClendon
Wilson
FHA To Accept Loans For Draft Age Men
E Shephard district FHA director announced in Dallas that FHA would continue to insure loans for homes built and bought by men of military draft age. He said reports claimed FHA stopped accepting applications misled draft age men and slowed home and apartment construction and sales.
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Dallas
E. Shepherd
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Shepherd
Marine Corps Here Enlists 10 Men
The Marine Corps recruiting station in Amarillo shipped 10 men last night. They are Loy O. Hiller of Erick Oklahoma, Barney T. Welch of Bellview New Mexico, Hugh W. and Walter A. White of Sudan, David C. Cranfill of Texico, Warren V. and Noel A. Breckan of Knowles, John Tom Utley of Grover, James L. Waggoner of Sunray, Robert N. Stapp of Tahoka.
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Marine Corps
Amarillo
Loy O. Hiller
Erick, Oklo
Barney T. Welch
Bellview
N. M
Hugh W
Walter A. White
Sudan
David C. Cranfill
Texico
Warren V. and
Noel A. Breckan
Knowles, N. M
John Tom Utley
Grover
James L. Waggoner
Sunray
Robert N. Stapp
Tahoka
Doctor Woods Flies 17 129 Miles in Australia’s Bush
Australia’s famed flying doctor J G Woods covered 17 129 miles last year to answer wireless calls from bush towns. He was summoned by riders on bicycles powering wireless transmitters and received 4 814 messages totaling 84 246 words during the year.
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Sydney
U.P
J. G. Woods
Australia
Bush
State Publishing Bicycle Safety Rules Printed for Amarillo Students
The Texas State Department of Public Safety bicycle safety rules and a maintenance chart will be distributed to Amarillo High School students. Principal R B Norman announced a quiz program on safe bicycling to accompany the distribution, with over a thousand copies to be sent home in the coming days.
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Texas State Department of Public Safety
Amarillo High School
R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School to Host Presentation Dance Saturday
Amarillo High School announces a presentation dance Saturday night from 8:30 to 11:30 at the school gym honoring newly elected queen Alice O Bryan and new class officers and Student Congress members. Principal R B Norman releases details.
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Amarillo High School
Alice O'Bryan
R. B. Norman
Russell Baker Rites Will Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Russell Baker 32 year old Phillips Petroleum Company construction foreman who died Sunday in Hobbs New Mexico will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from N S Griggs and Sons Chapel. He died from burns in an oil field accident and will lie in state at the Griggs Chapel. He was a Borger resident supervising Hobbs field work and is survived by his wife a daughter Yvonne three sisters and two brothers. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
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Russell Baker
Phillips Petroleum Company
Hobbs
N. M
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Griggs
Baker
Borger
Hobbs Field
Yvonne
Llano Cemetery
Modest Thief Forcing Woman To Disrobe Sought
Denver police hunt a neat modest young man who robbed grocery operator Mrs. Pearl Renner of seven dollars and forced her to disrobe to foil pursuit. The bandit fled with the clothes dropped at the store front after the victim undressed.
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Denver
U.P
Pearl Renner
Western Union employees plan local union meeting
Amarillo workers of the Western Union Company will meet tonight at the Capitol Hotel to finish forming a local Western Union employees labor union. The gathering is part of a series to complete the local organization.
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Amarillo
Western Union Company
Capitol Hotel
Western Union Employes Labor Union
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Southwest
Mr. Sneed
United States
Winchell
Willkie
Willkie Rogers
Roosevelt
Congress
New York State
California
Willke
Mabel Louvaine
Woman’s Day
New York City
Ane Tactes
TEXDY
Mabel
Bert Levy
Uncle Sam
State Department
Thes
Western Reserve Medical School
Sixth Avenue
Price College
Airways
Beriiis
AHS
Belleville
H. K Harvey
Power Company Employe
Ellis Erhardt
Erhardt
Webster
Columbia Dictionaries
Globe-News Readers
The
Globe News
Fillmore St
Plate Glass and Allied Lines of Insurance
Automobile Financing and F. H. A. Loans
America
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
N. Y
Magnolia
Magrolia Dealer
RED Hors
Mobil
Mobilgrease
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