Wealth, corruption, and looming 1948 politics in America
A broad critique covers New Deal graft, Red Cross salaries, and federal graft concerns. It notes figures like Marshall and Boyle amid rising public distrust. The piece hints at a Taft vs Truman 1948 election and public desire for cleaner government. It references private gains from city deals and shifting internal revenue cases.
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Red Cross
Marshall
Washington
Truman
The
Quarrels arise most often among relatives and landlords
The piece notes that in real life most quarrels occur between relatives, with landlords and tenants next. It cites 83 million Americans hold life insurance being hurt by inflation and questions why the public hasn’t demanded stop. It mentions mountains in Colorado and the Tetons as spectacular, and ends with a family note of J. W. Fanning, 70, of Grady, New Mexico, his plane flight to Amarillo, and three Shown children.
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Europe
Alps
Rocky Mountains
United States
Tetons
Yellowstone Park
Canada
Papa J. W. Fanning
Grady
New Mexico
Old Tack Tangled Up Among Sister Dakotas
A reader recalls a fishing trip and a night drive to hear President Roosevelt in Devil's Lake North Dakota. He notes water diversion aims to move the lake and town into South Dakota and jokingly calls it a typographical error.
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Tack
Roosevelt
Devil's Lake
North Dakota
Missouri
South Dakota
Gus A. Olsen
Sixth Street
Borger P.S
Amarillo
Oklahoma
Moseley’s trip hints at Amarillo homecoming
A San Diego postal clerk, formerly from Texas, writes of spotting Tack’s column in an Amarillo paper. He recalls childhood visits to Amarillo and plans a vacation trip on October 15 to revisit the growing city, expressing homesickness and nostalgia.
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Tack
Amarillo
San Diego
Childress
Texas
Bridge Play Ends With West's Last Trump Drawn
South gains the lead to draw West's final trump, discards a spade from dummy, and later discards another spade on the club trick. Dummy wins the remaining cards with the ace of spades and the final heart.
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West
South
Oswald Jacoby
NEA Service
Declarer
East
The Golden City Slogan Contest and Railroad of Sighs
A collection of reader letters from 1949 on city slogans cites Amarillo and local branding ideas. The exchange includes suggestions like The Friendly City and The Golden City and notes reader votes as a civic exercise tied to postcard art and promotional copy.
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MR. Tack
Pga
Jefferson
J. D. Hinds
A Lincoln
Amarillo
Top O’ Texas
High Texas
Jas. L. McCormick
Personal ads blend seek ride and misc notices in Amarillo style
An elderly woman seeks a ride to Fort Worth between October 15 and 30, George W. Goettee lists military address and contact, various locals offer services and wants such as oil painting, a child-free volunteer babysitter, furniture and goods exchange, and rental wish. Multiple readers post requests, trades, and employment notes.
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Korea
George W. Goettee
A. S
Eusak
A. G
c/o
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Worth
North Roberts
Amarillo
Gunn Bros
S&h
Fern Brock
North Fillmore
R. C. Cooper
Brown Drive
Buchanan
North Fairmont
Berserk Bull Kills Farmer and Wife in Iowa
Durango Iowa Oct 15 a enraged bull killed farmer Mike Magerus 66 and his wife Anna 62 as they drove cows to the barn near the eastern Iowa hamlet of about 50 persons. The bull was shot and killed by Henry Butlett Herman Tappe and William Haber Korn after 38 shots. The couple’s son Elroy 23 found the bodies in the pasture.
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Durango
Towa
Mike Magerus
Anna
Iowa
Henry Butlett
Herman Tappe
William Haberkorn
Butlett
Leo J. Martin
Magerus
Elroy
Sidewalk Law Question About Grass Walkways at Corners
A city inquiry asks whether children may walk on grass growing to the curb when no sidewalk exists. The city manager says the sidewalk and parkway area belongs to the city, allowing walking where the usual sidewalk would be.
Neighbors Share Thankful Note After Family Fire
Mrs Paul Cooper thanks friends and neighbors for help after a fire at 2404 Aldridge that left the daughter and family with only the clothes they wore. She recalls the Scripture of the good Samaritan and invites people to Pentecostal Holiness Church at 800 Cleveland.
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Aldridge
Pentecostal Holiness
Cleveland
Paul Cooper
North
Houston
Santa Cruz Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Today
In Santa Cruz on October 15 a Golden Wedding Club event marks the marriage of Samuel Jackson Guymon, 87, to Florence Emrogene Hart, 79, their first mates deceased. Guymon’s previous marriage lasted 61 years and Hart’s 52.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Club women urged to secure private lines in Amarillo
An appeal urges all clubs and Amarillo club women to appoint officers and committees who are on private telephone lines. The writer, on a shared line, describes long delays contacting grocers, laundries, and cleaners when another member monopolizes the line for organization-wide calls.
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Amarillo Club
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Tyler
Truitt
Tommy Thompson
George Ordway
Arthur
Propa
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of Boyle
New York
House Committee
Mr. Taft
Mr. Truman
Taft
Colorado
Switzerland
Arkansas
Fanning Home
MR. Moseley
OL. Mnas Smt
Nick Blasdon
Wyman
UN Bran Stock
Ol’ Sabinas
Changin’ S Brands
Sabinas
Raven
Annie
MR. Blasdon
Golden City
Ack
Globe-News
Capt. Strong
Junior
the Invaders
Piggly Wiggly
Bottie Carton
Coca-Cola
Hunt
Lane
Hunt's
Can
W. 10Th
S. Polk
N. Grand
Esce
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