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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1939

Page

7

Rainey to Speak at Amarillo Panhandle Round-Up Banquet

Dr. Homer P. Rainey UT president will visit Amarillo next Monday as keynote speaker at the Panhandle Round-Up Banquet at the Herring Hotel. Event sponsored by Amarillo Canyon Texas Exes. plates are $1.25. Rainey, born 1896 in Clarksville Texas, formerly Bucknell president and head of the American Youth Commission, has a notable career in higher education.

Homer P. Rainey University of Texas Southwest Panhandle Herring Hotel Amarillo Homer Price Rainey Houston Buffaloes Clarksville Tex Lovelady Austin College Sherman The University Pacific Coast Franklin College Franklin Ind Bucknell University Lewisburg American Youth Commission Washington, D. C Bucknell Rainey Austin Phi Delta Kappa Pi Kappa Delta Academy of Political Science American Academy of Political and Social Science Denison University Washington and Jefferson College

Andrews Resigns Wage Hour Post. Fleming Named Successor

The White House announced Elmer F. Andrews’s resignation as wage hour administrator effective yesterday. Colonel Philip Fleming of the army engineers will take over on an acting basis and be assigned to assist the acting administrator. Fleming will be detailed to the labor secretary as the eventual head of the wage hour division pending statutory changes. Stephen Early said Congress would be asked to amend the statutes to allow Fleming to become administrator.

Washington Elmer F. Andrews Philip Fleming Army Engineers White House Andrews Reconstruction Finance Corporation Fleming Army St. Paul Stephen Early Congress

Plains Knights Templar Hold School Here

Knights Templar from seven panhandle commanderies attended a school in the Masonic Temple in Amarillo led by A J Arnold. Officials including Daniel N Cushing and Vance K Miller joined as instructors and officers. A supper followed with another instructional session and large candidate class planned.

Knights Templar Panhandle Daniel N. Cushing San Antonio Vance K. Miller Dallas A J. Arnold Amarillo Masonic Temple Seventh Avenue Taylor Street Childress Dalhart Canadian Lubbock Plainview Memphis Texas Order of the Temple

Ward Week Sale Sheds Light on Cotton Sheet Pile

An ad notes Montgomery Ward would use 3 000 bales of cotton for Ward Week sheets. If laid end to end the 2 700 000 feet of sheets would span Chicago to St Paul or nearly to Salt Lake City. In a year the sheets create a banner over half the country and cover two miles square in tent form.

Montgomery Ward Ward Chicago St. Paul Deriver Salt Lake City United States

Texas Drivers Discourteous Dimming Lights Shown in Survey

Texas state police report from Austin shows 20 percent of drivers fail to dim lights for oncoming vehicles at night. The survey of 5000 vehicles finds 66 percent dimmed, 11 percent already dimmed, 3 percent lacking dimming controls, and 20 percent noncompliant after signals. Pedestrian fatality odds higher on highways than in cities.

Austin U.P Texas Homer Garrison, Jr

Roosevelt urges enduring peace for all nations

President Roosevelt called Americans to seek a just and enduring peace among all peoples. He recalled the last war’s armistice hopes and proclaimed November 11 as a regular celebration, urging reflection as destructive forces of war once again surface.

Washington Roosevelt United States

Texan Manufacturers Association Nominates Trout For President

The Texas Manufacturers Association opened its annual convention with Trout nominated for president. nomination is tantamount to election. Vice presidents named include R. C. Allen of Pampa J. E. Ritterbecher of Corsicana and Arthur Temple of Texarkana.

Texas Trout R. C. Allen Pampa J. E. Ritterbecher Corsicana Arthur Temple Texarkana

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Dr, Rainey E. F. Andrews Plains Knights Templar A. J. Arnold Wwe Schenley Distillers Corporation New York City Rae ZY Long-Bell Lumber CO West Third W. C. Trout Fort Worth Lufkin Oliver-Eakle T. M. Montgomery D. W. Leach Mike Montgomery Optometrists Garza Children’s E. Z. Unions Gaberdine Levine Apache Mackinaws
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