Whither Amarillo Here s How To Win Composition Contest
The Amarillo Globe invites entries for Whither Amarillo And Why a city growth essay contest tied to the 50th anniversary. Rules set groups by age, word limits, stationery, and grading criteria with prizes from 1 to 15 dollars. Entries due by 6 pm November 4 to Fred Post at The Amarillo Globe office.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Globe
Annie L. McDonald
Globe
Miss McDonald
Fred Post
Post Office Bids Opened In Five Weeks In Amarillo
Amarillo bids to build the new federal post office will be opened Friday November 26 with proposals sought for a structure estimated at about 700000 dollars. The site north of the Potter County Court House has been selected and construction plans are in review. The present federal building near Seventh Avenue and Taylor Street has served since 1916.
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Amarillo
Washington
Federal
George Broome
The
Broome Electric Company
W. D. DeGrassit
Potter County Court House
Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
Jarrett Seeks Divorce From Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Art Jarrett, performer at the Texas Pan-American Exposition casino, said he will establish legal residence in Dallas to obtain a divorce from Eleanor Holm Jarrett. He stated she asked for a divorce four months ago but did nothing. he seeks a divorce for their careers, noting Texas requires one year of residence. Jarrett has lived in Dallas six months.
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Dallas
Tex
Art Jarrett
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Hollywood
Jarrett
Texas
Britain vows to defend life line to East through Mediterranean
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain will safeguard its imperial lifeline to the East via the Mediterranean. He stated the commitment during the session on October 21 in London.
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Britain
Eden
London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Mediterranean Sea
Catholics dissolve opposition in Free City of Danzig
The Catholic Centerist party, once the Nazi opposition in Danzig, was dissolved today by police on grounds a leading member acted against the state. No opposition remains in the Free City.
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Free City OF Danzig
Catholic Centraist Party
Girl says she had pistol to protect self from assault
Margaret Drennan testified she carried a revolver on a rendezvous with Paul Reeves to prevent a repeat attack. Reeves’ widow watched as the 20 year old secretarial student described being assaulted in his car on August 7 and learning he was married.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Margaret Drennan
Paul Reeves
Reeves
Iselin
Senate States Tax Bill for Action Friday
The Senate voted 21 to 7 to set the tax bill for a Friday special order after debate. Senator Joe Hill said the measure could raise up to 4 million dollars in revenue and predicted passage. The bill faces House opposition due to a drink sales amendment and would fund old age assistance and teachers retirement.
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Austin
Senate
Joe Hill
Henderson
Senate State Affairs Committee
House
Wilbourne B. Collie
Eastland
Does Anyone Want To Buy A Dormitory
Washington sees Edward C. Tefft of the FDIC describe its varied liquidated assets from a Missouri mule to a Pennsylvania night club. The agency aims to liquidate assets profitably and is currently trying to sell a girls' school dormitory.
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Washington
Edward C. Tefft
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Minnesota
Montana
Virginia
South Dakota
FDIC
Tefft
Rayburn predicts balanced budget by 1939 in special session
Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas said the budget would be balanced by 1939 and urged rapid passage of a wages and hours bill at the November 15 special session. He stated the aim to cut national expenditures as much as possible and questioned a 1938 balance.
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Houston
U.P
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Congress
Rayburn
Fear Three Year Old Boy Kidnaped in Alert Jamestown
Jamestown New York authorities pressed a 48 hour search for three year old Timothy Michael Heer with no trace found. Police quoted fear of kidnapping by a degenerate suspect after recalling an eight year old girl seized last Sunday and attacked.
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Jamestown
N. Y
U.P
Timothy Michael Heer
Planes Ordered by Army for 55 Observation Aircraft
The army issued a $1,731,407 contract to North American Aviation in Inglewood California for 55 single motor observation airplanes announced October 21.
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Washington
Army
North American Aviation, Inc
Inglewood
Calif
Nationalists seize Gijon as Loyalists surrender
Franco’s Nationalist forces enter Gijon after Loyalist commanders capitulate amid siege conditions. Refuges and retreating troops fill the city as Nationalists cut escape routes from land and sea. First entry by Navarre brigades signals shift in Asturias campaign.
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Harrison LA Roche Hendaye
U.P
Francisco Franco
Gijon
Spain
Navarre
Franco
Asturias
Aragon
Santander
France
Patrol Force Is Increased In Panhandle District
Four patrolmen were added today to the Texas Highway Patrol in the Panhandle. New members join 8 existing personnel under Capt. M. L. Berry in Amarillo, with J. D. White R. W. Robertson N Redwine and J. E. Young among the new graduates. The Panhandle now has a total of twelve troopers including the captain and sergeant.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Amarillo
M. L. Berry
J. D. White
R. W. Robertson
N. Redwine
J. E. Young
Austin
Highway Patrol
State Department of Public Safety
Judge Davidson Holds First Session in Northern District
Judge T Whitfield Davidson, newly seated federal judge in the northern district of Texas, sat in Amarillo for the first time. He reconvened district court with no jury trials as a panel observed. A case involving L A Arnold of Tucson, Arizona against First National Bank of Hereford remains on the docket for Monday.
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T. Whitfield Davidson
District of
Texas
Amarillo
Davidson
District Court
James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Abilene
L. A. Arnold
Tucson
Tucson, Ariz
First National Bank of Hereford
Arnold
Ex Judge Detained in Potter County Jail on Kangaroo Court Claim
Former judge W R Quillian, held in Potter County jail after transfer from Panhandle, carried a pencil certified certificate claiming he paid kangaroo court fines and was exempt from typical jail fees. The document, torn but readable, cites Travis County jail as issuer.
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Potter County
W. R. Quillian
G. L
Ace) Houston
Carson County
Panhandle
Travis County
Glamorous Opening Slated Tonight For State Theater
Hollywood may stage more premieres than Amarillo but the State’s opening will be equally elaborate. A lights display visible for 30 miles will illuminate the block and the ceremonies will be broadcast on KGNO at 7 30. Notables will be interviewed in the lobby before the stage program as R J O Donnell of Texas Consolidated and Interstate theaters presents the theater to Amarillo. Mayor Ross Rogers will accept. Executives including Raymond Willie F O Starr J P Harrison Charlie O Donnell will appear. Master of Ceremonies Ray Beall and KGNC’s Wes Izzard will run the program with an organ recital in the lobby at 7.
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Hollywood
Amarillo
New State
KGNO
R. J. O'Donnell
Texas Consolidated and Interstate Theaters
Southwest
Ross Rogers
Raymond Willie
F. O. Starr
Interstate
J. P. Harrison
The
Paramount
Charlie O'Donnell
Ray Beall
Texas Consolidated
Wes Izzard
KGNC
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update Tonight Friday
Partly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight with a low near 42 and possible frost in low areas. Friday should be fair with cooler conditions. West Texas stays fair and colder with frost likely in the north, and New Mexico forecasts partly cloudy to Friday with frost in northern and eastern portions. Amarillo temperatures range 47 to 65 through 1 pm today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Train wreck injures two in Blackwell Missouri
The Missouri Pacific Texan train wrecked at Blackwell injuring station agent Sam McKinstry and a mail clerk while about 20 passengers were shaken up. Six coaches left the track and the station building was crushed as the locomotive and two baggage cars stayed on the rails. McKinstry, 55, was pulled from the wreckage by locals and treated. the mail clerk’s name was not immediately learned.
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Sam McKinstry
Treasury Position Report October 19 Treasury balances and assets
Treasury data shows receipts of 15.7 million and expenditures of 18.3 million on October 19 leaving a balance of 2.74 million. Customs receipts for the month total 23.1 million. Fiscal year to date receipts near 1.878 billion and expenditures 2.357 billion, including 636.3 million emergency spending. Gross debt stands at 36.947 billion with a 450 thousand increase from the prior day and gold assets at 12.791 billion including 1.26 billion of inactive gold.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Last of the Liberty Head Nickels Found
In Mexia on October 21 a 13 year old, Carroll Wade, found the last of the 1913 Liberty Head nickels. Bankers and a Fort Worth numismatist valued the coin highly and offered about 15 000 times its face value. Carroll kept the nickel as he considered the offer.
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U.P
Carroll Wade
Fort Worth
Chinese forces launch major counter offensive in Shansi
Chinese, Mongolian, Mohammedan and other troops flood north Shansi in a vast counter offensive against Japan. In two key battles near Yuangping and Niangtse Pass, Chinese forces push through mountain fronts, reportedly killing hundreds of Japanese and forcing reinforcements to retreat. The 8th Route Army's 120th Division advances to Ningpu and captures Nanhuaihwa, while Wei Liu-Hang leads about 100,000 Chinese troops against a main Japanese force.
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Jack Belden
United Press
North
Shansi Province
U.P
Shansi
Yuangping
Taiyuan
Niangtse
China
8Th Route Army
Ningpu
Nanhuaihwa
Wei
Wei Liu-Hang
Honan
Anwei Province
8Th Army
Yenmen Pass
Tatung
In Hospital Needigate Oil Ad Offers Cheap Motor Oils
An OCR fragment advertises Re-Nued motor oils by Hospital Needigate at 10 cents per quart and seven dollars fifty cents up per barrel or container, with a 1900 Wards reference.
Amarillo Directory Details Growth and New Features
The 1937-38 Amarillo city directory estimates a population of 54,879, up 4,879 from last year, with less than one percent foreign born and 34 percent Negro. It adds 1,172 names, shows ownership and phone indicators in the street guide, and includes an enclosed Know Your City leaflet answering daily questions. The directory expands with 28 index items, a general index, introductory data on finances and services, officials lists, and buyer and street guides.
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Hudspeth Directory Company
Three Women Share Apartment in Modern Romance
A trio of attractive young women Kay Melita and Priscilla share a single apartment under the banner Dearborn Howard and Dunn. They balance careers city life and an eye on love while fielding numerous proposals from admirers in a light staged start to a new serialized tale.
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Dearborn, Howard and Dunn
Eard
Kay
Brunet
Melita
Priscilla
Dearborn
Howard
Dunn
Buatneas
Pate
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Carson
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Barbier
Jean Morris
Eleanor Holm
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