Bridge Bingo Night and Sports Talk Mix in Local Bulletin
A note on open deer season in New Mexico and strong Sandies in basketball. Old Tack to speak on Sinclair Lewis from Hollywood faces sleep loss. A bridge bingo fundraiser Tuesday at the Women's Club Rooms, 25 cents, aiding the Social Center for Older Girls. Sports chatter predicts tough weeks for Sandies, Lamesa, Plainview, and Lubbock with commentary on team form and regional bets.
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Old Tack
Out of Hollywood
Sinclair Lewis
G Man Badges and Red Stockings Mentioned in Attic Tales
The column notes church attendances drop as toy G-man badges from Japan and television sets priced at 395 dollars approach. It also mentions Greta Garbo in red wool stockings and explains the origin of the cold shoulder phrase from French hospitality customs where an unwelcome guest received a cold shoulder of mutton instead of a hot roast.
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Japan
Garbo
France
A Witty Exchange on Wives and Husbands
A quip about whether she makes him a good wife ends with the remark she is shaping him into a good husband. The piece then cites a model line for verse writers about a candle burning at both ends and the bright light it yields, addressing foes and friends.
Odds and Ends of Factoids From a Bygone Era
A collage of trivia notes from a historical newspaper page cites varied facts on topics like a new hosiery shade, Dixie family spending, annual pencil costs for Railway Express Agency, sulfanilamide for flu therapy, Count von Luckner’s reception in Australia, wildcat oil wells, Moravia founded colonies, 185 meat varieties, Nantucket hay fever hopes, grain storage worm control, childbirth mortality, Hamilton as treasury power broker, Boston Symphony horn players, back zip stockings, earth’s smoothness, Swedish royal dining requests, a French hot dog phrase, and Washington film production ranking, all presented as brief curiosities from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miladys
Dixie
Railway Express Agency
U. S
Australia
Count von Luckner
Germany
Bohemia
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Nantucket Island
Uncle Sam
Alexander Hamilton
Hollywood
Alan
Sweden
Washington, D.C
Society of Motion Picture Engineera
Couple seeks light housework near Memphis Texas
A couple requests work and offers to perform light house cleaning near Memphis Texas. They desire to be home at night and propose compensation of three dollars eighty cents per week plus meals. The note appears as a continuation from a previous page.
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Memphis
Texas
Constitution Shrine Presented to Amarillo High School
A Constitution Shrine was presented this morning to Amarillo High School by the John B. Golding Post No 1478 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the regular student assembly. J B Littlebridge spoke for the Riding Post, noting the shrine is a complete duplicate of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, with pages printed from original engravings and ink spots matching the originals. It will be placed in the high school library.
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Amarillo High School
John B. Golding
J. B. Littlebridge
John Riding Post
Communists Harass Daladier Pressures on Franco German settlement
Paris reports Premier Daladier under Communist pressure as government employees threaten strikes. Britain urged an amicable Franco German settlement while Daladier pressed Bonnet to accelerate talks. Domestic turmoil rose as Communists push for wage increases amid efforts to form a new national union government with Leon Blum.
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Paris
Daladier
Great Britain
Germany
Georges Bonnet
National Union
Leon Blum
Prisoners Here Wanted in Cheyenne
Texas Rangers were notified that Otis Kemp and Melvin Hughes both Oklahoma men, picked up in Claude, are wanted in Cheyenne for burglary and grand larceny. Sheriff J A Best recovered several articles from homes along the Conway Claude highway after the men confessed to the burglaries.
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Texas Rangers
Otis Kemp
Melvin Hughes
Oklahoma
Claude
Carson County
Cheyenne
Rangers
J. A. Best
Conway
Slain Woman Has Grandson Here
Mrs. E. Donnell, 82, of Atlanta Texas was accidentally shot by a family member who mistook her for a burglar Wednesday evening. She was the grandmother of H. H. Donnell Jr., of 8 Allia East Twelfth Avenue.
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8S Donnell
Atlanta
Tex
H H. Donnell
Allia East Twelfth Avenue
Allred seeks plebiscite on Colorado peak bet
Governors Allred of Texas and Ammons of Colorado clashed in a snow fight after the bet on the Cotton Bowl wager near the 14,100 foot peak. Allred proposed a plebiscite to settle the matter and hinted Colorado would welcome the publicity.
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Colorado
Dallas
Allred
Teller Ammons
Texas
Ammons
Ammoen
Flowers Attract National Florists To Amarillo Convention
Roswell official C H Glover praised the region nine event as top rank in style and flower show, while artists from Denver Opelousas Austin and San Antonio showcased design amid floral novelties. The gathering honored Gordon Boswell Fort Worth as regional director and named George Wolfe Waco regional representative. Houston will host the National Flower Show in February with Texas holding the honor.
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C. H. Glover
Roswell
Glover
Unit C
Clyde Batten
Oklahoma City
Eugene Ardell
Denver
Kermit Stelly
Opelousas
Johnny Gladt
Austin
Bess Morris
Longview
del Scherrer
San Antonio
Wayne Smith
Clovis
Amarillo Hotel
Design School
Amarillo
Gordon Boswell
Fort Worth
George Wolfe
Waco
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
Houston
Texas
P. F. Maben
Phillipine Meyer
Dallas
Edwin Bebb
Wichita Falls
John Furrow
Guthrie
Oklo
Otto Lang
W. J. Baker
E. W. Judge
Tyler
O. W. Ribble
Lubbock
Hinton to Attend Missouri Road Meet
Carl Hinton secretary of the chamber of commerce and president of the Highway 66 Association will attend the Missouri division meeting on the 25th and 26th at Rolla Missouri He will preside over the executive committee meeting and speak at the general session under the call led by Vice President R L Mook.
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Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Highway 66 Association
Rolla
R. L. Mook
Missouri
Hinton
Association
Amarillo Resident 15 Years Dies At 46
Tessie Frances Underwood wife of J W Underwood died early this morning in a local hospital. She was 46 and had lived in Amarillo 15 years at 1005 Lincoln Street. She was a Baptist and formerly lived in Claude. Survived by husband four sons Sylvester Isaacs Los Angeles and Jack Norman J C Isaacs Amarillo. parents Mr and Mrs Henry Jackson Claude. brother Bruce Jackson Los Angeles. five sisters Mrs Fred Church Mrs Art McIntire Claude Mrs J R Elliott Crutchfield Ky Mrs D Shankles Fort Worth and Mrs David Uhrig Amarillo. Funeral arrangements by N S Griggs and Sons pending relatives.
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Tessie Frances Underwood
J. W. Underwood
Amarillo
Lincoln Street
The
Baptist Church
Claude
Sylvester Isaacs
Los Angeles
Calif
Jack
Norman
J. C. Isaacs
Henry Jackson
Bruce Jackson
Fred Church
Art McIntire
J. R. Elliott
Crutchfield
D. Shankles
Fort Worth
David Uhrig
N. S
Illness Fatal to Roland Hughes 28
Roland Hughes a 28 year old Amarillo resident died this morning at 6 50 o clock in a local hospital He is survived by his wife Edith two daughters Betty Olean five Floye Marie three and son Bobby four Also surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs B R Hughes of Amarillo a brother Vance of Amarillo and two sisters Mrs Robert Killman of Conchas Dam and Mrs L H Doose of Amarillo Funeral services by N B Griggs and Sons were not completed
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Roland Hughes
Amarillian
Edith Hughes
Betty Olean
Floye Marie
Bobby
B. R. Hughes
Amarillo
Vance
Robert Killman
Conchas Dam
L. H. Doose
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Americans Luckiest at Sweepstakes at Newmarket
Dublin reports the silver anniversary Irish hospital sweepstakes draw favored Americans. At lunch, Americans held 370 of 700 tickets in the Gesarewitch with 50 horses entered for Oct 26 at Newmarket. They owned 30 of 58 tickets on four of the five leading favorites. fifth and 32 other horses were to be drawn. Each runner’s ticket could win 150,000 if first. non-runners or those failing to place pay 2,172.
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Dublin
Gesarewitch
Newmarket
Japan's Empress Expecting Sixth Child in Spring
The empress of Japan announced at a palace ceremony that she is pregnant again, with the birth anticipated in April. The imperial couple already have two sons and three daughters, and state dignitaries extended congratulations.
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Japan
Tokyo
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Lamesa
Pampa
Plainview
Phillips Petroleum Company
Sant
College Inkept
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Theodore Roosevelt
Rowevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Mra Roosevelt
Roowvelt
Roosevelt
Hie
Dren
Ata
Walter Winches
United States
Abe
Mires
Jack Berner
Charile McCarthy
Ant
Constitution Shrine Given High School
Fillmore
Hardeman - King CO
Elgin
Almora
Ill
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Signorina Gina Roberti
Signora Mussolini
Bruno Mussolini
Il Duce
Rome
Mussolini
Spain
Italian Educational Ministry
Phillips
Maxfield Drug CO
Santa Fe
Bidg
Hear Acousticon Institute
Wm. A. Cheshire
10Th Ave
Sara
Palais Royal
Polk
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