Fort Worth judge recalls bear tale and home blaze
The column blends a dramatic bear story from Judge Jim Wilson with a May Fort Worth fire at his home where Mrs Wilson urged firefighters to rescue cherished silverware. It links to rumors of a bombing plant near Amarillo and mentions oil tests and weather, then shifts to health tips and a reminiscence about a long ago Amarillo alligator joke.
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Jim Wilson
Judge Wilson
Mrs Wilson
Fort Worth
Judge
Mrs. Wilson
Amarillo
James Pistole
Red Lodge
Montana
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Lee Dobbs
Channing
Dumas
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler the Dog Dies in Amarillo Truck Collision
A high class dachshund named Adolf Hitler, owned by Henry White, was killed after being struck by a truck in front of Amarillo National Bank Building. The name came from a registration error by Beach Pottinger at White's Book Shop.
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Amarillo
Hitler
Henry White
White
East Fourth Avenue
Amarillo National Bank
Beauchamp Pottinger
Panel highlights aging and misreported figures across cities
The text notes that 1 in 24 people are 65 or older in some regions while Portland Oregon shows 1 in 10. It mentions historical royal lineage with Michael of Romania and criticizes wartime airfield storage practices. It also discusses tomato waste, vegetables and marketing, and media notes on Dorothy Lamour and Chaplin’s The Dictator.
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Portland
Ore
Michael
Romania
Uncle Sam
Dorothy Lamour
United States
Associated Press
Audi
Charley Chaplin
Couple sought for ranch work with cattle care
A private posting seeks a middle aged couple without children to live on a ranch. The man will care for cattle and the woman will assist with housework about twice a week.
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Tack
War plant strikes ripple through shipyards and unions
Four shipyards face crippling walkouts as 1300 CSU members strike at Defoe Boat and Motor Works Bay City Michigan over a closed shop demand. Welders seek autonomous union status while AFL blocks. Production slows on 25 submarine chasers four mine sweepers and four tugs as broader East and Pacific Coast tensions rise.
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Industrial and Marine Shipbuilders Union
CSU
Defoe Boat and Motor Works
Bay City
Mich
Defoe Company
Two
Ocean Navy
Aid
Pacific Coast
Richard Frankenstein
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Air Associates, Inc
Bendix
N. J
Office of Production Management
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Los Angeles
AFL
OPM
Atr Associates
Winter warning on floor heaters from Amarillo Fire Chief
Fire Chief George B. Cooper issued the first winter warning after the department’s first alarm in days. A floor heater fire prompted the notice, urging thorough inspection of flues walls and connections and noting curtains blowing into open grates as a common fire cause.
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George B. Cooper
Amarillo
Sheriff’s Office Books Declared In Balance By Mrs Swann
Mrs. Reta Swann defended the sheriff’s office accounting after an outside audit showed a $1.79 discrepancy in 1939 fee books. She traced a state warrant discount by a local bank to that amount and says the books have remained in balance. The report notes a broader dispute involving defense contracts, potential strikes, and mediation moves as lawmakers in Washington weigh measures to curb strikes in defense industries.
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Reta Swann
Swann
Josiah Bailey
North Carolina
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Walter F. George
Georgia
St. Louis
Independent
Tri-State Utility Workers Union
Labor Board
OPM
War threat and wartime stake across Europe and Africa
Allied and axis voices warn of a looming holocaust risk for Turkey while Spain and Japan weigh support options. Nazi claims push toward Crimea as Russian defenses stiffen. Rostov and Kharkov battles unfold with heavy casualties. Submarine warfare and secrecy shape morale as U S Navy heels toward silent sinkings policy.
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Atlantic
Gibraltar
Britain
Frank Knox
U. S
Fraternal Convention Sessions At Crystal Ballroom
The event, led by Mrs Rebecca Miles and C D Miller, featured addresses by Charles Townsend and Emma Chadwick with George Dowell presiding. Music by the Blackburn Shaw quartet opened the afternoon, with introductions of grand officers and fraternal reports. Tonight's session is scheduled to begin at nine with Mrs Mattie Mitchell and W W Caves presiding.
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Herring Hotel
Rebecca Miles
C. D. Miller
Charles H. Townsend
Casper
Wyo
General Grand Chapter
Emma P. Chadwick
Seattle
Wash
Belle Tomlinson
George S. Dowell
Blackburn-Shaw
Beulah Wilson
Pecos
Mattie Mitchell
W. W. Caves
Amarillo
Robbie Dyer
Port Arthur
Dallas County
Dyer
Shirley
Lucy K. Harmon
Dallas
Texas
Mineral Wells
Stella Owen
Defenses in the West and Pacific questions to Don Bate
Don Bate outlines U S defenses in Alaska and at Panama Canal while addressing Pacific defense questions at a Knife and Fork dinner. He tours defenses and plans to answer queries on Pearl Harbor, Philippines, and Hawaii. Dinner at 7 15 at the Country Club with Knife and Fork president presiding. Filed by U P. 10 29.
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U. S
Alaska
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Philippines
Don Bate
Pacific
Knife and Fork
Bate
West
National
Knife and Fork Organization
Orient
Country Club
C. Don Hughes
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Polk
Frankensteen
War Department
Air Associates Defense
Congress
Tweth
Madrid
Russia
Ramon Serrano Suner
Spain
Berlin
Perekop Isthmus
Crimea
Ing
Crimean
London
Sebastopol
Donets
Rostov
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Budenny
Timoshenko
Kharkov
Maloyaroslavets
Moscow
Leningrad
Honolulu
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A
Billings
Mont
U.P
Turk Greenough
Sally Rand
Helen Stuart Greenough
J. T. Russell Jeweler
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Good Housekeeping Bureau
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