New String Instrument Instructors Join Amarillo Schools
Two new string instructors join the Amarillo system Dwight E Dyer of Oklahoma City and Miss Marjorie Fairchild of Kansas City Mo Dyer will teach string at Bivins and Wolflin and direct at Elizabeth Nixonson Junior High He previously taught in Norman Oklahoma and played in the University of Oklahoma band and orchestra and the Oklahoma City State Symphony Fairchild studied violin and chamber music at Colorado College and was in the Kansas City University Chamber Orchestra A Cappella Choir University String Quartet and the WAVES storekeeper third class from 1944 to 1946
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Oklahoma City
Marjorie Fairchild
Kansas City
Dyer
Bivins and Wolflin
Elizabeth Nixson
Amarillo
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City State Symphony
Phi Mu Alpha
Kappa Kappa Psi
Juanita Dyer
Alice Landergin
West Eleventh
Fairchild
Kansas City University
University String Quartet
Colorado College
Mu_ Phi Epsilon
The
WAVES
Christian Science Lecture Tonight at Municipal Auditorium
Walter Symonds of San Antonio will lecture on Christian Science at Amarillo's Municipal Auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. A Christian Science Board of Lectureship member, Symonds appears under First Church of Christ Scientist of Amarillo. William G. Ordway will introduce him. The public is invited free. Symonds gave a radio interview at 12:30 today on Station KFDA.
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Walter Symonds
San Antonio
Municipal Auditorium
Symonds
Christian Science Board of
First Church of Christ Scientist of
Amarillo
William G. Ordway
KFDA
Rogers To Speak At ABC Luncheon
Walter Rogers of Pampa United States representative will address the American Business Club luncheon at noon tomorrow in the Crystal Ballrooms of the Herring Hotel. He is visiting the district during a brief recess and will travel to Amarillo for the talk. Club President Gene Jordan said visitors are welcome to hear Rogers discuss Washington conditions.
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Walter Rogers
Pampa
American Business Club
Herring Hotel
Rep. Rogers
Amarillo
Rogers
Washington
Gene Jordan
Grand Prairie May File Boundary Suit
Grand Prairie plans a boundary suit against Arlington alleging violation of a gentleman’s agreement by extending near Grand Prairie’s western limit within 3,000 feet. Special attorney Jesse Martin said several property owners in annexed areas in Tarrant County would join the suit in Fort Worth.
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Grand Prairie
Fort Worth
Arlington
Jesse Martin
Tarrant County
Bond Set For Perjury Case Involving Cole
Bond of $750 was set for Robert L. Cole after he waived examining trial on a perjury charge in Mrs Ivy Wilkinson justice court. He faced accusations tied to differing stories told to a grand jury and a district court trial jury about a burglary. Kuwait builds new school hospital and water distillation plant.
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Robert L. Cole
Ivy Wilkinson
Cole
47Th District Court
Spinal curvature may follow polio warns doctors
In Copenhagen at the International Poliomye litis Conference American doctors Bennett and Cobb urged lifelong spine checks for polio survivors. They advised exams twice yearly for at least ten years, noting curvature is slow to appear and can endanger life, with surgical fusion as one corrective option.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Robert L. Bennett
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
John R. Cobb
New York
Cobb
US Portugal Sign New Defense Pact for Azores Bases
The United States and Portugal signed a new agreement at Lisbon that allows North Atlantic Alliance members to use Azores bases for common defense. It replaces the postwar Lagens Field arrangement, granting the US new rights and establishing a new relationship, per Foreign Minister Paulo Cunha and US Ambassador Lincon MacVeagh.
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Washington
United States
Portugal
North Atlantic Alliance
Azores
Lagens
Lisbon
Paulo Cunha
Lincoln MacVeagh
State Department
Urges Dams To Ease Shortages
East Texas Rep. James Pattison calls for a special session to address water shortages. He proposes empowering river authorities to move water from surplus to deficit regions and enacting strict anti waste measures. A 2 to 3 million dollar bond plan could fund new dams along the Rio Grande, Guadalupe, Nueces, Trinity, and San Jacinto.
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Austin
East Texas
James B. Pattison
Pattison
Legislative Council
Rio Grande
Guadalupe
Nueces
Trinity
San Jacinto
Reds Halt Mail Into West Berlin
In Berlin the Russian zone barred mail cars carrying parcel post to West Germany. Western Allied High Commission met to discuss counter measures to a road tax squeezing West Berlin traffic. Postal authorities reported over 60 railroad mail cars held back or sent to Berlin with packages bound for West Germany. Communists defended the toll despite threats of reprisals.
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Berlin
West
West German
Allied
High Commission
West Berlin
West Germany
Amarillo Receives Compliment From Dutch Travelers
A. J. Stump reported two visitors from The Netherlands on the Welcome, Traveler show praised Amarillo as the best part of their trip after traveling 9000 miles. A used car dealer loaned them a car to reach the West Coast, unnamed.
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A. J. Stump
Fillmore
Amarillo
Netherlands
Stump
Milburn Modern Ranch Home Sees Visitors Support Crippled Children
Visitors to the Milburn Modern Ranch Home at 1613 Austin contributed 207.25 to the Crippled Children's Council. Daily totals run 160 Sunday 22 Monday 16 Tuesday and 9.25 Wednesday as Miss Jean Fulton and Mrs Dorothy Fyfe greet guests. The home, decorated and furnished by Mr and Mrs Milburn with local sponsors Harris Company Bagot Hardware Myers Drapery Cunningham Floral, offers a view and a chance to donate.
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Crippled Children’s Council
Milburn
Austin
Jean Fulton
Dorothy Fyfe
Crippled Children's Council
Milburn House
el Milburn
Harris Company
Bagot Hardware
Myers Drapery & Slipcover Shop
Cunningham Floral Company
Amarillo Little Theater invites open house for volunteers
The Amarillo Little Theater announces an open house next Sunday at 4 PM at Federation Club House 2001 Wolflin Circle. ALT president Dickey Dye says the event aims to recruit potential painters dressmakers stagehands and actors, noting interest among incoming military personnel and families.
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Amarillo
String Instrument Instruction Continues in Amarillo Schools
For the sixth year public elementary students will receive free string instruction in violin cello and viola or bass violin Two days a week beginners and intermediates are offered and advanced students may join the 80 piece All City Elementary School Orchestra under Louise Dicken Conway The program allows intermediate players to join their school orchestra by recommendation.
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Gertrude Elliker
Amarillo Public Schools
Louise Dicken Conway
From Alaska to Texas Heat Wave
Mrs. W. N. Stokes spent six weeks in Anchorage Alaska visiting her son Lt. Col. R. C. Stokes medical head of the Army's Alaskan command. She traveled by boat and train from Seattle to Whittier to Anchorage then flew to Los Angeles before returning home noting the drastic temperature difference.
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W. N. Stokes
Harrison
Police Probe Death From Mad Dog Bite
SAN ANTONIO September 6 Police are investigating the death of a child from a bite by a mad dog as authorities await autopsy results and possible rabies testing.
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San Antonio
Child Dies After Dog Bite in Rabies Case
Santa Bazaldua, age three, died following a dog bite on July 22. Police Capt. George Bischel says authorities are checking whether the family was informed of the rabid condition after the head was sent to Austin for examination. Another girl bitten received anti rabies injections.
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Santa Bazaldua
George Bischel
Austin
McCormicks Move To Amarillo
Dr and Mrs John W McCormick relocate from Corsicana becoming new Amarillo residents on Sept 1 Mrs McCormick formerly Mary Annie Nall of Amarillo daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Nall 832 Louisiana Dr McCormick a Southern College of Optometry graduate has joined with Dr H A Juengerman in Corsicana but opens own office at 2723 West Sixth They have a daughter Vicki
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John W. McCormick
Corsicana
McCormicks
McCormick
Mary Annie Nall
Amarillo
J. H. Nall
Louisiana
Southern College of Optometry
H. A. Juengerman
West Sixth
Vicki
MacArthur Speaks Tonight in Cleveland
Gen Douglas MacArthur departed for a Cleveland speaking engagement after delaying his takeoff for nearly an hour due to a defective governor in one engine. He said he had not read President Truman's Japanese peace conference speech.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Cleveland
Truman
Johnston To Quit Soon After Oct 24
Washington reports Eric Johnston said he plans to resign as economic stabilization administrator shortly after his nine month tour ends on October 24. He expects to return as president of the Motion Picture Association of America, whose directors granted a nine month leave of absence starting January. Johnston appeared at a news conference with defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilson to discuss the rearmament drive, aiming to dispel any belief the departure reflects conflict with Wilson.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Johnston
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Global film output tops 2000 yearly releases
The National Geographic Society reports that world movie studios release over 2,000 feature films annually. This surge reflects expanding production across regions and genres, signaling a dynamic, growing global cinema landscape.
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World Movie Studios
National Geographic Society
From Fiction to Fact on Mars Moons in Gulliver’s Travels
The note recalls Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels suggesting two moons of Mars long before astronomers confirmed them, highlighting early literary speculation about planetary systems and the later discovery by observers. It discusses the contrast between fiction and scientific confirmation and the enduring curiosity about Mars.
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Jonathan Swift
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