Mammoth Aircraft Show Planned At Southwestern Aviation Conf
Plans call for the fourth annual Southwestern Aviation Conference to be held in Amarillo October 18 to 20 with one of the nation’s largest private aircraft showings. Rex Baxter and Shelby Kruser lead arrangements as Tradewinds Airport dedication coincides with the event.
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Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Merce
C. P. Shropshire
West Texas-New Mexico Airlines
Texas Aeronautical Commission
al Buchanan
San Antonio
Ed Travis
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Fort Worth
Tradewinds
Kruser
Beechcraft
Tradewinds Airport
PILES Hurt Like Sin Grin Now At Drug Stores
Local ad promotes relief for piles with a bold promise to ease pain. Product positioning hints at availability in Amarillo stores including Cretney Drag and Walgreens with emphasis on quick, lasting comfort.
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Thornton & Minor
All Good Drug Stores
Amarillo
Cretney Drag
Walgreens
Methane Gas Emerges From Marshes Sewers and Humans
Methane, the most plentiful gas, forms in marshes, sewers and the human intestine, highlighting its natural and physiological sources and its role as a greenhouse and traceable byproduct of digestion and waste management.
You Should Not Joke About Monthly Suffering
A persuasive advertisement urges women to treat premenstrual distress with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims the remedy relieves cramps headaches backache nervous distress and irritability and helps build resistance when used regularly. Buy a bottle at any drugstore.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
New CO Named for 142nd Infantry Service Company
Capt Wayne DeGrassi of Amarillo appointed commanding officer of the service company 142 Infantry 36th Division Texas National Guard. He served in European and Pacific theaters, ending as company commander of the 342nd Infantry and holds a Bronze Star. He is a Amarillo High School and Amarillo College graduate, a postal service employee, married with one daughter.
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142 Infantry
Texas National Guard
Wayne DeGrassi
Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
DeGrassi
Fred L. Walker
Adj
Arthur B. Knickerbocker
342Nd Infantry
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Postal Service
Industrial sugar rations unchanged for final quarter
Washington said the Office of Price Administration will keep industrial sugar allotments at the third quarter rate for July to September with no increase for the fourth quarter. No rise is foreseen for early 1947 and no extra sugar to any user with less than one third on hand. The Sept 15 allowances set bakers 60 percent, most industrial users 60 percent, pharmaceuticals 120 percent, and fruit products 55 percent.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Oliver Elected by Baptist Brotherhood
Clifton Oliver was elected president of the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church, succeeding Laurel Harris. Other officers elected include Lee Harry as membership vice president, Walter Hill as program vice president, A. K. Wilcoxson as activities vice president, and Robert B. Burnett as secretary-treasurer. The nominating committee was Remus Kelley, Cliff Roberts, and E. O. Jordan. Mrs. G. D. Crow of Tucson spoke on missionary work among Arizona Indians, with music led by John Josey and a quartet featuring Jess Roach, Weldon Pangle, John Hansard, and Jake Arthur.
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Clifton Oliver
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Laurel Harris
Lee Harry
Walter Hill
A. K. Wilcoxson
Robert B. Burnett
Remus Kelley
Cliff Roberts
E. O. Jordan
G. D. Crow
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
John Josey
Jess Roach
Weldon Pangle
John Hansard
Jake Arthur
Brother of Graves Dies at Brownwood
Word of the death of Robert FE Graves of Brownwood, for 47 years a Santa Fe conductor, was received by his brother John W Graves in Amarillo. Graves lived in Temple and Brownwood most of his life, died after 15 years in Brownwood. Survived by widow, three sons and three daughters. Aubrey Graves editor of The Washington News is one son. Sid McKinney and Ely Cameron, both Santa Fe workers, are relatives in Amarillo. Graves left to attend services.
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Robert FE. Graves
Brownwood
Santa Fe
John W. Graves
South Garfield
R. E. Graves
Temple
Aubrey
Washington News
Sid McKinney
Ely Cameron
Amarillo
Graves
Spotlight on Amarillo in Sept. 14 Post
The Saturday Evening Post issue spotlights Amarillo with a Western cover featuring F. A. Robinson known as Dad, the LX cook, as cowhands ride into a chuck wagon scene. An extended Keeping Posted article by Lewis Nordyke fills the page.
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Amarillo
Saturday Evening Post
F. A. Robinson
Lewis Nordyke
Globe News
Dad Robinson
Meads Schaeffer Paints Texan Feud With Vermont Truth
Nordyke reports a feud between Mead Schaeffer from Vermont and a Texan cow hand over artistic authenticity. Miles Bivins and son Lee provide the LX chuck wagon scene near Frog Spring while Neal Hawley and Frank Stapleton photograph riders for the painting. Natural gas consists of methane ethane propane and butane.
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Range
Mead Schaeffer
Vermont
Nordyke
Miles Bivins
Lee
Frog Spring
Neal Hawley
Shipmates Condon and daughter charm New York waterfront
Evelyn Condon and her daughter Debby pose in Central Park with sparkling smiles. The feature notes Debby's dental routine of Ipana brushing and gum massage taught by her mother. A nationwide dental survey indicates seven in ten dentists recommend gum massage.
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Evelyn Condon
Debby
New York
Central Park
Condon
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142Nd Infantry
Globe-News
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Gram
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Umai Printing CO
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Khoury Bros
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Buick Company
Frank Stapleton
Bristol-Mye
U. S
Warriors of Peace
Voice of the Army
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
Texas
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