Sell Books of Fair Tickets Campaign Urges Local Firms
Jay Taylor president of the Tri-State Fair appeals Amarillo businesses to buy books of admission tickets to distribute to customers as a goodwill measure. Eddie Storseth heads the Jaycees campaign with Jim Brown and Walter Shaller as top sellers. Children over 12 may obtain ticket books through local outlets. schools were dropped from the plan.
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Amarillo
Jay Taylor
Taylor
Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Eddie Storseth
Jim Brown
Walter Shaller
Storseth
Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods
Bert Levy’s
The
Jaycees
Ticket Pricing for Booklet Admissions
The item states a booklet of five tickets costs $2, while gate admission is 50 cents. It implies readers pay upfront for multiple entries or for events with on-site pricing. The source presents basic price details without additional context or dates.
Amarillo to Name Safety Council Head After Resignation
Mayor Lawrence Hagy announced that the Amarillo Commission will choose a new president for the Safety Council at the next meeting following Van H Allm’s resignation. The council has about 300 members with directors from local civic clubs. Maynard Drake serves as first vice-president.
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Lawrence Hagy
Amarillo
Randolph Field Sergeant Cleared in Woman Death
Master Sgt. George J. Hill of Randolph Field was cleared by the grand jury in the death of Miss Marguerite Hancock of Concord California. Hancock died after leaping from Hill’s moving car on a country road two weeks earlier. Hill was notified of the ruling and later became father to a 7 pound boy born to his English war bride at Brooke General Hospital on Sept. 6.
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George J. Hill
Randolph Field
Marguerite Hancock
Concord
Cal
Hill
Brooke General Hosiptal
Old-Time Residents See Amarillo Vastly Changed
Amarillo has grown from about 19 000 to over 75 000 since 1926 when the McKinneys left. Alice Lee Roach McKinney and her husband, former Western Union chief operator, recall modern Amarillo with windmills gone, many new churches, trees and parks, and changed streets and buildings since they last lived there.
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Amarillo
Porter McKinney
Shreveport
Mrs. McKinney
Globe News
Potter County
Burton Road
Elks Club
Carlton- Florey Wholesale Grocery Co
East Second
Mr. McKinney
McKinneys
Steinway Vice President Recalls Pianos and Concert Tales
William R. Steinway of Steinway & Sons recalls odd incidents with pianos sent to artists in concert. A Philadelphia concert piano returned with a white rabbit. a tuner kept it. A Gene Kruppa instrument yielded 14 drum sticks from its interior. Steinway loans pianos for concerts and notes audience size affects tone.
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New York
William R. Steinway
Steinway
Philadelphia
Gene Kruppa
Houston Layman Is Named Presbyterian Moderator
The Texas Synod of the Presbyterian Church closes its 92nd annual meeting in Kerrville with about 300 ministers and laymen in attendance. Richard A. Farnsworth of the First Presbyterian Church, Houston, is elected moderator, the fourth layman to hold the post in 92 years.
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Kerrville
Texas Synod, Presbyterian Church
Richard A. Farnsworth
First Presbyterian Church of Houston
Farnsworth
Businessmen Meet Tonight for Amarillo Chamber Dinner
More than 75 Amarillo businessmen have reservations for a chamber of commerce dinner at 7 tonight at the Amarillo Hotel. Rex Baxter says the event will lay plans for an industrial foundation to provide housing for new industries in Amarillo with support from local and out of town enterprises. Hugo Loewenstern notes wide backing from the business community.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Hugo Loewenstern
Baxter
Indignant citizens wear shirts in court over city soot ordinance
In Wilmington Delaware residents charged violations of the smoke and soot ordinance presented their evidence spotted white shirts. They alleged leather particles from a nearby tanning plant caused the stains.
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Wilmington
Del
Auctioneer Breaks Chant With Foot Tug Remark
In Moultrie Georgia a tobacco auctioneer paused his chant to shout Get off my foot Red to a young warehouse boy during a sale. The incident shows the auction environment still uses direct calls and sharp humor in handling workers.
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Moultrie, Ga
Moultrie
Banks Adopt Five Day Week In Washington
Banks in Washington state have closed Saturdays following a new law requiring institutions to be open only Monday through Friday. The change ends weekend operations and aligns with the five day work week policy in Olympia.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Wife cites ice water incident in divorce filing
Mrs Clemens Szajkowski charged in her divorce complaint that her affection cooled when her husband dumped ice water on her. The filing details the incident and seeks dissolution of marriage.
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Milwaukee
Clemens Szajkowski
Warmer Water Feeds Iceberg Melt Dynamics
Oceanic warming near an iceberg draws in warmer surface water to replace sinking colder water from the melt. This mixing accelerates melt as cold sinking water is replaced by warmer water, sustaining a loop that affects local circulation.
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