Adkisson and Gunn debut grand super-service station
Amarillo firm Adkisson and Gunn mark the formal opening of a four-station network at Seventh Avenue and Harrison Street. From a 1920s tiny shop to a 96 by 100 foot stone super-service house, the firm now employs 35 with Goodyear tires Texaco gas and Exide batteries at all locations. The opening features souvenirs for ladies and cigars for men.
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Adkisson & Gunn
Seventh Avenue
Harrison Street
Amarillo
Tyler Street
Frank Adkisson
Bill Gunn
Adkisson
Borger
Pampa
Goodyear Tire Agency
Adkisson & Gunnie
Goodyear Tires
Texaco Gas
Exide
Two Plains Cities Adopt A. and G. Service Tradition
Arlington Mass report notes Mr. and Mrs. Moses Cleveland Belbin welcomed twins on Oct 10 1930 naming Margaret and Cleveland and a second pair on Mar 1 1932 naming Marion and Ralph. The piece quotes local auto service leaders affirming consistent repair quality and savings for motorists through acme service.
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Arlington, Mass
U.P
Moses Cleveland Belbin
Margaret
Cleveland
Marion
Ralph
Truckers Told to Obtain NRA Tags at Potter County Meet
Dr. W. Munger of the Potter County Truckers Association warns that truckers using their vehicles for hire without NRA tags and tariff schedules face prosecution under Texas law. The meeting at Painters' Rail tonight at 8 and a prior deadline of July 13 are noted as pending compliance.
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NRA
Potter County Truckers’ Association
Painters’ Rail
W. Munger
Munger
Tire troubles ruin tour joy
Bill Gunn of Adkisson and Gunn Goodyear dealers urges motorists not to risk a vacation by driving on worn tires. He notes tire failures cause many summer accidents and stresses checking tires and brakes before trips. He touts the Goodyear G-3 as offering 43 percent more non skid mileage at no extra cost.
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Bill Gunn
Adkisson
Gunn
Goodyear
Man storms city hall over relief in Stones
Michael Spano, whose family income was $45 weekly, grew angry after relief was refused and stormed Stones City Hall with stones. He was arrested. Else de Wolf, also known as Lady Mead, writes memoirs in her Versailles library.
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Stones City Hall
Westerly
R. 1
Michael Spano
Elsie de Wolf
Lady Mead
Versailles
Crusaders for Economic Liberty Backed by 200000 Members
George Christiana, commander in chief of the whiteshirted legion, wears a uniform featuring a pistol at his belt. The Northwest stronghold of the group touts 200000 members and pushes public debt repudiation and destruction of the gold standard while fighting inflation.
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The
Crusaders For Economic Liberty
George Christiana
Legion
Northwest
Oklahoma Professor Knighted by France in Legion of Honor
Norman September report states Dr. R. T. House head of the University of Oklahoma foreign languages department and editor of Books Abroad has been informed that the French government has knighted him in the Legion of Honor, an order dating to Napoleon.
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Norman
Okla
R. T. House
University of Oklahoma
Startled Descendants of Mrs Eliza Myott of Whitefield
Mrs Eliza Myott, married at 14 and widowed young, began a long family story. Now 78, she is mother to nine children, five living, a grandmother of 91, great grandmother of 51, and great great grandmother of five.
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Whitefield
Eliza. Myot
Panhandle radio dealers forecast strong winter business
An optimistic winter business outlook was given by R. G. A. radio line dealers at a Panhandle sale promotion meeting in Amarillo. E. H. Vogel of RCA in Camden pledged expected large Texas sales. attendees included many Texas panhandle dealers and RCA staff from Camden.
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R. G. A. Radio Lines
E. H. Vogel
Camden
New Jersey
Texas
Panhandle
F. W. Hardin
Amarillo Hardware Company
A. O Kennedy
Aates
Radio
Irving Toller
Amarillo
J. W. Holley
Hugh Tolleson
Math Gerber
Nazareth
Don Trolinger
Canyon
T. C. Meiniche
Lubbock
FE. W. Pipkin
A. K. Avary
Borger
E. W. Hardin
T. B. Evans
O. ©. Pinson
Marlin Gilliard
Hereford
W. J. Stanford
Chester Lauder
McLean
al Wise
M. D. Oden
Pampa
L. P. White
Claude
C. L. Hudgens
Brownfield
L. H. Clark
Priona
R. Roden
Friona
John McClure
Richard Orr
C. R. Badgett
Quitaque
W. T. Duke
Wellington
C. GC. Deen
Tulia
Albert ‘Thomas
Texico
Paul Kern
Jerry Ratcliff
Leon Sander
Tucumcari
John Martin
M. E. Perkins
Henry Benson
Shamrock
Dulaney
Dallas
J P. Peter
O. B. Griffiths
Earth
James A. Cox
Muleshoe
J. N. Rigas
W. J. B. Kennedy
Wheeler
Portales
New Mexico
Ross City Hardware and Furniture Company
Oklahoma
O. A. Kennedy
Germany Second in Global Telephone Usage
Germany has nearly two million phones in use and ranks second to the United States in total telephone numbers nationwide.
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Germany
United States
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Plains
Mr. Gunn
Jack Baker
N. Gunn
France
Drouth
Exide Batteries
Electric Storage Battery Co
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