Bert Levy Men s Wear marks 42nd anniversary in Amarillo
Tomorrow honors the 42nd anniversary of Bert Levy Men s Wear, tracing J Levy s 1908 start of The Fair clothing store on Taylor Street and the family run business now at 501 Polk with Bert Levy & Son uniforms. David Levy, Bert s son, aged 20, is active in the business. a prize will go to the store s oldest customer.
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Amarillo
Bert Levy
J. Levy
Fair
Taylor Street
Levys
Levy
Fair Theater
State Theater
Bert Levy & Son
East Fifth
Doctors Sympathize With Home Makers
Philadelphia reports at the Sixth Congress of the Medical Women’s International Association that housewives face dishpan hands back aches tiredness and frazzled nerves. Dr Helene Etourzh-Anderle notes housework is under estimated while Dr Dagmar Wilson cites a survey of 200 women ages 25 to 65 showing high rates of fatigue anxiety depression flat feet colds rheumatic pains headaches and varicose veins.
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Philadelphia
Medical Women's International Association
Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania
Helene Etourzh-Anderle
Austria
Dagmar C. Wilson
Britain
J C Wheetley 70 Dies After Ill Health At Home Hastings
J C Wheetley 70 retired farmer and laundry operator died last night at his home 111 Hastings after a period of ill health. He moved from White Deer four years ago where he had run a laundry. Survived by wife Asby, son Rex of White Deer, four daughters Edith Ellison Amarillo Sadie Winegar Phillips Ora Evans Happy and Tressie Thompson Hereford a brother Travis Wheetley Fisk Mo seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements pending at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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Jesse Campbell Wheetley
Hastings
Mr. Wheetley
White Deer
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Asby Wheetley
Rex Wheetley
Eddith Ellison
Amarillo
Sadie Winegar
Phillips
Ora Evans
Happy
Tressie Thompson
Hereford
Travis Wheetley
Fisk, Mo
Amarillo reports record low insured August fire losses
Amarillo's insured fire losses during August were the lowest in city history totaling 330.86 dollars. Three fire alarms occurred with insured losses that month. The June loss, 352080.90 dollars, remains the city’s highest monthly total, largely due to the McDonald Auto Supply Company fire. Fire Marshal Ed Spann announced the figures today.
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Amarillo
McDonald Auto Supply Company
Ed Spann
Strangled by Sweeper In Home Accident
In Scarborough England Mrs Elsie Mor was strangled by her vacuum cleaner while carrying the machine. Her smock pulled into the device and she suffocated at the neck. A policeman called it a million to one accident.
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Scarborough
England
Elsie Mor
Shivers to Speak at Pampa Chamber Banquet
Gov Allan Shivers will address the annual Pampa Chamber of Commerce membership and installation banquet on Tuesday night October 17 at the high school cafeteria. The event plans to serve 500 attendees with invitations to nearby towns in the coming days. Pinkey Vineyard retires as chamber president and a new president will be named soon.
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Pampa
Allan Shivers
Pampa Chamber of Ommerce
Fred Thompson
C of C
Pinkey Vineyard
Thompson
Traffic tips ease crowd for Amarillo Stadium games
Police Captain John Anderson advised using Twenty Seventh Avenue to reach the Fairgrounds to relieve congestion on Third and Tenth streets. He warned traffic will be heavy Friday and Saturday for the Amarillo Sandies hosting Childress and West Texas State College facing Arizona State, directing fans to Grand Street and the fairgrounds.
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Amarillo Stadium
Fairgrounds
John Anderson
Grand
Amarillo Sandies
Childress
West Texas State College
Arizona State
Portales Chamber President Builds Air Raid Shelter
Portales New Mexico Tom Johnson president of the Portales Chamber of Commerce includes a 10 foot square bomb shelter in his basement while building his home. Reinforced concrete walls 30 inches thick and a safety door protect occupants and provide outdoor access in case of blast or tornado. Johnson calls it protection from a tornado.
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Portales
Tom Johnson
Only one of eight films shown in Italian cinemas is reduced outside
A report notes that merely one in eight films exhibited in Italian movie houses is released or distributed abroad. The observation highlights limited foreign film reach and potential market fragmentation within Italy's cinema landscape.
University of Washington nude photography controversy
President Raymond B. Allen announced the destruction of nude photographs of coeds made for science. Indignant students protested lack of explanation while about 300 women were photographed at Seattle in a Columbia University Medical School project. Barbara Honeyman described the aim to study behavior and physique relations.
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Seattle
Wash
U.R
Raymond B. Allen
University of Washington
Allen
Constitution Laboratory
Columbia University Medical School
Barbara
Honeyman
Damages of 30000 Awarded in Texas District Court
C W Wilson of 601 North Grant was awarded 30000 in a Panhandle Gravel Company case after a Dec 14 accident. A rock from a gravel truck shattered Wilsons windshield, costing him an eye and other injuries. The jury ruled in Wilsons favor for 30000 against the company. Noel the London Zoo oldest camel died at age 16.
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C. W. Wilson
North Grant
108Th District Court
Wilson
Panhandle Gravel Company
Gravel Company
Noel
London Zoo
Gibson Denies Proxy Vote Charges In Panhandle Caucus
Gibson, long time district committeeman and Potter County Democratic chair, tells reporters at Mineral Wells convention that accusations of proxy grabbing are false. He states he held proxies from Dal lam and Swisher counties totaling eight votes and cast Armstrong County’s delegate vote, while opponents claimed proxies from Randall Ochiltree Palmer and Hemphill. Gibson defeated Ralph Porter 61 to 38. Mrs. A B Crump elected committeewoman as Willie O Neal declines.
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Charlie C. Gibson
Mineral Wells
Panhandle
Gibson
Potter County
Democratic Executive Committee
Dallam
Swisher County
Randall
Ochiltree
Palmer
Hemphill
Ralph Porter
Clarendon
A. B. Crump
Wheeler
Willie O'Neal
Pampa Lawyer Misquotes Story On Committeeman Fight
Sherman White of Pampa says a descriptive misquote altered his stance on Charlie Gibson seeking re election as state Democratic executive committeeman at the state party convention in Mineral Wells. White states if Gibson is elected he will be his committeeman and warns of a real fight two years hence.
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Gibson
Pampa
A. P. Story Mineral
Burglars Enter Nu-Grape Plant Office
Burglars entered the Nu-Grape Bottling Company office at 1401 North Fillmore last night through a broken window light. They took a pocket knife and 25 cents in change, the office was ransacked, but no other items were reported missing.
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Nu-Grape Bottling Company
North Fillmore
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