Knife Fork Reservations Deadline Set
Reservations for the first Knife Fork address of the season must be made by 1 o clock Thursday afternoon. Tickets available at Maxor Drug in the Fisk Building and Herbert Drug in the Amarillo Building. Robert Kazmayer will be the speaker at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom. John Maynard is president of the Amarillo Knife and Fork Club.
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Clayton Heare
Maxor Drug
Fisk Building
Herbert Drug
Amarillo
Robert Kazmayer
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Kazmayer
Texas Citrus Exchange to Spend 500000 on Ads
Weslaco reports General Manager Alden M. Drury announces the Texas Citrus Exchange will allocate five hundred thousand dollars for advertising Texas citrus products this year.
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Weslaco
Texas Citrus Exchange
Texas
Alden M. Drury
McAllen Center to Transfer Control on Oct 11
McLean reports the City of McAllen will assume control of the US Farm Labor Supply Center in McAllen on October 11. The change shifts administration from federal to city management, with local officials outlining new operating procedures and staffing plans.
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Mclean
McAllen
Farm Bureau District Meet Set for Amarillo October 2
The Farm Bureau announces a 23 district meet series to gauge farmer views on the national program. Amarillo hosts the October 2 session at the Herring Hotel with Joe Hatton presiding. Clarendon opens the series October 1 at Mulkey Theater. President J. Walter Hammond warns that without a determined fight the farm program could be discontinued after 1948. He notes Congress debated ending price supports and AAA soil conservation payments and urges broad farmer support. The bureau aims to craft a rural road program funded by a revenue source and funds allocation, to present to lawmakers for 1948 election candidates who back farm-to-market roads.
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Farm Bureau District
Amarillo
Joe Hatton
Farm Bureau
Herring Hotel
J. Walter Hammond
Mulkey Theater
Clarendon
Hammond
Congress
Amarillo Man Teaches at New Negro Law School in Austin
Henry Doyle attended the first class at the Texas State University for Negroes law school in Austin. Instructor M. K. Woodward from Amarillo led contracts, mirroring the white students’ curriculum ten blocks away at UT. Woodward is UT Law School graduate and previously taught at Elizabeth Nixon Junior High.
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Austin
U.P
Henry Doyle
Texas State University
Doyle
M. K. Woodward
University of Texas Law Faculty
Woodward
Negro Law School
Amarillo
Lena M. Woodward
North Buchanan
Elizabeth Nixson
University of Texas Law School
Purse Snatch Then Zoning Hearing In Amarillo
In Boston a youth stole Virginia Mann’s purse from a bench. In Amarillo an Oct 3 1947 public hearing before the City Planning and Zoning Commission will consider rezoning 2301 to 2309 West Sixth Avenue Lots 1-5 Block 79 Old Town Addition from C Retail to D Commercial. Katheryne Burwell city secretary.
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Boston
U.P
Virginia Mann
Milton
City Budget Hearing Set on Amendment Vote Tomorrow
Amarillo officials plan a public hearing at city hall at 2 pm to discuss the proposed 1947 48 city budget tied to a tax rate of 1 65 if voters approve the charter amendment lifting the limit from 1 30. The budget totals 1 714 700 with 1 131 520 in taxes and 630 719 for public safety.
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Lawrence Hagg
Bud Curtis
Ira Stephenson
Health
Amarillo
Nicaragua Decree Orders Military Trials for Communists
The Nicaraguan government issued a decree declaring all participants in Communistic movements subject to trial by military tribunals. The announcement came from Managua on September 23.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Public Hearing on Zoning Change in Amarillo City Hall
The City Planning and Zoning Commission will meet in the Council Chamber at City Hall at 7 30 p m Friday October 3 1947 to consider reclassifying Lots 6 and 7 Block 79 Old Town Addition from B dwelling area to C retail area per the Official Zoning Map.
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West Sixth Avenue
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Council Chamber
Old Town
Amarilo
Katheryne Burwell
Council
Amarillo
Morand S. Boyer Dies. longtime Santa Fe Conductor
Santa Fe conductor Morand S. Boyer died Saturday in Tacoma Washington. News reached his sister-in-law Mrs. S C Boyer of 1408 Buchanan. Surviving relatives include his widow Hattie, daughter Mildred of Tacoma, and sons Clarence of Tucson and Joe of Dallas.
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Santa Fe
Tacoma
Wash
S. C. Boyer
Buchanan
Hattie Boyer
Mildred
Clarence
Tucson
Joe
Dallas
Leto’s Gum Discomfort Ad From Cretney’s Drug Store
An advertisement from Cretney’s Drug Store at 600 Polk promotes Leto’s gum discomfort relief. The copy claims the product will resolve irritation and offers refunds if Leto’s fails to satisfy the user.
Frank Hall Co Liqudating Floor Samples at Wholesale Prices
Frank Hall Co advertises liquidation of floor samples and surplus warehouse stock with wholesale prices on all items. The sale features dining room and bedroom suites, coffee tables, cabinets, chairs, rugs, carpeting, beds, and misc. furnishings offered for cash, with strong emphasis on deep discounts and no credit terms.
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Wilton
Taylor
Mexico Reports Attack By 600 Men on Army Post
Unconfirmed reports from Mexico City say about 600 armed men attacked an army headquarters at Balsas Guerrero killing guards. The same reports claim they halted a train, forced the engineer to Puente, and disembarked with no passengers harmed.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Balsas
Guerrero
Puente
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