Dipsey Doodlers Sign Contract With Booking Firm
The Dipsey Doodlers a novelty musical trio from Amarillo and Dallas signed a six year contract with the Associated Booking Corporation of Chicago. Members are Reuben Noel Adrian McClish and Charley Dickerson ex-students of a Texas State College in Dean. They report five 30 minute shows daily in Chicago and upcoming gigs at Saginaw Michigan Windsor Ontario with prior appearances in Green Bay Racine Milwaukee and Duluth.
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Dipsey
Amarillo
Chicago
Recreation Club
Saginaw
Mich
Windsor
Ontario
Green Bay
Racine
Milwaukee
Wis
Senator Calls Army Housing Deplorable
Washington reports a Senate Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee finding housing conditions for servicemen families near Camp Polk Louisiana deplorable. Rent gouging and bad housing were found in the area as in a broader study of 15 Army installation regions. Subcommittee Chairman Johnson urged corrective action and community involvement as the long term solution.
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Washington
Camp Polk
Senate
Senate Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Johnson
Gertrude Lawrence to Teach Drama on Columbia Staff
New York Sept 24 Singer actress Gertrude Lawrence who stars in The King and I will join Columbia University as a fall instructor. She will teach an advanced course in the theory and practice of acting with classes on campus between stage performances in the musical based on Anna and the King of Siam.
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New York
Gertrude Lawrence
Columbia University
Columbia
Park Commission To Hold Meeting In Amarillo
The Amarillo Park and Recreation Commission will meet tomorrow night at 8 in the park department office for a regular session. Park superintendent Mark Miles says only routine business is on the agenda.
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Amarillo Park and Recreation Commission
Park Department
Mark Miles
Park and Recreation
Relief for hot flashes with Pinkham's medicines
Doctors tests claim Lydia E Pinkham's Compound and Tablets relieve distress of middle life including hot flashes and irritability. The ad touts 63 to 80 percent relief in women tested and suggests added iron in new tablets. It frames the products as modern cures for change of life symptoms and menstrual pains.
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Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rogers Ruby Jewell Rogers dies. service planned
Ruby Jewell Rogers 42 of 802 Monroe dies. Survived by husband Lucien and several children and siblings. Service 2 PM Tuesday at Boxwell's Ivy Chapel with burial at Memorial Park. Also notes Arnold Marlene 17 Hereford died, Park Alice 91 Texico NM died, infant daughter of Fred Arnold Hereford died, bodies/aftercare listed.
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Rogers Ruby Jewell Rogers
Monroe
Lucien
Clarence
Lennie Newkirk
Eva Nell Newkirk
EE. L. Curtis
L. B Ts
Tom Hill
Rea. H. L. Hooten
Dana Dixon
C W Denny
J. J
Charles
Floyd
Boxwell
Ivy Chapel
Arnold Marlene Arnold
Hereford
Fred
C. A. Lindsey
Lacey Robinson
Thomas Pastridge
Edward
Marion
Elmer
Starlin Mitchell
Noe
Alice Henrietta Park
Texico
New Mexico
Carl
Ralph
Ivy Bay- Singer
Herbert Park
Clovis
Arnold
Fred Arnold
A Lindsey
Willingham Janet Lee obituary notice and services
Janet Lee Willingham died Sunday at age one week. Graveside service set for 4 PM Monday at Memorial Park. Walter Elywnarvia Willingham is listed as father. daughter Carolyn Joyce. grandchildren D and M Willingham. Relatives named include Mr. and Mrs. D Norris and Mrs. M N Willingham.
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Lenora Prestridge
Essie Kreutzberg
R. D
Paul
N.S. Griggs and Sons
Police break up large gambling games. 12 arrested
Police dispersed a major poker game Saturday night and halted a Sunday craps session. Twelve people were arrested for gaming, including seven white men at the poker table and several Black players in the craps game. The incident follows broader debate on violence in American films.
Press Agent Bill Roddy Aims For Circus Hall of Fame
Bria profile of Bill Roddy longtime press agent for Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Amarillo visit notes his start in 1895 with Sells Renfro and work for Great Wallace Sells Floto Hagenback Wallace Campbell Brothers and John Robinson shows He praises Ringlings magnitude and reputation as the era’s leading circus Also mentions wartime service and Lambs Club base and dual winter theater work with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Shubert Henry W Savage
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William McKnight Roddy
Bill
Roddy
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey
Amarillo
William C. Fields
Sells& Renfro
Wallace
Sells Floto
Hagenback-Wallace
Campbell Brothers
John Robinson
Mr. Roddy
Ringlings
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Shuberts
Henry W. Savage
Big Savage
New York
Curious etiquette questions spark family meal clash
Emily Post discusses a quarrel over feeding a hungry child at a sister in law home and a bridal shower guest’s husband absence. The letters touch family tension over meals and gender roles in social events.
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Mrs. Post
West Third Avenue Widening Project To Resume This Week
Work on the West Third Avenue widening is to resume this week after delays. Engineer Glen Hatfield said the contractor paused progress to expedite a separate project at Amarillo Air Force Base. The widening is complete except for a section near the downtown and Old Town area.
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West Third Avenue
Glen Hatfield
Amarillo Air Force Base
Old Town
Foster Named Deputy Secretary of Defense in Swearing-In
William C. Foster was sworn in as deputy Secretary of Defense in Washington at a brief ceremony with Defense Secretary Lovett. Former Marshall Plan administrator, he previously led Army Service Forces purchases in World War II and served as undersecretary of commerce in 1946. He heads Pressed and Welded Steel Products Co. of Long Island and lives in Scarsdale New York. A half dozen international trade fairs are planned for Austrian cities this year.
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Washington
William C. Foster
Defense
Lovett
Foster
Army Service Forces
Pressed and Welded Steel Products Co
Long Island
Scarsdale
Taft Cancels Talk Hurries to Capital
Senator Robert A. Taft abruptly canceled a Cincinnati engagement with the Association of Stock Exchange Firms at a $10 dinner to return to Washington for tax bill discussions. He also scrapped a Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce speech, departing Cincinnati by auto for Dayton to catch a midday plane to the capital.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Association of Stock Exchange
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Dayton
Conservatives Warn Against Deweyism at London Meeting
Lady Woolton, wife of party chairman, warned conservatives to beware Deweyism a complacent mindset induced by polls. She cited the Truman Dewey race to argue polls aren’t always correct as polls favor the Conservatives in the upcoming October 25 election. The speech appeared at a women’s Conservative gathering in London.
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London
Winston Churchill
October Ending Is Seen for Congress
Senate Democratic Leader McFarland said Congress will likely adjourn a little after October 1 after finishing the current program. He noted the tax bill could take the week and that no agreement was reached to limit debate. The remark came after a Truman administration meeting with congressional leaders.
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Washington
Senate
McFarland
Congress
Arizona
Truman
Tennessee Man Held for Forgery in County Jail
Roy H. Englehardt, 18, of Memphis, remained in Porter County jail this morning in lieu of $1000 bond. Arrested Saturday on a forgery charge, he is accused of passing a forged check on August 27 at a North Fillmore cafe per district attorney's office.
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Roy H. Englehardt
Memphis
Harold Millers Have Baby Boy
City traffic engineer Harold Miller announced the birth of his son Christopher Paul Miller at Northwest Texas Hospital early Sunday morning. The baby weighed 6 pounds 9.34 ounces, and the father quipped about another traffic hazard while distributing cigars and candy.
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Harold Miller
Christopher Paul Miller
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mr. Miller
Burglary Suspect Brought to Potter County Jail
O. L. Woods, 31, was moved from Sherman County Jail at Stratford to Potter County Jail for safekeeping. Sheriff Paul Gaither said Woods has attempted three times to saw his way out of the Sherman County facility.
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Sherman County
Stratford
Potter County
O. L. Woods
Paul Gaither
Woods
Shamrock High Band Leads Fair Parade in Amarillo Opening Day
The Shamrock High School band played during the opening ceremonies led by the green and white unit. Vice-president Herb Budke of the Tri-State Fair Association introduced the fair's guest speaker, Attorney General Daniel, who recalled serving in Amarillo during the war with military intelligence.
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Shamrock High School
Herb Budke
Tri-State Fair Association
Daniel
Amarillo
Amarillo schools enrollments rise to record highs
Amarillo's present school enrollment reaches a historic peak, about 1500 more than last year. Census counts indicate another sizable increase likely next year.
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Amarillo
New Tea Cars Added to NI Trains to Improve Catering
Northern Ireland rail services announce the introduction of new tea cars on local trains in response to ongoing complaints about inadequate catering. The move aims to offer better beverage service and passenger comfort on routes across the region.
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Northern Ireland
Velocia Clarifying Cleanser Promises Quick Skin Refresh
A new lotion cleanser named Velocia Clarifying Cleanser claims instant cleansing and brighter, clearer skin. Marketed as a superior formula with antiseptic properties, it promises toning and improved complexion after gentle application and rinse, priced at $1 plus tax in select stores and salons.
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Bell
Adam
Tri-State Fair
Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Directors Idles
Roxwell Brothers
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanan
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano
Bria
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Bill” Roddy
Emily Post
West Third
Max Bassman
Room
Hearing Hotel
Texas
Taft
Capital
Northwestern
Yugoslavia
Tennessee
Harold Millers
Great Whiteway Food Stores
Sqap Suds
Tare
Jonathan
Longhorn
Whiteway Food Stores
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