Radio Towers Set To Dwarf Skyscrapers In United States
America's era of soaring office towers may be over as radio towers push higher. WKY in Oklahoma City reaches 960 feet, with WNAX at 927 feet, and plans for a Des Moines tower at 1520 feet. A Hungarian tower at Budapest stands about 1030 feet after restoration, fueling a race to even greater heights.
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Washington
Sept
America
Empire State Building
Harvey Wiley Corbett
New York
WKY
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Publishing Company
Wall Street
WNAX
Yankton
Cowles Broadcasting Company
Budapest
Hungary
Legation
Des Moines
Iowa
Glenn D. Gillett
Middle West
Texas rules wage scale must apply to Negroes and whites
Texas attorney general's opinion upholds a minimum salary act requiring equal pay for Negro and white teachers. The ruling, sent to State Superintendent L. A. Woods, says accreditation for Texarkana and other listed districts hinges on maintaining separate white and Negro systems.
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Austin
Texas
Attorney General's Department
L. A. Woods
Education Department
Texarkana
Abilene
Big Spring
Bookshire
Chapel Hill
Eagle Pass
Goose Creek
Greenville
Marlin
Mexia
Nome
Taft
Shire
Singleton
Brazoria County
Department of Education
University of Texas
Henry Stilwell
Woods
Price Daniel
Daniel
Stilwell
Scout Leaders Plan Annual Cookie Sale
Mrs. Dorsey Smith presided at a meeting of school chairmen to discuss the 1947 Girl Scout cookie sale aimed at funding Camp Kiwanis maintenance. Cookies will be sold Oct 18 to 31. multiple school chairmen listed with troop coordinators to follow instructions from their school chairmen.
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Dorsey Smith
Kiwanis
Jack Bush
St. Mary Academy
G. H. Dickson
Summit School
R. B. Kennedy
Wilson School
F. W. Higinbotham
Bivins School
Leroy Bassett
Alice Landergin
Scott Sorrels
Horace Mann School
R. E. Wertz
Margaret Wills
Roy Haskins
Sam Houston School
R. G. Windsor
Wolflin School
R. M. Rose
Pleasant Valley School
T. H. Darling
Sanborn School
Miss Frances Davidson Seriously Ill After Major Operation
Miss Frances Davidson, once of Amarillo and sister of Miss Jewel Davidson, former Potter County tax collector, is seriously ill at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene. She underwent a major operation yesterday and was expected to have another today, per a letter received by Hoyt, Potter County tax collector.
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Frances Davidson
Amarillian
Jewel Davidson
Potter County
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Hoyt
Lions Club Debate Sparks Talk on Dress Lengths
Childress Lions Club members recently held a debate focusing on the length of women's dresses. The discussion highlighted social norms and community attitudes during the event hosted by the club.
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Childress Lions Club
Edwin T. Dodd Attends Northwestern State College
Edwin Theodore Dodd son of Mr and Mrs H E Dodd of Ill Buchanan is attending Northwestern State College at Alva Oklahoma this fall. He spent two and a half years in the Army Corps of Engineers and served in Europe.
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Edwin Theodore Dodd
H. E. Dodd
Buchanan
Northwestern State College
Alva
Okla
Edwin
Army Corps of Engineers
Europe
Petition Forms To Committee For Local Option Election
County clerk Loren Jones said petitions dated Sept 26 have return date Jan 23. Two hundred fifty copies were signed and sealed for a county wide vote to prohibit sale of alcoholic beverages. Applicants include H C Pipkin J B Briscoe Jerry Ratcliff G G Ordway Leo Southern and Rev W S Sibley. The Tuesday Study Club of Sudan donated a traffic light at Main Street and Highway 84.
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Loren Jones
Jones
H. C. Pipkin
J. B. Briscoe
Jerry Ratcliff
G. G. Ordway
Leo Southern
Rev. W. S. Sibley
The
Tuesday Study Club of
Sudan
Main Street
Highway 84
Tepe Infant Dies At Northwest Texas Hospital
Dee Ann Tepe three weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs B D Tepe of Canadian died at 12 30 this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital. Survived by parents maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Mobley paternal grandmother Mrs Ethel Tepe of Canadian. Funeral services Saturday at Canadian to be held per N S Griggs and Sons.
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Dee Ann Tepe
B. D. Tepe
Northwest Texas Hospital
Charles Mobley
Ethel Tepe
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Etymology of area traces to threshing floor origin
The term area comes from a threshing floor raised and exposed on all sides to wind, shaping its early sense of an open space. The word later broadened to mean any defined surface or extent.
Anti-Saloon League Traces Roots to Oberlin Temperance Alliance
The Anti-Saloon League, founded in 1893 in Oberlin Ohio, emerged as a major outgrowth of the Oberlin Temperance Alliance.
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The
Anti-Saloon League
Oberlin
Ohio
Oberlin Temperance Alliance
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Denys Wortman
Radio Towers
By Max Hall
Mopey
Duke
Scout
News-Globe
Edwin T. Dodd
Tepe
Amarillo Tent & Awning CO. Inc
4Th & Adams
Zale
Antwerp
Belgium
IMD Importers
Liquor Marts
Monroe
Ken Whipple
Fillmore
Zale’s
Bulova
Lady Elgin
Mon’'s
Baylor
Polk
Emerson Radio
Miracle Tone
Amarillo Optical CO
Alen Zalt
MOND
Les Polk
Fighth
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