Museum Director's Office Proves Shock To Nichols
Washington reporter Harman W. Nichols profiles Laurence Vail Coleman director of the American Association of Museums. He tours Coleman's cluttered Smithsonian office and notes the group’s 50th birthday celebrations. Coleman recalls early collecting days in New York and his extensive museum study including authoring three volumes now in the Library of Congress. He introduces his secretary Bessy, a 1919 Royal typewriter.
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Washington
Laurence Vail Coleman
John L. Lewis
Ernie Pyle
Coleman
American Association of Muse
Museum Association
United States
Canada
New York City
New York
City College
Yale
Harvard
Library of Congress
Downtown Coin Button Drive Supports Youth Baseball
Children in a summer baseball program sell buttons for $1 to fund their activities. Alton Landrum opens the pool for free swimming lessons at 9 am on Monday June 20 for Cub, Boy, and Explorer Scouts. Fink Furniture adds a new sign and Watkins Inc begins a remodeling sale from tomorrow through Monday with remodeling starting early next week.
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Alton
Spec) Landrum
Fink Furniture Company
Watkins, Inc
Local business anniversaries mark busy sale period
Specials run during a three day sale as Nehi Bottling Company celebrates 28th anniversary with an open house drawing 3000 to 4000 attendees. Roy and Charles Mack report strong turnout for West Texas Utilities open house. Attendees receive refreshments and a yard stick rulers. Furr Markets marks List Anniversary with weekend specials and honors store managers. Stewart Auto Supply opens a machine shop offering broad automotive work. details to appear in Friday's Index.
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Nehi Bottling Company
Roy and
Charles Mack
The
West Texas Utilities Company
Stewart Auto Supply
Floyd Mitchell Offers Advice On Home Planning
Floyd Mitchell of Mitchell Goodwin Lumber Company offers guidance for building a new house or remodeling. The firm stocks fencing, sheet metal roofing, insulation, wallboard, aluminum ranch gates, Aeromotor pumps, and more at the Second Street and Avenue A Southeast corner location.
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Floyd Mitchell
Mitchell— Goodwin Lumber Company
Mitchell
Mitchell—Goodwin
Mitchell—Goodwin Lumber Company
Second Street
Avenue A
Area Sand and Gravel Services By Elmer Terry
Elmer Terry offers sand and gravel work from a plant nine miles southeast of Kirkland. The operation includes crushing and washing five sizes of sand and rock, plus dozers and dragline equipment. A trained crew can place about 500 yards per day and has supplied materials and labor for major local road jobs. Estimates or inquiries: WE 17 2882.
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Elmer Terry
Terry
Kirkland
Ousted Priests Report To Pope In Vatican Audience
Pope Pius XII welcomed Manuel Tato auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and Ramon Novoa after their expulsion from Argentina caused President Juan Peron to be excommunicated. The 85 minute audience in the private library granted blessings and discussed the church state crisis in Argentina.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Megrs
Manuel Tato
Buenos Aires
Ramon Novoa
Tornadoes Hit Texas Panhandle Areas With No Injuries
Two tornadoes struck remote countryside near Follett in two days with no injuries or serious damage reported. An aircraft pilot sighted a tornado 20 miles northeast of Amarillo, likely the same storm that hit between Skellytown and Borger. Hail fell at Nolan, Sweetwater, and Wingate. some roofs were damaged and Big Spring reported a severe sand storm.
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Amarillo
Skellytown
Borger
Nolan
Sweetwater
Wingate
Big Spring
Villyard Display Wins Feature in Domestic Engineering
Roy A. Villyard Plumbing and Heating Co's revolving display unit, 14 feet dia, completes a turn every two minutes, four units in a window, built two years ago at 600 dollars, admired as more eye catching than stationary displays. Roy values it highly and notes it draws many passersby.
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Roy A. Villyard
Mally
Villyards
Roy
Villyard
Man Confesses DUI After Claim About Deceased Wife
Thomas J. Smith tearfully admitted driving while intoxicated claiming he had just lost his wife. The judge corrected him noting his wife is alive and pursuing a separate maintenance suit. Smith replied that he meant the claim.
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Thomas J. Smith
Joseph Butler
Smith
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lloyd M. Wilson
Pan American World Airways
Bruni Hoffmann
Walter Kolb
Ill
Nichols
BY Harman W. Nichols
Ums
Lawrence Coleman
Smithsonian Institution
R. Goldberg
Bessy
Royal Typewriter
Tate
Joel “Rea
Miroslava
Stranger ON Horseback
United Artists Technicolor
Childress Office Supply
Main Street
Coin
E. J. Huddleston
Furr Super Markets
Childress
Texas Panhandle
Follett
Stahl
Avenue DC
Northwest
Sam Privitt
Avenue G
Privitt
Mitchell-Goodwin Lumber Company
Ave. A
Sand & Gravel CO
Service Department
Montgomery
Commerce
Larned
Harry Mitchell
Condit
Stahl’s
Sheet Metal
Dial
Woodrow Czewski
Lloyd's Electric
Diai
Childress Lumber CO
Cook's Quality Paints
Pioneer Home Builders
McFarland’s Electric
A. V. McFarland
Ave. F
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