War Manpower Commission Extends Priority Referral Plan
Washington June 2 virtually all male workers are placed under strict job controls as the War Manpower Commission extends its priority referral nationwide. Beginning July 1 all men except farm workers must clear through the Employment Service to be hired, with assignments first to the most needed war jobs.
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War Manpower Commission
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United States Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower
Aid
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Roosevelt
Sunday Church Services Chronicle Local Faith Events
Readings and services across multiple churches mark Children’s Day and weekly worship. First Christian Church hosts Children’s Day activities and a 10:59 AM service broadcast on KGNC with Dr. Snodgrass speaking on Discipling the Nations. other churches schedule sermons, Bible schools, and youth programs throughout the day.
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Church School
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R. C. Snodgrass
A. E. Paschal
Lord
Roberts
Lois Swick
Ministers of Amarillo Will Meet Monday
The Amarillo Ministerial Alliance holds its regular monthly meeting Monday at 10 o clock in the Polk Street Methodist Church parlor. President is Dr R Thomsen of First Presbyterian Church and secretary is Rev Lloyd H Jones of Buchanan Street Methodist Church.
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Pfluger
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Remick
Louanna Beattie
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Thoburn Speicher
Amarillo Field
Paradise
Neidlinger
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Goodwin
Lloyd H. Jones
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Jim H. Sharp
Ben M. Scott
San Jacinto
Amarillo
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Polk Street Methodist Church
R. Thomsen
Proposed Auditorium Shown at San Jacinto Baptist Church
The picture of the proposed new auditorium will be displayed at worship services both morning and evening. Pastor Rev. Leon M. Hill will lead pledges of $60,000 for the new building. The church already has a three story Educational Building with modern equipment. Visitors are invited to Sunday services.
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San Jacinto
Training Union
Janet Ray
Blanch Groves
Training Union Workers
Brotherhood
San Jacinto Baptist Church
Reverend Coxe to Speak on Nazi Germany Today
Rev. Paul H. Coxe assistant pastor will preach at the First Assembly of God Church 900 North Pierce Street tomorrow in two services. Morning topic Fellowship evening topic Nazi Germany Today. He knows a Hamburg minister forced to flee Hitler era and will discuss conditions for American servicemen on the European front.
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John W Darby
West Amarillo
Hadley A. Hall
First Christian Church of the Nazarene
Paul H. Coxe
First Assembly of God Church
North Pierce Street
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Hamburg
Hitler
Miss Nixson Retires. School Honors Her Service
Elizabeth Nixson, longtime principal of Central Junior High School in Amarillo, announces retirement after 35 years of service. The school board renamed the institution in her honor. patrons presented a $1,000 war bond and numerous receptions were held as she prepares to move to Richland.
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Richland
Central Junior High School
Miss Nixson
Amarillo
Milk quota boosts for ice cream makers in June July
WFA announces Amendment 3 to WFO 8 allowing higher milk solids use. Quotas rise to 85 percent for June and 75 percent for July, per Roger Q Meredith area supervisor.
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Roger Q. Meredith
Refugees Seen as U S Problem and Possible Havens
President Roosevelt said war refugees would be brought to the United States only if necessary, with priority on finding havens near their homelands. He floated Taormina Sicily and Cyrenaica as possible refuges, noting funding might come from UNRRA or military money and that evacuees would eventually return home or resettle elsewhere.
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United States
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Oklahoma Auxiliaries To Entertain Soldiers
Three Oklahoma American Legion Auxiliary officials visit Amarillo to entertain wounded soldiers at the Field hospital and VA facility. Mrs. H. H. Holliday, a pianist and composer, Mrs. W. A. Biggert, a blues singer, and Mrs. O. B. Grimmett, a humorist, perform at the Amarillo Field hospital tonight tomorrow afternoon and with the GI players tomorrow night. They have toured Army hospitals across the Southwest for three years and are hosted by Hanson Post Auxiliary members.
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Amarillo Field
Amarillo
Veterans Administration
Oklahoma American Legion Auxiliary
Amarillo Field Hospital
H. H. Holliday
Anadarko, Okla
W. A. Biggert
el Reno
Okla
O. B. Grimmett
Altus
Hanson Post
Solomon Was Right Cult Defender Says
Salt Lake City reports Judge Ray Van Cott’s conviction of 15 men for unlawful cohabitation with 55 women is praised as an excellent termination of an insult to marriage. Other letters call the prosecution of Fundamentalists ridiculous and defend plural marriage as a religious principle.
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Ray van Cott
van Cott
United States
Texas
Solomon
Licenses Proposed for Radio News Commentators
Senator Johnson of Colorado advances legislation requiring federal licenses for radio news commentators with commercial sponsors and a code of ethics. The plan replaces a stalled proposal by Chairman Wheeler to ban advertiser sponsored news broadcasts.
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Johnson
Colorado
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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Montana
Mrs Curtis Elected To Presidency Of Woman's Club
Mrs J O Curtis was elected president of the Woman's Club at a Thursday meeting held in the home of Mrs Miles Bivins at 2311 West Sixteenth Avenue. Other officers were Mrs Don Culton as vice president and Mrs Ed Hardin as corresponding secretary with Mrs H C Randolph recording secretary and Mrs Terry Thompson treasurer. The meeting featured a program led by Mrs Thompson who introduced Mrs Joe Coffee to review Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Attendees included Mrs Lee Bivins and several other members.
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Woman's Club
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West Sixteenth Avenue
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Ed Hardin
H. C. Randolph
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Bible School Opens at Ellwood Park Church
The Vacation Bible School at Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church opens Monday and runs through June 16. Classes run 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily for children aged 4 to 14, under the supervision of Mrs. Henry S. Wilson.
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Ellwood Presbyterian
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Henry S. Wilson
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