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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
11
Factory built sleeper truck with inned spring matress and Davis bumper to bumper ready. Buyers willing to pay cash for good cars or pickups. Call 2-2868 or 2-6806 before selling. Located at 607 Fillmore, Houston area.
Globe News listings offer a three room furnished duplex with electric refrigerator and private bath near 1014 Parker for employed adults, plus an unfurnished option for a couple. Also listed: 1936 Chevrolet Tudor with fresh paint in Houston, a 1934–35 Chevrolet Coach with radio heater and good rubber near Alabama, and a 1936 Ford truck east of Plainview. Contact J. C. Thomas or call 2-6427 after 3 PM.
Amarillo candidate LaMarr Bailey campaigns through counties south and southwest of Amarillo on horseback against incumbent Gene Worley. Bailey, a World War II veteran with a Purple Heart, advocates abolition of most federal bureaus and relates gasoline aid to campaign trips.
Mrs. G. B. Burgess reports a V shaped egg predicted to signal the war’s end. Neighbors interpret the odd egg from her chicken at 1008 North Marrs Street as a hopeful omen amid wartime chatter.
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes called for de mobilization steps and warned that war taxation should end with victory. He urged swift termination of war contracts, cautioned about unemployment in some sectors, and advocated targeted reconversion aid without federalizing state unemployment insurance. Byrnes opposed reviving the WPA and stressed industry readiness for civilian production.
The Federal Power Commission announced a June 23 hearing in Fort Worth on West Texas Gas Company applications from Lubbock for certificates of public convenience and necessity to operate natural gas facilities in Hale Potter and Randall Counties.
Clara Bennett, a Negro woman, was shot and killed Sunday night near 2040 Madison Street. Police arrested Maydell Milton, a Negro man, in connection with the shooting as a .22 caliber slug wounded Fred Rainey and sent him to a hospital.
The Senate appropriations committee voted 14 to 6 to restore the FEPC’s 1945 funding of 500000, after a prior subcommittee setback. Russell urged broader white employment protection while FEPC employs 68 negro and 48 white workers. The panel also okayed large war aid totals including OWI, UNRRA, and lend-lease.
The Federal Power Commission scheduled a Fort Worth hearing for June 24 on Spearman Gas Co of Mopete to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity to acquire and operate all Eldorado Gas Company's natural gas pipelines and appurtenant facilities in Oklahoma.
The Marine Corps total reached 452,727 on April 30, including all commissioned and enlisted personnel. New York led with 46,893, while Texas ranked sixth with 19,982 Marines in uniform.
The page lists film showings at Paramount Apollo and Liberty venues including Follow the Boys Cobra Woman Lady in the Dark and Victory Through Air Power along with Maisie Gets Her Man The Fallen Sparrow and Golf Limited. Nightclubs Old Tascosa Rainbow Gardens Mexican Inn Mayfair Nat Aviatrix Avalon Club offer nightly entertainment. Also notes on lightly starched cotton slip covers for vanity dressers to reduce wrinkles.
Sufferers report relief from gallbladder and liver issues after using Gallusin described as stimulating liver function and increasing bile flow. The expensive medicine costs 3.00 per dose and is sold with a money back guarantee by Cretney Drug Stores in Amarillo Pampa Borger Tucumcari.
Senators Connally and Vandenberg urged in the Senate the elimination of partisan politics in plans for an international peace organization. Connally said a liaison committee consulted with Hull and avoided politics, while Vandenberg supported a just peace with workable machinery, acknowledging inevitable differences over details.
A special news reel is rushed to the Paramount Theater in Amarillo for Wednesday's program featuring the motion picture Andy Hardy's Blond Trouble. Paramount News notified Jack King, local manager of Interstate Theaters, as pre invasion preparations show scenes of men and material massed for the event.
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