Alfalfa Bill Murray enters Oklahoma Senate race
Former Oklahoma governor and congressman W H Murray 72 seeks a U S Senate seat against Sen Josh Lee. He pledges to push postwar treaties and international law while relying on campaign funds to sustain a heavy travel pace and public appearances.
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Oklahoma City
W. H
Alfalfa Hill
Murray
United States Senate
Josh Lee
Tishomingo
Lee
Orel Busby
Ada
State Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Older Girls Conference draws Panhandle students at West Texas State
Several hundred high school and college girls from Dalhart Tucumcari Hereford Phillips Pampa Memphis Canyon and Amarillo will attend the Second Annual Older Girls Conference at West Texas State College Canyon. Speakers include Grace Overton Bernice Moore and A M Meyer. Officers are Helen Brunson Marcella Weigley Rena Rae Renfro and Pat McClarney with directors Mr and Mrs Harold L Nichols. VW Auxiliary Territorial Service in England bans street smoking though indoor public smoking remains allowed.
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Panhandle
West Texas State College
Canyon
Grace Overton
Bernice Moore
University of North Carolina
A. M. Meyer
Department of Education
Dalhart
Tucumcari
Hereford
Phillips
Pampa
Memphis
Amarillo
Helen Brunson
Marcella Weigley
Rena Rae Renfro
Pat McClarney
Harold L. Nichols
John Kollner marks another Amarillo anniversary
Amarillo remembers John W. Kollner who arrived April 8, 1898 and became known as John the baker. He recalls the early days renting the lot of the future State theater for a dollar a month and cheap staples like sugar 75 cents per pound quarter and coal oil for 25 cents.
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Britain
Hindustan
India
Gaekwar
Baroda
Pandit Nehru
All- India Congress
Mr. Nehri
Maharapah
Aladdin
Amarillo
John
John W. Kollner
Vienna
Austria
Travelers for Defense expands reach in Amarillo wholesale network
Mrs James Bush leads Travelers for Defense in Amarillo as wholesale firms and traveling salesmen are recruited to sell stamps and bonds. The program, already in the 18th District, will roll out statewide with county chairs coordinating sales, audits, and pledges while contact men bring proceeds back to Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Travelers For Defense Office
James Bush
18Th
Texas
E. Byron Singleton
Austin
State Office
Travelers For Defense
Booming Munitions Production Seen in US Plants
A Detroit tour of Briggs Manufacturing Chrysler Hudson Ford and Willow Run bomber plant shows mass war production rising to over a billion dollars monthly. Writers note rapid scale up from early unit trials to thousands of units daily while labor and raw materials drive limits.
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Detroit
Ernest Kanzler
War Production Board
New York
Washington
Reuter's of
London
London Times
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Chrysler Corporation
Hudson Navy Ordnance
Chrysler Tank Arsenal
Ford Pratt & Whitney
Ford
Willow Run
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Marines
Coast Guard
Travelers Aid
U. S. Defense
Ained
Bournemouth
Automotive Council For War Production
St.Joseph
Flint
Dowie & Co
Buchanan
America
American Gas Association
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