State Board of PEO in Session in Texarkana
The Texas State Chapter of PEO led by Mrs. George Erlandson meets in Texarkana for a business session with delegates to conduct wartime education and welfare projects. ODT rulings halt state conventions in 1945 while PEO reports strong war activity including bonds totaling 100 million dollars and four clubmobiles, plus gifts of food parcels for Allied POWs. Canadian chapters are asked to follow different guidance on group meetings.
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George Erlandson
Texas
Texarkana
ODT
Algonquin
Death Claims Father Of Two Amarilloans
Henry Harrison Byrd aged 67 died in Abilene yesterday. Former superintendent of the Gulf Oil Refinery at Sweetwater, he is survived by his wife four other children and two in Amarillo, Clarice Hendrick and W E Byrd. The Byrd children include Elaine in Bartlesville Edna in Abilene and Henry M Byrd in Abilene.
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Clarice Hendrick
W. E. Byrd
Amarillo
Henry Harrison Byrd
Byrd
Gulf of Refinery
Sweetwater
Abilene
Mexican Expeditionary Air Force Heads to Pacific Battlefront
Mexico joins the United Nations in combat duty as Expeditionary Squadron 201 sails from a Pacific port after training in the United States. The force received its battle flag from Francisco Urquizo at Majors Field, Greenville, Texas. Two members died in training accidents.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United Nations
War Department
Pacific
Aeneas Uses Fire Bombs in Trojan War
In about 360 B.C. Trojan king Aeneas employed incendiary missiles made from pitch tow resinous wood and other inflammable substances to attack foes.
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Aeneas
Van Hall Elected Union Official
At the North Texas Conference Typographical Unions meeting in Abilene Van Hall Amarillo printer was elected vice president L J Legget Dallas was named president Joe Collins Fort Worth was re elected corresponding secretary and Clyde Tittle Wichita Falls chosen secretary M M McKnight Fort Worth secretary of the Texas State Allied Printing Trades Council spoke and is also a War Labor Board member in Dallas Hall has worked seven years at the Globe News mostly as a linotype operator Unions at Amarillo Clovis Abilene Wichita Falls Dallas Fort Worth and Lubbock were represented.
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North Texas
Abilene
van Hall
Amarillo
L. J. Legget
Dallas
Joe Collins
Fort Worth
Clyde Tittle
Wichita Falls
M. M. McKnight
Texas State Allied Printing Trades Council
Eighth Regional War Labor Board
Hall
The
Globe News
Clovis
Lubbock
Mrs Lucy Allen Taken by Death
Mrs Lucy E. Allen 68 wife of Charles Allen died at 7 this morning in a Wichita Falls hospital. The body was moved to Amarillo and will lie in state at N S Griggs Funeral home until 2 tomorrow then go to Covington Tennessee. Survivors include sister Mrs W Glover Smith and brothers Lon and Grace Whitson all of Covington Tennessee. She had lived in Amarillo since 1908 and was a member of the First Baptist Church.
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Lucy E. Allen
Charles Allen
Taylor
Wichita Fall
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs Funeral Home
Covington
Tenn
Allen
First Baptist Church
W. Glover Smith
Lon and
Grace Whitson
Covington, Tenn
ROTC Climax Week With Dance Picnic At Amarillo
Federal inspection concluded Friday at Amarillo High School as ROTC cadets held an all school dance Saturday in the gym with red white and blue streamers. Officers and sponsors were introduced by Jerry Briscoe. Sunday ROTC officers hosted a picnic at Buffalo Lake and Palo Duro Canyon with Capt and Mrs J Jack Rogers as chaperons.
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Amarillo High School
ROTC
Jerry Briscoe
Buffalo Lake
Palo Duro Canyon
J. Jack Rogers
National Shrine Head Visits Khiva for Imperial Potentate Talk
Imperial Potentate Alfred G. Arvold of Fargo South Dakota will speak at a Khiva Temple meeting tonight. He is praised for boosting Shrine membership and urging temples to heighten pageantry after the war. Amarillo High School A Cappella Choir opens program at 8 with Julia Dean Evans directing.
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Mystic Shrine
North America
Imperial
Alfred G. Arvold
Fargo
Khiva Temple
Arvold
Amarillo High School
Julia Dean Evans
Khiva
Average Flea Jump Distance Noted at Eight Inches
A scientific note states that the common flea can leap roughly eight inches in a single bound. The finding highlights the insect's remarkable locomotion and adaptability in various environments.
U S Industry On Review Film Project In Panhandle
The bureau of mines of the U S Department of the Interior surveys Texas site picks for a film on natural resources with Amarillo as headquarters. Morton Leopold and Bertram Bates lead the location and production survey as industry funds the project and the films reach millions.
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Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Bureau of Mines
U. S. Department of the Interior
Morton F. Leopold
Bertram G. Bates
Victory Harvest Opens Tour Here
The 20 minute film Victory Harvest opens here for a world premiere and will tour nationwide. It aims to recruit volunteer farm workers and appeals to youth, housewives, office workers, and others with spare time. It is a recruiting and educational documentary also shown to civic clubs and farm groups.
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Marvin Jones
Shirley Temple Engaged to Army Sergeant
Hollywood reports Shirley Temple, 24, announced engagement to John George Agar USAAF at a press conference in the Temple mansion. Agar called the news unexpected as he discussed his future with America’s famed child star now grown into a public figure.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
John George Agar
USAAF
America
Sergeant
Beverly Hills
Temple Mansion
Jack
Shirley
March Field
Cal
Courthouse Receives Pile of Waste Paper
A pile of old newspapers blew around the southeast corner of the Potter County Courthouse yesterday morning. Attendants were unsure if left for a waste paper drive or dumped as a prank as officials conduct a drive against promiscuous trash dumping.
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Potter County
Sergeant Lee Jr Completes 65 Missions in Europe
Sgt. Bob Lee Jr completes 65 missions as tail gunner of a B 24 over enemy Europe. On furlough after a year with the Ninth Air Force in Europe he visits his aunt Mrs W F Grant in Amarillo. He is married and has family in Grants New Mexico and St Charles Louisiana.
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Ninth Air Force
Europe
Bob Lee, Jr
W. F. Grant
Pierce
Lee
Amarillo
St. Charles
Paris
Robert E. Lee
Grants, N. M
Army Air Forces
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State Board of Peo
Imperial Potentate
Lucy Allen
Isfied Customers
Amarillo and Trade
Bell
Polk St
Washington
U.S
Atlantic Seaboard
Michigan
Asia
Africa
South America
Australia
British Isles
China
India
United States
Army
Navy
Mineral and Allied Industries
Victory Harvest
Globe-News
J. A. Harper
Oliver Eakle
Blackburn
Manala
Bay Life Insurance
Sgt
Tyler
Wn Co. McC
Chie Castleberry
NCE CO. RD
MOME
American Institute of Laundering
John D. McBride
Optometrist
Zale
Blackburn Ride
Seventh Street
TTH & Polk
Iintan Cie
Hilex Mos
ITP
National Distillers Products Corp
N.Y
Raymond
Don Clark
Ted Malone
Guy LombarDo
Martin
Agronsky
Don McNeill
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