Victory Harvest Premiere Arranges Amarillo Program
Farmers and county agents gather in Amarillo for three events linked to the world premiere of the farm labor film Victory Harvest at the Paramount Theater. Local officials welcome guests and extend honors to Mrs. Jones as Dr. Trotter and Mr. Wilson discuss farm labor efforts with a 20 minute WFA produced film.
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Amarillo
Ide P Trotter
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
Meredith C. Wilson
Washington, D. C
War Food Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
John Boyce
Joe Jenkins
Trotter
Wilson
Jones
WFA
State Agricultural Extension Services
Carl Hancock
Federal Extension Service
Ernest Northcutt
Ed Hardin
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Walter Blackburn
WTCC
Carl W. Connell
Amarillo Army Air Field
Joseph R. Cavolth
Hereford Prisoner of War
H. F. McFarland Jr
R. M. Smith
Pantex Ordnance Plant
W. H. Ponder
W. B. Gilbert
Potter County Home Demonstration Council
A. J. Morris
Amarillo Federated Clubs
Wes Izzard
Seventh District of Federated Clubs
James A. Parks
Marvin Carter
Texas Farm Bureau
Joe Berg
Frank Overturf
Texas Farmers Union
Russell Hogge
Farm Labor Advisory Committee
John Detten
Agricultural Asjustment Administration
C. E. Weymouth
Ration Board
Duane Northup
Farm Security Administration
W. E. Anderson
Seed
P. C. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
C. W. Whitfield
Amarillo Agricultural Experiment Station
E. C. Munro
Office of Distribution
Sid
Ross Larson
American Business Club
Jim Hudson
Kiwanis Club
George Vineyard
Rotary Club
R. L. Campbell
Wildorado
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Arthur Ball
Pilot Club
New Amarillo Optimist Club Names Leo Miller President
Leo Miller will preside as president of the Amarillo Optimist Club tomorrow at noon in the Capitol Hotel. He was installed last Friday at Amarillo Country Club succeeding Ed Snook Colby Davies chairs the program for the year. The club reports about $1,000 in the treasury.
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Leo Miller
Amarillo
WAC from Memphis Joins Brother at Amarillo Field
Pvt Liam B Powell of Memphis Tennessee joins her brother Treves P Powell a technical sergeant and B 17 mechanics instructor at Amarillo Army Air Field The group of six new WACs trained at Fort Des Moines and have served less than six months They will serve in the motor pool Also notes a mining term and a brief history of Christianity in Norway Iceland and Greenland.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Liam B. Powell
Memphis
Miners Reach Contract Breakthrough Amid Government Seizures
Wage negotiators ended six weeks of talks with broad concessions to bituminous miners as the government seized 235 strike closed pits in seven states. The agreement raises inside miner pay to 10 dollars a day from 8.50, while John L. Lewis dropped his 10 cent per ton royalty demand. Interior Secretary Ickes operates the mines during wartime disruptions and ordered flags flown over idled tips as wildcat strikes affected steel output. Ezra Van Horn, an operator, announced the agreement.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Ezra van Horn
Iwo Battle Veteran Concluding Visit
Edward H. Little Jr departs after a brief stay with his parents at 411 B Carolina to report to a naval hospital in San Leandro California. He served four years in the Marines, was with the Fifth Division, and landed on two shores within twenty minutes of the first landings. His brothers J Dawson Little and Joe Bill Little remain stationed. J Dawson serves in the Navy at Purcell Oklahoma.
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Iwo Jima
Edward H. Little, Jr
E. H. Little
Carolina
Naval Hospital
San Leandro
Cal
Amarillo
Littles
J. Dawson Little
Joe Bill Little
Naval Station
Purcell, Okla
J. Dawson
Navy
New Course at Boston University Uses 6000 Colored Slides
A new course in Picturesque Spanish America at Boston University uses more than 6,000 colored slides to objectively reveal natural beauties and the achievements of genius.
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Boston University
Ubcer Guards In Frontline Duty With Ninth Armored Division
Nazi stomach ailment battalions known as Ubcer Guards return to action in Germany with the Ninth Armored Division. Surrounded near the Rhine they surrender after a brief standoff as Lt. Vincent P. McCarthy orders, surrender in twenty minutes. Tanks move toward Berlin.
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Ninth Armored
Germany
Ubcer Guards
Hitler
Rhine
Vincent P. McCarthy
Bronx
N. Y
McCarthy
Berlin
Wayside Rancher Reflects on Amarillo Growth
John McGehee a pioneer rancher from Wayside recalled arriving in the Panhandle 54 years ago when Amarillo had only one store. He noted a small town on Amarillo Creek and predicted rapid growth as eastern capitalists invest, calling the region the greatest in the United States.
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John McGehee
Wayside
Amarillo
Panhandle
Amarillo Creek
United States
Army develops portable signal corps switchboard
The Army Signal Corps has developed an emergent switchboard that can be carried under a signal man's arm. This compact innovation promises quicker field communications and easier deployment for frontline units.
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The
Army Signal Corps
Lud Denny Lends a Helping Hand
Lud Denny returns home from the plant to find his wife cleaning and the house in disarray. He joins in, helping with the chores while enjoying cheese blintzes, his favorite dish. The piece extols small acts of goodwill as a remedy for troubled times.
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Lud Denny
Lud
Lind
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Marvin Jones
HK. Jones
Administrator Jones
Dorothy Perry
Junior Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lho Miller
WAC
Memphis, Tenn
Brother
RAAF
Nor Way
Iceland
Greenland
Olaf
J. A. Harper
Oliver Eakle
Blackburn
Iwo
Ubcer
Joe Marsh
Mears
United States Brewers Foundation
Lobe News
Conso
Izor
ADE CO Inc
Phillips
John D. McBride
Zale
York Tire Co
Japan
United Nations
Siroil Laboratories, Inc
Detroit
Michigan
Special Sub-Committee On Petroleum Investigation
House of Representatives
Phillips 66
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville, Ohio
U.S
Raymond
Don Clark
Niles & Pringle Ice Box
Follies
Ethel
Albert
Baukhage
KFDA
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