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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
6
Absentee voting yields no ballots in Amarillo bond election set for Monday. Four bond issues totaling 750000 target water works sewer disposal street and site costs to support war needs with bids due after election. city notes none will fund other uses.
Mrs. H. B. Martin of Amarillo delivers fresh cookies daily to workers at the Civic Center and Amarillo Hotel lobby. A West Coast camp letter from a U S Army corporal praises local Girls Service Club volunteers for distributing candy cookies books matches and postcards to soldiers passing through Amarillo on train routes.
CIO head Philip Murray expresses hope for a house-cleaning within the United Mine Workers to avert labor disunity. In a letter to District 50’s organizing committee he urges officers to set an example for national unity amid wartime needs. Egypt’s agricultural prosperity hinges on artificial irrigation with little rainfall.
A second meeting of Amarillo area business men is set for tonight at the Amarillo Hotel with Wichita Falls leaders presiding. The two day clinic aims to explain expected wartime changes from new army installations and war industry growth, following Sidney Kring’s talk on expansions and headaches. Sectional sessions will assign leaders to their respective business lines to discuss specific problems. Portland, Ore. ordinance notes ban daytime swimming unless fully clothed.
WPA regional director Charlie B Braun of New Orleans and state administrator James H Crutcher of Louisiana toured Amarillo for a routine inspection. They discussed a realignment program to aid the war effort and said no non war construction would continue, with possible exceptions and no further details. Road and highway work vital for military needs would continue.
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