Citywide Clean-Up Week Mobilizes Amarillo Residents
City crews and volunteers organize a week of cleaning efforts with emphasis on clearing cans, weeds, and debris. Fire prevention and paint up day follow, with routines for trash routes and extra crews noted by H R Smith, public works director. A lost leather billfold containing papers and cash is being sought by Kenneth H. James of Metallizing Engineering. hotel victims are Hilton Hotel and Herring Hotel area.
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Dyer
Amarillo
H. R. Smith
Polk-Harrison
Vivinia-Lecteann
Harrison-Van Buren
Washington-Van Buren
Florida
Tyler-Harrison
Harrison-Jackson
North Taylor-Fillmore
Kenneth H. James
Metallizing Engineering Company, Inc
Denver
Herring
James
Hilton Hotel
Standard of California Creditard
Packard
Widening Ruth Avenue Contract To Be Let Tomorrow Night
The city commission will let the contract to widen Ruth Avenue in front of the post office. City engineer says curb back on both sides will widen the street by seven to eight feet. City Manager Moss notes a likely decision on awarding parking meter bids as about 300 new meters may be purchased.
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Ruth Avenue
Stanton Field
N. V. Moss
County Commissioners Buy Two Large Tanks for County Use
In Potter County this morning the commissioners purchased two 30 500 gallon tanks from Parks Brothers Tank Company for 720. The tanks will be used to hod a s halt. They authorized Frank Hoyt to attend a tax collector meeting in Fort Worth May 4-5. All bids on a bulldozer were rejected. Lane McAfee of 2100 Lipscomb is expected back next Wednesday from a visit in Dallas.
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Potter County
Parks Brothers Tank Company
Frank Hoyt
Fort Worth
Mcafee
Dallas
Lipscomb
City permits renewals urged for food handling shops
Charles Eads city food inspector said most of the more than 400 outstanding permits have been renewed and the remainder must be renewed this month. Hollis J. Penrod of Akron Ohio visits Lloyd Holland in Amarillo at 012 Harrison. The Manx Church on the Isle of Man marked its 1500th anniversary.
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Charles Eads
Mr. Eads
Lloyd Holland
Hollis J. Penrod
Akron
Ohio
Amarillo
Harrison
Isle of Man
Safety Trailer Here Friday At Fort Worth Event
Fruehauf Trailer Co sponsors a traveling safety trailer touring Amarillo and Fort Worth with safety gadgets and a driver reaction test. Officials say the TMTA tractor and trailer will be judged on parking and inspected at Sixth and Polk in front of Cretney Drug Store. Local inspectors from the Texas Railroad Commission and highway patrol will assist while Ford Motor Co donates the tractor to TMTA.
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Fruehauf Trailer Co
Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
Fort Worth
Texas Motor Transportation
Amarillo
Sixth
Polk
Cretney Drug Store
H. Twaddell
Texas Railroad Commissioner
TMTA
Ford Motor Co
Heat record fails to top water use high mark
Amarillo records show yesterday’s water consumption at 13.5 million gallons, below this year’s peak of 13.9 million. Wave Westbay of the city water department cited the day’s scorching 96 degree high and windy conditions as the factor behind the demand.
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Amarillo
Wave Westbay
City Water Department
Four Days Of Auditions Set For Piano Teachers
Local auditions of the National Guild of Piano Teachers extended to April 23 to 27 to handle a large turnout. Judges are Miss Roxy Grove of Baylor University and Miss Adelaide Anderson of Boise Junior College. Auditions last season hosted about 150 students. this year the number is expected to double. They will be at Trinity Lutheran Parish Hall, 1800 Harrison, with committee chair Mrs. Janet M. McNeil.
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National Guild of Piano Teachers
Roxy Grove
Mus. D
Balor University
Waco
Adelaide Anderson
Boise Junior College
Boise
Idaho
Miss Grove
Luigi Chiaffarella
Sao Paulo
Artur Schnabel
Rudolph Breithaupt
Berlin
Tobias Matthau
Ernesto Bergman
Anderson
Chicago Musical College
Trinity Lutheran Parish Hall
Harrison
Janet M. McNeil
Issue Permits for 85 Homes This Month
City building permits for April 1 total 378 985 with eight new homes. Inspector Jim Stevens notes high volume but lower per permit values than last month, which set a city record near one hundred thousand dollars.
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Jim Stevens
Southern Presbyterian Church Holds Leadership Training Course
The Southern Presbyterian Church at Eleventh and Jackson conducts a leadership training course from today through Friday. Miss Ruby Mc Durmon, director of education for Presbytery of Dallas, leads the sessions. Morning classes for teachers, 10 o clock for parents and children of the children's section, and 10 o clock for evening sessions for Sunday school officers and teachers, with 7 30 o clock sessions also listed.
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Southern Presbyterian Church
Eleventh and
Jackson
Ruby McDurmon
Presbytery of
Dallas
Reo Dealers Meet With Distributor
A gathering of 30 Reo dealers and service men from nine Panhandle towns met at Bert's Motor Co in North Fillmore last weekend. Bert Steffens and Bob Johnson of Lansing Mich led the meeting to coordinate Reo service for Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico, with Sy Patton conducting a Zenith carburetor school.
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Reo
Bert's Motor Co
North Fillmore
Panhandle
Bert Steffens
Bob Johnson
Lansing
Mich
Reo Company
Steffens
Johnson
Paramount Remember Mama and Newsreel at State Theater
A 1944 cinema calendar lists Paramount shows including Remember Mama with Irene Dunne and Barbara Bet teddes plus a Popeye cartoon starting at 1:30. Abbott and Costello film The Noose Hangs High appears in newsreel with color cartoon, starting times around 1:00 and 1:30. Esquire Night Song with Merle Oberon and Dana Andrews and Red Riding Hood cartoon follow, with times near 1:33 and 9:30. Other features include Foreign Correspondent, Ghosts on the East Side Kids, The Corpse Came to C.O.D., Don't Gamble with Strangers, Last of the Mohicans, Cass Timberlane, Pirates of Monterey, and Tycoon. Night clubs list The Nat, Aviatron Orchestra, Dancing, and roller skating at Roller Palace. College calendar indicates extended entertainment through the week.
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Paramount
Irene ‘Dunne
Barbara Betteddes
Apstol
Walter Able
Francis
Aftty
Joel McCrea
Andy Pandagar
Ith
East Side Kids
George Brent
Joan Blondell
Leon
Last of the Mohicans
Randolph Scott
Binnie Barnes
Cass Timberlane
Spencer Tracy
Lana Turner
Rex
Rod Cameron
Marie Monter
Tycoon
John Wayne
Laraine
the Nat
Russiomers “Orchestra
Aviatrin
Carlton Seales
Oehestra
Danicineeatering
Tort Homs
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Amarillo Globe
Paxas
Ssiobe
West Fifth
Bertlo
Coney Island
Joe Brown
N. Fillmore
Roller Palace
Casa Manana
Jeanne Carroll
Mitch Michell
Amarillo Hotel
Linen Servici
Avittz Ise
Jimmy Murphy
Emcee
Tiny Rae
Rebekah Hall
West Sixth
EL Rancho Cafe
S. Fillmore
Claude Persefield
Dick Morton
Frances Rowoie Stevenson
Brees
Tie
Taingow Gardens
Mitch Mitchell
Anne Carroll
Jefferson
Travis Daws Cabinet Shop
Ronston
Turner Tachary Scott
Mexico
Family Appeal
Metro Drive-In Theatre
Chet
Marine Grill
Terry & Sack Lomas
Ace
Dick Morton and His Orchestra
Cee
Palooka Thad
Ansley Cleaners
Washington
Liberty
Joan Blomdell
Peter Cookson
Gloria Warren
Randolph Scott Binnie, Barnes
Maria’ Montez Ates
Monterey
Laraine Daynes
Ea le Interstate Theatres
Joe Abbott
Costello
Joan Michael Bennett
Redgrave Beyond the
FIR
Mama
Esquire
Andrews Oberon Nigh
Merrymore
Metro News
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