Total Effort Necessary To Meet Record
Potter County urges every housewife to collect waste fats and swap for ration points to beat March’s national record. Local stores and packing companies Pinkney and Doty plan to ship fat, with March totals around 192 258 pounds and carload expectations. Farms and ranches are spotlighted as sources, tied to post invasion needs and April collections.
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Potter County
Lewis P. Fields
Amarillo
Pinkney Packing Company
Doty Packing Company
Pinkney
Doty
Mr. Fields
Europe
Ferry Rammed by Freighter Injures 18 in Baltimore Harbor
In fogbound Baltimore harbor a small inland freighter rammed a crowded ferry, injuring 18 with several serious. Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard officials said three victims suffered broken backs as workers headed to Bethlehem Fairfield and Maryland Drydock yards. Coast Guard boat aided in taking the injured ashore.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc
Bethlehem Fairfield
Maryland Drydock Company
Coast Guard
Army Sled Dogs Form Motor Pool at Nome Alaska
At Nome Alaska the Army houses 43 sled dogs in Post Quartermaster Kennels with individual service records. Corporal Albert L. Warner of White Cloud Michigan and lead dog Blackie head the canine unit. Dogs work in seven-dog teams and receive rabies and distemper shots from medics. The piece notes dog fights as a major concern and mentions an Army tank destroyer named Lighting that fired 7 000 projectiles in seven battles in North Africa and Sicily.
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Nome
Alaska
A.P
G. L
Canine Motor Pool
Cpl
Albert L. Warner
White Cloud
Mich
Blackie
Arctic
Kotzebue Sound
Mike
G. I
North Africa
Sicily
Ford Fricks Son Enlists in U S Army Air Forces
Private Frederick C. Frick, 26, son of National League President Ford Frick, began basic training at Sheppard Field aiming to be an air forces gunner. He previously served two years with the Office of War Information in North Africa and London and entered the air forces on March 15.
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Wichita Falls
Frederick C. Frick
National League
Ford Frick
Sheppard Field
Air Forces
Battlefront
Frick
Office of War Information
North Africa
London
Visiting rector to christen Fisk child at 2200 Harrison
Former St. Andrew's rector Rev. Robert N. MacCallum will visit the Fisks at 2200 Harrison Street Amarillo and christen Jackson R. Culp Jr. at the Fisk home. Jackson is the third Fisk grandchild to be christened by him with Patricia Ann and Charles William also as godchildren. MacCallum, transferred from Victoria to Gallup New Mexico, is due this afternoon.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Amarillo
Robert N. MacCallum
Charles Fisks
Harrison Street
Jackson R. Culp, Jr
Fisk
Jackson
Charles William Culp
Charles William
Mr. Fisk
Rev. MacCallum
Victoria
Gallup
N. M
Standby Chris t ener For Ships Still Hopes
Seattle ship yard official L W Van Dyke acts as standby chris t ener at launchings with champagne bottles ready. He waits for a sponsor to miss the bow and crack a bottle, but this never happens yet, leaving him hopeful for a future launch mishap.
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Seattle
U.S
L. W. van Dyke
Seattle-Tacoma
van Dyke
Harmon Assigned to Signal Corps at Camp Cooke Cal
Pvt. Jack H. Harmon son of Mr and Mrs J H Harmon 1608 Van Buren Street reported for duty at Camp Cooke California and assigned to the 151st Armored Signal Corps unit of the Eleventh Armored Division He previously was in the Army Specialized Training Program at Washington State College He entered the Army November 27 1942 and served first with the 96th Infantry Division as a radio operator
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Jack H. Harmon
J. H. Harmon
van Buren Street
Camp Cooke
Cal
151St Armored Signal Corps
Eleventh Armored Division
Washington State College
Army
96Th Infantry Division
Women Train Announcers Claim Clearer PA Station Voice
In New York the Pennsylvania Railroad trains now use women announcers trained by Radio City teachers to improve clarity. Officials say male voices echo and sound indistinct in large concourses while women's voices are clear and friendly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Radio City
Annual Aggie Muster Set For Tomorrow Night
C W Miller chairman reports more than 50 reservations for the 1944 muster to be held at 7 pm tomorrow in the Capitol Hotel Texas Aggie exes from Hereford Canyon and Stratford are among attendees Aggie exes worldwide join the San Jacinto Day tradition with Armand Dowie and Mayor Joe Jenkins on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Miller
Texas Aggies
Capitol Hotel
Aggie Exes
Hereford
Canyon
Stratford
Yukon
Southwest Pacific
Armand Dowie
Joe Jenkins
San Jacinto Day
Amarillo High seeks principal speaker for April 29 meeting
R. B. Norman principal of Amarillo High School and Panhandle Administrators' Association president searches for a principal speaker for the association's annual meeting on April 29. The event will be in the high school auditorium with Cal Farley presenting a comedy skit. Educators are asked to bring spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School
The
Panhandle Administrators’ Association
Cal Farley
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Army Ordnance Machine Shop
Terre Haute
Ind
Great Britain
Ray Hayworth
Curt Davis
Brooklyn Battery
Royal Sarouk
ROYAL
Kerman
Khoury Bros
A. Khoury, Mgr
U.S. Army Air Forces
Census Bureau
the Metropolitan Life Insurance CO
Pice $m
R. N. Maccallum
Harmon
Signal Corps
Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept
W. 17Th St
N. Y
Globe-News
School Association
South Sea Island
Tarawa
Phosphat
S.A.S. Phosphate
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Certain-feed Products Corp
Prime Contractors
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