Amarillo Post Office to add 27 workers
Inspector Stephens inventory led James Ely to announce the Amarillo post office will gain 27 staff, reaching 91 regular clerks and 9 mailhandlers. Ely notes the increase follows a six month surge in mailing activity and will take effect May 1, starting with a stenographer for Ely.
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Amarillo Post Office
George Stephens
Fort Worth
James Ely
Stephens
Mr. Ely
Amarillo
Charter Night Photo Featured in 20 30 Club Magazine
Picture from Amarillo 20 30 Club charter night appears in The Twenty Thirdian the April issue of 20 30 International. It includes a group shot of charter members and a portrait of the Amarillo Club officer.
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Charter Night
Amarillo 20-30 Club
20-30 International
Twenty-Thirdian
Amarillo Club
Girls Escape Locked School After Choir Practice
LaNell Merrick 15 and fellow choir members Betty Chambers and Joe Sullivan were locked in the Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School Choir room after a practice. They escaped through an open window with help from Merrick’s mother who arrived to verify the incident and report it to police. The episode humorously notes that schools are harder to exit than enter.
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LaNell Merrick
Betty Chambers
Joe Sullivan
Elizabeth Nixson
Alexander Graham Bell
Miss Merrick
Roy Merrick
Buchanan
Coal transport shortfall slows India’s growing mines
With mines boosting coal output India faces railway bottlenecks as railways fail to move enough fuel to meet rising demand. The article notes the mismatch between increased mine production and limited railway capacity.
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India
Lincoln Cosmopolitan and Lincoln Models Debut Tomorrow
Ford introduces the 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan and standard Lincoln with bold styling, wider windows, and new comfort features. The Cosmopolitan showcases a 125 inch wheelbase and hydraulic window controls while the Lincoln gains a higher profile with a 121 inch wheelbase, and sales details to be announced next week.
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Globe
Claire
Deanie Windsor
Hughes
Amarillo
Garner Randall Motors, Inc
Polk
Garner-Randall
Garner-Randall Motors, Inc
Ford
Lincoln
Benson Ford
Ford Motor Company
Lincoln-Mercury
Flower Arranging Clinic Draws 75 Attendees
Some 75 persons attended the flower arranging clinic this morning in the YWCA Gym. Mrs. Edwin Kenshale of Chillicothe sponsored by the Amarillo Garden Club led lectures and demonstrations as a nationally accredited teacher. Proceeds fund Thompson Park playground picnic area and bird sanctuary.
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YWCA
Edwin Kenshale
Chillicothe
Amarillo Garden Club
Kenshale
Thompson Park
Maxcey Held on Second Offense DWI Charge
Lester E. Maxcey was arraigned on a second offense driving while intoxicated charge and held in the county jail in lieu of a $1000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Ivy Wilkinson. He was arrested by city Policeman Curtis Montgomery.
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Lester E. Maxcey
Justice of the Peace
Ivy Wilkinson
Maxcey
Curtis Montgomery
Amarillo City Postpones Negro Policemen Decision
City commissioners again delayed a decision on employing Negro police officers for the Flats area as Mayor Hagg and Police Chief Harper discuss plans. Civil service exams were given with two passes amid community pressure for commitment. Also: bus service, personnel board appointments, highway notes, and street block renumbering were addressed.
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Amarillo
Lawrence Hagg
Sid Harper
Clifford Davis
David Hughes
Hagg
Hughes
City Commission
Lefty Fowler
Nussbaum Brothers
Amarillo Bus Company
Ridgemere
Gene Klein
Bill Sutton
A. H. Chesser
Fairview Street
North East Eighth
Santa Fe
DeWitt Green
Ira Stephenson
Bud Curtis
Highway Commission
Rock Island Railroad
East Tenth Avenue
North Eighth
Forest Hills
N. F. Martin
Charlie Holt
Lincoln
Lipscomb Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Avenues
Stephenson and
Curtis
N. V. Moss
Katheryne Burwell
P-TA Area Meeting Closes 25th Annual Texas Congress
The 25th annual Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers District 8 ended at noon with new officers installed. Mrs. J. C. Alexander became president as 2,000 new members joined District 8 in the past year. George Graham spoke on parent education and the congress drew 275 voting delegates.
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Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
District 8
R. E. Posey
Amarillo
Morse
R. D. Pyeatt
Nazareth
Ralph Randall
Panhandle
Frank White, Jr
Clarendon
Posey
L. N. Atchinson
Pampa
Malouf Abraham
L. L. Wylie
Phillips
W. N. Leachman
Polk Street Methodist Church
Alexander
PTA
Congress
George Graham
Hereford
W. D. de Grassi
Infections Costly to Cleveland Workers Study Finds
A three year Le Tourneau study reported by Occupational Hazards shows infections among workers cost employers about 39.94 dollars per case.
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Cleveland
le Tourneau, Inc
Occupational Hazards Magazine
Former Naval Officer Joins YWCA as Richmond Director
Dick Gibbs, a wartime ensign and former naval officer, becomes the first male to hold a full-time post at the Richmond YWCA. Appointed after national board approval, he serves as recreation leader, dance coach, vocational counsellor and teen director while pursuing a social work degree. He credits his war experience with his path.
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Richmond
Dick Gibbs
Young Women's Christian Association
National Board
YWCA
Navy
Spain Expands Merchant Fleet To One Million Tons
Spain reports its merchant fleet has grown from 300000 tons in 1939 to 1000000 tons and aims to triple current tonnage, signaling a major expansion in seaborne trade capacity.
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Spain
Vienna housing plan drains bathtubs despite new homes
In Vienna 16,000 of 105,000 bombed tenants have been rehoused. Authorities plan 2,400 new one and two room flats this year, each with a bathroom though bathtubs are temporarily unavailable. Estimated cost about $3,000 per unit including bathtubs to be installed later.
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Vienna
Austria
Unspecified Date Free of Charge Offer Reported
A notice states goods or services were finished free of charge at an undetermined date. The item references a free completion or courtesy provision without a fixed timeline or recipient details.
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Nished
Madagascar's Ten Year Plan Aims at Resource Development
The plan seeks to develop and control natural resources, strengthen industries, boost communications, and improve economic and social welfare for Madagascar's people over the next decade.
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Madagascar
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News-Globe
Charlie Towne
North Randall County
Amarillo Printing Company
Amarillo Printing
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