Amarillo Base to House 12000 Air Force Students
Amarillo Air Force Base won House Appropriations Committee approval for 13.67 million dollars in construction funds the second installment of a planned 36.997 million to expand the base. The project aims to house 12,000 air force students and train airplane and engine mechanics as part of a broader three billion dollar military real property program.
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Amarillo
Glenn M. Green
Air Force
Amarillo Afb
Congress
AIR Base
Navy Band To Offer 4 in 1 Performance
The United States Navy Band will perform at Municipal Auditorium next Sunday in two shows. 90 musicians can switch from a symphony orchestra to a dance band or string ensemble. Matinee tickets for children 12 and under are 60 cents, adults 1.20 including tax. evening tickets are 1.20.
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Bette Thompson
United States Navy
Municipal Auditorium
Navy Rand
Dope Thieves Hit Morphine At Amarillo Drug Store
Narotics burglars ripped a hole in the S and M Drug Store wall at 800 North Filmore Amarillo and carried off 100 morphine tablets of 4% and grain strength. Some diluadid may be missing while cocaine codene and other narcotics were untouched. The break occurred 7 40 a clock when Dallas Smith opened the shop, near a new building site.
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Amarillo
Herman Smith
Smith
Mr. Smith
Dallas Smith
Burglars Loot Amarillo Drug Store During Break In
Thieves forced entry via a torn wall and opened a steel narcotics cabinet in a local drug store. About 30 dollars worth of drugs were taken, though officials expect a higher illegal value. The store will inventory narcotics to determine exact loss. prior similar incidents occurred in November.
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Dallas Smith
Herman Smith
Smith
Amarillo
Texas Near Top in Industrial Growth
Texas ranks second in defense industry expansion based on requests for tax benefits for new projects. The Defense Production Administration lists Texas total at 569,873,000 dollars, with Pennsylvania leading the list.
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Washington
Texas
Defense Production Administration
Pennsylvania
Remodeling Loans Olver and Wiscins Jwimber Company
Remodeling loans offered by Olver and Wiscins Jwimber Company located at 1200 West Sixth. The notice highlights renovation financing options for property owners and contractors in the local market.
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Olver & Wiscins Jwimber Company
1200 West Sixth
Down-Slope Winds Plague Panhandle With Dust and Heat
Weatherman H. C. Winburn reports yesterday's 91 degree heat and dusty conditions across the Tri-State, caused by southwesterly down slope winds blowing 35 to 55 mph. Visibility dropped to one mile in Amarillo as residents cleaned grit from homes. Cooler temps and lighter winds are forecast, with a high near 79 expected tomorrow.
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Mercury
Tri-State
Winburn
South Plains
Tucumcari
Clayton
Amarillo
Amarillo Weather Forecast And Outlook For West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports fair, cooler conditions this afternoon with fair and cooler nights through Thursday. A warming trend arrives Thursday with a high around 79, 24 hour high 91. Panhandle outlook favors outdoor activities. West Texas partly cloudy with cooler days, Del Rio Eagle Pass area warmer. New Mexico generally fair with wind and cooler southeast today and tonight.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
del Rio- Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Fire destroys 350 houses in Atsumi resort town
Tokyo reports a large fire in Atsumi 218 miles north of Tokyo that wiped out 350 homes leaving about 1,800 people homeless with no fatalities recorded.
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Tokyo
Atsumi
Railroad Pay Hike Approved
Washington April 25 U P Eric A Johnston economic stabilizer approved a 6 cents per hour cost-of-living raise for about one million non-operating rail workers. The move pierces the 10 percent wage ceiling, aligning with a panel's view that railroad bargaining is special and lengthy. AFL teams ters and contract workers patterned after non ops will also receive the raise.
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Washington
U.P
Eric A. Johnston
White House
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
George W. Taylor
Taylor
AFL
Railway Express Co
Nonops
Defense Production Administrator Quits
W. H. Harrison resigns as defense production administrator effective May 1 for compelling personal reasons. The White House released his resignation letter to President Truman, noting his need to return to his former position with the International Phone and Telegraph Corporation.
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Washington
W. H. Harrison
White House
Harrison
Truman
Internati Ephone and Corporation
Truck Overload Crackdown Wins House Vote
Austin lawmakers approved a bill allowing on the spot unloading of overloaded trucks. The House passed the conference report 97 to 34 and sent it to the Senate for adoption before it goes to the governor. Senate action is set for tomorrow.
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Austin
House
Senate
Airliner and Navy Plane Collide Off Key West
A commercial airliner and a Navy training plane collided and crashed into the sea off Key West Florida. A woman's body was found at the scene and navy bodies were recovered as rescuers searched for survivors. Pan Am reported the four engine DC 4 operated by Compania Cubana de Aviation was overdue Miami Havana with 34 aboard.
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Fla
Ey West
South Beach
Pan American World Airways
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