National Guard Officer Visits West Texas on Armory Tour
Assistant Adjutant General William H. Martin will tour Amarillo and West Texas next Saturday to review Texas National Guard unit organization and armory facilities. Adj. Gen. K. L. Berry announced that all guard storage facilities will meet War Department standards within two weeks to 30 days and that temporary armories are being repaired with available funds. He noted federal inspectors highlighted storage shortages delaying equipment shipments and contributing to cancelled summer plans.
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Adj
William H. Martin
Amarillo
West Texas
Texas National Guard
Texas Guard
War Department
K. L. Berry
Austin
Berry
California and its double-edged fame in myth and market
A humorous sketch celebrating California’s vast contrasts from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney. It ponders a state famed for extremes in climate and fortune, noting Hollywood fame cycles, Gold Rush riches, and the old Spanish discovery tale. It ends with a quip about the Coolidge era.
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California
Death Valley
Tance From
Sea
United States
Bing Crosby
Mt. Whitney
Rita Hayworth
Coolidge
Elliott and Lee Form New Realty Firm in Amarillo
Chad P. Elliott and son in law William L. Lee announce Elliott and Lee a new real estate loan and insurance firm. Offices at 1011 Fisk Medical and Professional Building. Elliott a charter Amarillo Real Estate Board member with long service on city and school boards. Lee a Dartmouth graduate with Army counter intelligence service from 1941 to 1946 and overseas in India.
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Chad P. Elliott
Amarillo
William L. Lee
Elliott & Lee
Fisk Medical and Professional
Elliott
Amarillo Real Estate Board
OPA
Lee
Dartmouth College
Army Counter Intelligence Corps
India
Dartmouth
Pompeii One Way Street Noted From Ancient City
Archaeologists identify a one way street in Pompeii, the ancient Italian city buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, offering insights into urban planning and daily life in the Roman era.
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Pompeii
Adjutant General Seeks Meaning of Marshall Plan
In Austin on August 5 AP Maj. Gen. K. L. Berry sought a clear explanation of the Marshall Plan. He had aimed to speak on the Secretary of State's European plan but found the speeches and booklet vague. He now will address the Texas National Guard as scheduled.
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Austin
Texas
K. L. Berry
Secretary of State
Berry
Texas National Guard
School Board Seeks Bids for Forest Hill Expansion
The Amarillo School Board invites bids to double Forest Hill School at 3601 North East Eighth with a remodel expanding from five to 12 rooms and adding a combined cafeteria and auditorium. A new Negro school is planned at North West Eighth and North Hughes in North Heights. bid receipt date not set.
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Forest Hill
North East Eighth
North West Eighth
North Hughes
North Heights
George Waddill
Treasury
Amarillo College
David Rasco
East Twentieth
Junior League Recreation Committee
R. P. Parcells
Dick Divins
Bill Gunn
Jerry Briscoe
Rasco
Dorinda Bond
Miss Bond
West Texas State College
Canyon
Amarillo Public Schools
Students Won't Pay Stassen for Speech
Former Governor Harold Stassen will not be paid to lecture at the University of Texas this winter due to political angles. Eugenia Voss, director of the Texas Student Union, said the student speakers committee would like to hear him but not pay him $1,000 under the circumstances.
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Austin
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
University of Texas
Eugenia Voss
Texas Student Union
Stassen
American Citizen Cleared by Hungary Noted Escape
Stephen Thuranszky an American citizen was detained by Hungarian police for anti Communist remarks but US authorities removed him and he departed by plane to Vienna with his wife and two daughters sources said unofficially in Budapest.
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Budapest
U.P
Stephen Thuranszky
Vienna
Thuranszky
Hungarian refugee Thuranszky and family flee under protection
Police escorted Thuranszky and his family to safety amid an emergency exit visa process. The American legation stated they would be kept under protection. A Hungarian source claimed Thuranszky received a rapid Russian clearance within three hours of applying.
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Legation
Thuranszky
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