Amarillo Sees Building Boom Near Five Million Mark
Amarillo construction costs for the first seven months of 1947 total about 4.43 million dollars and may exceed five million by Sept 1. July permits top 678 thousand. June 953 thousand. Groundbreakings for Woolworth at Seventh and Polk and Naval Armory at Eighth and Rusk boost August activity.
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Amarillo
Woolworth
Seventh and
Polk
Naval Reserve Armory
Eighth and
Rusk
Civilian Production Administration
Naval Armory
Navy
Wales H. Madden
C. T. Crowe
Austin
Charles F. Smith
Mountain Driving Provisions in Uniform Traffic Code
Editor notes this is the 14th article in a series on the Uniform Traffic Code before it takes effect. The code requires stopping engines and setting brakes when leaving a vehicle unattended on grades and turning front wheels toward the curb. It also sets rules for mountain driving including staying to the right and sounding the horn when curves with limited visibility are within 200 feet. Coasting downhill is prohibited.
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Globe
Texas
Fire Department
State Department of Education
Amazing home fat loss recipe headline and warnings
A questionable home fat loss pitch promotes liquid parcentrate with grapefruit juice, claiming rapid pounds shed and money-back guarantee. The piece segues to safety rules about driving near fire apparatus and school buses, vehicle towing limits, and mandatory fire extinguishers for passenger carriers.
Commercial Attache James Hodgson Arrives in Warsaw
James Hodgson formerly with the United States embassy in Prague has assumed duties as commercial attache to the American embassy in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
James Hodgson
United States
Prague
Odom Plans Second Take-Off Tomorrow
Chicago Aug. 5 Pilot William P. Odom prepares test flights for a second attempt to set a solo round the world record in an A 26 bomber after a first flight failed four hours out of Chicago due to a defective aileron. He blamed the mishap on a clamp slipping and quipped about tea sugar.
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Chicago
William P. Odom
Odom
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Auunoned
Pallbearers for Hire Offered in Chicago
The Reliable Pallbearer Service provides trained casket carriers from university students wearing dark blue suits somber hats and ties. The family pays the mortician who pays the organization. The note mentions horseback riding as a historical tuberculosis cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plan Lecture On Processing Turkey Steaks
Texas A&M Extension Service poultry expert Beanblossom will lead a turkey steak processing demonstration on August 11 at the San Jacinto Youth Center. The event is sponsored by the chamber of commerce agriculture and livestock committee chaired by Hall Medford.
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F. Z. Beaublossom
Texas A&m College Extension Service
Agriculture and Livestock Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Hall Medford
Beanblossom
Medford
Texas
San Jacinto
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15Th and Iron Curtain
Boykin
Taylor
Bill Mauldin
B. C
Japan
Fedverin
The
Ambassadors of Good Will
Tri-State Area
Alert
American National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
US Depository
West 7Th St
GEO. Grimm
Jackson St
Extension Service
Zach Scott
Zachary Scott
Z. T. Scott
Hollywood
Scott
Naauds
Loyd’s
East 7Th
Puonr
Edwards
Camera Craftsmen of America
Abilene
San Angelo
Midland-Odessa
Lubbock
Houston
Dallas, Fort Worth
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Waco, Temple, Bryan
Pioneer Hie Lines
Lucky Strike
T. Currin
Independent Tobacco
Oxford, North Carolina
Sidney Currin
Eve
Lert
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