Texas Railroads Increase Income
Texas railroads posted a sharp rise in net income for the first half of the year, driven by wartime products and synthetic materials. A joint hearing of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Texas Railroad Commission reviewed whether throttling rate increases ordered by the I C C should be withheld locally.
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Austin
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Railroad Commission
State Transportation Regulatory Agency
Mexican Laborers Will Be Imported Into U S
War Information.Office announces Mexican workers will be brought to the United States to ease agricultural labor shortages. Funds from the Farm Security Administration cover transport. workers earn not less than 30 cents an hour, work at least three quarters, and reside in housing provided. Returning home after contracts and exemption from military service. Farmers apply to U S Employment Service to obtain Mexican labor.
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Washington
United States
Office of War Information
State Department
Agriculture Department
War Manpower Commission
OWT
Farm Security Administration
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
Federal Security Administration
Blonde Argues For Hour and Shoots Again in Chicago
Chicago police report Eleanor Williams a 25 year old blonde confessed firing a second fatal shot at her lover Gordon McNaughton a 32 year old postal clerk after an hour long dispute with his estranged wife Dorothy Moos 27 present in the New Lawrence Hotel apartment McNaughton grabbed the gun and threw it in the bathtub before Williams fired the shot that killed him.
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Chicago
Elanor Williams
Gordon McNaughton
Boston Red Sox
New Lawrence
Dorothy Moos
Mrs Tomlinson Dies Near Tulia at 88
Mrs G F Tomlinson 88, long Swisher County resident, died yesterday nine miles west of Tulia at her son J M Tomlinson home. Survived by three sons including G A Tomlinson of Amarillo and S A Tomlinson of Borger, three daughters, 21 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren. Funeral 4 pm at Tulia Baptist Church. burial Tulia Cemetery.
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G. F. Tomlinson
G. A. Tomlinson
Amarillo
Tulia
Swisher County
Baptist Church
J. M. Tomlinson
S. A. Tomlinson
Borger
Henry Hastings
Hereford
Maggie Craine
Altus
Okla
Beulah Rousser
Clinton
Tulia Cemetery
Courthouse Records of Amarillo Property Transfers 1942
Courthouse records list multiple warranty deeds in Amarillo during 1942. Transactions involve John J Harden to the city, J B Linn to F D Reid, M J R Jackson to L B McDaniel, Paul O Shelvik to Gladys Davis, and transfers between Davis and Grace Moody among others. Also shown are Panhandle Mortgage Company acts, Amarillo Development Company, and various lot blocks including Plemons, Hughes, and Mirror. Marriage licenses listed include Carl C Ayers with Oma Merle Anderson and Edwin Parmley with Thelma Richardson.
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John J. Harden
Amarillo
J.B. Linn
F. D. Reid
Hughes
M. J. R. Jackson
L. B. McDaniel
Plemons
Paul O. Shelvik
Gladys Davis
Morningside
Grace Moody
J. E. Hibbetts Et Ux
Garland L. Wortham
South Side
E. S. Cox Et Ux
J. F. Hill Investment Co
Humphrey Highlands
Panhandle Mortgage Co
South Plains Improvement Co
Amarillo Development Co
Yates Hotel Incorporated
J. FE Hill Investment Co
East
Mirror
J. S. Sanders
R. L. Sanders
Fairview
Guy EF
Kelly
J. M. Wiley
J. W. Renegar
North Hirds
Carl C. Ayers
Oma Merle Anderson
Edwin Watson Parmley
Thelma Lee Richardson
Kenneth Weldon Dunnam
Frances Maxine Moss
Houston Shipbuilders Give Big Pay Increases
Houston shipbuilding company workers will see wage increases totaling about $12 000 daily this week across its yards. The boosts affect hourly employees as thousands receive higher pay envelopes in a major salary adjustment.
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Houston
Houston Shipbuilding Corp
Golfer’s Shout Hurts Player at Fort Wayne Course
Fort Wayne Indiana August 7 a golfer yelled fore during a round at the Fort Wayne Country Club course and Gloria Spenley age eighteen lost three teeth when the ball struck her mouth in the incident damaged report says she was treated locally for injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne, Ind
Fort Wayne Country Club
Gloria Spenley
Cowboys Roundup Nets Cattle Theft Arrest in Brownsville
Deputy sheriffs and a Texas Ranger rounded up cattle and examined brands leading to the arrest of Antonio Ramirez on cattle theft and mutilating brands charges. Ranger Riggs was kicked by a calf, losing a tooth. Sheriff Morrison patrolled nearby in a sedan during the roundup. Argentina shipped over 13 million dozen eggs to foreign markets in 1941.
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Brownsville
Will Cabler
Frank Hickman
E. Cavazos
Texas
W. E. Riggs
Antonio Ramirez
Ramirez
Riggs
Tom Morrison
Argentina
Band Leaders Into War Jobs in Amarillo
Amarillo two veteran school band directors Oscar Wise and Stancil M Bagwell resign to enter war work. Wise founded the Amarillo High School Band and led it for 21 years. Bagwell started the Sam Houston Junior High Band about 10 years ago. Miss Julia Dean to take over Amarillo High Band with noted success in a cappella choirs.
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Amarillo
Oscar Wise
Stancil M. Bagwell
Bagwell
Sam Houston
Julia Dean
Dean
Escaped Prisoner Randle Dean Smart Captured
Randle Dean Smart, 23, an inmate at the Texas State Prison Farm at Sugarland, was captured yesterday by U S Deputy Marshal Bill White after escaping Tuesday.
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Hugo
Randle Dean Smart
Texas
Sugarland
U. S
Bill White
Smart
Ban on Distilled Spirits Consider Ban on Distilled Spirits
War Production Board weighs a complete ban on distilled spirits to shift all facilities to industrial alcohol. A WPA order may come soon with possible effective date by November 1. Larger distilleries already halted liquor production under a prior WPB order. smaller firms expected to follow.
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Washington
UPI
War Production Board
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WPB
Globe News
Mrs. Clark
Lewis Nordyke
Panhandle
Gene Worley
Altavena Clark
Piney Woods
Fast Texas
Panhandles
Louisiana
Clark
Bonham
Ann Worley
Sam Rayburn
Tom Connally
Thut
Phillips Petroleum
Congressman Worley
A A. Meredith
Mr. Worley
Pacific War Zone
Blonde
Italy
Britain
Courthouse Records
Tolzien
Wurlitzer
WM. Knabe
Longine
John Furbach
Polk
Uncle Sam
America
Certainteed Products Corporation
Pantex Ordnance Plant
West Texas
Tyler Street
Certain-feed Products Corporation
War Department
Ordnance
Amarillo War Industries
Certain-teed Products Corporation, Pantex Ordnance Plant
Tegd
Certain-teed
Ber
Certain-Teed Products Corp
Pantex Ordnance Plant Housing Dept
Certain-teed. Products Corporation
Housing Department
Bath
Tub
Hyden
West Seventh Ave
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