War Surplus Sale Planned at Amarillo Army Air Field
War surplus from six Panhandle locations pools for a site clearance sale at Amarillo Army Air Field on Monday and Tuesday. More than a quarter million dollars of personal property, including a 61 piece laundry, office furniture, tools, and equipment, will be sold by sealed bid. Inspection runs Monday 9 to 4, bids opened Tuesday 9, highest bidder wins, removal in 10 days.
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Panhandle
Amarillo Army Air Field
C. D. Martin
War Assets Administration
Grand Prairie
Mr. Martin
Kerrick
Sunray
Pampa
Borger
Pantex
Hereford
McLean
Red River Arsenal
Texarkana
WAA
Amarillo Veteran Wins War Assets Surplus Equipment
Henry F. Smoot of 1113 South Fillmore Amarillo has been awarded war surplus construction machinery by the Grand Prairie Office of War Assets Administration. He purchased a tractor and a crawler.
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Amarillo
Henry F. Smoot
South Fillmore
Grand Prairie
War Assets Administration
Mr. Smoot
Navy Recruiting Office Awards Veterans in Amarillo
Dalton W. Newton receives the first World War II Victory Medal in Amarillo from Chief Quartermaster M. E. Pierce. Newton, a 11 year naval veteran and former bookkeeper, served aboard ships in the Pacific and earned multiple ribbons. Also eligible are other Panhandle veterans with honorable discharge. proofs required.
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Globe
Dalton W. Newton
North Taylor
Amarillo
M. E. Pierce
Navy
Vincent Huppe
Newton
J. E. Newton
Lockney
West Texas Barber College
Pacific
Manila
Holland
Borneo
Java
Australia
Dewey E
Arvie L
Quartermaster Pierce
Seven Sisters Take Vacation Together in Panhandle Reunion
The seven Howard sisters from Malvern Arkansas visit Amarillo and Bushland Texas with four staying at home in Arkansas. Married sisters live near Amarillo and Cliffside, while two sisters remain in high school. The Arkansas quartet hosts round robin entertainment including swimming and skating as they enjoy a cross country family reunion before returning home Saturday.
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R. F. Howard
Malvern
Ark
Amarillo
Arkansas
Panhandle
Panhandle Sisters
Naval Film to Be Shown at Ellwood Park Tonight
Amarillo Junior League and Naval Reserve offices announce a free 8 pm screening of the color film Fighting Lady at Ellwood Park band stand. Narrated by Robert Taylor, the event invites all public attendance with Mrs. Byron Singleton as publicity chair.
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Ellwood Park
Amarillo Junior League
Naval Reserve Offices
Robert Taylor
Byron Singleton
Uraes Reflects On Congress Trips And Blueberry Note
Columnist laments no autumn special session on Marshall Plan but notes many congressmen will tour Europe to learn truth from detractors and observe UNESCO issues. Warns on information gaps and praises modest cuts to State Department funds while urging broader international outreach and Latin America cooperation. Ends with a light note on blueberry picking and a humorous aunt anecdote.
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Campobello
Island
Congress
Europe
William Benton
United States
Benton
State Department
Ussr
Unesco
Inter-Department Committee On
Latin America
South
Central America
Douglas Robinson
Governor Takes Two Trips Out of State Next Week
Governor Beauford H. Jester plans a two state trips next week. He will travel to Great Falls Montana to present the tidelands resolution to the Interstate Oil Compact Commission Tuesday, returning to Texas by noon that day. Then he will depart for Guatemala as a guest of that government, with his family and Mr and Mrs B L Sanders of Corsicana accompanying.
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Austin
U.P
Beauford H. Jester
Tidelands
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Great Falls
Mont
Jester
Commission
Texas
Guatemala
United States
B. L. Sanders
Corsicana
State Plans Year-Around Study of Fire Hazards
Texas fire prevention committee maps a year around campaign of public education on fire hazards at its first meeting in Austin on Aug 8.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Fire Prevention Committee
Governor names six subcommittees for Red Cross duties
Yesterday afternoon Governor Beaufort H. Jester asked to name six subcommittees with specified duties. H. D. Carmichael of the American Red Cross was named committee secretary and R. B. Cousins of Austin was named treasurer. Harvin Hall, state fire insurance commissioner, was named chairman.
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Beauford H. Jester
H. D. Carmichael
American Red Cross
R. B. Cousins
Austin
Harvin Hall
We Feature Marie Earle Cosmetics Herbert Drug
Marie Earle Cosmetics and Herbert Drug advertise in The Prescription Drug Store section. The Amarillo bidg listing promotes their offerings and contact details for shoppers seeking beauty products and pharmaceuticals.
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Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Amarillo
Cuba Seizes Four Military Planes Arriving Illegally
Havana officials say four American-made military planes landed illegally in Cuba and were seized. Navy Chief of Staff Commo Aguila Ruiz declined to identify owners or origins. He also did not address Dominican Republic charges that revolutionaries were gathering men and planes in Cuba for an invasion.
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Havana
U.P
Cuba
Navy
Commo Aguila Ruiz
Dominican Republic
Washington
Julio Ortega Frier
Republic
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Geo. W. Frazier
Mark Clemmer
Uraes
Kenneth
San Jacinto
Hee
Maak Kohler
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ADAMS
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Kentucky
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Walter
Prager
King Black
R Kinsey
Monroe
A. W. McKee
Mark Abele
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