Taxes in City School Joint Board Hearings Progress
More than 80 citizens signed protest rolls as hearings on city and school district tax equalization began. Eleven taxpayers were heard with officials from both sides present including Dr. R. Thomsen and Hugo Loewenstern for the city and R. G. Mills P. V. Alexander and L. C. Nesbitt for the schools. Erik Ehrenberg represented tax engineers George H Ehrenberg Co. The board reported satisfactory hearings and progress despite protests such as that by W A Honeyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Board of Tax Equalization
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High
R. Thomsen
First Presbyterian Church
Hugo Loewenstern
Amarillo
Loewenstern
R. G. Mills
Clowe
Cowan
P. V. Alexander
J. C. Penney Co
L. C. Nesbitt
Erik Ehrenberg
George H. Ehrenberg Co
Thomsen
Thomson
W. A. Honeyman
Technicolor Named In Anti-Trust Suit
Attorney General Clark filed a civil anti trust suit in Los Angeles alleging a Technicolor Eastman Kodak monopoly in professional color cinematography. The complaint claims agreements kept color methods exclusive to Technicolor, stifling competition and delaying industry progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technicolor
Washington
Clark
Color Motion Pictures
US District Court
Los Angeles
Techastrict Court
John F. Sennett
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Technicolor Inc
Eastman
Owa
Sennett
United States
Department of Justice
Death of Envoy Atcheson Is Accepted as Certain
Ambassador George C. Atcheson Jr. and nine others died in a plane crash west of Honolulu. Five bodies were recovered, three rescued, and searchers continued as weather and sea conditions hindered recovery. Atcheson, key adviser in Japan's occupation and head of the four power council, was among the missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Envoy Atcheson
Honolulu
George C. Atcheson
Atcheson
Council For
Japan
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
General MacArthur
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Washington
T. L. Rider
Ponca City
Okla
Harvey Huglin
Fairfield
Iowa
Holland
Colmesweil
Tex
Lee Chapman Holland
Huglin
Naval
Randolph B. Boyer
Audubon
Army
Stars and Stripes
Allied Headquarters
Carl A. Russell
Richmond Heights
K. R. Still
Cecil Sigman
Russell
MacArthur
Larr
Boyer
Headquarters
Joint Strategic Plan and Operations Group
Little Johnson Island
Here
Kwajalein
Hawaii
Johnson
Flying
Oahu
Coast Guard
Hermes
Dallas Begins Work on Million Dollar Super Expressway
Workmen remove railroad tracks on Central Boulevard to clear routes for a north south expressway through Dallas. The project, proposed two decades ago, has moved after bids and railroad track relocations, with initial contracts awarded a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
FTC targets steel pricing in first test of anti trust action
The FTC and the Steel Institute with over 100 members including United States Steel Corp challenge price making practices that fix delivered costs. Officials say action aims at basing point pricing and argues fewer markets flourish under one implied ownership. Hearing set for Sept 19 with 20 days to answer. penalties may reach 5000 dollars and injunctions could follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FTC
Justice Department
Truman
Commission
Pittsburgh
Weather changes across Amarillo and New Mexico forecast
Amarillo and vicinity expect clear nights and mild days with partly cloudy afternoons and evening thundershowers. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms today and Tuesday, warmer in the northwest. Temperatures: high around 86 degrees, low 61, with a moonlit night and no major changes anticipated. Rolling into Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
New Mexico
Abundance of Food in US Amazes English Visitors
Mr and Mrs Ernest M Magrath of Swansea Wales visit Pleasant Valley with relatives and marvel at food abundance in the US while noting English ration limits. They describe weekly rations of eggs butter lard milk meat and the impact on appetite and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Underwood
Ernest M. Magrath
Swansea
Wales
Anton Zimmer
Angelus Drive
Pleasant Valley
Wreck Burns Fatal To Second Brother
Lester Bell age 22 an employee of Hig Lanes Inc died at William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso after a Saturday auto wreck near El Paso. His brother Fred Bell 21 was killed in the same crash when a Hill Lines truck collided with an Army half track about 75 miles from El Paso. Freds widow Mrs Mary Alice Bell survives along with their parents Mr and Mrs David W Bell and nine uncles a grandmother Mrs Flute Howerton of Oceola Ark. Funeral services for Fred Bell are set for 2 this afternoon. double rites will be held tomorrow at 2 in N S Griggs & Sons Chapel with Rev R K Boatright officiating. The wreck left Lester with second and third degree burns and the driver Fred Bell died instantly. Funeral notices and family business advertising appear from Williams Boyce Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Bell
Hig Lanes, Inc
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Bell
Fred Bell
N. S
N. S. Griggs & Sons Chapel. Rev. RK. L. Boatright
Four- Square Gospel Churity
AG Paso-vound
Hill Lines
Carlsbad
David W. Bell
East Eighth
Flute Howerton
Oceola
Ark
Mary Alice Bell
English couple recall wartime raids and wartime service
Mr and Mrs Magrath recount years of bombing raids after a train trip from Swansea to London. They hosted servicemen in their home during the war and welcomed veterans to America, sharing memories from New York and Chicago. He retired at 60 after a 44 year career in coal fired locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagrath
Swansea
Mrs. Magrath
America
London
New York
Chicago
Magrath
Man Found After Night In Palo Duro Canyon
Perry Woodrow Erickson age unknown was found alive on the Palo Duro Canyon south rim after spending the night with a saddle horse and brush mattress. He had set out on a horseback ride with Robert Dale yesterday afternoon and became separated before darkness. Rescue efforts by the Will Rogers Range Riders led by Delbert Dalby mobilized over 40 riders and 20 horses. Erickson works as commercial manager for National Car Loading Corp in Santa Fe and is son of Mr and Mrs P O Erickson of 1801 B Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Duro Canyon
Jess Wilmering
Perry Woodrow Erickson
Washington
Palo Duro Park
Wilmering
Fillmore
Erickson
Robert Dale
Santa Fe
Dale
Delbert Dalby
Will Rogers
P. O. Erickson
National Car Loading Corp
Dodgers Rally To Lead Cardinals In Opening Four Game Series
Brooklyn's league leading Dodgers rallied for five runs in the fifth to move ahead 7-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals after five innings in the opener of the four game series between the NL's first two clubs. The score stood 7-4 after seven innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Retail Grocer Head Sees No Price Cuts
Rufus Starnes, president of the Texas Retail Grocers Association, said there is no basis for expecting reduced food prices soon. The group is meeting at its annual convention in San Antonio as high production costs and wages keep prices steady, grocers' only hope lies in cutting overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Rufus Starnes
Texas Retail Grocers Association
Starnes
Mt Asama eruption in Japan kills 10 persons
Ten people have died as Mt. Asama erupted in Karunzuwa Japan. Officials say the volcano is likely to erupt several more times in the next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karunzawa
Japan
U.P
Mt. Asama
Quick-Thinking Youth Stops Fire At Palmer Lumber Mill
Fifteen year old Dale Grantham spotted smoke at the Bar field Palmer Lumber Company Planing mill on Fillmore and alerted the mill superintendent. He grabbed a fire extinguisher and kept the blaze under control until firefighters arrived, likely saving the property from major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Grantham
Norma Grantham
Forest
Barfield - Palmer Lumber Company
Fillmore
Young Dale
Seth McFather
Dale
Jim Henley
Clifford Palmer
Barbara Wiseman Wins News Tip First Prize
Barbara Wiseman won the News Tip first prize for a feature story about a ranch family that killed 105 rattlesnakes in three years. Gloria Gerber took second for reporting a man killed by lightning, while W. C. Brown earned third for a tale about a 126 pound watermelon shipped to an Amarillo family from Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Wiseman
Madison Street
Gloria Gerber
West Ninth
Amarillo
Arkansas
Don Prescott
Front
Leonard, Doyle
Hayden
Paul Masck
Brooks
Earl Jones
North Marrs
L. D. Gamblin
Billy Rudd
East Thirteenth
Herbert
Harvey Hill
Taylor
Jim Hunt
Polk
Buddy Moreman
Monroe
Bob Jones
Bowie
Tommy Darnell
West
Joy LaNell Cox
North Grand
Alfred Hahn
Madison
Billy Joe Keaton
Refugee Ships Protest Conditions Off Port de Bouc
The Jewish Agency protested to the British colonial office over conditions on three ships off Port-de-Bouc France carrying 4500 Jewish refugees returned from Palestine. The refugees began a one day hunger strike to draw British attention to their plight, saying sleeping quarters and sanitary setups are inadequate and crowds crowd hot holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jewish Agency
British
Colonial Office
Port-de-Bouc
France
Palestine
Potter County WWII veterans to cash terminal leave bonds
Rex B. Baxter of the chamber estimates about 1.75 million dollars may flow into circulation next month as 7,039 draft board registrants cash their terminal leave bonds averaging 250 dollars each. Veterans expect to spend on appliances homes cars and clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Rex B. Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Draft Board
Veterans Administration
Greeting Cards From RUS SELL'S Noted By Neely Greenhill
Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance highlights greeting cards from RUS SELL'S cataloging the thoughtful gesture. The notice treats gifts as a geste of appreciation within community business promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely
Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Indians On Front Porch Attempt to Sell Blankets
Mrs. C T Allee reports three Indians sitting on her front porch at 310 West Fifth. They parked a car nearby and attempted to sell blankets and jewelry, prompting concern for the village. The license plate could not be seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Allee
West Fifth
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Aualiint Haddam
Texas
Ricolor, Inc., Technicolor Motion Picture Corp
Eastman Kodak Co
LBK
Warren J. Woodard
Mrs. Woodard
Herman Philipson
Alma Daigle
A. B. Taylor
Paris
Rowan
Kenneth Peterson
Long Beach
Cal
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Peiping
Far East
Roller A Jefferson
Globe
Williams-Boyce Agency
Canyon
Wallace Heath
West 6Th St
Henley
News Tip
Doche & Co
Joby Maynard
5Th
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