Amarillo Center to Open Fall Semester Sept 17
Amarillo Center at 2101 Harrison will begin its fall term September 17 with classes starting that day. Operated by West Texas State College Can yon, the center acts as an evening senior college offering standard college credit. Since 1942 it has grown to 1630 enrollments, with 445 in 1944 45, offering liberal arts courses to any adult who has completed high school.
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Amarillo Center
Harrison
West Texas State College
Canyon
War Chest conference plans drive and speakers in Amarillo
Wayland D. Towner arrives in San Antonio to lead a regional United War Chest conference at Amarillo Army Air Field on Aug 30. Judge W. N. Stokes chairs the meeting where October Victory campaign plans are outlined. Paula Bane and Capt. R. G. Morere will speak on the war effort and USO support as Judge Ben H. Powell urges continued generosity to aid veterans, occupied areas, and Allied nations.
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United War Chest
Wayland D. Towner
San Antonio
W. N. Stokes
Amarillo Army Air Field
National War Fund
Carl Connell
Amarilo Army Air Field
Paula Bane
R. G. Morere
Usc
Pacific
Morere
Ben H. Powell
Austin
Texas
USO
War Fund
America
Powell
Europe
Japan
Philippines
China
Fluid Labor Market Shakes Amarillo Panhandle
The Amarillo labor scene is in flux as war controls ease and production slows. About 1,038 workers in the Amarillo area lost jobs due to canceled contracts, with roughly 800 already finding new positions. The USES reports 388 referrals, and 406 unemployment applications. Farm employers seek 400 more workers, while 250 displaced are temporarily off duty on vacations.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
The
USES
A. M. Walker
Texas Extension Service
Walker
Fred Wells
Wells
Coliseum Still Being Talked In Amarillo
Amarillo chamber of commerce plans another meeting on the proposed all purpose coliseum. Committee members include Bill Beechler Harvey Allen Col E A Simpson S B Whittenburg Miles Bivins Virgil Patterson Bill Gunn Ross Rogers Herbert H Litle Wes Izzard.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Beechler
Harvey Allen
Col. E. A. Simpson
S. B. Whittenburg
Miles Bivins
Virgil Patterson
Bill Gunn
Ross Rogers
Herbert H. Litle
Wes Izzard
Texas
San Antonio
San Antonio Express
The
Bartlett Cocke
Phelps and
Phelps and Dewees and Simons
Atlee B
Robert M .Ayres
Fort Worth
Houston
San Francisco
Baton Rouge
Kansas City
New York
Madison Square Garden
Cocke
Salado Creek
Coliseum
Ben H Rice Nominated For Western Texas Federal Judgeship
Attorney General Tom C Clark recommends Judge Ben H Rice of Waco for a Western Texas District judgeship to succeed the late W A Keeling. Rice has served as chief justice of the Waco Court of Civil Appeals since 1940. Senator Tom Connally also backs Rice. Western District circuits sit in Waco Austin San Antonio and El Paso.
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Washington
Llom C. Clark
Truman
Ben H. Rice
Waco
Western Texas
Rice
Court of Civil Appeals
W. A. Keeling
Tom Connally
Texas
Western District Court
Austin
San Antonio
el Paso
Browns to Return from New Mexico Vacation
Mr and Mrs P M Brown and their children of 2117 Jackson will come back this week from a vacation in New Mexico.
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Fresno
Cal
Shreveport
Leroy Hall
J. H. Utterback
Washington
P. M. Brown
Jackson
New Mexico
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Center
Wedgwood Patrician
Brown House Shop
Polk
Bellans
Mary Adell Miner
A Polk
State Farm Insurance
B. B. Williams
Frank Campbell
State Farm Insurance Companies
Buthker's
Buthker’s
Taylor
Buthkews
Amarillo Greenhouse
Stauffer System
West 16Th
United States Employment Service
the Builders Supply Co
West 7Th St
By Galbraith
War Department
Civil Service
Harlingen
Jewel Martin
Sharon Ruth
Quay Martin
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg
Sonny
Hawaii
Ben Rice
Browns
Philadelphia
Detroit
FWA
Whiteway
Lelia Lake
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
Tyler
Zemo
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Rancock
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Globe-News
Pennsylvania
Davis
Childress
Clarendon Vernon
Panhandle-Plains Area
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