Fire devours warehouses at Standard Milling in Lubbock
A major blaze raged for over four hours at the Standard Milling Company warehouses and grain elevators in Lubbock. About 10 000 onlookers watched as flames towered hundreds of feet high, with damages feared near 300 000 dollars. The fire began in a sack room at 7 o clock, spreading through buildings and causing multiple explosions.
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J. E. Stanley
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
City approves bus route changes and renews franchises
City commission approved changes to Amarillo Bus Company routes and renewed franchises for both the Amarillo Bus Company and the Amarillo Traction Company operators of the San Jacinito lines, reported yesterday.
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Amarillo Bus Company
Amarillo Traction Company
San Jacinito Lines
OPA Drops Price Controls on Wide Range of Goods
The Office of Price Administration removed controls from items including lizard and snake skin shoes, doe skin gloves, shoe polish and baby food. Other exemptions cover floor and furniture polishes, automobile polishes, industrial waxed finishes and dressings. White potatoes stay free of controls while canned tomatoes see higher retail ceilings to spur production, adding to a two cent per can boost from subsidy removal.
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Washington
OPA
Miss Pollard In Hospital In Tulsa
Miss Mary Lynn Pollard is in the hospital at Tulsa. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J Alfred Pollard formerly of Amarillo. Last year she attended Amarillo College majoring in engineering and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa and Sigma Phi Chi.
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Miss Pollard
Mary Lynn Pollard
Tulsa
J. Alfred Pollard
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Phi Theta Kappa
Quarter Million Italians Seek Better Homes Abroad
Rome dispatch reports a large surplus Italian population pressing consulates in the United States Brazil Argentina and France for emigration. US quotas allow 5800 yearly with 300000 applications on file. 750000 to leave in three years, about 400000 may settle abroad. Brazil about 30000. Argentina up to 25000. Transport limits first year.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
United States
South America
France
Argentina
Brazil
Belgium
Switzerland
U. S
Life Underwriters Headed to State Convention
A party of life underwriters led by Eugene F Harris left Amarillo at 10 for El Paso to join a convention of the State Reserve Life Insurance Company. They will pick up another group in Plainview and travel to Carlsbad via Lubbock, with a Caverns tour planned after an overnight in Carlsbad. The party includes Evelyn Harris and several named couples and individuals.
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Life
Eugene F. Harris
New Mexico Transportation Company
Fl Paso
State Reserve Life Insurance Company
Amarillo
State Reserve
Plainview
Carlsbad
Lubbock
Carlsbad Caverns
Preparing for Closing of Army Air Field at Amarillo
Army officers from Scott Field are expected this week at Amarillo Army Air Field to inaugurate procedures to close the field. The field was declared surplus to the War Department Aug 20 and was scheduled to become inactive by Sept 1 but personnel disposition by that date was not practicable.
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Scott Field
Amarillo Army Air Field
War Department
Fall Short on Bids for Sewer Pipe
The city commission sought bids on about 50 000 feet of clay sewer pipe from the W.8 Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co. but only 6 000 feet received proposals. Bids ranged from 5.31 to 6.37 per foot amid ongoing shortages hospital officials cited by city manager A P Hancock.
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Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company
A. P. Hancock
D. L. Spriggs Faces Robbery Trial in District Court
D. L. Spriggs, a Black man, is on trial today in the 47th District Court on robbery charges. He was jailed after Judge Henry IS Bishop ordered bond forfeiture for failing to appear. He is represented by W. A. Culwell.
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D. L. Spriggs
47Th District Court
Henry IS
Bishop
W. A. Culwell
Robert B. Bolton
Potter County
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Carder
Barracks Moved to Veterans Housing Program Midwest
More than 2,000 surplus barracks buildings from prison of war and other camps in the Midwest will be allocated directly to veterans housing under a War Assets Administration plan announced by regional officers. This measure speeds housing supply for veterans across the region.
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Kansas City
U.P
Prison of War
Midwest
Veterans’ Housing Program
War Assets Administration
Mrs. Sherill in Good Condition After Panhandle Crash
Mrs. T. F. E. Sherill of 1309 North Fillmore is reported in good condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after internal injuries from a truck collision near Panhandle. She was thrown from the cab when her husband’s truck collided with a vehicle driven by Lewis Richardson of Lubbock. both drivers escaped injury.
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T. FE. Sherill
North Fillmore
Panhandle
St. Anthony's Hospital
Sherill
Lewis Richardson
Lubbock
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