High Plains Weather Notes and Soldier Talk
A Panhandle column links prevailing southeast winds to a dry cycle and forecasts a rough late autumn. a drive past Amarillo Air Field spots soldiers bound for Borger and Pampa, with GI culture shaping local towns. The piece also touches Lend-Lease politics, Will Rogers impersonations, coffee crops, and early household tech promises for 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Field
Panhandle
Paris
Markets and Livestock Report Across Kansas City and Chicago
Market prices show cattle and hogs steady to higher in Kansas City and Chicago with grain fed steers at 15.75 to 17.25 and hogs around 14.50 for 140 lb plus. Sheep bids steady at Chicago while lambs and natives hold above 13.00. Courthouse records list several warranty deeds including Joe R. Phillips to Geo. Bennett and J L Reese to H G Alexander along parcels in local districts.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Colorado
Chicago
Joe R. Phillips
Geo. Bennett
Gé&s. J. L
H. E. Robison
Roberts
A. Holding
Moody O. Wallis
San Jacinto
Hts
Floyd C. Hissong
J. L. Carter
Country Club Dist
John M. Bentley
Forestier B. Bee
Real estate transfers and marriage licenses listed in Amarillo Globe
City records show numerous property transfers including various lots in Forest Hill Park Highland Addn and Amarillo Hts with buyers such as Miles Realty Co. and Marshall Cameron plus a batch of marriage licenses for pairs like Robert D. Farrell and Joyce L. Melvin James F Wilson and Erma Smith Barnes Eugene E. Brooks and Esther O. Fackner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Teaasquet
Forest Hill Park
Lowell
Esther M
Olffin Place
Lucille King
Ashford
Fuqua-Barfield M.A Elkins Et Ax
Clinton V. Oldham
Highland Addn
Miles Realty Co
Iley FE. Thompson
Robert D. Farrell
Joyce L. Melvin
James F. Wilson
Erma Smith Barnes
Eugene E. Brooks
Esther O. Fackner
Fred Walker
Ada Jane Ropertson
Harold Hampton Yearwood
Billye Jean McCrow
Benjamin H. Roach
Jessie J Holland F S. Brown
Ruth _ Keller
Allen E. Rakes
Emma E. Starkey
Fashion Outlook for Full Figures Spurs Big Size Style
Readers lament middle aged husbands look and fashion limits for plump women. A reader recalls shedding 85 pounds to fit a 16 by following a physician guided plan. New York firm serves sizes 38 to 60 for stylish stout customers worldwide. A Midtown restaurant offers a behind the scenes kitchen view to assure cleanliness concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Alaska
Midtown Manhattan
Nimitz Sets Aim for Rapid Navy Demobilization
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced in Tokyo Bay that demobilization would proceed as quickly as ships become available to transport sailors home. He described the peacetime Navy’s shooting figure as a 500000 man fleet and outlined steps to send personnel back to the United States.
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Tokyo Bay
U.P
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Nimitz
POW Blinker Signals First Contact With Occupation Forces
Ashore near Yokohama the blinker from Camp Two prisoners aboard Hambleton reports 131 Americans with allied captives grateful for food deliveries. The message signed by Lieutenant Sherry thanks Adm. Badger's forces and notes awaiting arrival.
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U.S. Iowa
Tokyo Bay
Yokohama
Hambleton
Adm
Osar C. Badger
Sherry
Camp Two
Citizens Giving Big Contributions To San Jacinto Kiwanis Campaign
The San Jacinto Kiwanis Club raises funds to build a youth center at 605 09 Carolina. George Kercher says donations range from 100 to 1000 dollars, with about 7000 already raised as the campaign began Friday. Committee members include Max Bulloch, O D Thompson, Earl Fisher, C I Hood, Sid Harper, John Fairey, W E Haley, Wes Rynders and Leslie Rhea.
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George Kercher
San Jacito Kiwanis Club
Carolina
Max Bulloch
O. D. Thompson
Earl Fisher
C. I. Hood
Sid Harper
John Fairey
W.E. Haley
Wes Rynders
Leslie Rhea
Government to relinquish butter product claims
Dallas Aug 29 The government will on Sept 1 relinquish its claim on certain percentages of butter going to creameries though only a small civilian supply increase is expected. The Agriculture Department said the order termination does not remove the 20 percent butter allotment for August. With butter production declining in fall and winter civilians will see only a small gain.
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Dallas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Government ends potato shipment restrictions nationwide
U P reports the U S Department of Agriculture will terminate the December 1944 order restricting Irish potato shipments. Supplies will be more than sufficient to meet government needs and ensure quality for armed forces, ending limits on shipments from producing areas to prevent seed diversion.
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DALAS
U.P
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pete Picoto Charged With Assault in Justice Court
Pete Picoto charged in justice court for criminal assault on a 15 year old Mexican girl. The text notes that the first white man in the Wyoming area was John Colter of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Pete Picoto
Pete Eecoto
Justice Court
Country
Wyoming
John Colter
Little Hope To Eliminate Santa Fe Drainage Ditch
East Amarillo residents petitioned the city to address a drainage canal known as the Santa Fe ditch carrying waste water from the Santa Fe round house to an old lake bed. The city commission suggested little action, with city manager A P Hancock estimating a sewer line to replace the canal could cost 200000 to 250000 dollars.
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City Commission
Amarillo
Santa Fe Round House
Santa Fe
Round House
A. P. Hancock
McGinley Receives Naval Discharge
Claud McGinley chief carpenter's mate received his discharge at the U S Naval Repair Base in New Orleans. He enlisted in 1942, served with a construction battalion, saw duty in Argentina and Saipan, aided hospital and harbor work, and now lives with his wife Judy at 301 East Twelfth.
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Claud McGinley
U. S. Naval
New Orleans
McGinley
Navy
Argentina
Saipan
C. S. Lambie
Amarito
W. S. McGinley
Judy
301 East Twelfth
Survivors Are Freed from Thai War Camps
Evacuation of about 300 prisoners of war from Japanese camps in Thailand began by air from Bangkok. Among the freed are some survivors of the U S cruiser Houston missing since the Java Sea battle in 1942. The first group of roughly 122 men came out, with more from Petburi Camp to follow tomorrow, flown to Calcutta in good condition.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Thailand
U. S
Houston
Bangkok
Java Sea
Petburi
Calcutta
Robert Sam Bailey Dead at 62 After Brief Illness
Robert Sam Bailey 62 died at 10 20 p m in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was a bridge and building carpenter for the Santa Fe Railroad 25 years and lived in Amarillo 22 years at 519 Cleveland. Survived by wife Lillian C Bailey two daughters Myrtle Killen Amarillo Florence Duncan Lubbock two sons Lonnie Bailey Navy Task Force 58 Travis Keith Bailey Amarillo two sisters Myrtle Garrett Wichita Falls Zona Berry Amarillo two brothers Lonnie Bailey Maracaibo Venezuela Frank Bailey Bristol Colorado seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 30 p m tomorrow at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev R D Evans. burial Llano Cemetery.
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Robert Sam Bailey
Bailey
Santa Fe Railroad
Amarillo
Cleveland
Lillian C. Bailey
Myrtle Killen
Florence Duncan
Lubbock
Lonnie&. Bailey
Navy
Task Force 58
Travis Keith Bailey
Myrtle Garrett
Wichita Falls
Zona Berry
Lonnie Bailey
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Frank Bailey
Bristol
Colo
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
R. D. Evans
Llano Cemetery
Shorter Work Week Backed by Wagner and Lewis
Sen. Robert F. Wagner endorsed a shorter work week to spread jobs, aligning with United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis. They urged the jobs-for-all bill to enable policy shifts reducing hours to stabilize the economy and boost employment, projecting a postwar rise in productive capacity and living standards.
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Washington
Robert F. Wagner
New York
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Senate Banking Committee
Lewis
Wagner
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Jim Meggard
High Plains
News- Globe
Truman
Russia
Will Rogers
Ben Manning
Ben
Rogers
Henry Crawford
Mr. Crawford
Dpow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Am Tel & el
Armour
AT & Oe
Bila Aviation
Coen
Baldwin Loco
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Braniff
Budd
Burroughs
Goodyear Int Harvester Ee
Kennecott Copper
Lockhee Es Peeseneee
Long-Bell
Glenn L. Martintte
Nash Kelvinator
Nore Ry
Radio Corper
Steeee
St Jo Lead
Sears
Sham Oil & ‘Gasaa Bi
Shell Union Oil Sea Regeees
Socony Vacuum
Sou Pac
Wilson & Co
White Motors
Warner Bros
Western Union
Woolworth
Seteews
Rush
Zemo
Oliver Eakle
Henry Wallace
RIM Nott St
Blackburn Shaur
Directo
Pierce
Zale’s
Southwest
Zale
Gay
Ting
Trifari
Polk
Brooks Drug No. 2
Kirk Drug
Zale Jewelry CO
Amarillo Optical CO
George
Richard Harness
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