Amarillo City Claims Best Financial State in History
City manager A. P. Hancock reports Amarillo is in its strongest financial condition ever. The budget keeps the tax rate at 1.19 per $100 valuation, with the general fund receiving 96 cents of it. He notes the city previously delayed bills and taxes to avoid borrowing but now maintains cash to meet current obligations. The message outlines starting balances, expected receipts from taxes and other sources, and reserve recommendations to safeguard credit ratings and cushion future tax needs.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Hancock
U. S. Defense
U.S. Defense
Water Works
U. S
Municipal Finance Officers’ Association
Water and Sewer Department
Water and Sewer Department General Fund
Carter's Little Liver Pills Claim Quick Digestion Aid
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a fast way to increase digestive juice flow and relieve headachy irritated digestion in about 30 minutes. It urges readers to buy at drugstores for 10 cents and 20?4.
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Nature
Carter
Sulfa-Dango Aimed at Scalp and Skin Disorders
An advertisement touts Sulfa-Dango as a new germ killing preparation with a penetrating soothing agent. It claims rapid relief from itching dandruff and lists acne eczema psoriasis impetigo insect bites sunburn and other skin irritations. The solution is nonstaining and requires several daily applications with bandaging unnecessary. Full treatment priced at $1.00 with money back guarantee.
Lonely Sailor Seeks Letters From Amarillo
Freddy Schmidt USN LtCOSS Camp 3 Ft. Pierce Florida, formerly of Amarillo, asks readers to print his name and address in the Globe-News so he can reconnect with friends from Amarillo while serving overseas. He writes he is 23, has served three years in the Navy, recently returned from 26 months overseas, and hopes to exchange correspondence with someone from his hometown.
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Freddy Schmidt
Amarillo
Navy
Globe
Ter
Sam
States
Globe-News
Usnate
Ft. Pierce, Fa
North Amarillo Kiwanis Honor Miss Lucy Mae Ratliff
The North Amarillo Kiwanis Club honored Miss Lucy Mae Ratliff with a party and a zipper notebook as thanks. Edith Ziraix of the American Red Cross spoke about Red Cross efforts, noting workers made doughnuts on Normandy beaches six days after D-Day. Perryton visitors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cayler and daughter Donna attended.
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Lucey
North
Amarillo
Ratliff
Mae Ratliff
Eluh Sweet
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Edith Ziraix
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Normandy
Mack McKee
Perryton
Harry Cayler
Donna
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Ol' Vernon Sez
Buchanan
Oriental Cleaners
Longines
John Furbach
Dushkows
Taylor
Lonely Sailor
Sinclair Opaline
Sinclair
North Amarillo
Kiwanians
Lucy Mae Reatliff
Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil
Rio
U.S. A
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Lincoln Street
Mae Cif
Coca-Cola
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