Brass knuckles for final push of war effort
Captain R M Smith of the Pantex Ordnance Plant in Amarillo stresses urgent needs to finish the war. He cites 105 mm shells for twitzers and bombs for timber, demanding increased production of heavy artillery shells and air bombs to prevent Nazi resurgence. He urges public support and rapid supply to sustain frontline victory. Also notes Holbrook leaving boot camp and Colorado vacation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantex
Amarillo
R. M. Smith
Ordnance Plant
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Captain Smith
Luftwaffe
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Hancock Outlines 14 Priority Projects for Amarillo Planning
City manager A P Hancock lists 14 priority items for Amarillo’s postwar plan, updating a prior 10 item list. Proposed projects include water storage, sewer extensions, new airport facilities, a municipal building, street repairs, updated fire and police systems, park development, and a city planning commission with modernized zoning and long term capital plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Student Leaves for Mary Hardin Baylor College
Daughter of Mr and Mrs N W Shepherd of 411 North Johnson Street will depart September 18 to Belton to enter Mary Hardin Baylor College for the coming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Shepherd
North
Johnson Street
Belton
Mary Hardin- Baylor College
Miss Virginia Zollars Returns Home From Grandparents
Miss Virginia Lee Zollars the daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Zollars of 1011 A Taylor Street has returned home after spending two and a half months with her grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
B. S. Smith
Betty June
Taylor Street
Virginia Lee Zollars
Floyd Zollars
Great War Miracle Attributed to Synthetic Rubber Effort
Report credits American synthetic rubber experts for a wartime breakthrough aided significantly by alcohol supplied by domestic beverage distillers. The statement frames the achievement as a national effort combining science and industrial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Walter G. Whitman
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Holbrook
Gilbert Oran Holbrook
San Diego
Oceanside
Cal
Gary and
Sherron
Mrs
G. L. Holbrook
Lincoln Street
Hancock
Commission
Memorial Park Committee
W. L. Farmer
West Eighth Avenue
Delmore Christal
Milam Street
Norma Rene Shepherd
Harrison St
Polk Street
Beery
Miss Zollars
Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Co
Center OF the World
Ralia
United States
Bradley Dewey
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
W.P.B
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