Lots Laid Out For New Homes In Amarillo Defense Area
Amarillo moves to start 175 new homes for war workers in Oliver-Fable addition as lumber restrictions ease. Municipal official Wallace Hazlewood says permits not yet issued but construction readiness exists. A portion of the homes may remain unsubscribed while plans to complete over 40 units continue. Additional permits include a Riverside Street addition and a medical detachment project at Polk Street for a health station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver-Fable
Amarillo
Wallace Hazlewood
Texas
Fort Worth
Galveston
City Hall
R. L. Williams
van Buren Street
United States
Military Establishment
Polk Street
Rockefeller Heads to Brazil To Align New Material Areas
Rockefeller flies to Brazil to coordinate inter-American wartime shipping and rubber and mineral resources amid a plan for auxiliary powered sailing craft and port calls. The effort includes a $10 million Inter-American Navigation Corporation and health campaigns to fight malaria and boost rubber production. In Washington, a federal grand jury indicted two ex War Production Board officials and three used machine tools dealers for conspiracy to defraud the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Nelson Rockefeller
Brazil
South America
Rockefeller
Inter-American Navigation Corporation
Panama Canal
Washington
Justice Department
WPB
United States
War Production Board
Robert B. Rhoads
Indianapolis
Ralph L. Glaser
New Haven
Conn
Louis E. Emerman
Chicago
Frank L. Obrien, Jr
Clarence J. O'Brien
Philadelphia
IRA declares US troops in Northern Ireland an aggression
The outlawed IRA issued a manifesto denouncing United States troops in Northern Ireland as aggression. It asserted the group reserves the right to use any measures to clear the territory of such forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
United States
IRA
Vargas Declares State of War Across Brazil
President Getulio Vargas issued an order proclaiming a state of war throughout Brazilian territory. The decree formalizes wartime measures as the nation faces internal and external tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
British Kill Mine In Train Attack
German broadcast claims nine dead from a Paris Brussels Express raid on August 13. Six died on site and three died of wounds, location of attack not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Market roundup spans livestock and stocks across Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City reports 3,500 salable hogs with prices near 14.10 and steer and calf trades mixed to lower. Cattle totals around 32,000 with feeders down about a half dollar, grass-fed steers up to 13.50, lambs above 14. Sheep bids softer. Chicago stock and hog prices follow nationwide declines with mixed cattle movements and steers around 13.50 to 16.25 in soft trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
AMA
Kansas
Chicago
Firemen Find Smoke All Right at Armour Plant
Kansas City firemen arrived at Armour's packing plant to find smoke billowing from a building corner. They pulled hoses and axes and forced entry into the smoke-filled area to battle the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas City, Kan
Armour
Allied forces land on New Britain from submarine
Japanese broadcasts quoted by Domei claim a small Allied force landed on New Britain from a submarine, the submersible was sunk, and the party captured, though no Allied source has confirmed any landing or submarine loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Domei
New Britain
Four British Scouts Visit Amarillo for Open House
Four British Scouts with outstanding bravery records in air raid work visit Amarillo Boy Scouts for an open house at Municipal Auditorium. Stan ley Newton Roy Davis Hugh Bright and John Bethel will arrive between trains, speak and show motion pictures, with Bethel noted for rescuing 12 people and earning the Bronze Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Stanley Newton
London
Roy Davis
Southhampton
Hugh Bright
Glasgow
John Bethel
Birkinhead
Newton
Davis
Bright
Bethel
Boy Scouts
Clydeside
Ministry of Information
RAF
England
Southampton
Stormy reception forecast for new sales tax proposal
Treasury plans a stiff new retail sales tax of as much as 10 percent on individual spending above exemptions. Senate Finance Committee chair George signals Tuesday hearings as supporters push for 4 to 5 billion dollars in revenue and spending restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
George
Georgia
Order Americans Out of Belfast
BELFAST August 31. American troops are understood to have been ordered not to enter the city Wednesday night after the scheduled execution of Thomas Williams an Irish Republican Army member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
U.P
Thomas Williams
Irish Republican Army
Explosion Triggers Fire Alarm on North Buchanan Street
A hot water heater exploded at 1102 North Buchanan Street, set off a fire alarm at 10:42 this morning. Firefighters reported only slight damage and no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Buchanan Street
Japan Must Be Defeated by Offensive War, Grew Says
Joseph C. Grew, returning US ambassador to Tokyo, declares in a public report that a “swashbuckling” Japan can be crushed only by an offensive war ending in complete defeat. He warns the Japanese morale will not break under defeats or economic hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Tokyo
Grew
Gripsholm
America
Idalou Lieutenant Awarded DSC for Bali Action
Second Lt. William L. Turner of Idalou Texas received the Distinguished Service Cross from General MacArthur for heroism on February 7 over Den Passar Bali. He and a comrade pursued an enemy attack, shot down one plane, but his aircraft was damaged forcing a crash landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Australia
William L. Turner
Idalou
Tex
MacArthur
Turner
den Passar
Bali
Dutch Death Penalties Confirmed for Food Office Robbery
The Hague court confirmed death sentences for three Dutch suspects involved in a food control office robbery. Eight others receive terms from two to nine years, per Aneta News Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hague
Netherlands
Aneta
Gypsy Rose Lee Weds Actor Kirkland in Highland Falls
Gypsy Rose Lee, famed burlesque star, married actor and producer Alexander Kirkland at her country home in Highland Falls New York. The couple reconciled with her mother Mrs Rose Thompson after prior family tensions. They returned to New York City to resume work that evening with Lee in Star and Garter and Kirkland in Junior Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Falls
N. Y
Gypsy Rose Lee
Alexander Kirkland
Miss Lee
Rose Thompson
Robert Mizzy
Rent Registration Going Too Slow in Amarillo
Riley Strickland, attorney-director of federal control, says rent registration in Amarillo is too slow to meet the Sept. 15 deadline. He notes completion will help iron out issues via examinations and inspections. A substation will be set up in Dalhart, with registration blanks available from Fisk Building offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Riley Strickland
Federal Control
Strickland
Dalhart
Fisk
Leaders To Talk Time Change In Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors plan a noon discussion on possibly restoring Panhandle to Mountain Time. Rex Baxter notes many angles, including energy use and business schedules, since War Time changes created a Central Standard Time alignment 14 years ago. The resolution follows a Democratic county convention proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Central
War
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Congress
Amarillo
Baxter
Property rent registration deadline set by OPA ruling
The document states that any rental property in the area must be registered with the area office by September 15. It notes locations including the Amarillo post office west lobby and the San Jacinto post office sub-station as desks for filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Canyon
Amarillo
Post Office
San Jacinto
OPA
Scouts and Mavericks Gather Scraps for Uncle Sam
Scouts and Mavericks collect extra city scrap missed Saturday with two truck crews on streets since morning. Junk piled at City Barn to be sold to dealers and steel firms at regulated prices, amid dwindling scrap stock in American furnaces and calls for immediate nationwide salvage efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Maverick Club
Uncle Sam
C. J. Fowlston
Amarillo
American Steel
American Iron and Steel Institute
Roy Greenhill
Potter County
US Air Force Attacks Matruh and Tobruk Bases
U S Army Air Force planes bombed Axis landing grounds east of Matruh and harbor facilities at Tobruk in Libya. The raid caused fires and explosions with moderate anti aircraft fire. returning crews reported all planes safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
U.P
United States Army Air Force
Matruh
Tobruk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mediterranean
Vargas
George C. Dunham
Frank Jamison
Chile
Peru
Colombia
Maxor
Maxor Drug CO
Jackson
Bellshein Cleaning
Bell
Bell Tailors, Inc
Polk St
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Cssssssee
Chicago Livestock
Financial Industrial Fund
New York
Prey
Alleghany
Allis Chalmers
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive Deer
Bendix Aviation
Borden
Ace
Chrysler
Consol Copper
Consol
Curtisa Wright Deere and Company
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
Gen Foods
Y Gen Motors
Baly Bate
Studebaker
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf
Tide Water
Dee
Tex Pac Coal & Ot
Union Carbide
Atte
United Aircraft
US Steel
U Telcer
White Motor
Woolworth
Ryve
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Co
H. V. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Olver-Earle Bldg
Amerie
Essick Cs
Gypsy Rose Is
Actor
Mavericks
Badger Ice CO
Ker
Admar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!