Amarillo Fire Department budget outlines 1951 payroll and items
The Amarillo fire department runs eight stations with 111 personnel on a $383,904 budget for the fiscal year starting Oct 1. Payroll totals $329,244, with uniform allowances and supply costs, minor repairs, and equipment purchases enumerated, led by fire chief George B. Cooper and a staff of captains, lieutenants, drivers, and firefighters.
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Fire Department of
City of
Amarillo
Fire Department
Amarillo Globe
Texas
George B. Cooper
Store Sales Reported Good But Down From July 1950
The Federal Reserve Bank notes department store sales fell about 20 percent from July 1950 mainly due to last year’s war scare buying. July sales still surpassed 1949 by 10 percent and 1948 by 3 percent. Texas non farm employment rose with defenserelated activity, crude oil production and refining hit new highs, construction contracts stayed strong, and agriculture prospects dimmed from hot dry weather.
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Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank
Texas
Fugitive Says He Won’t Be Taken Alive Denial
A Virginia prison camp escapee writes from a Washington hiding place denying he boasted of not being taken alive. He claims the paper misquoted him and asks for a printed correction on page one. Meanwhile in New Guinea farmers cultivate passion fruit but lack refrigeration to ship to Sydney.
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Washington
Virginia
New Guinea
Sydney
Australia
Courthouse Records Courthouse Deeds And Marriages Reported
Property transfers include Marguerite Humphreys to W T Pass, Gene Black to John P Loughlin, M Montgomery to Herman Ratten, and others across Holland Sunnyside Denver Heights and Wolflin areas. Domestic cases list multiple divorces and several marriage licenses issued in Amarillo.
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Marguerite Humphreys
W. T. Passmore
Holland
Gene Black
John P. Loughlin
Sunnyside
M. Montgomery
Herman Ratten
Denver Heights
Gordon
Novak
James L. McCormick
J. F. Jones
J. B. Foster
Fairview
Wolflin Park, Inc
V. T. Marshall
Wolflin Park
V.T. Marshall Et
Roy Nf
Howard Lawson
A. G. Flippin
Barnes Highlands
Lulu Thomas
Vir
R. N. Ready
Fable
U-Anchor Devel. Co
Charles L. Jones
U-Anchor
Taylor Mays
Grace Mays
Wolflin Annex
Jas. F. Smith Et Ax
Empire Investment Corp
Instrument
Seale Annex Co
Richard N. Packebuch
Bie&d
Forest Hill
Father North
First Church of God
W. R. Harper
Amarillo
Jesse Robert Rollins
Willa Mae Rollins
Funderburge
Rosa Burk
Funderburg
James C. Terry
Gerald D.age
Wolflin Park Heights
George C. Crawford
Edna Crawford
Grant Becker
Mildred Joyce Becker
Nels Dees
Neida Dees
Nancy Lena Dickey Owen
Carol Owen
Keith Lee Smith
Carmeleta Annabel Benns
Jimmie Lee Howell
Alma Jean Bernard
Benjamin Porter Tompkins
Elsie Oleta Hopper
Merrill John Wilmeth
Luch Thevas Gregory
Amarillo Officer to Leave for Far East Command Duty
Lt. Col. Clifford M. Snow, Amarillo native and Legion of Merit recipient, will head to Fort Sill for a 30 day refresher course before overseas duty with the Far East Command. Snow, a 1923 Amarillo High School graduate, served with the 36th Division in World War II and later held posts at Fort Sill Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley. His wife and young son Richie joined him here. another son Norman attends Kansas State College.
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US Army
Amarillo
Coil
Clifford M. Snow
Louis E. Hibbs
Fort Sill
Okla
Amarillo Legion of Merit
Par East Command
W. C. Snow
Ohio
Far East Command
Amarillo High School
Colonel Snow
Santa Fe Railroad
B Battery
National Guard
36Th Division
North Africa
Italy
Manhattan Daughter Marries Army Captain D W Hickey ITI
A daughter of Manhattan becomes the wife of Army Captain D. W. Hickey, ITI, in a ceremony noted in local society pages. The couple's marriage marks a union linking military service and civilian life in the city.
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Manhattan
D. W Hickey
ITI
Texas Farm Income Down 37 Percent in First Seven Months
The Dallas Federal Reserve reports Texas farm cash income fell 37 percent in the first seven months of 1951 due to heat and drought. Crop cash receipts through July totaled 420 million dollars, down from last year. livestock proceeds rose 30 percent.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Texas
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Texas crops suffer as heat dries fields and targets miss
A state review notes prices up 15 percent and marketing climbs in San Antonio and Fort Worth due to poor range. The August heat and drought hit cotton, corn, sorghum, peanuts, hay, sweet potatoes, and vegetables, limiting rain recovery. Texas cotton and corn goals likely won't be met, with sorghum down 43 percent from last year. cattle grassland deteriorates since 1934 and shrinkage losses rise while San Antonio and Fort Worth markets stay brisk.
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San Antonio
Fort Worth
Texas
Government orders end to Chile cement strike at Polpaico
The Chilean government forced cement plant workers back to work after failed talks with the company at Polpaico and named a military mediator to supervise the settlement.
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Polpaico
Chile
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