Grocery Deliveries Hit Hard by Gas Rationing says Merchants
Amarillo merchants warn deliveries may halt unless more gasoline is allotted. Retailers like Bordwell and Barton cut delivery miles and switch to call in orders as rationing tightens. Dairy firms and laundries anticipate continued service with adjusted routes, but fear future cuts after January 1.
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Amarillo
Chet Bordwell
Bordwell
Table Supplies
Globe News
John Barton
The
Barton Grocery Company
Barton
Lay Plans To Greet Lawson In Amarillo
Lieut. Edward C. Lawson arrives at the Herring Hotel to open local Navy officer procurement headquarters for two days. Amarilloans aged 20 to 39 with college credits and fitness for sea duty are invited to interview for officer ranks. Engineers and chaplains are sought, with specific fields and age limits. interviews run 9 30 to 6 with after hours by appointment.
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Navy
Lieut
Lawson
Globe News
Civil Engineers
Amarillo
Army recruiting targets WAACs and holidays at Amarillo base
Set. T. Morris plans to recruit women aged 21 to 45 with no children under 14 for WAAC service in the continental United States and abroad. Women will be paid the same as men to free soldiers for combat roles.
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Army
T. K. Morris
Waacs
Continental
United States
Inga Borgstrom Morgan Accepts University of Texas Post
Amarillo musician Inga Borgstrom Morgan has been hired to teach piano and music theory at the University of Texas College of Fine Arts. She cancels a Philharmonic Orchestra appearance and proceeds to Austin. A 1938 Amarillo College graduate, she studied at Eastman School of Music and declined a University of New Hampshire offer for a lighter schedule.
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Inga Borgstrom Morgan
Amarillo
College of Fine Arts
University of Texas
Morgan
Philharmonic Orchestra
Austin
Amarillo College
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
University of New Hampshire
Eastman School
WPB Plan to be Explained at Amarillo Conference
Details of the Controlled Materials Plan to adjust production programs to available supplies will be discussed at a 7:30 PM conference called by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. WPB district managers and a production specialist from Oklahoma City will attend, emphasizing the plan as replacing the current priorities system.
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WPB
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
C. F. Aurand
A. B. Cotton
M. F Buxton
Oklahoma City
Otto Shaw
Mr. Baxter
Cactus Plant To Open Recreational Building
Christmas Day set for opening the Recreational Building at the Cactus Ordnance Plant near Etter. Chemco and the Cactus First Club plan an elaborate opening for plant employees featuring modern equipment for shows contests and a central meeting place under Clarke Davis, general manager.
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Cactus Ordnance Plant
Etter
Chemical Construction Corp
Cactus First Club
Clarke Davis
Chemco
Traffic Fines Hit New Low in Amarillo Court
Traffic violations in Amarillo dropped with only six cases on the docket and total fines of six dollars all for overtime parking. Traffic officers issued fifteen tickets yesterday at City Hall.
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Amarillo
City Hall
Sulphur Compound Claims To Protect Poultry
A poultry product called CHICKENS-TURKEYS STAR SULPHUROUS COMPOUND is said to destroy intestinal germs and worms in water or feed, improve appetite and egg production, and keep fowls free of blood sucking insects. It is claimed to cost little and to offer a money back guarantee if not satisfactory from CRETNEY DRUG.
Obituary for Robert Oliver McDowell of Pampa
Robert Oliver McDowell a 49 year old cement contractor of Pampa died in a local hospital this morning at 9 o clock after an illness of two months He is survived by his widow Flossie B McDowell and three sons Ray Robert Jr and Donald
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Robert Oliver McDowell
Pampa
Flossie B. McDowell
Ray
Robert, Jr
Donald
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Tulsa
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
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Dallas
Blanche Woodall
Thinland
U. of T
Harry Longabach
Naval
Billy Southworth
James L. Hill
James W. Clark
Howard N. Dyke
Daniel H. Welter
Thomas H. Reed
Werner M. Koelzer
Hereford
Cretney Drug
This
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
Robert C. McDowell of
Nurito
Shaw-Graves Cleaners
Wayne
Neta
Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors
St.Joseph
Buthkow
Phillips
Phillips 66
Army Air Corps
United Nations’ Air Forces
U.S
Uncle Sam
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