Warships To Bear Names of Texas Heroes
Texas ships to be named for Ellis Judson Keith and Fred Kenneth Moore, both sons of locals. The launch event on December 21 will feature dignitaries including Secretary Knox and Secretaries Thomas and Jones. Keith, 23, was a Houston radio operator aboard a bomber shot down in the Aleutians. Moore is the son of a Greenville pastor. Mothers will christen the destroyer escorts.
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Albert Thomas
Brown Shipbuilding Corporation
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Secretary of Commerce
Jessi Jones
Ellis Judson Keith
Houston
Aleutians
Fred Kenneth Moore
Fred Moore
Greenville
Cat diet report and Jenner vaccination history in brief
A short note from Seattle on Mrs. George Barney's cat reveals a preference for vegetables over meat and water over milk. The piece also mentions Edward Jenner as the discoverer of vaccination.
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Seattle
George Barney
Amarillo College Players set for Out of the Frying Pan
The Amarillo College Players stage Out of the Frying Pan December 16 and 17 at the College Auditorium with tickets 30 and 40 cents. Directed by Don Clark the play follows six flatmates and a Broadway producer above their apartment in a farcical chase for stage life. Cast includes Denney Plumlee Otto Sample Connie Fuqua Bynum Norgan Barbara Boyce Gladys McGlasson Jane Gouldy Margaret Dowse Oliver Middleton Marion Roberts and Bill Larson.
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New York
Amarillo College Players
College Auditorium
College Players
Don Clark
Amarillo College Dramatics
Denney Plumlee
Otto Sample
Connie Fuqua
Bynum Norgan
Barbara Boyce
Gladys McGlasson
Jane Gouldy
Margaret Dowse
Oliver Middleton
Marion Roberts
Bill Larson
Amarillo Bond Voter Row Among Few Favors
A survey of 205 cities shows bond proposals totaling 15.8 million dollars rejected while 7 million were approved. About 2 million of the approved went to airport projects in Iowa and Amarillo Texas. Local bond issues faced war-conscious voters nationwide with 36 issues totaling 22.8 million dollars voted on in 23 cities. Southern voters approved most bonds, Georgia highlighted as a leading eastern state.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Waterloo
Iowa
Fargo
N. C
Washington
Census Bureau
Oklahoma City
Springfield
South
1850 Pennies Donated for War Bond at Flo's Cafe
Mrs Floy E Head owner of Flo's Cafe at 904 North East Eighth Avenue donated 1850 pennies and a two cent piece to a war bond relief effort. Roy M Britain involved in the American Business organization highlighted the event as part of a community push for war funding.
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Amarillo
Floy E. Head
Flo’s
North
Eighth Avenue
Roy M. Britain
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