New Openings in Amarillo Labor Market Report
U S Employment Service lists 14 electrical linemen and 12 auto and trailer mechanics as new local demand. Overall opportunities total 1592 with 550 inside and 1042 outside area. Cler k typist and stenographers among new local needs. rail road workers and waitresses remain in demand. Donald W Hawksins manager at 323 West Seventh oversees 320 referrals with 125 hired locally.
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Amarillo
U. S. Employment Service
Indiana
Delaware
Oklahoma
California
Orange
West Seventh
Donald W. Hawkins
Local Boards Would Pick Trainees Under New Plan
The War Department proposed local civilian agencies similar to draft boards select young men for a year's compulsory military training if law passes. Trainees would not be Army members or subject to duty without Congress approval and would be paid about 30 dollars monthly, less than an Army private. Four major generals outlined these plans to the House Military Committee as peacetime training hearings concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Department
Army
Congress
House Military Committee
Window 11 Assigned To Handle Returned Parcels
Postmaster W D DeGrassi tries to ease Christmas congestion by converting a central window to a package delivery center. An 18 by 20 foot space is needed as carriers return undelivered parcels to the post office. Registration moves from the window to the money order desk. Fort Warren Wyoming separation center reports 200 men discharged daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. DeGrassi
Mr. DeGrassi
DeGrassi
Jack McBroom Returns to Civilian Life After Pearl Service
Discharged veteran Jack McBroom of 213 North McMasters settles into a job at Murphy and Company in Monroe after 3.5 years service. He served 20 months in New Guinea, the Philippines, Okinawa, and Tokyo as a teletype operator, and was discharged at El Paso. He reunites with wife and daughter Jackie Belle, born during his Pacific service.
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Jack McBroom
North McMasters
Murphy and Company
Monroe
Jackie Belle
Pacific
Jack
New Guinea
Philippines
Okinawa
Tokyo
States
el Paso
Oldham Grocery and Market
Government backs Otis Co for sleeping car purchase
The U S government favors Otis Co as purchaser of the nation s sleeping car business, U S attorney Holmes Bald ridge declared. The Otis Young group led by Robert is noted in the report with emphasis on federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Co
Philadelphia
U. S
Otis & Co
Holmes Baldridge
Otis-Young Group
Robert
Alleghany President Aligns With Otis Co Purchaser
Baldridge told a special expediting court that R. Young of Alleghany Corp has allied with Otis Co s purchaser creating at least two competitors for sleeping cars and the only possible competitive situation in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Young
Alleghany Corporation
Otis Co
Baldridge
Lions Club Luncheon Program Directed by Joe Witt
Joe Witt directed the Amarillo Lions Club luncheon program held at noon yesterday in the Amarillo Hotel. For 1946 the club plans to start on New Year’s Day with January 1st a regular meeting date chaired by C. N. Headrick and Fancher Upshaw with Wilbur Hiatt and Frank as additional organizers.
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Joe Witt
Amarillo Lions Club
Amarillo
Lions
C. N. Headrick
Fancher Upshaw
Wilbur Hiatt
Frank
Soldier term origins and early mercenary roots
The entry notes that the word soldier means paid man and traces the first soldiers as mercenaries hired by leaders. It lists a sequence of names with January dates and defines mercenary troops as paid bodies serving any power able to pay.
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Mfg
Red Cross
Candy Bros. Mfg. Co
St. Louis
Fort Warren
Wyo
Lions Club
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Amarillo, Texas
Harrison
West Fifth St
West Fifth Street
America
Uawcio
General Motors
Ryt
Triplett
J. H. Thomas
W. Parr
J. C. Weaver
H. E. Jenkins
S. W. Sharp
Roger W. Harris
Cretney
JA Heritage
Philadelphie
First Stock Exchange
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelpatia
Navy
Coast Guardsman
Wac
Santa FE System
Santa Fe
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