Small Factories Could Spur Amarillo Industry Growth
Harwood Beville urges Amarillo to adopt a pattern seen in Waco where numerous small factories produce clothing, hats and other goods, attracting larger plants. He cites Army contract production in one local example and argues small plants provide employment during downturns, support postwar planning, and could transform the Panhandle region into a major cotton goods center.
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Amarillo
Harwood Beville
Waco
Owens-Illinois Glass
General Tire Company
North American Aviation, Inc
Lower
Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Buffalo
N. Y
Courthouse Records from Amarillo Transactions and Divorces
Courthouse records list warranty deeds for multiple transfers including Ray E. Pierce to J. R. Carlile and Twyin Bright to J. H. Bright. Also recorded are several 1943 transfers by John J. Harden and spouses to Fred M. Seale and others, with prices and legal descriptions. District Court lists Faye Johnson v Charles Johnson for divorce and several marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Pierce
J. R. Carlile
Twyin Bright
J. H. Bright
John J. Harden
Fred M. Seale
Amarillo
G. A. Lamberth
East
C. M. Mayfield
W. O. Pyeatt
Stella Lackey
Herman Lichtuman
Filla Marie Hulls
Kenneth E. Welch
Ethel Mae Love
Clyde R. Markham
Marylen L. Roberts
Kenneth Durward Pathey
Martha Lee Tomlinson
Utah
Walter Beard
Imogene Johnson
Edwin Walter Ward, Jr
Avanelle Yvonne Hill
WAC Recruiters Curtailed Trips Prompt Local Outreach
Local Army Recruiting station reports many inquiries from Panhandle women about joining the WACs and traveling to other cities. Sgt. T K Morris explains transport problems forced a definite halt to such trips and urges women to contact Amarillo station for applications. Air WACs and another branch dominate this month’s interest.
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Army
Wacs
T. K. Morris
Panhandle
Amarillo
WAC
Air Wacs
Army recruiting and mobility notes in wartime dispatch
The article discusses recruiting at a local station for Air and Ground Force duties with assignments to field sites in the United States or overseas. It quotes Brigadier General Horace Sewell on Soviet Army mobility giving the Red Army a strategic edge as German forces face a potential 200 mile retreat in the north.
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Army
United States
RED Army
New York
Horace Sewell
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H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver Bakle Bidg
Montgomery Media
Globe-News
Carol Brents
Carol Brent
Sehircomery Ward
Raglan
Brandon
Thornewood
Ward
Gay Cotton
Shaggy
Ang Sid
Hco
Pete the
Schenley
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Ansley Cleaners
Montgomery Ward
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