Amarillo Chamber Directors Hear Reports at Noon
Chamber of Commerce directors met at the Amarillo Hotel in the red and gold room to hear reports from Pinky Vineyard and A. F. Madison. Vineyard spoke on Amarillo as a gateway for air transportation. Madison, as agricultural committee chair, reported on the Chemurgh conference in Dallas. Rex Baxter presented a completed agenda.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pinky Vineyard
A. F. Madison
Amarillo
Vineyard
Houston
Madison
Dallas
Rex Baxter
Expert wrapper learns from a small shaver on Polk Street
Christmas shoppers watched as eight year old Lonnie Giles of Pampa wrapped his sister gift at a Polk Street drug store. He politely refused a job from the manager and showed off his scissors and ribbon skills learned from his teacher.
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Polk Street
Lonnie Giles
Pampa
Pig Crop Declines 34 Percent Since Last Year
The Agriculture Department reports the 1944 fall pig crop totalled 31,325,000 head, down 34 percent from 1943. A continued decline is expected in 1945, contributing to the pork shortage. Combined 1944 spring and fall crops reach 86,753,000 head, 29 percent below the 1943 record.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
Emergency Upsets Plans for Reconversion
Washington reports that American industry will not scale back postwar plans but will sustain peak 1944 war output for another year or longer. Production Chief J. A. Krug told reporters that expansion is needed to support Eisenhower’s Allied forces in a prolonged conflict, heightening concern over the ongoing production crisis.
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Washington
U.P
J. A. Krug
Dwight Eisenhower
West Wall
Move Japanese War Factories From Japan To Manchuria
Chinese informants report Japan has conscripted many laborers in North China to relocate war factories from the Japanese mainland to Manchuria due to intensified American air raids. Thirteen factories of military importance have already been moved, sources say.
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Chungking
Japan
China
Manchuria
Comedian Harry Langdon Dies in Los Angeles
Veteran comedian Harry Langdon died in Los Angeles at age sixty after a several weeks illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a stage and screen performer with a long career in entertainment.
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Harry Langdon
Los Angeles
Langdon
Johnson Reading Poem Halts Senate Debate on Greece
In a noisy Senate session, Sen. Hiram Johnson read a childhood poem to calm tensions over Greece. Democrats gathered around him as he spoke of peace and relief for small nations while discussions of Roosevelt appointees and war in Europe continued nearby.
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Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Hattie Carraway Noisly
President Roosevelt
Archibald MacLeish
Senator Wheeler
Senator Langer
North Dakota
Sen
Hiram Johnson
Senator Johnson
Edward V. Robertson
Wyoming
Johnson
Greece
Sen. Johnson
Grocers Feature Lucky Black-Eyed Peas For New Year
Enterprising Amarillo grocers list black eyed peas on special sale for the holidays as demand rises. Sheriff Bill Adams follows the old superstition by eating peas for luck. County jail prisoners will also receive peas at New Year dinner.
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Amarillo
Bill Adams
Yugoslav Forces Report Fierce Fighting Near Trieste
A Tito headquarters communique said Yugoslav troops began important operations in pre war Italian territory and fierce fighting raged 18 miles northeast of the Adriatic port Trieste. It also reported the capture of the enemy stronghold Boice northeast of Podgorica in Montenegro.
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London
U.R
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Boice
Podgorica
Montenegro
Major Hagy Arrives For Holidays With Family In Amarillo
Major Lawrence Hagy arrives today by bomber from Baltimore to spend Christmas with Mrs. Hagy and daughters Liza and Melinda at 2406 Lipscomb. An oil and gas operator rancher and civic worker, he is assigned to the Army Air Forces materiel division fuel and lubrication supply department. He began duty at Wright Field Dayton Ohio and is a partner in Hagy Harrington & Marsh in Amarillo.
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Baltimore
Lawrence Hagy
Hagy
Liza
Melinda
Lipscomb
Amarilloan
Army Air Forces
Hagg
Panhandle
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Hagy, Harrington & Marsh
Markets Kansas City Livestock Report
Kansas City livestock sale totals reach 1 500 cattle 400 calves and 1 000 hogs with steady prices and active demand. Hogs and sows show solid activity while cattle weakness reflects weather conditions and market tone. Chicago followed with hogs around 14 15 dollars and cattle steady to lower amid sparse demand. beef cows and feeders show varied moves. Financial fund "Liquidating" stands at 1.8930 with offer 2.07.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Anybody Want a Volcano Here s One for Sale
Mexico City dispatch reports Dionisio Pulido the only man who ever owned a volcano wants to sell. Paricutin rose on his farm two years ago. He moved to California to pick oranges and told Excelsior he can no longer farm on the erupting site.
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Mexico City
U.P
Dionisio Pulido
California
San Gabriel Valley
Excelsior
No Raise: It Is Last Month In the Senate
Washington diary humor details how U S Senate chatter about a $100 raise for mailmen led to a “last month” calendar joke. Senators Mead Clark Bailey Connally Barkley debated dates Nov 21 to Dec 14 as they wrangled over adjournment and a quorum while a wife worries about burnt steak.
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Frederick C. Othman
Washington
U.P
Senate
Tom Connally
Happy Chandler
Frederick C.othman
U. S. Senate
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Josiah Bailey
North Carolina
Lee You
Bailey
Senator Mead
Clark
Sen
Texas
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Connally
Barkley
Christmas Returns Twice at Rush Home
Christmas is celebrated twice at the Avery Rush home in Ong as Pvt Chandler Rush after duty with the Marine Corps returns briefly and a Christmas tree goes up for him. Lt Avery Rush Jr arrives home for the holidays and the family awaits Christmas with the two young daughters.
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Avery Rush
Chandler Rush
Marine Corps
Leatherneck
Avery Rush, Jr
Little Avery
President Roosevelt urges Americans to stay at work
President Roosevelt told a news conference that the best way citizens can aid the fighting forces is by remaining at their jobs. He noted several requests for guidance on how to help the war effort during the Christmas season and urged everyone to stick to work to maintain steady production of needed supplies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sulphurous Compound Boosts Poultry Health and Yields
A water or feed additive labeled as a sulphurous compound is claimed to destroy intestinal germs and worms in fowls. It is said to keep birds free of blood sucking insects, improve appetite health and egg production, and cost very little with a money back guarantee if unsatisfactory.
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Capitol Tailor Shop
Capitol Hotel
Sen. Johnson Stills
Burton K. Whaler
Montana
Grocers
Lucky
Black-Eyed Peas
Adriatic
Globe News
Aerke
West Amarillo
Major Hagy
Maj. Lawrence Hagy
Financial Industrial Fund
Dow-Jones
Merrill c
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Armour & Co. Beens
ATF
Aviation Corp
Thee
Briges
Nseee
Mid Cent Perouse
Montgomery War
Nash Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Canis Tet Eee
New York Shipbuilding
North
New York Central
Gt Gi Packard i
Aes
Tee
Pan Amer Alrw
Penn RR Paramount
Phillips
Plymouth Oijlsire Oil
Radio Corp
Remington Rand Reputeel Ababes
St Jo Lead
Sears Wae Sak Apace
Shell Union Oil Ae
Socony Vacuum Oy
Sou Pacific Nee
Stand Oil
Ind
Studebaker
Swift & Co
Texas Corp
Tex Gulf
James M. Mead
New York
Liquor Mart
Monroe
Topaz
Locket
Diamond Shrine
Zale
Diamond Avalon
Elgin-American
Rush Home
Bien
Poppytrail Chinaware
John D. McBride, C
Optometrist
Dees
Cretney Drug
POLK
Lord Davenport
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