Builders Pay Increase Soon in Amarillo Trades
Amarillo building trades expect pay hikes as living costs rise. Plumbers and steam fitters may gain first, with journeymen rising from 1.62 to 1.75 an hour last August. Electricians face contracts March 17 and carpenters consider a raise while hoping for lower living costs. Bricklayers’ top rate is 1.93 percent, with no fixed schedule for changes.
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Amarillo
J. O. Reynolds
Plumbers
Taylor
Texas
Fred Carr
Electrical Workers Union
Mr. Carr
G. T. Enochs
West Seventh
Amerillo
J. E. Nicholson
Bricklayers Union
East Fifth
Car Carburetor and Electric Service Ad
Vintage ad offering battery service, generators, brakes, motor tune up, starters, wipers, motor overhaul, carburetors for all makes. Carter carburetors and general service. Phone 2-7183 for winter prep.
Amarillo Police Give Free Time at Christmas Parking Meters
Amarillo police officers donated their own money to extend parking meters on Christmas Eve. They walked the streets placing nickels in meters that showed overtime, giving motorists at least an extra hour without charge.
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Amarillo
Sheriff Reports a Safe and Sanest Christmas in County
Sheriff Bill Adams said the county jail population stayed level over Christmas. One man was released on bond and one man was jailed on an intoxication charge. He described the season as one of the sanest and safest in several years.
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Bill Adams
Seven-Star Mother's Reunion Highlights War Family Service
Amarillo hosts Flora Gray of Alton Illinois visiting with neighbor Katherine Weile. Her seven sons served in Army Navy and Marines, led by Lt Col Glenn Gray in Japan and others in Oakland Charleston Cherry Point and aboard ships. Neil Gray was briefly missing but later found safe.
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Pearl Harbor
Amarillo
Flora Gray
Alton
Ill
Mrs. Gray
Neil Gray
Neil
Germany
How to Pick the Right Mate Quiz
January Reader's Digest offers a 20 question quiz by a renowned marriage counselor to assess chances for a lasting marriage. It asks readers to rate factors linked to love and harmony and to identify potential trouble spots before commitment.
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Reader’s Digest
Look
Mindful aging and walking insights from popular magazines
Reader's Digest urges staying young by mindset and activity with a psychologist's aging formula. Hal Borland touts walking to relax, boost creativity, and broaden understanding of others. Dr Fosdick cites life turning awakenings as a hopeful force in aging and growth.
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Hal Borland
N.Y
Navy Mother Remembers Her Fighting Grays
Mrs. Gray reflects on her three sons who joined the 100 percent volunteer enlistments and served throughout World War II. Dane received a medical discharge after two years aboard the USS Idaho while Donald, a Navy machinist mate, saw the most action among the Grays, including Pearl Harbor and multiple battles in the Pacific. The chief petty officer served on three destroyers before his current assignment on the wind. "Thankful," she said, noting the slim mathematical odds of all her boys surviving.
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Dane
Idaho
Donald
Gray
Pearl Harbor
America Demands France Explain Moving Industries
Berlin December 26. The Americans have officially demanded from France an explanation of reports that they have been stripping …
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America
France
Berlin
Bosch Plant Swapped to Saar Frontier Shift Milestone
Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay disclosed the transfer of industries from other zones into the Saar creating a customs frontier. French move of the Robert Bosch electrical parts plant from South Wuerttemberg to the Saar drew specific inquiry from the American deputy military governor.
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Germany
Saar
Lucius D. Clay
Robert Bosch Electrical Parts
Wuerttemberg
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