Amarillo City Election Urged While War Time Rages
A reader urges Amarillo citizens to vote in the April city election, praising Commissioners Jenkins Epperson and Hargett for war time leadership. The column blends local weather notes, war civilian effort praise, and community notices about events and letters to Tack, with public sentiment favoring continued service.
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Joe Jenkins
Bob Epperson
Oscar Hargett
City Commission
Amarillo
Jenkins
Epperson
Hargett
Amarilla
County Advertises For Bank Depository
County auditor John Crudgington reports the commissioners court authorized bid advertising for a bank depository for the next two years. The current depository is The First National Bank.
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John Crudgington
Commissioners Court
First National Bank
Five Meetings Set Tonight in Amarillo
Five gatherings are planned in Amarillo tonight. Dr Franz J Polgar will keynote the Knife and Fork Club at the Amarillo Country Club on Miracles of the Mid with hypnotism memory and telepathy demonstrations. Mrs Lester Morrell of Chicago will address the Federated Club Rooms on life of prisoners of war and aid for families. Woodmen of the World and Woodmen Circles will install officers after a banquet at 7 30 pm. Hanson Post American Legion will hold flag burial and initiate new members with Boy Scouts Maverick Club present. City commissioners meet at 8 pm.
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Amarillo
Franz J. Polgar
Amarillo Country Club
Woodmen of the World
Seventh and
Taylor
Dallas
Austin
Hanson Post
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Maverick Club
Legion
New License Plates Go on Sale Monday
Frank Hoyt the county tax assessor will place 1945 automobile truck trailer and motorcycle license plates on sale Monday morning. They cannot be placed on vehicles until March 1. Buyers must show a 1944 Texas license receipt and a Texas certificate of title. Only one plate is issued this year. It measures six by ten inches with black numbers on an orange background. Motorists without a Texas certificate of title should apply at the tax collector. Sixty four motorists applied yesterday.
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Frank Hoyt
Texas
Markets Report and Midwest Livestock Prices
Market data from Dow Jones on industrials and rails with gains, plus Kansas City and Chicago livestock notes. Cattle salable totals shown, hogs steady, sheep activity moderate with lambs and yearlings priced, including specific bids and ranges across regions and classes.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
OPA official visits Dallas ration board amid shoe stamp demand
Evelyn Dunn of the OPA regional office in Dallas told the Potter County Rationing Board that many Dallas women ask her to obtain extra shoe stamps. The exchange underscores ongoing shortages and public appeals at local rationing centers.
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Evelyn Dunn
OPA
Dallas
Potter County Rationing Board
OPA Representative to Speak at Open Meeting
Mrs. Manon Seawell of the OPA will address an open meeting in the Federated Club rooms at Auditorium USC with a focus on consumer problems. She will lead a question and answer session after the talk and also speaks at a 12 noon luncheon of the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce tomorrow.
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Manon Seawell
OPA
Federated
USC
College Student Council Elects Jim Bob Nance and Peggy Gibson
Amarillo College announces Jim Bob Nance as the new vice president of the student council and Peggy Gibson as secretary treasurer. The president post remains vacant due to doubtful eligibility of some candidates. A sophomore girl will fill the vacancy left by Jayvee Jordan, who withdrew, and another sophomore boy will be selected.
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Jim Bob Nance
Amarillo College
Peggy Gibson
Jayvee Jordan
Amarillo Center Spring Enrollment Reaches 145
Enrollment at Amarillo Center climbed to 145 last night with hopes of beating last fall semester's 191 record before the week ends. Miss Mae Simmons will teach the Creative Hobbies class meeting Mondays, featuring weaving, woodcarving, modeling, casting and crafts. she brings extensive experience. Beginning accounting, one of four nonregular courses, starts Thursday evenings under Prof. W. F. Haggard.
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Amarillo Center
Miss Mae Simmons
Miss Simmons
W. F. Haggard
Death of Lubbock Pioneer Uncle George Ellington
Word arrives of the death of Uncle George Ellington a Lubbock pioneer and great uncle of Mrs. Bob Crudgington. Mr and Mrs Crudgington will travel to Lubbock for the funeral Wednesday afternoon.
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George Ellington
Lubbock
Bob Crudgington
Crudgington
Shooting Fray Trial Tests Taxi Driver Witness
Ben Oliver a taxi driver testified in 47th District Court about a shooting at Star Night Club on East Tenth last November. Oliver said Louis Lucas fired through the club window after an argument, injuring no one. Lucas failed to appear at the prior trial, bond was forfeited, and arrest orders were issued. Oliver named Bob Johnson as a club employee observer. Lucas was later arrested for drunken driving and jailed. District Attorney Jim Lumpkin and J L Bagwell lead the state case. Culwell and Culwell defend Lucas.
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Ben Oliver
47Th District Court
Ray Turrentine
Louis Lucas
Near Panhandle
Star Night Club
East Tenth
Oliver
Lucas
Bob Johnson
Turrentine
Henry S. Bishop
Panhandle
Jim Lumpkin
J. L. Bagwell
Culwell
Hit and Run Driver Hunt Progressing in Amarillo Death
Investigators report progress in the search for the hit and run driver of a Ford single wheel truck that killed Staff Set Chesman of Lake Bay Washington. Chessman was found early Saturday in a ditch on U S Highway 66 near its junction with U S Highway 60 after being struck several hours earlier. Sheriff’s deputies investigated a nearby report of an accident at 12 30 a m but found no one.
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Willard M. Chessman
Lake Bay
Wash
Amarillo Field
Chessman
Oficers
Sheriff's Department
Boise City Couple Reported Kidnapped by Escaped Convict
A Boise City couple said to be abducted by Clarence Carnes an escapee from Granite Oklahoma is believed to have taken their car in the public square. Mrs. Howlett was released but Jim Howlett remained unaccounted for at noon. Carnes a life sentence for murder from Atoka County does not drive and may have used the abduction to aid his escape. Two accomplices who fled with Carnes were captured near Stratford yesterday.
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Clarence Carnes
Granite, Okla
Jim Howlett
Boise City
Okla
Howlett
Oklahoma State Highway
Carnes
Atoka County
Stratford
DeMolay to Install Amarillo Officers Tomorrow
Amarillo Chapter of the Order of DeMolay will install new officers in a 7 30 p m program at Khiva Temple Commandery Room. Advisors S E Simpson and Johnny Ekelund will join Don Mitchell as master councillor and Kenneth Lanham as senior councillor with Clarence Kincaid junior councillor and other officers. Jimmy Bailey chairs attendance and Kenneth Lanham heads the entertainment committee with Frank Butler Clarence Kincaid Jacky Raines and Dick Kenyon among members.
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Amarillo
Order of DeMolay
Khiva
S. E. Simpson
Johnny Ekelund
Jimmy Bailey
Bailey
Don Mitchell
Kenneth Lanham
Clarence Kincaid
Eugene Morris
Carlos Thornton
Don Bandy
Don Gholston
Leroy Foster
Frank Butler
Bill Bailey
Sentinel
Guy Mills
Charles Bennett
Dick Kenyon
Eugene Hanby
Don Christian
Jimmy Dees
Claus Webb
Bob Clayton
Jacky Raines
Kiwanians Hear Dr Schoen Speak on Free Enterprise
Amarillo Kiwanians heard Dr Harold Schoen of Amarillo College discuss free enterprise. He defined terms like competition and individual initiative and explained the American way. A girls quartet from Amarillo College provided music, with Russell Curtis at the piano.
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Dr. Schoen
Amarillo Kiwanians
Harold Schoen
Amarillo College
Schoen
Europe
Dean Folsom Jackson
Betty Bowman
Tynetta Wilson
Jean Josey
Lois Morris
Russell Curtis
Pfc Jack Hand Dies in Action in Belgium
Mr and Mrs H H Hand of eight miles north of Amarillo received a War Department telegram confirming their son Pfc Jack Hand was killed in action in Belgium on January 20. He was 19 in November and had served since May 1944 with the 303rd Infantry after farming before enlisting. He was a former student of West Texas High School in Canyon.
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H. H. Hand
Amarillo
War Department
Pfc
Jack Hand
Belgium
Hand
West Texas
Canyon
303Rd Infantry
Air Service To Detroit Inaugurates The Detroiter From Amarillo
Amarillo gains direct single plane service to Detroit as TWA launches The Detroiter with extended west coast service. Westbound departures from Detroit 5 30 PM EWT arrive Amarillo 1 40 AM CWT next day. Stops include Albuquerque and Phoenix with Los Angeles connection to San Francisco. Eastbound departures from Los Angeles 8 30 PM PWT arrive Detroit 2 15 PM EWT after Wichita Kansas City St Louis and Dayton stops.
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Amarillo
Detroit
TWA
Detroiter
G. L. Hall
Civil Aeronautics Board
Post Office Department
Hall
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wichita
Kansas City
St. Louis
Dayton
Cooler Weather Ahead Predicted By Weather Bureau
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a sharp cold snap after a 59 degree high yesterday. Tonight may drop to about 38 with winds increasing and then easing tomorrow afternoon as temperatures fall by about 20 degrees from today.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Clyde Pate Letter Welcomed by Many
Lt Clyde Pate sent a letter home from a German prison camp praising his own, noting several local men. He mentions Lt Joe Doherty likely John Doherty, and Lt Bernard Leavitt, son of Mrs B D Young of 309 Buchanan. Mrs Young hadn’t heard from her son since last July. he was a B 17 bombardier who went down in southern France last June. The letter appeared in the News Monday edition.
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Clyde Pate
Joe Doherty
John Doherty
Doherty
Pate
Bernard 5S
Leavitt
B. D. Young
Buchanan
Young
France
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