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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1947
Page
13
A four alarm blaze in Dallas destroyed hundreds of dozens of men’s shirts stored in a one story building. The fire confined to the storage room left a barber and beauty shop in the same building open for business as crews fought the flames. A firm plans to erect a five story structure on the site.
In Harlingen on February 20 the Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Shippers Association said Britain will buy 120000 more boxes of Texas grapefruit at two dollars per box delivered to Port Brownsville. The mission had recently purchased 200000 bushels.
Water softening equipment is distributed and sold by Soft Water Service Co. across Texas and parts of Oklahoma New Mexico and Louisiana. The firm moved to 1510 West Fifteenth and started monthly rental units in September 1940. Run by Mr and Mrs Wayne Wickham the business now offers engineering services related to water softening.
YMCA craft classes led by Paul Fowler will resume next Thursday after a one week postponement to hire a new instructor. Leather work textile printing wood carving clay and watercolor are listed among the courses. Army chapels for sale from Major Army Air Field Greenville and San Angelo Army Air Field will be offered to buyers for religious use or shrine conversion.
During the war period the United States government was distributing funds at a rate of 200000 dollars each minute as part of wartime expenditures. The figure reflects massive wartime spending and fiscal mobilization.
A N Olver announces Charlie Greef has been named sales manager at Olver-Wiggins Lumber Co. Greef, recently joining the company, is originally from Eldora Iowa and a graduate of Iowa State College in forestry. He spent 20 years with Curtis Co Inc and is active in the Presbyterian Church and Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen education committee.
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