Navy Pacific University Opens at Pearl Harbor
Amarillo seaman second class William E. Hughes sits among 3 000 collegiate sailors at NavPacU in Pearl Harbor. The off duty student attends classes as the uni opens January 3 with a 100 course curriculum across high school college and technical subjects taught by Navy Marines and civilians. Classes run two hours daily five days a week and exams follow four week courses through the U S Armed Forces Institute. No class yet on deciphering Navy ratings like SAIL TR 2c.
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Amarillo
William E. Hughes
van Buren
Navy Pacific University
Navy
U.S. Armed Forces Institute
Betts to Address Amarillo Negro Citizens at USO Club
T. E. Betts, observer at the World Security Council in San Francisco, will address Negro citizens of Amarillo in a special Ben Davis USO Club meeting at 601 West Third. The jurist lecturer and educator has traveled widely in the Pacific Northwest and Middle West.
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T. E. Betts
World Security Council
San Francisco
Amarillo
Ben Davis Uso Club
West Third
Pacific Northwest
Middle West
Pioneer Texas woman Mrs Glenn dies at 86 in Amarillo
Mrs Virginia Wilson Glenn 86 of Amarillo dies in a local hospital after living in the city 27 years. Born June 21 1859 in Dallas County she moved from Dallas to Wellington then Amarillo. She is survived by three sons three daughters 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren with funeral set at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel conducted by Dr Neal D Cannon.
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Virginia Wilson Glenn
Amarillo
Taylor
Ss. J. Glenn
Tennessee
Texas
Glenn
Dallas County
Pioneer Dallas
Pioneer Wellington
Glenns
Wellington
Llano
B. G
Bob
V. T
Vega
Maude
Lora Glenn
Zoe Jaquire
Oklahoma City
C. J. Glenn
Kitty Lou Smith
Santa Fe Ends War Labor Program for Mexican Workers
The war labor emergency ends as the last Mexican nationals, brought to work during the shortage, are loaded for Queretaro. About 6400 workers were hired under a U S Mexico contract with contracts up to six months. The final group of 22 men departs El Paso for Queretaro this week, with remaining workers scheduled to return by March 2.
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Santa Fe Railway
Queretaro
Santa Fe Western Lines
Santa Fe
United States
Mexico
The
Newton
Kan
Clovis
Wellington
el Paso
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Markets note cattle and hog activity with Kansas City listings at mainly steady worker levels, vealers to 17 dollars, hogs around 14 to 15 dollars, cows and yearlings varying. Chicago reports steady hogs and cattle, best yearling steers to 16.75, beef cows around 12 to 12.5, fed lambs 15.25 to 15.35, and a general market clearance.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Courthouse Records of Property Transfers and Divorces
A court record list shows multiple deeds in various townships and blocks, including transfers in Fairview Townsite and Plemons areas. Divorce filings appear for Ladd, Walker, Sutharland, and Newman couples. Marriage licenses issued to Nation with Little and Killian with Arnold.
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Dewey Pullman
Dick Bayliff
James H. Mills
Ruby T. Mills
N. Highlands
Myrtle Watts Kirk
E. B Dugger
John Dees
Loise Blankeship
Joe R. Phillips
Eakle
Rubye A. Biller
Ida McCord
Bivins
Troy H. Bickerstaff
J. B Linn, Jr
Clifford Jerome McCrary
W. L Henderson
S. J. Heights
E. Voorhees
Lillian Hilton
Plemons
D. Vaughan
Alvis N. Johnson
Joseph G. Horton
E. A Gooch
Summers
District Court
Ladd
Rachel R. Ladd
Robert R. Walker
Angela June Walker
Enza Sutharland
John Hubert Sutharland
Charles Newman
Calvin R. Newman
Billy G. Nation
Beatrice Little
George B. Killian
Marguerite E. Arnold
Robert L Sawyer Dies in Amarillo at 47
Robert Lee Sawyer an accountant in Amarillo died at 9 am after a week with pneumonia. The Tulsa native lived in Oklahoma for 25 years before moving to Amarillo two years ago from Tulsa where he worked as an attorney and CPA. Survived by widow Pearl Sawyer a son Robert Jr and brother M S Sawyer of Tulsa. Body at Boxwell Brothers Chapel.
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Milner Hotel
Texas
Sawyer
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Tulsa
Pearl Sawyer
Robert, Jr
M. S. Sawyer
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Hard Surfacing Plan For Buffalo Lake Road Approved
State highway commission is set to approve hard surfacing of the road from US 60 to Buffalo Lake in Randall County after a hearing in Austin. Randall County officials D S Hill Calvin Casey and Clarence Beckman attended with Potter County support from John Crudgington J L Adams and Rex Baxter. Commissioners promise Western Avenue paving from Tenth Avenue in Amarillo to Canyon Highway will begin soon.
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Randall County
State Highway Commission
Austin
Randall
D. S Hill
Canyon
Calvin Casey
Amarillo
Clarence Beckman
Umbareger
Potter County
John Crudgington
J. L. Adams
Rex Baxter
Life Underwriters to Hear Durham Speaker in Amarillo
D. E. Durham of Wichita Falls will be principal speaker at the Amarillo Life Underwriters Association noon Saturday meeting in the Capitol Hotel. Leo Bock, association president, announced the event. Durham has worked in Beaumont San Angelo El Paso and Wichita Falls where he was last September named manager of National Life.
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Wichita Falls
Amarillo Life Underwriters Association
Capitol Hotel
Leo Bock
Durham
Beaumont
San Angelo
el Paso
National Life
Two Amarillo Men Accepted for Navy Enlistment
Two Amarillo men were accepted for regular Navy enlistment at the Amarillo Recruiting Station. Hugh Julius Gatten and Ronald William Sparks were named as new sailors, with their listed addresses. A Tulsa youth James Paul Miller also enlisted for two years, and the recruits will be sent to San Diego for training.
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Amarillo
Hugh Julius Gatten
Robert E. Gatten
North Fast Fourth
Ronald William Sparks
C. F. Sparks
Monroe
Tulsa
James Paul Miller
Joseph P. Miller
Navy
San Diego
Sheriff Adams Trip Delayed On Way to California
Sheriff Adams started a trip to California but was summoned back just outside city limits. The journey was postponed until March 22 and he planned to visit Los Angeles to return Jesse E. Phil.
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Bill Adams
California
Los Angeles
Jesse E. Phil
Sheriff Receives Delayed Hearing In Los Angeles
Indictment charges desertion of wife and child. Sheriff notes radio is a wonderful thing. After leaving his office a telegram from Los Angeles reports Phillips hearing postponed in that city.
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Lips
Los Angeles
Phillips
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