National President to Attend BPW Club Convention in Amarillo
Margaret Hickey national president of the Business and Professional Women's Club will visit Amarillo in May as guest of honor at the BPW convention. Dr Minnie Maffett of Dallas will also attend as past national president. The event follows a March 12 public relations banquet in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel with Myrtle Tanner as guest of honor.
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Margaret Hickey
Business and Professional Women's Club
Amarillo
Blackstone
Texas&pw
Minnie Maffett
Dallas
Clifford Carolyn Dunn
Austin
Business and Professional Women of Texas
Dunn
BAPW
Myrtle Tanner
Greenville
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Martha Marie Landers
Faye Gordon
Margaret Ventress
Margaret Fletcher
Potter County License Plates Go On Sale Friday
Motorists may place 1946 license plates on cars trucks and trailers Friday. County tax assessor Frank Hoyt said up to noon only 1500 passenger car and 35 truck licenses had been issued for Potter County, with about 15,000 vehicles in the county and a tight timeline until April 1.
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Potter County
Frank Hoyt
Fire crews respond to grease fire and grass blaze
A grease fire on a hot plate at the Chuck Wagon Cafe 900 Tyler woke firefighters at 2 AM with slight damage. Earlier yesterday at 4 50 PM firefighters reported a grass fire at 4217 West Ninth.
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Tyler
West Ninth
Oil company grants $15000 for Southwest oil history project
An oil company funds Oklahoma University with $15000 to compile a history of oil in the Southwest.
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Oklahoma University
Southwest
George B Dealey Dies at 86 in Dallas Tributes Flow In
Dallas mourns publisher George B. Dealey at 86 with tributes from Texas and national figures. Funeral set for 2 PM at First Presbyterian Church, graveside Grove Hill. Leaders praised his journalism creed and public service shaping municipal government and education.
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Dallas
Texas
George B. Dealey
Dallas Morning News
First Presbyterian Church
Frank C. Brown
R. A. Delson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Grove Hill Cemetery
The
Houston Post
George Dealey
Amarillo
Wilfred J. Mahan Named Chrysler District Sales Manager
Announcement states Wilfred J. Mahan is appointed district sales manager for the Dallas region of the Chrysler Corporation. Headquarters set for Amarillo. Biography notes his Illinois State Normal College education and prior Ford dealership experience followed by Army service in Ordnance with the 301st Regiment, deployments to North Africa and Italy, promotion to captain, and roles as amphibious engineer and judge advocate.
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Wilfred J. Mahan
Dallas
Chrysler Corporation
Amarillo
Illinois State Normal College
Mahan
Ford
Army
Ordnance
301St Ordnance Regiment
Oran
North Africa
Italy
Fifth Army
Memorial Tributes to Esteemed Dallas News Leader
Dallas residents and officials mourn the death of a prominent newspaperman. Rep Hatton W Sumners of Dallas called the loss one of the greatest to the country. Kent Cooper of the Associated Press praised him as an exemplar of American journalism and credited The Dallas News with becoming a world class paper.
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Dallas
Dealey
Southwest
South
Texas
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Dallas News
World War II officer promoted to major before discharge
In May 1945 Mahan was stationed at a camp in Benicia California housing Italian prisoners of war. Just before leaving the Army he received a promotion to major.
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Mahan
Benica
Cal
Shipbuilders' Wage Increase Approved
The National Wage Stabilization Board approved an 18 cent hourly wage hike for 650000 workers in the shipbuilding industry in Washington on February 27. Officials noted the ruling does not necessarily set a final standard for all shipyards.
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Washington
National Wage Stabilization Board
Wage Increase Approved Over Industry Opposition
The board approved the wage adjustment adopted by the national shipbuilding conference on Feb. 18 despite opposition from industry members. The action confirms the wage increase as planned by the conference.
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National Shipbuilding Conference
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