Amarillo's Downtown Expansion Dilemmas in 1947
The Amarillo Globe surveys downtown expansion prospects for Polk Street and surrounding blocks. It notes a potential shift southward or northward along Polk, with 30 businesses ready to relocate and questions about Taylor Street, Sixth and Seventh streets, and the hotel project at Seventh and Tyler. It also highlights postwar retail trends, housing and sugar controls, and a looming construction boom in 1947.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Polk
Taylor Street
Taylor
Sixth
Seventh
Tyler
Bill Gunn
Eighth and
Norway
Amarillo Globe
Texas
General Motors
Flint
Jeauldin
Mengas
Carsana
Lone Star
Seale
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
National Front
Harlow H. Curtice
Buick
Flint Industrial Executives Club
Milan Drops Unrationed Food Price Ceiling After OPA Trial
Milan, Italy, scrapped its two month unrationed food price ceiling after strikes and riots spurred by sky rocketing prices. The measure failed as supplies left Milan for towns without OPA controls and markets were affected by the lift.
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Milan
Italy
Mlian
OPA
Noisy Shrimps Explain Why Sea Isn't Quiet
Dr. Martin Johnson of the Scripps Institute discusses why seas are noisy. He notes noisy sea life, citing phonograph records from wartime Navy experiments in San Diego waters showing shrimp snapping their feelers.
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Thomas Thompson
Travis Daws
Cabinet Shop
S. Houston
William L. Ball
Hayden Street
Austin
Houston
Lubbock
Abilene
San Angelo
Kohler Bros
Marillo Jaundry
Laura Wheeler
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Needlecraft
Boxwell
Ambulance Service
Dumas Perry Ton
Spearman
Tb Ma Eee
Blind & S. T. Curtis CO
van Buren
7Th ST
Eee
Pontiac
Dock Coffey
Tyler Street
Amarillo, Texas
Sandy Mac
I As
Armstrong and Nairns
Congo Wall