Park Official Takes Office In Amarillo
O B Howell becomes Amarillo's new parks superintendent arriving by train from Dyer Indiana with his wife and two children to settle as they seek housing. He is a former professor in the agriculture department at Texas Technological College Lubbock holding degrees in landscape architecture and plant pathology from Michigan State College.
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Santa Fe Names New Superintendents Amid War Strain
Santa Fe announces a wave of appointments affecting its Western lines across Colorado Texas and New Mexico. The changes take effect January 5 with L M Olson acting superintendent Pecos division and W H Jones acting superintendent Slaton division. J F Carder becomes assistant superintendent El Paso and R M Champion and R F E Sanner shift into dispatching and trainmaster roles.
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Dan Trahey
Pecos
Clovis
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el Paso
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la Junta
J. F. Carder
Kansas City
R. M. Champion
R. F E. Sanner
Champion
J. P. Spears
Sanner
Potter Deputy Sheriff Serves in North Africa
Corporal James Gulick, a Potter County deputy sheriff, serves in North Africa assisting in operating a rest hotel for American troops. Sheriff Bill Adams sent his commission this morning. Gulick previously worked at Pantex Plant and held a deputy sheriff’s commission. before joining, he was a hotel manager.
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Potter County
North Africa
James Gulick
North Africs 2iCa
Bill Adams
Gulick
Pantex Adnance Works
Pantex
County jail records 26 inmates as new year low
The county jail ends the year with 26 occupants, a new low after 20 on Christmas. Ten inmates are juveniles, with two of them runaways, highlighting an unusual juvenile presence.
McFarland Named to Amarillo Chamber Board
FH McFarland longtime Pantex Ordnance Plant general manager is appointed to the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce board to fill the vacancy caused by Howard Philbrook’s resignation Rex Baxter rotary manager announced today
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FH. McFarland
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo
Canyon Court Opens for 1945 District Session
Opening term of the 47th District Court began in Canyon this morning with Judge Henry S. Bish from Amarillo presiding. Attending were Jim Lumpkin district attorney Lloyd King assistant district attorney and W R Frazee court reporter from Amarillo.
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Canyon Court
47Th District Court
Canyon
Amarillo
Henry S. Bishop
Jim Lumpkin
Lloyd King
W. R. Frazee
Postwar Rayon Industry to Surpass Prewar Volume
The postwar rayon industry is expected to grow larger than the prewar period. Nylon and similar fibers are anticipated to capture more than half of the former silk business.
Mrs N H Short Dies in Webster City Funeral Friday
Mrs N H Short aged 74 mother of J W Short of 502 Kentucky died at 2 30 this morning in Webster City Iowa after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 tomorrow at a Webster City funeral home with burial beside her husband who died about ten years ago. Survivors include two other sons Charlie Short of Webster City and William Short of Carbon Cliff Illinois.
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N. H. Short
J. W. Short
Kentucky
Webster City
Amarillo Family Receives Cemetery Lots As Christmas Gifts
A Texas family opens Christmas gifts to find cemetery plots for each member. A sister gifted the deeds to the plots and tied them on the tree, surprising relatives with future resting places and a prompt to consider end of life.
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Amarillo
Miss Annie McDonald Honored by Society
Miss Annie L. McDonald, supervisor of elementary grades in Amarillo schools, was elected an honorary member of the International Mark Twain Society for her contributions to children’s literature and educational writing. Cyril Clemens, president, announced the honor.
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International Mark Twain Society
McDonald
Amarillo
Cyril Clemens
Mark Twain Quarterly
Britain
America
Railroad Issues Releases Telling of Boys Ranch
The Fort Worth and Denver Railway promotes Boys Ranch as a key stop in public releases by traveling freight agent Guy Victory. The railroad donated half the freight charge for a cement car to the Tascosa headquarters and Victory said Burlington will announce a new streamlined train between Fort Worth and Houston soon.
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Fort Worth
Sergeant Aldridge Leaves for Parris Island
Sgt. C. E. Aldridge starts a new posting at Parris Island after a 30 day leave following two years in the Southwest Pacific with the United States Marines. He visited sister Marceline Teague and mother Mrs. C. E. Aldridge in LeFors before his deployment as a drill instructor.
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Parris Island
United States Marines
Southwest Pacific
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West Tenth
LeFors
Aldridge
Arrest of Two Nazi Agents and Discovery of Jap Balloons
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel two Nazi agents landed on the Maine coast last November They were found with revolvers secret inks a short wave transmitter and documents and had $60000 in American money remaining in their possession Hoover linked their case to recent Japanese balloon discoveries as evidence of a hemisphere wide espionage and sabotage campaign The two men itinerary included Bangkok Bangor Boston New York and Peruvian arrest location and details about their training and prior naval and elite guard service were disclosed
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Hancock Point
Frenchmen's Bay
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Amagansett
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Fla
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Boston
Funeral services for Mrs. Eula B Williams
Mrs. Eula B Williams 54 died Sunday Funeral services set for 4 pm tomorrow at Griggs Funeral Chapel Rev E R Foster of Assembly of God will officiate Pallbearers E Bow er Cpl Eugene Wood Sgt George D Stevens Pvt Leonard Carlson Arthur J Tesar Burl Perry Burial in Llano Cemetery She was wife of Jordan Williams
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Griggs
E. R. Foster
Assembly of God Church
E. Bower
Cpl
Eugene Wood
George D. Stevens
Leonard Carlson
Arthur J. Tesar
Burl Perry
Llano Cemete
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Jordan Williams
Business Still Lags At Police Department
Amarillo police department reports a quiet New Year with only 79 arrests in the week ending January 1 and total fines of 526 dollars, about half the usual 1200. Judge J. A. Kirkman called the period the most peaceful he has seen in the city.
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Police Department
Amarillo
J. A. Kirkman
First tax supported public library in United States
The first tax supported public library in the United States began in Peterboro New Hampshire in 1833, marked as a pioneering move in American civic education.
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Peterboro
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How Americans Can Earn More Buy More Have More
A call to expand production and consumer access after war. It argues higher wages and more jobs through greater output, with plans to convert wartime capacity to peacetime use. The National Industrial Information Committee invites readers to request a booklet outlining the program.
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National Industrial Information Committee
West 49Th Street
New York
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