Network marks expansion with new permit apps and markets
York market and to apply for construction permits for network owned stations in the Chicago and Los Angeles markets. Seven new applications for membership in the American Network were accepted and will be announced as soon as contracts are executed, increasing to 20 the number of markets in which the network is now represented. The appointment will take effect on or about April 1, after completion of the nationwide program study Mr. Lewis is making for William S. Paley and the Columbia Broadcasting System. The stockholders voted to renew the American Network's application for a construction permit for an F. M. station of its own in the New Albany area. Alligator oil fuel is used by a Brazilian electric power plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Networ
Lewis
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
F. M
Brazil
Tax Returns Being Mailed in Panhandle 1943
Amarillo zone chief Ralph Kenniston says copies of the 1943 individual income and Victory tax returns are being mailed from Dallas to Panhandle taxpayers. Collector W A Thomas urges filing early though not required until March 15, noting many will owe substantial tax and others may qualify for refunds. Returns are needed for single filers with 50 plus dollars, married with over 624, or married households with 1200 or more, and for those who paid or owed 1942 tax or seek a withholding refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Kenniston
Amarillo Zone
Dallas
Panhandle
W. A. Thomas
Internal Revenue
Kenniston
Santa in Augusta waits for post Christmas pay off
Representative W. W. Fowler of Augusta Kansas played Santa for Elks Lodge delivering cheering visits to ill children on Christmas Eve. The kids hugged him though several had chicken pox. A separate item notes an 800 pound piano stolen in Evansville Indiana and later recovered with a man claiming he merely admired it. Rebecca Canady of Brighton Massachusetts has become a flagpole painter to support war effort.
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Santa Claus
W. W. Fowler
Augusta
Kansas
Fowler
The
Elks Lodge
James Fulkerson
Evansville
Ind
Rebecca Canady
Brighton
Mass
Chips the War Dog Receives High Honors in Italy
C C Moore, a Texas Company sales engineer, raised Chips who earned the Purple Heart and Silver Star in Italy. The veteran war dog, trained for 15 months, helped the Fifth Army by silencing a German machine gun nest and forcing Nazis to surrender. He even reportedly tried to bite General Eisenhower at a forward post.
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Chips
C. C. Moore
Texas Company
Sam
Petroleum Administration
Moore
Italy
Fifth Army
Ike Eisenhower
Funeral Held For Earl Lanham After Florida Plane Crash
Billie Jo Franklin and James Wilson of 1109 Polk Street learned of Earl Lanham’s death in a Florida airplane crash Friday. The Fort Worth funeral was held this morning. Lanham was a brother of Wayne Lanham once Borger Herald advertising manager and now a sergeant in the infantry in New Guinea. He was a son of Mrs. Lillie Lanham of Fort Worth.
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Billie Jo Franklin
James Wilson
Polk Street
Earl Lanham
Florida
Fort Worth
Lanham
Wayne Lanham
Borger Herald
New Guinea
Lillie Lanham
Tomorrow Is Our War Effort Enough
The piece discusses battlefield self sufficiency and physical conditioning for troops. It argues learning to reach action quickly in good shape is the core problem, where battlefield needs meet training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Ingersoll
Harcourt, Brace and Company
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Ted Taylor Appointed to Network Board
Ted Taylor, president of Plains Radio Broadcasting Company, is named to the directorate of American Network, Inc., a new organization in the frequency modulation field. The appointment signals leadership in FM developments and industry collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Taylor
Plains Radio Broadcasting Company
American Network, Inc
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Hal F. Buckner
Nunn
Blackburn
Amarillo
Bell
Bell Tailors, Inc
Polk St
Goon
Miendlay
RoeNt Peor
W. C. Me
Tchie Castleberry
Oliver Eakle
Rance CO RD
Ciome
Amarillo Retail Druggists Assn
Brooks' Drug Store
Holman Drug Store
East 5Th Street
Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Kirk Drug Store
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway
Polk
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
West 10Th
Jack Phillips Drug Store
West
DRI
Taylor Street
Ratliff Drug
N. E
East 10Th Street
RES
Network Board
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
E. 10Th St
Ayling
J. M. Hyden
Optometry
W. 7Th St
King Features Syndicate
Capitol Hotel
U. S
Harrison
Ners
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