Amarillo approves drilling three new water wells
City commission authorized bids to drill three additional water wells at the Randall County watersite south of Bushland. The project aims to add about three million gallons per day, boosting supply from around 30 million gallons daily to meet defense related demand. Also discussed were hiring a sanitary engineer, Civil Service Commission reappointment, electrical examiners, and a public hearing on a paying assessment for Gables Street and North Arthur Street properties.
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Amarillo
Randall County
Bushland
N. ¥. Moss
City Commission
Palo Duro Associated Plumbing Contractors
Health Department
Ted Lokey
City Civil Service Commission
H. K. Taylor
Wesley Lamb
Board of Electrical Examiners
Gables Street
North Arthur Street
Zephyr Baggage Car Damaged by Flames
ChilDress firemen battled a blaze in a baggage dormitory car of the Burlington Lines Texas Zephyr between Dallas and Denver. The train halted two hours. the damaged car was cut loose. No damage estimate or cause given. Agent C J Lyons noted the fire remained under investigation.
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Childress
Burlington Lines
Texas Zephyr
Dallas
Denver
C. J. Lyons
YMCA Drive Leaders Named for Amarillo Campaign
W. Bill Boyce announced a 75 person leadership team to oversee a 60 soliciting groups for a new Amarillo YMCA. The drive begins February 1 with section chairs Jesse A. Rogers Dan Higgins and Kenneth Grenewald coordinating division leaders and 57 team captains listed across Rogers Higgins and Grenewald sections. Each captain will recruit five workers before January 19.
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Amarillo
Bill” Boyce
Boyce
Herring Hotel
Jesse A. Rogers
Dan Higgins
Kenneth Grenewald
Rogers
Mark Galloway
Norris Ewing
Roy Cloninger
M. B. Witt
Higgins
Dale Thut
Leonard Nussbaum
George Roberts
Sam Rutledge
Grenewald
A. N. Thompson
James Collins
H. O. Willborn
J. Edgar Wilson
William Griggs
Robert Rogers
Frank Warren
Charles G. Fowlkes
Roy P. Eastland, Jr
Ralph Y. Lemons
Steve Cowan
Frank Wilson, Jr
Robert E. Hucker
Howard E. Wilson
Powell Combs
Thad Ansley
Robert A. Selby
Francis V. Wallace
R. A. Wilson
R. J. Barrett
R. A. Stone
Gus R. Robers
Ray S. Daniel
R. L. Moore
Floyde Garwood
Crash Victims' Condition Good
Nine people injured in two separate crashes near Tucumcari and Santa Rosa were listed in good condition at Tucumcari Hospital. The west of Tucumcari wreck involved Eddie L. Gordon 28 San Mateo California his wife and three children with minor injuries from a rollover down a 30 foot embankment. The Santa Rosa crash involved James Armour 17 Darnell Arkansas and Emmitt Davis 50 Flagstaff Arizona in a head on collision with Davis suffering facial lacerations. Dan Eubanks Burney California had injuries not fully determined but not believed serious. Dorothy and James Armour Mrs. Davis and three children had minor bruises.
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Tucumcari
Tucumccari
Tucumcari Hospital
Santa Rosa
Eddie JL. Gordon
San Mateo
Cal
Gordon
James Armour
Darnell
Ark
Emmitt Davis
Flagstaff
Ariz
Davis
Dan Eubanks
Burney
Dorothy
Marine Killed On Icy Road
The body of Cpl. Galen M. Hoyt of Minneapolis lies at Clabhorn Funeral Home awaiting word from relatives after his car skidded on slick pavement and overturned. Pvt. James W. Oliver, asleep in the back seat, suffered minor injuries and was released from hospital. Both Marines were en route to El Toro Marine Air Base in California. Oliver is from Arlington, Iowa.
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Mclean
Galen M. Hoyt
Minneapolis
Minn
Clabhorn Funeral Home
Hoyt
James W. Oliver
el Toro Marine Air Base
Santa Ana
Cal
Oliver
Arlington
Towa
Ilse Koch Labeled Beast as Trial Reopens in Germany
In Augsburg on January 3, a witness branded Ilse Koch a beast as Germany's atrocity trial resumed. He testified she ordered inmates at Buchenwald to crawl, tossed cigarette butts to provoke harassment, and noted she recorded numbers of prisoners who retrieved them. A Catholic priest witness recounted a cold greeting and was ordered to crawl on snow.
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Augsburg
Germany
Ilse Koch
Red Witch
Buchenwald
Gossman
Electricity Rate Hike Sought Across Four States
J E Cunningham of Southwestern Public Service announces awaiting application for a system wide rate increase covering 95 municipalities in Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas based on rising costs since 1942 The move would be the first Amarillo rate rise since 1918 and comes as the company expands capacity with a six million dollar Earth plant near Earth Texas and total system capacity at 342000 kilowatts.
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Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Southwestern Public Service Company
J. E. Cunningham
Cunningham
Amarillo
City Light and Water Company
Public Service Company
Dalhart
Pampa
Borger
Dumas
Hereford
Plain
South Plains
New Earth
Mr. Cunningham
Two Charged in Tin Shop Theft in Beaumont
James T. Irwin and David Crosgrove of Hamilton Ontario were charged with burglary over an $80 Beaumont tin shop theft. They admitted house and safe robberies in multiple states. A Beaumont hearing is planned later this week after Houston arrests during Christmas holidays yielded a knife, pistol, and four more firearms.
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Beaumont
James T. Irwin
David Crosgrove
Hamilton
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Houston
Crosgrove
Irwin
Robbery victim found burned near Rio Grande City
Maximo Perez Velasquez, 44, a Mexican national working on a ranch under a labor contract, was found dead in a brush pile 35 miles north of Rio Grande City. Authorities believe he was shot and killed during a robbery after receiving a large payment.
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Rio Grande City
Maximo Perez Velasquez
Here
Velasquez
Mrs Whittington Hurt in Missouri Car Crash
Relatives report Mrs J A Whittington of Amarillo is in critical condition after a head on automobile collision near Springfield between St Louis and Springfield Missouri Sunday night. Her husband 56 and son Bobby were also injured. They were returning from Chicago to their home 2600 North East Eighth where they operate the Cozy Cafe.
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J. A. Whittington
Amarillo
Missouri
Mr. Whittington
Bobby
Sullivan
R. T. Beal
Jackson
Whittingtons
Whittington
Mrs Gardner Rites at Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Millie Gardner formerly of Amarillo who died Monday in a Dallas hospital were held at 11 this morning in the Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev Newton J Robison of the First Christian Church officiated Pallbearers were Ed Harris Jack C Melton Horace Dwight Grady Camp Earl Myers and C F Underwood Burial was in Llano Cemetery Mrs Gardner widow of G C Gardner formerly rural circulation manager for the Globe News lived in Amarillo in 1941 and 1942 They later moved to Fort Smith Ark and Mr Gardner died soon after Survivors include four daughters Miss Ruby Gardner Fort Smith Mrs Helen Beach Washington DC Miss Edith Gardner Denver and Mrs Arthur Hooper Oklahoma City and a brother Fred Baker Eldora Iowa
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Millie Gardner
Amarillo
Dallas
Blackburn-Shaw
The
Globe- News
Fort Smith
Ark
Gardner
Ruby Gardner
Helen Beach
Washington, DC
Edith Gardner
Denver
Arthur Hooper
Oklahoma City
Fred Baker
Eldora
Towa
Alien Registration Forms Available at Amarillo Post Office
The Amarillo post office offers alien registration forms for residents to report their addresses to the immigration service by January 10. Forms may be obtained at the assistant postmaster's office and must be filled out and delivered by hand to a clerk at the post office window. Some students and vacationists are exempt from the reporting requirement.
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Amarillo
Immigration Service
Gordon Jordan
Three Appointed to Board of Hospital
The Potter County Commissioners court appointed Dr. W. R Klingensmith Dr. G. M. Waddill and A. D. Foreman to the North West Texas Hospital board replacing Roy Snodgrass Jr Dr D S Marsalis and Mark Galloway and accepted Bill Hale s resignation as road superintendent after a year and a half in the post Hale will remain in Amarillo to pursue private business at 1312 Rosemont and the court set salaries for a new Precinct 3 justice of the peace and for a night caretaker at the Tri State fairgrounds Fred Short was elected to the JP post and G L Coffee was hired at 150 salary
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Potter County Commissioners Court
Northwest Texas Hospital Board of Managers
Bill Hale
W. R Klingensmith
G. M. Waddill
A. D. Foreman
Roy Snodgrass, Jr
D. S. Marsalis
Mark Galloway
Hale
J. Hale
Amarillo
Rosemont
Commissioners Court
Justice of the Peace
Precinct 3
Texas
Fred Short
G. L. Coffee
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Mel Armstrong
Broken Leg Can't Stop Messenger Takes Oath Again
In Quincy Massachusetts eighty seven year old Harry W Tirrell takes the oath as city messenger for the 63rd straight year though confined to Quincy Hospital with a broken leg. The city council reelected him last night marking his long service despite injury.
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Quincy
Mass
Harry W. Tirrell
Tirrell
Quincy Hospital
State Unemployment Falls Amid Seasonal Gains
Austin reports seasonal unemployment decreased 52 percent so far this winter from a year earlier, driven by curtailment in construction, food processing, and agriculture industries. Texas Employment Commission notes continued trends across sectors.
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Austin
Texas
Unemployment Insurance Claims Totals Decline in Texas
Jobless Texans claiming unemployment insurance through December 14 totaled 2,675, down from 5,303 at a comparable point last year. In England, Miss Penta Mary Donald Soni of Pulborough died at one year and nine months, leaving an estate of 364 dollars with her father named administrator.
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Sion
Penta Mary Donald Soni
Pulborough
England
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YMCA
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Sweden
Reka
Paes
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Ket
Eamo
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Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Amarillo Bldg
Amarillo, Texas
Raines
West Texas
Boot & Shoe Shop
Reppert Lumber CO
Ches
SKY
TWA
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Lubbock
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Vicks
Vicks VapoRub
General Electric Coffee Maker
Sealy
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