Merge of Amarillo Cattle Firms Forms New Auction Company
The Amarillo Livestock Sales Company is succeeded by the Amarillo Livestock Auction Company, jointly owned and managed with the Western Stockyards Company by Eddie Johnson and others. The new group aims to streamline cattle handling after a record year: 114000 head sold for 5.82 million dollars, with shipments to Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, California, Kansas City, Oklahoma and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Livestock Sales Company
Amarillo Livestock Auction Company
Western Stockyards Company
Eddie Johnson
Jack Coulter
Hugh Ford
W. H. “Billy” Barrick
Charley Ford
Western Stockyards
Jay Taylor
Johnson
Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
California
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Houston
Manpower Priorities Committee Studies Labor Shortage
Members of the Manpower Priorities Committee meet to study manpower shortages in area war plants and the employment ceiling program. The group includes representatives from War and Navy departments and the War Manpower Commission led locally by Amarillo's Fred Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War and Navy Departments
War Manpower Commission
Fred Wells
Amarillo
Master key found and lost identification bracelet notices
A note seeks the owner of a master key found on Polk Street possibly linked to Pantex staff. Another message asks for help locating a yellow gold identification bracelet lost between 1619 Van Buren and Panhandle bus station, bearing name and serial number 38346229 with a family inscription and a reward offered. A third item requests return of a handmade Australian coin bracelet given Christmas night with a promised reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Polk Street
Pantex
van Buren
Panhandle
Maynard H. Allen
Pvt
South Pacific
Doris Davis
Harrison Call
Lost Benrus wrist watch near Lincoln address
Ernestine Smart reports a missing ladies Benrus wrist watch in rose gold. The finder should call 4455 or visit 2422 Lincoln to return it.
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Lincoln
Ernestine Smart
Personal ad seeks kind woman for companionship
Thomas R. Houston, 39, seeks a warm woman aged 30 to 38 for a thoughtful relationship. He mentions a good home and excellent references, and provides General Delivery Amarillo as the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Houston
General Delivery
Amarillo
Job seeker seeks work in motherless home and other gainful tasks
AReader seeks employment and asks readers to contact at multiple addresses 1522 East Sixth 904 Adams after 3 pm and 317 Van Buren Street. He reports losing a red coin purse on December 19 containing two five dollar bills and offers a reward for return. Call 2-2598.
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Tack
East Sixth
Adams
van Buren Street
Lost dog Susie near Canyon with brindle coat and bob tail
A three year old brindle dog named Susie, part rat terrier and bull dog, with a bob tail and harness, went missing on Christmas Eve while visiting relatives in Canyon. The owner asks for help locating her. Contact CAN HAGOOD in Floydada, Texas. Dec 22. A purse was also lost at the Sears Roebuck corner of Tenth and Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Susie
Canyon
West Kentucky
Floydada
Texas
Sears-Roebuck
Tenth and Polk
Western Union workers vote in AFL union or CIO affiliate
Amarillo and El Paso Western Union employees vote today in a nationwide labor ballot to choose between the AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union and CIO American Communications Association. Ballots were sent in Gulf Division cities including Dallas and Houston as part of the largest National Labor Relations Board run collective bargaining election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Amarillo
el Paso
American Federation of Labor
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Committee of Industrial Organization
American Communications Association
Western Union
National Labor Relations Board
Dallas
Tulsa
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Galveston
AFL
Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
Spend 270 Million a Day For War Effort in U S
Year end Treasury figures show the United States maintaining a war effort spending rate near 270 million dollars daily. Secretary Morgenthau announces the Sixth War Loan Drive exceeded its 14 billion quota by 7.621 billion, bringing total over subscriptions to 21.621 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
U.S
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Two Men Gravely Injured in Highway 66 Crash
Two men were gravely injured in a traffic crash ten miles east of Amarillo Field on Highway 66 this morning. They were taken to the field hospital. One was unconscious and the other had a severely broken jaw. Patrolmen had not identified the victims by day’s end.
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Amarillo Field
Field Hospital
Potter County Grand Jury Re convenes After Recess
The Potter County grand jury re convened today after a two week holiday recess. The next term of 47th District Court starts Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County Grand Jury
47Th District Court
Purse Missing in Amarillo Offers Reward for Contents
A person reports a lost purse containing papers two diamond rings war bonds ration books and other items. Ration books show the address 4316 Hillside Lincoln Nebraska and the owner will pay a reward upon recovery. The owner has moved to Amarillo and can identify all contents.
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Hillside
Lincoln
Nebr
Amarillo
A Vital Message To Men Who Feel Old
A brief promotional notice urges men feeling aged or worn out to ask a druggist for CASELLA stimulating tablets. It promises regained zest and vitality with the label’s directions and notes the formula includes celery seed thiamin iron and passion flower.
Smash Nazi Supply Lines Brings Allied Air Attacks to Germany
U P reports Allied air raids across Germany with more than 1 000 bombers and 500 fighters targeting rail yards and communications centers behind the lines from Karlsruhe to Cologne and beyond Frankfurt. British bombers struck Berlin and the Gironde Estuary area in night actions as Mosquito crews hit Berlin.
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London
U.P
U. S
Fighth
Germany
Karlsruhe
Cologne
Frankfurt
Western Front
Berlin
Gironde
France
Royan
Bordeaux
Continued Fair Weather Predicted by Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports no upcoming changes and predicts continued fair weather. Tomorrow will be a touch cooler in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Creomulsion Promises Quick Cough Relief and Refund
Advertised cough remedy Creomulsion claims to attack the chest illness at its source, loosening phlegm and soothing bronchial membranes. It emphasizes beechwood creosote blends with non narcotic medicines and offers a money back guarantee if it does not quickly ease the cough and restore rest.
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Claude Jones
Oliver Eakle
R. C. Gerlack
PURSE
Thomas Taylor Hammock
James T. Hammock
Fillmore
T. A. Dowlen
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
CIO
Betty Hutton
Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Mr. Flynn
Chaplin
Jack Briggs
Ginger Rogers
Bob Hope
J. T. Ellington
Hughes
Vv. B. West & Company
Amarillo Bldg. Ph
W. O. Allison Chiropractor
Monroe
WFA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Armour & Co
A1l& SF Asstels
Seewee
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locom
Bendix Aviation Ae
Bethlehem Steel Sence Ae
Borden Te
Chrysler
Sinclair Oil
Motorsee
Curtis Wright
Deer & Cose Sdeennees
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric Wee
General Motors Ee
Gillette Razor
Goodyear
See
Harvester Ee
Glenn L Martin
Gulf Oils
Mid
Montgomery Ward Ee
Nash Kelvinator
Y Shipbuilding Steer
New En Y
Ohio Oil
Packard Creer
Swift & Co Pss Ewwerrvee
Texas Corp
Tex Gulf Sylph Tidewater
Union Carbide Eeeewees
United Aircraft Os
US Rubber Bee
US Steel Rree
Wilson & Cose
White Motors
Warner Bros
Woolworth Rials
Jan
Jly
Eee Eeeenoeares
Doc
6Th Ave
C.M. Williams & Co
Taylor
Optometrist
Zale
Bth and Polk
Echart's Shoe Repair Shop
West
10Th St
PRI
Zale’s
Southwest
Wiss Pinking Shears
Polk
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