McGee Criticizes Government Bureaus At Hardware Meet
Mark McGee urged Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association members to resist bureaucratic overreach and defend individual business rights. He warned that growth of government payrolls during wartime could threaten private enterprise even after victory. Rivers Peterson cautioned postwar planning, while Joe Harp Paul Wilmot and J K Applewhite were elected PHIT officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
Herring Hotel
Mark McGee
OPA
McGee
Texas American Legion
Texas
Rivers Peterson
National Hardware Association
Joe Harp
PHIT
Paul Wilmot
J. K. Applewhite
Association
T. C. Lively
US Bombers Hit Italian Rail Hubs Arezzo Pontassieve Prato
U S 15th Air Force Flying Fortresses and Liberators pound three railway centers from Florence to Rome Arezzo Pontassieve and Prato with direct hits. 12th Air Force targets Sibenik and Terni with rail center strikes and airfield combat results noted. Nine Liberators credited with nine enemy fighters down over Osoppo airfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Florence
Rome
Arezzo
Pontassieve
Prato
U. S
12Th Air Force
Adriatic
Sibenik
Yugoslavia
Terni
Osoppo
Ralph L. Wil
Davis Ranch
Charlotte
Tex
Week's Carloadings for Santa Fe Total 21,849
The Santa Fe System carloadings for week ending January 15, 1944 were 21,849, down from 22,612 in 1943. Cars received from connections totaled 11,170, vs 11,625 a year earlier. Total cars moved were 33,019, compared with 34,237 in 1943. Santa Fe handled 31,914 cars in the preceding week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Twenty two Girl Scouts Complete Cooking Badge
Twenty two Girl Scouts in Troop 18 finished requirements for their cook badge. They prepared and served a covered dish supper at Mrs J F B Davis on Sunset Terrace. Special guests included Eloise DeLay and Shirley Hannahs. The cooks are students at Margaret Wills School.
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Amarillo
J. FB. Davis
Sunset Terrace
Eloise DeLay
Shirley Hannahs
Margaret Wills School
Panhandle Pen Women Elect Leaders at Cheney Home
The Panhandle Pen Women met at Mrs. J. W. Cheney’s residence 1409-B Madison Street with twenty writers attending the quarterly session and annual meeting. Mrs. Maude Smith Rorex was elected president. vice presidents include Mrs. Simmons and Mrs. Maggie Culwell. recording secretary is Mrs. Cheney. corresponding secretary is Laura V. Hamner. treasurer is Mrs. Pat Quarrels.
Potter County Commission Keeps Salaries Even After Vote
Potter County commissioners vote 3 to 1 to fix county official salaries at last year’s levels. Swann Daniel and Browning support the move while Killian opposes, claiming some salaries should be adjusted. The court also keeps salaries for two justices of the peace, the constable, and the assistant district and county attorneys at the prior year. The session recessed to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Potter County Taxpayers Association
Swan
Browning
Ernest Northcutt
Randall
Armstrong
Armstrong Counties, Which Are In the 47Th Judicial District
Reliable woman sought to care for baby and housework
Classified snippets show requests for a live-in helper with room and wages, plus a separate appeal for missing service records in a taxi, and a notice about a job offering cooking but no laundry with room and board for an 18 month old child. Also Potter County's finances start the year on a cash basis per Treasurer Heyser's report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Jett
North Pierce Street
Potter
L. D. Heyser
Potter County
George C. Howell Rites Incomplete
Burial services for George C. Howell, killed last night in a traffic crash 10 miles north of Amarillo, will be held in Oklahoma but definite arrangements are not completed. The widow and two sons survive. His home is in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Howell’s car sideswiped a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Howell
Amarillo
Oklahoma
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Mr. Howell
Shawnee
Okla
Bricker Seeks GOP Nomination Focusing on Defeating New Deal
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio told a Dallas dinner crowd he seeks the Republican presidential nomination but priorities defeating the New Deal philosophy. He said a Republican victory would restore self government and free enterprise, ending scarcity and central government control after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Gov. Bricker
Grand Central passenger traffic hits record high in 1943
Grand Central terminal reports 59,929,493 passengers for last year an all time high, up 17.4 percent from 1942. The crowd level reflects wartime travel demand and rail service volume at the busy New York station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Party Bolt Melts Down After Southern Democratic Talks
Washington reports that threats of a party split by Southern Democrats faded after meetings with governors from below the Mason-Dixon line. Speakers praised Vice President Wallace and Speaker Rayburn after a banquet, while governors described a very agreeable meeting with President Roosevelt and pledged to stay in the Democratic fold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Rayburn
Texas
Rty
Roosevelt
South
It's Not Whittling Without Little Chewing
Bob Stone a model army tank maker says his work is fashioning or carving not whittling. He and brother Ben Jr. have made fine tank models. District Attorney Jim Lumpkin visited Canyon for the 47th district court term as the Randall County grand jury recessed without a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Stone
Mr. Stone
Ben, Jr
Lumpkin
Canyon
Jim Lumpkin
47Th District Court
Randall County Grand Jury
Lubbock Ordered To Transport Negro School Children
In Austin, a general opinion rules Lubbock Independent School District must provide transportation for negro children similar to white students. The district serves about 10 miles with buses for students three miles or more from school, though it lacks facilities for negro pupils. OPA said central coupon issuance will apply only in cities with multiple boards, with Potter County and nearby boards continuing local issuance to curb theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Lubbock Independent School
T. M. Trimble
Lubbock
OPA
Potter County Board
Fire losses in 1943 hit record high nationwide
New York January 18 1943 National Board of Underwriters estimates show fire losses across the United States totaling 390 235 000 dollars the highest since 1932 Last year’s losses rose 21 percent from 1942 The report also notes the average airframe weight of airplanes produced now is twice as great as a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
National Board of Underwriters
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BOND
Amarillo Army Air Field
John Czingili
Robert Snowden
First Presbyterian Church
America
Frances Goodrich
Roth
Lewis W
Thomsen Wil
Girl Scouts
Panhandle
Cheney
Warren Jefferies
Ong Street
Bricker
New Deal
First National Bank
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Grand Central
Howard McDonald
Maryland
College Station
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fred Rennels
AAA
Meeting of Colorado
Ames
Pinky Vineyard
W. Rusk
J. G. Ecke
Glenn Mercer
Max Watson
Douglas Waldorf
Harold Carruthers
Cuthbert Powell
Zane Wood
Globe-News
Blackburn Shauw
Pierce
Fighting Freight
Barstow
California
Europe
Pacific
Tokyo
Santa FE System
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