Amarillo Views on Trains Farms and Capital Shifts
A traveler aboard a Santa Fe train through Missouri to Chicago notes fast passenger service plans and predicts competition will revive transport by mid summer. He calls for stronger Panhandle farming, Iowa lessons, and local, home owned industry while criticizing government policy shifts affecting Dalhart Amarillo and Dallas offices. He cites milk price tensions and compares English welfare approaches to U S trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
TWA
Amarillo
Amarillo invites sealed bids for water system improvements
Sealed proposals to improve Amarillo water distribution are due February 12 1946 at 8 00 PM in the City Manager's office. Documents are filed at City Hall and with Freese and Nichols in Fort Worth. Bids require a 5 percent guarantee and a 100 percent performance bond, with prevailing city wage rates, and bids may be rejected or withdrawn after 30 days.
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A. P. Hancock
Amarillo
Texas
City Hall
M. Moss
Water Department
City
Freese and Nichols
Danciger
Fort Worth
City OF
Two Chicago tycoons and a witty train tale
The piece notes Colonel McCormick and Marshall Field as leading Chicago magnates with rival policies. It also recounts a Chicago traveler tale of hunting quail in Arkansas, where an old man who pointed birds died after his companions shot him for rabbits.
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McCormick
The
Triune
Marshall Field
Sun
Chicago
Duke of
Mr. Field
Kansas City
Arkansas
Little Rock
Check Expiration on Drivers Licenses
Polk Ivy of the Amarillo Texas Highway Patrol warns drivers to check license expiration dates. Texas licenses are valid two years with a 50 cent renewal fee and no test unless renewal after expiration. He urges those without licenses to obtain one to avoid arrest.
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Polk Ivy
Amarillo
Texas Highway Patrol
Texas
Captain Ivy
Ivy
Amarillo Army Recruiters Earn High Praise
Maj. Gen. Walton L. Walker sent a telegram commending the Amarillo Army Recruiting Station staff for enlisting 26 men in one day, a new West Texas District high. The week followed a 24 man near record, and January totals reached 107 with 22 more enlistments from Panhandle counties.
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Amarillo
Walton L. Walker
Eighth Service Command
West Texas
Panhandle
Linens Again Figure In Theft Charges
Federal officers arrest three Canadian men on charges of theft from interstate commerce involving blankets sheets pillowcases and towels from a troop sleeping car on the Santa Fe Railway from Chicago to Los Angeles. The three named suspects are Robert Merle Blodget 19 Louis B Mathews 31 and Roy H Mathews 35 released on bonds of 250 each.
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U. S
FBI
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
Amarillo
Robert Merle Blodget
Louis B. Mathews
Roy H. Mathews
Two Pedestrian Fatalities Reported in Panhandle This Year
State highway patrol records show two traffic fatalities in the Panhandle so far this year. One man died in Pampa after being struck by a taxi two weeks ago. The other occurred near Tell in Childress County when a boy was struck by a car driven by his brother this Tuesday.
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Panhandle
State Highway Patrol
Pampa
Tell
Childress County
Christmas Presents Arrive in California After Long Journey
Eleanor Blohm, a clerk in the District Clerk’s office, faced a delayed Christmas when her baggage vanished from a trip here to Texas. The luggage later surfaced at the San Augustine bus depot, and her parents delivered the gifts while her clothes head back to Amarillo.
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Eleanor Blohm
Ben Smith
Miss Blohm
San Augustine
Texas
Amarillo
Ray Named Magnolia District Chief Succeeding Norman
E. E. Ray succeeds W. S. Norman as Amarillo Magnolia Petroleum district chief. Ray, previous Tank Car Division head in Dallas, has 16 years with the company in Waco and Dallas. Norman moves to Oklahoma City regional office. Ray and family plan to join after the current term.
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W. S. Norman
Amarillo
Magnolia Petroleum Company
E. E. Ray
Dallas
Norman
Oklahoma City
Ray
Waco
Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hannibal
Texas
Jeanne
Southern Methodist University
E. E. Ray, Jr
Ward School
Frank W. Mason
SMU
Homecoming welcomed as Wood returns from the wars
McClenny frantically greeted Wood as he appeared in the driveway and fumbled his teeth. The family celebrates Wood’s homecoming from the wars amid general optimism, noting that many Americans enter multiple contests annually.
Surprised man nearly swallowed teeth on sight of son in law
John McClenney of 906 North Taylor was startled to see his son in law Louis Wood suddenly at his kitchen window. The man had been overseas in the Army for over a year and the unexpected encounter caused McClenney to nearly swallow his false teeth. Mrs. Louis Wood, the daughter, lives in an apartment behind the house.
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John McClenny
North Taylor
Louis Wood
McClenney
Louis
Peanut Machine Stolen From Service Station
O. D. Parcely Service Station at 2403 North East Eighth reported a peanut machine stolen. Entry gained by smashing the front door. no other items were molested, sheriffs officers said.
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O. D. Parcely
North East Eighth
Strikes Press to Day in Major Labor Turmoil
Steelworkers remain on fourth day as C I O United Electrical Workers strike against General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors nears settlement in New York. Last minute talks halted rail strikes and warned of coal mine closures if no contract by Monday. U S officials expect CIO packinghouse workers to return under government operation.
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New York
United Electrical Workers
CIO
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Indiana Harbor Belt
Chicago Junction
Kentucky
Virginia
Washington
CIO Packinghouse
You Always Win on Moroline Oil Sale
Advertises Moroline petroleum jelly in a large jar at ten cents. Promotes use for minor burns bruises scratches chafes and chapped lips hands and urges readers to get Moroline.
Lamarr Inventor and War Council Close Amidnd Memoir
A wartime profile recalls Hedy Lamarrs secret film ties and her magnetic device aiding torpedoes. The council folds after 200000 inventions were filed. 17 employees remain seeking new roles as Army and Navy still use practical ideas.
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Washington
Miss Lamarr
Army
Navy
Council
Hedy Lamarr and the tale of her supposed torpedo control
A narrator recalls talking with an engineer who downplays Lamarr's wartime torpedo control as impractical. He cites her publicity as a powerful promotional boost for other inventions, noting the government’s favorable view of Lamarr despite the insignificance of that device.
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Miss Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy
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News-Globe
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Bulldog Othman
Malcolm H. Wyatt
M. D
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Miami
H. A. Fitzsimons
San Antonio
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