Students Plan Weekly Dance at Amarillo College
The Amarillo College student council and Senior High School Student Congress will sponsor weekly dances in the college gym every Friday under faculty supervision. Principal R B Norman says the plan grew from student initiative and parental demand for wholesome activities. Students from both schools support the move as management committees form, including Publicity and Arrangements groups led by named seniors.
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Amarillo College
Student Congress
R B. Norman
Congress
John Andrews
Jean Chandler
Dick Cline
Betty Knight
Irvin Wall
Truett Hull
Sue
Navy committee delegation chosen for Pearl Harbor inquiry
The House naval committee voted 14 to 6 against a supplementary inquiry into the Pearl Harbor disaster. Amarillo College selects a committee including Kuykendall Mobley Maxfield Wren Muayer Hainze Durrett Boyce. A dance under the new plan is set for February 6 at Amarillo College gym with free admission for students and 44 cents for nonstudents.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Pearl Harbor
First Aid Classes Begin Feb 3 in Amarillo
Red Cross first aid classes sponsored by Amarillo Safety Council educational division start Tuesday night February 3. Organized by Miss Ethel Hicks the sessions run 8 to 10 each Tuesday and Friday in the Southwestern Public Service basement with James Hickox as instructor.
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Red Cross
Amarillo Safety Council
Ethel Hicks
Southwestern Public Service Company
James Hickox
Texas fleet inventory urged as crucial for war effort
War Department deadline sets January 31 for completing nationwide truck and bus inventory with 60 percent return in Texas. Homer Garrison warns 100,000 commercial vehicles may be noncompliant, urging county judges and peace officers to compel submissions to avoid being seen as slackers.
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Texas
Homer Garrison
War Department
Garrison
West Commerce
San Antonio
Better Pay That $2.09 for Car Use Stamp
The treasury urges auto owners to pay the $2.09 car use tax by February 2 and affix the stamp. Officials warn that using a car without the stamp after February 2 is a criminal offense with fines up to $25 or 30 days in jail. In Texas the stamp may be placed on the lower right windshield corner. The Amarillo post office reported 7,102 stamps sold that morning, roughly half of local autos.
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Internal Revenue
Treasury
Texas
Amarillo
Markets and Livestock Prices Report From Kansas City
Kansas City livestock market notes lean to higher bids with hogs at 11.80 top for 170-270 lb, cattle salable 1,700 with 1,850 total, vealers steady to strong, fed steers weak, stocker and feeder classes unchanged, lambs scarce with top 12.15. Financial figures show Merrill Lynch Dow Jones listings and a $1.46 liquidating offering under Industrial Fund.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U.P
USDA
Senate Passes Navy Measure Authorizing 1799 Vessels
The Senate approved a bill to authorize construction of 1799 minor naval vessels costing about 3.151 billion dollars and approved 750 million for construction and ordnance facilities. The measure aims to support convoy and shore patrol duties and includes provisions for civilian relief amid enemy actions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Committee
Polite Bank Robbers Believed Mexia Men
Two polite gunmen locked seven employees in a vault and robbed the Prendergast Smith National Bank of 20000 dollars in Mexia Texas. State and local officers searched Centralist Texas as Civilian Defense planes scoured Limestone County for clues. No trace found by pilots at reporting time.
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Mexia
Tex
U.P
Prendergast-Smith National Bank
Texas
Limestone County
Harmony Ends Rio Meeting Pan American Conference ends with Ecuador boundary accord
In Rio de Janeiro on January 29 the Pan American Conference closed with unanimous solidarity and Ecuador agreeing to settle its 111 year old boundary dispute. Post conference mediation resolved Peruvian Ecuadorian differences after foreign ministers adjourned. The conference produced 41 resolutions urging severance of relations with the Axis.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Ecuador
Argentina's Foreign Minister Survives Plane Crash in Brazil
The Argentina delegation returned from a foreign ministers conference as the plane carrying Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu crash landed on takeoff. Guinazu was unharmed. The talks yielded a joint military economic and financial board framework and a regional boundary accord between Ecuador Peru and others.
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Ecuador
Julio Tobar Donoso
Alfred Solf Muro
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
United States
Tobar Donoso
Soli Muro
Amazon
Zaramilla
Grepi
Patrimayo
Germany
Italy
Japan
Washington
Safety Engineer Course Offered
Individuals interested in taking a course in Industrial Safety Engineering should report to Amarillo Junior College at 7 tonight. The 12 week course meets two evenings per week for three hours each. It aims to conserve manpower in defense material industries and prepare leaders for plant safety programs. Prerequisite is high school education. Tuition is free, funded by the Federal Government. Sponsored by Texas Technological College. Certificate of Achievement awarded upon completion. For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce or Henry S. Wilson at 2-1243.
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Amarillo
National Defense
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Henry S. Wilson
Bike Speeders Start Bragging About New Ride
Truett Butler of First Federal Savings and Loan says he rode his new bike from home to office three miles in exactly 15 minutes. He notes it sometimes takes longer to start the car.
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Truett Butler
First Federal Savings and Loan
Ranch and Farm Trucks Get Tire Rationing Eligibility
Texas Governor Coke Stevenson announced that farm and ranch trucks and trailers become eligible for tires and tubes under rationing quotas. The new list covers trucks hauling farm inputs and products between farm and market, not to the ultimate consumer, plus farm trailers used for transporting farm goods.
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Austin
U.P
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Frank Bane
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Bill Askew Returns From Marble Falls Visit
W. A. Bill Askew has just returned from Marble Falls where he visited his father A. L. Askew who in January celebrated his 91st birthday. The Amarilloan’s father, a North Carolina native, has lived in Texas since he was 20.
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W. A
Bill” Askew
Marble Falls
A. L. Askew
North Carolina
Texas
Du Pasquier Killed On Libyan Front
Flight Officer Renaud DuPasquier of the RAF was killed during action over the Libyan front on December 29. A ski instructor and former Santa Fe resident, he taught at Hyde Park Tres Ritos and Taos ski runs and had visited Amarillo in 1939 giving a KGNC talk.
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Amarillo
Renaud DuPasquier
RAF
Santa Fe
DuPasquier
Hyde Park
Tres Ritos
Taos
Pacific Coast
Canada
Kgnc. Wu
Poll Tax Payments Thin for Upcoming Elections
Poll tax payments are light with only 3,976 qualified voters by poll receipt for this year's primaries and general election. Saturday marks the final day for paying.
Tire theft at Clarendon targets five cars
Early today thieves targeting only tires and rims stole six tires from five vehicles in Clarendon. Cars were jacked up and wheels removed, leaving owners with missing wheels and damage.
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Clarendon
Final Tax Day Hours Vary by County Office
Poll taxes loom and delinquency deadlines press. The county tax office stays open until 5 30 PM daily through Saturday and will extend to midnight on Saturday to allow payments and avoid penalties.
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Regent's
The
Whiteway
Rinso
Oxydol
Swan
Wilson
Bakerite
del Haven
Wheaties Box
Calif
Lach
Brimfull
MARCO
Fillmore
Dow-Jones
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
Financial Industrial Fund
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Alleghany and Steel
Allis Chalmers Sane
Tae
Armor & Co
At& SF
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive Srs
Bendix Aviation Sane
Bethlehem Steel Tae
Borden Ate
Budd Mfg
Calumet Helca Mines
Chrysler
Consol Cop
At&t
Recesssace Vie
Consol Oil Sane
Curtis Wright Tee
Chicago
Navy
Naval Committee
Guam
Wake
Tolzien
Wurlitzer
WM. Knabe
Rio
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Buenos Aires
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Guinazu
Yellowstone
Badger-Herring Sales & Drug Co, Inc
Whiteface
Odessa
Bill
du Pasquier
Eascene Warris
San Jacinto
Woodbury's
Fourth & Pierce
Chamberlain’s
Wrnsley Superbe
Mary
Pickford Toiletries
Hoyt
Nyseptol
FOX Drug Store
Dorothy Perkins
Max-Tuf
KOTEX
FOX Drug CO
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