Ambitions of a New York Texas venture and urban politics
In a New York visit, Alfred McKelvy discusses a Texas move into plastics and a possible capital raise while praising LaGuardia and criticizing urban graft. The piece surveys political corruption, race tensions, and distant repatriation ideas for African Americans amid looming atom-age dangers and labor conflicts.
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New York
Alfred McKelvy
Amarillo
Texas
Alfred
United States
Six Amarillo Residents Authorized to Take Subscriptions
Gordon Morrison of the Better Business Bureau states six Amarillo residents hold permits to solicit subscriptions to periodicals. Permits cost $1 annually and are issued by the city secretary on bureau recommendations. Authorized solicitors include Mrs Annie Turner, Mrs Mary Robins, Mrs Ross Lambdin, Bill Ritchie, Arvell Meador, and T. J. Bobo, who sells Fighting Men of Texas. the others handle magazines.
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East
Congress
Africa
Amarillo
Gordon Morrison
Better Business Bureau
Bureau
Annie Turner
Mary Robins
Ross Lambdin
Bill Ritchie
Arvell Meador
T. J Bobo
Fighting Men of
Texas
Southwestern Appliance Co. Moves to Polk Street Location
Glenn Frazier, manager, announces Southwestern Appliance Co. relocates from Seventh and Tyler to the old First National Bank Building at Polk and Fourth. The move consolidates retail and distribution operations.
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Southwestern Appliance Co
Polk Street
Glenn Frazier
Southwestern Appliance Company
Seventh and
Tyler
First National Bank
Polk
Fourth
VA seeks clear policy on veterans medical care
Veterans Administration chief Gen Omar Bradley calls for a definitive national policy for medical care and hospitalization of non service connected disabled veterans. He cites doctor, nurse, and space shortages and projects possible hospital crowding by 1975.
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Veterans Administration
Omar N. Bradley
Truman
Funeral in Childress for Barney L Stewart
Funeral services for Barney L. Stewart a 46 year old Dallas traveling salesman who died at 4 am in a local hospital will be held at 3 30 pm tomorrow in the First Baptist Church Childress Rev W H Colson will officiate burial will be in Childress Cemetery He is survived by his sister Mrs Mabel Swaner and other relatives including Mrs Dan Jones Mrs O P Prescott his mother Mrs R L Stewart a brother F P Stewart and a daughter Mrs Dorothy Reese The body was taken to Childress by N S Griggs and Sons.
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Barney L. Stewart
Dallas
First Baptist Church
Childress
W. H. Colson
Stewart
Mabel Swaner
Taylor
Amarillo
AFL Teamsters Reach End to 73 Day Strike
The 7000 plus AFL Teamsters and Midwest Operators Association settled after 73 days of stoppage. Ford of Canada agreed with LAW to allow union dues checkoff. The broader 100 day dispute involved 10,000 workers and concluded December 20.
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AFL
Midwest Operators Association
Ford
Canada
Amarillo Issues Permits Despite Material Shortage
City continues rapid permitting amid shortages. Kruser Implement Company at 615 Fillmore receives a 5600 storage and sales building permit for 2607 09 East Third. Jack Carter secures an auto sales building permit at 509 Pierce. T. E. Bursey renews a permit for a ranch equipment building at 212 Tyler. R.7 Caston gets a 6000 brick veneer home permit at 1604 Lipscomb.
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Amarillo
Kruser Implement Company
Fillmore
East Third
Jack Carter
Pierce T
Navy Warned of Pearl Harbor Attack Prediction
Capt. A. H. McCollum testified before the Pearl Harbor Investigating Committee that he warned the Navy on December 1, 1941 that war was imminent and received assurances fleets were fully alerted. He said the warning preceded the December 7 attack and that intelligence had lost track of Japanese units headed for Hawaii.
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Washington
U.P
A. H. McCollum
Naval Intelligence
Navy High Command
U.S
Pearl Harbor
McCollum
Congressional
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Richmond K. Turner
Navy
Theodore S. Wilkinson
Stark
Turner
City To Seek Bids On Two Water Wells
Amarillo plans to advertise for bids to drill two new water wells at the latest water site south of the MacDonald site southwest of the city. City commission authorized bidding authority and to write specifications for two water well pumps. The city now has 25 producing wells.
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Amarillo
MacDonald
Rogers Jap Prisoner Enrolls in Amarillo College
Four years after life in a Japanese prison camp local veteran Jack Rogers enrolled as a freshman at Amarillo College. He planned a pre medical course after graduating from Amarillo High School when the National Guard mobilized in 1940. His sister Linda is also a freshman at the college.
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Jack Rogers
Rogers
Amarillo College
John E. Rogers
Amarillo High School
National Guard
Linda
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
Urges prompt treatment of coughs and bronchitis with Creomulsion a non narcotic remedy that goes to the seat of the trouble to loosen phlegm soothe inflamed bronchial membranes and aid nature. The ad promises quick cough relief and a money back guarantee if sleep and rest are not restored.
Last Rites for Harry Hopkins Friday in New York Church
Funeral services for Harry L. Hopkins special assistant to the late President Roosevelt will be held Friday afternoon at St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church in New York. Dr George Paull T Sargent rector will conduct the services. Burial place not announced.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
George Paull T. Sargent
Calotabs Promoted for Cold Related Constipation Relief
An advertorial urges relief of constipation during colds using Calotabs. It claims the product cleanses the intestinal tract to help Nature combat the cold and advises obtaining Calotabs from a drugstore and using as labeled.
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Nature
Law seeks secrecy on atomic test results
Capitol Hill pushes a bill to ban sharing test results with other nations. Vinson directs a draft to be ready for action as Admiral Blandy leads the Bikini Atoll tests scheduled for May. Grant says most on the House Naval Committee favor the secrecy rule.
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Washington
Capitol Hil
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Georgia
House
Rep. Grant
Indiana
W. H. P. Blandy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Blandy
Bikini Atoll
Marshall Islands
Grant
Byrnes
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Family Joins Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue Office
Mrs Walter C Bowen her son Walter Jr and daughter Nancy Lee have moved from Dallas to join Mr Bowen deputy collector of the local Internal Revenue Office transferred here in November They occupy a new home at 1800 Crockett
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Walter C. Bowen
Walter, Jr
Nancy Lee
Dallas
Bowen
Internal Revenue Office
Bowens
Crockett
Amarillo Milk War Looms Over Friday Deadline
Milk producers and area dealers meet to press for a price increase from the Office of Price Administration. A plan to divert Amarillo's milk supply Friday is under consideration if the OPA does not grant the requested price rise. Washington had not responded by noon today. A prior increase was only a fraction of the request, lifting retail price a half cent per quart.
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Amarillo
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Washington
Needlework lovers seek Aunt Ellen’s Workbasket offer
Mrs. L. K. L. of Minnesota promotes Aunt Ellen’s Workbasket, a monthly needlecraft magazine mailed for $1 a year with iron transfer patterns and patterns for doilies edgings and bed linens. Send orders to 3930 Westport Station Kansas City Missouri. satisfaction guaranteed with no obligation if not pleased.
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Westport Station
Kansas City
Ellen
Adv
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LaGuardia Field
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Houston
Ernest O. Thompson
Federal Power Commission
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L. A. Woods
Panhandle
Tom J. McGrath
Washington, D. C
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McGrath
E. Leland Richardson
Louisiana
Southwest
Barney Stewart
Homer Jacob
W. Sixth
Denver
Colorado Springs
Continental Trailways
Trailways Bus Depot
Fillmore St. Ph
Harry Hopkins
Amarillo Printing Company
Britt & Williamson
C. N. Britton
J. R. Williamson
T-Anchor Blvd
Delias Highway
ING LS
Prescription Laboratory
3Rd and
Blackburn-Shaur Funeral
Keth
Amarillo Borger
Pampa
Lubbock
ZALE
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