Thompson Pool Opens With Set Admission Prices
Thompson Pool in Thompson Park north of Amarillo will open tomorrow at 9 am for the first time in years. Children pay 25 cents and adults 40 cents, with free swimming for children until 2 pm. Hours are 9 am to 8 pm daily, and Pleasant Valley bus service from Third and Polk runs every 40 minutes starting 7:40 am, last ride 7:40 pm. Swimsuits and towels available for rental. Dan Higgins, Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce pool chair, notes prices align with Amarillo standards.
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Thompson Pool
Amarillo
Dan Higgins
Pleasant Valley
Third
Polk
Body of Ernie Pyle Moved to Okinawa
The body of war correspondent Ernie Pyle was moved from Ie Shima to Okinawa in a bat landing barge amid a reinterment plan at the Okinawa Island command cemetery on July 4. His widow had earlier declined moving his remains to Albuquerque, saying Pyle would want to stay with his friends.
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Okinawa
Ernie Pyle
Ie Shima
Isand Command
Pyle
Mitle Island
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Prnne
77Th Infantry
Dear Tack seeks room for two with child
A reader asks for a refined Christian home with a room for herself and her four year old son and asks the landlady to care for the boy during work hours or place him in a day nursery. Contact Inez Ferrell at 2 4427.
Lost Chihuahua near Catholic Chancery and Firwood Park
A small black male Mexican Chihuahua with fawn markings is missing from near the Catholic Chancery office or around Firwood Park and St. Marys Academy. The dog belongs to the priests in the chancellery at 1110 Washington. Please return him.
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Chihuahua
Catholic Chancery Office
Firwood Park
St. Mary's Academy
Washington
Young woman seeks home care work with live-in option
An 18 year old girl offers to work in a nice home as nanny and housekeeper with plain cooking experience. She can live in or come home nights and provides contact details for ABERTHA MAE RAMSEY. Also notes a lost dog and a separate personal lost billfold with a driver’s license and a contact for RUTH IRBY.
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Tack
Abertha Mae Ramsey
Front Street
North Quince Olympia
Ruth Irby
Veteran seeks evening and weekend work
Returned veteran requests evening and Saturday employment. Attends school daily from 7 30 until 4 00. Contact Frank Corde at 307 North Roberts or phone 2 6463.
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Frank Corde
North Roberts
Two Boys Seek Yard Work Jobs in City Area
Troy and David, ages 14 and 18, seek yard work, gardening, and cleanup jobs. Contact 807 North Roberts, call 2-6463.
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Troy and David
North Roberts
Free Firewood Offer From Vacant Lot Owner
A vacant lot owner at 1519 Tyler A RFADER offers free firewood to anyone who can remove the trees lying on the property.
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Tyler
Stray Kitten Seeks Home Reach Shirley Chewning
A stray kitten found in the yard is offered for adoption. Prospective adopters are asked to contact Shirley Chewning at the provided phone number 2-388 for arrangements and home placement.
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Tack
Child Under Six Days Reader Ad Seeks Help
A fragmentary notice offers a reader seeking guidance for caring for a child under six days old. Includes contact line Reader Phone 41 and sparse instructions.
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Tack
Mother and Pups Attract Attention In Rat Terrier Notice
Classified fragment notes a mother Rat Terrier and her pups for adoption or sale with a continuation reference to page 12. The readable text is brief and lacks concrete names, dates, or locations.
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Conti
Markets closing stock averages show mixed livestock trends
Kansas City and Chicago trading reports indicate cattle and calves mostly steady to higher for some grades with feedlot demand mixed. Hogs uneven with lighter weights up and heavier weights down, top around 24.75. Sheep and lambs slower with spring lambs slightly lower and key prices cited for various weight classes.
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Kansas City
USDA
Texas
Chicago
Chief Upsets Slot Machine Pay-Off Deal
Dallas police say slot machine distributors were swindled out of six thousand dollars in a scheme to fix City Hall. Nineteen machines were seized as Chief Carl Hansson announced the fraud and denied any city payoff.
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Dallas
Carl F. Hansson
City Hall
Hansson
Townsend Club to Hear Reports
The Amarillo Townsend Club will hear reports on the Townsend convention and the Washington parade at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. F W Zimmerman, president, has announced.
Beef vs Fish Campaign Sparks Uproar in Ceylon
In Colombo the beef abolition drive, led largely by Buddhists, caused beef stalls to shut and drew protests from butchers claiming organized obstruction. Colombo sales fell about 50 percent as bus crews refuse beef buyers. Angered fishers push an eat more fish push amid the anti beef campaign.
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Ceylon
Colombo
U.2
Saies
Army to Deliver 100 Bombers to Brazil
The Army Air Forces announced in Dallas that more than 100 American made B-25 bombers will be ready for delivery to Brazil soon. This sale marks the first undisclosed number under President Truman’s policy to arm the western hemisphere.
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Dallas
U.P
Brazil
Army Air Forces
Truman
Mrs. R. T. Roane Returns From Lubbock Visit
Mrs. R. T. Roane of 1320 Van Buren spent two weeks in Lubbock with her daughter and has returned.
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R. T. Roane
van Buren
Lubbock
Change of Address for Vernon Stanley Family
Mr and Mrs Vernon Stanley and their son Ray have moved from 507 Grand to a new home at 904 Birmingham.
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Vernon Stanley
Ray
Grand
Birmingham
Lewis Wins Historic Concessions From Coal Operators
John L. Lewis won what is described as the biggest concessions in mine union history from major soft coal producers. The pact includes a 44 cent rise in base pay and a 10 cent per ton levy for a union welfare fund, double the prior government operation level. Operators nationwide study terms as the 10 day mine vacation continues and key committees meet to ratify the contract.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Northern Commscial
Steel Company
Midwest
Far West
South
United Mine Workers
The
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Levee Safes Ask Flood Aid
Across the Missouri River basin governors and lawmakers urged Congress to provide ample funds to prevent future flood disasters as missiles of the Mississippi and its tributaries pounded levees near St Louis. Brig Gen Lewis E Pick reported Missouri River floods had cost 26 lives and 111 million dollars in damage across 3 million acres.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Congress
Omaha
Mississippi
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Kansas
Lewis E. Pick
Missouri River
Corps of Engineers
Shaving af Barber s Once Frowned On
At a Tri-State Hospital Assembly meeting Gene Powers of the YMCA hotel dept cited an 1856 Carson Pirie Scott manual stating barbershaves and dances were suspicious for workers. It required a $5 yearly church tithe and Sunday school attendance, plus courting time and prayer meeting allowances after long store shifts.
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Chicago
Tri-State Hospital Assembly
Gene R. Powers
Young Men's Christian Association Hotel Department
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Women in California More Murder Oriented Than Men
California state correction figures show homicide accounted for seven percent of male prison admissions in 1946 and seventeen percent of female admissions. Women also show higher theft and forgery rates, while men more often commit robbery and burglary.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
State Department of Correction
Iowa to Run Waitress Training School Beginning July
State officials plan a waitress training program in Des Moines starting July. Mrs. Jean Tarr, a food expert, will serve as traveling instructor delivering courses to restaurant and hotel waitresses.
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Des Moines
Ia.u
Iowa
Board of Vocational Education
Jean Tarr
Crackpots in Army Proved Heroes Says Psychiatrist
Washington U P reports Dr Walter V Bingham Army chief personnel research psychiatrist said many heroic WWII deeds were done by neurotics and crack pots He argued screening out neurotics would shrink the Army and urged training officers to recognize breaking points and rest soldiers He described a new scientific officer testing system to prevent bias and deception in responses.
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Washington
U.P
Walter V. Bingham
Army
Dr. Bingham
Bingham
War Department General Staff
Personnel Department
Highway Use Tax Hits New High in 1946 Record Revenues
The National Highway Users Conference reports 1946 highway use tax receipts near 1.616 billion dollars, an 11.2 percent rise from 1941’s peak, with fuel taxes at 1.0647 billion, vehicle fees at 520.78 million, and motor carrier revenues at 30.54 million, reflecting postwar growth and higher road funding levels.
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Washington WU
National Highway Users Conference
Arthur C. Butler
Public Roads Administration
PRA
Highway Conference
Rebuilding of Lidice Begins This Month
In Czechoslovakia the Lidice reconstruction starts this month after the June 8 foundation stone ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the tragedy. Dwellings for widows and children will rise with aid from volunteer youth brigades and factory labor brigades. The Mining Research Institute and other public buildings will begin in 1948 from the Lidice Shall Live fund and American donations.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Lidice
Mining Research Institute
England
Veterans stay enrolled at Oklahoma amid rising costs
In Norman Oklahoma 3.49 percent of veterans enrolled at the University of Oklahoma withdrew during the spring semester. This compares with 4.19 percent in the first semester and 3.57 percent withdrawal among non veterans in the current term.
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Norman
Okla
U.S
University of Oklahoma
Death Toll Rises From Holiday Auto Crashes Near Amarillo
The holiday traffic toll in Amarillo and vicinity stands at four to date. Early yesterday two people were killed on the Canyon Amarillo Highway ten miles south of Amarillo. Earlier this morning two were killed between Dumas and Etter. Two children on a bicycle were injured at Tenth and Arthur yesterday afternoon. Another child was injured in the 400 block North Louisiana yesterday afternoon.
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Amarillo
Canyon-Amarillo
Dumas
Etter
Arthur
Louisiana
Truman Urges Congress To Approve Islands Trusteeship
President Truman urged Congress to approve the Pacific Islands trusteeship agreement reached by the United Nations Security Council. He reaffirmed U.S. commitment to support the United Nations with all its resources. The agreement places the Marianas Caroline and Marshall Islands under an international trusteeship administered by the United States.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Pacific Islands
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Marianas
Caroline
Marshall Islands
Japan
United States
New Yorker Tries death by own action After Losing Bowling Game
Manuelli Sabatino, a 50 year old Italian bowler, jumped into the East River after losing three games in New York. Patrolman Henry Grote leaped in to save him, and a tugboat later rescued both men.
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Manuelli Sabatino
Sabatino
Henry Grote
Two Die as Train Crash Sparks Fire Near Amarillo
A truck collided with a freight train on Highway 287, derailing several cars and igniting a blaze that threatened boiling oil. Fire crews from Dalhart Cactus and Dumas saved the wheat fields and prevented a larger disaster. Victims Mills and Mills, both from Belleview, Texas, are named amid funeral plans pending.
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Rutherford
Dalhart
Cactus
Dumas
Rock Island
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp
McKee
Panama Plans Police Exclusive Dispensary Center
Panama will construct a dispensary dedicated solely to the National Police Force. The project aims to provide targeted medical services and supplies for police personnel and operations.
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Panama
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Gene Smith
Jackson Palo Duro Apts
SEFES
SEFKS
Shirley Chewning
MR. Tack Presents
Nancy Christian
Paul Christian
Stinnett
W. S. Christian
Canyon
Fred Kelley
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Kansas City Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Armour & Co
AT & SF
Aviation Corporation Seeee
Baldwin Locomotive One
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel Nee
Blaw-Knox Steel
Braniff Airways
Briges Mile
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodrich
Goodyear
Gult Petroleum
Illinois Cent
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed -Seee
Lone-Bell
Ein L. Martin
Continent Petroleum
Emery Ward
Nash Kelvinator Bebsadeee
National Biscuit
National
New York Cent
North American
Northern Pacific
Ohio
Packard Motors Tee Slo
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
Pennsylvania
Penney
Phelps- Dodge
Phillips Petroleum
Radio Corporation
Bsa Ain Radio Keith
Bsa Ain Radio Keith Eee Neee O
Republic Steel
St Jo Lead Onecessises SS
Sears Roebuck
Shamrock
Gas
NJ Severedaa
Studebaker Motors
Seebee
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf Sylph
Tidewater
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
US Rubber Seebee
US Steel BR
Warner Brothers
Western Union
White
Financial Industrial Fund
Lewis
Bus Carson
Carson
Hollywood
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Globe
Lucky Moeller
Emmett Neese
Pierce
Mary McGuire
North
Lincoln
Verna Mae Creek
Buchanan
William F. McMenamin
New Yorker
New York
Bocci
Troy
16Th
Harrison
Georgia
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