Oil Pipeline Plan to Relieve Eastern Shortage
Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes asked the War Production Board to approve a 30 million dollar comprehensive pipeline relocation program intended to add 200 000 barrels per day to eastern petroleum supplies. The plan would use new materials where possible and cover 30 plus undertakings financed by the oil industry with completion hoped within six months.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
War Production Board
Eastern Seaboard
Ickes
District F Columbia
Mississippi
Ohio
WPB
Texas
Illinois
Chicago and Kansas City Livestock Markets Report
Salable hogs and cattle prices slide with mixed demand across Chicago and Kansas City markets on July 7. Hog totals reach 17,000 head with futures down. cattle and calves show scattered gains for top grades while lower qualities slip.
Wire-Trailing Rockets in Use
Britain reveals wire trailing rockets as a defense weapon for ships and air raiders. The system fires a projectile that opens into a parachute with long wires, tethering planes and forcing them off course or entangling them during attack runs.
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London
Britain
Hinckley resigns as assistant secretary of commerce
The White House announced Robert H. Hinckley has resigned from the post effective July 1 to pursue work in the war production program related to aviation. He will join Sperry Corp. in New York.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Robert H. Hinckley
Roosevelt
Hinckley
City Commission Meets Uncertain Amid Health Unit Talks
The Amarillo city commission’s meeting is uncertain tonight as Mayor Joe Jenkins and City Manager Hancock are absent. Hancock plans to return from Austin by plane if possible, or by train around 10 p.m. The housing meeting at the Amarillo Hotel Blue Room also starts at 8 p.m., drawing comment from Commissioner Oscar Hargett.
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Joe Jenkins
Hancock
Amarillo
Austin
State Department of Health
Oscar Hargett
Commission
Talk Housing Plans Tonight In Amarillo
An open meeting tonight will explain financing for Amarillo’s first housing program under the critical defense area designation. FHA officials E. T. Stearns and Willing W. Ryan will address attendees at 8 pm in the Amarillo Hotel Blue Room. Rex Baxter invites all interested in Title 6 FHA financing to attend. Charles Wolflin also attends as FHA office head here while the officials inspect sites for 175 authorized houses. A regional housing committee meeting was postponed. sub committee head Jack Cunningham will present four possible procedures to expand housing facilities in Amarillo.
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Amarillos
E. T. Stearns
Willing W. Ryan
FHA
Amarillo
Blue Room
Rex Baxter
Charles Wolflin
Regional Housing Committee
Jack Cunningham
Southwestern Public Service
Californians Want To Be Cowboys
Two women in South San Francisco offer to work on ranches to support national defense. They seek ranch jobs filling vacancies left by men in the armed forces, noting they have horses, riding skills, and a willingness to work hard for fair wages with room and board and partial transport.
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Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Jobs Open for Stenographers
Rudolph Batte of the U S Civil Service Commission says typists and stenographers are needed immediately for war agencies in Amarillo. Applicants who have applied for exams may be recommended for appointment even without rating. visit 811 Oliver Eakle Building to be considered when Civil Service lists are exhausted. Egypt grants a war bonus to low salaried government employees.
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Rudolph Batte
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Amarillo
Batte
Oliver Eakle
Market Cattle and Sheep Prices Mixed on Opening Bids
Vealers bring about 12.00 to 14.00 with some at 14.50. Sheep salable 6 000 with total 8 500. spring lambs not sold early. Opening bids about 25 cents lower. yearlings steady to weak. native spring lambs around 14.50. yearlings 10.50. Texas wethers 6.50. early top owes 5.75.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas City
Kansas
Spaatz Named Commander In Chief Of U S Air Forces In Europe
Major General Carl Spaatz of Boyertown Pennsylvania appointed commander in chief of the U S air forces in the European theater. The report lists DSCs awarded to Capt Charles C Kegelman and crew for the July 4 raid on German held territory and notes missing air crew members from the same mission. It also reports Chinese forces evacuating Hengfeng Kiangsi as Japanese troops advance along the Chekiang Kiangsi railway with guerrilla activity around Shangjao and along the line.
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London
Carl Spaatz
Boyertown
United States
AMN
Keselman
el Reno
Okla
Netherlands
Spaatz
Air Corps
Frederick Loehrle
Seattle
Marshall Draper
Beverly Hills
Calif
Robert Whitham
Kegelman
William Odell
Mansfield
Ohio
Leslie Birleson
Muskegon
Mich
Earl Thompson
Canaan
N. H
Leo Hawes
Wash
Frank Donally
Jersey City
N. J
Earl McGinnis
Foss
Thomas Andrews
Newport
R. L
Martin P. Crabtree
Decatur
Texas
Jerome M. Notowitz
St. Louis
Chester Davis
Brooklyn
William A. Lang
Spokane
Chungking
Hengfeng
Kiangsi
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Hangchow
Nanchang
Shanghai
Hengferg
Shangjao
Shanghai the German police dog saves rubber drive
Shanghai a German police dog belonging to Abe Martins of 2214 Lipscomb Street swallowed a rubber ball while playing. Amarillo veterinarians lacked the tools for a dog of his size and rushed him to Lubbock for an emergency operation. He recovered and was sent home to recuperate in his yard with his ears up and tail wagging.
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Shanghai
Abe Martins
Lipscomb Street
Amarillo
Lubbock
Legionnaires Meet In Amarillo Tonight
Hanson Post of the American Legion schedules a large meeting in Amarillo with the nominating committee report Roy Beard adjutant says 25-year membership cards ready for distribution. Annual election July 21 and plans for Amarillo’s fifth division convention July 11-12 at Abilene. Refreshments and an old-time dance after the meeting. Bill Gilstrap urges full attendance.
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Hanson Post
American Legion
Roy Beard
Amarillos
Abilene
T. W
Bill" Gilstrap
Bruce Autry
Recruiting Offices Ship Five Men
Five men have been shipped to day by local recruiting officers. Chief C. M. Norman of the navy recruiting office sent three men to Dallas for final examination and enlistment. Navy recruits are Max L. Callaway Canadian Darrel Lee Knight Amarillo and Elmer Clyde Hughes Durham Okla. Set. T. K. Morris of the army recruiting office is sending two men to Lubbock for examination. Army recruits are Robert Gene Curtis of Hereford and Dee Bee Coleman 704 South Harrison Street W V.
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C. M. Norman
Navy Recruiting Office
Dallas
Navy
Max L. Callaway
Darrel Lee Knight
Amarillo
Elmer Clyde Hughes
Durham
Okla
Set. T. K. Morris
Army Recruiting Office
Lubbock
Army
Robert Gene Curtis
Hereford
Dee Bee Coleman
South
Harrison Street
Court of Civil Appeals Recesses
The Seventh Court of Civil Appeals recessed yesterday and will reconvene on Aug. 31, according to Judge M. J. R. Jackson.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
M. J. R. Jackson
Amarillo Firemen Help Save Wheat
Amarillo firemen answered an alarm eight miles south of Llano cemetery. They found a granary afire and by early afternoon were helping move wheat from the burning bins.
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Amarillo
Llano Cemetery
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