Lubbock Hale Lead Potter in Rubber Drive
Lubbock County leads Potter County in a West Texas rubber drive with 435,000 pounds for Hale and 332,173 for Hall. Potter trails by about 53,000 pounds. deadline is midnight Friday. Take old door mats and rubber items to the nearest filling station for collection.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Lubbock County
Slaton
Potter County
West Texas
H. O. Starks
Panhandle
Potter
Hale
She. Hall
Ibe Collingsworth
USO campaign in Amarillo nears $21,500 goal
USO campaign in Amarillo adds 8300 to the fund with $300 today including a $200 personal gift. 4H Cedar Puckett chairs the effort and aims to reach the $21,500 quota by July 15 with about $3,000 for the Service Men's Civic Center. The fund total stands at $15,582.41.
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USO
Amarillo
IL. 4H
Cedar) Puckett
One Physician to 1 500 Population in Wartime
The board of procurement and assignment service reports a tentative minimum of one effective physician per 1500 civilian population during wartime. The ratio will hold until a wartime committee finishes studies to set permanent civil medical service quotas.
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Chicagoz
Board of
The
American Medical Association
Diplomats to be Exchanged in Portuguese East Africa
Berlin July 9 report says repatriation ships Asama Maru and Conte Verde departed Singapore for Lorenco Marques in Portuguese East Africa to exchange American and Japanese diplomats and nationals, per Tokyo dispatch.
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Berlin
United Press
London
Asama Maru
Conte Verde
Singapore
Lorenco Marques
East Africa
DNB
Tokyo
Markets Dow Tones and Stock Averages Report
Stocks advanced in afternoon trading with industrials and utilities showing gains led by Merrill Lynch quoted prices. The report lists numerous companies from Allis Chalmers to Woolworth and notes a separate livestock market update from Kansas City and Chicago with cattle and hog prices and open local top bids. Since Queen Mary's Hospital in London was bombed over a year ago, 485 other British hospitals have sustained damage in air raids.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Queen Mary's Hospital
London
Britain
Mrs. Etta Gould Dies. Funeral Planned in Amarillo
Mrs. Etta Lee Gould wife of Mart F Gould died last night in a local hospital at age 54. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel with Dr E B Fincher officiating. She owned Gould Cleaners at 110 East Fifth Avenue and had lived in Amarillo 18 years. Survived by husband, son Elmer Love of Morality New Mexico, two stepsons Howard Gould Wichita Kansas and Pat Gould Los Angeles, brother Cline Gidcomb Springerville Arizona, sisters Mrs A J Murray Crescent Oklahoma and Mrs Nick Bush Guthrie Oklahoma. Burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Etta Lee Gould
Mart F. Gould
Griggs and Sons
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Presbyterian Church
Gould Cleaners
East Fifth Avenue
Gould
Amarillo
Elmer Love
Moriality
N. M
Howard Gould
Wichita
Kan
Pat Gould
Los Angeles
Cline Gidcomb
Springerville,vin
A. J Murray
Crescent
Okla
Nick Bush
Guthrie
Llano Cemetery
Open New Lounge at Service Men's Center
A new lounge will open at the Service Men's Civic Center tomorrow in the former Amarillo Hotel headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce. The Friday opening invites donations of lamps end tables books and cash to furnish and resource the lounge under chairman Mrs Wales Madden.
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Service Men's Civic Center
Amarillo Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Wales Madden
War Bond Sales Near 130000 Total
War bond sales now total 129144.50 dollars since yesterday's sale of 16000.50 dollars. The July quota is 562100 dollars. Vr Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
Sand Shortage Delays West Sixth Avenue Widening
Sand shortages threaten delays on the West Sixth Avenue widening as gravel must be shipped from El Paso to meet demand for war work. Asphalt supplies are limited and to be frozen after next Sunday with no storage use after July 22, leaving blocks of pavement incomplete. City manager Austin P. Hancock says current asphalt is needed for war work, though contractor Jack Vowell has secured enough material. Curb and gutter are in place and seven foot strips on both sides await paving under WPA specifications.
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West Sixth Avenue
el Paso
Washington
Austin P. Hancock
West Sixth
Jack Vowell
George W. Hollis Dies at 53 Contractor in Amarillo
George W. Hollis 53 a building contractor died at his home 726 North Jackson Street in Amarillo He had worked 18 years for the Amarillo Gas Company before starting his own business He leaves wife Verna two sons Este and Glenn a daughter Mrs Garth Ingram two brothers Jesse and Dave and three sisters Maude Myrtle Hez with seven grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending at N S Griggs & Sons.
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George W. Hollis
North
Jackson Street
Hollis
Amarillo Gas Company
Methodist Church
Verna Hollis
Este
Glenn Hollis
Amarillo
Garth Ingram
Jesse Hollis
Dave Hollis
Wichita Falls
Maude Witt
Myrtle Fritz
Hez Edwards
Okla
N.S Griggs & Sons
Amarillo Reports 1111 Parking Meters Installed
Sergeant Frank Rosy King oversees Amarillo parking meters as 1111 units exist with only 700 to 800 in operation. The latest installation covers the north side of Sixth Avenue between Taylor and Fillmore Streets. Once storage meters are deployed, about 30 will be kept in reserve for replacements.
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Amarillo
Frank “Rosy” King
Police Department
Sixth Avenue
Taylor
Fillmore Streets
Free French Forces Receive Higher U.S. Recognition
The United States on July 9 appointed military and naval representatives to consult with the Free French committee in London on all war conduct matters, giving greater recognition to Free French forces.
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Washington
United States
London
Entire Jewish Population Murdered in Hrubieszow
Official Polish sources report the Nazis killed the town of Hrubieszow's population, estimated 15,000 to 20,000 with more than 5,000 Jewish residents. The news notes the atrocity occurred in southeastern Poland during World War II.
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London
Hrubieszow
Poland
Negro Officer Waits 43 Years for War Cross
Eighty year old Peter McCown, a retired Negro army officer from Lima, waited since 1898 for the Distinguished Service Cross awarded for Cuba service. Though promised in 1937 and again soon, he remained unawarded as age and war department mixups delayed final delivery.
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Lima
Ohio
U.P
Peter McCown
Bataan
McCown
Peninsula
Cuba
Patrick Hurley
War Department
Last Minute Tax Payments Boost City Coffers
Tax officials reported nearly $17,600 in last minute payments before the deadline of an installment plan. First half city taxes totaled $106,076.64, with about $95,000 credited to the second half collection. Assessor-collector Perry Burks said the city is ahead of last year.
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Perry Burks
Roosevelt Presses Congress to Break Farm Deadlock
President Roosevelt urged Congress to end the prolonged dispute over the agriculture department, saying the nation’s war needs allow no compromise on partisan discord and stressing the urgency of approving operations without delay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Minnesota farmer and wind driven ornaments on lawn
Windom Minnesota Henry Vieregge displays a five year hobby of wind propelled tin ornaments on his farm lawn. The collection includes a windmill with moving fan and tail a barber pole a Mexican hat and a whirling dervish that spins in multiple directions.
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Windom, Minn
U.P
Henry Vieregge
Vieregge
New York Editor Will Be Drafted
Ralph Ingersoll the 41 year old editor and publisher of PM will be inducted in class 1A after the local draft board reheard the case Colonel Arthur W McDermott New York draft director announced the decision not to defer him
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New York
Ralph Ingersoll
Arthur W. McDermott
Tall Wheat Tale From Kansas
In Garden City Kansas farmers report many field fires blamed on overly tall wheat. They say exhaust pipes of autos and trucks ignite stubble that is usually too short to burn. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Garden City
Kan
Jily
Kansas
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Eewae
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Wilson & Co, Als
Oleae Woolworth de Dade
Ana Prev Close
Ansas City
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Lilly
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National Convention of Elks
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Globe News
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Free French
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Canada
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Upmost
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