Free refresher course for high school math and physics teachers
The government sponsored refresher course for high school mathematics and physics teachers begins Monday at Amarillo College under Texas Tech auspices. Dr George A Whetstone will teach mathematics with physics labs led by Mrs C Walden. Any licensed teacher may enroll, including out of state certificates, to improve eligibility for Texas employment. Contact Amarillo College at 6275 for details.
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George Athetstone
Amarillo College
Whetstone
Texas Technological To College
Lubbock
Whetstone Ed
Railroads Set New Records in War Traffic Growth
Chicago July 9 1942 railroads carried about 4.5 million troops within the continental United States through May nearly matching total troop movement in the first 413 months of World War I Freight traffic for the five months was the highest on record Clark of the Association for American Railroads told the Mid Western Shippers advisory board He said the army could reach four and a half million by year end with multiple movements per man and attributed the surge to troop movements and fuel rationing Rail passenger business in early 1942 rose 80 percent from 1929 levels and 44 percent above 1941 indicating the greatest freight transportation job in railroad history.
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Chicago
Riailroads
Ralph £. Clark
Washington
Association For American Railroads
Mid-West Shippers Advisory Board
Clark
Continental United States
Srvice
Scouts To Close Rubber Salvage Drive
Amarillo Boy Scouts plan a city wide rubber salvage drive tomorrow to collect any missed scrap rubber from the campaign that began a month ago. Call headquarters at 2 1501 to arrange pickup before tomorrow morning.
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Amarillo
Boy Scout Headquarters
Boy Scouts
Courthouse Records Track Warranty Deeds and Marriages
A long list of 20th century deeds records transfers with names such as Henry M Beverly Glenn N Cowardin and N Gooch Lindsay Nichols and C R Hampion, plus numerous parcels in Ridgemere Belmont Park Central Square and Forest Hill. The column also lists divorce cases Myrtle Tovey Harriet Turner Elizabeth Hamilton Jinve Sides and multiple marriage licenses among residents.
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Henry M. Beverly
Glenn N. Cowardin
Ridgemere
Nelle J. Barnes
Georgiana Dewey
Holland F C. Tyree
Corrin F. Winn
Madden H.H Hitch
Haskell M. Flam
Central Square
H Kirin
P Scarborough, Jr
John Nees Saline N. Gooch
Mabel Nichols
Belmont Park
Saline N Gooch
Lindsay Nichols
Belmont
Belmont, It R Nichols, Et Ux To C. R. Hampion
Walter Stockman
Curtis C Eniff
Lote
Charles A. Greet
Bert
Dean
Charlies L. Green
Holland George C Calvert
F.C. Boynton, Jr
Evelyn Iedenstrang
Siedenstrang
Gé&s
A. H. Siedenstrang
Floyd H. Pane
Highland
Tilfee
K. Caldwell
Pauline Caldwell
San Jacinto Heights
Bulkin
Choux
van Shaw
Bolton
Wirtz
C. Barnard
John Ot. Obies
Edward W Keplinger
Summers
Roberts Place
Leslie Stephens
Pearl L. Vernon
Clairtie
CC Terrace
Edward Clay Martin
Roy L. Linton
Forest Hill Park
Filen
J. B. Coe
Leroy Denson
Miller Heights
Memorial Park Cemetery
Cora &. Porter
Rose Court Addition
Myrtle Tovey
N W. ‘Tovey
Harriet
Turner
Richard
Elizabeth Ann Hamilton
Leonard Hamilton
Jinve Sides
A. H. Sides
Mary Cheshire Kelley
Virgil Garrett Kelley
Mary Guinn
Steve Guinn
Toutse Corbell
Earnest Forbell
Albert Anderson
Birdie Anderson
Fannie Rosborough
Ine Rosborough
Mary Carrensen
Porfirin Carrasen
Velvo Eason
Aylvester Rason
Arianna
Phonograph Records Drive Planned in Amarillo
Amarillo will stage a drive to collect old phonograph records for melt down and recasting into new recordings for the armed forces. A. K. Baracat, selected by the American Legion to direct the drive, says Amarillo’s quota is 20 000 records and the collection may occur during the week of July 12 19 with a center set up and final details to be announced.
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Amarillo
Armed Forces
A. K. Baracat
American Legion
T. W
Bill Gilstrap
Hanson Post
Saracoglu Named Premier in Turkey After Saydam Death
Sukru Saracoglu, long time foreign minister, was named premier by President Ismet Inonu to form a new cabinet after the death of Refik Saydam. Turkish neutrality and alliance with Great Britain were noted as not altered by the change. Saydam’s funeral was planned in Istanbul.
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Ankara
Sukru Saracoglu
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Fikri Tuzer
Saracoglu
Refik Saydam
Great Britain
Saydam
Istanbul
Fridar
Recruiting Offices Ship Five Men Today for Service
Five men are booked to be shipped from local recruiting offices for final examination and enlistment. Navy recruiter Chief C. M. Norman sent three men to Dallas including Clark Teen Holloway aviation cadet, Bernard Adam Barnes, and James Melvin Duncan. Army recruiter Set. T. Morris ships Lyman Y. McGehee and William N. Hoggatt to Taibhock along with a long list of others including Elizabeth Zella Ruth Clay, Dean Bailey, Ruby Ann Hayme Dorman, H. Dunaway, La Verne Dickerson, Walter D. Martin, Rita M Rowlett, Frank Covlr, Maxine Wheeling, and several more names.
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C. M. Norman
Navy Recruiting Office
Dallas
Navy
Clark Teen Holloway
Bernard Adam Barnes
Ramona
Okla
James Melvin Duncan
Globe-News
Melvin
Holloway
Set. T. K. Morris
Army Recruiting Office
Lyman Y. McGehee
Wayside
William N. Hoggatt
Lakeview
Taibhock Todas
Elizabeth Zella
Ruth Clay
Dean Bailey
Ruby Ann Hayme Dorman H. Dunaway
LaVerne Dickerson
Walter D. Martin
Rita M Rowlett
Frank Cov
Maxine Wheeling Enoch Russell Tedford
Margie Tea Pennell
Lamoine Eldridge West
Dolores Belongia
John B. Dolgen
June Bernice Woods
Shelton F. Lewis
113 Bundists Are Arrested
New York July 9 FBI agents rounded up 4 more Bundists in the metropolitan area for a total of 112 Bundist arrests nationwide in two days. The prisoners were seized as dangerous enemy aliens and sent to Ellis Island for hearings that could lead to internment for the duration of the war. Indictments against several others included espionage and evasion of service and registration acts. Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze and Wilbur V. Keegan faced high bail and pleas of innocence alongside fellow Bund leaders in Hartford and Teaneck locations.
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New York
Fpaat
FBI
Bund
Ellis Island
Selective Service
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
National Bund
Mexico
Hartford
Conn
Wilbur V. Keegan
Teaneck, N, J
Rogers Returns From National Education Association Meet
Charles M. Rogers superintendent of Amarillo Public Schools returned from the National Education Association convention in Denver, Colorado. He was accompanied by Mrs. Rogers.
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Charles M. Rogers
Amarillo
National Education Association
Denver
Colo
Rog
Medal rows and Libya claim tied to wartime hero
A captured Italian colonel, questioned about medals, says the top row is for wars while the two lower rows relate to earthquakes. The remark follows a convention in Colorado where the colonel and his two daughters Ruth Marie and Virginia vacationed at Grand Lake and Estes Park after the event.
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Ers
Ruth Marie
Virginia
Colorado
Grand Lake
Estes Park
Derba
Libya
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Dr. Roach
Roach
Globe News
Courthouse Records
Americas
Bond
Jie
Old Schenley
Schenley Distillers
Bocron le
Baracat
New Turk
M. Rogers
16Th Street
Kirk Drug
Eangene Jarri
Panhandle
Levine
Spudder Khaki
Hig
Carhartt Union Made
Burlington
Carpenter
Hite
Poz
THY
Mark
Zelan
Dickies
Levine's
Petors
Levine's Price
Dave
Tom and Jerry
Holkis
Texas
KGNC
KFDA
M. Daily
Fairfield
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