Texas Plainsmen Navy Squadron Forms in Panhandle
Panhandle men race to enlist in Navy Air Squadron forming at Amarillo recruiting office. Ervin Wilkins Emerald Held and Charles Walcott beat others to the table as 60 Plainsmen set to train at University of Georgia starting August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Recruiting Office
Navy Air Squadron
Panhandle
Texas
Ervin Wilkins
Emerald Held
Charles Walcott
Tyler Street
Navy
C. M. Norman
WR. Stuart
Norfolk
Charley Hawn
Charley Trigg
United States Navy
Texas Plainsmen
America
University of Georgia
Panhandle of Texas
Globe News
Harold Bugbee
Clarendon
Bugbee
Armed Services
Amarillo
Lone Star State
Amarillo Naval
Federal Building
War Saving Stamps Won’t Move Letters
A $1 war savings stamp will help build tanks and planes but won’t move a letter. Postal authorities found such a stamp on a letter and could not accept it as postal tender, sending the missive to the postage due department awaiting the sender’s decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
N. H
Nimitz Receives Distinguished Service Medal for War leadership
Admiral Nimitz, praised for meritorious service, accepts the Distinguished Service Medal amid naval pomp. King and Nimitz discuss historic wartime duties as the Pacific Fleet chief, with both leaders held to strict security during their high level assignments. Nimitz, born in Fredericksburg Texas, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1905 and rose through submarine and fleet commands to become Pacific Fleet commander in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral King
Nimitz
America
Admiral Nimitz
Husband FE. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Fredericksburg
Tex
Naval Academy
Battle Fleet
Augusta
Bureau of Navigation
Battle Force
Pacific Fleet Command
Markets and Livestock Reports From Kansas City and Chicago
Livestock sales mixed with farm prices centering on hogs cattle and calves. Kansas City reported slow hog demand near Thursday's averages with top prices around 14 and 14 40 per cwt for various weight ranges and lighter cattle and sheep activity. Chicago's market showed steady to firm demand for heavier hogs and active veal sales while cattle offerings were uneven and grain-fed beef weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.pama
Chicago
US Dept
Paper Pulp Moulding Keeps Children Busy
Norman Oklahoma Prof Ralph Bienfang promotes paper pulp crafts to keep children busy at home. Soak scraps in warm water to form pulp then mold hot pads bowls masks and match holders. Objects dry and can be painted though messy. Keeps Junior occupied during canning season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
Ralph Bienfang
University of Oklahoma
Bienfang
Amarillo seeks $6000 USO fund to meet quota
Amarillo and Potter County campaign chair L. H. Puckett announced a $6000 USO fund goal to support morale programs for soldiers and sailors. Horace Goord joined USC workers, Harve Allen's team is back in action, and captains were urged to press for donations to meet the quota before next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
USO
L. H
Cedar) Puckett
City County
Horace “Pinky” Goord
USC
Harve Allen
Puckett
Potter County
Alligator Attacks Man at MacDill Field
Earl Brandhurst was seized by an eight foot alligator while with a mosquito control crew in a pond at MacDill Field. Wayne Palmer and two workers pried the creature off with a spray can, then carried Brandhurst to MacDill Field Hospital for treatment. The alligator was later killed by a dynamite charge attached to a pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Earl Brandhurst
Brandhurst
MacDill Field
Wayne Palmer
Palmer
Woman Milk Carrier Drives Wartime Cleveland Route
Sylvia Kral, a 27 year old East Technical High School graduate and practical nurse, works as Cleveland's first wartime milk carrier. She loads and delivers 340 quarts daily, says she wanted outdoor work to aid the war effort and fund her mechano therapy course. Her engineer husband doubts the danger but supports her resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sylvia Kral
East Technical High School
Northeastern College
Tubeless Pneumatic Tire Announced by Goodrich
Akron Ohio July 10 John L Collyer president of the B F Goodrich Company announced development of a tubeless pneumatic tire for heavy vehicles. The tire uses a locking member to retain air and eliminates the need for inner tubes and flaps. Rubber savings vary by tire size with a minimum about seven percent of the rubber in conventional casing tube and flap combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Company
Collyer
Palestine Embraces Americanizing Rush in Wartime Tel Aviv
In Palestine during July wartime shortages push locals to imitate cola flavors and assemble ice cream and chocolate sodas. Restos rebrand as New York Eats and Detroit Delicatessen while American pilots boost business and local youths imitate U S uniforms. American films amuse troops as cinemas show Yank in The RAF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Simon
United Press
Telaviv
Palestine
U.P
Detroit
Tel Aviv
Miami Beach
Brownsville
Texas
Santa Fe Aids Pantex Project at St Francis
Santa Fe Railway expands Pantex project work at St Francis with new acting trainmaster Charles W. Herbert and appoints him master mechanic duties to support increased activity. Herbert, a Plains division veteran since 1908, joins Charles Fyfe, switch engineer, now master mechanic with Certain-feed Products Corp. Both appointments are effective immediately and list residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railway
St. Francis
Charles W. Herbert
Plains Division
J. B. Briscoe
Clarence R. Tucker
Charles Fyfe
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Herbert
Santa Fe
Plains
Buchanan and
Fyfe
Tyler
Warm and Wet Weather Expected Today
Weatherman H. C. Winburn warns of tire damage and skidding as warm wet conditions return. Afternoon highs will rise to near the scorcher level after yesterday’s 99 degree peak with scattered thundershowers expected statewide. Morning low around 66 with light overnight rainfall east of the city not reaching town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Winburn
Mr. Winburn
Weather Bureau
Traveling Art Exhibits Sent Out by Penn State
Four traveling art exhibits are touring Pennsylvania under the auspices of Pennsylvania State College. The shows include 23 reproductions tracing 300 years of American painting, 21 original prints by Associated American Artists, silk screen color prints, and another group of original prints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
State of
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Y.mca
Crystal Bailey
College Library
Associated American Artists
Santa Fe inspector tours Western Lines and praises rail run
James M. Nicholson assistant to the operating vice president arrives in Amarillo for talks with William R. Harrison and other officials. He cites the railroads duty to the national military program and notes Santa Fe’s low bad order record as proof of efficient maintenance and readiness. He plans shop visits and will depart for Chicago, having earlier toured the Northern district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Western Lines
James M. Nicholson
William R. Harrison
Southern
Nicholson
Plains
Slaton
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Chicago
The
Missouri
Topeka
Salvaged Mats Return to City Hall for Home Front Duty
In Yonkers New York on July 10 Mayor Benjamin F Barnes said rubber mats taken from City Hall marble corridors for the national salvage collection have been returned to curb slipping on wet days. The mayor noted the mats are not 100 percent rubber and emphasized safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
City Hall
National
Benjamin F. Barnes
Dorothea Martin Resigns WPA Post
Dorothea Martin resigned yesterday as district supervisor of recreation projects for the WPA and departed for Houston to take a project supervisor role. With her leaving, Velaria Abbot remains as the only WPA connected staff member in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Martin
WPA
Houston
Miss Martin
Velaria Abbot
Amarillo
Won't Need Money For 15 Years Won't Need Money For 15 Years
Spokane dispatch reports Deputy Sheriff Jim Cannon and Jailer John Scott sold two war bonds to a man just convicted of grand larceny. The buyer, who will not need the funds for 15 years, was persuaded to invest. The exchange occurred in Spokane, Washington, on a July 10 date given as a parenthetical note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Jim Cannon
John Scott
Germans Extend Defense Area Along Belgian Coast
A Belgian government spokesman said German forces fearing invasion extended their defense area along the Belgian coast. Traffic require special permits and residents were ordered not to travel more than three miles from home.
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London
Belgian Merchant Vessel Torpedoed Off Caribbean
The navy said a medium sized Belgian merchant ship was torpedoed in the Caribbean and survivors reached a Gulf Coast port in the United States. Dr. A. J. Chandler, founder of Chandler, Arizona, which became a town in 1910, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caribbean
Gulf Coast
A. J. Chandler
Chandler, Ariz
Courthouse Records Add Numerous Property Transfers and Divorces
Multiple warranty deeds record transfers in Amarillo and surrounding subdivisions including Madie Stubbs to Blodgett for 3500 and Kerr to Quarles with 1 dollar deeds. Several parcels in University Heights and Forest Hill Addition change hands.
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Madie Stubbs
W. V. Blodgett
Amarillo Heights
J. T. Pierson
L. H. Leven
University Heights
J. M. Archer
M. B. Jamison
D. Forest Hill
L. A. Kerr
P. A. Quarles
Ama, Co
Plemons
W. L. Finklea
Et Ux
B. H Thompson
Ama. Co
Henry M. Beverley
Etux
J. L. Brodie
Reval Valley
L. Munday
L. H. Reneau
Blasdel-Eppstein
Holland
Georginia Dewey
Roy Moore
Sadler
T. W. Cotten
Charles C. Bill
W. T. Willis
Valley
F. M. Graham
M. C Mason
Eberstadt
District Court
Okla
Louise Shirley
Charles F. Shirley
Lois Wallen
R. L. Wallen
Blanche Baker
Grady Baker
A. R. Humphry
Pearl Humphry
Ada Hill
R. A. Hill
Berenice Leonard
Samuel M Leonard
Billie Barker
Charles A. Barker
Louise, Galloaz
Jesus Galloaz
Walter Edward Dunning
Anita Marcel Bibby
Fred FE. Johnson
Grace Virginia Furry
Jim G. Gataura
Kay Davis Kennedy
Richard West
Guylyn Bogard
Fred C. Smith, Jr
Mary Elizabeth Turrentine
John Davis McCord
Dorothy Jean Dodson
Roger D. Barton
Ruth Cole
John J. O'Farrell
Frances G. Hemphill
Henry Pressley
Helen Criss
Phillip Kenneth Campbell
Mary Jane Potter
Doyle Raymond Bunch
Betty Jane Golding
James E. Upton
Barbara Lynn Taylor
John Cedric Dowden
Elsie Blanche Jones
Arvel Jones
Georgia Slone
John Spencerberger
Dorothy Grimes
Amarillo Receives First 175 FHA House Applications
Applications for the initial 175 houses authorized in Amarillo since its designation as a critical defense area are on file. Most lower price homes likely to be built in the northeast, all within city limits with utilities and material supply proof required. Separately, British bombers sowed mines in enemy waters during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
London
Air Ministry
Accidental Death Verdict For Denver Cattle Buyer Hall
Justice of the Peace J. D. Cazzell rendered a coroner verdict of death by accident in the case of John O. Hall a Denver cattle buyer who was killed when run over by a freight train in a local railroad yard early Monday. No evidence indicated any cause beyond accidental death and the body was sent to Denver for burial Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
John O. Hall
Denver
Boeing Turns Output To Glider Program
Boeing officials announced a partial conversion of its Wichita Kansas plant output to the Army Air Force glider program. The plant is now producing primary trainers and AVT-15 crew trainers at the request of Army officials who cited the plant as adaptable for glider construction. Brig. Gen. K B Wolfe advised by telephone that the plant is now in the glider business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Boeing Aircraft
Army Air Force
J. E. Schaefer
Boeing
Army
Kansas
Schaefer
K. B. Wolfe
Smuggle Blueprint of Army Air Base In U S Foiled
Walter Gustafson twenty four of Minneapolis Minnesota was arrested in Miami Florida for violation of the U S Espionage Act after an attempt to smuggle a blueprint of a Caribbean army air base into the United States was uncovered. Colombia radio stations are expanding broadcasts of war news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
U.P
United States
Walter Gustafson
Minneapolis
Minn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Colombia
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Plains Navy
Texas Plainsmen Naval Air Squadron
E. C. Britain
Radio Britain
Hollywood
Calif
May F. Coolidge
H. H “Tommy” Thomas
Thomas
Bascom Giles
General Land Office
WFAA
WBAP
WOAI
KPRC
Nunn
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce , Fenner and
Beane
Brocka
Financial Industrial Fund
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beate
Alleghany Lud Steel
Aliis Chalmers
Ross Mill
Lit
Am Smelt & Ref
Zinc & Lead Oe
Baldwin Locomotiv Ae
Bendix Aviation A
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Mfg
Chrysler
Consol Copper
Consol
Delite
Ourtla Wright Oaon
Deere and Company
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
Genl Foods
Genl Motors
Greyhound
Int Harvester
Power
Marshall Field
Petth Hee
Montgomery Ward
Aee
Nash Kelvinator
National Bisecutt
Lily T
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Rail
North American Aviation
Packard Gas & Elec
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
JC Penney
Penna RR Eeate
Ey Phillips Petam
Plymouth
Shell Union Oil
Bsoconoy
Southern Pacific
California
Indiana Boats
New Jersey Eens
Studebaker
Texan Corporation
Texas Gulf
Tide Water
Texas Pac Coal & Oil
Union Carbide
United
Dallas
Lee Bowden Mangum
T. Whitfield Davidson
Selective Service Board
Lizzie Cutter
Horace
Pinky” Gooch
Britain
Yank
Raf
States
Penn State
Heb Bins OS
West Seventh Ave
Amarillo Printing CO
Courthouse Records
Turnip Greens
Carton
Vegetole
Clorox
Army Air Base
Badger Ice CO
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