War Manpower's Voluntary Referral Program Gains Ground
Government agencies in Amarillo report positive results from voluntary manpower rationing. The Amarillo USES office logged 358 male job applicants July 5–8, up from 304 in June, with many workers returning from the grain harvest. Area director F A Wells notes strong employer interest and stresses the program remains voluntary and aimed at supplying skilled labor to critical war plants. Miss Huttig of Orlando visited Miss Peggy Manning in Amarillo, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Manning, whose father is stationed at Lubbock.
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Amarilo
Amarillo
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
F. A. Wells
Miss Huttig
Lee Huttig
Orlando
Fla
Peggy Manning
Ben T. Manning
Pierce Street
Lubbock
Three Serve Overseas in Red Cross
Charlotte Allen of Amarillo leads Red Cross personnel in Australia and took a land and sea trip to Tasmania with a division colleague. She helped run a recreation area for nervous soldiers and notes Australia’s cooperative people. Frances Abbott and Winifred Small also joined overseas Red Cross duty in England and abroad.
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Charlotte Allen
Red Cross
Australia
Tasmania
American Red Cross
South Carolina
Charlotte
Newcastle
R. L. Allen
Cheyenne Terrace
Miss Allen
University of Texas
Amarillo High School
Amarillo Junior College
Farm Security Administration
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Alamogordo
N. M
Frances Abbott
Horace Mann Junior High School
England
Winifred.Small
Clint Small
Amarillo
Courthouse Records and Notices of Marriages and Divorces
Multiple divorce filings listed including H Barnard vs Lillie Belle Barnard and Natalie McGee vs Jack W McGee. Several marriage licenses issued to pairs such as Robert Neil Conegleo and Bernadette Krouse, and Emanuel Smolik with Clara Olson. Local social notes mention visits and a trip plan to Brooklyn.
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H. Barnard
Lillie Belle Barnard
Natalie McGee
Jack W. McGee
Louie D. Booe
Madge Booe
Blanche W. Harbour
Frank A Harvour
Nell Turrentine
Audie Ray Turrentine
Margaret Cox
W. Howard Cox
Robert Neil Conegleo
Bernaditte Krouse
Robert E. Black
Ruth A. Wil
Details On Casualty Notification From War and Navy Depts
Mrs. W. N. Barrick of the Potter County Red Cross outlines casualty notices. Families are informed by the Army or Navy when a serviceman is seriously wounded or ill, and four weeks may pass before further reports. Missing in action information comes only through official sources and the Red Cross may not inquire to avoid risking safety. Prisoner of war notices come via the International Red Cross to the War and Navy Departments.
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War and Navy Departments
W. N. Barrick
Home Service
Potter County
Red Cross Chapter
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Home Service Committee
Red Cross Home Service
Sapling grows behind Polley's Gun Key Shop in Amarillo
A good sized sapling stands behind Polley's Gun Key Shop at 115 East Fourth Avenue in Amarillo, possibly planted years ago by a traveler like Johnny Appleseed or a boy finishing his fruit run.
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Johnny Appleseed
Amarillo
Polley
Gun & Key
East Fourth Avenue
Marion Martin Reappointed GOP Assistant Chairman
Herbert Brownell Jr announces Marion Martin of Bangor Maine will serve again as assistant chairman to lead women’s support for the Dewey Bricker ticket. At 44 she heads the RNC women’s division since 1937 and will partner men and women in the campaign.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Marion Martin
Bangor
Dewey-Bricker
Miss Martin
Maine
Brownell
Thomas F. Dewey
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North Texas State Teachers’ College
Denton
Courthouse Records
Woodrow W. Caldwell
Mattie Nadine Burgard
Emanuel Smolik
Clara Olson
Frank M. Dews
Clara Lea Rowland
Albert J. Davis
Clariece Harper
Albert A. Rogers
Betty Lou Cordell
Roger Webb
Anna Mae Webb
Willis W. Fletcher
Athalee Price
Emerald F. Shook
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Stanley E. Gunst
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William C. Orr
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