Amarillo School Board Sells $750,000 Bonds for Expansion
George Waddill says no material or building can begin soon due to needed frozen materials and skilled labor. The board sold $750,000 in bonds at an average rate of 16.04 cents, with high bid from R A Underwood Co of Dallas and six other firms. Interest rates are seen as rock bottom. proceeds to buy government bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Waddaill
Amarillo
R. A. Underwood & Co
Dallas
Waddill
Two Injured in Automobile Crash Near East Tenth Street
Two persons were injured when a car collided with a parked truck on East Tenth between Cleveland and Arthur at 11 50 last night. Ann McClenny 2300 West Fourth in St. Anthony Hospital suffered scalp wounds and was described as doing all right. Richard Nelson of Squadron B Amarillo Army Air Field was treated for forehead lacerations and released. In the car were Robert DePold and Barbara Meadows. The truck driver Robert Marshall Dallas paused a phone call to Bell Braden about material he was hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tenth
Cleveland
Arthur
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ann McClenny
West Fourth
Richard Nelson
Amarillo Army Air Field
Robert DePold
Squadron B
Barbara Meadows
Louisiana
Robert Marshall Dallas
Bell & Braden
Plague Transmission Tied to Fleas and Rodents
A historical note states bubonic plague is transmitted to humans by fleas and rodents, outlining the disease vector and spread mechanism for public awareness.
Stocks Beat Records On Merrill Lynch Led Wall Street Rally
Stock averages rallied at 1 P M led by rail and industrial issues with Merrill Lynch notes. Prices showed gains across Am Tel and Tel, General Electric, General Motors, Union Carbide, United Aircraft and more while grain and livestock markets registered mixed moves in Chicago and Kansas City reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Ccunksas
NEW York Stock Exchange
Fierce, Fenner
Emg
U. Colse
Armour & Co
Aia
Chrysler Wai
Comm Invest
General Electric
General Motors
Gillette Ravor
Axe
Sesssnes
Goodyear ET Rere
Chaeebe Sa
Nor Am Aviation
Ohio Oil
Packard Ee
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR Rat
Phillips Slt
Nor Pac Ry
Pure Oil
Radice Corp
Pep Steel
St Jo
Sears
Shell Union Ee. Co Ae
Sham Oil & Gas
Secony Vacuum
Sseneseess
Ol Ind
Witcott
White Motors
Warner Bros
Western Union
More Recruits Sought by WACs
WAC recruiting offices reopen for four days as Sgt Ann Reynolds and Set Lilian Bastin call Panhandle women to serve in all Army duties. Vacancies arise from recent honorable discharges and the 40 year old service men and women policy. Jobs include clerks typists radio operators photographers and chemists with Amarillo headquarters in Room 12 of the post office building open through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Ann Reynolds
Lilian Bastin
Oklahoma City
Panhandle
Army
Women’s Army Corps
Reynolds
Wacs
Amarillo
Post Office
Five-Year-Old Boy Finds Way Home Alone
Johnny Durrett five years old wandered away from his mother during a downtown shopping trip. He walked home alone to 3107 Tyler where he was waiting when his mother returned after police searched the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Durrett
J. M. Durrett
Tyler
Market Notes on Cattle Hogs Sheep and Feeder Prices
Dependent killer describes medium and low good steers at 14.00 to 15.50 with various lots of heifers yearlings and heavy heifers. Hogs steady with 140 lb plus at 14.75 ceiling and sows at 14.00. Cattle and calves lightly sold with vealers at 16.00 and yearlings up to 17.75. Sheep active with native lambs around 16.35 and ewes around 6.15. Financial industry fund quoted at 2.32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Texas
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
City Commission Sets Regular Meeting Tonight
The city commission will hold a regular meeting at 7 30 o clock tonight after no meeting was held last week due to Mayor Joe A Jenkins and Commissioner O H Hargett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe A. Jenkins
O. H. Hargett
Courthouse Records and Marriage Licenses Listed in Notice
Courthouse records show warranty deeds transferring lots and parcels among multiple parties including Faubion Schoonover Green Sanchez Beverley and Moz. Marriage licenses issued for numerous couples including Phillips Lehman Fuller Becker Graves and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Faubion
R. B Schoonover
Morningside
R. B. Schoonover
Paul Faubion
Charles A. Green
Antonio Sanchez
Chas. Specht
Henry M. Beverley
San Jacinto His Ama
Constr Co
Iby
Glenwood Jowell W
Winifred R Benway
Darrold L. Wilson
Lucille B. Becker
Melvin G. Graves
Helen Terry
Dan W. Jones
Ruby Inez Falk
Wm. L. Monroe
Vera Jurgena
Stanley W. Bode
Mary Phyllis Casebolt
Lloyd Alfred Terrebonne
Mary Frances Rodney
Horace E. Watkins
Dorothy Lowett
Doan James H. Becotte
Mary E. Taylor
Philip A. Roccaforte
Shirley M Kinzie
Norman R. Beeson
Betty B Beele
Virgil C. Inglett
Marie Jean Headlee
Irwin Kilpatrick
Maurine Martin
Two Charged With Burglary In Panhandle Case
Lester Thresher and G R Day face burglary charges in Panhandle Carter County for entering Purr and Sewell Grocery at Pantex Village and stealing a case with over 750 dollars. Deputies led by Raney White and Sheriff Clarence Williams report the men paroled from California federal prison and under indictment in Foxes County for the Panhandle incident. Thresher posted 2500 dollar bond. Day is jailed on 1500 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester ‘Thresher
G. R. Day
Panhandr
Carter County
Purr & Sewell
Pantex Vilage
Raniger da Uey White
Potter County
Thresher
Dav
California
Pox‘tes County
Panhan- Ne
Threther
Black Death Death Toll in 14th Century Europe
In the 14th century the bubonic plague known as the Black Death killed about 25,000,000 people, roughly a quarter of Europe’s population, reshaping societies and economies.
Tremett Way promises rapid weight loss without effort
An advertising plea touts Tremett as a safe, pleasant method to shed 3 to 5 pounds weekly without exercise or dieting. It claims full refunds if results aren’t seen in 30 days and promotes easy directions with every package from Cretney Drug and Walgreen’s, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremett
Cretney Drug
Walgreen's
Cepr
Oxford Products, Inc
Two Arrested in Grocery Store Burglary Case
Davis and Thresher were arrested June 26 by city officers and sheriff's deputies investigating a grocery store burglary. A $1,000 bond is set while Davis is held in lieu of the same amount. The store safe was later found eight miles northeast of America last Thursday by Ranger White. both have given statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Thresher
Sheriff's Department
America
White
Abaca cultivation begins in the western hemisphere in 1925
The article notes that abaca hemp cultivation did not start in the western hemisphere until 1925, marking a late development for the region in this fiber industry.
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Tommy Gilbert
West
WAR Bond
War Department
Grand Bar
Polk Street
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
Bruckner
N. Fillmore
Gouldy Bros
Fire Alto Health Bonding
Ordway - Saunders CO
Colorado Springs
Lubbock
Eston
NEW Air Services
Braniff
Braniff Airways
Dean's
Doan
Financial Industrial Fund
Globe News
Courthouse Records
Heinz White
Heinz
French
French Cleaners & Hatters
Fifth Phone
National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Fifth Street
Philadelphia
Bie
Ogk
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphif
Destelling
Seirits5
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