Redus Arrives For ICC Job In Amarillo
J C Redus becomes district supervisor of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Amarillo succeeding Mims. His family will move into 414 Arch Terrace. Redus has 17 years in motor freight, previously with Ozark Freight and Office of Defense Transportation. The ICC district covers Texas Panhandle counties and three Oklahoma counties. Redus is a Palestine native and Texas A&M attendee.
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Calloway Mims
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. C. Redus
Amarillo
Arch Terrace
Redus
Mims
Kansas City
Remus
ICC
Ozark Motor Freight Lines
Dallas
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Ozark Motor Freight
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Masonic Lodge
Palestine
Texas A. & M. College
Seal Coating of Streets Completed in Amarillo
Amarillo finishes seal coating across the city after a May start. Cost $45,255 for asphalt, gravel and materials. Fay Gober, contractor, handled heating spreading and rolling the asphalt. 20 workers, including street department and contractor staff, contributed.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Fay Gober
Street Department
E. R. Thompson
Captain Cook Sighting Reaches New Caledonia in 1774
English explorer Captain Cook first sighted the island of New Caledonia in 1774 during his voyage.
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Captain Cook
Island of
New Caledonia
Purge Trials in France Reach 20,000 Mark as Petain Case Looms
Paris reports that over 20,000 have stood trial in nine months of the purge of French collaborators, with 994 death verdicts and thousands of hard labor or imprisonment sentences. Slow handling draws criticism as authorities note the line between collaboration and mere occupation survival. The July 23 trial of Marshal Philippe Petain looms as the purge reaches its apex.
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Paris
Ministry of Justice
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Abel Bonnard
Marcel Dent
Georges Claude
Supreme Court
Gestapo
Marshal Philippie Petain
Mrs Evaline Nichols Dies in Amarillo Hospital
Mrs Evaline Nichols 78 died at 12 50 this morning in a local hospital. Funeral services are pending at N S Griggs & Sons Chapel. She had lived in Amarillo since 1908, home at 2019 North Arthur. Survivors: four daughters Mrs J E Sweet Mrs W F Throckmorton Mrs Oda Thornton and Mrs C W Jamison and two sons Jim of Quanah and Louis of Childress.
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Evaline Nichols
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Nichols
Amarillo
North Arthur
J. E. Sweet
W. FE. Throckmorton
Oda Thornton
C. W. Jamison
Jim
Quanah
Louis
Childress
Bitela Held in Jail On Failure To Make Bond
Bitela Morin Bitela is jailed in the county jail on a $2,500 bond after charges of criminal assault and carrying a pistol. County Judge E O Northcutt set $1,000 bond for the concealed weapon count and Justice of the Peace J D Cazzell set $1,500 on the assault charge. He was arrested by city police Wednesday night and turned over to county authorities. charged in county court yesterday morning and in district court last night.
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Morin Bitela
E. O. Northcutt
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Bitela
Explosion at Cactus Ordnance Plant Injures Two
Condition of two men hurt in yesterday morning explosion and fire at the Cactus Ordnance Plant in Du mas was reported favorable today. LeRoy Rice has a broken arm and shock while William R. Snapp was treated for shock. Explosion hit the scrubbing unit causing substantial damage to electrical instruments and wiring. Plant officials have not estimated total damage.
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Cactus Ordnance Plant
Dumas
LeRoy Rice
William R. Snapp
Marine Lost On Okinawa
Pvt. Thomas Ross Harter of the Marines was killed in action on Okinawa on June 20. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harter of 1621 Buchanan. His father is in military service and stationed at Buck.
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Pvt
Thomas Ross Harter
Marines
Okinawa
J. E. Harter
Buchanan
Jas
Buck
MGM Actors Arrive for Boys Ranch Film in Amarillo
More MGM players travel to Amarillo for the Boys Ranch production bringing total cast and crew to 59. Arriving tonight are James Craig and Dorothy Patrick with others including Skippy Homeier and Sharon Mc. Directors and main crew are in town preparing offices at the Herring Hotel 204. Hammerfest, Norway, is noted as the northernmost city in the world.
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Metro-Goldyn-Mayer
Amarillo
Manus
Rudy Whistler
Fred Chapman
Vernon Graff
Butch Jenkins
Guardian
Billy Riley
Don DePew
Peggy O'Neal
Florence White
Guy Stockwell
Roy Roland
B. Glazier
Charles Salerno
Wagner White
Howard Strickland
Jerry Kelly
Herring Hotel
James Craig
Houston
Dorothy Patrick
Skippy Homeier
Sharon Mc
Hammerfest
Norway
Marine Harter Enlists, Honor Roll Student From Amarillo
The Amarillo Globe notes Marine Harter enlisted in the Marines on May 22, 1944, nine days before his eighteenth birthday. He would have been in Amarillo High School's 1945 class after finishing his junior year. Born in Eva, Oklahoma, he lived in Amarillo eight years and worked summers at Brooks Drug Store and Furr Food Store. He attended Fairview Baptist Church and has a sister Lorraine living with his mother.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Denver
Lorraine
Harter
Amarillo High School
Eva
Oklo
Brooks Drug Store
South Polk
Furr Food Store
Polk
Fairview Baptist Church
Unbelievers Seek Figures On Texas GIs Fish Tales
Texas soldiers bragging about huge Texas fish are challenged by Game and Fish Department officials who report many requests from non residents for proof. The department has begun mailing pictures of 100 pound catfish to some inquirers to support the local claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Game and Fish Department
Bassett Brothers Return From Service In 109 Points
L M Bassett Jr stationed at Amarillo Army Air Field is being released with 109 points credit. Albert Leon Bassett returns to the States after combat duties in Germany, last at Kassel before arriving at Camp Patrick Henry. Mrs Bassett Sr confirms the news. family resides at 2106 Garfield. Houston wife awaits.
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Bassett
L. M. Bassett, Jr
Amarillo Army Air Field
Garfield
L. M. Bassett
Albert Leon
States
Germany
Kassel
Camp Henry Patrick
Houston
The roebuck, Europe’s smallest deer
The sentence identifies the roebuck as the smallest European deer, noting its status as a diminutive member of the cervid family. It presents a concise definition suitable for a brief encyclopedia-style entry.
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Khoury Bros
Ge Elding
Pvar
Mary L. Spence
Plainview Texas
St. Louis
Southern Comfort Corporation
Saint Louis, MO
Luscious
The
Borden Company
Borden
Borden’s
Bulova
Jewel
Ee Lee Ay
G& Polk
Thornton III
E. L. Thornton
Harrison
Glen Lowe
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miss Kelly
New York
Sally Kelly
West Tenth
New York City
Vetesk’s
Marine
MGM
Ewe Sie
Ny Gilbey Gin
Taylor
Xk Wine Stores
New State
Clifford
Virginia Hurd
Panhandle
Golden Light Coffee Company
Adv
Jeweler
Zale’s
Zale
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