Calls for Revival of Amarillo City Safety Council
Van Alm, president of the Amarillo Safety Council, urged reviving the group to combat rising traffic and accident rates in Amarillo. He cited prewar membership of 300 from service clubs and schools and urged civic groups to back an active prevention program. A. F. Allen of the Texas Safety Association warned of Texas wide risks and economic losses from traffic accidents, and Governor Stevenson designated the association to coordinate recommendations for national safety initiatives.
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van Alm
Amarilo Safety Council
Amarillo
Alling
Safety Council
Allen
A. F. Allen
Texas Safety Association
Texas
Stevenson
Truman
American music ideals inspire safer Texas public focus
A discourse by Amarillo Safety Council officers outlines the need to mobilize support for safer Texas and to enrich public culture with higher artistic standards. The text emphasizes the role of composers, the value of smaller opera houses, and the link between art, freedom, and national unity as soldiers return home.
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Texas
Amarillo
Plains
Rockies
Grand Canyon
A Composer Looks at American Music in Pan Pipes
Amarillo born Radie Britain Simone writes in Pan Pipes Magazine on American music’s future. She argues for constructive self criticism, originality grounded in soil, warns against overemphasis on fame, and urges a new national musical path inspired by heritage and European influence.
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Radio Britain
Amarillo
America
Washington
New York
Germany
Texas
United States
Employers pay over two hundred million in insured workers’ benefits
The article states that more than $200,000,000 in benefits to insured workers is paid annually by employers in the United States. It emphasizes the scale of employer funded protections for workers' insurance programs.
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United States
War Assets Administration Officials Visit Veterans Center
Two officials from the War Assets Administration in Fort Worth will speak at the Veterans Information Center at 110 East Fifth on Monday and Tuesday. Their 9 AM to 5 PM hours will cover guidance on future surplus sales. Center director-counselor Tom Nelson noted many veterans ask about building supplies.
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War Assets Administration
Fort Worth
Veterans Information Center
East Fifth
Tom Nelson
Five Amarilloans Discharged at Fort Sam Houston
The War Department Personnel Center at Fort Sam Houston Tex announced the discharge of five Amarillo residents. The group includes Sgt W C Wooten Cpl C M Weatherby Tec 5 Erwin F E Bryant Tec 4 William D Dickson and Pvt George A Hensley.
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War Department Personnel Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
W. C. Wooten
McMasters
C. M. Weatherby
West Fourth
Erwin FE. Bryant
North Taylor
William D. Dickson
Tyler
George A. Hensley
Route 3
Passport business booms in Panhandle region
Mary K. Harty deputy commissioner said passport applications in the Amarillo office have surged well over the prewar pace, averaging one per day now versus less than two per month. Most applicants are military wives seeking to join husbands overseas. passports are not returned locally unless irregularities arise.
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Panhandle
Mary K. Harty
U.S
Amarillo
Harty
Charles P Benson Funeral Tomorrow
Charles P Benson 81 died yesterday at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. Funeral at 2 PM Saturday in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. E F Cook of Glenwood Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Benson a carpenter resident of Amarillo 40 years. survivors include three sons four daughters 11 grandchildren and several siblings. Family home 810 Russell.
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Charles P. Benson
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
E. F. Cook
Glenwood Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Benson
Amarillo
Russell
Trinity Methodist Church Plans Fort Worth Construction Push
The Civilian Production Administration approves three construction projects including a $30,000 Trinity Methodist Church in Amarillo. A. C. Youngblood leads the church board. The 45 by 90 foot brick concrete church will sit on a 150 by 140 foot site at Thirty fifth and Jackson and include an assembly hall later converted to recreation and Sunday school rooms. Construction starts next month. Harvey’s Cafe, a $6,000 35 by 60 foot cafe east of the North East Eighth underpass, is approved for unusual hardship. Doc Russell Vermillion’s $9,000 warehouse for plumbing and food production is also approved.
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Walter P. Camp
Fort Worth
Amarillo
A. C. Youngblood
Trinity Methodist Church
Youngblood
Thirty-fifth
Jackson
North East
Hulliard C. Harvey
CPA
Arkansas Mississippi County Leads Global Cotton Output
Mississippi County in Arkansas is identified as the largest cotton producing region in the world, highlighting its significant agricultural yield and prominence in the industry.
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Arkansas
Mississippi County
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Lucky Tiger
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