Why Higgins Shipyard Closed Sparks Louisiana Protests
In New Orleans workers and leaders press President Roosevelt and the War Production Board after the Higgins Corporation shipyard is shut down the 10,000 jobs at stake as the maritime commission cancels the Liberty ship project citing steel shortages. A mass meeting and a city parade followed the protest resolutions urging plant reopening and contract restoration.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Higgins Corporation
Roosevelt
Washington
Maritime Commission
Sam Jones
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
S Am
Central Trades and Labor Council
Beauford Jester Speaks on Radio Across Texas
Navarro County candidate for the unexpired term speaks over stations WOAT San Antonio WBAP Fort Worth KPRC Houston WFAA Dallas KGNC Amarillo KRIS Corpus Christi KRGV Weslaco. Political advertising paid for by L. D. Sadie Ransom and other friends of Beauford Jester.
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WOAT
San Antonio
WBAP
Fort Worth
KPRC
Houston
WFAA
Dallas
KGNC
Amarillo
KRIS
Corpus Christi
KRGV
Weslaco
Pol
L. D
Sadie
Ransom
Beauford
Bandits Hold Up Garage Attendant In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia two men assaulted Leroy Shields a garage attendant and stole 11.60 from the cash register. They then selected a new automobile and instructed Shields to replace two worn front tires before the getaway.
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Philadelphia
Leroy Shields
Courthouse Records of Property Deeds and Marriages
A scanned list of 20th century property deeds shows transfers in Amarillo and surrounding districts, detailing buyers, sellers, amounts, and lot block identifiers. It also notes two marriage license issuances for Sherman Massey and Virginia Carper and Ervin Matthews and Mary Batson.
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S. W. Kendrick
W. C. Metcalf
Ab&m
Jacob H. Rockwell
Leo Howard
San Jacinto Heights
J. L. Nunn
M. Clark Bryant
Belmont Park
Blanche P. Pumphrey
Amarillo Paper Co
Mirror
Jesse Edward Summers
Dora Summers
G&s
Fred M. Seale
Et Ax
L. W McCord
Ridgemere
Alma Drerup Carrey
Ralph Drerup
H. H. Wallace
Plemons
Roberts Olver, Inc
Velma M Barron
Humphry Highland
Paul A. Pyeatt
Glenwood
James J. Green
Zack McCrady
Sherman LaVerne Massey
Virginia May Carper
Ervin Dow Matthews
Mary Edith Batson
Injuries Fatal to Houston Editor Harry L. Millis
Harry Lee Millis 53 editor of the Houston Post died at Jefferson Davis Hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a car six hours earlier. Millis, once praised as the outstanding Texas writer by the Methodist Church, was crossing to enter his car. Police said the driver was Arthur Anders 19, son of City Detective Vic Anders.
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Houston
Harry Lee Millis
The
Houston Post
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Millis
Jay Writer
Texas
Arthur Anders
Vic Anders
Civil Air Patrol Meeting Tonight in Amarillo
Amarillo Civil Air Patrol members will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 710 Taylor Street. Commander Fred Smith announced and said Amarillo unit assignments will be announced soon. All current and prospective members are urged to attend.
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Amarillo
Civil Air Patrol
Taylor Street
Fred Smith
Eugene Kendall
Moon continued excerpt hints at training gaps
Fragmentary text shows a speaker addressing a lieutenant with lines about training and expectations. The tone suggests an ongoing discussion or continuation from page eight, likely in a wartime or military context. Names and full context are missing, limiting precise identification.
Steinbeck Excerpt Narrates Military Duty and Moral Strife
Excerpt from a 1942 Steinbeck work includes a commander pressuring Lieutenant Prackle about loyalty and actions with a girl, while a continuation note signals further dialogue. The surrounding text lists local birth notices and hospital patients, naming families and newborns with dates and addresses.
Welty Family Update In City Hospital This Week
July 12 at St Anthony's Nicole Welty and his mother remain there after an operation. The Welty family home is 1804 North East Eighth Avenue. Several local residents are listed as patients including Mrs Evelyn Stockman Mrs Earl H Weiszbrod and Mrs Garland Smith. Jewell Lewis Mark Berry V D Reyn closest update notes medical status and supervision.
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Nbe
Blu
Ben Bernie
Dhs
Mbs
Denver
String Orchestra
Lone Ranger
East Blu
Cbs
Hedda Hopper
Cbs-Basic
cbs-Dixie
Brad Reynolds
Patty
Bob
Frank Parker
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomason
Fred Waring
Nbc-East
Amos and
Andy
Basic
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Comment
el Charro Gil
Dbs
Johnson Family
Orch & Song
bin Vaughn Monroe
Dhs East
Kaltenborn
the Cavalcade of America
Earl Godwin
Biu
Vox Pop
Parks & Warren
Lum
Abner
Pine Ridge
Alfred Wallenstein
Cbs Basic
Nbc
Edwin Franko Goldman
Victory Theater
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs-Basic
Nhe
National Radio Forum
Orches
Freddy Martin
Raymond G. Swing
Dean Pardue
Abc
Morgan Beatty
CBS Workshop
Cbhs
Vaughn Monroe
Cbe-West
Nbe-East
A. B. Hoyal
North
Maryland Street
Vera Ann
St. Anthony's Hospital
Carole
A. L. Wood
Clarendon
Foy
Gerald Shackelford
F. W. Shackelford
North Aldridge Street
Henry Ansley
East Sixth Avenue
Clarence Wayman
Richard Wayne Hall
W. F. Hall
Buchanan Street
St. Anthony's
Evelyn Stockman
North Roosevelt Street
Earl H. Weiszbrod
Canyon
Garland Smith
Pittsburgh Street
Jewell Lewis
Polk Street
Mark Berry
West Tenth Avenue
V. D. Reyn
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Upton Close
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Voice of Firestone
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Hal Collins
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Unlimited Horizons
Glen Gray
Will Osborn
Sky Pilot
Farm
Thea Trading Post
Rise
Breakfast Club of the Air
Mary Lee Taylor
Vic and Sade
David Harum
Light of the World
Ine—Nasional Farm
Battle of Wits
Guiding Light
Woman's World
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
KFDA
Palton Lewis, Jr
Navarro County
Tolzien
Ay W. Bod
Sam
Blondie
Maxor
Maxor Drug CO
Jackson
Fisk
Dagwoc
Donald Duck
Bob Grant
J. Jones
Broad Street
Jane Arden
Huh
Aswell
Willie
Jap Mandate
Golly
Guz
Ol’ Boom
Jred Byder
Enty Ff
Qol
Steve
Courthouse Records
J. E. Clements
C. M Humphrys
Mary E. Bivins
John D. Sanders
North Heights
Lela Mae “Lewis
Et Air
Jewell D. Jarmon
Eakle
Barclay Ivins
Amarillo Independent
St Joseph
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance CO
Chicago
Hiram _ Bithorn
Chicago Cub
Santurce
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Ness
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Prackle
Lanser
Corell
Lieutenant Prackle
John Steinbeck
Viking Press
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
What's New Mi
T. Duncan Stewart
Round Town
Northwest Texas Hospital News
Fine Diamonds
J.T. Russell
Essick
Southern Brokerage Co
Mary Montgomery
RADIO
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