WACs Take New Duties For Veterans Reception
The Women's Army Corps take on greeting repatriated veterans at Staten Island and guiding them to ferries trains and hospitals. Lt H E Melville notes 239 roles across service here and abroad. Amarillo to host August enlistment drive with Lt Carolyn V Thurmond and Sergeants Reynolds Bastin.
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Women's Army Corps
H. E. Melville
Oklahoma City
Wacs
Staten Island
New Jersey
Amarillo
WAC
Carolyn V. Thurmond
Ann Reynolds
Lillian Bastin
SMU Students Struggle to Find Housing Near Campus
In Dallas on July 26 UP reported over 200 Southern Methodist University students seeking housing. Officials issued an emergency call for all nearby rooms as enrollment swelled with out of town students and returning servicemen, creating a housing shortage.
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Dallas
U.P
Southern Methodist University
Laurence H. Fleck
Chicago Ordinance Bans Late Night Stable Horse Rentals
A city ordinance in Chicago prohibits renting stable horses for riding from 11 PM to 4 AM, restricting late night equestrian activity within the city. The measure aims to curb disturbances and ensure public safety during overnight hours.
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Chicago
Awards Made To Boy Scouts At Philmont Court Of Honor
A court of honor at Philmont Boy Scout Ranch awarded numerous Second and First Class honors and merit badges to 150 scouts from the Llano Estacado Council after a week of hikes burro trips horseback riding and crafts. Leaders Lewis P. Fields J E Spann Garnet Reeves Jeff Wm Bentley Alfred Reese and others presided as boards of review.
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Philmont Boy Scout Ranch
Llano Estacado Council
Amarillo
Board of Review
Lewis P. Fields
J. E. Spann
Garnet Reeves
Jeff Wm. Bentley
Alfred Reese
H. H. Hiatt
Conrad Schreiner
Paul Boyer
Rev. M. J. Matthiesen
Sheridan Michell
Willis Goodson
Tom Monroe
H. C. Bennett
R. W. Norman
Walter Platz
Richard Evans
Jack King
Frank Weatherman
Curtis Lester
Ernest Huckaby
Edward Craig
Stan Pittman
Joe Saunders
Larry Einhaus
Norris Root
Clyde Root
William Lindsey
Bill Smith
Carl Jennings
Canyon
Jim Bob Rogers
Bob Joe Gordon
Gene Chambless
Monte Thomas
Don Lamb
Dalhart
Joe Allen Osborn
Charles Osborn
Weldon Morris
Wayne Morris
Gaylord Maurer
Tommy Lasewell
von Edelman
Lee Cranfill
Fprtana
Eddy Elliott
Donald Oldfather
Neal Carpenter
Jesse Curtis Lester
Leroy Ben
Cafe Owners School Ends With Ration Talks
The two day session in Potter County Courthouse discussed cafe operations under OPA rules. Officials from OPA explained point banking, accounts and shortages while cafe owners asked about actual food situations and overdrafts.
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OPA
Amarillo
William G. Williams
Oscar J. Walker
Joe H. Brown
Panhandle Restaurant Association
Quota Puzzles Farmer Greenhill About Slaughter Quota
Farmer Ralph Phillips of Greenhill questions the OPA rule on June slaughter quotas. He has a 1,000 pound quota and would need to kill about four and a half pigs to meet it, highlighting farmer concerns over wartime meat allocations.
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Greenhill
Mass
Ralph Phillips
OPA
Fish for cold cuts in Ithaca meat truck crash
Motorists and nearby residents scavenged a submerged meat truck in Taughannock creek after a front tire blew out causing the driver to lose control. Ration-free bologna and frankfurters drew crowds as they floated from the wreckage.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Taughannock Creek
Weekend Guests From Dalhart Visit Campbell Family
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell of 2800 Fillmore hosted over the weekend Mr. and Mrs. George Wells and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells, all of Dalhart.
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Roy Campbell
Fillmore
George Wells
Robert Wells
Dalhart
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