Stand ard Oil Chief Sees Progress in Butadiene Bottleneck
William Farish of Standard Oil (New Jersey) testified to a Senate subcommittee that progress has reduced the butadiene bottleneck in the U S synthetic rubber program. He said the industry can boost output to 15,000 to 30,000 tons monthly from make shift facilities, with plans for 13–14 tons daily by Oct and 30 tons daily by Nov, plus two company plants totaling 45,000 tons annually under an improved process.
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Washington
William Farish
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Senate
Farish
May
Department
Peoria, Ill
Russia
Mass Meeting For Housing Bears Fruit
Last night’s mass meeting in Municipal Auditorium yielded results with inquiries about Victory housing and living quarters for war workers, plus actual permits issued by the building inspector. More duplex and addition permits were granted, plus a $25,000 tank shop for Willborn Brothers. Amarillo plans permit 175 new homes as a defense area, with broader projects for temporary frame dwellings. Mayor Jenkins cited optimism from George H. Robertson of CertainTeed, while a 14-year-old injury update from Red Oak, Oklahoma reported fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Auditorium
Victory
Willborn Brothers Company
Amarillo
Wichita
Kans
Pryor
Okla
Ostrex advertised for over-40 vitality in Amarillo stores
An old advertisement urges men and women over 40 to take Ostrex claiming renewed energy and youth. It promotes tonics with tonics like calcium phosphate vitamins and stimulants, listing Cretney Drug and Walgreen's in Amarillo as outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Good Drug
Amarillo
Cretney Drug
Walgreen's
Needles Rush To Finish 80 Army Sweaters In Amarillo
Eighty Amarillo women knit sixty eight sweaters this week rushing to complete 80 U S Army turtle necks before Saturday. The local Red Cross chapter will pack 120 finished sweaters to answer an emergency appeal for 200 uniforms. Mrs A R Granberg Red Cross Knitting Room director says July rush foreshadows winter quotas including refugee sweaters and more for army and navy. To meet quotas new knitters are needed. Knitting Room operates 9 to 5 daily with instructors for helpers.
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Amarillo
U. S. Army
Red Cross
Army
A. R. Granberg
Potter County
Navy
Amarillo Wins Federal Rent Control Office Promise
Chamber of Commerce staff city officials and area residents celebrate the news that Amarillo will get a federal rent control administrator. A rent control area office will be established here August 1, fulfilling pleas from local leaders and officials including Col. E. C. Red Black and several business figures. The designation follows Amarillo being named a defense rent control area 60 days before June 28, meeting the March 1 rent freeze deadline.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Gene Worley
Washington
OPA
Potter County Primary Vote Totals and Civic Meeting
Potter County reported 5,606 votes cast in the Saturday primary. Eligible voters exceed 10,000, with 9,899 poll tax receipts and exemptions issued. The Democratic committee plans to canvass returns at 8 tonight in Chairman Stone's office in the Oliver Eakle Building.
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Potter County
Democratic
Bob Stone
Amarillo
Democratic Executive Committee
Chairman Stone
Oliver Eakle
Sex of Different Hue Get Man in Trouble
In Los Angeles on July 28 Frank K Hauser wore a different hue, his wife Adele said. She found a phone number and a woman who answered claimed to be Mrs Hauser Lois. Hauser was held for trial on a charge of bigamy.
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Los Angeles
Frank K. Hauser
Adele
Hauser
Lois
Johnson to Aid Allred in Texas Senate Runoff
Johnson expected to assist James V. Allred in the Texas U S Senate runoff against W Lee O Daniel after narrowly defeating Johnson in the short term race. He traveled from Houston where Allred is preparing for the campaign and previously coached Johnson in his early bid. Claude Wilde joined the effort with plans for further Texas support as Say Burn outlines possible visits by other Texas congressmen.
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Austin
UPI
Lyndon Johnson
James V. Allred
Allred
U. S
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Johnson
U.S. Senate
Houston
Texas
Johnson City
Claude Wilde
Texas Division
United Confederate Veterans
Camp Ben McCulloch
Kyle
Tex
Amarillo Police Return Lost Purse to Wisconsin Woman
A six week search by Amarillo police led to the recovery of Lucille Anderson Yahr’s purse and over $170 after a truck driver was reported to have found it near Third Avenue and Fillmore Street in Wisconsin. Police notified her by telegram, delivering the good news.
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Amarillo
Wauwatosa
Wis
Lucille Anderson Yahr
Raymond R. Yahr
Air Corps
Pacific Coast
Third Avenue
Fillmore Street
Amarillo Church Women Plan Morning Meeting
The Amarillo Council of Church Women will meet at 10 30 in the morning at West Amarillo Christian Church with a 12 o’clock covered dish luncheon to follow. A 9 45 o'clock board meeting precedes. Mrs. Geraldine Daniels will give the devotional and Wendell Henry will sing. Mrs. Joe F Coffee will discuss Christian Imperative or Living in the Present Age at the afternoon session. Newcomers and church women are invited. nursery will be open.
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Amarillo
Chinese Officials See Texas Election Explain Why Voting Happens
Two Chinese air corps officers visiting Amarillo could not understand the U S election system. Jim Lumpkin explains polling and selecting officials, while the officers compare Texas to China. Meanwhile about 200,000 Texans did not vote in the Saturday primary.
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Brandh
Mr. Lumpkin
Texas
China
Hubert Cole Asked To Aid in Quest
County clerk Hubert Cole received a letter from Mrs. Sarah B. Ross of Wink Texas seeking help locating her son R L Sinclair who left Wink to take a defense job. Anyone with information should contact Mr Cole or ask Mr Sinclair to communicate with him.
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Hubert Cole
Sarah B. Ross
Wink
Tex
R. L. Sinclair
Hong Kong Ghost Town Amid Famine and War Foresight
Louren do Marques reports from Portu guese East Africa on July 25 that Hong Kong, once the opulent pearl of the Orient, resembles a ghost town after the Pacific explosion. About 1,000,000 Chinese face starvation as famine pestilence and moral decay take hold while Japanese forces evacuate the poor to nearby districts, leaving 500,000 to depart or be moved with 1,000,000 still at risk in a worsening crisis.
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Lourendo Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Hong Kong
Riviera
Far East
Kwanetung
Kwangsi
Fukien
Dixie Drills Soldiers in Dance Steps
Dixie Dice conducts Monday night ballroom dancing classes for soldiers at the Amarillo Hotel, assisted by Jane Dice. From 8:30 to 9:30 p m last night a roomful of beginners learned a foundation step and progressed well under Dixies directions amid light humor and mixed dialects. Victory Command members and friends served as partners.
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Dixie Dice
Service Men's Civic Center
Dixie
Amarillo
Jane Dice
Victory Command
Tomorrow Deadline for Llano Estacado Scout Camp Registration
Tomorrow is the last day to register for the Llano Estacado Council Boy Scout Camp to be held August 29 at Philmont Scout Ranch. Council Executive Will J. Hiatt noted campers depart by bus from Union Bus Depot at 6 45 AM and arrive in Raton at 11 40 AM before transfer to the site. Total cost, including camp fee meals en route and round trip bus fare from Amarillo, is 19 05. The camp will be directed by Chester L. Dunlap, Field Executive Llano Festacado Council.
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Llano Estacado
Philmont Scout Ranch
Will J. Hiatt
Point Lodge
Cimarron
N. M
Boy Scouts
Waite Phillips
Tulsa
Okla
Life First Choices Of Soldiers Read At Civic Center
Soldiers at the Service Men's Civic Center in Amarillo browse Readers Digest Life National Geographic and Esquire as their top readings while a donated collection of 65 books covers subjects from Latin to practical law and bridge. Donors from Amarillo supply magazines and books for the center.
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Life
Service Men's Civic Center
National Geographic
Esquire
Culbertson
Amarillo
Amarillo Public Schools Announce Fall Session Start
The fall session for Amarillo public schools will begin Thursday September 3. Faculty start Tuesday September 1 with a general teachers meeting at the high school. Registration for junior and senior highs is September 1 at 2 pm through September 2, and elementary students register September 2. Classes begin September 3.
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Amarillo Public Schools
Charles M. Rogers
Vate Bombay
India
Mrs. H. N. Grannis Taken by Death
Mrs. Herbert N. Grannis formerly of Amarillo died recently in San Antonio after about four years of residence there. She worked in Montgomery Ward furniture here. Survived by her son Captain Herbert Grannis in the Panama Canal Zone, a grandson, several brothers and sisters. Husband died three weeks earlier. Burial held in a San Antonio cemetery.
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Herbert N. Grannis
Amarillo
San Antonio
Grannis
Montgomery Ward & Company
Capt
Herbert Grannis
Panama Canal Zone
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Jimmy Bernard
Red Oak
Highway 66
Vega
Northwest Texas Hospital
Wisconsin
Church Women Plan Meeting
H. V. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Bldg
Jenah
Denver
Harry M. Anholt
Beere
Lewis Nordyke
J. L. Adams
Waren
Taylor
H. N. Grannis
Germany
L.N. Pittman
Optometrist
Polk St. le Wih
Gilbey
Gilbeys
London
International
United States
England
Australia
Canada
National Distillers Prod. Corp
N. Y
Southwestern Bell
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