Resignation at Amarillo Country Club prompts local move
Bill Garre has resigned after 14 years at the Amarillo Country Club and plans to work in Amarillo once a successor is found. The Garre family will remain in Amarillo, and friends express pleasure they will continue to live in the city.
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Bill Garre
Amarillo Country Club
Gerre
Amarillo
Garres
T. B. Jones
Satchel Paige
Kansas City Giants
Satchel
Dizzy Dean
Joe DiMaggio
Satchell Paige
Nazi Front Kills Russian Women Shield Marches
Moscow radio citing Pravda reports German troops on an unidentified front opened heavy fire and killed nearly 100 Russian women, some with infants, used as a shield. A witness said several women refused to advance and were mowed down, with tanks trampling survivors.
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London
Moscow
Pravda
Red Army
Scrap Metal Mining Drives Amarillo War Effort
Amarillo opens three scrap metal receiving stations at Maverick Club 206 Grant Street Salvation Army 503 Van Buren Street and U S O 701 North Fillmore Street to collect scrap for Uncle Sam. Citizens with over 50 pounds should sell to junk dealers as stations will sell and keep proceeds.
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Amarillo
Roy Greenhill
Potter County
Salvage Committee
Police Recover Stolen Truck and Wheels in Borger
Amarillo police recovered a Wichita Falls truck and Borger wheels stolen from a Borger night club. Three Wichita Falls youths were taken into custody but released to Borger police. A tire sold for 20 dollars. police warn about nighttime vehicle thefts in residential areas.
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Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Borger
Dale Lane
Vernon
Sid” Harper
Harper
Boy seeks yard work in return for pay
A 15 year old boy addressed as Tack offers to do yard work for pay. The note is signed by Jess Willard at 301 N Taylor Street.
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Tack
Jess Willard
Taylor Street
Hit and Run Victim Dies In Local Hospital
Jack Keener died this morning after a hit-and-run accident yesterday morning in the 3400 block of North East Eighth Avenue. He was struck while bicycling to Rudy Bauman Station at Eighth Avenue and Tyler Street. He leaves a wife and a Kansas-based brother en route. funeral arrangements pending arrival. No arrests have been made.
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Jack Keener
Kansas
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Mr. Keener
Eighth Avenue
Rudy Bauman
Tyler Street
Witnesses Sought in Fatal Hit Run on North Fast Eighth
Authorities seek witnesses to a hit and run that fatally injured Jack Keener of 112 North East Second Avenue yesterday on North Fast Eighth Avenue. Captain Polk Ivy of the highway patrol says witnesses are certain. Keener died this morning at a local hospital.
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Eighth Avenue
Jack Keener
North East
Second Avenue
Texas State Highway Patrol
Potter County Sheriff's Office
Amarillo Poice Department
Polk Ivy
Highway Patrol
Ivy
Keener
Seek To Boost Milk Supply In Amarillo Milkshed
Amarillo health unit dairy inspector Ted Ratcliff says he traveled over 1400 miles in a week to recruit producers and extend the milkshed. Graded milk now arrives from Clinton Oklahoma to Lubbock, with daily flow over 6000 gallons. He notes demand will rise with more civilians and soldiers arriving and urges expanded production to keep up.
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Amarillo
Ted Ratcliff
Clinton
Okla
Lubbock
Fire Sweeps Grassland Destroys Ranches and Livestock
A large grassland blaze between Voss and Valera yesterday and last night destroyed about ten sections of grass land one automobile a barn fences and livestock. Ranchers from across the county used wet sacks to battle the fire which was blamed on a passerby tossing a lighted match.
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Coleman
Voss
Valera
Germans Raid Suez Canal Mission Reported by Berlin
German high command said an overnight air raid hit Suez Canal port installations including quays and fuel dumps and damaged ships. A raid on an airdrome west of Alexandria and air bases at Balta led to extensive fires as German and Italian planes carried out the strikes.
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Berlin
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Balta
Bond Sticker Blots Out a Swastika
A large Texas wall map used by a coal company to promote bond sales bore a tiny swastika mark. Bank staff found it fused with a Buy War Bonds sticker, covering the symbol.
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Texas
American National Bank
Amarillo
A. Hitler
Dorothy Wagerle
Baok
Texas Guard Inspections Highlight Amarillo Visit
Maj. K W Linde of the Adjutant General's department toured Amarillo units of the Texas Defense Guard. He praised Company C as well trained and urged enlistment as several companies were under strength. He noted arms are provided and sub machine guns soon will be issued.
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K. W. Linde
Adjutant General’s Department
Austin
Amarillo
Texas Defense Guard
High School
Borger
Dalhart
Linde
Sam Davis
A. Petersen
Water May Be Rationed Here If Rain Delays Supply
Amarillo faces possible water rationing within two weeks if rain does not restore supply. Pumping has run near capacity for over a month at Palo Duro plant and McDonald site with delivery constraints. City crews plan test wells near McDonald to seek new sources as a conservation focus is urged.
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Amarillo
Palo Duro
McDonald
Canyon Highway
Amarillo Army Technical School
Ridgemere Boulevard
Flushing
Air Force School
City Water Department
McDonald Site
Officers Training School Planned at Camp Mabry
Major Linde announced an officers training school to be held September 13 to 19 at Camp Mabry in Austin. An attendance of 600 to 700 men is expected.
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Sherman
United States
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Linde
Camp Mabry
Austin
Nurito Quick Relief for Rheumatic Pain Promises Guarantee
Thousands of sufferers praise Nurito for fast relief from rheumatism sciatica lumbago neuraglia and neuritis. The ad assures no opiates and a money back guarantee if the first three doses fail to relieve pain, urging readers to ask their druggist about Nurito now.
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Nurito
Plane Crash Kills Cadet Afton L. Smith Near Phoenix
Cadet Afton L. Smith son of Mrs. Marie Session 716 West Seventeenth Avenue was killed in a twin engined army training plane crash four miles northeast of Williams Field near Phoenix Arizona An instructor Recond Lieutenant Don R Toland of Los Angeles was seriously injured Neither occupant attempted to parachute and piloting duties are undetermined Cadet Smith was due to complete training and receive his wings soon.
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Afton L. Smith
Marie Session
West
Seventeenth Avenue
Phoenix
Ariz
Don R. Toland
Los Angeles
Williams Field
Phenix
Publc
Smith
Chinese Counter Attacks Gain Ground in Kiangsi and Hupeh
The Chinese High Command reports progress in Kiangsi Province as counter-attacks push forward. Chinese forces in Hupeh repulse all Japanese thrusts against the Ta hung Mountains, according to official dispatches.
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Chungking
Kiangsi
Hupeh
Tahung
Amarillo Officials Invited to NYC Training Conference
Col. E A Simpson and other Amarillo Chamber of Commerce officers are invited by Donald M Nelson WPB chief to a two day training conference starting August 11 at Hotel Pennsylvania New York City. A telegram from WPB chairman explains a new classification system for tracing end use of essential materials to aid allocation of priorities. The conference aims to detail the new system and urges Amarillo attendance.
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Col. E. A. Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Donald M. Nelson
Pennsylvania
New York City
War Production Board
FASTEETH denture powder promises secure, comfortable wear
A denture powder called FASTEETH is advertised to keep plates firmer and more comfortable with no gummy taste. It is described as alkaline and odor neutral, claiming no nausea. The ad suggests purchasing FASTEETH at drug stores to prevent slipping or wobbling during eating, talking, or laughing.
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Darling
Harry Sobol
Evelyn Brockman
Manhattan
Denver
Baltimore
Dallas
Detroit
Chicago
Lulu Costantino
Pat
Jackie
Leslie
Pete
Lulu
Mr. Costanino
United States
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Ddaniel
O'Daniel
Dan Moody
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Tobruk
U.S
Englister
Sloan Howe
John McGehee
Wayside
Hitler
Germany
Mr. McGehee
Cordelia Stewart
San Jose
California
Grandpa
Washington
Iraq
Syrma
High Command
English Channel
Bettie Beynon
Polk Street
India
Hugh Sticklel
Optometrist
United States Field Artillery
Ted Lakey
Ted Lokey
Bond
Texas Guard
Nelson
Zale's
Polk
Troy
The
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Tyler
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