Victory Theater Sold to Hiram Parks of Lubbock
The Victory Theater at 511 Polk Street changes hands from Underwood and Ezell Theater Corp to Hiram Parks of Lubbock. Parks will assume management Sunday as plans remain undisclosed.
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Victory
Polk Street
Underwood and Ezell Theater Corporation
Dallas
Hiram Parks
Lubbock
Parks
Amarillo
Texas
Underwood and Ezell
Mary E. Fuqua Trust
Underwood and Eeel Company
Victory Theater
Underwood and
Fzell
Houston
Old Fashioned Car Jack Replaced by New Hydraulic System
Frank Sragal of Detroit unveils a hydraulic four jack car lifting system connected to a master cylinder operated by the brake pedal. A selector opens the inlet valve to lift the wheel, and a spring retracts jacks after use. The system is ignition locked and patents US 2444272.
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Washington
Frank Sragal
Detroit
Sragal
Record Growth For US Cities
Chicago report shows 298 U S communities expanded their boundaries in 1947 a new high mark up 15 percent from 1946. Dallas added 6477 acres leading a list of other growth leaders including New Braunfels Pine Bluff Rapid City Staunton Martinsville Portsmouth Greenville Beckley and more.
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Chicago
U?p
International City Managers’ Association
Dallas
New Braunfels
Tex
Pine Bluff
Ark
Rapid City
Staunton
Martinsville
Portsmouth
Greensville SC
Beckley
WvVa
No Place to Advertise Newark High Ad Ban Ruling
State beverage commissioner Erwin RB Hock ruled that high school publications in Newark New Jersey cannot carry liquor advertising in response to an inquiry. The decision restricts liquor ads in school outlets and affects local student newspapers.
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Newark
Erwin RB Hock
Five-Year War Plan For Aircraft Industry Formed
Defense Secretary Forrestal names a munitions board aircraft committee to police 3.198 billion dollars in 1949 budget contracts for a long term Army Navy Air Force air arm. Rear Adm. Pride chairs the panel which aims to reduce costs and avoid production lags through broad dispersion and readiness for mobilization.
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Washington
Defense
James Forrestal
Munitions Board
Air Force
Navy Air Arm
Congress
Adm
A. M. Pride
Oliver A. Echols
Aircraft Industries Association
Navy
Munitions Board Group
Army
Vacations Cost More as Travel Budgets Shrink in 1948
The Northwestern National Life Insurance Company reports travel expenses and gear have risen 20 to 100 percent since 1940. Cruises and transport costs surged with inflation and taxes, while luggage and gear like golf clubs and rods jumped sharply. Gas, tires, and mechanic labor also climbed, squeezing the traveler’s wallet.
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Minneapolis
New York
Nassau
Havana
Miami
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Black popcorn touted as whitest when popped
University of Illinois professor B L Weaver says the variety "African Dynamite" yields the whitest popped kernels. He notes popcorn texture affects popping sounds and quality, with too wet kernels banging and too dry snapping, while the right moisture yields better results.
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Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois
B. L. Weaver
Weaver
Wrestling Fan Awarded Damages Over Flying Bottle Incident
In Richmond Virginia Mrs Virginia G Cox won $1500 against promoter Bill Lewis after a flying whiskey bottle struck her head during a wrestling match attended by promoter Jimmy Coffield. The case moved to the state Supreme Court of Appeals as Lewis appeals his responsibility arguing efforts to keep crowds calm and that wrestling is not a tea party.
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Lewis
Kheer
Cox Shoul
Lost blouse from July 6 notice in dress shop item
A reader reports losing a short sleeve high neck blouse with peplum back made of printed silk with a gray black and blue green splash design on white. It was created as part of a dress project and the notice asks for its return.
Closing Stock Averages and Quotations Listed
The Amarillo Merrill Lynch office furnishes closing stock averages led by 30 Industrials at 121.33 down 2.24 and 20 Railroads. Utilities fall to B70 with a 20 decline. The list includes Air Reduction, Loews, Allied Stores, General Electric, IBM and many others with varied price quotes.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
New York
Amarillo
Merrill Lynen, Pierce, Penner & Beane
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report July 30
Cattle 2000 head calves 300 active steady with grass markets. Slaughter steers 26.50. cows mixed 20 to 29. Vealers and killing calves 28 and down. Hogs 1000 active uneven with 230 lb and down 29.25. 180-250 and 260-300 lb ranges 26.50 to 29.25. Sows 25-50 cents higher. Sheep 600 head light, killing classes steady. native spring lambs 28.9. med and good 25.90 to 27.50.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Prices July 30
Hogs sold 75 cents to $1 higher with top at 31.00 record high. weights ranged 170 to 475 pounds with varied prices. Cattle and calves mostly steady. steers to 41.00, cows 20.50 to 25.00, vealers 31.00. Sheep and lambs mixed with spring lambs up to 29.50. native lambs 28.50 to 29.00. Financial notes show Liquidating Fund at 1.93 to 2.12.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Women Roach Trappers Use Frank Buck Tactics
In Tuscaloosa Alabama Mrs Alice Mink 73 and daughter Mrs Bessie Camp 55 run a roach trapping business for fish bait using flashlights wire baskets and bare hands They claim to catch about 600 roaches nightly earning two cents each They search old houses and crack sites for prize roaches in a small family operation
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alice Mink
Bessie Camp
Trash Fire Alarm at Longhorn Log Lodges
Firefighters extinguished a trash fire near the linen room at Longhorn Log Lodges 801 North East Eighth. The alarm was reported at 12 08 PM Friday afternoon.
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Longhorn Log Lodges
North East Eighth
Withdrawal of Plat Asked for Murphy Subdivision
H M Hood Borger attorney filed in County Court a request to withdraw the plat and dedication of the Murphy Subdivision east of Amarillo after county commissioners granted plat filing but did not accept street dedications. They found mineral rights reserved by original owners cloud title, hindering loan access for future homes. The subdivision lies east of the East Amarillo addition extending north from North East Eighth Avenue.
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Murphy
East
Amarillo
H. M. Hood
Borger
Amarillo Addition
Eighth Avenue
Truman Plan Seeks Price Rollback to Curb Inflation
The Truman administration unveiled a 4 percent price rollback on essential living costs with a White House bill via Paul Porter. President Truman warned the plan will limit some profits and wages but aims to stabilize living costs at late 1947 levels. The economic advisers’ report cites defense spending and wage boosts as inflationary drivers and forecasts a one million extra workers needed for military and production needs.
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OPA
Paul Porter
White House
Porter
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Truman
Boxing double header set for Ebbets Field slate in September
The Tournament of Champions announced a boxing double header in Brooklyn at Ebbets Field likely on September 23. The world title bouts feature light heavyweight champion Gus Lesnevich versus challenger Freddie Mills and middleweights Tony Zale and Marcel Cerdan.
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New York
Gus Lesnevich
Freddie Mills
Tony Zale
Marcel Cerdan
Tournament of Champions, Inc
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Underground Water Of Plains Discussed
W. L. Broadhurst of the US Geological Survey told Amarillo Chamber of Commerce members that underground water behaves like surface water and must come from a source. He dismissed any underground river from the Rockies and noted no known underground flow. The talk opened a series to educate about the underground water problem, sponsored by the chamber's Natural Resources Committee. Cunningham chairs it.
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W. L. Broadhurst
Austin
US Geological Survey
Amarillo
Geological Survey
Broadhurst
Natural Resources Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
J. F E. Cunningham
Texas Ducks Season Choice in 1948 Rules Released
Secretary Krug outlines a 35 day duck season or two 14 day seasons for Texas with a bag limit of four ducks daily and eight in possession. Goose limits remain four per day with Canada or white fronted geese included. shooting hours set from half an hour before sunrise to one hour before sunset. opening day noon start. Dove rules unchanged. Dates to be set by the Game Fish and Oyster Commission.
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Texas
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Southern senators press constitutional challenge in talk fest
Dixie and 20 other senators from 11 Southern states opened the first round with Senator Stennis followed by Stewart of Tennessee. Stewart argued for 30 more minutes, then Maybank and Robertson were to speak, focusing on constitutionality and not race while noting the poll tax applied to whites and Negroes.
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Stennis
Vipmng
Stewart
Tennessee
Senate
Maybank
South Carolina
Robertson
Virginia
Tot Locks Door. Firemen Fulfill Rescue
Susan Vogler two years old locked herself in a second floor bathroom Thursday afternoon. The spring lock could only be opened from inside the room prompting a fire company from Sixteenth Street Station to ladder up and unlock the door. Captain L. J. Redus said the child did not cry.
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Susan Vogler
R. S. Vogler
Lincoln
Rear
Sixteenth Street
L. J. Redus
Police Seek Missing Boy Lee Shipp Reported Last Seen At Ellwood Park
Police search for 10 year old Lee Jackson Shipp son of Mr and Mrs R J Shipp of 1701 East Tenth Cabin 28. He left home Thursday evening for Ellwood Park and did not return. He is about four feet two inches tall with a slender build blue eyes and dark blond hair. He wore blue denim trousers and a green T shirt.
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Lee Jackson Shipp
R. J. Shipp
East Tenth
Navajo Freight Extends Lines to Key Southwest Routes
Navajo Freight Lines Inc has authority to take over Strickland Transportation Co motor freight routes from Amarillo to San Antonio and Amarillo to Tulsa. Traffic manager Glenn H. Smith says direct motor freight service now links the San Francisco Bay area with South Central Texas and Oklahoma. Navajo will also operate from Los Angeles to the same points and maintain terminals in Los Angeles San Francisco Oakland Gallup Albuquerque Santa Fe Roswell Tucumcari Denver Amarillo Wichita Falls Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Austin Waco Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
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Navajo Freight Lines, Inc
Grant
Strickland Transportation Co
Amarillo
San Antonio
Tulsa
Okla
Glenn H. Smith
San Francisco Bay Area
Texas
Oklahoma
Mr. Smith
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Gallup
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Roswell
Tecumcari
Denver
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Austin
Waco
Oklahoma City
Amarillo Choir Outshines Waring Group in Shawnee Show
Fred Waring granted permission for the Amarillo high school choir to travel by two special buses to Shawnee Pennsylvania. After rehearing, Waring urged a 37 minute performance and praised the choir as the finest high school group he’d heard. Combined with the pros, the event featured "Dry Bones" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" led by Waring and Mrs. Evans. The choir dined with Waring, then faced a late note about the St Louis Cardinals defeat of the Dodgers 9-6 at Ebbets Field.
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Fred Waring
Amarillo
Shawnee
Waring
Larry Hoggard
Amarillo High School
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Ohio State forms equitation department leader for saddlemen
Ohio State has launched an equitation department under animal husbandry and physical education. One of 38 schools nationwide, it aims to guide saddlemen to leadership. The Amarillo Horse Show begins 8 PM at Tri State Stadium running through weekend, proceeds benefit Crippled Children's Council.
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Ohio State
Kays
Amarillo
Tri State Stadium
Crippled Children’s Council, Inc
Will Rogers Range Riders
Amarillo Horsemen's Association
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Roach
Frank Buck
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Chaco
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Empire Pool
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Navajo Freight
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Pierce
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