Cattle Trade Rebounds After Rail Strike Disruption
Cattle trading in Amarillo markets recovered from a shaky start last Monday as bidding firmed through the week. About 2,850 head moved through two rings, Panhandle Livestock Commission and Amarillo Livestock Auction, with top steer, heifer, and calf prices at 16 dollars. Receipts totaled 1,750 Monday, 750 Tuesday, and 350 Thursday at Panhandle.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Livestock Commission Company
Amarillo Livestock Auction Company
Livestock Auction Company
Chavez Elected Chairman of Senate Post Offices Committee
U S Senator Dennis Chavez was unanimously elected chairman of the Senate committee on post offices and post roads. Two colleagues sent congratulatory telegrams praising his service and the honor of the position.
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Chavez
Senate
Albuquerque
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Dennis Chavez
Senate Committee On
Kenneth E. McKellar
Pay Increase Debate Grows in Senate Over Draft Extension
President of the Senate debate centers on boosting servicemen pay to lure volunteers while considering the draft extension for a peacetime force. Gurney backs up to 30 percent raises. House measure favors 50 percent for a private. Volunteer enlistment slips as draft renewal looms with June 30 expiration.
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Senate
Gurney
South Dakota
House
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Congress
Army
Red Cross Recreation Worker Takes Job at Amarillo Field
Miss Goldie Holwerk of Helena Arkansas arrives from Fort Riley Kansas to serve as Red Cross recreation worker at Amarillo Field. A 33 month veteran of overseas Red Cross duty she replaces Miss Cathryn Mallory who had been here two months. Holwerk previously led the Red Cross hospital recreation program for 14 months in Saipan and earlier held a similar post in the Canal Zone.
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Goldie Holwerk
Helena
Ark
Fort Riley
Kan
Red Cross
Amarillo Field
Miss Holwerk
Cathryn V. Mallory
Saipan
Red Cross Hospital
Canal Zone
FBI recovers bonds from Los Angeles bank theft
The FBI reports recovery of $20,000 in U.S. government bonds from a May 2 theft at the Bank of America in Los Angeles. Special Agent in Charge E. E. Conroy says two Bronx men have been arrested on National Stolen Property Act charges.
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U. S
Bank of America
Los Angeles
E. E. Conroy
FBI
Conroy
W. C. Allen Elected President of Tax Assessors-Collectors
Corpus Christi businessman W. C. Allen was elected president of the Tax Assessors-Collectors Association of Texas at the Dallas meeting. The 1947 convention will be in Galveston. George F. McCullar was named secretary treasurer with W. F. Drury and Ralph T. Agar elected first and second vice presidents.
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W. C. Allen
Corpus Christi
Tax Assessors-Collectors Association of Texas
Galveston
George F. McCullar
Kingsville
W. F. Drury
Franklin
Ralph T. Agar
Brownsville
Amarillo Post Office Receipts Decline in May
Post Office receipts for May totaled 57,614, down from 57,696.67 in April. The drop includes a month to month decrease of 82.67 and a year over year slide from 62,769.59 in 1945. W D DeGrassi attributed the change reported yesterday.
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Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
Army to recruit German shepherd dogs for K-9 corps
The War Department announced the Army will purchase an undisclosed number of German shepherd dogs to replace war dogs loaned by owners and demobilized, expanding the wartime K-9 corps.
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Army
Washington
War Department
McKee Re-enlists Three Years for Occupation Duty
June 1 1945 Conlen notes C G McKee son of Mr and Mrs Babe McKee served on the Western front as a paratrooper. After V E Day he returned home and now reenlists for three years returning to Germany for occupation duty to help win the peace.
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C. G. McKee
Babe McKee
Western Front
Germany
Agriculture Secretary Endorses Fernandez Albuquerque
Agriculture Secretary Clinton P. Anderson former New Mexico congressman endorses the return of A. M. Dez to the U.S. House of Representatives in Albuquerque.
State Official Dies in Brenham At 83
John D. Hedick 83, longtime employee in the Texas general land office under seven land commissioners, died Friday in Brenham while visiting a son. The funeral was planned for this afternoon.
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Austin
John D. Hedick
Texas General Land Office
Brenham
Swarm of Texas gubernatorial candidates matches record
Thirteen Texans seek the governorship as a record field, with Gov. Stevenson bowing out. The likely slate lists Minton, Brown, Burks, Jes ter, Sadler, March, Smith, McNutt, Sellers, Rainey, Hutchinson, Brinkley, Turner, and more, with campaigns launching in Sherman Denison Sulphur Springs Waco Nacogdoches Corsicana.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Coke R. Stevenson
W. J. Minton
Sherman
William V. Brown
Texarkana
A. J. Burks
Odessa
Beauford H. Jester
Corsicana
Jerry Sadler
Longview
Case March
Waco
John Lee Smith
Throckmorton
Walter Scott McNutt
Jefferson
Grover Sellers
Sulphur Springs
Homer P. Rainey
Austin
Charles B. Hutchinson
Dallas
Lloyd Brinkley
Baytown
Reese Turner
Cameron
Dr. Rainey
Ball Park
Sherman and
Denison
Sellers
Smith
Sadler
Nacogdoches
Jester
March
Dalhart Begins Postwar Paving Program
Dalhart launched a paving program directed by Tommy Morris and city engineer Sam E. Killen. The project uses asphalt topping on caliche base with optional curb and gutter for property owners. About 30 blocks are planned this season.
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Dalhart
Tommy Morris
Sam E. Killen
Mrs Blair Rites Set for Tomorrow
Bertha Mae Blair 43 died in St. Anthony's Hospital after seven years in Amarillo. Survived by Parker Blair husband Marvin Joy Sue Nita Dawn daughter brothers Jimmy LaRue C O LaRue Jr sister Jack Stone Kelly, with services by R L Colley at Blackburn-Shaw Chapel and Llano Cemetery burial.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
North Taylor
Blair
Amarillo
Parker Blair
Marvin Blair
Joy
Sue
Nita Dawn
Jimmy LaRue
Etwater
C. O. LaRue
Cruces
N. M
Jack Stone
Sylvester
Ye Kelly
Blackburn-Shaw
R. L
Service Station Robbery Described as a Nasty Night
Houston report recalls a late night robbery at a filling station by W. D. McWilliams recounting a black suspect who entered after midnight, spoke of the nasty night, produced a pistol, robbed the cash register of $11, and quipped again about the weather as he fled.
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Houston
W. D. McWilliams
McWilliams
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