Army Eyes Wind Tunnels To Test Up To Mach 10
Brig. Gen. Lawrence C. Cragie told a Senate subcommittee the Army Air Force plans five wind tunnels to test speeds up to 7,600 miles per hour ten times the speed of sound. He urged a permanent national air policy board and a $250 million annual R and D budget to sustain wartime air supremacy. The discussion touched on weapons and craft to be tested at extreme speeds.
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Washington
Lawrence C. Cragie
Army Air Force
Cragie
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
National Air Policy Board
7Ee
Amon
Mitchell
W. N
Gracie
Earl E. Marrs suffers accidental gunshot wound in hotel room
Earl E. Marrs, a wholesale fruit dealer with an office in the Western Building, 112 East Fifth, was shot in the arm late yesterday evening from a room across the hall in a downtown hotel. The occupant of the other room was Wilfred L. Moore of Brooklyn New York. The wound is not serious.
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Earl E. Marrs
Wilfred L. Moore
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mr. Marrs
East Fifth
Amarillo Building Permits Slacken This Week
Amarillo city records show only 32 210 dollars in building permits issued since Monday. Last week reached 97 350 dollars and the prior week 182 405 dollars. Four residential permits are listed including C A Thomas 1809 Fannin five room residence and attached garage valued at 6000, R A Ramey 4929 West Sixteenth five room residence and garage 5000, Cecil Wise 209 Florida four room frame residence 5000, Kenneth Coates 4814 West Eleventh five room residence and garage 6000. Colorado is noted as having the highest state average altitude 6800 feet.
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Amarillo
C. A. Thomas
Fannin
R. A. Ramey
West Sixteenth
Cecil Wise
Florida
Kenneth Coates
West Eleventh
Turn Down AFL as Bargaining Agents
Two AFL unions lost elections to become the bargaining agents for workers at Texas Star Broadcasting Co in Houston. The American Federation of Radio Artists and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers were the unions involved, and the National Labor Relations Board announced the results.
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Washington
U.P
AFL
Texas Star Broadcasting Company
Houston
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Radio Artists
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Thompson Rites Set for Tomorrow at First Presbyterian
Funeral services for Otho Thompson, director-manager of the Herring Hotel, who died yesterday morning at 11:45 in his hotel suite from a heart ailment, are tentatively planned for tomorrow afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church. He was 53. Survived by wife, a daughter Mrs. Billy Reaves of Greenville Tennessee, a son Charles T. Thompson of Amarillo, a brother Col. Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission, and a sister Mrs. Harold Hastings of Tulsa.
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Otho Thompson
Herring Hotel
First Presbyterian Church
Thompson
Billy Reaves
Greenville
Tenn
Charles T.thompson
Amarillo
Col
Ernest O
George A Hormel Dies Aged 85 Packer Founder
George Albert Hormel 85 a immigrant son rose from butcher boy to founder of George A Hormel Packing Co at Austin Minnesota in 1892 He retired as president in 1927 moved to California remained board chairman His son Jay C Hormel took over in 1926 and his wife Lillian B Gleason died March 23 at their home in Los Angeles.
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Los Angerbes
George Albert Hormel
Packer
George A. Hormel
Astin
Jay C. Hormel
Hormel
Lillian B. Gleason
Clayton Defends British Loan Against Jones Critique
Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton told the House Banking Committee that Jesse Jones is "100 per cent wrong" about the British loan. He argued the $3.75 billion credit is not an alliance but an open move that does not form a bloc or prevent others, countering Jones's assertion that the measure sets a bad precedent.
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Washington
William L. Clayton
Jesse Jones
United States
Britain
Clayton
House Banking Committee
Jones
Houston
Tex
Phrase about bilateral trading in a domestic atmosphere
A quoted remark contrasts a presumed understanding of bilateral trading with a claim that Mr. Jones lacks experience in international dealings. The speaker suggests Mr. Jones may not grasp cross border or global trade concepts due to a domestically oriented background.
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Jones
Selecting the Ring Finger Tradition in Ancient Belief
The third finger of the left hand was chosen as the ring finger because ancient people believed a vein ran from it directly to the heart.
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Lewis Caddell
Amarillo, Texas
N. van Buren
Warson
Taylor
Cal Farley
Fillmore
Winstop Duzzitt
WE Waver
Quick Service
Amarillo L. A
Pittman
P. O
Tay Pittnan
Lawrence
Bat's Liquors
Compton
N. Rusk
Colorado
Ealy
Gioeh
Francis W. Pritchard
First Presbyteran Church
Glendale
Cal
St. Joseph
SEARS
NT CO
Great Southwest
Bulding
Service
Rusci
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