Two Days Remain In Food Campaign
The UNRRA Emergency Food Campaign in Amarillo still seeks donations to reach funds for starving Europeans. Citizens have contributed $1 972 57 including milk bottle containers and bank deposits with coins yet to be collected from milk bottle drops in North Fillmore and North East Eighth areas along the Panhandle Highway. Edwin Previtt is city chairman.
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UNRRA
Amarillo
North Fillmore
North East Eighth
Panhandle
Edwin Previtt
Visiting in Houston and Canyon Ladies Aid luncheon
Mrs. George M. Waddill Jr and son Mike visit Houston to see Mrs Waddill’s parents and plan return by plane Wednesday after three weeks. The Trinity Lutheran Church Ladies Aid joined Canyon Ladies Aid for their annual Spring luncheon at Mrs Henry Miller’s home east of Canyon with forty members and guests.
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Houston
George M. Waddill, Jr
Mike
Washington
Ladies’ Aid
Trinity Lutheran Church
Canyon Ladies’ Aid
Henry Miller
Canyon
Modern Matrons Club Hostess Mrs Morgan Entertains
Mrs A B Morgan of 1118 Rosemont hosted a yesterday afternoon social for the Modern Matrons Club. Refreshments were served to Mesdames Ralph Orsburne Lawson Morgan Bill Files Ben R Beck and R T Bailey.
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Modern Matrons Club
A. B. Morgan
Rosemont
Ralph Orsburne
Lawson Morgan
Bill Files
Ben R. Beck
R. T. Bailey
Death of Gus Menninger reported from Amarillo to Denver
The death of 60 year old Gus Menninger occurred yesterday in Denver. He had lived in Amarillo for several years and worked as a traveling representative for Olds Motor Works and later as sales manager for a Toney Chisum agency. He also worked in Denver real estate. Survived by widow, daughter Inez en route to Denver, and two sons Gus Jr. in Denver and George in Chicago. Funeral time not announced.
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Gus Menninger
Denver
Inez
Amarillo
Menninger
Olds Motor Works
Toney Chisum
Gus, Jr
George
Chicago
Americans Rally With War Time Sprout Sign
American flyers in England display a wartime sign urging a forced move to be made with Brussels sprouts as a humorous protest against their diet during the war.
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England
States differ on vision tests for driving licenses
Only 29 states require vision screening before issuing a driver’s license. Policy varies by jurisdiction and may affect license validity and safety standards.
Smoky Joe Barnes Farm Round Up Newswire Notes
Vicarious living and farm roundups feature in this early broadcast item highlighting the Davia Sisters and News Trading Post coverage. The Western Jamboree and NBC programs list Maggie’s Private Wire and Archie Andrews among notable segments.
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Smoky Joe Barnes
Vicarious Living
Davia Sisters
Trading Post
News Variety
Early Birds
TQN
Maggie's Private Wire
NBC
Archie Andrews
Saturday Afternoon Radio Schedule Highlights and Guests
A compact listing of NBC and ABC afternoon programs with show times and guests including Bernie Howell Winstop Duzzitt 12 00 and Duke Ellington Entertains. Includes Let's Laugh NBC and Piano Playhouse ABC segments and a note on Roundup time.
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Man On the Street
Bernie Howell News
Winstop Duzzitt
NBC
ABC
Duke Ellington
Call Up Terminal Leave Bill Aims to Pay Furlough Funds
The House moved to pay about 15 million veterans an average 250 dollars for unused terminal furlough time, covering service since Sept 8 1939. The bill would base payments on sworn statements, tax exempt, with 120 day cap and cash payments only at discharge or for those out of uniform.
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Washington
House
Dwight L. Rogers
Robert L. Sikes
Florida
Senate
Army
Navy
Kiwanis Club Barbecue Planned for Monday Night
Downtown Kiwanians and families are invited to a John Snider barbecue starting at 6 30 Monday evening at the Glen Casey ranch 15 miles south of Amarillo. Tickets cost one dollar for adults with children admitted free. entertainment includes games.
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John Snider
Glen Casey
Amarillo
Weldon Wood
Lester Short
Ae Jackson
Hugo Loewenstern
W. H. Gattis
Harold S. Kelly Named Chapter Head in API Post
Harold S. Kelly of Bartlesville Oklahoma and Phillips Petroleum was elected chairman of the production division for the Mid Continent district of the American Petroleum Institute. District vice chairs include J R Evans of Tulsa Oklahoma from Stanolind Oil and Gas, J N Perkins of Borger Texas Panhandle, and H K Zoller of Wichita Kansas.
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Oklahoma City
Harold S. Kelly
Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
Mid- Continent
American Petroleum Institute
Oklahoma
J. R. Evans
Tulsa
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
Texas Panhandle
J. N. Perkins
Borger
Kansas
H. K. Zoller
Wichita
UNRRA Purchases Surplus Goods Worth 316 Million
By end of 1945 UNRRA reported purchases totaling 316 million dollars in U S and foreign military and other surpluses.
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UNRRA
United Sates
Amarillo seeks bids for earthwork paving and surfaces
Sealed proposals framed for earthwork and subgrade work plus concrete curb and gutter caliche base and quadruple bituminous surface or Oklahoma rock asphalt will be received by the City Secretary in Amarillo Texas until 8 00 P M June 25 1946. Plans and proposal blanks from City Engineer Stanton M Field at City Hall. Proposals must be secured with certified or cashier s check equal to at least 10 percent of the proposal as guarantee. City reserves right to accept or reject bids and waive informalities. City of Amarillo Texas By A P Hancock City Manager.
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Amarillo
Texas
Stanton M. Field
City OF
A. P. Hancock
Price Daniel opens Texas attorney general campaign in Amarillo
Price Daniel begins his race for attorney general with a kickoff in Amarillo. He is a Liberty publisher, former Texas House member and ex speaker, and a Army veteran with Pacific theater service. The race narrows to Daniel and Pat Neff Jr. with other candidates dropping out.
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Price Daniel
Texas
Amarillo
Price
Liberty
Texas House
Pacific Islands
Marines
Amarillo Field
Pat Neff
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a gentle blend of 18 herbs and roots that eases backache fatigue and urinary acidity. It claims many users find relief and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
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DR. Kilmer
Fire chiefs and volunteers save farmer barn in Salamanca
Passing motorists aided a farmer near Salamanca, saving his barn and an adjacent house. The helpers were Assistant Fire Chief Bernard Swanson and ex Fire Chief C J Beatty from Jamestown, Fire Chief Donald Sales of Lakewood, and George Blackstone of Lakewood, Bard College fire chief, returning from a fire chiefs convention.
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Salamanca
N. Y
Bernard Swanson
C. J. Beatty
Jamestown
Donald Sales
Lakewood
George Blackstone
Bard College
Nuevo Bridge Club Afternoon Play Ends in Close Scores
Nuevo Bridge Club members enjoyed an afternoon of play yesterday at the home of Mrs. George Barry on Fillmore. High prize went to Mrs. Art Young, second high to Mrs. Ray Hellman, and the traveling prize to Mrs. Perry Wheeler with other players including Mesdames E. S. Boswell James Walters Elton Thomas Lee McDaniels and the hostess.
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Nuevo
Aeschylus Killed by Eagle Dropping Tortoise Scene
Ancient tale reports Aeschylus the Athenian poet struck down when a tortoise dropped from an eagle’s talons and fell on his head in the sky above. The myth explains the method by which tortoises were believed to be broken open to drink their contents.
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Aeschylus
Albert M Hess Dies in Veterans Hospital at 59
Albert Monroe Hess of Amarillo died at 8 a.m. in Veterans Hospital after 16 months indoor. A World War I veteran and former Army Air Field supervisor at Liberal Kansas, he belonged to Hanson Post 54 American Legion. Survived by wife Nettie, four brothers Joe Paul Silas Hess and E R Hess, two sisters G R Baucum and Edd Rodgers. Body in N S Griggs & Sons Chapel. funeral plans incomplete.
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Albert Monroe Hess
Amarillo
Veterans Hospital
Army Air Field
Liberal
Kaw
Hanson Post No. 54
American Legion
Nettie Hess
Lubbock
Joe Hess
Paul Hess
Silas Hess
E. R. Hess
Groom
G. R. Baucum
Edd Rodgers
Claude
N. S
County Treasurer Heyser Returns Home After Pneumonia
L. D. Heyser county treasurer came home from Northwest Texas Hospital where he had been a pneumonia patient for three weeks.
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L. D. Heyser
Northwest Texas Hospital
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