Amarillo plan urged to attract new industries and clean streets
Civic leaders press a drive to recruit industries to Amarillo and finance factory buildings with a revolving fund of 100000 dollars. The plan targets Tyler and Ada as models, pledges exceed 30000 dollars, and a noon meeting at the Amarillo Motel invites community action to spruce alleys and curb speeding.
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Amarillo
Tyler
Tex
Ada Amarillo
Ama
Gene Kiein
Chamber 66
Amarillo oilman Shideler’s faith guided vast career in trucking
The article profiles Mr. Shideler born 1875 in Missouri who embraced a religious calling after repentance in a Bisbee coal bin. He toured many western fronts as a prospector and oil worker, later moving to Amarillo during oil booms and focusing on oil field trucking while promoting cleaner streets and youth reform messages through public screenings and spiritual outreach.
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Tackman
Dolio
Mr. Shideler
Johnson County
Shideler
United States
Colorado
San Diego
Cal
Bisbee
State
Arizona
Africa
Burkburnett
Wichita Falls
House Votes Hike for Postal Service Custodial Employes
June 8 House action approved pay raises for temporary janitors and custodial workers at the postal service. The plan sets $100 yearly increases after each year of service, still awaiting Senate approval. Funeral services are set for 4 PM tomorrow at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. E R Foster officiating. Pallbearers include W H Roberts ER Roberts S Pulley Emmett Grimes Herb O Willborn and T R Ratlif. Burial follows at Lano Cemetery.
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House
Washington
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
E. R. Foster
First Assembly of God Church
Senate
W. H. Roberts
ER. Roberts
S. Pulley
Emmett Grimes
Herb O. Willborn
T. R. Ratlif
Lano Cemetery
Burglars Target City Store In Early Morning Break-In
Police surveyed a city store after a break-in left a 410 gauge shotgun and a loaded 20 gauge shotgun. Officers spent three hours checking for intruders before opening, collecting fingerprints from tools, guns, and the safe.
Texan Resigns as Guatemala Ambassador for Truman
The White House announced President Truman accepted Edwin J. Kyle’s resignation as ambassador to Guatemala. Kyle, of College Station Texas, is dean emeritus of Texas A&M College of Agriculture. The brief dispatch notes his departure in Washington today.
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Guatemala
White House
Washington
Truman
Edwin J. Kyle
Kyle
College Station
Tex
Texas A&m College of Agriculture
Market News Briefs Include Airlines Stocks and Grain Table
Market notes cover airline, cable and power stocks with mixed data, grain prices in Chicago, and livestock results from Kansas City and Chicago futures. Highlights include airline shares, railroad and utility mentions, wheat futures at July and September quotes, and cattle hogs and sheep trading summaries from major markets.
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Amer ‘Airlines
Amer Cablear
Amer CaraPay
Amer Chain&e
Amer Locomot
North NatGas
North Pac RR
Gaspta
Engie Picher
Eastern Airfin
Sunray Oil
Sunray
Erie
Westingh
Interlake Iron
Siewert
Ager
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Amarillo Council Delays Safety Measures On Traffic Ordinances
Amarillo city council postponed tonight’s meeting delaying three proposed ordinances aimed at safer driving. Proposals call for trimming vegetation blocking sight lines and an auto check lane plus a Polk street traffic survey to reduce right turns at Sixth Seventh and Eighth Streets with cooperation from the highway patrol. Park Superintendent Miles noted about 50 obstruction sites and said residents cooperated in removal while he cannot order trimming.
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Amanuos Parevy Louncus
City Commission
Amarillo
Polk Street
Seventh
Eighth
Highway Patrol
Maynard Drake
Sixth
Pierce
North East Eighth
Aldridge
Miles
Storm Not Enough Grass Turns Yellow
Electrical troubles from a recent storm affected City Park area and Municipal Auditorium. Wires down and underpass pumps failed with many calls to city engineer, while a caller reported yellowing grass and asked for advice from park superintendent Mark Miles.
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Mark Miles
Municipal Auditorium
Bus Strike Continues as Arbitration Declined, Union Claims
Attorney William Smith reports the TNM&O refuses arbitration with a three panel board named by officials, and will not reinstate all striking operators. The union challenges charges against five workers amid calls for court trial. Smith condemns executive overreach and demands due process. A lighter note follows about Stanley Smith using a snapping turtle to clear porch elm worms.
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Tnm&o
Jester
Conly
Coke Steven- Smith
Smith
Fifty four girls attend Scout Camp session in 1940
Fifty four girls began their first two week Scout Camp session on Sunday night with leaders Lu Vinson and Jo Dandridge guiding counselors and chauffeurs. Parents will visit next Sunday from 4 to 6 pm and depart after the session ends Saturday June 19.
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Lu Ouida Vinson
Jo Dandridge
Betty Brainard
Betty Berry
Betty June Euler
Marilyn Meyer
Betty Boteler
Jerry Kirkwood
Dick Vanderpool
Gertrude Lockard
Lillian Vaughn
Nell Killough
Nancy Nichols
Donna Mase Anderson
Dorothy , Anderson
Theresa Becquet
Louise Campbell
Cynthia Carroll
Carole Cochran
Virginia Cunningham
Quincey’ Dickey
Carla Sue Ferguson
Margaret Fischer
Jean Gardner
Dolores Goetz
Sharon Green
Ray Ann Green
Eileen Gruber
Margaret Guide
Earline Handley
June Handley
Alynda Kay Hudspeth
Sharon Ann J. Hurt
Eileen Jacobson
Joyce Johnson
Ann King
Elaine King
Alice Ann Kimbrough
Ann Leslar
Pat Loflin
Martha Ann Mazurek
Dawn Nichols
Katherine Nussbaum
Carol O Brien
Wendy O’brien
Rowe Mary Palmer
Mercedes Paylard
Helen Quigley
Abeth Rietman
Strances Risdon
Shirley Russell
Scarth
Phyllis Schupp
Celine Beay
Adele Sherrill
D’ann’ Slaughter
Madelene Stone
Betty Joan Thomas
Nancy Thompson
Phyllis Wadlow
Sharon Washburn
Annte Webb
Janice Williams
Two Injured After Collision In Northwest Texas Roadway
Two in hospital after a crash near the Larsen home involved Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School student and another driver. Reid suffered a fractured arm and Don a compound leg fracture with facial lacerations. the other driver had minor injuries and was released. State Patrol reported both cars severely damaged.
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Ralls
Northwest
Texas
Elizabeth Nixson
Reid
Don
Allan Johnson
Larsen
Nicholson
Three Last Minute Democratic Entries Filings Near Deadline
Three late Democratic filings added three candidates to state races in Aillsboro. Denzel S. Whiteley a Houston electrician seeks governor. R J Robison a farmer from Austin runs for General Land Office commissioner. Jefferson G. Smith an Austin attorney seeks Associate Justice Place 3. Deadline was midnight last night with postmarked late applications accepted if mailed before midnight.
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Denzel S. Whiteley
Houston
General Land Office
R. J. Robison
Austin
Preme Court
Jefferson G. Smith
Democratic Executive Committee
Rail Unions Push for Regulation Changes in Two Regions
From suRT Worth and Passaic reports two national groups the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railroad Conductors announce forthcoming requests for changes in working rules. Deputy president 8 C Lush of the BRT cites paid two week vacations time and a half for Sundays and holidays higher night pay and wage equalization between the East and West as key aims. In Passaic a bystander incident details a man Antonio de Sirians knocked to the ground during a street scene near a dice game with injuries including a dislocated shoulder. Wyoming sheep population stands at about 2 911 000 head as of January 1 1946.
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Surt Worth
Wrom
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
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C. Lush
Cleveland
Ohio
Passaic
Antonio de Sirians
Furniture Men To Be Guests At Ranch Fete
Panhandle Furniture Association hosts its annual party Saturday June 12 at Bob Lindsey ranch southwest of Canyon. Rhea H. Owens notes event honors manufacturers and their representatives with Frank Jennings Ora Maxwell and others as officers and directors attend. Bob Lindsey Borger presides Texas Retail Furniture Association this year with Herbert Dill among high ranking attendees.
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the Panhandle Purniture Association
Bob Lindsey
Canyon
Rhea H. Owens
Frank Jennings
Berger
Ora Maxwell
Frank Heath
Lloyd Boxwell
Dumas
J. W. Hill
Borger
Texas Retail Furniture Association
Herbert Dill
Owens
WAA Mulls Surplus School Buildings Deals
Representatives from about a score of Panhandle school districts meet War Assets Administration official Ramsey at Amarillo Army Air Field to discuss surplus building allocations for area schools including Fittleter Boys Ranch Whittarral Wildorado and others.
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Panhandle
Mornan Ramsey
War Assets Administration
Amailo Army Air Field
Fittleter
Boys Ranch
What R
Jay and College
Seventh Day
Aacentist School
Amarillo
Borler
Eld
Ramsey
Division of
School Administration
Afflee O Grady Wilson
Potter County
Crosby County
Lawsuit Filed Over Injury Of 6 Year Old At Church Annex
Zale Spencer of Amarillo filed a $2,500 damages suit against Timmons Construction Co. alleging his son Charles Lee Spencer, 8, was injured after falling from a scaffold erected by the firm at the San Jacinto Methodist Church annex.
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Ull
Bey Sult
Timmons Construction Co
Zale Spencer
Amarillo
Charles Lee Spencer
San Jacinto Methodist Church
City Commission Meeting Canceled Amid No Scheduled Hearings
All city commissioners were in town and the planned meeting tonight was canceled. City Manager N V Moss stated no hearings or bids were set for tonight, so the session was called off.
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Ing Ie
N. V. Moss
Sharp Burial Rites Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for William Solo Sharp are planned for Wednesday. He died Sunday in his home at 1902 Fillmore. A native of Frankfort Kentucky, he spent most of his life there and in Florida before moving here 18 years ago to live with his daughter Mrs. J H Powell. Surviving relatives include three daughters, three grandsons and two great granddaughters.
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William Solo
Sharp
Fillmore
J. H. Powell
Frankfort
Florida
Powell
Frank Lee
Jacksonville
Fia
J. P
State Roll Call At University Enrollments
A report shows sisters represented among student enrollment at the University of Gee. The roster highlights female students and their programs across campus.
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University of Gee
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