CAA Officials Evaluate English Field as Airport of the Future
CAA officials met in the Chamber of Commerce room to discuss English Field as Amarillo’s airport of the future. City Manager A P Hancock outlined a low cost expansion plan using a highway extension and rerouted Rock Island tracks to align with Fort Worth and Denver lines. The aviation committee chair Bob Stone led the talks with city commissioners and the manager in attendance.
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CAA
English Field
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Bob Stone
Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Chamber of Commerce
Hancock
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Denver
Requests for transport and personal ads in Amarillo area
Classified items include two soldiers seeking transport to Amarillo Field for a 7 A.M. shift, a man offering a watch dog, a woman seeking a small scale cooking job, a lost money claim, a bicycle recovery appeal, a cavalryman seeking riding companionship, a job seeker offering work, and a request for a country companion with driving ability.
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Amarillo Field
11Th Ave
Lost gloves and servant desire in town and country
A reader seeking work in town or country with a small family and vowing to be a good worker. Mrs Ola Barnes of Skellytown Texas reports lost white kid gloves on the San Jacinto bus and offers to pay for a replacement. A colored girl seeks servants quarters after 5 PM for work and housing at 210 A Madison Apt 1 rear. A purse theft in The Marion Store shoe department is reported with missing checkbook passbook and a $5 bill.
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Tack
San Jacinto
7161
West 6Th Ave
Madison
Apt
Hollywood box office digest highlights star falloffs
In the current Box Office Digest Hollywood critiques show big-budget films like Hitler's Children and Star Spangled Rhythm failing to produce star power. The piece notes audiences prefer entertaining quality over fame, cites Gary Cooper and others, and recalls memories and industry anecdotes about newcomers and adversity shaping careers. The author argues Hollywood must heed audience intelligence and fame is not a guarantee of success.
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Hollywood
All Pictures
Bonita Granville
Tim Holt
Paramount
Victor Moore
Eddie Bracken
Betty Hutton
Air Force
John Garfield
Harry Carey
James Brown
Gig Young
John Ridgely
Moscow
Walter Huston
Ann Harding
Sabu
Maria Montez
Jon Hall
Old Age Association Meets in Courthouse
The Texas Old Age Protective Association will meet at 2 30 o clock Sunday afternoon in the county courthouse. Chairman F W Zimmer man invites the public to attend for a nominal contribution of three one dollar bills. A No 1 ration book bearing Almira Jane Hannam s name and clippings of Lt Charles Mac Cox a soldier lost in a plane crash were among items offered in a plea for the return of a purse containing these mementos and a pass book ration card and pictures Maude Hardy of 9082 Polk Street appeals for their safe return believing they cannot be replaced and offering payment for recovery. France for many years fined any person who killed a mole.
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Texas Old Age Protective Association
F. W. Zimmerman
Almira Jane Hannam
Charles Mac Cox
John Dees Dies After Illness in Amarillo
John Dees 69, longtime Amarillo and Panhandle resident, died at 12 25 am in Northwest Texas hospital after a three week illness. Born June 29 1873 in London Kentucky, he moved to Texas at age 12 and worked in real estate. Survived by wife Cora Alice Jamison Dees. daughter Mrs C Atwood. five sons John Dees Jr Howard Dees Byron B Dees Herman J Dees Claude A Dees. Funeral at 4 pm Saturday in Boxwell Brothers chapel with Dr A D Foreman officiating. Interment Llano Cemetery.
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John Dees
Amarillo
Panhandle
Northwest Texas
Kentucky
London
Dees
Texas
Monroe Street
C. ©. Atwood
John Dees, Jr
Howard Dees
Byron B. Dees
Stamford
Herman J. Dees
Pampa
Claude A. Dees
Lubbock
Cora Alice Jamison Dees
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
A. D. Foreman
Howard
Paul
Walter Irvin
Melton Poling
J. N. Garretson
Ed Desh
A. A. Callahan
Llano Cemetery
Clean-Up May Be Next Week
Amarillo plans extend clean-up into next week with extra crews in the trash collection department. City manager A. P. Hancock says this year's collections are about 40 percent over normal as officials urge businesses to wait to place trash after 6 PM and to avoid piling empty cartons.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Burn's Bazooka Silenced By Union Protest
NBC reports Bob Burns used a bazooka on air but the American Federation of Musicians protested, saying it isn’t a musical instrument. No bazooka solo aired and the cast whistled the theme "The Arkansas Traveler" instead.
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Hollywood
Bob Burns
National Broadcasting Co
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians Union
Burns
Petrillo
Chicago
Musicians’ Union
NBC
The
Arkansas Traveler
Adagio Dancing Declared Hazardous In Ohio
The Ohio Industrial Commission ruled adagio dancing dangerous and awarded Janet Walker of Columbus $500 for facial injuries from a nightclub whirl routine. A fall caused a fractured nose and knocked out several teeth.
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Columbus, O
U.P
Ohio Industrial Commission
Janet Walker
Columbus
Herring Sold Below Regular Market Price
In Hingham Massachusetts a town law allows a committee to sell fresh-run herring at the stream side three days a week for 25 cents a dozen. The ancient rule requires sales on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays to any buyer.
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Hingham
Mass
U.P
Air Field Band Plays Tonight At Elwood Park
The First Air Forces Band from Amarillo Army Air Field will perform at 8 o clock tonight as the sixth summer open air concert at Elwood Park. The 32 member all soldier band conducts a fourteen piece program under Chief Warrant Officer Guy L Stone with Capt E Curtiss supervising. A community sing will close the event and audience requests will be played. bond booths are run by the Amarillo club and Staff Sgt Kenneth F Johannsen will announce.
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First Air Forces
Amarillo Army Air Field
Elwood Park
Guy L. Stone
E. ©. Curtiss
Kenneth F. Johannsen
Business and Professional Women's Club of
Amarillo
Wavell Said Appointed Viceroy of India by Germany
The German Transocean News Agency reported that Field Marshal Archibald Wavell would become viceroy of India and that General Claude Auchinleck would replace him as commander in chief in India. London did not confirm the Nazi report.
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United Press
Transocean
Archibald Wavell
India
Claude Auchinleck
Wavell
London
DNB
Amsterdam
Field Marshall Wavell
General Auchinleck
Joe Dodd Case Questioned Over Suspended Sentence
The 47th district court jury convicted the man known as Joe Dodd of hit-and-run driving. They sentenced him to 5 years and a $1,000 fine, both suspended. The DA studies whether the suspension violated law that limits suspending over five years and treats a fine as punishment.
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Joe Dodd
Prices fixed on imported items by OPA ceiling set
The OPA announced new ceiling prices for this district covering chitterlings at 17 cents a pound, hog snouts at 17 cents, lips at 16, ears at 18, oxtail split joints at 22, and udders at 7 cents a pound. Ceiling lists for all retail classes are available at the ration board.
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OPA
Ration Board
Evangelist Delafield Sets Free Address Tonight
Evangelist R. E. Delafield will deliver a free address titled Bridging the River of Death at 8 30 this evening. The event takes place in the big tent studio at West Ninth Avenue and Van Buren Street with no admission charge.
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Evangelist R. E. Delafield
Big Tent
West Ninth Avenue
van Buren Street
Japs Offer Reward For Aged Guerrilla Leader
The Japanese army offers 40 000 Peiping dollars or 300 000 Yuan for Madame Chao Yut Yang age 68 known as Mother Chao a Chinese guerrilla leader who commands 30 000 fighters and has fought since 1931 She led raids against Japanese convoys and aided the North East South Iron Blood Army during the Manchuria campaign with rewards also set for her son Gen Chao Tung
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Madame Chao Yut Yang
Mother Chao
Yalu River
Manchuria
Chao Tung
Peoples
Peiping
Chao
Gen
Jap Pilots in Debacle Were Greenhorns
Advanced South Pacific base reports the Japanese used a new aircraft flown by inexperienced pilots in the Guadalcanal battle, losing 77 planes and 12 damaged. Observers say Japan may be fielding a new plane to counter growing American air power as fresh American victories strain their reserves.
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South Pacific
U.P
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
Greenhorns
Japan
Rails Charged With Scheming to Build Monopoly
A. F. Whitney of the Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen testified before the National Railroad Labor Panel hearings on a proposed 30 percent wage increase. He warned that the railroads have earned vast profits in eight months and that a transportation monopoly could control the U.S. government and major national institutions.
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New York
U.P
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood Railroad
National Railroad Labor Panel
Whitney
United States
OPA Sets 30 Cent Quart Increase for Blended Whiskey
The OPA announced a 30 cent rise per quart in blended whiskey prices to cover higher costs of imported neutral spirits. The hike takes effect June 24, with added import taxes and costs potentially lifting retail prices by up to 30 cents a quart and 26 cents a fifth.
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Washington
OPA
Cuba
CPA
Carriers Resisting Rate Cuts and Wage Increases
Whitney characterized the carriers as unreasonable as a hungry alley cat with a hunk of raw meat as they opposed any reductions in rates and refused to consider wage increases.
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Whitney
Nurse Injured In Collision With Army Convoy
Bernatine Little a 21 year old nurse at St Anthony s Hospital was slightly injured this morning when a taxi struck an army convoy at Sixth Avenue and Polk Street. The cab driven by Whitman Prank Banner 611 A East Ninth Avenue was wrecked and the army truck had a sheared steering rod but the convoy moved on after a brief delay.
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Bernatine Little
Taylor Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Whitman
East Ninth Avenue
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417 North West Srd Ave
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Ola Barnes
Skellytown
Norae, Wiggins
Mariton
First National Bank
Jimmie Fidler
Gary Cooper
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Buffalo Bill
Alan Quartermain
Teddy Roosevelt
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Jeanette MacDonald
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Robert Cummings
John Barrymore
Lew Ayers
Ginger Rogers
Edward H. Griffith
RKO
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Martin
Atlanta
Bob Hope
Bobby Jones
Jones
Hope
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Corporal Jones
Old Age Association
Courthouse
Maude Hardy
France
Burn
Air Field
St. Louis
King
U. S. Field Artillery
John Phillips Sousa
Kela Bela
Cohen
Huffine
Hero
Chocolate Soldier
Alford
Air Corps
Chungking
Bruner Pharmacy
van Bruner
Globe-News
DR. I. J. Freid Ou
Zale
Plati- Duc le
Bulova
Chad
Jabel
Avalon
Polk
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