War Production Board Sets Car Quotas for 1945 46
The War Production Board authorized 691 018 passenger cars to be built in the next nine months with quotas for 10 automakers. General Motors leads with 95 096 cars July 1 to Dec 31 and 190 192 in early 1946. Other quotas include Chrysler Ford Studebaker Hudson Packard Nash Willys Overland Graham Paige and Crosley, with a minimum 8 000 cars per period. Steel availability limits over ceiling production.
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Washington
War Production Board
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Ford
Studebaker
Hudson
Packard
Nash
Willys-Overland
WPB
Foran Receives Bronze Star for Heroic Action in Germany
Lt. William H. Foran of the 5th Armored Division Ninth Army earned the Bronze Star for organizing his crews and moving equipment to safety during a forest fire near American positions in Germany. He kept firing without a injury to any man while safeguarding guns and ammunition. Overseas 16 months, he has seen action in France Belgium Holland Luxembourg and Germany. He is executive officer of his battery and a Texas A and M graduate.
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William H. Foran
James Foran
Tyler
Germany
Foran
Fifth Armored Division
Ninth Army
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Texas A. & M
United States
FP. Sill
Okla
Camp Cook
Cal
Ft. Knox
Recreation Forum Promotes Citywide Program in Amarillo
Amarillo Recreation Study Council publicity chief Pinky Vineyard urges all residents to attend a June 28 open forum at the Amarillo Hotel to discuss a tax supported recreation program. Dallas parks director L B Houston will speak as Charles L Juliana of the Federal Security Agency notes recreation as essential as water, police, and education.
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Amarillo
Pinky Vineyard
Charles L. Juliana
Federal Security Agency
Julian
Municipal recreation program supports community needs
A civic piece argues for a city run recreation department covering drama, sports, arts, and youth programs. It asserts coordination with private agencies like Boy Scouts and YWCA, and defends funding from city taxes as essential for public welfare and comparable to police, fire, water, and sewer services.
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Municipal Recreation Department
Boys Scouts
Girl Scouts
YWCA
Boys Club
Williams Family Visiting Lards in Plainview
Mr and Mrs Neal Williams and their sons Coleman and Timmy of Plainview are visiting Mr and Mrs Edward Lard at 405 2 Taylor.
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Neal Williams
Coleman and
Timmy
Plainview
Edward Lard
Taylor
Visit Ter Darwin
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Darwin of Fort Worth are visiting his brother Ted Darwin at 1216 West Tenth.
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Ter
Darwin
Jimmy Darwin
Fort Worth
Ted Darwin
West Tenth
Mrs Virgil Stephenson and son visit Stratford
Mrs. Virgil Stephenson and her son Bill of Pantex Village are visiting her mother Mrs. Edgar Thornton in Stratford.
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Stratford
Virgil Stephenson
Bill
Pantex Village
Edgar Thornton
Navy D-Day Orders and Maps Weigh Heavy at 300 Pounds
The complete set of naval orders and associated maps for the D-Day operation is described as weighing about 300 pounds. The collection highlights the scale and importance of the naval planning effort behind the Allied invasion.
Mrs Jean Thornbrough Goes With Husband In Hondo
Mrs. Jean Thornbrough and Sil Pierce have traveled to Hondo to be with her husband who is stationed there.
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Hondo
Jean Thornbrough
Sil Pierce
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Graham Paige
Crosley
Dallas
Raymond Walker
Ruth
Nolan Whitlow
Otis Apartments
Oklahoma
J. L. Helen
Bonnie Jo
Dixie
Polk
T. W. Treadwell
Mountain Park
News-Globe
Casella
Postoffice
Cretney Drug
The
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Dra
California
Easy Rockers
Sears
Royal Ascot
Sata
Care Ae Sais
Kerr
Vox
Stander Mason Jars
Kerr Lids
Ber
Fed
Pennsylvania
Kerr Mason Jars
10Th
Polk, Amarillo
Talon
C. A. Craig
Monte and
Claudette
Cretney’s
China
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