Amarillo urged to build adequate postwar recreation program
Recreation officials led by Charles L. Juliana call for Amarillo to offer wholesome play and services for returning veterans and local youths. An open forum at the Amarillo Hotel invites citizens to discuss expanding city recreation, with support from the Recreation Study Council and publicity by Pinky Vineyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Charles L. Juliana
Juliana
Recreation Study Council
George Hammock
Esther Boulware
Roger Harris
Dorsey Smith
Ross Larsen
R. A. Selby
Jess Dearley
Pinky Vineyard
Beating Off Hijackers Old Story to Him
Lubbock June 22 U P W T Lamb 49 night attendant at a local gas station died from a bullet wound after beating off two hijackers A J Wright 21 and Winnie McKeever Garner 18 He described using a Judo hold oil can toss and gun butt blows to drive them away He fired twice at a fleeing car and survived prior incidents at a Childress station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
Wright
Childress
Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Relief Ad
An advertisement claims Kilmer Swamp Root clears backaches and urinary acidity by acting on the kidneys. It touts a 16 herb blend, promises quick relief, and invites readers to request a free prepaid sample from Kilmer & Co. Stamford, Conn. All druggists sell Swamp Root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department B
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Swamp Root
Attractive Hair For You From Cuticura Remedy
Thousands seek a simple economical method for nicer hair. Massage the scalp with mildly medicated Cuticura Ointment to stimulate circulation and loosen dandruff, then shampoo with Cuticura Soap. Buy at your druggist's.
Sulphurous compound for poultry health and egg yield
A drug product named Cretney Drug on Polk Street markets a sulphurous compound to add to water or feed. It claims to destroy intestinal germs and worms, keep fowls free of blood sucking insects, improve appetite and egg production, and cost little with a money back guarantee described as unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cretney Drug 600 Polk
Man defends filling station against two hijackers
A storekeeper at a filling station used a tire iron to subdue two hijackers until police arrived. He had told his wife he would always fight to defend his employer’s cash and not appear to steal from the business. In other news, Mrs Nellie Anderson and Mrs Fern Babb travel to New Orleans to visit Pat Babb Jr who is in training at the Naval Base Hospital. Miss Dolores Daniels leaves for a two week visit in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
Nellie Anderson
Fern Babb
Hayden
New Orleans
Pat Babb, Jr
Naval Base Hospital
Dolores Daniels
Lamar
Los Angeles
Cal
Survey Jobs For Disabled Amarillo
Amarillo veterans council asks 1 400 employers to identify jobs suitable for disabled workers. The mail gives a booklet The Peoria Plan for Human Rehabilitation and a form listing disabilities and quiet work environments. W B Gunn chairs the veterans job placement committee awaiting responses.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Council of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs Council
Peoria Plan For
Veterans Job Placement Committee
W. B. Gunn
Lumber executives arrested in nationwide black market
Seattle reports Oscar Olsen and H. R. Main of Northwestern Lumber and Shingle Co. were arrested on fugitive warrants from San Antonio for 85 counts of overcharges and three price ceiling violations. Side payments to their agent totaled over 50 000 dollars.
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Seattle
OPA
Bellingham
Wash
Oscar Olsen
H. R. Main
Northwestern Lumber and Shingle Co
San Antonio
Tex
J. Charles Dennis
U. S
Dennis
Texas Lumber Yards
R. D. Reser
City officials push recreation as youth program
The article argues recreation is not a cure-all for juvenile delinquency but, with proper leadership, provides youth with constructive use of leisure. It cites cities across Texas including Fort Worth Dallas Houston Austin Kilgore and El Paso endorsing “Pays to Play.”
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Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
Austin
Kilgore
el Paso
Texas
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Army and Navy
Mark A. Mecloskey
Office of Community War Services
FSA
F. S. Mathewson
Elizabeth
N. J
Question and Answer Department
Lubbock
Ross H. Larsen
Less
Polk ST
Gordon's Gin
Kinsey Gin
Gilbeys Gin
London
Dixie Belle
Berke Bros. Gin
Burton
Doc
Santa FE Railway
War Manpower Commission Stabilization Plan
United States Employment Service
Railroad Retirement Board
E. Fifth
Miracle Market
Schilling
Coffee Schilling
Armour's
OT Mesa
Pork & Beans
van Camp
Clorox
iMo
Jemima
Welch
Hi- Ho
Oxydol
C&h
Morton
Reer
Londonderry
Howard
San Francisco
Calif
Nancy Beth White
la Junta
Colo
B. S. Smith
Taylor
Marie Earle
Herbert
Bernard Montgomery
Boxwell Brothers
Ambulance Service
Dumas Perryton
Spearman
Firestone
Firestone Stores
State Chemical Company
Polk
Tyler
TWINS
Rinso
Daddy
Frten
Pattie Mattern
Jimmy Mattern
Lockheed
the Matterns
Brest
Dunninger
the Dunninger
NBC
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