Housing plan outlined to aid war workers in Amarillo
A regional meeting of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will outline efforts to make all housing facilities including private bedrooms available to war workers. Rex Baxter said demand outpaces supply as housing and rent control concerns surge. committee members from city, county, railroads, health, and military institutions will attend.
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Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Polk Street
Oscar Har Gett
John Winters
George H. Robertson
Certain-feed Products Corporation
H. C. Vincent
W. M. Gray
T. V. Helmecamp
H. G. “Frosty” Hamrick
M. L. Fuller
City Health Unit
W. B. Thomas, Jr
Charles A. Wolflin
Hal Brown
Earl O'Keefe
Wade Brymer
A. A. Meredith
E. C. Black
Air Force School
P.S. Irvine
Pantex Ordnance
J. E. Cunningham
Herb Budke
Erwin Ochsner
Charles M. Rogers
George Nussbaum
F. A. Wells
A. N. Olver
Harry Daily
Chamber of Commerce Directorate
Canyon
Regional Housing Committee
Doctors Report To Exam Board Amarillo Panel
Amarillo and Panhandle doctors dentists and veterinarians report today to the Texas Medical Officers Recruiting Board to determine value to community or armed forces. The board will exam and commission eligible professionals, with age limits 37 for dentists 45 for doctors and up to 55 for doctors possible. Eligibility decided by the local procurement board.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas Medical Officers Recruiting Board
Dr. R. A. Duncan
Amarillo Building
Officers Study Vice Conditions At FBI Conference
Vice conditions near army camps to be studied at the FBI quarterly police conference on July 14. Dr Sam K Broyles will discuss venereal diseases. A P Kitchin of Dallas, special FBI agent, will lead the meeting with all local law officers urged to attend. May Act phases to be studied.
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FBI
Sam K. Broyles
A. P. Kitchin
Dallas
Defense Stamps Demand Prompt Action For Cars Tomorrow
Federal tax stamps are due for all cars tomorrow. Amarillo drivers bought 2500 stamps at the U S post office by noon today. Those without stamps face fines but stamps may be bought any day. Defense literature and posters are available at Civilian Defense 607 Taylor Street. Coast Guard recruiting office to ship first monthly group to Fort Worth tomorrow.
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Amarillo
U. S
James Ely
Office of Civilian Defense
Taylor Street
Fred de Coster
The
Coast Guard Recruiting Office
Fort Worth
Two Holiday Weekend Planned Here in Amarillo
Merchants in Amarillo announce a two holiday period for Independence Day and Sunday. Stores closed for the Fourth of July may keep Saturday hours on Friday. Gordon Morrison of Amarillo Credit Association notes some groceries will close while others stay open and urges patrons to check hours before Saturday.
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Amarillo
Gordon Morrison
Amarillo Credit Association
Mr. Morrison
Youth Day at Draft Board During Selective Service Registration
Youths aged 18 to 20 gather at Potter County draft board on Sixth Avenue and Taylor Street for Selective Service registration. Registrants arrive steadily with short lines as younger men show more focus, aided by Junior Chamber of Commerce members.
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Draft Boards
Sixth Avenue
Taylor Street
Potter County
Draft Board
Local Employment On the Increase
Local employment rises with 170 applications for Social Security cards on Monday. L. E. Bradford reports business climbing since May 15 as the office welcomes over 800 visitors weekly and 856 applications were filed last week.
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L. E. Bradford
Potter County Fights June Bond Quota Shortfall
Potter County must buy 274 320 dollars of War Bonds and Stamps today to meet the June quota. Total for month reached 288 780 with 20 587 50 spent in Potter County Monday. Amarillo faces potential failure if it misses today's June quota marking first since quotas began. July's quota equals June's.
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Potter County
Amarillo
United States
Daylight billfold theft reported at city service station
Floyde Garwood of the F. R. Garwood service station on Washington Street reported a daylight theft of a billfold containing about $7 in cash and two checks. He said the billfold was taken from the station while he was outside and the two checks have been marked as unpaid by police.
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Floyde Garwood
F. R. Garwood
Washington Street
City Hall Tax Counter Looks Like Dollar Day
Crowds at the tax department counter gave the city hall a dollar day feel. Today is the deadline for paying the last half of city taxes under the installment plan. Mail payments postmarked by midnight will be accepted without penalty.
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Tax Department
German parachute troops moved to Greece amid Near East invasion fears
Reports from Europe say thousands of German parachute troops were rushed from Sicily to Greece for a possible air invasion of the Near East if the Axis offensive in Egypt stalls due to weather or British reinforcements west of Alexandria.
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London
Europe
Sicily
Greece
Near East
Egypt
Alexandria
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New York Stock Exchange
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Pierce, Fenner & Beane
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Allis Chalmers
Armour & Co
At& Sbf
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Studebaker Stand
Texas Corporation
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Tyler
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City Hall
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Uncle Sam
America
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Fifth Ave
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