No Ceiling on Club Calves in Amarillo Show
Amarillo Fat Stock Show buyers of 4 H and FFA club calves may bypass OPA ceilings with permits. Calves can be bought above 1625 per hundred and slaughtered without counting against the slaughterer quota if the owner surrenders ration points. Potter County agent A P Bralley authorized to certify animals and issue permits.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
OPA
Dallas
W. D. Swigart
Foods
Chansler Weymouth
Potter County War Price and Rationing Board
Potter County
A. P. Bralley
Calf Certification Rules Under OPA Guidelines
Bralley will issue certificates required at purchase with his signature to validate them. Charity resales are exempt from OPA restrictions. When calves are sold commercially the OPA rules apply immediately.
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Bralley
OPA
City Flag: Amarillo's 42x28 Foot Banner Becomes National Landmark
In The Municipal Signal Engineer January February issue, Jack J. Coffee reports Amarillo’s 42 by 28 foot Old Glory claimed as the nation’s largest. The flag, hoisted for Mother in Law Day 1938 and Mrs. Roosevelt’s visit, required six men and was made by the Red Cross. Glenn L. Bowen kept it until his death in 1942. A photo shows the flag on Polk Street. The issue also notes Amarillo’s first signal cable burn out on January 12, 194? cutting downtown lights from 7 to 10 AM.
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Amarillo
Municipal Signal Engineer
New York City
International Municipal Signal Association, Inc
Jack J. Coffee
City Electrician
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Red Cross
Glenn L. Bowen
Polk Street
Amarillo High School appoints five member scholarship committee
Principal R B Norman names five Amarillo High School faculty to form a scholarship committee. Chairman is Mrs C C Walden with J Wayne Middleton Mrs Gervis Taylor Mrs W A McDavid and Miss Dorinda Bond assisting to review requirements and administer tests for students applying for scholarships offered by colleges and universities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Prin. R. B. Norman
Amarillo
C. C. Walden
J. Wayne Middleton
Gervis Taylor
Potato pulp transforms into plastic insulator and wallboard
A potato pulp process yields a plastic suitable for insulation and wallboard material. The innovation points to sustainable use of agricultural byproducts and potential new building materials.
Luzon Plains Recall Texas for Pvt Flores in Luzon
Pvt Teodora S. Flores of Amarillo recalls Texas plains after a year in dense Luzon jungles. The Price College graduate and Fort Worth & Denver employee, inducted May 1943, gazes at rice paddies and grazing cows, saying Luzon makes him feel closer to home. Also in the 112th Cavalry on Luzon is Pfc Claude L. Martinez, son of Claud Martinez.
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Teodora S. Flores
Amarillo
Texas
Luzon
Flores
Price College
Mariana Flores
Arthur
Maria Flores
Luzon Fertile
Fort Worth
Denver
112Th Cavalry
Claude L. Martinez
Claud Martinez
Garfield
Safety in Home lessons begin at YWCA
A six session Safety in the Home course starts at the YWCA 501 Lincoln led by the local Red Cross chapter. The program spans 12 hours over six two hour sessions with Tuesdays and Fridays set. certificates awarded on completion and an advanced study will follow. Mrs. L V Dorsch chairs the Red Cross safety program. Jurors are dismissed from county court with another panel called for March 20.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Lincoln
American National Red Cross
L. V. Dorsch
Red Cross
E. O. Northcutt
School Census Taking Starts in Amarillo District
Scholastic census takers report solid progress as Mrs. W D Westbay directs detailed counts of children aged six to eighteen. Each uncounted child costs Amarillo schools 29 dollars in state funds, per superintendent Charles M Rogers. The district lists about ten thousand names from last year and will compare this year’s data to last year, reporting to the State Board of Education by July 1. Surplus funds allow 29 dollars per child this year, up from 25 dollars previously.
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W. D. Westbay
Tyler
Amarillo
Charles M. Rogers
State Board of Education
Veterans Saling to Interview Amarillo Area Applicants
Veterans in Amarillo and nearby counties may discuss federal employment rights with Thomas W. Saling regional representative of the U S Civil Service Commission. He will hold a conference at the Herring Hotel March 8 9 with veterans groups and officials and explain new veterans preference provisions including employment of disabled veterans.
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Amarillo
Thomas W. Saling
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Mr. Saling
Herring Hotel
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Saling
Congress
Schools af War Flag Flies at Nixson School
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School becomes the first Amarillo school to receive the Schools at War flag for high wartime participation. The school posted 97 percent attendance in bond drives and salvage work last month, earning the flag for March after missing the target in December and January.
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Nixson School
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High
Elizabeth Nixson
Amarillo
Elizabeth Nixson School
Ross Larsen
Anniversary Observed By Amarillo Girl Scout Troop 35
Some 1? members of Amarillo Girl Scout Troop 35 gathered at Mrs. J. A. Killough's home to mark five years in Scouting. The Brownie group formed in third grade now features junior high students led by Mrs. O. M. Oliver. The party featured songs skits and an awards ceremony for mothers in attendance.
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Amarillo
O. M. Oliver
J. A. Killough
Polk
Civil Service Seeks Washington Area Administrative Jobs
The Tenth U S Civil Service Region seeks administrative and executive officers to help dispose of surplus property renegotiate contracts and manage personnel. Most jobs are in Washington DC with higher pay brackets. Submit records of administrative and personnel experience to H M Timmons room 21 post office building for full particulars.
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U. S. Civil Service Region
Washington, D. C
H. M. Timmons
Post Office Building
Welfare workers to attend state institute in Austin
Potter County child welfare director Miss Louise Blackwell and staff members Mrs Rosemary Kollmar and Mrs Nancy Petruccione will attend a state child welfare institute in Austin next week. They return March 12. The local office stays open. Dr. James S. Plant of Newark New Jersey will conduct the program.
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Louise Blackwell
Potter County
Rosemary Kollmar
Nancy Petruccione
Austin
James S. Plant
Essex County Juvenile Clinic
Newark
N. J
Miss Pavillard Seeks WAC Medical Technician Service
Corpus Christi recruits early in the drive to enlist WAC medical technicians. Miss Mildred Pavillard of Amarillo is among the first volunteers joining the effort.
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Miss Pavillard
WAC
Corpus Christi
Mildred Pavillard
Amarillo
Pavillard to Report for Training and Duty at Medical Installations
Pavillard daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Pavillard is employed as secretary for the Great Southern Corporation. She will visit within a day or two before reporting at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia for basic training. After basic she will take a six week course at a technician school and then report for duty at Brooke General Hospital San Antonio Texas.
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Pavillard
Dan Pavillard
Great Southern Corporation
Fort Oglethorpe
Miss Pavillard
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Counts Given Nine-Year Addition in Childress Case
Virgil Counts, previously sentenced to seven and a half years for theft by a 47th District Court jury, received an additional nine years on a guilty plea in Judge Luther Gribble's court in Childress this week. He was taken to Childress after sentencing and had escaped in December prior to the latest result.
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Virgil Counts
State
Luther Gribble
Childress
Counts
Oklahoma man recaptured after month long pursuit
Nearly a month was recaptured in Oklahoma. Counts faced burglary charges in Childress court over the Panhandle Motor Company burglary in that city. A safe containing $300 was cracked and a car stolen. Counts escaped from jail with Donald Plaskett, who was captured the following week.
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Oklahoma
Counts
Childress
Panhandle Motor Company
Donald Plaskett
County Deposits Reach New High for Six Funds
County treasurer L. D. Heyser reported a March 1 high in six county funds with total bank deposits of 432,667.18 dollars at close of business Wednesday per bank statements.
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L. D. Heyser
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