March Panhandle Weather and Local Inquiries
A light two day forecast notes below normal winds and mild breezes for March in the Panhandle with no strong weather events expected. The column includes letters on body enhancements safety, childhood memories from Claud Aikman of San Angelo visiting Amarillo, local land prices and zoning mail address quirks, plus a mock note about new hangover pills arriving before spring.
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Claud Aikman
San Angelo
Mr. Aiken
Mr. Aikman
Panhandle
Tom Green County
Sheep Country
Grand Champion Approaches Ideal At Amarillo Fat Stock Show
Alex the grand champion club calf at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show nears ideal beef cattle traits. Jack Waters from Erick Oklahoma fed and fitted the calf, bred by R. T. Alexander and Son of Canadian. Judge Herb Hogan placed him top junior and overall. Reserve champion exhibited by Jack Moreman of Brice near Memphis.
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Alex
Amarillo
Jack Waters
FFA
Erick
Okla
R. T. Alexander and Son
Herb Hogan
Jack Moreman
Brice
Memphis
Quartets Prompt Retail Reform For Women Workers
A letter from Arkansas criticizes spelling and jokes about “Quartets.” It urges merchants to hold nylon sales or late evening hours for women and girls who work, suggesting all stores stay open one night weekly for working customers. It also questions beauty parlors.
Remembering Old Fashioned Women and Changing Fashions
The piece reflects on past rural and urban life with women’s roles and fashions evolving. It contrasts bonds and spending, shawls and capes, night shirts and stylish fixes, noting changes from livery to bicycles and facial lip trends, ending with a cry for help.
French cruiser Emile Bertin shelled near Haiphong harbor
Off Haiphong Haiphong harbor Indo China the French flagship Emile Bertin and other warships waited for permission to land 20000 troops to relieve a Chinese garrison. A shore battery fired over a mile from the ship and a landing craft was hit with a French sailor wounded. Maj. Gen. Jacques Leclerc was aboard.
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Emile Bertin
Haiphong
Indo China
Haiphong Harbor
Hanoi
Jacques Leclerc
Censorship Ends Across War-Torn China
Chungking March 6 K C Wu Minister of Information announced abolition of censorship throughout China. Censorship was retained in recovered areas only due to incomplete peace and order in those regions.
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Chungking
K. C. Wu
China
Form Welding Class At Amarillo College Friday
Amarillo College will form an adult welding class at 7 p m Friday night in a session led by R R Pennington who taught welding during the war training period acting president Dr Ernest C Shearer announced the class will meet Fridays from 7 to 9 30 p m urging those interested in leading welding to attend.
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Amarillo College
Ernest C. Shearer
R. R. Pennington
Deputies Clear Roads At Consolidated Vultee Plant
Fort Worth march 6 deputies from the sheriff kept rights of way clear at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft plant after complaints that striking machinists were blocking traffic. Company representatives were expected to file charges under the O Daniel strike law and a closed union company meeting was to resume today.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
The
Aircraft Corporation
O’daniel
Protesting Building Trade Regulations Presses Amarillo Lumbermen
Lynn Boyd of Pampa addressed Amarillo lumbermen in the Herring Hotel voicing opposition to government orders on materials. After the OPA protest, Amarillo area lumbermen elected officers John Maynard as president and Carl McCaslin as vice president with Milton Webb secretary and R H Kelly treasurer, plus a long slate of directors from Amarillo and nearby towns.
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Lynn Boyd
Pampa
Amarillo
Mr. Boyd
Herring Hotel
OPA Proest
John Maynard
Carl McCaslin
Hereford
Milton Webb
The Hummingbird Song Too High For Human Ears
A note explains the hummingbird’s song is so high pitched that human ears cannot record it. The observation underscores the bird’s delicate vocalization and its rarity to capture with standard equipment.
House Rejects Monroney Housing Amendment in 107 41 Vote
The House defeated an amendment by Representative Monroney aimed at curbing speculation on a housing bill. The plan would have set the first sale price as a six month ceiling, allowing the original owner any price but restricting the new owner to a capped resale for six months. Opponents warned it could push sales into the black market as the debate neared a final vote by nightfall.
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Washington
House Today
Representative Monroney
Back to Spring Weather Again
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions with temperatures near 60 today. A cooler spell arrives over the weekend, and the five day outlook shows no major changes in the near term.
University of Texas Sees 12 000 Registrants Expected in Classes
In Austin on March 6, the University of Texas forecast about 12 000 students in classes by the weekend as registrations neared 11 677. Delays may still register with acceptable excuses. latest high mark previously was 11 078 in 1939.
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University of Texas
County Purchasing Agent Moves to New Office Location
Clyde Whitaker the new Potter County purchasing agent has moved to Room 302 joining County Engineer J L Adams. He succeeds Curtis Wescoat who resigned March 1 to enter private business. During the war he previously occupied part of Justice of the Peace C W Carder's third floor office due to space limits.
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Clyde Whitaker
Potter County
J. L. Adams
Whitaker
Curtis Wescoat
Justice of the Peace
C W. Carder
Russia Requires Cooperation Before Loan Consideration
Washington officials say the United States will not consider the Soviet Union request for a 2 billion dollar loan until Moscow promises wholehearted economic cooperation with the United Nations.
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Russia
Washington
United Nations
Five killed in clashes during election campaign in Ran district
Five people died in clashes between Congress party workers and Adibasi Aborigines during a provincial election campaign demonstration in Ran district, a subdivision of Bihar province in Bengal.
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Ranchi
India
Congress Party
Ran
Bihar
Bengal
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