City Debates Gas Mains to Pantex Village Sale
Army officials sought city gas lines to Pantex Village for a sale to Cities Service Company but the request was withdrawn. War Assets Administration would declare mains surplus, with about 15 miles of 12 inch line and 8 miles of smaller line involved. A 3 inch line from Amarillo to English Field was also surveyed for capacity.
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Army
Pantex Village
Cities Service Company
A. P. Hancock
Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Field
Pantex
War Assets Administration
Amarillo Gas Company
English Field
Youth Is Given Term On Burglary Charge
Harold Wilson, who turns 18 on April 1, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in 47th District Court to burglary linked to the July 15, 1946 Kinney Shoe Store burglary at 620 Polk Street. He was represented by Gene Jordan.
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Harold Wilson
47Th District Court
Kinney Shoe
Polk Street
Gene Jordan
New Mexico Reclamation Leader Visits Amarillo
Robert T. Lingle of Raton New Mexico president of the New Mexico Reclamation Association is in Amarillo to confer with regional Bureau of Reclamation officials. He heads a private water users group and will discuss coordinating the New Mexico program with regional bureau plans.
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Robert T. Lingle
Raton
N. M
New Mexico Reclamation Association
Amarillo
Bureau of Reclamation
Mr. Lingle
New Mexico
Bureau
Shaw Seeks Fresh Concert Lineup for Amarillo
H A Shaw of the Panhandle Concert Bureau in Amarillo says Old Tack limits bookings and cites top acts like Mischa Elman Rubinstein and Marian Anderson. He announces Lauritz Melchior will tour Amarillo with a 42 piece orchestra, tentative Blossom Time date April 11 or 12, and notes Charley Meeker of Dallas handles bookings for the State Fair. He asks why Oklahoma isn’t booked for the season.
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H. A. Shaw
Panhandle
Amarillo
Globe News
Dallas
Mischa Elman
Rubinstein
Don Cossacks
Marian Anderson
Romberg
Spitainy
Mr. Shaw
Oklahoma
Amarillo Seeks Oklahoma for City Stage
Old Tack asked about Amarillo and the Municipal Auditorium stage. Mr. Shaw doubted the space is large enough, noting Amarillo theater-goers saw Oklahoma on the Erlanger Theater stage in Chicago and believed the Chicago stage is no bigger than Amarillo's.
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Amarillo
Tack
Municipal Auditorium
Mr. Shaw
Oklahoma
Erlanger Theater
Chicago
Charley Meeker
City Denies Taxi Meter Rate Increase Request
Amarillo city commission refused a taxicab operators request to adjust meter rates to align with zone rates. The panel also awarded an underground water storage tank contract, studied other bids, and considered a charter amendment.
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Irwin Ochsner
Ochsner
Lewis and Punchy Blackwell
Safeway Cab Company
W. A. Mays
Yellow Cab Company
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Joe Jenkins
Eighth
Bonham
Reinhart and Donovan Company
Oklahoma City
Martin Reinhart
Stolen 1938 Ford Pick Up Recovered In Pan Handle
Police recovered a 1938 Ford pick up that had been stolen from L. C. Robinson in the Pan handle. Officers found the vehicle about 1:15 this morning abandoned in the 600 block of the Polk-Tyler alley after it was reported stolen around 6 30 yesterday afternoon from the 200 block on East Fourth.
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L. C. Robinson
Panhandle
Amarillo Commissioners Condemn Bills on City Salaries
Amarillo city commissioners condemn state bills to set minimum salaries for city fire and police and to place their employment under civil service. They urge district legislators to vote against House Bill 34 and Senate Bill 18 and send copies to Sen. Grady Hazlewood and Rep. Blake Timmons.
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Amarillo
Grady Hazlewood
Blake Timmons
A. P. Hancock
Senate
J. Blake Timmons
Public opposition forms against bills on wages
The text notes representative opposition to House Bill No 34 and Senate Bill No 18, describing efforts to defeat these bills. It contrasts proposed minimum salaries for firemen and policemen with those for school teachers, citing $210 a month for rookie policemen and $2,000 a year for teachers.
No true vipers found on American continents
A brief science note states that no genuine viper species exist across the American continents. The remark clarifies venomous snakes in the region are vipers and pit vipers from other families. No observers report native Viperinae present in North or South America.
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American
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New Mexico Reclamation
Bell Ane
Bellans
Los Angeles
New York
TWA
Trans World Airune
Shaw
Lauritz Melchior
Pany
West Sixteenth
Tyler
Harrison
Ee Park & Tulford Bistulers
IMC
WEW
York
Pickup
State Farm Insurance Companies
B. B. Williams Dist
East Fifth Ave
Zee
Frank Campbell
Marjorie Hazelwood
K. C
Pryor Management
Schenley Reserve
Schenley Distillers Corp
N. Y. CG
Glu Gomcy
S-M-L
Baby
Walker
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