Nine-Mile Water Extension Bids Sought in Amarillo
Amarillo city commission authorized bids for nearly nine miles of 20 inch pipe and fittings to extend water lines from Second Avenue and Harrison Street eastward toward English Field. Proposals due at 7:40 pm on April 7, with deeds to land ready for delivery. Consultants Freese and Nichols engage in war infrastructure work amid active building, with permits issued for two new homes at 1293 Fannin Street and 1618 Crockett.
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Amarilio
Second Avenue
Harrison Street
Ridgemere Boulevard
English Field
A P. Hancock
Amarillo
Freese & Nichols
Fort Worth
L. J. Vogel
Fannin Street
F. L. Craghead
Crockett
Markets Drift as Dow Stays Narrow in Mixed Trading
At 1 PM Merrill Lynch reports the Dow Jones industrials up as rail and utility sectors slip. In Kansas City hogs, sheep and cattle markets show weak to steady demand with limited buyers, while Chicago oats and rye futures show light activity. Houston notes the Communist party suspends Homer Brooks for failing to respond to a military service call.
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Houston
Communist Party
Homer Brooks
J Bender
Jack Sapphire
State Communist Committee
Banquet Reservations Sell Out at Amarillo Chamber Event
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce banquet seats sold out as 800 tickets were held for 600 space at the Herring Hotel Crystal ballroom. Attendees should be seated by 6 30 pm. toastmaster John Boyce, invocation by Dr. R Thomson, and speakers Col FE Simpson Mayor Joe Jenkins and Mark McGee. Music by Amarillo municipal band.
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Fred DeCoster
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
John Boyce
R. Thomson
Col. FE. A. Simpson
Joe A. Jenkins
Mark McGee
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Defense Guard to Rifle Range Sunday Morning
Company A of Texas Defense Guard will depart the high school armory at 8 00 Sunday for the rifle range near Canyon. Members must report for drill tomorrow night or send a good excuse to the commanding officer if not present when names are called Wednesday. Capt A Petersen announced the drill at 7 30 tomorrow night.
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Company A
Texas Defense Guard
Capt
A. Petersen
High School
Canyon
Lost wire haired terrier female dog near Tack
Dear Tack column notices a lost wire haired terrier female dog last Saturday with a liberal reward promised for return. Contact Merle Cayton at 2-2680. Also a help wanted ad seeks an unencumbered woman for nights house work and cooking with good wages, room and board, permanent position. Call 2-2404 or visit 2010 Ong Street.
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Merle Cayton
Tack
Worgan
Ong Street
Victory Bond Contest Closes This Evening
Entries for the Victory Bond contest must be submitted by 6 30 oclock this evening. Interstate Manager Jack King reported his desk piled with forms and urged contestants to send the correct number of Victory V s and a ten word or less slogan. First prize is a $25 defense bond and the next ten winners receive passes to The Vanishing Virginian at the Paramount opening today.
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Paramount
Jack King
Church Night Series Closes Tomorrow at Central Presbyterian
The final Church Night gathering will be held tomorrow at Central Presbyterian Church with a 6 15 PM covered dish supper. Class meetings begin at 7 PM directed by Dr R Thomson, E Paul Hovey, Mrs S R Conger and Mrs Tom Aldridge. Nursery will be available.
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Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
E. Paul Hovey
S. R. Conger
Tom Aldridge
Victory Parade Picture Call In Amarillo
The treasury department will select photos of Amarillo s Victory Parade showing the bond and stamp campaign that funded two bombers. Submissions must reach the Globe-News by 5 PM Wednesday for a $25 defense bond prize. Prints become the property of the Globe-News and are handed to the treasury for national publicity.
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Treasury Department of the
United States
Amarillo
Globe- News
Globe-News
Treasury Department
Won't Draft Registrants With Dependents at Once
Columbus Ohio March 24 Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey national selective service director said registrants in their 30s and even 20s would not be drafted at once if they have dependents but the day is coming when we’ll have to do something He projected manpower through 1943 and 1944 noting war progress as the index of army size He added that presently men in their thirties with dependents and even men in their twenties with dependents need not fear draft Hershey will address trade association executives tonight.
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Columbus
Ge. Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Hershey
Jury Hops To Change Toll Of Tire Theft Case
In Houston on March 24 a jury, stirred by the tire theft case, reduced a two year penitentiary term to a 60 day jail sentence for the defendant after a judge ruled the offense a mis demeanor and not eligible for penitentiary punishment.
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Houston
Phil Woodruff
Cripps Opens India Talks In New Delhi Meetings Begin
Sir Stafford Cripps began a two week series of conferences in New Delhi to solve India’s political problems. He will meet Hindu and Muslim leaders, the All India Congress, native princes, and provincial governors to gain unity behind the Allied war effort and discuss independence proposals.
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John R. Morris
New Delhi
India
U.P
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
All-India Congress
Britain
Egypt
Interior Supply Bill Shows Big Reduction
The House appropriations committee approved a $162,634,845 interior department supply bill for 1943, down 31 percent from this year. The cut totals $17,682,421 below Roosevelt budget estimates and $75,466,435 under the current year. Aviation cadet Malcolm A. Rousseau, 22, of Myrtle Beach, S. C., died after his training plane crashed on takeoff at Foster Field.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
House
Roosevelt
Victoria
U.S
Malcolm A. Rousseau
Myrtle Beach
5. C
Foster Field
Joe Ivey
Pacific War Council in Washington Pushed
New Zealand Minister Walter Nash said after a conference with President Roosevelt that he was sure Australian and New Zealand demands for a Pacific War Council in Washington would be settled this week.
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Washington
New Zealand
Walter Nash
Roosevelt
Philippines Holdout Symbols of American Defense Amid Bombings
The report explains how Allied forces in the Philippines, led by Wainwright at Corregidor in Manila Bay, prepared for possible Japanese offensives after the Malaya and Singapore campaigns. January air raids on Corregidor targeted the fortress as bombers struck in waves, met by pinpoint U.S. anti aircraft fire reducing enemy effectiveness.
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Philippines
Malaya
Singapore
Bataan
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Wainwright
Attacks on Corregidor Faltering as Sub Night Revelations Surface
The last major air raid on Corregidor occurred January 15, with nine Japanese bombers. two were shot down. U.S. Asiatic Fleet submarines have sunk about one third of Japanese shipping since the war began, signaling a possible major Filipino offensive. A navy communique notes submarines off Japan’s routes sunk three to four enemy vessels and damaged two, while several ships totaling around 7,000 to 6,000 tons are reported sunk or damaged.
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Corregidor
Philippines
Pacific
Japan
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Lavy LM
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Alleghany Lud Steel
Alls Chalmers
Lita Am Roll Ra
Am Smelt & Ref
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Armour & Co
At& SF
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Baldwin Locomotive
Bendix Aviation
Tee Oe mM
Bethlehem Woos Tmg
Borden Neneee Ata Budd Mig
Calumet Hecla Mines
Chrysler
Conael Cop
Bly
Consol
Deleater
Curtin Wright
Deere & Co
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
Lay
National Dairy
Eee Mig
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central
Aly Bly
North Amer Aviation Ohio
Packard
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pict
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Enebee
Shell Union
Socony
Southern Pacific
Lata Standard
California
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf
Tex Pac Coal & Oil
Union Carbide Ees
United Aircraft
Us Steel
White Motor Etteeee Iw
Wilson & A
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Knudsen
Dallas
William S. Knudsen
U. S. Army
Wien’ Tack
Oregon
Lucene Marks
Efen
Pacific War Council
F. H. A. Loans
Roiler
Plate Glass and Allied Lines Insurance
Windastorm
Peper
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