Amarillo Mayoral Race Sparks City Honor and Doubt
The News-Globe weighs the Amarillo mayoral race between Lawrence Hagy and Charley Crowe. Hagy, drafted by friends, is lauded as a skilled mixer and sharp businessman, while Crowe is praised for integrity but seen as less fit to lead. The piece warns of risks of corruption as Amarillo grows and urges vigilance to keep city government clean.
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News-Globe
Lawrence Hagg
Amarillo
Charley Crowe
Hagg
The
Ideal Mayor Candidate for Amarillo
The speaker touts a candidate as accessible to all citizens including the humble and the powerful. They claim he has worked hard, understands diverse people, can speak their language, and is a square-shooter and doer fit for mayor of Amarillo.
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Amarillo
United States
Modest pledge from Hagy on city leadership
A modest statement from Hagy outlines his intent to serve the public as one of three leaders. He vows to work relentlessly if elected, aiming to make a strong record as mayor for all fair and reasonable residents of the town.
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Hagy
Law rence Hagy Nominates For Amarillo Mayoral Race
The article endorses Law rence Hagy as mayoral candidate in Amarillo, noting he did not seek a fight with Crowe and ran only because friends urged him, citing his duty, ability, and time for office while asserting no other capable man would run.
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Hagy
Mr. Hagy
Amarillo
Lawrence Hagy
Mr. Crowe
Crowe
Crowe Seeks Epee Role as Hagy Heads Term
The speaker urges Crowe for future mayoral leadership after Hagy completes the current term. The note argues shortages of talent are not the issue this year but rather mal distribution of candidates, calling for patience until the next cycle. The message frames Hagy as suitable for the coming term and Crowe as a later option.
County Plans New Athletic Arena Structure Bid Call
County commissioners approve a separate athletic arena building to replace and enlarge the older Automobile Building. Bids target completion for the 1947 Tri-State Fair, Sept 22 27, with features including recessed lights, ceiling well for ring lighting, pivoting steel sash windows and roof ventilators. Enlargement of the old building proved costly and impractical, so a new structure was pursued.
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County Commission
Visitors at hotel share laughs and camera smiles
Zita Castelo Branco and Tereza praise Rio's beauty and invite the reporter to visit. The pair charm hotel staff as luggage pours in and porters haul bags, then the group heads to Albuquerque, saying Amarillo was enjoyable.
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Page
Zita Castelo Branco
Rio
Tereza
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Texas Railroad Commission boosts April oil proration order
The Texas Railroad Commission issued an April proration order to meet all-time high demand for Texas crude. It allows 2,186,125 barrels daily for crude and 2,374,500 barrels daily for all petroleum liquids. Chairman Ernest O. Thompson cited long Texas legislation and adjusted field allocations to maintain supply, with 26 production days statewide and 22 in Far West Texas.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Seeligson
Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Garden Club Short Course Arrivals For Amarilloevent
Garden Club members from Here ford Buenavista Levelland Dumas Perryton McLean Floydada Lubbock and Odessa arrive in Amarillo for a District I Texas Garden Clubs short course to be held tomorrow and Wednesday at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom. Mrs. John R. Salois and Mrs. Steve J. Barrett of Dallas teach with registration at 9:30.
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Hereford
Buenavista
Levelland
Dumas
Perryton
McLean
Floydada
Lubbock
Odessa
Amarillo
District I
Texas Garden Clubs, Incorporated
John R. Salois
Steve J. Barrett
Dallas
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Salois
J. A. Kendall
Frank F. Vorwald Funeral Set Here
The body of Frank F. Vorwald is being sent to Amarillo per Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. He died in Freemont Nebraska yesterday. the body will arrive in Amarillo at noon tomorrow.
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Frank F. Vorwald
Amarillo
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Mr. Vorwald
Freemont
Neb
Reward for Arrest of Window Breaker
H C Bourgeois of 2414 North East Eighth offers a 100 reward for arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for breaking a plate glass window at Hut Frozen Food Lockers at 1604 North East Eighth. The window was broken over the weekend and the building has not opened for business. A rock, presumed to be the breaker, was found inside. The article also mentions a separate note about a British project building a 100 turbojet flying boat.
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H. C. Bourgeois
North East Eighth
Bourgeois
Markets Stock Averages and Farm Prices Reported in March
Merrill Lynch stock averages show Industrials at 176.97 down 30, Railroads 48.75 down 25, Paar 35.78 up 0.04, Sales 400,000. Kansas City notes cattle and calves slaughter markets with steers and heifers mostly steady to higher, cows steady to weak, stockers and feeders active, with various price ranges listed. hogs slow with limited buyers and prices around 26.90 to 27.95, sows higher to 24.00, sheep slow with bids near 22.25. Chicago hogs active, weights 180-350 lbs, top around 28.00 sparingly, most prices 26.50 to 27.85 for key ranges.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
M. Pr
Am Smelt & Ref
Tel & Tel
Tee
Ewes
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Bian Knox
Ewe Ewes
Borden
Braniff
Briges Mf
SPOR
Jones Laughlin
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed
Glenn L Martin
Montgomery Ward
Nash
Onlo
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn R Ww
Penney JC
Phelps Dodge
Phillips
Radio Corp Ooo
Stand Brands
Ees Eeens
Wees
Studebaker Et
Absentee Voting Record Shatters City Election Turnout
Absentee ballots rise to 87 cast or mailed as the city prepares for the April 1 election. City secretary Katherine Burwell notes record interest, with N V Moss of the water department agreeing. Absentee voting ends at 5 pm next Friday at city hall.
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City Commission
Katherine Burwell
N. V. Moss
Water Department
Speech Pupils Present Kiwanis Program At Noon
Six Amarillo High School speech department students showcased speaking skills at the Kiwanis Club meeting. Chair Francis Allman led, with Mariia Field delivering "We Are Proud" and Sara Wes coat and Dick Robinette discussing federalized medicine as the year’s debate topic. Lois Hudson gave an impromptu speech and Horton Russell declaimed on "A Date With the World" as Chas. M. Rogers, superintendent of schools, accompanied the group.
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Amarillo High School
Kiwanis Club
Francis Allman
Mariia Field
Sara Wescoat
Dick Robinette
Lois Hudson
Horton Russell
Amarilloan Testifies About Beating by Jap
Amarillo man Jimmy Alsobrook testified at a war trials court in Yokohama detailing a two hour beating by a Japanese guard aboard the Brazil Maru. He described scaling death while 300 of 1,600 Allied prisoners died during the Manila to Moji voyage in 1944.
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Yokohama
James E. Alsobrook
San Antonio
Tex
Brazil
Commissioners Approve Purchase Of Record Books Machinery
Potter County commissioners approved buying record books for the county clerk’s office from George D. Bernard Company of St. Louis and Bennett Printing Company of Dallas. Both firms bid identical totals of $1,152. Road building machinery including a spreader box scarifier and sweeper was purchased from Tom W. Carpenter Equipment Company, the sole bidder, for $1,875.
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Potter County Commissioners
George D. Bernard Company
St. Louis
Bennett Printing Company
Dallas
Tom W. Carpenter Equipment Company
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