Col Simpson Re elected Amarillo Chamber Head for Another Year
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce re elected Col FE A Simpson as president for a second term. New officers include J W Inks Mode as first vice president Sam Elkins as second vice president and Dean White as treasurer. Retiring officers are Herb Budke and John Boyce. Simpson led the chamber through a difficult year and faces a boom year ahead.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Col
FE. A. Simpson
J. Winks
Mode
Sam Elkins
Dean White
Herb Budke
John Boyce
Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Amarillo Chamber Banquet Tickets Sold Out
Fred DeCoster in charge reports 1000 plus want to attend the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce banquet. Over 3800 tickets were sold for the event at the Herring Hotel Crystall Ballroom, scheduled to start at 7 PM with attendees urged to report by 6:30 PM.
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Fred DeCoster
Amarillo
Fire destroys stacks of feed at Ducies dairy Amarillo
Fire destroyed several stacks of animal feed at the Ducies dairy located south of Panhandle Highway beyond Grand Street at 500 North Lake Street. Amarillo fire department responded to the alarm just before 11 o clock.
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Ducies Dairy
Panhandle Highway
Grand Street
North Lake Street
Amarillo
Dust Storm Chokes Frontward Action Reported by British
Cairo dispatch says British army headquarters report a dust storm blanket on the front restricted activity yesterday. Reductions in patrols and movement noted as crews endure gritty conditions across the lines.
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Cairo
Amarillo Reports Best Traffic Safety Record in 1942
Captain H H Thomas stated Amarillo achieved its best traffic safety record in years with 114 deathless graves. He cited National Safety Council data showing 101,500 accidental deaths nationwide in 1941, 40,000 in traffic, and 9.3 million injured, meaning one in 14 Americans faced a disabling injury that year.
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H. H. Thomas
Amarillo
Captain Thomas
National Safety Council
Funeral set for Mrs. Willie Goldston tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Goldston of Amarillo will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o clock from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Dr. R C Snodgrass will officiate with pallbearers John Wheatley Raymond Wright Charles Fisk J F Lowndes George Majors and Cecil McCausland. Burial follows at Clarendon Cemetery beside her husband. Mrs Goldston, a First National Bank employee and Amarillo resident since 1928, lived at 1607 Polk Street and belonged to the First Christian Church. Survivors include a daughter three sons three brothers and two sisters. Body in state at Boxwell Brothers Chapel.
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Willie Goldston
First National Bank
Boxwell Brothers
R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
John Wheatlevy
Raymond Wright
Charles Fisk
J. F. Lowndes
George Majors
Cecil McCausland
Clarendon Cemetery
County grapples with juvenile detention facility plan
The commissioners court faced a state mandate for a separate juvenile detention area. They estimated $17,000 to $20,000, opened bids, and found the lowest at $33,000. Material and labor were scarce and costly, yet the law requires a jail.
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Commissioners Court
Borger Man Puzzles Over Army Draft
A Borger man faced confusion over military service as his draft board seemed to want him, he sought the coast guard, enlisted, then received a telegram from state selective service headquarters deferring him as a “necessary man” in his current job, ending with no draft and no coast guard.
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Borger
Coast Guard
State Selective Service Headquarters
Medium United States Merchant Ship Torpedoed
The navy announced a medium United States merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic Coast in an early report dated March 25.
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United States
Washington
Atlantic
Palmetto Palmetto May Substitute For Cork In War Needs
In Florida a palmetto pulp based substitute named Palmetex is being developed to replace cork in many war applications. The product, created by B F E Moses and Charles Schuh, is produced in Palmetto while final processing occurs in South River New Jersey. The wild palmetto grows on millions of Florida acres yielding about 25 tons per acre with a planned harvest of 4000 acres annually.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U.P
Florida
Palmetex
B. FE. Moses
Charles Schuh
Palmetto
South River
N. J
Palmetex Corporation
Restaurant Checks Are Private's Mail
Private Louis Vallancourt received envelopes containing only restaurant checks. He explained to puzzled buddies the notes were messages from his waitress girlfriend written between orders, not duns.
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Camp Blanding
Fla
Louis Vallancourt
Duns
Valiancourt
Bombs from training planes crater farm field near Homer
A Miller farmer near Homer, Louisiana, saw four bombs explode while plowing. a mule fled in panic as five foot deep craters formed. Sheriff Havyness said the bombs came from Barksdale Field training planes, apparently by accident. Beef ranked first as Arizona's top agricultural income source in 1941.
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Homer, la
Miller
France
O. H. Havyness
Barksdale
Arizona
Amarillo considers government site deal and water line bids
Early afternoon talks in Mayor Joe Jenkins office addressed final financial terms for a deed on a government site near Amarillo. The city commission through Manager A P Hancock has invited bids on materials to lay about nine miles of water line.
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Uncle Sam
Amarillo
City Hall
Joe Jenkins
City Commission
A. P. Hancock
Corporation Counsel
Chamber of Commerce Housing Committee
Tom ‘Otten
Toe Won't Stand In Man's Way
Floyd Branom, 21, faced repeated rejection from the army navy and marines due to a crooked toe. He had it amputated and military officials said they would accept him once the wound heals.
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Winfield, &An
Floyd Branom
Army
Navy
Marines
Giraffe Poster Wins First Prize at Philadelphia Zoo Contest
Robert I. Yerkes's drawing of a giraffe won first prize of 50 dollars in the zoo's annual poster contest. The judges were unaware that the zoo had no giraffes for years.
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Philadelphia
Robert I. Yerkes
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Dow-Ftones
Merril Leach
Pierce Fenner and
Beane
Storks
Kansas
Kansas City
Ateady
Financial Industrial Fund
Chef
Aileuhar
Strel
Allis Chalmers
Anaconda
Armour & Cr
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Beldwin Locomat
Bendix Aviation
Aig
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Berden
Budd Mfe
Calumet Hecla Mines
Consol
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Curtis Wrichtte
Tf Deer & Co
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Gen Motors
Greyhoune Corp
Houston Yi
Harvester
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Union Carbide
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U & Rubber Sheen
Steet Ee
White Mat Wilson & Co
Woolworth
Chicago
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Africa
Riles
Mrs. Goldston
Happy
Amarillo Ingehway
Belgrade
Bern
Switzerland
Belrrade
Budapest
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Conservation
M.s
U.S
Century Distilling CO
Peoria, Ill
General Electric
Sth and
Polk
Electric
Col. E. A. Simpson
W. W. Gibson
Homes Registration Committee
WPA
Rex Baxter
Dallas
Certainteeh Products Corporation
Texas
Oliver- Eakle
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War Department
Gene Worley
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Fort Worth
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Texas Corps of Engineers
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Sumatra
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Celebes
Hugh Sticklel
DR. J. &. Hewett
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Cutting Optical Office
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KCNC
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