Amarillo Blood Bank Proposed in Work for Victory Drive
Barney Ogle, appointed coordinator for Amarillo’s Work For Victory campaign, floated a blood bank idea as volunteers sought tasks. Joe Jenkins outlined the statewide effort, with a 9:30 launch and plans to publicize details via a Mayor Joe Jenkins broadcast on KGNC.
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Amarillo Blood Bank
Victory
Amarillo
Barney Ogle
Mr. Ogle
Juanita McGee
Mary Blanton
Joe Jenkins
KGNC
Flowers For Sale Decree Sets 10 Cent Limit
A local order restricts all flowers to no more than ten cents each. Officials decree aims to curb high prices and ensure affordable greenery for residents.
India’s constitutional future faces unity or split in debate
The Amarillo Globe notes the defense of India and plans to coordinate with the commonwealth and Allied nations. It flags many difficult questions ahead including whether India becomes one people or multiple states, and whether central control will prevail amid unresolved economic issues.
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Amarillo
Texas
India
Commonwealth
Cripps outlines bold plan for free India
Cripps declares British aim to grant freedom and self-government to India with a united, non subsidiary role in domestic and foreign affairs. He urges all Indian leaders to support his definite plan, says India will send its own representatives to postwar peace talks, and calls for unified effort to organize defense and mobilize resources.
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Cripps
India
Area Priorities Office May Open in Amarillo
Amarillo may gain an area office for the War Production Board priorities division. Rex Baxter, Amarillo chamber manager, met in Dallas with WPA representatives and secured an inspection to set up the office and space. A home registration approval is needed before WPA aid. A clinic April 15-16 will feature Wichita Falls businessmen explaining expected government influx and community planning.
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Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
War Productions Board
Baxter
Reward for pin lost by young woman in city
A note offers a liberal reward for the return of a ladies pin with three gold leaves and a diamond at the center. Contact details: call 8300. Also a brief employment ad from a 19 year old colored girl seeking a half day housework job. lists cooking ability but no washing or ironing. Address A READER 2220 Org Street rear.
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Tack
Ben Guill
5Th Street
Care for Children Dear Tuck Request
A person offers to care for children after school and on Saturdays. They provide contact at phone number 7913 and list address 515 A Van Buren Street for follow up.
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Tuck
Farm job request from R L Shackleford at Madison Street address
A colored woman seeks half day farm work with morning or evening shifts. She lists 1601 Madison Street rear as contact, notes experience with all farm machinery and repair skills. Residence three miles south on Washington Street, first yellow house after railroad crossing. Route 1 Box 339.
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Madison St
Washington Street
R. L. Shackleford
Employment Wanted For Morning Cooking And Housework
A middle-aged colored woman seeks daytime employment offering cooking and general housework. Available for morning work by the day or hour. Contact at 106 Van Buren Street.
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Tack
van Buren Street
Bear Tack Three female rat terrier pups need good homes
Three young female rat terrier puppies available for adoption. Posted by a resident at 506-A Monroe Street seeking a caring home for each dog. Prospective adopters should provide a safe, loving environment.
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Monroe Street
Looking for 16 mm moving picture machine for loan
Request to borrow a 16 mm moving picture machine for about three days or nights to show an inter-religious goodwill film titled The World We Want to Live In. Contact by calling 26345.
Sadler Urges Pipelines To Ease Oil Moves
Texas Railroad Commissioner Jerry Sadler sent a sarcastic letter to a North Texas critic over oil order criticism. He joked that placing one’s mouth at a pipeline to Chicago would, by suction, dig a canal to relieve transportation bottlenecks caused by Axis submarines.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Railroad
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
North Texas
BAE Workers Moved Amid Bureau Office Consolidation
Employees from five divisions of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics Amarillo office are being relocated this week as offices consolidate and regional alignments shift. Seven Amarillo staff move to support a 17 state region with three remaining locally in the Masonic Building. Denver will host the Water Planning Service, while Albuquerque gains area offices for Land Economics and other divisions, affecting 21 employees. the moves were announced by C. M. Robertson.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Amarillo
Water Planning Service
Denver
Colo
Washington
D. C
Lincoln
Neb
Berkeley
Cal
Farm Security Administration
Masonic Building
Albuquerque
N. M
Bureau
C. M. Robertson
Dr. Thomas Named To Health Office
Dr. William B. Thomas Jr was appointed county health officer to serve in the absence of Dr George Rovse who has been called to the navy as lieutenant commander. Dr Thomas assisted Dr Royce in the county s work. His salary will be 225 monthly. The appointment becomes effective April 1.
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William B. Thomas, Jr
George Rovse
Navy
Thomas
Royce
Below Freezing Again Tonight Weather Outlook
The bureau says expect a little cooler conditions with below freezing temperatures tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 63 degrees while the early morning dipped to around 30 degrees.
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Bureau
Nazi Officers Held Negligent In Paris Raid
Reports from Europe quote trusted sources saying six German officers were shot and about twenty jailed in Poland for negligence during the March 3 RAF raid on Paris. Officers in charge of Paris air defenses allegedly attended a gala at Bal Tabarin and failed to hear the bombs until long after they began.
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New York
Europe
Associated Press
Paris
Poland
Bal ‘Tabarin
Renault
Seine
Civic leaders meet on clinic session in Wichita Falls
Noble, president of Noble Hardware Company, and Paul Montgomery, manager of the Holt Hotel in Wichita Falls, presided at a morning meeting of Amarillo civic club presidents to discuss the clinic. An afternoon session was held with M Browning, Mr Cooley, and Eli T Cox, coordinator of distributive education.
Australian Army to fight alongside Americans in fast unit
Gen Sir Thomas Blamey and Gen Douglas MacArthur led talks with Australian leaders on changes in command and organization to enable Australian troops to fight side by side with U N forces. Meetings followed Canberra conferences with Prime Minister Curtin as part of a grand Allied northern offensive plan.
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Douglas MacArthur
Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
MacArthur
Canberra
John Curtin
Bataan line attacks halted by Wainwright forces
Japanese plans for a waterborne invasion of Corregidor and nearby island forts were repelled by Admiral Wainwright’s forces. The enemy reportedly suffered heavy losses, while defenders endured only relatively light casualties.
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Bataan
Coregidor Fortress
Wainwright
Why is this Laxative a Leader
A vintage advertisement promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT as a leader in laxatives. It claims gentle relief of constipation and improved digestion with a tonic laxative component. The pitch emphasizes ease of use and cost, noting 245 to 40 doses for 25 cents and a distinctive yellow box brand cue.
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Southwest
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Duo-Spray Company
Brodklyn Navy Yard
Ferguson
Navy Yard
F. N. LaGuardia
Area Priorities
Joe Cooley
Wichita Falls
Pacific
Wien Tagk
Org Street
A. van Buren
Motion Picture Machine
Honolulululu
Wilma Bell
BAE
Dr. Thomas
Fritz Truan
Cheyenne Pendleton
Fritz
Amarillo Florist
The
Social Center For Girls
Dr. Scholl
Kya Lee Arreee
Australia
Troy
Tyler
Gene Rambo
Hank Mills
America
Mel
J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, North Caroling
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