Draft Act Dies Tonight
Washington reports that the draft ends by midnight as the Selective Service System dissolves. Conscientious objectors in public work camps are freed, while revival is possible only if military needs require it. A new Office of Selective Service Records will consolidate files and reduce staff from 7,500 to around 6,300.
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Washington
U,plem
Selective Service
Ares
Army
Navy
Congress
Atlective Service
Office of Selective Service Records
Jitterers Vie Tuesday Night To Aid Scouts
Eight couples compete for jit terbug honors at The Nat during the Amarillo Lions Club April Fool Frolic to raise funds for the Amarillo Boy Scout camp building project at Scout Camp Don D Harrington. Prizes include a $50 wrist watch, two $25 bonds, and two $10 theater ticket books.
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Amarilla Lions Club
Lionas Club
Amarillo
Allee Barnes
Sonny McGinley
Truitt Savage
Marjorie Young
Richard Hogan
Billye Gibbins
William
Todd
Nida Wisters
Charlie Snow
Mickey Merchant
Dan DeSlerra
Guydell Ekelund
Rick Kuykendall
Airlines Raise Fares by 10 Percent on 14 Lines
Airlines including Trans-World, Pioneer Air Lines and Bennel International Airways will hike fares 10 percent tomorrow as per ATA request and Civil Aeronautics Board approval. Kansas City and Dallas routes rise, Amarillo to Houston also increases. Existing advance reservations must pay the new rate. overall miles per fare climb from 4.5 to about 4.95 cents.
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Air Transportation Sociation
Civil Aeronautics Board
ATA
Amarillo
Trans-World Airline
Pioneer Air Lines
Bennel International Airways
Amon Lines
Kansas City
Hall
Don Schomburg
Braniff
Dallas
Ed Whitney
Northwestern
Pioneer
Amerilia
Houston
School Club To Present Three One Act Plays
Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School Dramatics Club presents three one act plays in the school auditorium tomorrow night at 230 o clock. Admission is 15 cents for students and 25 cents for adults. Plays include Pearls Gist the Stroke of Midnight and Be Home by Midnight.
Tax Collector Extends Hours For Late Auto Tag Buyers
Potter County tax collector’s office remains open late to serve last minute auto tag buyers as licenses expire at midnight tonight. Tomorrow’s renewals must display plates issued today.
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Potter County
Markets and Stock Averages From Early Ledgered Trading
Markets report mixed activity with cattle, hogs, and sheep trading slowly. Prices show modest gains in some classes while wholesale demand remains cautious, reflecting a steadying tone in midweek sessions across major exchanges.
Forgery charges cling to Amarillo youth Buster Burnside
Six year old Buster Burnside is held in Potter County on forgery charges for passing forged checks to three Amarillo residents. Bond set at arraignment before Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder, with overall bail around $2,600. The article also lists numerous county records and local notices including deeds, marriages, and court actions.
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Buster Burnside
Buster Suiside
Amarillo
Potter County
Bond
Justice of the Perce
C. W. Carder
Mabry Slated As Speaker At Amarillo Banquet
Governor Thomas J Mabry of New Mexico will be the principal speaker at the Amarillo chamber of commerce annual banquet in the Crystal Ballroom of the Harring Hotel. Rex Baxter says Mabry, a Democrat and former New Mexico Supreme Court associate justice, once nearly settled in Amarillo. Tickets are $2 and on site. delegations from Pampa Borger Tulia Shamrock Spearman Dalhart Plainview Childress Clovis Canyon and Claude have accepted invites.
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Amarilla
Mabry
Amerillo
Baxter Sale
Herring Hotel
Chamber
Pamps
Borger
Tulia
Shamrock
Spearman
Dalhart
Plainview
Childress
Clovis
Canyon
Claude Kave
House Bills Switched in Texas Legislature Action
In Austin the House re referred two bills amid a flurry of motions. Rep. Davis Clifton shifted a baseline tax bill to highways and roads, proposing a 2 cent gasoline tax increase to fund farm to market roads. Rep. Pat Wise man moved a measure giving railroad commission production control to the appropriations committee. A third referral was defeated. The House approved $720,000 for the school lunch program and faced a queue of possible suspensions as Senate debates loomed.
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Austin
House
Davis Clifton
McKinney
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Clifton
Railroad Commission
Oil, Gas and Mining Committee
Appropriations Committee
Pat Wiseman
Jacksonville
James Spencer
Athens
Constitutional’ Amendments Committee
Venerans and Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Howse
Campaign for Funds Starts Potter County Drive
Leonard M. Gunderson named chairman for Potter County as part of the Texas Division American Cancer Society fund drive. The local goal is $8,168.06 with national aims at $12 million, Texas goal $432,340, and Oldham County $113.58. Former Gov Coke Stevenson named honorary state chairman.
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Potter County
Texas
American Cancer Society
Leonard M. Gunderson
Fillmore
Frank C. Smith
Houston
Ml.gunderson
Act of Congress
Gunderson
James T. Haliburton
Oldham County
Coke Stevenson
Park Dispute Is Revived over Memorial Park Fountain
Citizens opposed to installing an electric fountain in Memorial Park prepared a protest petition to City Commission, with R. Ireland Taylor saying he would file the first petition signed by 170 residents. Last week the city commission urged continuing current park plans for Memorial Park between Jackson Washington and Twenty fourth Twenty eighth streets.
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Memorial Park
City Commission
Ireland
Taylor
Jackson
Washington
City Building Permits Rise Despite 15 Day Shutdown
City engineer office reports March permits totaled 403 963 dollars at noon, exceeding February’s 302 640. Largest single permit was 54 400 for Park Plaza Motel at 612 North East Eighth. not including sign, courtyard paving, or furnishings. Sixty two new residential permits issued in March.
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Park Plaza
North East Eighth
Olvillan Production Administration
New Milk Ordinance In Effect Tomorrow
A new city ordinance in Amarillo becomes effective tomorrow. It amends the sanitary milk node relaxed during 1943’s milk shortage and sets top quality milk as Grade A pasteurized or certified variants. City chemist Jack Wyatt notes Amarillo’s supply is ample and well situated for milk needs.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Army
Jack Wyatt
Wyatt
Atate
Jack Thomas Gets Contract On Courthouse Redecorating
Potter County commissioners hired Jack Thomas to redecorate the fourth floor and finish painting the third floor of the Potter County courthouse. His bid was 1067 with one other bid. Acme Venetian Blind Company won the blinds repair and repainting contract at 30 cents per square foot for 267 blinds covering over six thousand square feet. Three other bids were received. Judge Henry S Bishop and district attorney Lloyd King attended Randall County grand jury sessions in Canyon.
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Jack ©. Thomas
Potter County
Acme Venetian Blind Company
Bishop
King
Canyon
Henry
Lloyd King
Randall County
Grand Jury
Greek aid battle over disarmament in Greece and Turkey
Congress debates Truman Greek Turkish aid with amendments to limit military missions to 50 officers. Fish advocates de militarizing the program and opposing direct military intervention while warning of potential war if Russia resists. Musee urges disarmament as the path forward. Deadline for action looms with factions still diverged.
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Fish
Greece
Turkey
Crawford
Russia
America
Musee
Michigan
United States
Truman
Congress
Venrllest
March Weather in Amarillo Sees Lamblike Luck
Amarillo reports March rainy days with above normal moisture. Temperatures ranged from a high near 37 to a low around 17, with an upcoming high of 75 forecast after noon amid some cloudiness. Total year to date rainfall since January remains below average, at 1.18 inches versus 2.93 inches. Weather expert H. Winburn notes little temperature change ahead.
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Amarillo
H. ©. Winburn
Week End Thefts Hit Amnello With Horses Jewelry and Cash
Police report a string of weekend thefts in Amnello totaling near one thousand dollars. Two saddle horses, a black four years old valued at 350 and a paint three years old valued at 100, were stolen from Western Stock Yards. At Splicer's Jewelry Store on 917 Polk, burglars smashed a window and fled. three wrist watches valued about 50 each and a pocket watch were taken, with two watches still missing. A radio valued at 365 and a suit, two skirts, a blouse and trousers were also reported stolen from Amarillo Tailors on 904-2 Taylor. A $40 loss at Thomas Bakery on 006-B Polk may be burglary or theft. the bakery had previously been burglarized. Police pursue leads and confirm an escape from the jewelry crew down Polk toward Tenth.
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Amnello
Splicer's Jewelry
Polk, Learly
Polk
Lundry
Thomas Bakery
Amarillo
Taylor
Cadet Corps Faces Resignations and No Confidence Vote
A&Mjana resigned their commissions then sought reinstatement under orders, some were demoted or not reappointed, and a motion called for Gilchrist’s resignation. The senior cadet colonel and lieutenant colonel faced a no confidence vote, cadets questioned before Melcy, and changes to corps regulations halted hazing as Ambassadors club in Delhart marches on.
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Jana
Thin
Nommea Canok
Tha Claan
Gilchrist
Unter
Melcy
Ambassadors Club
Delhart
Gilbd Gilchrist
Rubber Menagerie Parade Opens Tri State Fair
The Rubber Menagerie Parade will open the Tri State Fair in late September. Rex Berter, the fair manager, announced arrangements with Jean Gros Inc to supply rubber animals for the parade. Afterward the animals will join the midway exhibition at the fair grounds for a week, with plans for bands and other attractions surrounding the comic animal figures.
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Baxter
Lubbock
Jean Gros
Jean Gros, Inc
Police Street
Tri-State Fair Grounds
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