Amarillo Lumber Dealers Fight OPA Rules and Black Market Drain
Amarillo retail lumbermen vent anger at OPA ceilings seen as squeezing small operators while black market shipments surge. They cite empty yards, delayed orders, and high resale prices as truckers bypass milled supply to sell where profits are higher. Local dealers warn the system fragments, hurting veterans and small towns amid wartime shortages.
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Amarillo
OPA
Borger
Dumas
New Mexico
Lubbock
Plainview
United States
Arkansas
U.S
Bryson Named Editor of Texas Ranger Humor Magazine
John B. Bryson of Amarillo will edit the Texas Rangers humor magazine for its first postwar appearance in September. A University of Texas student and veteran, Bryson returns after more than two years in the Army and brings seven years of cartooning writing and photography experience with Yank the Daily Texan Cactus and the Ranger.
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Texas Rangers
University of Texas
John B. Bryson
Amarillo
Bryson
Grayce Bryson
Jackson
Austin
University
Amarillo College
The
Amarilloan
Yank
Daily Texan
Cactus
Old Ranger
Billy McGill Named Drum Major of Golden Sandstorm Band
Billy McGill son of Mr and Mrs C W McGill 807 Florida named drum major of the Sandie Band Clyde Rowe director announced late yesterday Dick Brooks son of Mr and Mrs H R Brooks 804 Prospect named drill master at the same time
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Billy McGill
Golden Sandstorm
C. W. McGill
Florida
Sandie Band
Clyde Rowe
Dick Brooks
H. R. Brooks
Prospect
Knife and Fork Club to host Brig. Gen. Romulo lecture
Tickets for Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo lecture are on sale to Knife and Fork Club members at Herbert Drug Amarillo Building and Maxor Drug Fisk Building. Reservations close at 1 PM tomorrow. program begins 8:15 PM at Amarillo Country Club. Romulo arrives tonight by Braniff from Oklahoma City. He is Philippines resident commissioner andPacific affairs expert with a noted war record and Purple Heart recipient.
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Carlos Romulo
Knife and Fork Club
Herbert Drug
Amarillo
Maxor Drug
Fisk
Amarillo Country Club
General Romulo
Braniff
Oklahoma City
Philippines
Asia
United States
Pacific
Far East
Romulo
Bataan
Old Gray Lion Could Fetch 50 Dollars At Auction
Potter County commissioners plan to sell Leona the lion for 50 dollars with a private zoo or tourist court as a possible buyer. The county has previously auctioned owls and crows for about five dollars each, but refuses to auction antelope due to legal reasons.
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Leona
Potter County
Lubbock
Florida
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Black Market
Are
Thomas Thompson
West Coast
State Game Department
Santa FE
RIN
Amarillo Printing
Ompany
Longines
John Furbach
Polk
Southwest
Adkisson
Adkisson Hatchery & Feed Store
Texas Ass'n
Public
Oliver Eakle
Grogan, Rhea
Shile
Dial
Hugh Pederson
N.E
N. E
8Th St
E. R. Fowler
Blackburn
Amarillo Tree Service
Max Dodson
Liberal Credit
Pacific Finance Loans
Mr. Atkin
Art
Herring Hotel Coffee Shop
OLD Tascosa
Beauty Shoppe
Mary Adell Miner
L. A
Pittman Mead Pittman
S. Afthur
the Panhandle
Raymond
Trence
and Dry Cleaners
Tyler
6Th
Georgia
Hhe Modern
Kem
Werte
Yeurleign
Taylor
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