Weather notes mix of cold tease and politics tussle
The column blends a chilly forecast with warm signs of regional memory and political chatter. It notes Admiral Dewey's Manila Bay victory 44 years ago, hints at Jimmy Allred challenging O Daniel with Johnson and Roosevelt links, and points to community concerns over Dr. Thomsen’s health while a wedding and panhandle catfish abundance are also mentioned.
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Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Manila Bay
Jimmy Allred
United States Senate
O'Daniel
Lyndon Johnson
Allred
Johnson
Roosevelt
Washington
Texas
House panel backs army civilian commissioning for special duty
Washington May 6 The House Military Committee reversed its stance and approved letting the war department commission civilians without military training if they possess special knowledge or skills. The panel struck a rider limiting commissions to officer-trained men except doctors dentists veterinarians and chaplains and added discretionary language.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
Authentic Garb Acquired for Amarillo College Play Quality Street
Amarillo College Players prepare for Monday and Tuesday performances of Quality Street. Dallas costumes and a youthful cast, under Donald Clark, rehearse to capture Barrie charm. The play benefits Navy Relief Society with ticket sales by Panhandle Navy Club students this Saturday.
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Dallas
Amarillo College Players
Quality Street
James M. Barrie
College Auditorium
Donald Clark
Barrie
Peter Pan
Crighton
Navy Relief Society Fund
Panhandle Navy Club
Navy Relief Campaign
Expert warns bass fishing in danger at Lake Marvin
The expert says many bass and crappie spots must be removed to restore fishing. Lake Marvin in Hemphill County is a strong catfish stomping ground. Preliminary surveys indicate bass fishing is effectively gone and he may recommend allowing trot-line catfish fishing in all government lakes.
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Dr. Thomsen
Dr. Thomson
Lake Marvin
Hemphill County
Farm and household help wanted notices in Texas paper
Classified requests seek a married farm hand with milking ability and a farm family seeking a live-in spouse to care for children in exchange for room board and salary. Also notes missing items including a tan pig skin glove with name and address and a license plate F20 027.
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R. F. Steward
Taylor Street
Acid Indigestion Remedy Seeks Market Trial
Fragmentary reader note mentions a Doctor backed claim about a remedy for acid indigestion. Text includes odd phrases about trial bottles and a money back guarantee suggesting marketing hype and uncertain efficacy.
Amarillo Considers Bid Sale of Water Site Lands
City manager Austin P. Hancock announced authorization to solicit bids for six sections of the Word ranch, the water plant site located 20 miles southwest. The city owns more than 10 sections at the water site, much of which has been leased for grazing in previous years.
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Amarillo
Here
Austin P. Hancock
Sunday a Big Day for Two Good Reasons
Mrs. Buck Crawford near the helium plant expects Sunday for two reasons. She will receive a telephone call Sunday morning at 11 from her son, Joe Crawford, an aviation mechanic who has spent months at Panama.
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Buck Crawford
Joe Crawford
Panama
Oscar Griffin Dies At Fort Worth
Oscar Griffin 111 West Eighth Avenue died yesterday in a Fort Worth hospital. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Burlington Veterans Association. Survived by his wife, a daughter Katheryn of Los Angeles, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral at 4:30 p.m. from Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. G. A. LaGrone. Pallbearers listed. Burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Oscar Griffin
West
Eighth Avenue
Fort Worth
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Burlington Veterans Association
Katheryn Griffin
Los Angeles
Cal
Jack Griffin
Amarillo
Frank Griffin
Dallas
Sofia Porter
Anne Brader
Austin
Blackburn - Shaw Memorial Chapel
G. A. LaGrone
John Morrison
Bert Maxwell
Pete Calvert
Cecil Lucas
E. A. Thomas
Sam Lewis
Llano Cemetery
Mrs. Carrie Unruh Claimed by Death
Mrs. Carrie Unruh, Amarillo resident six years, died yesterday afternoon in a Wichita Falls hospital at age 76. Survived by two sons W. L. Rich and Fred Rich and three daughters Tillie Unruh Ida Unruh Zelma Unruh. Private funeral services will be held tomorrow from Blackburn-Shaw Chapel with burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Carrie Unruh
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
W. L. Rich
Fred Rich
Cimarron
Kan
Tillie Unruh
Los Angeles
Cal
Ida Unruh
Montezuma
Zelma Unruh
Hutchinson
Blackburn-Shaw
Llano Cemetery
Sugar Registration Continues in Amarillo Area
Sugar rationing registration continued this afternoon at elementary schools in Amarillo and at Potter County rural schools from 3 to 5 p m. Tomorrow the same hours apply, said County School Superintendent Grady Wilson. He reported 45 344 persons registered and urged all residents to register regardless of existing sugar supplies.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Grady Wilson
Market Wrap With Dow Jones Data And Kansas City Livestock
Market report shows Dow Jones averages with mixed moves at 1 P M led by industrials and rails. Kansas City livestock bulletin notes hogs at steady to higher, cattle and calves rising, feeders steady, and lambs firm with prices listed for various weight classes.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner
Beane
ILAL
Kansas City
California
Amarillo Jaycees Hear Col Gilks Speaker at Lunch
Colonel W Roy Gilks retired Salvation Army officer was guest speaker at the Amarillo Junior Chamber lunch at the Capitol Hotel. He spoke on the traffic situation in pre war London and has logged over 85 000 miles on U S speaking tours since his 1932 retirement.
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W. Roy Gilks
Salvation Army
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Hotel
Gilks
London
United States
Two Army Fliers Killed in West Of Las Vegas Crash
Two Army officers aged 22 Second Lieut. A. A. Smith from San Antonio and Second Lieut. George A. Ragas from Lynwood California died in a plane crash ten miles west of the air force gunnery school field near Las Vegas on Monday during a routine flight officials reported.
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Las Vegas
Nev
A. A. Smith
San Antonio
George A. Ragas
Lynwood
Calif
Air Force
Firemen Win $21,457 Suit Against Amarillo City
Amarillo firemen won a judgment totaling 21,457.83 for overtime pay over the past two years. Judge W E Gee of the 108th district court wrote the decision, with city attorneys planning an appeal. Individual awards ranged from 505.58 to 9,034.87, the largest going to H H Stambaugh.
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Amarillo
W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
Price Ceiling Clinic In Amarillo With OPA Experts
Wholesalers and retailers in Amarillo gathered at the chamber of commerce to hear price ceiling priorities from WPB official Bob Harper and to attend a forthcoming OPA session at the Herring Hotel. The clinic aims to explain caps on charges during the war and who may buy or sell under specific ratings.
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Amarillo
WPB
Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
OPA
Bob Harper
War Production Board
Bureau of Field Operations
Amarillo Delegates Start for Texas Meet in Austin
Amarillo High School delegates depart tonight at 11 50 on the Fort Worth and Denver train for the Texas Interscholastic League meet in Austin. Eighteen students will compete in track athletic events public speaking and journalism with coach Howard Lynch head of the speech department Mrs N N Whitworth and principal R B Norman accompanying them. Norman will attend the High School Principals and Supervisors Association spring meeting in Austin. The delegation returns to Amarillo Sunday night.
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Amarillo
Austin
Fort Worth
Denver
Howard Lynch
N. N. Whitworth
R. B. Norman
Norwegian Ship Torpedoed Off Atlantic Coast
The navy announced a small Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic Coast. Survivors were landed at East Coast ports.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promised Relief
Anticipated remedy claims to ease kidney and bladder discomfort from slow kidney function. Advertises a long history of use and urges buyers to ensure authenticity by the Gold Medals on the box.
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Haarlem
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Arkansas
Lindsey
Mena
Ark
C. W. Furr
Mr. Furr
Robert Coleman
Georgia
Dr. R. Thomson
Palo Duro
Dorothy Thomsen
Presbyterian Church
T. Arthur Quine
The
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Panhandle
Buffalo Lake
Wien Lack
Garfield Street
Rhea Robbins
Eighth Ave
16Th Street
Canyon, Texas
Tack
Pall
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Clonelita Alleghany
Allis Chalmers
Va Am Smelt & Ref
Zinc & Lead
M. Anaconda
Armour & Co. of
Vere
At& SF Saes
Oo Aviation Corp
Uy Baldwin
Greyhound Veee i
Houston
Aly Int Harvester
Power & Pap
Kennecott
Marshall Field
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Hla National Biscuit
Daly National Dairy Products
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Railway
Ohio
Packard
Pan American Airway
Paramount Pictures
Penney
Shell
Union Oil
Tee Wee
Tis Soecony Vacuum Pacific Peas Il
Southern
Standard Brands
Stand Oil
Indiana
New Jersey
Studebaker Fe
Texas Corporation
Gulf Sulphur
Tide Water
Blg
Texas Pac Coal & Oil S
A Union Carbide
United Aircraft
U S Rubber Seaeeee
U S Stele
U Tel
Wilson & Co
Woolworth Salon
Financial Industrial Fund
Amarillo Jaycees
Col. Gilks
Martha Washington Chocolates
Barbara Gould
Hull Pottery
Everly American Old Spice
Coty’s Friendship Garden
Harriet Hubbard Ayers
Hudnut
Rogers & Gallet
Paris
Max Factors
Barbar, Gould
Others
Taylor
League
Ree
Hugh Sticklel
Optometrist Ptr adeSee
Marrixeo
ModRe
Eng
Poem of
Royal Doulton
Veronica
Fred F. Wagner Jeweler
Polk
Osage
Denver Heights
Famous Heights
Jackson
Monroe
San Jacinto Heights
Louisiana
Carolina Pierce
Buchanan
N. Buchanan
N. Taylor Bivins
Travis
Fannin Hayden
North Heights
Fillmore
Madison
Country Club Terrace
Roberts
Lincoln
N. Taylor
N. Harrison Fannin
Alabama
C. C
Fountain
Western
Carolina
Edgefield
Maryland
N. Harrison
N. Washington
Bellview
Prospect
Tyler
Harrison
Sixth
Rusk
Bellview North
Mattingly & Moore
M&m
M& MS
Kentucky
Frankfort Distilleries, Inc
Louisville & Baltimore
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