County Bids Sought for 10 Miles of County Roads
County commissioners court orders bids for construction of 10 miles of roads with an estimated expenditure of 35000. Major work includes a four th extension of the Tascosa Road and 3 west of the city, plus two miles of four lane paving on East Tenth. Additional paving planned in Precincts 4 and 2 and a motor installation for a Chevrolet truck used in road work.
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Commissioners Court
Grand Avenue
North East
Butler Field
Pleasant Valley
Hastings
Precinct 2
Hubert Cole
Equalization Board
FranceRejects Communist Socialist Constitution by Wide Margin
France swung right as the national plebiscite defeated the Communist Socialist draft by 1,198,769 votes with 10,522,478 opposed and 9,323,709 in favor. A new constituent assembly will draft a replacement ahead of June 2 parliamentary elections. The result sparked street celebrations in Paris.
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Paris
France
North Africa
Corsica
Communist Party
Popular Republican Party
Girl Scout Leaders To Get Certificates
New Girl Scout leaders will be vested at Camp Kiwanis after completing a final training session at St Andrew's Parish House. The program covers outdoor skills and nature lore, firebuilding, outdoor cooking and related activities. Certificates for Floyd Hemphill, A. T. O'Neal, L. D. Jones, H. M. Beverley, and Paul Jones acknowledge 16 hours of training under Ruth Minton and Catherine Rives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Jones
H. M. Beverley
Paul Jones
Ruth Minton
Catherine Rives
Cold air moves in as temperatures dip today
The forecast calls for cooler air and light winds 15 to 20 mph. Yesterday's high was 79 and low 52. Today the high should reach 74 with a 42 degree low. Tomorrow's high is projected at 73.
IMF Elects Camille Gutt as Managing Director
The International Monetary Fund elected Camille Gutt of Belgium as managing director. The announcement noted Gutt, a former Belgian minister of State and finance minister, will lead the IMF. Britain sponsored the selection amid reports Argentina showed informal interest in membership.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Camille Gutt
Belgium
Argentina
World Economic Cost
Great Britain
Portsmouth Mayor Mary Dondero Wears Tuxedo Skirt
When Mary Dondero began her second term as mayor of Portsmouth New Hampshire she skipped the usual frock coat and wore a tuxedo altered to a skirt proving a tailored look for the city’s leadership.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Mary Dondero
Stockton couple leave 200-pound lion in car in San Francisco
San Francisco report says Mr and Mrs Jack Yeager of Stockton California left a 200 pound African lion in the back seat of their car when parked. The owners claim the lion belongs to a traveling show and is tame. Police note the unusual hazard and are monitoring the situation.
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San Francisco
U.P
Jack Yeager
Stockton
Cal
Dow Jones Closing Stock Averages Report
Merrill Lynch note shows 30 Industrials at 200.63 down 1.87 and 20 Rail stocks at 63.06 down .09. The list includes various names with mixed losses and a final sales figure of 1,080,000. The document cites closing stock averages for the period.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chicago Livestock Market Report May 6 Hogs Cattle Sheep
Hogs 10,500 head active and steady with good and choice barrows and gilts at 14.85. Sows at 14.10. Cattle 13,000 with calves 600. fed steers and yearlings steady, top steer 17.65, heifers steady to weak, strictly choice heavy heifers 17.25, cows scarce, beef bulls 14.25. Sheep 1,000 with no early slaughter lamb action and slaughter ewes 9.00 down for four wool types and 7.75 down for shorn.
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Chicago
USDA
Kansas City
Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 6
USDA figures show cattle 9 500 calves 1 000 with mixed grades. Hogs 1 800 and sheep 9 500 with varied lamb and skin values. Cattle prices range from 11 50 to 16 85 for steers and heifers, hogs around 14 55, and lambs 15 25 with leather skin values optional. Financial note: Industrial Fund Liquidating offered at 2 77.
Warranty deeds and district court notices in Amarillo area
Warranty deeds transferring numerous lots and tracts in Belmont Park Morningside C C Weymouth Weymouth Sub and 17 25 acres out of Sec 166 along with a divorce case L G Thomas vs Margaret Evelyn Thomas and marriage licenses for several couples listed in the district court notices and public record items.
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H F. Cornelius
George R Fairfax
Belmont Park
Adda
Ruby Hayhurst
Stuart McQuirk
Morningside
Camille Wheatly
Howard Pestor
C. C. Ter
James F. Rittenberry
Presbyterian Church
Wolflin Place
Fred M. Seale
Marcus J. Junell
East Ana
H. W. Allen
Mildred Kelley
North Hts
Ruth G. Bush
John E. Ode
Bush
Maurine Bush
Bush Larry E Trenary
Peptics Church
Cecil Wise
R. C. Brown
Bivins District Court
Margaret Evelyn Thomas
L. G. Thomas
William Lee Roberts
Marjorie Winkleback
L. R. Hollingshead
Zimude Brooks Jesus Carrasca
Macdonia Arredondo
First heavier-than-air flight in British Empire in Canada
Douglas McCurdy piloted a heavier-than-air craft over Bras dOr Lake at Baddeck Nova Scotia on February 23 1909 achieving about 30 feet altitude and a half mile distance marking a historic Canadian flight within the empire.
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British Empire
Canada
Douglas McCurdy
Bras D’or Lake
Baddeck
Nova Scotia
Coal Shortage Forces Nationwide Plant Closures Inevitable
Thousands of workers are laid off and output scales back as a coal famine tightens across Chicago Washington and Philadelphia. The Office of Defense Transportation warns strike impacts will ripple into rail and reconversion, with Gary Indiana steel mill closing and thousands affected.
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United Press
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Johnson
Detroit
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Great Minnesota Iron Range
Duluth
Superior
Wis
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Ever Normal Fish Freezer Advocated at Convention
Dr R A Kahn of the Fish and Wildlife Service told the Gulf Coast Fishermen's Union convention that loans are used by the Department of Agriculture in some cases to support certain programs. The remarks focus on funding tools for fisheries and related welfare measures.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Gulf Coast Fishermen's Union
R. A. Kahn
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Interior
Department of Agriculture
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root advertised for kidney relief
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a herbal kidney remedy to relieve backaches and bladder irritation by increasing urine flow. It touts 16 herbs and roots, claims no harsh effects, and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Chambermaid 47 Years Says Hotel Guests Have Degenerated
Emma Talbot a 77 year old retiree who spent 47 years as a chambermaid in Eugene Oregon says hotel guests have degenerated. She recalls guests shining shoes on towels stealing hotel gear and getting dirtier each year. She plans a clothing alteration shop focusing on cleaner work after leaving the hotel beds.
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Eugene, Ore
Emma Talbot
Emma
Bad Army horse helps 16 hives suffer honey binge
Medford, Ore. Claude Hoover reports a horse purchased from the Army learned to nose open a beehive and led six others in a honey binge, raiding 16 hives and consuming the contents along with the bees.
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Medford
Ore
U.P
Claude Hoover
Unusual Organization At Sing Sing Prison
The murderers' club of Sing Sing prison is described as an unusual organization. Membership includes only inmates who have occupied the death house but were commuted to life imprisonment.
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Murderers’ Club
Sing Sing Prison
About Your Baby By Lettice Street
Bob, nine, lives with hardworking parents in a busy city district. He walks to school and has learned well the lessons of daily life as described in a parental guidance piece.
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Lettice Street
Bob
Safety and childhood in postwar Texas on heedless play
A 1946 column warns against overestimating a child’s safety with young Bob and his wagon. It notes parental misjudgment, a street accident, and the need for safe toys and adult supervision. mothers are urged to monitor play, set curfews, and avoid dark streets, citing shared lessons from other mothers.
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Bob
Suggested Reading List for Parents Offered Here
Street offers a reading list for mothers and fathers. To obtain a copy, send 5 cents in coin and a stamped self addressed envelope to this newspaper care at P O Box 99 Station G New York 19 N Y.
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P. O
Station G
New York 19
N. Y
Service Command Enlistments High
The Eighth Service Command reports 13.72 percent of all Regular Army enlistments since reopenings. The data indicates high enlistment activity during the period in question.
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Eighth Service Command
Army Enlistment Totals Show Eighth Command Ranks Second
The War Department reports the Eighth Service Command has 94,311 enlisted men, second only to the Fourth Service Command with 110,613. Overall Army enlistments reach 687,582 men.
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War Department
Eighth Service Command
Fourth Service Command
Army
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Udd
Burroughs Addeene
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Stew
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Cent Oil Co
Deere & Co
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Douglas Aircraft
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Gillette Razor
Goodrich
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Gulf Pet
Interlake Iron
Int Harvester
Jones-Laughlin
Kennecott Copper
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St Jo Lead
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STM
Willys-Overland Wee
Wilson & Co
Woolworth
Chicago Livestock
Financial Industrial Fund
Courthouse Records
John C. Wyatt, JR
George G. Ingham
Amarillo
Bidg. Res
Khoury Bros
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T. M. Reg. U. B. Pat
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Lazier's
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Jeanette Jones
Harrison
Hettie Price
Alabama
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Hayden
People's
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Fisk
Cal Farley
Winstop Duzzitt
Bill Mauldin
Dachau
Spain
Lester E. Allison
Honolulu
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Naval Air Transport Service
Pacific
Texas
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Amarillo Bldg
Buchanan
Ol' Vernon Sez
X-pertz
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Hancock
Iamarillo
Service
Blackburn-Shaw
Pierce
Fifia
10Th
Tyler
Killian & Crump
Pickup & Delivery
Polk
Jim Killian
WM. Crump
The
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Amarillo Retail Druggists' Association
Atkinson Drug Store
Polk St
Beery's Prescription & Vitamin Shop
Brooks’ Drug Store
Polk Phone
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
C. & E. Drug CO
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th and
Pierce Streets
H and Y Drug Store
16Th St
Herbert Drug Store
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
West 10Th
Jack Phillips Drug Store
West 6Th
Prescription Laboratory
Park Street
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