Reopen Drive For WAVES In Amarillo
WAVES recruitment reopened in Amarillo on an unlimited basis announced by Chief H F Longabach head of the Amarillo Navy station. The drive targets 2000 new monthly enlistments for hospital corps as 82000 WAVES are on active duty and 13000 serve in hospital units with 120000 male corpsmen. All recruits receive eight weeks training at Hunter College New York with hospital corps workers adding two months. inquiries at the Navy Recruiting Station Post Office third floor.
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Amarillo
H. F. Longabach
Navy
Longabach
Hunter College
New York
Post Office
Kentucky Bluegrass in Early Spring Bloom
The famed Kentucky Bluegrass shows a blue tint only in early spring as it blooms, a seasonal color change noted by botanists and lawn enthusiasts.
Butterflies and bonnets pattern 4932 for toddlers
An Amarillo Globe advertisement promotes Anne Adams spring 1945 patterns for toddlers and home decor. The 4932 pattern includes a dress bonnet slip and panties in sizes 6 months to 4.5 years, with details on fabric length and required items. Order instructions include a coin payment of twenty cents and mail to New York address, plus a free apron pattern and a separate fifteen cent copy offer.
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Amarillo Globe
P. O
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Dow Jones Stocks and Grain Tables From New York and Chicago
Merrill Lynch stock figures show 1 PM levels with advances and declines across major industrials. The New York Stock Exchange lists prices for Am Smelt Bethlehem Steel Aviation Baldwin and many others, while Chicago grain quotes for May wheat corn oats rye and soy follow brief daily ranges.
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Industrals
Cere Cccacee
Sinke
Les Sales
York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch, Pierce
Fenner & Beane
Rees Eee
Am Smelt & Ref
Csccossess
Aviation Corp .c
Baldwin
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Os Pious Phaehis
Coats
Coat Motors
Curtiss Werente
General Electric
General Motors
Cillette Trosot
SL. G
Euler Taba
Cevtce Abté
Kennecott
Lockheed Or
Lone-Bell Lumber
Glenn L. Martin
Gulf Oils Ee Ae
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Ocais
Y Shipbuilding
North Am Avation
Toms Tole Data Caren
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Osesteare Te
Penn RR
Iebeeeneuee
Aiper RF «Cossesesdir
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Jde
Tandesesie sbweWse
Sears e+ teeneeeow
Shell Union
Oeer
Socony Vacuum
Sou Pac Ce Tause Neces
Eee
Stand Oil Ind
Seers
Vcccavavess CO
Brudebaker
Iceces Coe
Spiegel, Inc
Ccceesenc
Texas ‘Corp Aubbsees
Sam - BE
Tex Gulf Sylph
Tdewater
Esgeres
Union Carbide
Eeeees
United Aircraft
DDS Pe Ok
Acsvas Sane Bens
Wee Reese Cevdhevs
Sra. & GO
Brees
Western Union
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 9
Cattle salable 1 000 of 1 800, steers steady to strong on light supplies. Hogs salable 900 of 1 000, active and fully steady. Sheep 7 000 of 11 000, market slow with lambs weak to 25c lower, good wool lambs above 15.50. Prices listed include steers up to 1640, hogs around 14.50, and sheep from 13.50 to 15.50 for select lots.
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Kansas City
J.P
WFA
Arizona
Chicago Livestock Market Report May 10
Hog prices steady to higher at 14.75 for 140 lb barrows and gilts with strong sow quotes. Cattle see steady fob values and top fat cattle near 17.50 while calves and yearlings hold firm. cows and bulls show mixed shifts. Sheep trade slow with lambs bid about 15.40 to 15.65 and heavy demand for clipped lines. pelted wool sales limited. Financial fund liquidating at 2.36 per share.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Courthouse Records and Marital Actions Highlight Local Deeds
Warranty deeds record transfers for H L Moore to J W Bogard Jr and others including Beverley Shaffer Pletatt Heard and more. District Court shows multiple divorce petitions and a set of marriage licenses with several couples listed.
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H. L. Moore
J. W. Bogard, Jr
Henry M. Beverley
Norma Shaffer
J. L. Heard
A. Bueford
Albert E. Gunter
Mina A. Light
Homer H. Light
Ray A. Downs
Mary Estelle Hill
Raymond Deveney
Lydia Schaffer
Jack Sides
Martha King
Allen A. Anderson
Clara A. Schwartz
James H. Rainwater
Gladys Lucille Burnett
Local Couples Named in Registry Notices
Kenneth H. Hook and Alice Mildred Wieland Clarence Lee Eubank and Virginia Jean Morelen. Joseph D. Brown and Katie Mae McCandless. Weldon A. Chambers and Erma Lee Pierce.
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Kenneth H. Hook
Alice Mildred Wieland
Clarence Lee Eubank
Virginia Jean Morelen
Joseph D. Brown
Katie Mae McCandless
Weldon A. Chambers
Erma Lee Pierce
Allied air power shifts threaten Japan with invasion in Pacific war
US Air Forces chief General Henry Arnold says air superiority will overwhelm Japan as hundreds of B 29s strike inland seas oil targets. raids near Tokyo find airfields deserted while 400 planes deliver heavy blows on Otake refinery Tokuyama fuel depot and Oshima storage. Tokyo claims sunk battleship and two carriers near Okinawa, but no confirmation follows.
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London
Europe
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Japan
Germany
Tokyo
Otake
Tokuyama
Oshima
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Okinawa
Ryukyu Island
Final Battle Echoes as Okinawa Heats Japanese Will
The Osaka Mainichi calls turning Nippon into one war camp as 36 535 of 60 000 Okinawa Nipponese soldiers die. American losses reach 2 684 dead and Marines, 13 202 wounded, 539 missing. Chinese reports 2 600 Japanese dead near Chihkiang as pursuit forces close.
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Japan
Osaka
Mainichi
Okinawa
Chihkiang
Chungking
Demobilization Plan Outlined By War Dept Officials
A War Department special staff group briefed reporters on the demobilization plan. Tompkins noted soldiers already in the country on rest trips will be eligible for discharge right away. Officials projected about 1.2 million eligible under the plan, with normal attrition bringing the total near 2 million in the next year.
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War Department
Tompkins
Army
Draft policy cites selective calls and age groups
Tompkins said the army will call the 18 to 29 year old group to the maximum and draft boards will continue to take men over 30. Lumpkins opposed changing the fathers drafting policy as troops are notified of the point system.
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Tompkins
Lumpkins
Jimmy Mitchell Wins Bond In Saber Drill Competition
A $25 war bond was the first prize in a saber drill competition this morning among Amarillo High School ROTC companies. Jimmy Mitchell emerged as winner amid the competition between company representatives.
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Jimmy Mitchell
Bond
Amarillo
Cadet Staff Sergeant Wins Legion Bond in Drill Contest
Cadet staff sergeant from Company C won the bond offered as first prize by the American Legion. Cadet lieutenant from Company E placed second. Two cadets from each of five ROTC companies competed at the Senior High School Auditorium with about a month of prep as the audience watched.
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Chell
Company C
American Legion
George Curtis
Consti
Washington's 64th Birthday Dance Travel Highlight
A historical note recalls George Washington’s fondness for dancing and records that at age 64 he traveled 10 miles to attend a dance, while a separate reminder urges early submission of Want Ads.
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George Washington
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America
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Norwich
Financial Industrial Fund
Courthouse Records
Pacific
Public Accounting
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Fisk
Jmmings
Zenith
E. M. Broome
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Muehlebach
George Muehlebach Brewing Co
Thesc Fppyo
the Bee
Uehlebach
Fitecuer
Barbara Gould
Steel Garden
Pruner
Mazda
Wats
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