Amarillo Chamber of Commerce appoints chairmen
Chairmen for most committees of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce were announced today. Appointments include Herb Budke for membership and military affairs, Col. E. A. Simpson for industrial development, E. Kancher for highway, Wade Brymer for agriculture and dairying, A. F. Madison for trade development and extension, Ed Hardin for finance and budget, George Autry for education, C. M. Rogers for merchant activities, J. H. Davies for entertainment and receptions, Bill Beechler for aviation, Bob Stone for West Texas state committee, John Hill for advisory and post-war planning, J. E. Cunningham for industrial scrap committee, and H. O. Willborn. The post-war planning group will be formed from these committees. Additional committees may follow as needed, with meetings to outline the year’s work. Chamber directors meet tomorrow noon at the Amarillo Hotel.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Herb Budke
Col
E. A. Simpson
E. Kancher
Wade Brymer
A. F. Madison
Ed Hardin
George Autry
C. M. Rogers
J. H. Davies
Bill Beechler
Market updates Dow Jones averages rise and fall
Market summary shows Dow Jones Industrials at 137.59 up 61.20, Utilities 19.94 up 16.63, and overall stock activity with Merrill Lynch precinct figures. Trading at 1 PM lists 637,260 shares.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce
J — & Beane
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Market Averages May 18
Livestock data from Kansas City and Chicago shows hogs sold actively with steady to higher prices. In Kansas City total hogs 2,000 with up to 14.45 gains for 190 lbs and up, cattle and calves totals around 3,700 and 300 respectively with varied gains. Chicago reports hogs 21,000, cattle 8,000, with top hogs at 14.60 and cattle near 16.85 for the top loads, vealers 15.50 to 16.50, and sheep around 4,000 with lambs 15.85 to 16.15.
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Warner Brosamie
Chicago
Sinsie (P
Aéam
New York
Seevey
UBL
Amer Zink Eee
Armour and Co AT
Aviation Cor
Baldwin Locomotive
Bendix Aviation
Bethiehnem Steel Oee
Borden Cenewene
Bud
Republic “Steet Wenn
Eeenetes Rand Teeter
Sopeesadersees Tee
Shell Union Oil
Ny Vacuum Tttee
Southern Pacific
Standard Brands
Freeeee
Calif
Ind Whee
Studebaked
Wift & Cowae
Texas Corpeseesee
Texas Gulf
Tidewater
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
U S Rubber Aeewe Wee
U 8 Steel
Wilson & Co Ween
White Motors
Woolworth Wee
Kansas City
U. 8
D. A
Chicago Livestock
Air war escalates as dams blown and German targets hit
Air forces raid German industry and water systems in a new phase of the air war. Royal Air Force dams on the Mohne and Eder Rivers show strategic emphasis on crippling power and water supply. American and British bombers strike submarines and war plants along France's coast as London endures night air alarms.
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Coastal Command
Fighter Command
Bomber Command
Ruhr
Weser
Germany
Royal Air Force
Mohne
Eder
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Ministry
France
London
Attack on Attu Island Struggles Despite Naval Shelling
Allied forces faced stubborn Japanese resistance on Attu as landings occurred at Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay. Navy shelling and air strikes supported ground troops while weather limited operations, and the ridge held strong with enemy machine gun nests in rocky terrain.
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Massacre Bay
Attu
Knox
Navy
U. S. Army
Achitka
U.S
Blind Cove
Holtz Bay
Amchitka
Chichagof Harbor
Army Bombers Strike Wake Island and Rekata Bay
Washington reports that Army Liberator bombers hit Wake Island on May 15 with weather limiting results and two Japanese fighters were destroyed. On May 16 Dauntless dive bombers and escort fighters attacked Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel Island amid stiff resistance as secrecy remains crucial to ongoing operations.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Central Pacific
United States
South Pacific
Marine Corps Dauntless
Army Airacobra
Wildcat
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Marine seeks 2000 dollars from souvenirs of war
Marler plans to raise two thousand dollars from his ivory Japanese sword as a start for his own business. Ginny Sims offers nine hundred dollars for the souvenir and a San Diego surgeon bids eleven hundred. Other items include bloodstained Jap coins and Free French currency from his Pacific tour.
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Marler
Ginny Sims
San Diego
New Zealand
Texan's war prize sword carried from Guadalcanal
A Texan captured a Japanese sword on Guadalcanal and, after breaking and fitting it to his shattered leg cast, had surgeons enshrine the blade inside the cast and sheath outside. The sword traveled with him to a New Zealand hospital and then to San Diego for treatment. He plans a return to duty in a new theater of war.
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Guadalcanal
Marler
New Zealand
San Diego
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Globe-News
TRY Insulating Company
Jim Hobbs
Fips National Bank
Amarillo
JU. 8S
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Southwest
the Southwest Studio
Fine Diamonds
J. T. Russell Jeweler
Amapillo
Real Estate Loans Insurance Tax Service
R. A. Brown & Co
Taylor
Tolzien
Music Store
Paramount
Khox
St. Joseph
J. M. Hyden
W. 7Th St
Old Line Capital
Thomson-King CO
Polk
Buckhide
Anthony
Buckhide Post
Lee
Caps “Bede
Cranth
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