ROTC Cadets Receive School Awards at Amarillo High
ROTC cadets at Amarillo High School received awards in an all school assembly. Cadet Jerry Voelm won the saber, presented by Veterans of Foreign Wars. Major Lawrence Hagg presented the saber. Billy Mhoger led the corps. The American Legion honored top cadets with efficiency awards named by Maj. Carl P. Matney.
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Amarillo High School
Jerry Voelm
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. G. Voelm
Fillmore
Sarters
Voelm
Robert Leggett
Philip Wolfram
Bill Wood
Basil Walker
Lawrence Whidden
Bob Sullivan
Gilbert Mann
Jack Gusler
H. K .Tanfield
Garwood McCaskill
Lawrence Hagg
Billy Mhoger
Guyon Saunders
American Legion
Carl P. Matney
Lewis Fields
Billy Linkenhager
Jimmy Hall
Jane Ochsner
Jack Benton
Norman Sullivan
Truett Pields
Carl Eitner
Bob Braden
Jimmy Wrather
Urges Caution on Tax Cuts
Secretary of the Treasury told Congress that a period of tax reduction is approaching but offered no specific cuts or timing. He skipped recommendations on 20 levies under study and noted it is unlikely all revisions will be enacted at once.
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Washington
Treasury
Snyder
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
de— Administration
Senate
Truman
Lost keys and reward notice from reader Mrs W A Ho
A reader offers a reward for a lost key ring that includes a belt hook, lock box, car, and business keys. Also a piano tuning ad and a lost key ring with a G I Gog-tag bearing the name William E Haynes. Contact 2 9313 or 2 6776.
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William E. Haynes
Top soil offered for haul away
Mrs Thurman Gholston advertises about four yards of good rich top soil available for anyone who will haul it away from 3401 Polk Amarillo. The notice also includes a personal ad seeking a nice woman aged 25 to 36 for correspondence, with preferences on habits.
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Tack
Amarillo
Stranger in Amarillo seeks housekeeping work
A person in Amarillo seeks housekeeping jobs in a motherless home or with an employed couple. They offer practical nursing city references and state no contagious cases. Call 9904 MARY.
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Amarillo
Mary
Baby bed wanted for sale by Williamson
Person seeks a good condition baby bed for sale and provides contact number 2 7094 for W. FE Williamson at 3421 Hughes Street.
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Tack
W. FE Williamson
Hughes
Harvest Equipment Operator Seeks Harvest Season Work
Applicant offers to drive a tractor or combine for the harvest season with own transportation and living quarters. Ready to start immediately and provides strong references. Visit at 3710 Chicago in Industrial City, AM.
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Chicago
Student Plays Three Roles in Two Night College Show
Amarillo College Players stage My Sister Eileen tonight at 8 and again tomorrow in the college auditorium. John E. Sissom will portray a man on the street a future admiral and a fire department connected gentleman. He is a freshman in Amarillo College and former Naval Air Corps Reserve gunnery instructor. Tickets cost 75 cents for students and one dollar for adults available at local drugstores or from cast members. Bennie Clyde Mays plays Eileen and Marion Saunders plays Ruth with other cast members named.
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John E. Sissom
Amarillo College
Eileen
Lissom
A. C. West
Pierce
Naval Air Corps
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Post Office
Taylor
S&m
North Taylor
Bennie Clyde Mays
Marion Saunders
Ruth
Joe Bob Coble
Lindaire Mock
Tom Akers
Glen Brotherton
College Play Presented Under Drama Faculty Direction
Jimmy Short Frances Lynn Townes Loren Hightower Fred Miller Carl Veidt Sam K Broyles Jr and Aurice B Vernon are named. Production is directed by Sharleen Barker with Doris Gale Crownover assisting. Scenery was built by the drama class led by Loren Hightower.
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Jimmy Short
Frances Lynn Townes
Loren Hightower
Fred Miller
Carl Veidt
Sam K. Broyles, Jr
Aurice B. Vernon
Sharleen Barker
Doris Gale Crownover
Markets Closing: Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
Chicago grain slips after morning firmness as rains spur weak mood. May soy, corn, and oats show small moves. Kansas City cattle, hogs, and sheep trade sides with mixed tone. steady to lower prices on most categories amid light demand.
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Chicago
Southwest
Middle West
New York
Amarillo High Head Attends National Conference on Practical Training
R B Norman principal of Amarillo High returns from a Chicago three day conference with leading national authorities on secondary education. The meeting aimed to create a high school course of study to better prepare students for work in the world.
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R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School
Chicago
New York
Amarillo
Norman
Charles A. Prosser
Minneapolis
Normen
Prosser
Federal Board For Vocational Education
M. A. Browning
Texas Distributive Education
Austin
J. G. Umstattd
University of Texas
L. W. Cox
San Antonio
House Group Okays Postal Rate Hike
The House Post Office Committee approved bills to raise postal rates for air mail from 5 to 6 cents per ounce and to increase second class mail rates for newspapers and periodicals mailed beyond their county of publication. It also backs a new air mail postcard option set at 4 cents and bases zone based increases on advertising content and reading weight.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Burlington Chief Defends Jesse Jones in Rail Loan Critique
Ralph Budd president of Burlington Lines defended former RFC Director Jesse H. Jones against charges of untruths tied to an 80 million dollar loan to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Budd praised Jones’s plan to avert bankruptcy on a prewar Colorado and Southern loan and argued railroads need higher freight rates to improve profits.
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Houston
U.P
Ralph Budd
Burlington Lines
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
B&o
Jones
Young
Budd
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Burlington System
Mr. Jones
Burlington
Chicago Livestock Market Report Gecaco May 19
In Chicago at Gecaco on May 19 cattle and calves totals reach 15 000 with fed steers and heifers steady to strong. Top beef price hits 27.00 for a 1131 lb beeves while sows and sheep show declines and lighter weights remain scarce. Financial industrial fund lists a liquidation offering at 1.93.
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Kansas City
USDA
Arizona
Chicago
Gecaco
Warranty deeds and district court divorce notice
A list of warranty deeds transferring lots in Forest Hill Park Mirror Dixon Acres Roberta Place and Humphreys Highland with prices from 46.58 to 8000, plus a district court divorce case Ruth Jones versus Lester V. Jones. The names Edward C Martin Simeon Arenda Doroteo Fajardo James H Utterback Raymond Ford Teodoro Flores H J Line Morris Browning Edith Irene Rose D G Solt D D Pileer Hunnicutt Roy Hunnicutt J D Jones and Ruth Jones are present.
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Edward C. Martin
C. L. Edwards
Forest Hill Park
Simeon Arenda
Doroteo Fajardo
James H. Utterback
J A Headrick
Ridgemere
Raymond Ford
O FE Porter
Raymond Subdivision
Teodoro Flores
Jose Carmen Perez
H. J. Line
E. O. Milburn
Morris Browning
Edith Irene Rose
Dixon Acres
Jester Seeks Action on Labor Mediation and Boxing Board
Gov. Beaufort H. Jester urged the 50th Legislature to pass emergency bills on voluntary mediation and compulsory arbitration for certain strikes. He also proposed a separate state boxing and wrestling commission, outside the Department of Labor and Commerce, a plan he has pressed repeatedly this session.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
George Nokes
Corsicana
Jester
Boxing and Wrestling Commission
Department of Labor and Commerce
Boxing and Wrestling
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Second Cocker Show Planned This Year
Cocker Club leaders announce another sanctioned match for Amarillo within six months. The Panhandle Cocker Club, led by president C. L. Perkins, sponsored a 46-dog show at the Tri-State Fairgrounds that was sanctioned by the American Kennel Club. After the next sanctioned event, the show will be eligible for point matches and join a regular circuit.
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Amarillo
C. L. Perkins
Panhandle Cocker Club
Tri-State Fairgrounds
American Kennel Club
Mr. Perkins
Jackson
Italy Seeks Place In United Nations
Italy applies for UN membership with ambassador Alberto Tarchiani delivering the document to Secretary-General Trygve Lie at Lake Success. The Rome dated application, signed by Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza, mirrors Hungary as a former Axis nation seeking membership.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Italy
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Alberto Tarchiani
Washington
Tarchiani
Rome
Carlo Sforza
Hungary
Axis
Army Bans Private Shipment of Cigarettes to Germany
The Army banned private shipments of American cigarettes and tobacco to Germany effective May 26 to curb black market trading. Army post exchanges remain the only supply channel, deemed sufficient for GI and civilian worker needs.
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Germany
Washington
Picketing Spreads to Texas Telephone Exchanges
Picket lines formed around Southwestern Bell Telephone exchanges in Houston San Antonio Beaumont Galveston Orange Brownsville Harlingen and McAllen. In Dallas exchanges line crews began duty at six this morning as union members and others observed the protest and some workers did not cross lines.
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Associated Press
Texas
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Houston
San Antonio
Beaumont
Galveston
Orange
Brownsville
Harlingen
McAllen
Dallas
W. L. Rehn
Southwestern Bell
Explosion at Brunswick munitions dump kills twelve
An explosion at a Brunswick munitions dump on May 12 killed twelve people including one British soldier and eleven German workers. The blast devastated the site and authorities launched an investigation into the incident.
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Brunswick
Germany
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Boost Gentle Bowel Action
Dr Edwards offers Olive Tablets to relieve constipation. The tablets act on both upper and lower bowels to encourage natural movements with no griping. Available at drugstores for 15 or 30 cents.
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Dr. Edwards
Defense in Mass Lynch Trial Closes Its Case
In Greenville South Carolina the defense in the mass lynch trial of 31 white men closed its case without calling witnesses after acquitting three defendants and reducing charges for seven others. Judge Robert Martin recessed court until Tuesday for closing arguments. Benjamin A Bolt announced the defense’s surrender of witnesses.
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Greenville
S. C
General Sessions Court
Stocky
Benjamin A. Bolt
Robert Martin
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W. H. Simpson
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chicago Grain
Kansas City Livestock
Am Smelt & Ref Bpass
Armour & Co Teen
At&sp
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Comm Invest
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O11
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Deere & Coeter
Nerai Electric
Tee Wee
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Interlake Iron
Harvester
Jones Laughlin
Kennecott
Glenn L Martin
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Western Union
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Willys Overland
Wilson & Tee
Woolworth
Jesse Jones
News-Globe
Financial Industrial Fund
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Western Electric Union
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WAYNE
Galion Oye
DP Teihg and Trailer Inc
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Globe-News
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