Registration for Amarillo Public Schools Summer Term
Registration for the summer term of Amarillo Public Schools is set for Monday June 1 at the high school. Tuition ranges from 8 to 20 dollars depending on division and number of subjects. Contacts include Lydia Martin Ruth Dulin and instructors Katherine Brooks Oscar Wise and I D Maharon. Ecuador’s 1941 coffee harvest ranking noted. Watch for opening date.
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Amarillo
Lydia Martin
Ruth Dulin
Katherine Brooks
Oscar Wise
I. D. Maharon
After the War Economic Collaboration Talks in Amarillo
Bankers of the Panhandle meet in Amarillo in a yearly convention led by Elmer Stearns president of the Panhandle Bankers Association. The program features laymen speakers Col E C Black and Cal Farley and Jay Taylor of the Federal Reserve Bank. The event includes visiting ladies entertainments and a country club party. In Washington a postwar economic collaboration plan unfolds with Britain backing Atlantic charter principles and discussions with the Soviet Union and China to form a global economic alliance.
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Jefferson Davis
Elmer Stearns
First State Bank
Matador
Panhandle Bankers' Association
Col. E. C. Black
Amarillo Army Technical School
Cal Farley
Chamber of Commerce
Jay Taylor
Federal Reserve Bank
Panhandle
Bankers’ Group
Amarillo
Amarillo Country Club
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
China
Cordell Hull
Russia
Roosevelt
Hull
Maximum Litvinov
Britain
Japan Seen as Greatest Foe in War Effort Debate
Upton Close, former Far East editor, told 1,000 Texas Bankers Association delegates that Japan is the top foe, and a swift end to the war is possible if Asiatic support is won. He warned of a prolonged struggle if U.S. aims are unclear. Other talks featured Gov. Coke Stevenson and UT President Homer Rainey. Hull’s trade principles outlined a path toward a happier world via free trade and international aid.
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San Antonio
Japan
Germany
Upton Close
Far East
United States
Close
Texas Bankers Association
Coke Stevenson
Homer Rainey
University of Texas
Henry W. Koenecke
Ponca City
Okla
American Bankers Association
Russia
Hull
Labor Unions Bill Heads for House Consideration
Chairman Hatton W Sumners of Texas aims to bring a bill to the House to bring labor unions under the Federal anti racketeering law. He will ask the Rules Committee for a rule within a day. The measure, reported favorably by the Judiciary Committee, substantially revises the 1934 act which makes it a felony to obstruct interstate commerce through force or violence to obtain money.
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Washington
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Water Pipe by Carload Rolling into Amarillo
Amarillo receives WPB order curbing water service extensions to 60 feet and 1/2 inch lines. War Production Board demands housing project extension approvals while Amarillo Army Technical School awaits the pipe. The city may transfer the pipe to the Corps of Engineers, preserving city funds.
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Amarillo
War Production Board
Amarillo Army Technical School
War Department
Mills
Birmingham
Ala
City Commission
Corps of Engineers
Negro grocer joins sugar ration after shortages
In Fort Worth on May 27, M. Mickens a black grocer and cafe owner signed up with the county rationing board for sugar. The board questioned him as he said his two cafes had no sugar in coffee and his grocery had none for a month. He warned he may close if shortages persist.
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Fort Worth
M. Mickens
Mickens
Funeral today for Brinkley in Del Rio Texas
The body of Dr John R Brinkley will be laid to rest in Del Rio after a life marked by fame and controversy His death followed heart attacks soon after his left leg was amputated in a Kansas City hospital Brinkley rose to power in Kansas during the 1920s before settling in Texas for his final rites
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del Rio
Kansas
John R. Brinkley
Brinkley
San Antonio
Kansas City
Milford
Little Rock
Ark
Brinkley Hospitals
Mexico
Hobbs Bill Seeks End to Labor Exemption in Wages Law
Rep. Sam Hobbs of Alabama introduces a bill to remove the wage payment exemption for bona fide employers and employees, and to strike the clause shielding bona fide labor organizations. The measure also clarifies it does not repeal the National Labor Relations Act and makes interstate robbery or extortion a federal felony. Houston speech claims US will be the strongest nation after the war, noting the dedication of a new 1 million stadium and field house.
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Sam Hobbs
Alabama
Houston
United States
Dean E J. Kyle
Texas A
M. College
New Zealand
Word Ranch bids range from 7.60 to 15.75 per acre
Bids on six Word Ranch sections ranged from 7.60 to 15.75 an acre with one trade proposal. The city’s full commission must be present to decide sale of land adjoining a water plant, lake and recreation grounds. Mayor Jenkins defended open meeting practices as the commission acts for the people. Austin Hancock was authorized to buy 15 boots and 38 pants for firemen at an estimated cost of 500.
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R. H
Bob” Epperson
Paul Craig
Homer Wheeler
Bill" McSpadden
L. Pond
FE. T. Renfro
Lindsay Nunn
Toney Chisum
Eleventh
Polk
Joe Jenkins
Taxpayers’ League
W. B
Willie” Stubbs
Association
League
Jenkins
Austin P. Hancock
Church Hosts Amarillo High School Graduating Class
Presbyterian members of the Amarillo High School graduating class were guests at a luncheon today in the fellowship hall. The event was hosted by the Central Presbyterian Church Women’s Council with Mrs. C. P. Underwood presiding. Miss Dean Wright gave the response for the students.
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Amarillo
Women's Council
The
Central Presbyterian Church
C. P. Underwood
Dean Wright
R. G. Mills
N. D. Bartelett
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Bankers of the Panhandle
Chile
H. O. Thompson
Marge
Freeman’s Flowers
Personal Service Florist
K. A. Meretskoff
Schenley
Schenley Distillers Corp
N.Y.C
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Negro
Word Ranch
Caundry
Hanhandle
Laundry Say Cleaning Co. Laundry Shirt Service
Arthur J. Altmeyer
War Manpower Commission
Paul McNutt
Columbus, Ga
Dr. Scholl
Kotex
Taylor ST
Globe-News
Fither
Capitol
Peiumaia
NEW Theatre
Nancy Kelly
Richard Carlson
Vorilly
First Run Pictures
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