Amarillo Exceeds War Bond Quota Amid Drive
Amarillo topped its quota in each war loan drive up to the Seventh War Loan. Guy Saunders pledges no quit as casualty lists from the Pacific rise. Bonds bought include 45000 by South Western Bell and 10000 by Travelers Oil. Community groups prepare for Bond Week with Series E emphasis and prize jeep replicas for top sellers.
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Amarillo
Guy Saunders
Pacific
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Travelers Oil Company
Lester Hudson
Tynette Wilson
Horace Shaw
Dick Kelly
Lions Club
Bertha McLellan
Dorothy Lehman
Rotary
C. D. Hoover
Junior Welfare League
Geneva Morrow
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kathryn Clarke
Kiwanis
Texas
Nathan Adams
Texas’ War Finance Committee
SGT MATHews Here
Sgt. H. B. Mathews of the drivers license division of the department of public safety visited Amarillo this morning and left for Clarendon this afternoon.
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Sgt
H. B. Mathews
Department of Public Safety
Lubbock
Amarillo
Clarendon
Records of Comets Through Early Centuries
The article notes ancient comet observations dating to the third millennium B C in China, marking one of the earliest recorded celestial events. It frames early astronomy as driven by records of comets across civilizations.
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B. C
China
Yesterday Near Hottest May Temperature In Amarillo History
Amarillo weather notes that yesterday reached 99 degrees, near the May record of 100 set in 1925. Thundershowers were forecast with little cooling effect, while today should stay in the 80s. Weekend rainfall was scattered with totals in Panhandle towns: Pampa 1.07, Claude 0.07, Hereford 0.05, Dumas 0.15 inches.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Pampa
Claude
Hereford
Dumas
Cat Killed in Frenzied Dash on Polk Street
An unnamed cat ran frantically along Polk Street yesterday and died after colliding with a fire hydrant. Eyewitness Pat Higgins of 1123 Breadmoor said the animal seemed frightened by traffic and may not have seen the hydrant before the fatal impact.
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Polk Street
Pat Higgins
Breadmoor
Pat
Body of James Joseph Neece To Be Sent to Oklahoma
The body of James Joseph Neece of Dumas who died in a local hospital will be sent to Holdenville Oklahoma this afternoon. Funeral services expected Tuesday. Neece a 64 year old sewing machine repairman. Arrangements directed by Boxwell Brothers.
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James Joseph Neece
Dumas
Holdenville
Okla
Neece
Boxwell Brothers
Deserter Charged With Bigamy Turned Over to Army
Lavier Pritchett alias Jack Stanton indicted for bigamy by a Potter County Grand Jury. He has been turned over to military authorities as a deserter from the U S Army by District Judge Henry S Bishop. He has been AWOL from Camp Shelby Mississippi since July 5 1944 and will be returned to civil authorities for trial.
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Lavier Pritchett
Jack Stanton
Potter County
U. S. Army
Henry S. Bishop
Pritchett
Camp Shelby
Miss
Keep MORE War Bonds H J R No 11
House Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to Texas Constitution to grant a per diem of 10 dollars daily to all Legislature members during tenure plus mileage payments up to 2.50 dollars per 25 miles with a cap on extra sessions. It schedules the August 1945 vote and sets self enacting provisions if approved.
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State of Texas
Texas
A. D
Commissioners refuse rental of fair building for horse stabling
County commissioners rejected Ralph Pellew request to lease the Tri-State Fair Grounds agricultural building for horse stabling during the fat stock show. Amarillo Fat Stock Show officials argued the space is not suitable for permanent stabling and should remain a show facility. They urged turning the building over to the fair association. Also approved was Red Cross permission to place partitions in its fifth floor office at its expense.
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Tri-State
Ralph Pellew
Amarillo
Mason King
Commissioner's Court
The
Fair Association
Mr. King
W. M. Gouldy
Delbert Dalby
George Autry
Miles Bivins
P. C. Bennett
Red Cross
Virginia Opens America’s First Glass Works
Virginia established the first glass works in the United States, marking a foundational industry development in early American craft and commerce. The facility set a precedent for local production of glassware and related wares, influencing regional trade and technological practices.
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Virginia
America
Diggs Polk Organization Names Officers
The group at 3411 Polk appoints Donna Roth as vice president and Betty Carrol as secretary with Kathryn Walker as treasurer. Incoming officers follow Irene Nix as president Claudia Brummett as vice president Rosemary Briscoe as secretary and Phyllis Foreman as treasurer.
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Irene Nix
Claudia Brummett
Rosemary Briscoe
Phyllis Foreman
Amphore defined as a unit of electric current
An amphore is described as a unit of electric current that measures the strength or intensity of the current.
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Norwich
Sgt. Mathews
BoxweLl Brother
Aamarillo
Perryton
Spearman
French Cleaners & Hatters
Fifth Phone
Rhea Smith
Winstead Lee Smith
North East Eighth
Navy Seabeas
Winstead Smith
Germany
Smith
United States
Kikiak
Alaska
Attu
Guam
Honolulu
San Francisco
Sergeant Smith
Third Army
Patton
Oklahoma
St. Joseph
Ulry
Aps
Mighty 7
Panhandle Specialty Co
Etoes
8Th & Polk
Billye Diggs
Gamma Theta Chi
Amarillo College
Miss Diggs
L. H
Scholls
Edwin W. Prewitt
Oliver Eakle
Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co
Dallas, Texas
Purex
Ole
Eno Waves
Mk A
WAC
Sue
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