Million Dollar Ad Investment Drives Amarillo Metal Growth
S. L. Shepherd of Amarillo Metal Products Co. credits a $47 Globe News ad with launching his business which has grown fast and drawn more than 108000 in contracts. Fort Worth’s Simplex Window Bracket Co. plans to move to Amarillo by June 15, while a $1246000 order from AMPCO and a $15000 sample bin order from Keith Motor Co. boost local industry. Shepherd, born in Benton Arkansas and educated at Arkansas Tech, expanded to 50 workers and foresees new plants and warehousing as WPB material supplies rise.
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S. L. Shepherd
Amarillo Metal Products Co
North Polk
Amarillo
Globe News
Robert F. Martin
Simplex Window Bracket Co
Fort Worth
Martin
Amarillo Metal Products Co. Ach
Shepherd
Keith Motor Company
Keith
AMPCO
United States
Benton
Ark
Arkansas Tech
Pine Engineering Co
Corpus Christi
Shep
Dallas
Herring Hotel
Pine’s
Amarillo Metal Products Company
Mr. Shepherd
Crash Injures Two Women Near Conway on US 66 Route
Mrs. D. K. Hall of northwest Conway suffered serious injuries in a two vehicle crash about nine miles west of Conway at 11 this morning. Miss Billie Loretta Cleghorn, 19, southwest of Conway, was less seriously hurt. Both were taken to Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. State patrolmen from Amarillo investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. K. Hall
Conway
Billie Loretta Cleghorn
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Hall
Good Neighbor Bill Is Dead in Texas Senate Fight
The Texas Legislature killed the so called good neighbor bill. The Senate approved it by 46 to 63 in a House vote and a motion to reconsider was tabled. The measure would have forced public places to serve all races on equal terms, including hotels cafes amusement venues swimming pools and parks.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Legistate
Pvt J C Vaughn of Hereford Dies
Private J C Vaughn of Hereford died yesterday morning at a post hospital in Camp Peary Williamsburg Virginia after a cerebral hemorrhage. He enlisted in the Marine Corps four years ago and spent a year in Iceland. He was a Hereford High School graduate known for an outstanding athletic record.
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J. C. Vaughn
W. D. Vaughn
Hereford
Dick Vaughn
Potter County
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Vaughn
Marine Corps
Iceland
Hereford High School
Widely Scattered Showers Predicted Across Panhandle Today
The weather forecast calls for widely scattered showers and thunderstorms today with partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow. Yesterday’s rainfall was light and concentrated at Pollett .05 inches, Pampa .10 inches, and Lubbock .04 inches.
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Panhandle
USS Amarillo Victory To Be Launched In July
Mayor Joe Jenkins announced the ship USS Amarillo Victory will be launched on July 3 in Wilmington California. The notice of the ship name was received from the Maritime Commission.
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USS
Amarillo
Victory
Joe Jenkins
OWI Lists Include Many Texas Men
Office of War Information release lists numerous Texas service members liberated in Europe. Names span ranks and towns including San Antonio Fort Worth Dallas El Paso Austin Houston and others with varied units and titles.
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OWI
Texas
Office of War Information
Europe
Dempsey E. Ballard
San Antonio
Joan W. Bauer
Seguin
Vance W. Beckham
Kermit
Elmer G. Berkenbosen
Beaumont
William B. Berry
Roland H. Brazier
Fort Worth
Dudley K. Brummett
Dickens
Charlie Buerger
Brenham
Quentin W. Burgett
Santa Anna
Horacio A. Casanas
el Paso
Robert E. Champion
Arthur R. Dudley, Jr
Dallas
Robert V. Flores
James W. Granberry
Mineral Wells
Wilbur Grumbles
Eden
Richard M. Hairston
Hearne
Reid M. Harrell
Anson
Alton B. Haverlah
New Ulm
Paul D. Hayslip
Braniff resumes Houston Galveston flight service
Braniff Airlines announced nightly service between Houston and Galveston will restart Friday night after war disruptions. T. E. Braniff will pilot the inaugural flight from Houston at 8 10 p.m. to Galveston Army Air Field. Officials will meet the arrival, and return service will depart Galveston at 8 55 p.m. arriving in Houston at 9 20 p.m.
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Houston
U.P
Galveston
Braniff Airlines
T. E. Braniff
The
Airways
Galveston Army Air Field
Chamber of Commerce
Island City
Potter County Grand Jury Reconvenes with No Indictments
The Potter County Grand Jury reconvened this morning with many cases awaiting deliberation and no new indictments reported at the noon recess. Last week jurors returned one misdemeanor indictment before adjourning for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Grand Jury
District Attorney
Major Tolleson Returns After Dunkirk Era Ordeal
Major James F. Tolleson, long held as a prisoner after his plane was shot down over Hamburg on April 7, escaped from a German camp, and has now returned to the United States. His mother, Mrs. Hugh Tolleson of Amarillo, reports a long distance call but cannot reveal his next city. He is expected home in Amarillo Friday or Saturday. the Tolleson residence is 1706 Van Buren.
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Hamburg
James F. Tolleson
United States
Amarillo
Hugh Tolleson
New Jersey
Major Tolleson
Tolleson
1706
van Buren
Resume Strike Negotiations At Gulf Oil Refinery
Port Arthur May 29 Efforts to end a wildcat strike of 3500 CID workers at the Gulf Oil refinery resumed after last night’s breakdown. Gulf officials CIO Union and Joseph Myers US labor conciliator set further talks today as workers refuse to return until grievances are settled. The strike entered its fourth day at one of the world’s largest high octane gasoline plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
U.P
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
International Oil Workers (Cio) Union
Joseph Myers
U. S
Zelley Family Visiting In Amarillo From Atchison Globe
Mr. Ridgeway Zelley his wife and children Carol 18 months and Robert 3 1 2 are visiting Amarillo. Zelley former Globe News classified ad department manager now business manager of the Atchison Globe. He is son of Mrs. R. E. Zelley and brother of Mrs. Edith Bellet, both of whom live at 2117 Lipscomb.
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Amarillo
Ridgeway Zelley
Carol
Robert
Zelley
Globe News
Scheele's discovery of glass etching with hydrofluoric acid
In 1771 Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele showed etching could be done with hydrofluoric acid which corrodes the outer surface of glass. Globe-News Want Adt Get Results.
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Karl Wilhelm Scheele
Globe-News
Markets Lockstep: Dow Jones Edges Higher Amid Trading
Trading at New York exchanges shows Dow Jones industrials up .74 at 168.75 at 1 P M with US stocks advancing .29 to 63.72. Railroad shares rise and numerous major issues including General Electric General Motors and Texaco lift sentiment as cattle hogs and sheep markets rotate with volumes reported at Kansas City and Chicago.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Errr
Live Stock Market Report Highlights Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Salable hogs 6 000, total 11 000, active and fully steady. Hogs 140 lb up at 14.75, sows 14.00, complete clearance. Cattle salable 6 000, calves 800. fed steers and yearlings mostly 15 to 25 cents higher, top steers 17.90, long yearlings 17.75, 979 lb yearlings 17.65, bulk steers 15.50 17.50, heifers 14.50 17.00, mixed stock 17.75. Cows and bulls steady to strong. cutters 9.25 down, heavy beef bulls 13.25 15.00, vealers 16.50. Sheep salable 2 000, total 5 000, steady, full clearance. Lambs 15.50 for old crop 90 lb, No 1 pelts 15.00 15.25, No 2 pelts 14.40 14.50, ewes 8.00 down.
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Kansas City
WEA
Nebraska
Courthouse Records Note Multiple Property Transfers and Marriages
A batch of deeds shows Jack Phillips selling Lot 27 Block 14 Country Club Terrace to E O Crafford and others transferring substantial acreage in Sections 124 and 123. Additional deeds include Abernathy purchases and various lot transfers. District Court lists two divorces between Frosts and Woodards. Marriage licenses issued to six couples including Jameson Consolver, Turner Thorne, Ramsey Thomas, and Hash Conner.
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Jack Phillips
E. O. Crafford
Country Club
Gordon T. West
Norton Baker
Ab&m
T. J. Coffey
T. M. Bruner
Tom Edgar
Miller
M. Humphrys
Guy G. Laing
Cazzell M. V. Walter
J. F. Jones
Plemons
D. A. Sheets
Lorene Sheilds Cormack
S. J
W. Bogard
C. F. Gardner
Fairview
Betty H Frost
August W. Frost
Loretta Woodard
Roy Woodard
Joseph M. Jameson
Glenadeon Consolver
Carl Turner
Phyllis Thorne
Old Man Henderson Dies at Shreveport
W. K. Henderson 65 once a famed 1920s radio figure known as Old Man Henderson died after a heart attack. He voiced Hello World from KWKH Shreveport and led the Merchants Minute Men campaign against chain grocers, raising about 1 million dollars from independent grocers nationwide.
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Shreveport
W. K. Henderson
Radio
Henderson
KWKH
Federal Radio Commission
Washington
MMM
Merchants Minute Men
United States
Arraignments Planned in Stolen Cigarette Ring
Ten people from Borger Pampa and Stinnett will be arraigned before Hutchinson and Gray counties grand juries on charges connected to receiving stolen cigarettes from Carlton Florey Wholesale Grocery. Nine Amarillo residents including four teens and five men face burglary and receiving and concealing stolen goods. Four teens allegedly entered the wholesale firm and took 480 cartons. the men are charged with receiving and concealing. Most defendants have been released on bond.
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Borger
Pampa
Stinnett
Hutchinson
Gray Counties
Carlton-Florey
Bill Adams
Potter County
R. A. Sneed
State Comptroller’s Office
Amarillo
County Clerk Compiles File on Servicemen
County Clerk Hubert Cole and deputies assemble a master index of records for armed services members honorably discharged killed in action or mentioned in letters. The Army Navy and veterans groups urge service members to file discharges with the county clerk for home county or discharge receipt. No charge is involved.
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Armed Services
Hubert Cole
Army and Navy
Veterans Organizations
Vandalism in Parks Increases and Worries City Officials
City officials report rising vandalism in public parks with dismantled fountains broken swings and damaged playground equipment. City manager A. P. Hancock and parks superintendent O. B. Howell say the problem has persisted for a year and worsens, questioning future picnic plans given the damage.
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A. P. Hancock
O. B. Howell
Bruce D. Clement Claimed by Death
Amarillo resident Bruce D. Clement died after a long illness in a local hospital at age 74. He formerly worked for Borden Company. Survived by wife Gladys, daughter Alma May Clement of New York City, sons Don B Clement and Donald Doane Clement in New York City, and Duane Doane Clement of Amarillo. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Blackburn-Shaw.
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Bruce D. Clement
Amarillo
Borden Company
Clement
River Road
Gladys Clement
Alma May Clement
New York City
Don B. Clement
Donald Doane Clement
Duane Doane Clement
Blackburn-Shaw
No Commission Meeting Cancelled Tonight
With no special business requiring attention the regular city commission meeting for tonight has been cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Italian physicist Alessandro Volta discovers electric current
The discovery of the electric current was made by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, marking a milestone in electrical science and future technological developments.
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Alessandro Volta
Fisk Testifies in Suit vs Herring Hotel Corp
Charles A. Fisk testified in his $17,500 damage suit against the Herring Hotel Corporation. He described a December 1942 banquet at the Herring Hotel for Panhandle Laundry employees and families where he says he became ill from food poisoning. The record also noted 12 plaintiff witnesses read in yesterday’s session in 108th District Court before Judge W. E. Gee.
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Charles A. Fisk
Herring Hotel Corporation
Mr. Fisk
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Fisk
108Th District Court
W. E. Gee
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