Breining Resigns Over Public Apathy At VA Insurance
Harold W. Breining, longtime head of the Veterans Administration life insurance operation, resigns after 31 years directing NSLI and VA plans. He blasts public apathy, says the job is enormous, underappreciated, and he needs rest after 12 years without a vacation. He notes pressure and loss of good staff despite a vital program for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold W. Breining
Breining
Veterans’ Insurance Program
Veterans Administration
Congress
Globe News
Dismiss Charges Against Walton in Texas Case
Burglary charges against Jerome V. Walton now dismissed in 47th District Court as witnesses moved out of Texas. Walton, in the US Reformatory at El Reno Oklahoma, faced a Sept 16 1949 burglary charge for taking an automobile from Amarillo Motor Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome V. Walton
US Reformatory
el Reno
Okla
47Th District Court
Texas
Walton
Amarillo Motor Company
Frieholtz Charged In Car Theft Case From Hospital
Frank Leroy Frieholtz, 17, of Atchison Kansas, is to be brought from Sterling City to Potter County to face theft charges involving a car stolen from Veterans Hospital. He was arrested Monday morning after the vehicle was taken Sunday night from the hospital residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leroy Frieholtz
Atchison, Kan
Sterling City
Potter County
Frieholtz
Winton
Palmer
Veterans Hospital
Texas Business Index Falls Further in May
Texas business activity declined again in May the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reported. The composite index fell 2 percent from March and 6 percent from December 1950, with retail sales down 5 percent from March erasing prior gains. Crude oil runs to stills fell 2 percent and freight car loadings slipped 1 percent while urban building permits dropped 17 percent. Industrial power use and crude petroleum production rose 2 percent each, and electric power use was flat from March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Washington Hotel In Greenville Sold
In Greenville on May 29 the six story Washington Hotel was sold to New-Bell Co Inc for an undisclosed sum from Mrs J L Collins. The hotel built in 1926 cost about 100000 and replacement value now ranges from 400000 to 500000. Newell noted the New Bell Company also owns the Grayson Hotel in Sherman plus other Texas and Arkansas properties. Leased operators W B Johnson and Jack Spillman will continue to run the Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Washington
New-Bell Co. Inc
J. Tip Newell
Sherman
New-Bell
J. L. Collins
New Bell Company
Grayson
Texas
Arkansas
Newell
Jack Spillman
Shamrock Year Fire Faces Wet Winter Woes
Fire crews and collectors say the season is the worst Shamrock year due to a wet winter that hampered efforts and increased hazards. Local sources report widespread difficulties and cautious cleanup.
Miss Mercer Draws Credit In Textbook
Miss Jessie Mercer of Amarillo High School is cited in a new secondary speech book by Dr. Karl F. Robinson of Northwestern University. The book uses material from her Northwestern paper in a chapter on Listening and notes awards from the State Interscholastic League Contest in April where her students won first in boys extemporaneous speaking and second in boys debate and girls extemporaneous speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Mercer
Amarillo
Karl F. Robinson
Northwestern University
Robinson
Miss Mercer
Illinois
Bulletin
The
National Association
Opening of Air Force bids for Amarillo base
Bids for the construction of 11 mess halls and administrative buildings at Amarillo Air Force Base were expected to be opened this afternoon at the Corps of Engineers office in Tulsa. The opening was likely at 2 o'clock with the apparent low bidder not announced for several hours. The project sits within a larger effort including more than 200 barracks buildings and mess halls already under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Air Force Base
The
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
R. H. Holmes
Memorial Service at 7 for Amarillo war heroes
Memorial services are set for tomorrow night at seven o clock in Memorial Park at Twenty fourth and Washington to honor Amarillo's heroes of all wars. The Amarillo Veterans Council, the Amarillo Ministerial Alliance and the Parks and Recreation Commission, with Amarillo College music department, present the program. Chaplain Morris Lively will give the invocation. Dr. Francis Pritchard will deliver the address. Mrs. Morris Lively will lead in God Bless America. Chaplain Malcolm M. Hagood will give the benediction. Most businesses close, except some drug stores, movies, and filling stations. Federal and city offices will also close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Park
Twenty-fourth
Washington
Amarillo
Amarillo Veterans Council
Malcolm M. Hagood
Amarillo Air Force Base
Airman Huckabey on Leave From Lackland Base
Airman Ernest Huckabey stationed at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio is spending a week in Amarillo visiting his mother Mrs Emma J Huckabey of 1107 North Johnson He is an Amarillo High School graduate from 1950 and serves as a base instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Huckabey
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Amarillo
Emma J. Huckabey
North Johnson
Amarillo High School
Huckabey
Set Summer Store Hours For Amarillo Retail Group
Nineteen Amarillo stores in the ladies ready-to-wear group will inaugurate summer store hours beginning Friday. Ben Solnick, manager of The Hollywood and spokesman for the group, announced today weekday hours for the summer months of June, July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Ben Solnick
The
Hollywood
Summer store hours extend leisure time for shoppers
The program runs 9:30 to 6 on Saturdays with hours up to 6 o'clock. Solnick notes the aim is to give workers an extra hour of leisure during the hot weather. Cooperating shops span Polk Street from 601 to 820, including Accessory Shop 816 Polk and Spiegel's 612 Polk among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Solnick
Accessory
Polk
Askins
Bea's Shop
Bentley's
Blackburn Bros
Charm Fashions
Dixie Shop
Franklin's Apparel
Gordon's
Hollywood
Kline’s
Mangels
Rudell's
Spiegel's
Sweetbriar
Three Sisters
Youth Drowns At Pinecrest Lake Near Jacksonville
Billy Covington fourteen year old drowned in Pinecrest Lake six miles northwest of Jacksonville Texas yesterday on the first day of summer school vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Tex
Billy Covington
Pinecrest Lake
Here
Three Car Thefts Reported In City Suburbs
Police reported three automobile pilferings yesterday afternoon and this morning. A. L. Haynie of 1501 Lincoln said tools including a carpenter's level a sledge hammer a tire pump and a jack were taken from his car trunk parked at his home. Jimmie E. Owen of 1612 Madison said fender skirts were stolen from his car parked at 1909 Harrison. Mrs. R. B. DeBault of 805 Lake said the spare tire and wheel were stolen from her car parked at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Haynie
Lincoln
Jimmie E. Owen
Madison
Harrison
DeBault
Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Globe
Marizon’s
McKettrick
Gf Insurance
VA Insurance Division
Business Index
Washington Hotel
Says Cornel Wilde
Jory
Schenley
Robert Preston
Claude Rains
Herbert Marshall
Schenley Distributors, Inc
New York, N. Y
Malty Amerie
Khoury Bros
Ozarka
L.N. Pittman
Optometrist
Goodyear
Goodyear Tires
Tire Service
Goodfyear
Gunn Bros
Borger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!