First Aid Training Through Firms Urged
Amarillo firms and large business houses are urged to cooperate with the Red Cross first aid and accident prevention plan by appointing in house instructors. Firms with 50 plus employees should nominate one or two to take the Red Cross course starting next Monday. If not contacted, call Red Cross headquarters in the courthouse. Numerous local entities have signed on for courses, including schools, utilities, unions, and public safety groups.
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Amarillo
Red Cross
Improving Field Efficiency At Topical Insurance Meet
A talk on field efficiency will headline the Amarillo Life Underwriters Association meeting tomorrow at noon in the Capitol Hotel. Principal speaker James E. Schofield of Hartford will discuss insights from the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau, joined by W. O. Childress of Dallas, vice president and agency director of the Rural Life Insurance Co.
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Amarillo Life Underwriters Association
Capitol Hotel
James E. Schofield
Hartford, Conn
Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau of
Hartford
W. O. Childress
Dallas
The
Rural Life Insurance Co
Differences between Americans and Europeans highlight barriers to understanding
R. Wright Armstrong, newly named executive assistant of the Burlington Lines, spoke in Amarillo after returning from Europe where he served as a transportation officer. He cited language and time perception differences and noted wartime transportation bottlenecks as hindrances to postwar rehabilitation.
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R. Wright Armstrong
Burlington Lines
Amarillo
Mr. Armstrong
Europe
England
France
Belgum
Holland
Luxemburg
Germany
Great Britain
Armstrong
Fort Worth
Denver
L. R. Capron
Burlington Lifles
Chicago
Bob Hoyt
Public relations firm opens Dallas regional office
A PR firm that pioneered industry public relations opens a southwestern regional office in Dallas placing Bill Sherrill in charge. The firm, Hill & Knowlton, is led by John W. Hill and Don Knowlton with nationwide offices in New York Cleveland Washington San Diego. Sherrill, a Texan with 15 years in newspaper and PR work, previously worked for Globe News Fort Worth Star-Telegram Vernon Record and Tyler Courier Times.
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Dallas
Bill Sherrill
Amarillo
Hill & Knowlton
New York
Cleveland
Washington
San Diego
John W. Hill
Don Knowlton
Sherrill
The
Globe News
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Vernon Record
Tyler
County Tax Clerks Delayed With Receipts
Deputies in the county tax office are about two weeks behind in checking and mailing tax receipts as mail payments flood in. Tax assessor-collector Frank Hoyt said receipts are being mailed as rapidly as possible. Collections have run for a month and are expected to stay heavy. this month offers a 2 percent discount and next month a 1 percent discount.
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Frank Hoyt
Benefit rummage sale for Colored Day Nursery
The Pilot Club organizes a rummage sale at 407 Fillmore to support the Colored Day Nursery. Hours run from 10 AM to 5 PM tomorrow. Also notes that New England was once buried beneath 1000 feet of ice.
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Pilot Club
Fillmore
New England
German Wins Offer To Join Canadians
John Wolpe born in Berlin and German citizen who is Jewish. He fled to France and joined Canadian forces in Calais after posing as a defender. He captured hundreds of Germans and killed 28 outright before being wounded. doctors say Canadians plan to offer citizenship and he vows to become one of them.
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Watford
England
John Wolpe
Berlin
Germany
France
Calais
Wolpe
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Amarillo Public Schools
Amarillo Gas Company
Amarillo Laundry
Coca-Cola
Girl Scouts of America
Panhandle
Iron Workers Union
Plains Creamery
Plasters Union
Rock Island Railreed
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Catholic
Amarillo Metal Products Company
Amarillo Hardware
Amarillo Fire Department
American Smelting Company
Bordens Milk
Carpenters Union
General Mills Company
Painters Union
Plumbers Union
Southewestern Public Service Company
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas Highway Patrol
Young Woman's Christian Association
Appliance Company
Great Lakes
Charles W. Allman
Fifth Marines
Colby
Wis
Okinawa
Council On Foods and Nutrition of
American Medical Association
American Meat Institute
U.S
Pioneer
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Tropics
N. Fillmore
Amarillo Neon CO
Northeast
Philadelphia
J. W. Hill Furniture CO
Polk St
Brer Rabbit
Adolph Rupp
University of Kentucky
South
Unker
Bi-Rite, Inc
POLK
Rio Grande Valley
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