War Dads in Amarillo to hear on national railroad policy
War Dads in Amarillo will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom to learn the central line of action for the organization and to hear Ross Rogers president explain recently adopted national by laws from the first national meeting held in Kansas City. The report includes a briefing on national policy and upcoming action for railroad workers.
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Amarillo
Ross Rogers
Kansas City
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Return of Miners to Pits Is Gathering Momentum
The miners return to coal pits gathers momentum easing a three day strike that halted war production. War Labor Board to vote on the new wage contract. United Mine Workers President Lewis and Ickes negotiated raises for soft coal and anthracite miners.
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Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Steel Industry
Kentucky
Indiana
UMW
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Ohio
Alabama
WLE
Birmingham
Jewel Reward Divided Among Amarillo Officials
Chief of Police Sid Harper and John Furbach will share a 2500 reward from Harry Winston via Pinkerton for recovery of jewelry stolen from an air express in Amarillo last November. Judge Gee split the sum with Furbach receiving 1000 and Harper the remainder after 250 in attorney fees. Three men were convicted in federal court in the Persian Princess jewel theft case.
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Sid Harper
John Furbach
Harry Winston
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Air Express
Amarillo
Gee
108Th District Court
Furbach
Harper
J. A. Kirkman
J. L. King
L. R. Cherryholmes
L. E. Kingman
FBI
Scroggins Plans Boxing Exhibition for Veterans
Joe Scroggins announces a boxing exhibition at Veterans Hospital Tuesday night and calls for at least 18 amateur fighters to meet Sunday at 2 pm at the Hobby House Cafe 1018 West Sixth Avenue for conditioning. He says veterans lack access to boxing and other sports and aims to provide entertainment through local amateur bouts.
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Joe Scroggins
Veterans’ Hospital
Hobby House
West Sixth Avenue
Scroggins
Amarillo
Maine Tack Ranch Workers Seek Farm Jobs
Elmo King of Victory Hotel requests contact from farm or ranch owners for two earnest workers who can travel anywhere. They are unencumbered and available.
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Elmo King
Victory Hotel
Lincoln St
Pin Up Poll At Naval Base Picks Joan Leslie
Jax Air News at Jackson ville announces final results of a base pin up election with Joan Leslie garnering 1067 votes while Betty Grable Ann Sheridan Gene Tierney and Lana Turner trail. The piece notes other Hollywood idle notes and satirical quips from the era.
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Hollywood
Jax Air News
U. S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Joan Leslie
Betty Grable
Ann Sheridan
Gene Tierney
Lana Turner
Tingrid Bergman
Leslie
Rock-Tossing Vandals Stir Amarillo Police
Amarillo police report a surge in rock throwing by youths targeting homes cars buses schools and trains. Sgt. J A Kirkman says action will be taken after a boy pair was stopped by a bystander George Culp who held them until police arrived. The city previously banned slingshots and BB guns within city limits in an ordinance passed February 9.
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Amarillo
J. A. Kirkman
Amarillo Directors Map Regional Aviation Conference Plans
Amarillo chamber of commerce directors heard reports on a west Texas referendum that failed to create a Washington bureau and on the National Reclamation Association meeting in Denver. Rex Baxter outlined next steps for a regional aviation conference here and prepared for an Oklahoma City Aeronautics gathering with notable attendees. E J McCartt of McCartt Super Markets is hospitalized for a back ailment with non serious condition reported.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Abilene
Washington
Joe Dooley
Denver
National Reclamation Association
Dooley
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Baxter
Oklahoma City
National Aeronautics Association
Mayor LaGuardia
New York
Roscoe Turner
Eddie Rickenbacker
E. J. McCartt
McCartt Super Markets
Northwest
Ham Hamilton Marks 20th Anniversary Tire Service
Longtime Amarillo tire dealer Ham Hamilton celebrates twenty years since opening Ham Hamilton Tire Service in 1923. He arrived from Roswell New Mexico in 1920 and expanded to 202 West Eighth Avenue with a crew of 16. He notes introducing re cap molds in 1933 and projects selling over 25 000 re capped tires by year end.
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Ham Hamilton
Amarillo
Hamilton
Roswell
N. M
East Fourth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Polk Street
West
Tenth Avenue
Harrison Street
Fisk
Services Arranged for Miss Margaret Irvin
Funeral services for Miss Margaret Irvin will be held at 4 PM at Boxwell Brothers' Funeral Home with Dr. R C Snodgrass officiating. The 22 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Forest Irvin of 326 North West Eighth Avenue died Wednesday in an Austin hospital. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
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June Margaret Irvin
Boxwell Brothers
R. C. Snodgrass
Miss Irvin
Austin
Forest Irvin
North West
Eighth Avenue
Llano Cemetery
Collision Victim Still Unconscious in Dumas Area
Unconscious since a traffic collision near Dumas last night. Garland Roberts, patient in a local hospital, suffered a head injury when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Cliff C. Moore of 403 Florida Street. Moore had a neck injury and was treated at Moore County Hospital. Four men with Moore were uninjured. Roberts resides at the Cactus Ordnance Plant near Etter.
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Dumas
Garland Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Cliff C. Moore
Florida Street
Mr. Moore
Moore County Hospital
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Etter
Glass Cut Victim Reaches for Dried Beans
Mrs. C. W. Alexander 205 East Sixteenth Avenue suffered a leg cut yesterday afternoon while shopping for groceries. She says a carbonated water bottle on a lower shelf appeared to brush her coat and glass shrapnel injured her leg as she reached for a package of dried beans.
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C. W. Alexander
East
Sixteenth Avenue
Roosevelt nominates Elmo Pearce Lee for Fifth Court of Appeals
President Roosevelt named Elmo Pearce Lee Sr. of Louisiana to be a judge on the Fifth Court of Appeals. The nomination follows former Texas Governor James V. Allred not receiving Senate confirmation for the post.
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Lee
Allred Washington
Roosevelt
Elmo Pearce Lee, Sr
Louisiana
Fifth Court of Appeals
Texas
James V. Allred
Senate
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