Amarillo industry grows with new factories and events
New manufacturing plants rise in Amarillo with three buildings nearing completion for bedding, leather goods, and saddlery operations. Jeoffrey Manufacturing expands to plows and Perryton moves operations. Apache Leather Goods, Clyde Crump firm, and Walhart-Weil setup planned. Local leaders join discussions on sour gas and postwar growth as Lions Club plans stage show and a Christmas dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Manufacturi Ng
F.cturea
Werner Veples
Werner Veples Uompany
Hast Iird
Philadelphia
Fourth and Harrison
Clyde Crump
Jeoffrey
Butler Field
Fast Amarillo
Ray Jeoffrey
Joeffrey
Perryton
North East Fighth
Truman shifts tone as Congress and labor meet pressure
President Truman eases into a tougher stance at home after months of cordial outreach. He directly challenges Congress to move major bills on unemployment, full employment, and labor management, warning the public will hold the line if progress stalls. Senator Wiley derides the program as a CIO handout while Congress has passed only two of 21 proposed points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
White House
Congress
Senator Wiley
Wisconsin
Wiley
Roosevelt
Culberson Urges Lions to Fight Nazi Complacency
Olin Culberson, Texas Railroad Commission chairman, urged Amarillo Lions Club to combat Nazi complacency in a noon speech at the Amarillo Hotel. He linked World War II to Teutonic cruelty, warned veterans of WWII may be abandoned, and criticized the lack of indictments against Prussian leaders while tracing Prussian militarism back to Barbarossa and the Teutonic Knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Culberson
Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo Lions Club
Amarillo Hotel
Culberson
Frederick Barbarossa
Teutonic Knights
Poland
France
Prussia
Redbeard
Fox Terrier Mickey Returns Home After Train Escape
A seven year old fox terrier belonging to Jackie Martyn of Lubbock escaped from a train in Fort Worth after chewing free from a crate. Three weeks later Mrs. Harry Sapey of Fort Worth found the dog by chance, and Mickey was returned home to a slightly worn but healthy condition. American nationals own about 57.7 percent of the world's crude oil reserves, estimated at nearly 64 billion barrels.
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Lubbock
Mickey
Jackie Martyn
Jackie
South Dakota
C. D. Martyn
Fort Worth
Harry Sapey
Martyns
Tate
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McCormick Co
Germany
Nimitz, Spaatz
Eisenhower
Mitscher
United States
Austin Lions Club
Amarilo
Ernest Thompson
Gordon Stephens
Russell Stationery Company
R. C. Neely
Charles B. Christian
Sgt
R W. Heiney
Ben Lane
New York
Margaret Wills
Washington
Truman
Labor Management Conference
Club
Consolidated Steel Corporation At
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Ers
Consolidated
Texas Gulf Coast
Steel
Consolidated Steel
Consoli
Texas
Los Angeles
Calif
Wedgwood
China
Period
Brown House Shop
West
7Th Ave
Hiram Walker
Repeal
Pearl Harbor
Cassia
Valencia
Coriander
Czechoslovakia
London
Hiram Walker's
Martini & Rossi
Merican
Fitram Walker & Sons
Inctoria
Tlunois
Hiram Walkers
Leeson Diggin
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria, TU
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