Veterans Face Severe Housing Shortage Across Nations
Native Amarilloans return from war to find few homes and must relocate. Local Veterans Information Center reports 75 to 100 Pantex Village apartments reserved for veterans. National trend echoes regional strain as weather and crowded cities push veterans to the Southwest. Dallas seeks 2900 temporary homes with federal funding.
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Pantex Village
Joseph P. Tufts
National Housing Authority
Chicago
New York
Carpenter Injured in Fall Resting at Hospital
Hugh Watson of 2408 Houston suffered a fractured pelvis after a two story fall through the roof of The Borden Company wholesale plant at 906 Grant yesterday afternoon. He was conscious in the ambulance and resting better today at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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Hugh Watson
Houston
Borden Company
Grant
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Mr. Watson
YWCA Directors to Meet in Regular Monthly Session
YWCA directors will hold their regular monthly session at 9 30 Monday morning. Mrs P L Reppert, the president, announced the schedule today.
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YWCA
P. L. Reppert
Bridge Tournament Aids Colored Day Nursery Fund
The Pilot Club will host a bridge tournament at 8 o clock Saturday night in the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom to raise funds for the Colored Day Nursery. It is the second event in two weeks after a rummage sale netted 128 dollars for the nursery. Reservations and tickets are available by calling Lucille Jennings at 8198 or 6262. guests may also play other games.
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Pilot Club
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Lucille Jennings
Doan
New Attorney For Thompson
A sixth attorney has been appointed to assist in the defense of Miran Thompson who will be tried in Childress Monday on a murder charge connected with Detective Lem Savage's death. Judge Luther Gribble appointed Jimmie Mahawth of Childress to assist Amarillo counsel as defense.
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Miran Thompson
Childress
Lem Savage
Amarilo
Luther Gribble
100Th District Court
Jimmie Mahawth
Amarillo
Henry Bishop
47Th District Court
George McCarthy
A. A. Lumpkin
John Merchant
W. J. Flesher
W. T. Brothers
Sam Hamilton
Jim Lumpkin
Col. FE. A. Simpson
Byron Singleton
Leonard King
Thompson
Alcatraz
Federal
Elbert Day
Savage
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Duane Meriwether Discharged After 46 Months of Service
L. Duane Meriwether former employee of the John Deere Plow Company has been discharged in California after 46 months in the armed forces. Most of his service was on four Pacific islands. His wife Mary Courson accompanies him in California and the couple plans to return home.
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L. Duane Meriwether
John Deere Plow Company
California
Pacific
Mary Courson
Diphtheria Cases Fall in Amarillo Health Report
Amarillo reports a decline in diphtheria with four cases under quarantine and eleven released in recent weeks. Two deaths noted this fall. typhoid one case improving, no scarlet fever, and ordinary colds and influenza. School checks by two nurses monitor health.
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Amarillo
Jack Wyatt
Wyett
C. H. Ray
Eva Marie Britten
Fite Accepts Internship at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Dr. James F E Fite, son of Mrs. F E Davis of Canyon, has accepted an internship at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital after graduating from Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in Kirksville Missouri.
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Fite
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
James FE. Fite
FE. Davis
Canyon
Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Kirksville, Mo
Riddle Arrives in Amarillo for Employment Service Work
L. S. Riddle arrived in Amarillo from Brownsfield to begin work in the placement division of the United States Employment Service. He plans to bring his wife and four children here once a residence is secured.
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L. S. Riddle
Amarillo
Brownsfield
United States Employment Service
Reception Tonight for New Education Director and Wife
A reception honoring Mr and Mrs Clifford Ammerman will be held tonight from 7 to 10 oclock at the home of Mrs Tom Currie 2116 Van Buren Ammerman is the new educational director at the First Christian Church with Dr R C Snodgrass as pastor The Ammermans arrive from Owensboro Kentucky where he directed education He earned a BS at the University of Kentucky and an MA at the College of the Bible Lexington Kentucky All church members and friends are invited to meet the new educational director and his wife
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Clifford Ammerman
Tom Currie
van Buren
Ammerman
First Christian Church
R. C. Snodgrass
Amarillo
Owensboro
University of Kentucky
College of the Bible
Lexington
Currie
Phani Hilton Visits Sister in Lubbock After War Odyssey
Phani Hilton of Lubbock, who served with invasion forces from England into France through Germany and Austria, is visiting his sister Mrs. EF. P. Sellers at 612 Fillmore. The note also mentions the average prewar passenger car age as 5.8 years.
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Set
Phani
Hilton of
Lubbock
England
France
Germany
Austria
EF. P. Sellers
Fillmore
Funeral Tomorrow For Mrs Matthews Dallas Woman Passes at 42
Requiem mass for Mrs Virginia Matthews 42 who died Tuesday in Dallas will be said by Father Monroe J Matthiesen at 9 30 tomorrow morning in Sacred Heart Cathedral. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery with Knights of Columbus as pallbearers. Monsignor Steinlage to conduct rosary at 8 tonight in Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Mrs Matthews survived by husband Frank formerly of the 200 block on Taylor restaurant business.
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Virginia Matthews
Dallas
Monroe J. Matthiesen
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Memorial Park Cemetery
Knights of Columbus
John A. Steinlage
Sacred Heart
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Radar industry up sixfold from prewar radio market
The radar sector now dwarfs the wartime radio industry, already six times larger than its prewar counterpart. Analysts note rapid expansion driven by military and commercial demand, with key firms accelerating production and research.
BC Pain Formula Advertises Quick Relief
The ad promotes BC with rapid acting ingredients for headaches neuralgic pains muscular aches and periodic pains. It claims sedative effects for simple nervousness and notes 10c and 25c sizes and to consult a physician if pains persist.
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Veterans Information Center
East Fifth
Mr.Tufts
Congress
Carpenter
Anoly
Grr
Ve. Eee
Cretney
POLK
Ene Amy Ig — Os
Aunt Sassié
New Royal Sas
King Powde
Vceo
Guinot
ROYAL
S.A.S
and Hite
Quio Shoe
Fcreanen
Duane Meriwether
Santiago
South America
Mrs. Sellers
Judy
Swan
Cinderel Mag Santa
Mrs. Matthews
Levine
Mackinaws
Dickie
Shier
Cinderella
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