Gift Shop For Veterans At Hospital Expands This Year
Mrs. Rhea Smith of the American Legion Auxiliaries reports a busy drive for the hospital Gift Shop serving over 200 veterans. More than 300 gifts have arrived including nylon hose towels books soap toys and lunch cloths in five donated boxes. Auxiliary leaders say about 5 000 gifts are needed from 103 Fifth Division units to fill carts and two shopping days December 11 and 12.
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Veterans Hospital
Rhea Smith
American Legion
Henry Cusick
Legion
Rehearsal Tonight for The Messiah Chorus
The Messiah chorus rehearsal is set for tonight at 8 o clock in the Amarillo College Auditorium. Emil F Myers director of the group was in Pampa yesterday for the Pampa singers who will join the Amarillo group in the Christmas oratorio. Myers praised the Pampa chorus and said they will join again for rehearsal soon. All Amarillo singers are urged to attend tonight.
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Amarillo College
Emil F. Myers
Pampa
Amarillo
Amarillo Women to Attend 39th Texas PTA Session
Five Amarillo women will attend the 39th annual Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers state convention in Galveston from Wednesday to Friday. Leaders include Mrs. R. E. Posey, president of the Amarillo PTA Council, and Mrs. J. C. Alexander, district president, with others like Mrs. W. D. De Grassi and local council and PTA presidents. The event marks Galveston’s third hosting with prior conferences in 1932 and 1939, and speakers from Texas and other states are on the program for the New Frontiers theme.
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Amarillo
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Galveston
R. E. Posey
PTA Council
J. C. Alexander
PTA
W. D. de Grassi
Ashely Osborn
Two Amarillo Men Apply for Army Enlistment
Application for enlistment has been received from two Amarillo men Captain Eugene Safford said today. Herbert R. Dickson son of Mr and Mrs John L Dickson 415 Jackson and Melvin L Newell son of Mrs Margaret Mc Nett 129 North Harris are unassigned armored force applicants. The pair left at 9 this morning for Fort Sill Oklahoma for final physical examinations.
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Amarillo
Eugene Safford
Herbert R. Dickson
John L. Dickson
Jackson
Melvin L. Newell
Margaret McNett
North Harris
Fort Sill
Okla
Vest Pocket Essays on Spelling Names from Paris Fair
A playful note explains spelling by sound with absurd renditions of names. It mentions the Paris Fair dedicating a section to the plastics industry and ends with a News Globe Want Ads results tease.
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Paris
News-Globe
Stuck in Mire Of Politics
James Marlow reports that price and wage controls and rationing became a major political issue as Truman seeks power to reimpose controls. Congress, led by Taft and the House speaker, opposes the move, tying it to the 1948 election and blame politics.
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James Marlow Washington
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Representative Martin
Massachusetts
House
OPA
Mr. Truman
Truck Carrying Shotgun Shells Kills Driver Near McGregor
A truck carrying shotgun shells and general merchandise crashed into a concrete bridge three miles from McGregor, Texas, killing 22 year old driver Charles L. Jacobs of Houston. His charred body was recovered two hours after the fire. The truck, owned by Peden Iron and Steel of Houston, was en route to Gatesville when the wreck occurred on the McGregor Moody highway blocking traffic for hours.
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Waco
McGregor
Charles L. Jacobs
Houston
A. M. Breazeale
Peden Iron and Steel Company
Pre Cancelled Stamps Sold At Amarillo Post Office Window
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi announced pre cancelled stamps will be sold at the Amarillo post office window to speed Christmas mail. Special equipment prints Amarillo Post Office between cancellation lines. Sales run December 1 through December 31 to shorten mailing time.
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Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
US Postal Service
Amarillo Post Office
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