O E Broome resigns as Potter County Draft Board clerk
War ends and O E Broome steps down after serving as clerk of Potter County Draft Board No 2 from February 13 1942 to November 15 1945. He joins Russell Stationery Co as credit manager in Amarillo after thirty years in the area, praised for orderly records and fair treatment of selectees. J R Cullum notes his replacement not yet named. board members include Herb Budke and Fancher Upshaw.
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O. E. Broome
Broome
Potter County
Draft Board No
Russell Stationery Co
Amarillo
Draft Board
Home Owners Loan Association
J. R. Cullum
Draft Board No. 2
Mr. Cullum
Herb Budke
Fancher Upshaw
German POWs donate funds to Red Cross aid
Fort Custer Michigan reports German prisoners of war contributed 10147.58 dollars for victims of German concentration camps via the International Red Cross. This follows the prisoners’ donation announcement received today.
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Fort Custer
Mich
International Red Cross
Returned Servicemen Wipe Polish Saxes for Holidays
Amarillo musicians formerly in the armed forces return to the band scene for the holidays. Phil Phillips organizes a new band with top locals Weldon Bright and others like Bob Haynes, Lowell Riggs, Irving Tolvien, Fay Parsons, Al Norton, George Casey, Billy Briggs, Pat Trotter, Jimmy Meeks, Gordon Creamer, Bennie Ruth Garrett and Carleton Scales, aiming to bring fresh tunes to local clubs and dances.
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Amarillo
Phil Phillips
Weldon Bright
Bright
Army
Field Artillery
Houston Bright
Billy Hardeman
Nib Noble
Guy Lombardo
Fay Parsons
Kansas City
al Norton
Navy
George Casey
Pampa
Billy Briggs
Pat Trotter
Jimmy Meeks
Benny Bennett
Gordon Creamer
George Olsen
Chase Hotel
St. Louis
Bennie Ruth Garrett
Dick Jones
Carleton Scales
Scales
Bid High for Calves At Frisco Sale
The A-Bar-A Ranch of Medina bought Dinah Domino 8th for $2,000 at B. F. Phillips Hereford Ranch. Fifty-one animals sold for an average of $627, with six bulls averaging $618 and 45 females $628. Big Bull Ranch of Canadian bid $1,700 for Miss Dundena 4th, sired Sept. 2, 1944 by Real Prince Dundy.
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Frisco
Tex
Medina
Texas
Dinah Domino
B. F. Phillips
Phillips
Big Bull Ranch
Miss Dundena
Prince Dundy
Brothers Are Discharged From Army Service
Mrs. Pearl Allard of 404 Madison celebrates the discharge of her two sons G Weldon and Joel from the Army after over three years in the Pacific. Weldon served with the 24th Infantry Division earning five battle stars and the bronze arrowhead while Joel served with the 32nd Red Arrow Infantry Division earning five battle stars and the bronze arrowhead. They met three times in theater, including a 24 hour foxhole reunion in Australia during the Hollandia invasion and a Leyte relief at the Philippines, before both were discharged in Texas.
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Pearl Allard
Madison
G. Weldon
Joel
Pacific
Weldon
24Th Infantry Division
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
32Nd
Red Arrow
Australia
Hollandia
Leyte
States
el Paso
San Antonio
Island Shaped by Glacier as Ice Melted, Long Island Story
Long Island in New York formed when a glacial ice sheet carried stones and gravel to the Atlantic edge and left them as it melted, building the island through centuries. The narrative traces the glacier’s transport of materials and the natural process that created the coastal landform known today.
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Long Island
N. Y
Blacier
Atlantic
Education Minister Richard Law Wins Kensington By Election
London voters returned Richard Law conservative minister of education in Churchill’s caretaker government to Parliament by an overwhelming majority in the Kensington by election. Liberal Lancelot Spicer stood as the opponent while the Labour party did not field a candidate.
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Cation
Winston Churchill
Kensington
Lancelot Spicer
Labor Party
Propose New Youth Center in East Amarillo Studied
The Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce committee is studying a possible East Amarillo youth center. Chairman Lee Biggs has discussed the plan with W F E Smith and others. The project is in the talking stage with no action yet. The center would include a community building a playground and a swimming pool.
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Amarillo
The
Jaycee Committee
Stomach ulcer pains prompt Jack Spratts to eat no fat
Modern tale of Jack Spratts who eat no fat due to distress from ulcer pains indigest and heartburn. The text promotes Uden and Uber Tandiet as remedies with a claimed double your money back offer from a local darineeist town.
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Jack Spratt
Jack Spratts
Tomas
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Polk
Nize
Willie and
Joe
By Mauldin
Les
Bob Haynes
Lowell Riggs
Irving Tolvien
League of
Horn Blowers
Bob Siler
Mike Redwine
Rip McAlpine
Mary Miner Goodwin
Brooks
Fountain Service
Brooks Drug Stores
24Th and Polk
16Th
Duzzitt
Amarillo Ice CO
Dept. of Banking
State of Texas
G. Weldon Allard
Joel Allard
London
Richard
Kidwell's Model Shop
Cecil Killough
Floyd Ramsey
SEA Foods
W.ith St
Dupont
Star Lumber Co
Jackson ST
Gene Klein M. Lepforge
Superman
Conoco N Tane
Ntal Oi Cor
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