Vacancies for Veterans in Pantex Village
Vacancies remain in Pantex Village with 17 percent of its 810 houses vacant. In the last two months 66 veterans have taken houses, and the Amarillo Housing Authority urges eligible veterans and families to apply at the AHA office. A nursery school opened by Amarillo Day Nursery, and Rebecca White of Paris began work as project service supervisor on November 6.
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Pantex Village
United States
J. W. Clifton
Amarillo
AHA
Brothers collide in Utah two car crash
In Gunnison Utah on November 22 two cars driven by brothers Deward Jensen and Boyd Jensen collided. The drivers swapped reports after a brief shock and inspected the damage to determine who struck whom amid a family auto mix up involving their father and brother in law.
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Gunnison
Utah
Deward Jensen
Boyd Jensen
Atlantida Spanish Club Get Acquainted Meeting
The Atlantida Spanish Club will hold a get acquainted meeting at Dwight Morrow School tomorrow night at 7 o clock. The program features Spanish music and speeches with refreshments. All Spanish students and those with knowledge of the language are invited.
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Atlantida
Dwight Morrow School
Ella Broadwell Receives Discharge from WAVES
Amarillo native Ella L. Broadwell, daughter of Mrs. B. L. Broadwell, was discharged at the Memphis Navy training center. She served with WAVES since June 1944 and previously worked for the United States Employment Service locally.
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Ella L. Broadwell
Amarillo
The
WAVES
Memphis
Tenn
B. L. Broadwell
Hereford
United States Employment Service
Navy
Paris Black Market Expands to Books Amid War Grief
In Paris the black market reaches books sold at Seine stalls including American publications like Yank. Readers pay 24 cents second hand while a new issue costs five cents. Murder mysteries rise to 80 cents or a dollar, with new titles bearing clipped prices and 50 percent markups.
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Paris
Seine
Yank
Pont Neuf
Pont Royal
Take Off Ugly Fat With This Home Recipe
An inexpensive home remedy claims to shed ungainly weight without exercise or starvation. It prescribes four ounces of liquid parcel Concentrate mixed with grapefruit juice to make a pint and two tablespoons twice daily. Advertises quick, safe results with a money back note from druggists.
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Elender
Post Office Drug
Cretney Drug
Morning Shower on Interurban Ride in Los Angeles
Do ris Waller, en route to Seattle to marry ex-Marine Roger Christensen, was surprised by a group of girlfriend commuters who showered her during a morning trolley trip. Conductor Steve Irvin and other passengers joined the playful gift exchange.
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Los Angeles
Doris Waller
Roger Christensen
Seattle
Steve Irvin
Miss Waller
Negro Held in Murder Of N M Woman
Santa Fe New Mexico district attorney says Louis Young admitted slashing and stabbing Eloise Kennedy 23, a Denver banker's daughter in law, found dead in her Santa Fe apartment with her month old baby nearby and signs of attempted rape. details of confession withheld.
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Santa FE
N. M
U.P
Louis Young
Eloise Kennedy
Kennedy
Leon G. Kennedy, Jr
Santa Fe Bank
Army
Bonehead Club Proposes Reconversion Ideas for Dallas Plant
Dallas businessmen of the Bonehead Club present four peacetime uses for the former North American Aviation plant. They suggest an indoor dude ranch an indoor 36 hole golf course an indoor garden and continuing atomic bomb experiments to endanger the plant and ease worries.
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Dallas
U.1
Bonehead Club
Boneheads
Hold the Line in Rio
In Rio de Janeiro police ban bottled drinks in grandstands amid peak football interest to prevent use as weapons against players and spectators.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
Sailor Drowns When Car Plunges Into Canal
Charles G. Briggs a 19 year old Houston sailor drowned when the automobile he drove after a farewell party plunged through the ferry landing chain and into the Houston Ship Canal in Pasadena Tex Witnesses said the car traveled about 40 miles per hour and Briggs body was recovered after the vehicle was dragged from the canal He served 31 months in the Pacific The tragedy occurred as he was taking his mother sister and girlfriend home from the party.
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Pasadena
Tex
Charles G. Briggs
Houston
Houston Ship Canal
Briggs
Pacific
Alabama Studies Alcohol From Scientific Angle
Alabama began a scientific study into alcoholism with a $5 000 appropriation in 1945. The project includes public education that an alcoholic is a sick person. A seven member board includes two gubernatorial appointees and five ex officio members such as the health officer and hospital superintendent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Winner Is Looser When Greased Pig Captured
In Shaw Field South Carolina Pfc Mickey Carroll captured a greased pig at a prior chase. He housed the porker in the Military Police supply room awaiting an offer decision. Offers were withdrawn and Carroll ultimately sold the pig to a man headed to North Carolina amid transport difficulties.
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Shaw Field
S. C
Pfc
Mickey Carroll
Carroll
North Carolina
South Africa Tops World Gold Production
South Africa leads global gold output with major mining firms and state data showing high annual production. The report highlights the country’s dominance in mining, refining capacity, and export figures driving its economic impact.
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South Africa
Sergeant Rhea Echoes Italy Tenure in Army Service
Staff Sgt John Eldon Rhea son of Mr and Mrs John Rhea 301 North Lincoln Amarillo has served in Italy 31 months in the Medical Department he arrived at Fort Meade Md yesterday and expects discharge soon a long distance Rome Amarillo call involved local exchange Hazel Husted who knew the Rheas number but did not realize the sergeant was calling he is a graduate of Amarillo High School former Amarillo College and Texas A M student his father works for Rock Island a gift suggestion follows
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John Eldon Rhea
John Rhea
North Lincoln
Italy
Fort George G. Meade
Rome
New York
Amarillo
Hazel Husted
Local Exchange
Rheas
Sergeant Rhea
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Texas A. & M
Rock Island
Fruitful Job Claims for Philadelphia Garbage Men
Philadelphia news reports Councilman L Wallace Egan says garbage men can earn over 5000 dollars yearly with overtime doubling a typical 2600 dollar salary. Councilman Phineas Green jokes about quitting to take such work as council members earn 5000 dollars annually.
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Philadelphia
L. Wallace Egan
Egan
Phineas T. Green
Red Cross Sends Over A Million Books To POW Camps
From the war’s start to May 1945 the International Red Cross forwarded 1 238 383 books to prisoner of war camps worldwide.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross
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Uymon
Pampa
Berger
Okla
General Office
National
Utralways System
Sears Map Blueprint CO
Polk
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Montgomery & Montgomery
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Virginia
Clifford
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George T. Foster
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Casella
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