FHA loan halt to chill Amarillo housing slump
K S Reynolds of the Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association warns a building slowdown will hit Amarillo as FHA Title VI insurance approvals dry up due to a exhausted 4.2 billion dollar appropriation. Builders fear few new starts after Dec 1 unless Congress acts. FHA nationwide had approved 30 251 dwelling units in October a record.
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Amarillo Ome
K. S. Reynolds
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
FHA
Co. P. Atwood
Afr. Reynolds
Congress
House Banking and Finance Committee
Reynolds
Atwood
Sheriff Lures Wolf With Decoy Deputy Trap
In Goshen Indiana Sheriff Luther W Yoder used a woman deputy as a decoy to trap a 25 year old man named Earl Musser who had sent an over amorous letter to a 15 year old farm girl. Musser arrived at a country road rendezvous and was invited to hop in. The ruse was successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
Luther W. Yoder
Earl Musser
Viola Bontrager
Pennsylvania Plans Alcohol Treatment Reforms
In Harrisburg the legislature's study group plans recommendations to help alcoholics as Pennsylvania, a major liquor retailer, prepares for the 1949 General Assembly session. Proposals include new hospitals dedicated to alcoholics and drug addicts to address public health needs while the state retains liquor revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
U.P
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Weldon B. Heyburn
Penitentiary 'Lawyer' Secures Release
Clyde Meeks, 46, a self-styled prison lawyer at Missouri Penitentiary, read cases and advised inmates on habeas corpus. He gained freedom by pleading his own case in circuit court after eight years of a 15 year forgery sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Clyde Meeks
Meeks
Attorney General's Office
Pin Cushion Classification Causes Tariff Debate
Morris S. Rosenthal of New York challenged tariff rules at the 34th National Foreign Trade convention in St. Louis. He noted a silk pin cushion shaped like a pear was taxed as an artificial fruit while a tomato shaped pincushion, though a fruit biologically, was treated as a vegetable by the Supreme Court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Morris S. Rosenthal
New York
National Council of American Importers
Rosenthal
Supreme Court
Pickles With Milk Prove Safe, Says Association
Chicago AP report says parents need not fear pickle and ice cream together. The National Pickle Packers Association concludes a pickle sundae is harmless when individuals tolerate the separate ingredients, stating any food good by itself can be safely combined with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National
Pickle Packers Association
Association
Oberammergau Passion Play Given Every Ten Years
The Oberammergau Passion Play is performed once a decade to honor a vow made by the village in 1633 and renews its traditional commitment to that promise for contemporary observers.
State of the Union at Paramount Monday night
Kay Francis appears personally in State of the Union at the Paramount Theater with ticket sales urged at the box office. The notice highlights dining at Longchamp's and lists numerous patrons invited for Thanksgiving birthday dinners and a long roster of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Francis
Paramount Theater
State of the Union
Longchamp
Home Rice
Karl Chapman
Ben Jenkins
Arthur Jones
McLean
Glen Armstrong
Donald Stinson
D. P. Seay
W. J. Lovan
Doris Legitt
Mary Routh
College Station
Calvin Harrell
Ann Heaton
D. M. Packard
Frank Salter
L. A. Vahue Rodney Jordan
Lolo Cloyd
Leo Ray
Moody Chritchlow
Jeannice Chapman
Bob Hough
Luther Hough
Inez Lovan
Carolyn
Betty Payne
Nihla McDonald
J. B. Patterson
C. E. Thomason
Leo Ratliff
Jack Fyfe
Julia
Jackie
Philip McCullough
G. A. McCullough
L. H. Bradford
Jim Reed
Wayne Branum
Ted Burch
C. Moorman
J. Walter Hill
Carol Ann Hill
J. P. Black
Rose Mary Woods
Rose Ritter
Floyd Mangold
Robert Nelson
Portales
Berta Phillips
Dallas
Calvin Garrett
Plainview
Kate Ball
Hale Center
Keith Cloyd
Frank Robinson
Panhandle
C. R. Stout
Brown
Boise City
Tom Sedberry
Lubbock
Pat O'Rourke
Dale Richerson
Pampa
V. W. Wilbanks
Britons Promised Extra Food Rations for Christmas
London report states Britain's food ministry promises extra rations for Christmas. Minister John Strachey says Britons may buy an extra six pence worth of meat, a pound and a half more sugar, and four extra ounces of candy, allocated to cheaper grades for a modest meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Food Ministry
John Strachey
Judd Urges Teachers To Build Integrity In Schools
Rep. Walter H. Judd of Minnesota addressed 9,000 Texas teachers in San Antonio urging them to build aspirations of integrity in students. He said the key world issue is human freedom versus slavery and urged respect for others to seek common understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
U.P
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
Arrest of Choiniere on Fugitive Warrant in California
Thomas R. Choiniere, convicted with Carlton Steadman for robbing the Ben Chilton Service Station in North Fillmore, appears in Long Beach under a fugitive warrant after failing to surrender. Steadman’s case remains on appeal as the court affirmed the robbery conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Choiniere
Court of Criminal Appeals
Long Beach
Cal
Bill Adams
Choiniere
Carlton Steadman
Ben Chilton
North Fillmore
Steadman
Pioneer printer Jeff Gilbert dies at 76 in Austin
Jeff Gilbert, a pioneer Texas linotype operator who worked nearly 50 years for the Austin American Statesman and also for the Houston Post, San Antonio Express and Fort Worth Star Telegram, died at his home. He was 76 and had been retired eight years. Survivors include his widow.
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Austin
Texas
Jeff Gilbert
Gilbert
Austin American and Statesman
Houston Post
San Antonio Express
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Paramount Fun Calendar Shows Color Cartoon and News
Listings note Paramount and State theaters offering color cartoon features and Movietone News, with James Stewart and ensemble, plus Cartoon highlights and multiple showtimes. Includes Esquire and Capitol venues with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, and others in varied early evening slots.
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Paramount
James Stewart
Singapore
Fred MacMurray
Ava Gardner
Movietone
Esquire
Cary Grant
Myrna Loy
Shirley Temple
Paramount News
Capitol
Eadie Dean
Ken Maynard
Rialto
Lion
Tim McCoy
Spencer Tracy
Katherine Hepburn
Leon
Allan Ladd
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Texas
Gene Kelly
Marie McDonald
Harmony
Johnny Weissmuller
Sidney Greenstreet
Martha Vickers
REX
Roy Rog
Nightclub Entertainment Now Featuring Classic Films and Live Acts
Star presents I Wonder Who's Enemy Be Now with June Haver and To Each His Own with Olivia de Havilland plus Pack Your Troubles with Laurel and Hardy. Liberty shows Lone of the Prairie with Ken Curtis and June Storey and No Time for Comedy with James Stewart and Rosalind Russell. Night clubs list Russ Rogers and his 1. Piece orchestra at the Nat, Mitch Mitchell and the Music Makers at Avalon, Aviatrix with Frances Irvin and Carlitos Seales, Rainbow Garden opens Tuesday with Rip Ramee and his Texas Wanderers, Rumpus Rock features Thomas Dunne House and Otis Wyatt on piano.
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Star
June Haver
Olivia de Havilland
Laurel and Hardy
Liberty
Ken Curtis
June Storey
James Stewart
Rosalind Russell
NAT
Russ Rogers
Avalon
Mitch Mitchell
Wo Music Makers
Aviatrix
Frances Irvin
Carlitos Seales
Rainbow Garden
Rip Ramee
Texas Wanderers
Thomas Dunne
Otis Wyatt
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Leo Gorcey
Bowery Boys
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Hop Harrigan
Bob Steele
Marguerite Chapman
Lee Bowman
Alan Ladd
O.S. S
Daffy Duck Cartoon
Came Daffy
Sterling Halloway
Mighty Mouse Cartoon
Crackpot King
Frankie Darro
Harry Carey
Jack Larue AS
Furry
ST. John
Leo Gorcey and the
MR. Hex
Gene Autry
Rio Grande
Lone Star
Linda Sterling
William Henry In
THE
Sheriff
Wolf
Assert
NEW Dwight Morrow School
Globe
Sixteenth and
Houston
Cleveland
Amarillo
Dwight Morrow School
Buzzin
Billy Bee
Spearman
F. T. Holdeman
Perryton
E. V. Garrett
Borger
Charles and
David Reid
Morse
Nixson
Roller Palace
Thomas Page
Thomas Nichols
Richard Larson
Betty Boger
Sue Lee
Margie Blanton
Mary Ann van Nostrand
Laurence Knight
John Jenkins
Jim Mcranders
Anne Donnell
Ruthie Evans
Herman Edwards
Willa Jane Frost
Jackie Fyfe
Dale Fowlkes
Jennie George
Chandler Foster
Bobby Greer Wayne Godsey
Ladon Graham
Pasty Gristy
Lawrence Griffith
Phillis Hamilton
Warren Head
Billy Hagee
D'nard Hemphill
Alice Jones
Lolita Jure Pasty James
Jimmie Jayroe
Edward Ireland
Dale Milligan
Irwin Morgan
Carl Don Laster
Martha Mott
Wilbur McCarty
Carlos Moore
Barbara Mann
Emra Milbourn
Carroll Mereddle
Barbara Nail
Juanita Patterson
Janie Powell
Bobby Jean Reece
Bob Raines
John Rouse
Pasty Riddle
Reid Roberts
Bob Roy Rogers
Tommy Smotherman
Frank Shaw
Nola Sears
Thelma Smith
Don Singleton
Robert Stoner
Jane Schram
Mary Jo Till
Toby Barnes
Bailey
Alma Deil
Boy OF
Jimmy Bell
Sonny
Amarillo College
Badger Club
Les Brown
Henry Morgan
Life
Sonny McGinley
Betty Jo Pate
Norman Lieberman
Lizabeth Scott
Pat Babb
Jeanine Brown
Jerry Lesan
Billy Moore
Bill Reville
Pat Mullin
Guy Smyth
Anita van Dyke
Lynn Marshall
Howard Hughes
Pais
Whit Pate
Richard Tadlock
Bill Jolly
Billy Murray Hughes
Dick Kelly
Bill Harris
Badger
Jim Bell
Eddie Dean
Canary
Song OF
Wyoming
Bruree Tetare
Sm LL
Universal International Presents
AVA
Fred
Macmurray
MSI
Roland Culver
Richard Haydn - Thomas Gomez
Spring Byington
Ana Ral
Max Terhune
H Rialto
Stétte
Leland Hayward
Sarssx Ganon
Howard Lindsay-Russel Crouse
Zane Grey
Martha Hyer
Keanna CR
Wiman
Ata
Robert Riskin
Kent Smith
Ned Sparks
Wallace Ford
Regis
Cery Grant
Myrne Loy
Col Ton
Judd
B.ef. Goodrich
4Th & Fillmore
Ning
Farley’s
Elizabeth Nixson
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High
Tibe
Jefferson
KFDA
Nick Ellis
Mar. 6Th
van Buren
Floyd Sykes
News-Globe
Travis 'Daws
Ansley Cleaners
Supersonic
EL Rancho
Fillmore
Claude Persefield
South Fillmore
Fountain and Sandwich Service
Tang, Ote
Marine Grill
West 16Th Ph
Terry Lomax
Rip Ramsey
Rainbow Gardens
North East
Jimmy Campbell
Glen
Moore
Old Tascosa
Dick Morton
Ameariflo
New
Food Service
Glen Moore
Pete
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