Panhandle Texas State Employment Office to stay open
C E Peake announces the Panhandle region will keep its Texas State Employment Service office despite a Washington decision to cut funding to 10 percent of employer contributions. The Amarillo district office reports 359 private hires, 139 public positions, and 1,004 farm jobs from November to November 12, ranking seventh in Texas offices.
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Panhandle
Texas
Washington
C. E. Peake
TSES
Peake
Amarillo
Nobles Poem in Anthology Crown Verse Edition
Amarillo pioneer H A Nobles has a poem Universal Power accepted for deluxe Crown Anthology of Verse. It will be printed early next spring in the Tribune Building New York. Nobles previously published in Pacific Northwest and New England magazines.
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H. A. Nobles
Amarillo
City Bastile Gets Bath and Airing
Amarillo’s city jail was fumigated yesterday and all clean cells were empty last night and this morning. No arrests were made during the night.
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Bastile
Amarillo
Amarillo Fire Department Builds City Street Index
The Amarillo fire department compiles a card index of all city streets. Cards show how many blocks from the central fire station, directions, additions, and the location of Brightwater Boulevard to help responders locate emergencies quickly.
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Amarillo
Bids Sought From Contractors For City Pipe Project
City Commission session tonight will consider bids to supply about 4 000 feet of six inch cast iron pipe and fittings. Proposals will be received at 7 30 p m for the contract to furnish the material and related work.
Yuletide Store Hours In Amarillo
Merchants in Amarillo face no uniform Christmas hours as no mutual agreement exists. Deputy labor commissioner Gragg tours the Panhandle checking mercantile arrangements for the holiday trade. Female employees cannot work over nine hours in any calendar day under state law.
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Amarillo
Rolla Townsend
Townsend
Amarillo Credit Association
Robert B. Gragg
Panhandle
South Plains
Gragg
Bids Open for Water Main Crew and Road Grader Contract west of Amarillo
Bids due for a water main project along Highway 66 to the Veterans Administration hospital site west of Amarillo. Also due are bids for a two horse seven foot steel wheel road grader and for painting the interior of the elevated water reservoir at Eighth Avenue and Parker Street.
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Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Highway 66
Amarillo
Eighth Avenue
Parker Street
Vets Hospital Construction Begun for Amarillo Area
Construction has started on the Veterans Administration hospital for the Amarillo area with government and contractor representatives present. The project, initially estimated at 800000 dollars, may exceed 1 million as work continues and plans for a laundry nurses quarters storage water tower duplex and attendants quarters are considered.
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Veterans’ Administration
Amarillo
Poor Boy Sandwich Makes Big Impact in Amarillo
In Amarillo the Poor Boy sandwich arrives with New Orleans roots. The item is described as a whole meal at a low price, roughly the size of a small loaf and stacked with roast beef, sold for a dime.
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Amarillo
New Orleans
Tax Deadline Rush Engulfs Amarillo Property Owners
Property owners in Amarillo pressed city hall to meet the tax deadline with midnight tonight for installments. Perry C. Burks notes unusually strong collections as residents paying half now can postpone the rest until next summer, while those who pay later owe the full amount by the end of January. Mail payments must be postmarked by Wednesday midnight.
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Amarillo
City Hall
Perry C. Burks
Good Will Didn't Wait for Christmas in Amarillo Tours
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce good will chairman Clay Thornton said this year saw extensive good will tours by about 2,000 residents. Delegations traveled to Shamrock for St Patrick's Day, Plainview dairy show, Guymon's Pioneer Days, Clovis Fiesta, and to Hereford Tulsa Pampa Clarendon Memphis Tucumcari Dalhart Happy Perryton Borger Portales. The largest group of 500 rode a cattle train to Dalhart for the XIT reunion on August 9.
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Clarendon
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Tucumcari
Dalhart
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Perryton
Borger
Portales
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