New Cattle Market Opens Next Thursday by Ford Brothers
A new cattle market will be established here next Thursday. The Pan handle Livestock Commission operated by Charley and Hugh Ford will run sales at Third and Grand across from the Cotton Oil Mill, north of the refinery. The Ford brothers bought the stockyards from Billy Barrick and will hold weekly Thursday auctions, with horses to be sold on November 2 in the first horse sale.
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Charley and
Hugh Ford
The
Panhandle Livestock Commission
Damnant
Ford Brothers
Billy Barrick
San Antonio
Amarillo
Ford
Panhandle
Labor Says Living Costs Jump 30 Percent Since 1939
Government figures show living costs up at least 30 percent since August 1939, with food up 50 percent and clothing 45 percent. Labor argues the rise is higher, noting sharp increases in fresh fish 124 percent apples 197 percent string beans 159 percent potatoes 114 percent and rents 3 percent.
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Amarillo
Texas
Andes
Washington
Labor
Governors Honor Monuments in Mississippi Park Visit
Illinois Governor Dwight Green and Mississippi Governor Thomas L Bailey met in Jackson and traveled to Vicksburg to decorate two monuments in the Military National Park, signaling a joint civic gesture by the two leaders.
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Jackson
Mich
Dwight Green
Illinois
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Military National Park
Manager Plans First Cat tle Sale in Amarillo Under Ford
Hugh Ford will manage a cattle sale featuring 100 to 150 head of registered Hereford cattle with commissions overseen by government supervision. Buyers from California and northern markets already show interest as Ford moves from San Antonio to Amarillo and anchors at 2801 Lipscomb. His wife and daughter will join soon, and son Tirey Ford awaits Army release to join the business.
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California
Amarillo
Ford
Lipscomb
Tirey Ford
Lost Battalion Man Kilian Reaches Home From Prison
George B. Killian son of Mr and Mrs George Killian of Pleasure Valley was liberated after three and a half years as a Japanese prisoner. A 1939 Amarillo Senior High graduate and National Guard member, Killian sailed from Java to Calcutta and then New York and spoke to his father by telephone. He said he did not know his next destination but expects to be home soon.
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Java
George B. Killian
George Killian
Pleasure Valley
New York
Killian
Calcutta
Amarillo
Natinal Guard
Blucher Tharp
Mr Killian
Southwest Leads In Reconversion
Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico are leading reconversion to peace after the war. James H. Bond southwestern war manpower chief said after a tour observing reconversion efforts. He credited the Southwest with meeting reemployment responsibilities better than any other region and noted eastern job seekers are more numerous with less successful placement.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
United States
James H. Bond
Bond
Southwest
Freight Traffic Speeded Up Between States Mexico
Freight traffic between the United States and Mexico will be speeded up 24 hours daily beginning today. Mexico bound freight will be delivered to the National Railways of Mexico at Laredo at 4 a.m. daily. Freight from Mexico will be delivered to the Texas-Mouthern at Laredo at 7 a.m. daily.
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Laredo
United States
Mexico
National Railways of Mexico
Dairyman G C Gibson Embarks on Texas Visit Tour
Extension dairyman G C Gibson leaves Amarillo for planned stops at Canyon Hereford Tulsa and Plainview then to College Station. In Amarillo he toured dairy farms and milk processing plants as part of the outreach tour.
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G. C. Gibson
Dairyman
Amarillo
Canyon
Hereford
Tulsa
Plainview
College Station
American Killed in Explosion Off Tokyo Harbor
An explosion on an American ammunition-laden barge near Yokohama killed one American and several Japanese. Three Americans and an unknown number of Japanese were injured. Injured were taken to the hospital ship Good Samaritan. Names of the casualties were withheld pending kin notifications.
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Tokyo
Harver
Yokohama
Good Samaritan
Yekostka
Hell G Worlds Largest Seller at 10
A playful but cryptic note proclaims Hell G as the world’s largest seller at age ten, suggesting a child’s claim to business prowess or a humorous title within a local feature.
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief for Backache
Many sufferers relieve nagging backache by identifying tired kidneys as the cause. Doan's Pills, a diuretic used for over 40 years, claim to flush poisonous waste from the blood via the kidneys and ease symptoms such as backache and swelling.
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Nature
Doan
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Hugh
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Japan
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Nereida
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Feito Atte
Walgreen
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Phillips
Soc Milk OF
Magnesia
Hinkle
Schick
Keller
L’adonna
Paen
National Health
Usterine
Miles Nervine
Ine
Fletcher
Olafsen—bottie
Aradola
Parke-Davis
Gge
Olafsen Thiamin
Chioride
Ashe
Baytol
Johnson
Norito
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