Plans for 14 story office building and Sandies stadium plea
The column notes plans for a new 14 story office building and pressures the school board to fund a new stadium for the Sandies. It reports past profits and current funds, hints at ticket hikes, and records athletic fund balances and recent expenses such as a paint job on Butler Field. It also mentions salaries, officiating payments, and various national items in a stream of diverse notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Sandies
Alcan Highway seen as potential boost for Alaska
Mr. Holmes traveled to Alaska on business to survey the country and assess the Alcan Highway project. He believes permanent construction could trigger tremendous development but doubts the highway will be kept. He required a military permit to drive through and notes many maintenance camps are being abandoned. Temporary bridges are in place for this summer and none planned to be replaced next spring, risking washouts. He cites millions needed for permanent road and ongoing maintenance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Holmes
Alaska
Canada
Outing tale and stadium note from Amarillo
A visitor recounts an eight day drive from Fairbanks to Seattle and visits army camps along the road. He notes scarce hunting, plans a possible fall trip, and recalls structural issues at Butler Field with two damaged spots posing risk to spectators. A new Amarillo resident writes a letter praising local citizens but criticizing the stadium and parking, urging modern facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Holmes
Fairbanks
Seattle
Amarillo
Labor Front Sees New Coal Pit Closures Amid Shortage
The article reports continued conferences over soft coal mines as pits close. Coal shortages slow steel production with 78,400 idle workers in West Virginia and thousands out in Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio Tennessee and Indiana plus 35,000 to 60,000 AFL longshoremen idle in New York Harbor.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Indiana
New York Harbor
Timetable of Redeployment
About 7,200 Pacific and European veterans are scheduled to arrive today at East and West Coast ports aboard 11 troop carrying vessels. Five ships with about 3,500 men are due at New York two with 715 at Boston and one with 103 at Newport News Va. Three ships with more than 4,360 troops are due at San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Boston
Newport News
San Francisco
Presbyterian Forum Class Breakfast Sunday
Judge Clayton Heare will supervise coffee and doughnuts at 9 am in the First Presbyterian Church kitchen for the Forum Class gathering. Norris Ewing is class president. Charlie Wolflin leads the Commandos and Gus Roberts heads the Rangers in a membership contest with 200 men enrolled. losers eat beans and winners dine on chicken.
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Clayton Heare
First Presbyterian Church
Forum
Norris Ewing
Charlie Wolflin
Commandos
Gus Roberts
Rangers
Lieutenant Collie to Report to Fort Worth AAF HQ
Lt. and Mrs. Marvin Collie depart tonight for Fort Worth after a week with Mrs. M. K. Collie of 1301 Fillmore. He will join the Army Air Forces Training Command at headquarters in Fort Worth, formerly stationed in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Marvin Collie
Fort Worth
M. K. Collie
Fillmore
Collie
Army Air Forces Training Command
Montgomery
Ala
Federal Attorney Potter Heads to Dallas for Court Session
Frank Potter assistant United States attorney from Fort Worth spent yesterday and today in federal court in Amarillo division. He will depart tonight for Dallas but expects to return next Tuesday for criminal session of court.
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Frank Potter
United States
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Dallas
Building Permits Down in Amarillo
Amarillo issued only one building permit yesterday, for a one room addition costing 375 dollars. The city's peak permit days are Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bert Aardal Visits Set in Amarillo Friends
Bert Aardal visits Amarillo to see friends after living here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Aardal before he enlisted. The family later moved to Bremerton Washington.
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Bert Aardal
Amarillo
Mrs. Aardal
Bremerton, Wash
Directors to Dine at Amarillo Chamber Luncheon
Chamber of commerce directors will attend a luncheon tomorrow at noon in the Amarillo Hotel.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
Jews Seize British Arms in Palestine Raid
The Palestine military headquarters reports a large group of armed Jews raided a training depot at dawn, overpowered guards, and escaped with weapons and ammunition. Tensions rose as British reinforcements arrived and police withdrew from Beth Oren and Yacur while authorities sought 200 fugitives. In Tel Aviv police faced a large mob during a routine search.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Military Headquarters
Palestine
Lievous
Beth Oren
Yacur
Tel Aviv
Police To Begin Eight Hour Day Schedule
Amarillo policemen will start an eight hour day on the first of next week after a delay caused by manpower shortages. The force currently works 12 hour shifts with one day off each week and will adopt the new system if enough officers remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Veteran Robert Riggs Granted Army Release
Robert O. Riggs, son of Mrs. Maud Riggs of 1304 East Fourteenth, was discharged after five years in the Army and 18 months in the South Pacific with an artillery unit attached to the 2nd Infantry. He received final discharge at El Paso Separation Center on October 9 and is living with his wife and 15 month old son at 712 North Cleveland. He contracted malaria in the South Pacific and was hospitalized in San Francisco before his discharge.
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South Pacific
2St Infantry
Robert O. Riggs
Maud Riggs
East Fourteenth
Robert Riggs
el Paso
Robert, Jr
North
Cleveland
Robert
San Francisco
Death in Houston: 12 year old Patsy Denison dies in car
In Houston on October 11 a 12 year old girl Patsy Sue Denison died in a family car from carbon monoxide poisoning. An inquest verdict of accidental death was returned by Justice of the Peace W C Ragan after medical officers reviewed the report. Fumes from a faulty exhaust pipe seeped into the car. Patsy Sue had fallen asleep in the vehicle Tuesday night and did not wake. Efforts to revive her with stimulants and artificial respiration failed at the hospital.
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Patsy Sue Denison
Justice of the Peace
W. C. Ragan
Ragan
Patsy Sue
Burglars Break Into Amarillo Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Burglars entered the Amarillo Laundry and Dry Cleaners at 300 Harrison last night. It will be impossible to determine missing items until a full inventory of clothes in the dry cleaning department is completed. No money was taken from a safe in another area of the building.
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Amarillo
Harrison
California Sky Draws Local Praise From Mrs Glovier
Mrs W A Glovier of 8138 B Belleview praises the Panhandle sky describing a cloudless blue scene with gulls from the southeast the moon to the east and airplanes passing overhead. She compares it to Catalina Island seven years ago and asks what the California Chamber of Commerce would say.
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California Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Glovier
Belleview
Panhandle
Catalina Island
Second Negress Faces Assault With Intent To Murder Trial
A second Negro woman defendant in an assault with intent to murder case appeared in 47th District Court this morning. Virdie Lee Parish is charged in connection with a shooting of Nathan Pennington. The state rested before noon as nine district court cases were disposed of this week. Flora Mae Taylor, another Black woman, received a three year suspended sentence on a similar charge for slashing Annie Smith.
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47Th District
Virdie Lee
Amarilloans Planning Hunt In Colorado South Dakota
Dr. T. M. Montgomery Roy Super Dr. Hugh Sticksel and Ross Russell will depart Amarillo tomorrow for Colorado to hunt deer and then proceed to South Dakota for pheasants. The group maps a multi state hunting trip with plans to pursue game across two states.
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Amarilloans
Colorado
South Dakota
T. M. Montgomery
Roy Super
Hugh Sticksel
Ross Russell
Kellys versus Shamrock Oil case postponed in court
Suit of H M Kelly and Molly Kelly against Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation was postponed this morning by Judge James C Wilson who disqualified himself from the case. Attorneys were ordered to select a master to hear the matter.
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H. M. Kelly
Molly Kelly
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation
United States
James C. Wilson
Water Wells To Be Named In Amarillo System
The city plans 25 well signs to label each water well with a name and number for easy identification by water works staff. Current wells include Brinkman McDonald Bush Greeley and Palo Duro types located along a 30 inch supply line from Amarillo Lake.
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Amarillo
Bush
Greeley
Amarillo Lake
Amario
Brinkman
McDonald
Veteran Rushed Home For Family Rites In Ky
Pvt. William H. Garrett 23 returned from Europe to attend the funeral of his parents and six siblings killed in a Providence Kentucky automobile crash. He will join eight graves at Morganfield Odd Fellows Cemetery as his family is buried in separate plots.
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Morganfield
William H. Garrett
Paris
New York
Mark Clark
Garrett
Sturgis
Albert Leslie Garrett
Providence
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Amarillo Tax Payments Hit High Totals This Year
City tax clerks praised Amarillo residents for prompt tax payments with Tuesday marking the largest collection day. Regular taxes brought in 11 500 while delinquent taxes and fees pushed the total to over 13 000. Yesterday's receipts were 6 730.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
House Damaged by Fire at Angelus Drive Attic Blaze
A house at 106 Angelus Drive suffered considerable interior damage from a fire that began in the attic after a call to 8:50 p.m. Fire crews battled the blaze. Earlier, an upholstery fire in a car at Tenth and Taylor was reported.
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Angelus Drive
Tenth and
Taylor
Merchant Marine Lieutenant Fined for Fatal Beating
Los Angeles report: John J. Lynch a Merchant Marine Lieutenant admitted he fatally beat a man he suspected of loving his wife while at sea. He received a $1,000 fine and seven years probation.
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Los Angeles
John J. Lynch
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