Railroad Checkup Yields Wide Amarillo Personnel Moves
Railway workers listed include A F E Parnell Denver telegraph superintendent visiting Amarillo for installations. Several crews shift to through freight, local service changes, and duty swaps between Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Pampa, Childress, and Dimmitt Sterley routes. Leo Southern Jr. reports assignment to the Bunker Hill carrier as radar technician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F E. Parnell
Telegraph
Denver
Amarillo
E. W. Burkett
Burkett
Dimmitt- Sterley Run
B. M. Dutton
St. Anthony's
O. A. Lowe
Pampa
Childress
Leo Southern, Jr
Bunker Hill
Leo
R. D. Little
Stamford
Abilene
Billie Jo Howard
Pauline Morris
Carey
Wichita Falls
C. K. Ivie
A. H. Parker
Dick Delaney
H. L. Pattie
B&b
John A. McGee
G. B. Reed
F. T. Christy
Fred Padgett
DPA
Dallas
Sharp Wins Bronze Star for Heroic Action at Iwo Jima
Sgt. Edward J. Sharp son of Mr and Mrs Howard Sharp received the Bronze Star for heroic achievement during the Iwo Jima seizure. He led his platoon to contact the left flank amid heavy fire on March 3 1945, was wounded March 9, and is with the Fifth Marine Division at Oceanside California with a Purple Heart and Unit Citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Sharp
Howard Sharp
North Grant
Iwo Jima
Sharp
Fifth Marine Division
Amarillo High School
Maverick Club
Poll Tax Payment Urged by Frank Hoyt
Potter County tax assessor-collector Frank Hoyt urged Amarillo residents to pay poll taxes ahead of state and county elections. He warned only a small percentage had paid and reminded voters over 60 to renew poll tax exemptions yearly under the new state law. Yesterday was one of the heaviest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hoyt
Potter County
Amarillo
Hoyt
Herbert Drug The Prescription Drug Store
Amarillo listing notes Herbert Drug, a prescription drug store, with phone contact 2-3221.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Drug
Prescription
Amarillo
American harvest story celebrates record wartime farming
The piece praises U S agricultural advances during war years with corn yields over 100 bushels per acre and hogs, eggs, and milk records. It contrasts Washington era farming with modern efficiency where one family feeds 19 others, and credits Swift & Company for supporting farmers and distributing harvests nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
George Washington
Swift & Company
Meet the Swift contest winners and soft corn tips
The Swift advertisement series contest awarded prizes to several individuals including 2nd Lt. Carroll M. Kester of Camp Livingston and Mrs. Carl Bachmann of Barberton with other names from Trenton Philadelphia Winona and more. The feature explains turning soft corn into cash through ear corn silage feeding ears with stalks and field storage. It outlines precautions such as gradual ration change protein supplement and feeding before frost with Swift offering detailed information from Department 128 Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Carroll M. Kester
33Rd Infantry Regiment
Camp Livingston
Carl J. Bachmann
Barberton
Ohio
Charles W. Voorhees
Trenton
N. J
Virginia Jean Potts
Philadelphia
Harold E. Marsh
Winona
Minn
Daisy McCutcheon
Dillon
S. c
Doris Reim
Covington
Okla
Edward Seigel
Wheel Ridge
Colo
Paul Norris
Grinnell
Iowa
James* Lennox
Indianapolis
Ind
Swift & Company
Chicago
Illinois
Meat pricing and distribution rules under wartime OPA policy
The text explains that travel distance does not raise profit for meat sales as OPA zones set base prices for beef lamb veal and pork with allowances for transport and delivery. It notes packers benefit from selling near plants and highlights Swift & Company voluntary adherence to wartime fair distribution starting July 1945 when all packers must distribute to the same areas as early 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
United States
Swift & Company
Do Steer Calves Gain Faster In Weaning Weights
A New Mexico A and M study tracked 863 Hereford calves from 1936 to 1943. Steers weighed 443 pounds at weaning, heifers 411 pounds, with steers heavier in all 12 size groups. Bulls were castrated around June 1 and weaned about five days later than heifers in most years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Roger
J. H. Knox
New Mexico
The Story of Soil and The Story of Plants Booklets
A short notice invites readers to obtain two Swift Elementary Science Booklets The Story of Soil and The Story of Plants. It asks readers to print their name and address on the page margin and mail to F M Simpson at Swift & Company Chicago IL for the Agricultural Research Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
F. M. Simpson
Agricultural Research Department
Swift & Company
Chicago
Illinois
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N. Fillmore
Washington
G. L. Duncan
Kleen-Ezy
Barbara Gould
Picion
Antz-Freeze
John A. Weaver
Geneva Handy
Calvin
Southwest Pacific
O. L. Sims
D. W. Foster
Thomas
Duke
A. H. Lee
Amarilo
R. D. McIvernd
A. R. Davis
W. Parker
R. D. Merrell
P. M
O. D. Beer
A. H. Ladd
T. J. Hollis
C. C. Davis
Vous Labiers
du Pont
Zerone
Tun
Bronze Star
Sergeant Sharp
Oceanside
Cal
Marines
Pvt
Donnie Sharp
Second Marines
Japan
Mirlan
Joe” Sharp
San Diego
Swan
London
Marie Earle
Lydia EF
the Panhandle
Panhandle
Schenley
Schenley's Reserve
Calif
Brown Foreman's King
Bellow's
Monroe
A. W. McKee
U. S
EM. Simpson
Martha Logan
Union Stock Yards
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