Navy Officers Arrive for Navy Day Events in Amarillo
Lieut Ben Blackwell a Dallas Navy physician arrives for Navy Day observances in Amarillo and Rotary luncheon Thursday. Seaman Buddy Harris known as Singing Sailor also arrives for events. Lieut Charley Hawn of the Flight Selection Board is due to officiate high school games if not at sea. The group appears at Panhandle Ex Sailors and Marine Club events and Rotary programs before returning to duty.
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Ben Blackwell
United States Navy
Dallas
Amarillo
Globe News
L. H. Ridout, Jr
Buddy Harris
Blackwell
Harris
WRR
Texas State Network
Charley Hawn
United States Flight Selection Board
Hawn
Panhandle
Navy
Marine Club
Paramount
Jan Garber
Rotary
Nursing Class Is Still Open
Red Cross home nursing night class open for registrations taught by Mrs. Eva T. Moore begins Tuesday with sessions Tuesday and Friday at the Red Cross Chapter House 125 West Tenth Avenue. First class starts 7:00 pm lasts two hours. call 2-6571 to register.
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Red Cross
Joe Jenkins
Home Nursing
Eva T. Moore
West Tenth Avenue
Red Cross Office
Captain Finds Out What He Must Enforce
Captain Polk Ivy of the highway patrol returns to Amarillo after enforcing the 35 mile per hour limit in the Panhandle. He describes the long midnight drive from Austin to Amarillo, warning that such trips are dangerous and promising to enforce the speed restriction in the district.
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Austin
Amarillo
Capt
Polk Ivy
Highway Patrol
Panhandle District
Women to Sell War Bonds in Amarillo Campaign
Amarillo women ready for War Bond drive on Navy Day with nearly 100000 pledged before battle begins. Mrs. Nancy Wiseman chairs the effort as clubs unite to fund the service members through Armistice Day. Headquarters at the Amarillo Hotel lobby.
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Amarillo
Nancy Wiseman
Dance for Soldiers of Auditorium Tonight at USO
Soldiers and their wives or dates will be entertained with a dance at the USO in the Municipal Auditorium tonight. Two USO dances for soldiers and their wives or dates have been scheduled this week. The other event will be held in the downtown USO Wednesday night, per Dr Maurice Hartmann, director.
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USO
Municipal Auditorium
Maurice Hartmann
Sign Both Ways For Texas County Clerk
A Texas woman county clerk recently married and faced a legal gap when no law specified how she should sign official papers. She was advised to sign with one name and place the other in parentheses to avoid confusion.
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Austin, Tex
U.P
Texas
Attorney General's Department
School Boys Begin Military Courses at Amarillo
Pre-service training starts at Amarillo High School for boys 16 and older with two programs. A radio operation and maintenance course is led by T A Reville Jr at the high school, while an airplane engine mechanics course is offered at Amarillo College National Defense School by Joe Honest. The program is sponsored by the State Department of Vocational Education and aims to prepare students for armed forces service.
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Amarillo High School
T. A. Reville, Jr
Amarillo
Amarillo College
National Defense School
Joe Honest
Defense School
State Department of Vocational Education
Army Recruiting Officers Visit Amarillo College
Army recruiting officers will visit Amarillo College tomorrow to discuss enlistment in the enlisted reserve. The visit follows a campus presentation by a recruiting party of the Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard detailing reserve plans that let students remain in college to qualify for commissioned officer appointments after graduation.
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Army
Amarillo College
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Civilian Workers Sought at Pampa Army Flying School
Major Arthur V. Jones Jr. of the Pampa Army Flying School asks the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce to assist in recruiting civilian staff for the new training station. Clerical workers typists storekeepers laborers mechanics for electrical engines painters leather and canvas workers woodworkers machinists and sheet metal workers are needed. They will be paid an adequate salary during training.
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Arthur V. Jones, Jr
Pampa
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Rex Baxter
RAF Ferry Command Victims In Montreal Ventura Crash
The Royal Air Force ferry command announced that 16 people were killed in a Ventura crash two and a half miles from Montreal airport this morning, including two crew members.
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Montreal
U.P
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Get That Soap Off Windows In a Hurry
Amarillo window washer C A Bond warns against soap on plate glass windows. He says soap can permanently mar the glass if heated by sun and advises removing it before the sun warms the panes. Bond has washed windows in Amarillo since 1929.
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C. A. Bond
Bond
Amarillo
Chest Starts All-Out Drive for 139000 Budget
C W Furr and J A Hazlewood urge all-out effort to wind up the Community and War Chest campaign. Ledges at 53000 with one-third of accounts reported. Volunteer workers urged to attend a Tuesday noon progress report at the Amavillo Hotel as they push to finish and fund USO support for fighting men.
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C. W. Furr
J. A. Hazlewood
Hazlewood
USO
Chest Office
Vandalism Is Unpatriotic Says Amarillo Police Chief
Police Chief A. S. Sid Harper denounces Halloween vandalism as unpatriotic and warns that malicious mischief will be treated as a wartime offense. He notes last year’s orderly Halloween and expects stricter observance this year, urging residents to avoid property damage and threats to tires and metal items.
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A. S
Sid” Harper
Hitler
Amarillo
William Collier Eager Scout to Be Honored
William Collier of Troop 13 will receive the Eagle Scout rank at Amarillo District Boy Scouts Court of Honor. The event, presided by John 8. McKnight, takes place in the Potter County courthouse district courtroom with Bishop E. C. Seaman and other committee members in attendance. Friends of Scouting invited.
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William Collier
Amarillo
Potter County
John 8. McKnight
Llano Estacado
E. C. Seaman
Allen Early
A. A. Graham
Ed Spann
E. L. Hunter
Thomas J. Drury
Friends of Scouting
Girl Scouts Hold Home Helper Day in Amarillo
Amarillo Girl Scouts and sister troops nationwide take on homemaking tasks. Each local Scout assists with serving or preparing meals as part of National Girl Scout Week. Miss Ida Mae McClure notes tomorrow brings arts and crafts day with a display planned at the Girl Scout office window.
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Amarillo
Ida Mae McClure
John Dees Jr Injured in Guymon Accident
John Dees Jr of 3301 Van Buren Street is at St Anthony's Hospital after injuries from an automobile crash near Guymon Oklahoma on October 17. He was brought to Amarillo and reported to be improving.
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John Dees, Jr
van Buren Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Guymon
Okla
Dees
Amarill
The Cookie Jar Is Empty Again at the Civic Center
A weekend crowd of soldiers visiting the Service Men's Civic Center found the cookie jar empty. The remaining cookies were handed out to troops passing through as rain fell.
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Service Men's Civic Center
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