First Men Processed Through Amarillo Induction Center
The Amarillo Induction Center at Amarillo Air Field began full operation with 11 volunteers processed on its first day. Captain John Tilton announced plans to expand to 60 men daily during peak draft calls, with some volunteers to be shipped to Fort Jackson, Camp Chaffee, or San Antonio.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Air Field
John Tilton
el Paso
Panhandle
North Plains
Lubbock
Oklahoma City
Hereford
Fort Jackson
Camp Chaffee
Ark
San Antonio
Tilton
Robert E. Mitchell
Mitchell
Fort Worth
Quartermaster Corps
Poles Prepare for War Amid Peace Rhetoric and Draft Drive
Warsaw dispatch reports Poland maintaining peace talk while broad military buildup expands. Officials deny alarm while youths train under a program called In the Service of Poland, conscription rises to near 200,000 with reserves, and government orders winterproofing German installations as Russia's signal corps sustains allied lines.
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Larry Allen
Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Berlin
Ministry of Western Territories
Germany
Boy Friend of Widow Revenged
Twenty sturdy men from the village of Myrskla, Findland, dragged out a man living on a war widow’s life annuity and gave him a thrashing at the parish border. Police intervened when he returned. The 20 men face prosecutions for trespassing and assault.
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Helsinki
Myrskla
Findland
Tack Letters and Lost Watch Notice in Local Ads
The page carries a Tack Letters section seeking a male dog for adoption, a lost white gold lapel watch reported between 1012 Buchanan and Sixth and Harrison with a glass back, and requests for steady sewing customers. A widow in her 60s seeks a congenial gentleman aged 64 to 69 for correspondence and companionship.
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Buchanan
Harrison
Seeking caretaker for winter home exchange in Amarillo
A Mr A M E seeks a caretaker to stay in a property over the winter in exchange for lodging. Contact William Hill Box 2394 Amarillo Texas. Also nearby a reader offers a small apartment for a working couple with outdoor work potential and a contact at 1316 Buchanan.
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Tack
Buchanan. A. M. E
William Hill
Amarillo
Tex
Missing English Setter Sought After Daughter's Death
After a daughter's death a family pleads for the return of their English setter. They believe the dog was tied and escaped, later returned without its chain. The family appeals to the hunter community to locate and bring the dog home.
Puppy for adoption by Juanita Bean
Juanita Bean offers a male puppy free to a good home. She invites interested adopters to call 3-6204 and provides address 734 North Williams for contact. The note emphasizes the giver will provide the best care.
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Tack
Juanita Bean
North Williams
Needs Housekeeper and Lost Package Reward Request
Mrs Chas. D. Steele seeks help with housework at 826 Louisiana and offers a reward for a found package. A missing package picked up at Kress & Company on October 20 contained three pairs of Gay mode nylon hose. Mrs. Gordon Gill offers a reward and requests its return.
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Tack
Chas. D. Steele
Louisiana
Kress & Company
Gordon Gill
Job Seeker Offers References for Housekeeping Help
A reader seeks employment in a motherless home and offers to work anywhere. Provides references and a contact phone number 2-8250 for potential employers.
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Tack
Job Seeker Allen Aham Offers Janitor Caretaker Skill
Allen Aham writes he seeks janitor or caretaker work. He notes no tobacco or alcohol use, strong health, reliable references, and a trailer residence at 3907 East Thirteenth without a car. He offers to perform well in any task.
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Tack
East Thirteenth
Allen
Aham
Lost billfold seeks return of photos and ID
Notice states a billfold is missing, asks to keep money and the billfold, return baby pictures, and return a Social Security card for Muriell Curtis. Contact number 3-1169 or drop at 811 Hill Street, care of Mrs. N. A. Shackelford.
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Muriell Curtis
Hill Street
N. A. Shackelford
Businesswoman Seeks Refined Room with Caring Family
A professional woman seeks a suitable room in a refined, family-oriented home. She offers reliable tenancy and will contribute support to a warm household.
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Tack
Widow seeks companion for company and shared living
A widow requests a middle aged woman to share her home for companionship. She offers rent free living and asks for a pensioner to cover groceries. No drinkers or smokers. References exchanged. Phone 151. NEEDS WORK I am a colored girl seeking work at a private home or cafe. Call.
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Tack
German Officers Desert Across to West from Free German Committee
Berlin report in Telegraf claims high ranking officers repatriated from the Soviet Union to police roles in the Russian zone have defected to Western Germany. A former general and two others supposedly fled, with one already in the West as others follow, amid reports of an assassination attempt on Gen Walther von Seydlitz and disputes over using repatriated troops in the people's police.
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Berlin
Moscow
Free German Committee
Soviet Union
Telegraf
Germany
Free Germany Committee
Walther von Seydlitz
Seydlitz
People's Police
Brandenburg
Bank Deposits Rise in Mutual Savings Banks
Deposits in 532 Mutual Savings Banks climbed 45 million to a new total of 18 272 billion during September, per the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks.
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New York
Mutual Savings Banks
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
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Scotland
G. Matthew Fyfe
AZEMA
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M. O. Johnson
D. J. Ritchie
Sanborn
Clarendon
Plainview
Hale Center
Bill Larson
Tenth St
Lubbock, Tex
Yale
Chrysler
West Twelfth
YWCA
Lincoln
Jean Clyde
Billfold
East Tenth
Litia
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Clean
Oriental Cleaners
Lee Optical
Kryptok
C. T. Shropshire
Ellis Carp
Polk
Sary
America
Amarillo Market
the Frito Company
Adams Street
Amarillo, Texas
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