Ducks and letters from Amarillo readers in brief notes
Weather is suitable for outdoor plans as the duck season opens Friday November 2 with guest Howard Conrey the world champion duck caller from Stuttgart Arkansas set to visit Amarillo November 7. Letters discuss Army family hardships and high school driver behavior amid merchandise shortages and potential price drops next year in the Panhandle region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Conrey
Amarillo
Mr. Conrey
Stuttgart
Ark
Tack
Panhandle
Sportsman's Club
Duck
American Soldier Of Mexican Blood Appeals For Equality
A Texan ex serviceman argues for equal access to public venues and denounces discrimination against Mexican Americans. He recalls four and a half years in service including a European theater stint with a presidential citation and six battle stars. He recalls being turned away from a cafe and other venues and urges fair treatment in restaurants theaters and public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Texas
Amarillo
Globe
Rodriguez
Smith
Ah Wong
Finklestein
Hitler
America
United States
Boston
Mayfair
Topeka
Amarillo letters mix praise and grievance and local notices
Readers vent at Taxi drivers high school drivers and city life booms and a Sears Roebuck Lubbock plant plan spurs Texas retail ambitions. A resident shares harm from a badger attack reports a found scarf request and a Christmas gift nod to Tack. Joe Gear writes from an Indian hospital as a community appeals for letters.
Tack Bracelet Lost For Reward
A Sterling silver charm bracelet with several charms and two baby rings is reported lost. A liberal reward is offered for its return. callers can identify the item and collect the reward at Phillips Drug Store 2-5555.
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Phillips Drug Store
Lost lady's grey felt hat near Washington and Eighteenth
A reward is offered for the return of a lady's grey felt hat lost from a car on Washington near Eighteenth. Contact a caller at 2-1354.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Washington
Read Japanese booklet found with body request
Mrs Thompson of 1506 East Fifth seeks help to translate a diary or booklet written in Japanese found on a deceased person. Please contact if able to read Japanese and assist with reading and transcription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Tommie Tucker
Tulsa
Texas
Thompson
East Fifth
Authority On Far East Opens 1945 Lecture Season
The Knife and Fork Club in Amarillo opens its 1945 season with Dr. Henry H. Hart of the University of California Extension Division as speaker. His lecture titled Backgrounds for Understanding China will begin at 8 15 p m at the Amarillo Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knife and Fork Club
Amarillo
Henry H. Hart
University of California
China
Japan
Malaya
Siam
Java
India
Africa
Europe
Hart
University of Chicago
School of Chinese Studies
Peking
Honolulu
Police Hunt Fascist Flag Racists Who Raised Rome Tower Flag
Police probe who raised the Fascist flag over a Rome tower on the 23rd anniversary of Mussolini's march on Rome. Investigators also seek the individuals who posted handbills declaring the Fascists would return to power.
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Rome
Carmine Bottino
Political Bureau
Police
Patterson Calls for Golden Rule in War Sacrifices
Battalionert P. Patterson urged reverent homage to the heroic dead as a call to sublimate individual desires to the common good. He said if the fallen could speak they would counsel greater understanding of international affairs and sustained vigilance tempered by generosity and tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ert
P. Patterson
Chandler Resigns to Become Baseball Commissioner
Sen. Happy Chandler of Kentucky announced his resignation from the Senate effective Wednesday. He said he will devote full time to his new role as baseball commissioner, to which he was elected by major league club owners on April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Happy Chandler
Kentucky
Senate
Chandler
Blaze Destroys Car Upholstery in Culver Vehicle
Fire destroyed the car upholstery of Carl C. Culver at 802 Florida. Fire crews found only cold ashes when they responded yesterday morning after it had burned Friday night. No exterior or engine damage.
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Carl C. Culver
Florida
Knox
Harrison
Ten Japanese Held for Hankow Airmen Death War Crimes
Ten Japanese charged with taking part in the Hankow death march and the burning death of three American airmen have been brought to Shanghai to face trial as war criminals. Arrested by American investigators, they were shipped to Shanghai on the same plane that carried the airmen’s ashes.
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Shanghai
Rev. F. A. Foster Hospitalized After Sudden Illness
Rev. F. A. Foster of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital yesterday afternoon after a sudden illness. His condition showed slight improvement today, with oxygen administered at intervals.
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FP. A. Foster
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Fifteen OPA Cases Settled Across West Texas Courts
Fifteen OPA civil cases charging violation of maximum price regulations on used cars were settled by agreed judgments and dismissals. Judgments include Herman Smith $1000 and permanent ban on selling cars, Ross DeFries $285 plus injunction, Ben J. Weibel $718.80 and injunction, T B Odom $455 and injunction, plus other defendants with damages from $35 to $772.50 and various injunctions. Suits postponed for next term naming additional dealers C E Neel, O Nimmo, J R Shaw, and C B Gloar.
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OPA
Jack LoRelle
FE. L. Mitchell
Dave C. Davenport
L. W. Hough
C. B. Gloar
B. F. Bailey
Childress
Herman Smith
The
Smith Motor Company
Smith
Ross DeFries
Ben J. Weibel
Borger
T. B. Odom
Amarillo
John C. Melton
S. R. Boren
I. T. Reid
J. R. Shaw
C. E. House
Lee W. Taylor
A. J. George
Henry H. Bolzer
Perryton
Wind and fire test Zion Evangelistical Church faith
In Beresford South Dakota the Zion Evangelistical Church endures after three fires and winds over 45 years. Each time the congregation rebuilt on the same site, maintaining faith through repeated destruction.
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Beresford, S. D
U.P
Zion Evangelistical Church
Amarillo Hospitals Face Severe Overcrowding
The Amarillo chamber of commerce hospital committee will meet at noon to study hospital congestion and staff shortages. Northwest Texas Hospital and St Anthony's report overcrowded facilities with no dip in demand, while the Underwood Clinic for tuberculosis exceeds its 18 bed capacity. Out-of-town patients fill local beds monthly, prompting calls for regional support.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Company
Sears-Roebuck
Lubbock
Sears
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital
St. Anthony’s Hospital
St. Anthony's Hospital
Thaddeus
J. L. Scott
Underwood Clinic
Hatch
Taxpayers Face 3 Percent Discount Deadline Wednesday
Wednesday night is the deadline for taxpayers to pay the full county and state tax and receive a 3 percent discount. Through November the discount drops to 2 percent and in December to 1 percent. Payment of the full amount has been heavy so far. Frank Hoyt, county tax assessor and collector, says.
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Frank Hoyt
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Vega
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Washington Street
N. J. Pope
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Sixteenth Street
Mr Tack
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Mentasta Lake
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Alaskan Highway
Walter Holmes
Santa Claus
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Joe Bailey Gear
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Amarillo High School
U. S. N. Hospital
Oakland
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Weer
Ansley Cleaners
Henry H. Hart Ee
Far East
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McCormick
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Frank Butler
S. B. Whittenburg
Loong Standing
Blackburn
Shaur
Pierce
Tyler
Georgia
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Amarillo Retail Druggists Assn
Atkinson Drug Store
Polk St
Beery
Prescription & Vitamin Shop
Brooks
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th
Pierce Streets
H and Y Drug Store
West 16Th St
Herbert Drug Store
Herring Hotel
Pharmacy
Hollingsworth Pharmacy
6Th St
Kendall Drug Store
10Th
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway
Polk
Maxor Drug Store
Miller Pharmacy
Nelson Drug Store
West 10Th
Jack Phillips Drug Store
West
Pool Drug Stores
Santa Fe
Lide
Post Office Drug Store
Taylor Street
Prescription Laboratory
B. F. Goodrich Company
Borger, Texas
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