Amarillo Sees Optimistic Postwar Economy Outlook
H O Starks reports from Amarillo that a Chamber of Commerce survey shows an overall optimistic postwar business outlook among manufacturers distributors and retailers though job growth is not strong. Projects planned or mapped include parks boulevards airport water and sewer work with estimated costs ranging from 15 to 600 thousand dollars and hundreds of local jobs over six months.
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Amarillo
H. O. Starks
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Amarlco
National Organization
Starks
Airport
Amarillo Hotel
Missing Dachshund Fritz Sighting Plea
A reader seeks help locating a male red dachshund named Fritz missing about two weeks. Contact 7879 with any information. A second item mentions a long haired yellow cat with brown eyes missing from 720 West Tenth Avenue and offers a reward for its return.
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Tack
Fritz
West Tenth Avenue
Hollywood premiere crowds snarl traffic for Dragon Seed show
A Hollywood Boulevard screening of Dragon Seed drew grandstands and rope barriers along the sidewalk, blocking traffic as fans cheered stars and chased autographs. Amid the throng a South Pacific veteran with nine victories and three decorations met Hedy Lamarr, while columns of gossip and personal notices filled the rest of the page.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles
Filmville
South Pacific
Hedy Lamarr
Fisherman Seeks Lost Reel Between Amarillo and Canyon Creek
A fisherman reports losing a cherished fishing reel on August 27 between Amarillo and a creek three miles east of Canyon. The reel, a Christmas gift from his father, is treasured and missing.
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Amarillo
Canyon
Market roundups from Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets
The report covers Sept 1 livestock trading. Hogs sold actively at ceiling prices, cattle supply steady to slow with various price ranges. Sheep offerings slower with lower early sales. Chicago hogs steady with good and choice near 14.75, cattle and calves mixed with light shortages and varied prices across weight classes.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Father Attacks Draft Board Chairman in Abilene
Abilene reports 25 year old Jack Taylor Davis father of three charged with striking Heathington, chairman of Taylor County Selective Service Board. Davis posted 1500 dollar bond after hearing before U S Commissioner Ida M James, following an appeal loss of 1 A classification. Induction center departure postponed.
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Abilene
Jack Taylor Davis
U. S
Ida M. James
Davis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Heathington
Taylor Ag Selective Service Board
Kesselring Seeks Exit From Italy and Swiss Response
Stockholm reports Germany asks Switzerland about Kesselring army withdrawals into Swiss territory but receives an unfavorable reaction. Also noted are local club meeting plans and casual notes on shoppers from Pampa Amarillo.
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Stockholm
Switzerland
Marshal Kesselring
Italy
German shell barrage hits Boulogne as Allies push in
London reports heavy German coastal bombardment near Boulogne with nearly 1900 shells. Berlin claims the bombardment aimed to disrupt English invasion routes as Allied forces advance. Also notes Ross A Rogers, former Amarillo mayor, visiting Los Angeles with family and a Himalayan yak in regional note.
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London
Boulogne
Berlin
Dover
Enghiamad
Rogers
Cavse Ornia
Ross A Rogers
Amarillo
Los Amegeles
California
Ross Rogers, Jr
Arizona
Hitler
Moscow
Hungary
Budapest
Turkey
Bulgaria
Red Army
Battle sweeping France rolls toward Germany as Germans retreat
Associated Press dispatch reports U S First Army advances past the Meuse toward Sedan and Commercy while Montgomery forces close the buzz bomb belt near Le Havre. Germans flee toward their homeland fortifications as Allied units press toward Abbeville and into Flanders. Mrs Alton Williams and daughter Glenna from Perryton shop in Amarillo.
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Maginot Line
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Verdun
River Meuse
St. Dizier
Commercy
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Nancy
U. S. First Army
Sedan
Belgium
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
Eberbach
Seventh Army
le Havre
Abbeville
Flanders
Alton Williams
Glenna
Perryton
Amarillo
Thomas J. Lawless Dies at Canyon Home
Thomas J. Lawless 68 died at his Canyon home after six years of residence. A farmer and Methodist, he is survived by wife Annie, daughters Mrs. Beck of Anson and Mrs. Eaves of Bremerton, and son William W. Lawless of the U. S. Navy. Funeral arrangements by Griggs-Warren Funeral Home of Canyon.
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Thomas J. Lawless
Canyon
The Less Gasoline The More Bird Eggs
At a service station in Amarillo a bird built a nest in a radiator vent and five eggs remained intact. The attendant suggested this proves Mrs. Jack Whisenant’s cooperation with the war effort by conserving gasoline amid grass fire warnings in the city.
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Jack Whisenant
Tennessee Street
Georgia Street
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