Amarillo Forms Housing Authority Under USHA Reach
Amarillo’s housing authority, appointed by Mayor Joe Jenkins, named Tom Wingate chair and Dr. R. Thomson vice-chair. A $750,000 project for 44 units, with rents from $8.75 to $40, was sought, transforming the body into a separate entity under USHA. Marshall W. Amis lists Texas projects statewide, including Houston at $10.78 million and Dallas at $6.35 million, with details on unit counts and costs.
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Lost Her Job Then Took Poison
A Birmingham woman, after losing her Dallas department store job, told hospital staff she thought all stores closed on Labor Day and planned a picnic instead of work. She attempted suicide by poison but was stopped by her landlady. doctors gave a sedative and released her after she pledged to seek another job.
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Birmingham
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Russians Fight Back as Germans Press Leningrad Siege
Russian counterattacks across the Gomel Smolensk Bobruisk axis aim to relieve pressure on the northern front and blunt the German push toward Leningrad, while Berlin claims a Leningrad rail link breach. British and Finnish tensions rise over aid to Russia as heavy rains slow ground actions in the center and south.
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Slaying Is Cleared Up in Texas Again
Gray County police now say the Lefors constable’s shotgun slaying is solved by the self inflicted death of A E Cade 50 of Pampa in the Bovina railroad station Cade who had been sought since his grey sedan was found abandoned near Kingsmill died in a Clovis hospital after being found with a pistol near his body Cade had been in Pampa four years and worked for Santa Fe 24 years Constable Cumberlidge 51 of Lefors had been an oil driller and is survived by his widow and two sons Funeral rites were pending today Port Arthur tropical disturbance brings squalls and heavy rain in the season’s first storm
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Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair weather tonight and Wednesday with increased late afternoon cloudiness and scattered thundershowers. West Texas remains generally fair with a few after noon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change. New Mexico will see scattered thundershowers mainly in higher elevations and near the southern border with a partly cloudy Wednesday. Temperature extremes over 24 hours end at 6 AM show a minimum 64 and maximum 80, with noon at 86.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Solomon Solomon Solomon Dies Laughing Surprise
At Fort Slocum New York the sergeant quizzes Private Solomon Solomon Solomon his full name. The 21 year old Brooklynite answers Solomon Solomon Solomon, a precise and humorous reveal that raises a moment of quiet amusement in the barracks.
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Chinese man swallows fork and knife in Winnipeg
A Winnipeg man claimed he swallowed his knife and fork with dinner after leaving a Chinese restaurant with a stomach ache. X rays confirmed the fork was digested. surgeons retrieved the fork at a hospital and continued searching for the knife. Doctors expected recovery.
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U.P
Dollar Day Bargains Draw a Busy Amarillo Crowd
Shoppers from far and near fill Amarillo business districts for Dollar Day with a brisk pace in morning hours. Vendors tout specials in a recurring event delayed by Labor Day, as patrols monitor traffic and anticipate the next first Monday of the month sale set for October 6.
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Amarillo
Ideas Editor Seeks Daily Dollar For Best Notion
The note from YOUR IDEAS EDITOR offers one dollar daily for the best idea received. It laments a lack of holiday ideas and invites readers to submit thoughts to win the prize, noting many ideas were withheld or insufficiently submitted.
Costa Rica Defies Withdrawal Request From German Occupied Territory
SAN JOSE Costa Rica Sept 2 the republic with 600000 people awaited word on its refusal to withdraw its consulates from German occupied territory Foreign Minister Alberto Echandi urged Germany to reconsider noting such action would admit conquest Costa Rica maintains consulates in France Belgium Holland Luxembourg and Norway CHICAGO Sept 2 a prediction that 20000000 Americans will work in defense industries by 1944 was offered by Dr C L Shartle government psychologist.
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News Tip Prize Is Won By Mrs C E Mitchell
Mrs C E Mitchell of 409 North Lincoln Street wins the $5 first prize in the weekly news tip contest for reporting the theft of Wanda Mitchells new shoes from Horace Mann School. Rufus Gant receives $3 for reporting a child’s foot caught in a bicycle wheel. Mrs E B Mauldin gets $2 for tipping about a watermelon thief. A list of other tipsters from various streets is also acknowledged.
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East Eighth
PM Still Up In The Air Huntin For Homes Near School
Classified note from a property hunter seeking homes near schools. The speaker claims to have housed hundreds of families and continues to find suitable apartments and rooms, citing a three room furnished unit at 314 Georgia rented on the first day. Contact Dial 6262 for Wanted Headquarters.
Texas Boom Is Forecast Texas Boom Is Forecast
Texas faces a rapid defense boom with industrial employment up 12 percent payrolls 26 percent and farm income 25 percent but inflation remains a risk. UT business dean J Anderson Fitzgerald told 250 bank delegates at a Texas Banking Conference that governments and banks should resist debt buildup during prosperity.
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