Fall Home Nursing Classes Start in Amarillo
The Potter County Chapter of the American Red Cross opens fall Home Nursing classes on Monday September 7 at the Chapter House 125 West Tenth Avenue. Instructors are graduate nurses with special training. classes meet twice weekly with four different schedules led by Joan Dailey Parr Vetesh Wright Bobbie Dodd. The chapter aims to train 15 000 Amarillo women this winter with only the textbook cost as expense. enrollment urged by Mrs Joe Jenkins chair.
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Potter County
The
American Red Cross
West Tenth Avenue
University of Chicago
Amarillo
Red Cross
Joe Jenkins
Rges Amarillo
Guard Band Members to Meet Sunday at High School Armory
Guard Band members are to meet at 1 30 oclock Sunday afternoon at the High School Armory under Lt. Bob Miller commanding officer. They will play for the Tri State Rodeo Sunday afternoon. All men to report in uniform.
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Texas Defense Guard
High School
Bob Miller
Compton Out of Danger After Sleeping Pill Overdose
CORAL GABLES Fla Sept 4 Mrs Theodore Kappen formerly Actress Betty Compton and ex wife of James J Walker of New York City was pronounced in good condition and out of danger today after taking an overdose of sleeping pills The fort Necessity near Uniontown Pa has been restored to its original condition and George Washington fought his first battle there
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Coral Gables
Fla
U.P
Theodore Kappen
Betty Compton
James J. Walker
New York City
George Washington
Fort Necessity
Uniontown
Judge Gee to Speak at Salvation Army Farewell Party
Judge W E Gee will deliver the principal address at a farewell party given by Major and Mrs William T Johnson of the Salvation Army tomorrow night at Turner Citadel. Guests include Salvation Army workers and friends at a chicken in the rough dinner at 7 30. The Johnsons have been informed of a transfer but await their next assignment.
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W. E. Gee
William T. Johnson
Salvation Army
Turner Citadel
Mrs. Johnson
Food prices rise in August in Texas reports
Retail cost of food climbed in August to 27.4 percent above April 1941 levels, covering 85 basic items from surveys in 19 Texas cities and towns. July saw a 1.6 percent rise, per Commissioner John D. Reed of the bureau of labor statistics.
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Austin
John D. Reed
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Texas
Tack Letters Package Lost in Amarillo
A shopper in Amarillo reports losing a tan Huarache sandals package and several small items in an Allen Shoe Store bag between Kress and Borden's Heap of Cream on Polk Street. Virginia Messenger of Channing asks for contact from the finder. CARE FOR CHILD seeks a woman to keep house and care for a two-
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Amarillo
Allen Shoe Store
Kress
Borden
Polk Street
Virginia Messenger
Channing
Texas
Tack
Sandie Seats On Sale For Amarillo High Home Games
Reserved seat tickets for the Amarillo High School Golden Sandies home games go on sale at Maxor Drug Store No 1 announced by Ross H Larsen ticket manager. Seats held for last season buyers will be retained until Sept 12 when sale opens on a first come basis. Previous holders urged to claim seats. others may order now for unclaimed seats.
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Amarillo
Larsen
Help Wanted and Lost and Found Notices Collected
Personal ads seek work as trucker helper or carpenter. Lost items include a lock and keys and a valuable package. Lost dogs described with color markings. rewards offered. A refined man sought for correspondence. a capable woman needed for child care and companionship in a home setting.
Negro Killed In Road Crash Near Childress
A highway collision near Childress left Will Dickerson of Dallas dead and Billy Roberts seriously injured. W F Jones of Greenville drove a Ford truck that hit T H Brogden’s Chevrolet truck. Jones remained in serious condition, and Brogden and two other occupants escaped injury.
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W. F Jones
Greenville
T. H. Brogden
Childress
Will Dickerson
Dallas
Billy Roberts
Jones
Mr. Brodgen
Salmon Capital of Alaska at Ketchikan Port
The passage notes Ketchikan Alaska as the southernmost port in the territory famous for fishing. It states it cans more salmon than any city globally and mentions an address 1601 West Eighteenth Avenue with phone 5970. It adds that the subject enjoys old people and children.
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West Eighteenth Avenue
Ketchikan
Alaska
Record enrollments surge in local ROTC at high school
Reeves Donnell reports 375 applicants for the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the high school, the largest ever and over 100 more than last year. Projections reach 400 cadets with five companies of 75 plus 25 staff. Senior discourse centers on merit based leadership for battalion command.
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Navy
Army
Marine and
Coast Guard
Reeves Donnell
Reserve Officers Corps
Donnell
Death claims Mrs Carlton in local hospital
Mrs Louise Carlton wife of William Carlton of 2103 West Seventh Avenue died at 2 40 this morning in a local hospital at age 25 She leaves an infant daughter Barbara Jean Carlton and two sisters Mrs F P Ford Amarillo and Mrs J B Kaiser El Paso Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 3 pm from the Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Luther Roberts Church of Christ minister officiating Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery. A separate note mentions 1942 43 cadet corps with boys 12 and 13 denied entry due to excess older applicants and a claim about a world's largest outdoor pool at Fleischacker Playfield San Francisco
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Louise Carlton
William Carlton
West Seventh Avenue
Barbara Jean Carlton
F. P. Ford
Amarillo
J. B. Kaiser
el Paso
Blackburn-Shaw
Luther Roberts
Church of Christ
Llano Cemestery
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Joan Dailey
John Parr
Jean Vetesh Wright
Bobbie Dodd
Guard
East Tenth
North Florida
Buchanan St
Packard
Aes
LOVN
Farmers Union
Memphis
Globe-News
Crisco
Oleo i
Swift
P&g Soap
Jello Foeese
America
Mer
Roosevelt
Ama
Rillo Grocers
Amarillo Grocers
Panhandle
Sandie
C. E. Green
Happy
J. C. Penney Co
St. Anthony's Hospital
Ella Mae Ralston
Ben Johnson
van Buren St
Woolworth’s
Grand Silver
E. A. Denney
West
Sixth Avenue
Spade
State Highway Patrol
Carlton
Cadet
Fleischhacker
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
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