Price Control Conference Held In Amarillo Office
Personal interviews will be granted tomorrow to wholesalers retailers and consumer service groups unsure about price control regulations. T J Murray senior price specialist from Dallas will conduct the sessions at Amarillo Chamber of Commerce from 10 to noon and 1 to 5. The event, likely the last of its kind, involves business and distributive division representatives and state education officials as OPA price investigators begin work in Texas.
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Amarillo
Busines and Distributive Division
State Department of Education
OPA Price
OPA
Price
Texas
Woman of 104 Outlives Five Sons
Decatur Illinois reports Eliza Jane Brewster aged 103 tomorrow. A widow for 71 years she has outlived her five sons. Life has become sad yet she remains steadfast in family memory and daily routines.
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Decatur
Eliza Jane Brewster
Dormitory Project for Army Visitors in Amarillo
Amarillo will host a guest dormitory for soldiers and their families in the municipal auditorium. The Women’s Federated Club will run it as a war project under USC supervision, with maid service and a reception room staffed by hostesses. Reservations likely 50 cents for two to three days, with evenings for soldiers’ guest entertainments elsewhere.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Women's
Federated Club
USC
W. Stokes
Joe Jenkins
Air Forces Technical School
Mayor Jenkins
Army
Harold Nichols
Chad Elliott
Nationwide gas rationing plan outlined by OPA
Price Administrator Leon Henderson outlined a sweeping gasoline rationing system to cover 20 million civilian motorists with basic miles set at 2 880 per year and potential extra miles up to 470 monthly for occupational needs. A preferred mileage category exists for 14 essential occupations. Penalties for noncompliance and on wheel tire inspections were to be determined as printing and distribution of coupons and supplies progressed.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Navy
East Coast
Henderson
OPA
Death Claims I B Giles Retired Contractor
I B Giles aged 82 died at 2 49 this morning in Amarillo Texas after 33 years here He was a former Virginia Methodist circuit rider and a member of San Jacinto Methodist Church He is survived by his wife five daughters and three sons plus 26 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Funeral services are set for 3 30 tomorrow at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev W C Hinds officiating burial will follow in Llano Cemetery
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Amarillo
Virginia
Texas
San Jacinto
Searcey
Ark
J. B. Giles
Lubbock
C. P. Giles
Pietown
N. M
Blackburn-Shaw
Weekend Burglaries Reported At Mexican Inn And Home
Police investigated two burglaries over the weekend. At the Mexican Inn a cash box held $75 and a cigaret vending machine were taken. T. F. Gilbert of 809 West Thirteenth Avenue reported jewelry stolen from his home late Saturday night.
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T. F. Gilbert
West
Thirteenth Avenue
Lubbock Man Granted Bond in Homicide Case
Curtis Harold Mince of Lubbock is at liberty under bond in a negligent homicide case. He faces charges connected with a fatal collision last Monday involving Mrs. Fred G. Gaskins and her son Fred Gaskins of Pampa. Mince operated the truck involved.
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Curtis Harold Mince
Lubbock
Liberty
Fred G. Gaskins
Fred Gaskins
Pampa
Mince
Market summary of livestock and stock averages
Markets show mixed livestock activity in Kansas City and Chicago. Hog sales steady to higher with good demand, cattle receipts moderate and prices uneven, and grain-fed heifers and yearlings holding around the 13 to 15 dollar range. US stock averages show slight gains in industrials and rails, with overall market funding noted by Merrill Lynch for the period.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago
U. S Dept
Soldiers Crowd USO Quarters at Municipal Auditorium
Harold Nichols, USO director, said about 300 soldiers visited the USO in the north wing of the Municipal Auditorium yesterday for roller skating, games, reading, showers, piano and phonograph. The USO seeks musical instruments to donate or loan for a camp orchestra serving dances and events.
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Harold Nichols
Municipal Auditorium
U. S O
Nichols
Explosion injures Robert Spooner at Was plant
Robert Spooner a laboratory worker at the O. M. Franklin Serum Company plant on 109 North Monroe Street was seriously injured this morning when a sterilizer exploded. A metal door struck his forehead knocking him unconscious. He was taken to Northwest Texas hospital. no other injuries or building damage reported.
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Robert Spooner
O. M. Franklin Serum Company
Monroe Street
Mr. Spooner
Northwest Texas Hospital
Fidler reshapes Hollywood scoop career into nation sweep
Jimmy Fidler recalls his early push to syndicate Hollywood news, detailing offers from 17 papers and rejections by others amid scandals. He built a national column and NBC radio presence, then headlines a Paramount stage event for the War Bond Queen coronation in the Panhandle. Tickets for tonight’s premiere are on sale, with proceeds aiding queen expenses.
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Hollywood News
Fidler
Hollywood
Taylor
Wallace Reed
Fatty" Arbuckle
San Francisco
America
Walter Winchell
New York
Jimmy Fidler
McNaught Syndicate
McNaught
Jimmy Fiddler
NBC
Paramount Tonight
Panhandle
Interstate
Jack King
Paramount
KGNC
Round-Table Kiwanis Club Meets Tonight
The Round-Table Kiwanis Club gathers at 7 pm tonight at the Silver Grill to unite members from Amarillo’s three Kiwanis clubs who cannot attend midday luncheons. Many are in Pantex or war work, prompting the night club formation. Arlie Speer of San Jacinto Club chairs, Tra Stephenson leads tonight’s program, and San Jacinto directors will convene during the session.
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Kiwanis Club
Silver Grill
Amarillo Kiwanis
Pantex
Arlie Speer
San Jacinto Club
Tra Stephenson
Soldiers Need Coat Hangers in Amarillo
Harold Nichols director says arriving soldiers must hang coats or pack them to avoid wrinkles. Amarilloites urged to leave hangers at the U S O in the torium. Girls Scouts are collecting hangers, but demand exceeds supply.
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Amarillo
Harold Nichols
U. S
Mr. Nichols
Potter Farmers Aid Scrap Drive
Potter County farmers will assist with a countywide scrap metal drive. A committee of Rus sell Hogge John Detten Jimmy Walton and Floyd Krabbe will call on all farmers. Nearly all have turned in scrap and a new pile is forming as every piece is to be selected. Farmers urged to turn in scrap at once.
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Potter County
Russell Hogge
John Detten
Jimmy Walton
Floyd Krabbe
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna With Syrup Pepsin
An old advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin to ease constipation and stomach upset. It claims the product wakes up lazy bowels and nerves, making digestion comfortable and palatable for adults and children, with directions on the label.
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Dr. Caldwell
Jake Dr. Caldwell
New Cub Pack Is Organized At Bivins School
The first session of the new Boy Scout Cub Pack at Bivins School will be tomorrow night at 8 o clock. Parents of boys aged nine to eleven eligible for membership must attend the meeting led by Roy Stockton, chairman of the Cubbing committee. The pack is sponsored by the Bivins School Parent-Teacher Association.
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Bivins School
Roy" Stockton
Parent-Teacher Association
Germans Claim Three Sinkings
Berlin reports the high command says German submarines sunk three transport vessels and a destroyer in a North Atlantic attack on a convoy from the United States to England. The claim lacks independent verification and past German victory claims are noted as often exaggerated.
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Berlin
High Command
North Atlantic
United States
England
Paul Lehman Taken by Death
Paul Lehman a 68 year old wood carver died this morning at 2 48 o clock at a local hospital after a brief illness His home was 618 East Second Avenue He was a member of the Catholic Church He is survived by a niece and nephew in California The body is in state at the Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel pending completion of arrangements
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Paul Lehman
Woode Carver
East Second Avenue
California
Blackeburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
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Royal Canadian Air Force
H. H. Horne
Pierce Street
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Fisk
I. B. Giles
Center Avenue
Amitone
Samtone
Joche
Pile
Financial Industrial Fund
NEW York Stock Exchange Lynch, Pierce
Merrill Fenner & Ees
Allla Chalmers
Am Smelt & Ref
Am Zinc & Lead
Avia
Tees
Nee
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel Bee
Borden
Calumet
Chrysler
Consol
Consol Oil Oo
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Power
Kennocot
Marshall Field
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelyinator
Fir National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Ry
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Ohio
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Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
J. C. Penney
Penna RR
Phillips
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Union
Socony
Southern Pacific
Iso California
Indiana
New Jersey
Studebaker
Texas Corporation
Union Carbide
United Aircraft Oe
U S
U S Steel
Wilson & Coarene
Woolworth
USO
J.T. Russell
JB Weler
Tolzien
Gulbransen
Mason-Hamun
Bozeman
Blackburn
Printing & Letter Service
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