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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1944

Page

3

Southland Life Insurance buys large opening in Potter County

Arch ie Copeland, West Texas agency manager, received news Saturday from W C McCord president of Southland Life Insurance of a large opening purchase. Potter County war bond officials and local agents Archie Castleberry A B Hall L F Kirk Earl Shelton Horace Gooch and W T McKinney are active in war bond sales. The cost of 312 feature length and 500 short motion pictures produced in 1943 by major Hollywood companies was about 247 million dollars.

Potter County Southland Life Insurance Company Archie Copeland West Texas Oliver Eakle W. C. McCord Southland Company Archie R. Castleberry A. B. Hall L. F. Kirk Earl Shelton Horace “Pinky” Gooch W. T. McKinney Southland Hollywood

Ten Thousand Fifth Army Soldiers Attend Thanksgiving Mass in Rome

In Rome on June 11 almost 10,000 Fifth Army troops joined in a mass at the Church of St. Mary of the Angels to give thanks for victory. Lt Gen Mark W Clark and staff attended with Cardinal Tisserant beside diplomats as Col Patrick J Ryan led the service with Father Louis Jarreaux and Father Patrick Tobin assisting. Chaplain Michael I English preached urging prayers for peace with Pope Pius.

Rome Fifth Army St. Mary of the Angels Mark W. Clark United States Eugene Cardinal Tisserant Vatican Patrick J. Ryan St. Paul, Minn Louis Jarreaux Patrick Tobin Michael I. English Loyola University of Chicago Pope Pius

Joint Army Navy Pool Draft Eliminates Branch Labels

Selective Service announced that after July 1 inductees will enter a common pool to be drawn by service needs. Local boards may continue to fill calls with volunteers and non fathers ahead of fathers, but orders will be issued by overall number. After July 1 all registrants ordered to report will be assigned to the Army or Navy at induction stations with at least 21 days between pre induction exam and induction.

Washington Selective Service Army Navy Tion Armed Forces

Victory Gardens and a Dye of Paint and Mud

A painter finishes a fresh section of a house then a gardener floods his victory garden with high pressure water. The hose nozzle sits beside the new paint, spraying mud that leaves a polka dot pattern on the wall. A later note reports a petroleum council survey projecting 1944 U S crude oil output to run about 400000 barrels per day above 1943 levels.

Petroleum Industry War Council United States

Carney Headlines War Bond Broadcast And Plans

Ralph Carney, vice president of Coleman Lamp and Stove Company, will deliver a 30 minute War Bond address titled Five Minutes Ago on KGNC at 9 pm. Panhandle War Bond committees urge listenership as Carney follows a Rotary Club address to 400 businessmen. NBC and networks plan 21 hours of Fifth Way Loan broadcasts tomorrow with celebrity segments and a Lawton Oklahoma program featuring Capt. Bob Johnson.

Ralph Carney KGNC Panhandle Carney Coleman Lamp and Stove Company Wichita Kan Rotary Club NBC Lawton Okla Bob Johnson U.S Alfred Lunt England

Unique 42 Page Letter Arrives for Mrs. Zelmaine Davis

Mrs Zelmaine Davis receives a 42 page tablet letter from her aunt Mrs Betty Seals of Umpire Arkansas. Seals recently visited Amarillo and mailed the entire tablet back to Davis as one continuous note.

Zelmaine Davis East Seventh Avenue Betty Seals Umpire Ark Amarillo

Jury Panels Report to Federal and District Courts Today

A jury panel will report to U S Federal Court at 10 o clock for criminal cases. Judge James C Wilson presides. The court opened May 22 and will call the entire criminal docket today. two other panels will report to the 47th and 108th district courts.

U. S James C. Wilson 47Th District Court 108Th District Court

Radio Schedule Montage From KGNC and KFDA Lineup

A dense listing of daily radio programming with KGNC and KFDA segments spanning morning to midnight. Entries include News by Air, music hour blocks, soap operas, variety programs, and special broadcasts with multiple show titles and network affiliations.

KFDA Sons of the Pioneers the Ranch Guiding Light NBC Kone Todss

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