Eleven Wives Enter Amarillo Chin-Up Girl Contest
Eleven wives of armed services members are nominated to vote for Amarillo Chin-Up Girl. Bonds for the Fifth War Loan drive grant up to 100 votes per $25 bond with top three winners sharing $1,000. Sponsors include civic clubs banks and theaters. Mayor proclaims Chin-Up Week.
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Armed Services
Amarillo
Actre
Amarillo National Bank
First National Bank
American National Bank
Joe Jenkins
England
Khiva Shrine Harvest Set for Wednesday
Khiva Temple plans a harvest ceremony Wednesday evening tied to the Shrine monthly meeting. Over 75 candidates eligible. John Snider supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Masonic Temple precedes a 7 p.m. business session and 8 p.m. opening of the first section. Second section follows but will be cut short. Novices register 5 to 8 p.m. at the recorder's office. The combined event aids soldiers overseas and Panhandle residents unable to attend May 22.
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Khiva
John Snider
Masonic Temple
Recorder’s Office
Panhandie
Hatchett Rites Today for Mrs Hatchitt at Quanah
The body of Mrs. Lavernia Dilworth Hatchitt age 79 will be transported by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home to Quanah for service at 3 39 this afternoon. Burial will follow in Quanah Cemetery. She died Saturday night at her son Conrad Hatchitt’s home 1008 Carolina Street where she had lived for two years.
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Lavernia Dilworth Hatchitt
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Quanah
Wife Wins Relief From Neuritis Pain
Thousands suffer neuritis rheumatism sciatica and lumbago but NORITO promises fast relief with a guarantee. The ad claims a quick acting formula speeds recovery, offering to refund if not satisfied. Read as a period advertisement urging trial under guarantee.
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Norito
Amarillo Boy Rescued From Swimming Pool
Forrest Buckley a 14 year old boy from Amarillo narrowly escaped drowning after being pulled from Gem Lake pool. A soldier initially passed him by thinking he faked then the youth remained at the bottom until lifeguard Hugh Haight and the soldier revived him with artificial respiration. He was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital and released.
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Forrest Buckley
F. B. Buckley
Tyler Street
Gem Lake
Hugh Haight
Northwest Texas
Pilots In Air For 14 Hours On D Day
Lt General Carl Spaatz stated Allied air forces flew as many as 14 hours in the D Day assault and logged over 32 000 sorties from June 5 to June 8. He noted the day was a culmination of months of planning and preparation.
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London
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Europe
United States
Spaatz
Infant Donna Emanuel Dies After Brief Illness
Donna Lynn Emanuel eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs E R Emanuel of 606 Alabama Street died in a local hospital yesterday morning after a brief illness. The father is in the Navy at Perry Virginia. Survived by two sisters Louisa and Roxetta. Body lies in state at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Funeral services to be held after the father arrives.
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Donna Lynn Emanuel
E. R. Emanuel
Alabama Street
Navy
Perry
Louisa
Roxetta
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Rain General In Panhandle
Surprise showers spread across the Panhandle last night with hail reported. The rain extended from Amarillo to Pampa, north to Clayton and Channing, with Amarillo recording 0.33 inches. Additional rainfall reached Clovis White Deer Clarendon Canyon Dalhart and Ponca City Oklahoma.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Pampa
Clayton
Channing
Clovis
White Deer
Clarendon
Canyon
Dalhart
Ponca City
Okla
Hereford Area Sees Heavy Rains With Mixed Crop Impact
Heavy rainfall over the past two weeks drenched Hereford and areas 100 miles south, helping some crops while damaging others. Wheat around Hereford remains in good shape with no damage so far, but cotton in the South Plains near Sudan suffered losses. Replanting is largely finished and optimism prevails for cotton prospects as a wide belt near Amarillo reports strong rains. Farmers estimate rainfall at about an inch in the region.
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Hereford
Sudan
Amarillo
Somersaulting Bus Injures 53 in Fort Worth
An interurban bus skidded in rain near Fort Worth and somersaulted down a steep embankment, injuring 53 passengers. The vehicle carried many standing passengers en route from Liberator Village to the Consolidated-Vultee plant area. Driver J L Boydston, 20, escaped injury. Twenty-six were later discharged after emergency treatment.
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Fort Worth
Liberator Village
War Workers
Consolidated - Vultee Aircraft
J. L. Boydston
First Nurses Arrive on Beaches
Margaret Stanville of Hayti Missouri is credited as the first American girl to land on the invasion beachhead. She and other nurses wearing uniforms and helmets waded ashore to aid the wounded as soldiers looked on. Arthur Thorpe, naval correspondent for the Exchange Telegraph, is reported killed at sea in western Europe invasion operations.
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New York
Margaret Stanville
Hayti
CBS
Larry Lesear
London
Arthur Thorpe
Exchange Telegraph
Western Europe
California Western States Life Insurance Company Certificate
Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas certifies California Western States Life Insurance Company has sworn statement compliance and authority to operate in Texas for year ending May 31, 1945. May 22, 1944. Austin, Texas. Co. P. Lockhart, Chairman.
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Board OF Insurance Commissioners
Austin
Texas
Co. P. Lockhart
Tick Rogers Breaks Wrist in Canyon Horse Ride Incident
Tick Baker of 1209 Pierce Street sustained a broken wrist after being thrown from his horse during an early morning ride with the Will Rogers Range Riders in Palo Duro Canyon. He was navigating a steep trail when the accident occurred near the canyon’s lower incline.
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Tick Baker
Pierce Street
Palo Duro Canyon
Will Rogers Range
Baker
Horse Turns Surprise, Rider Injured With Wrist Brake
A horse suddenly bolted under the Range Rider causing a broken left wrist along with bruises and cuts. The rider was taken to hospital for treatment.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
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Fillmore Street
John Eisenbers
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Sunset
Love Brady
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Parker Street
Leroy Byrd
North Amarillo
TOWNE
B. G. Products CO
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McCormick-Deering
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Francis
Cecil
Bill
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Hudson
Globe News
RM Stacola
RED Horse
Dubonnet Wine
T M Gin
Thorpe
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
America
Tick Rogers
Ted
American Institute
Bell
Polk St
Rainbow Cab
Hamp Benton
Globe-News
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Bull Tire CO
Panhandle Division
Texas Optometric Assn
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