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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1941
Page
3
Board No 1 has issued all questionnaires in the initial registration phase. The boards will register on July 1 all men who have reached age 21 since the first registration day.
Lake Marvin near Canadian hosts the third annual opening with five races featuring surface motors and hydroplanes. Twenty seven drivers from Pampa and Berger signed up. prizes total 15 per race. Col E A Simpson will speak at 1 30 pm dedication. Pinky Powell orchestra and Dixie Dice provide entertainment.
Fritz Kreisler, 66, the famed violinist who was seriously injured when struck by a truck in April, was discharged from Roosevelt Hospital last night as doctors announced his condition was good.
Pickets barred the gates of the Piper Aircraft Corporation in Lock Haven Pennsylvania to all but office and engineering staff after a strike began. AFL machinists seek higher wages while CIO UAW walks out at Douglas and Lomason prompting potential 40 000 lay-offs in four truck plants.
A farewell shower in Phillips Community Hall honored Ruth Erma Garrett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Garrett, who left for Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, prior to her upcoming marriage to Lt. L. G. Penick. Hostesses were Mrs. Chalmers McKee, Mrs. C. A. Courtney, and Mrs. Bob Smith. Over 50 guests signed the guest book.
Marguerite Salot, bride elect, was honored at a lingerie shower hosted by Miss Molly Bayless at Hedgcoke Street. Herbert McClelland attends as groom candidate. Guests from Salot’s Phillips warehouse office joined the event. The wedding is set for June 29.
Panhandle highway deaths reach 43 by June 18 in 1941 with 13 killed this month and an average age of 35.33. Amarillo Shamrock areas are most dangerous as residents weigh grim totals and ask who’s next.
A Shamrock crash tally reports multiple deaths in June across Panhandle highways. Among the victims are Virginia Watts, 12, Amarillo. F. L. Hendrix, 42, Amarillo. Sam Hinton, 43, Amarillo. Mrs. W. R. Holcomb, 66, Haswell. Lucille Betty, 18, Amarillo. and John Blake, 57, Shamrock. A warning line asks Who'll be next.
Memphis hosts the 51st Hall County celebration with an opening parade, Texas dignitaries, and the Will Rogers Range Riders from Amarillo performing in a two day event. Atty Gen Gerald Mann urged voters to back a man of action for the Senate as crowds packed Carnegie Library Park.
A shower Friday afternoon at Mrs. Don Alexander's home honored Mrs. Phil Alexander the former Caroline Stevens who wed Sunday and Mrs. Fred Cochran the former Hila Renick. Gifts were presented by Mrs. Wallace Jones. Mrs. Cochran’s gifts were hidden in a rambling-rose covered rig. About 40 guests attended.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as the original Dr. Boerhane formula aiding kidney and bladder trouble. It claims quick relief from nocturia burning pain and swollen ankles, urging purchase for immediate, healthful kidney support.
A list shows Lucille Betty and John Blake among traffic fatalities, pushing the Panhandle total to 43 for 1941 across 30 counties. The report details Amarillo’s rising toll and compares yearly totals, with multiple crashes across Highway 66 near Shamrock, Amarillo, and surrounding towns.
A chronological record of traffic fatalities in the Panhandle area from April to June, listing names ages and hometowns such as Mrs Depthia Annie Robertson Amarillo 22 Mrs Harry Thurston Long Beach Calif and others killed in crashes along highways near Amarillo Canyon Shamrock Dalhart and Quitaque with incidents from overturned cars to head on collisions.
Draft Board No 2 will mail its final questionnaires today finishing the October 16 1940 registration. The board announced that any registrant in its jurisdiction who has not received a questionnaire should contact the board promptly.
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