Rationing Details For War Time Food and Gas Stamps
The Associated Press outlines rationing for meats fats and other staples. Book four red stamps T5 to X5 valid through April 28, Y5 Z5 A2 D2 through June 2 and E2 J2 through June 30 and E2 P2 through July 31. Blue stamps C2 to G2 through April 28, H2 M2 through June 2, N2 S2 through June 30, T2 X2 through July 31. Sugar Book four stamp 35 valid for five pounds through June 2 with next stamp May 1. Shoes Book three airplane stamps 1 2 3 valid indefinitely. Gasoline 15-A coupons four gallons each through June 21. B-6 C-6 B-7 C-7 five gallons each. OPA states no plans to cancel any.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Automotive want ads outline a broad used car market
A cluttered list from Globe-News shows lots of autos for sale and trade. Listings include 1940s to 1942 models like Ford Tudor, Chevrolet Tudor, Hudson and Buick sedans, plus several 1930s classics. Turner, Earl Davis, and Lone Star Motor Co. appear with locations in Tyler Street and 911 Taylor. Also advertised are trucks, trailers, and auto parts from various suppliers including Twitty route and Elmer Auto Supply with contact numbers and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star
Chrysler
Lone Star Motor CO
Tyler St
Lights Return to Paris as War Victory Celebrations Glow
Paris on April 2 witnessed the city lit again after the war start. Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame were flood lit, with Champs Elysees and Place de la Concorde brightened. About two million Parisians and Allied troops gathered as the Unknown Soldier flame and Arc de Triomphe lights were rekindled at 10 PM. Citizens greeted the scene with quiet joy and a moment of silence followed a cannon salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Place de la Concorde
Champs Elysees
City of Light
Two Women and Soldier Injured in Panhandle Highway Crash
Two women and a serviceman were injured in a Sunday night crash on Panhandle Highway 1100 block. The soldier’s identity and injury extent were not released. Gladys McCarey and Opal Bauer received minor injuries and were treated at St Anthony’s Hospital before release. Three local youths escaped uninjured after their car, rear-ended the two women’s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Field
Panhandle
Gladys McCarey
Opal Bauer
West Fourth
St. Anthony's Hospital
Edwin Henderson
North Polk
Jimmie McDaniel
Buchanan
Billye Joe Grady
North East Seventh
Soldier
Buddies Talked Him Into Crash Landing P-47 Mission
Lt Harold McNabb of 1606 Fillmore crashed a borrowed P-47 at 130 mph while dive bombing German tanks across the Rhine. Bullets pierced the wings and engine, but radioed encouragement from crew kept him calm as Lt James Williams guided a belly landing at a hospital field. McNabb survived his thirtieth mission, choosing to stay with the plane to avoid capture, trusting prayers from his wife and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McNabb
E. L. McLeod
Fillmore
McNabb
Rhine
James D. Williams
Hutchinson
Kan
Waco
Suit in Trespass to Try Title of Amarillo Property
State judicial notice commanding M E Sullivan and spouses to appear before the 108th District Court in Potter County Texas by 10 am on the first Monday after 42 days from April 30 1945 to answer the petition in John A Chumbley et al vs M E Sullivan et al. Suit concerns Lot 2 in Block 211 Holland Addition Amarillo with fee simple title claimed by plaintiffs as shown in court papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
M. E. Sullivan
G. P. Sullivan
108Th District
Court of
Potter County
Amarillo
Texas
A. D
John 4. Chumbley
Holland
Mamie E. Ware
Ware
Mamie F. Ware
Mat Byrne
108Th District Court of
Anne Clifton Summers
Guest in Trigg Home with Mrs Milton of Los Angeles
Mrs George Milton of Los Angeles visits the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Trigg at 1904 Harrison. Mrs Milton, formerly Katie Sutherland, is noted as a charter member for the JUG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trigg
Howard Trigg
Harrison
George Milton
Los Angeles
Milton
Katie Sutherland
Maxwell Receives Medal of Honor for Sacrificing Self
Techician Fifth Grade Robert D. Maxwell of Colorado sacrificed himself to smother a German hand grenade during a September 7 action near Besancon France. Jockeying between wall and courtyard, Maxwell shielded the blast to save three comrades and was seriously wounded. He already had the Silver Star and Purple Heart for earlier valor in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Robert D. Maxwell
Larimer County
Colo
Baxter General Hospital
Spokane
Wash
Maxwell
Besancon
France
Cyril F.mccoll
Pittsburgh
Italy
Dead-Declared Marine Returns Home to Springfield Tenn
George Eddlemon Jr., nephew of C A Eddlemon of 902 North Grant, had been officially counted dead for over two years. In fact he survived Corregidor duty, was a prisoner of Japanese, escaped, hid with a Filipino family for 22 months, and was recaptured before being freed with the Corregidor prisoner group. He is now home in Springfield Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eddlemon, Jr
C. A. Eddlemon
North Grant
Springfield
Tenn
Young Eddlemon
Marine Corps
Corregidor
Red Cross
United States
Danish patriots executed by Germans in Copenhagen
The Free Danish press service reported eight patriots were executed in Copenhagen on Wednesday by German forces. Among the victims was Count Lennart Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Lehn, aged 30, closely connected with the Danish royal family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Free Danish Press Service
Copenhagen
Lennart Ahlefeldt- Laurvig-Lehn
Reprisals Against Quitters Families Named by Radio
London reports the Moscow radio accused Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel of threatening reprisals against the families of German soldiers who surrender. The claim cites an order signed by Keitel on Hitler s behalf found among captured documents of a German armored division on the First Ukrainian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Wilhelm Keitel
Keitel
Hitler
Pravda
Meeting of House Furnishings and Dry Goods Dealers
The Office of Price Administration will convene all apparel, dry goods, and furnishings dealers tonight at 8 in the 47th Dist Wick Court room on the courthouse fourth floor. Local War Price and Rationing Board members and district OPA representatives will attend. They will discuss the pricing chart merchants must file by April 20 to set ceiling prices, based on costs and selling prices as of March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Diswick Court Room
War Price and Rationing Board
OPA
Fale
Automobile Stolen From Guy Saunders Recovered
A 1941 Packard sedan belonging to Guy Saunders, vice president of the National Surety Corp, was recovered by Amarillo Police officers J. E. Leslar and Jack Raymond a day after theft from the 900 block on Taylor. The vehicle was undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Saunders
National Surety Corporation
J. E. Leslar
Jack Raymond
Amarillo
Taylor
Humphreys and wife depart for Longview visit
Sst. and Mrs. Max Humphreys, after visiting Mrs. Humphreys' parents at 901 North Grant, depart today for Longview for a short visit. They will then return to Keesler Field, Miss., where Sergeant Humphreys is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Humphreys
Humphreys
C. A. Eddleman
North Grant
Longview
Keesler Field
Miss
Ser-geant Humphreys
Public Hearing on Amarillo Property at 402 404 North Hughes Street
The Amarillo City Commission will hold a public hearing at City Hall Council Chamber at 7 30 p m on Tuesday April 17 1945 to consider rezoning Lots 7 and 8 in Block 116 G S Addition from C Apartment Area. Katheryne Burwell City Secretary.
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North
Hughes Street
City Commission
City of
Amarillo
Texas
Council Chamber
City Hall
Katheryne Burwell
Soldier J D Madison Injured at Fort Bliss
Sgt J D Madison of Amarillo, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Madison, is hospitalized at Beaumont General for injuries from a Fort Bliss maneuver incident. A rifle grenade exploded as soldiers returned to camp. Madison reportedly grabbed the device and threw it away, suffering shrapnel wounds.
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Set
J. D. Madison
Fred Madison
Amarillo
Plainview
Beaumont General Hospital
Fort Bliss
Madison
Mother of Wilbur Jackson Buried in New York
Funeral services for Mrs Emily Jarvis Jackson mother of Wilbur Jackson 1301 Rosemont were held in Scarsdale New York She was 77 and died at the home of her son John Hora Jackson Wilbur Jackson who has lived in Amarillo five years could not attend The Germans were the first to keep medical histories of persons transported by air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Jarvis Jackson
Wilbur Jackson
Rosemont
Scarsdale
N. Y
John Hora Jackson
Amarillo
Public Hearing on Zoning Change for Lincoln Street Property
The Amarillo City Commission will hold a public hearing at City Hall Council Chamber at 7:30 p m Tuesday April 17 1945 to consider reclassifying 1601 to 1607 Lincoln Lots 24 23 22 21 Block 232 Plemons Addition from D Apartment Area to D Retail Area on the Official Zoning Map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Street
City Commission
City of
Amarillo
Texas
Council Chamber
Plemons
Katheryne
Theater owner H. S. Leon dies in Dallas at 47
Funeral services were held for H. S. Leon a co owner of three Amarillo motion picture theatres who died in Dallas at age 47 He lived in Dallas at the time of his death and owned theatres in west and central Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Leon
Amarillo
Amusement Calendar: Theaters tease a mix of stars
Paramount brings Bring on the Girls with Eddie Bracken and Veronica Lake in Technicolor. Frisco Sal features Susanna Foster and Turhan Bey aboard high jinks on the Barbary Coast. Capitol offers Here Come the Waves with Crosby Hutton and Tufts. Rialto hosts The Cisco Kid Returns with Renaldo Pryor Callejo. Atlantic City showcases Here Comes the Waves with Moore Taylor Colonna. Rex presents Till We Meet Again starring Milland Britton. Star advertises Abroad With Two Yanks with Bendix and Dennis.
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Paramount
Eddie Bracken
Sonny Tufts
Veronica Lake
Marjorie Reynolds
Susanna Foster Turhan Bey
Alan Curtis
Capitol
Bing Crosby
Betty Hutton
Rialto
Cisco Kid
Duncan Renaldo
Roger Pryor
Cecilia Callejo
Leon
Atlantic City
Constance Moore
Brad Taylor
Jerry Colonna
Rex
Ray Milland
Barbara Britton
William Bendix
Dennis
Moroline Hair Tonic Ad Promises Groomed Style
An advertisement touts Moroline Hair Tonic as keeping hair in place and giving lustre. A large bottle is offered for 25 cents and says it is sold everywhere.
AUS TRALIA and TEXAS film bills and club listings
A pasted page lists films such as Greenwich Village with William Bendix Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda and An American Romance with Brian Donlevy and Ann Richards. It also names Claudia and The Black Parachute with varied casts, plus Liberty Raiders and Almost Married. Night clubs and rooms including Old Tascosa Rainbow Gardens Club Victoria Mayfair and Crystal Ballroom show weekly schedules and bands.
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Australia
Greenwich Village
William Bendix
Don Ameche
Carmen Miranda
Itn Technicolor
Texas
Brian Donlevy
Ann Richards
Claudia
Dorothy McGuire
Robert Young
Larry Parks
Osa Massen
Liberty
Smiley Burnette
Robert Paige
THE
NAT
Frits Cowan
Rainbow Gardens
Slick Robertson
Ermon Gray
Victoria
Henry Cato
Mayfair Club
Plainsmen
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales
Ken Sarris
Amatile Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Dick Morton
Radio Schedule Highlights Local Station Lineup
A dense listing of KGNC KFDA and affiliated NBC CBS programs across Monday evening Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon, detailing shows from Supper Club to News by Air and Looming dramas. It notes hosts, brands, and time blocks with a focus on radio programming selections and transitions.
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KGNC
NBC
KFDA
KUKC
News of the World
Kpda News
Arolyn Gilbert
Bulldog Drummond
ABC
Kaltenborn
KFPDA
Cavalcade of America
Ted Malone
Blue
CBS
Vox Pop
Cecil Brown
Lora Lawton
Jemima
Joyce Jordan
Tom Brenaman
Hollywood
Gil Martyn
O David Harum
Jack Birch
Judy
Jane
Kong
Alr
Bell
Love
Shep Field
Orch
Texaco Star
Ethel and Albert
Morton Downey Tue
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Europe
Youre Widder
Portia
Farrell
Harrigan
Monte Magee
Jack Armstrong
Ted Husing
Wes Izzard
Lowel
Thomas
Tom Mix
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Associated Press
Globe-News
Oldsmobile
Ee Suice
Mae
Taylor St
Earl Davis
Barton
Main
Oklahoma City
Okla
Twitty
Amd
Burrell
Cate
Alto Parts & Service
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Dodge
Ford
Wheeler Bros Auto Supply Co
Clyde K. Brown Sales Co
North Buchanan
Elmer Auto Supply
N. Fillamre
King Trailer G Auto Parts Co
Houston
Dryden
Champlin
River Road
Suas Iee
Carl O. D. Dyer
Becks Bros. Boot Co
Hugo H. Loewenstern Co
Polk St. Ph
Thomas Dinner House
Panhandle Highway
Las Vegas
Nea
Ama
Ellwood Park
J. F. Ebarrison
Ben Smith
Eleanor Blohm
Myx
Rainbow
N. E
Santa FE Railway
Santa Fe
United States Employment Service
ORTO
Railroad Retirement Board
Yank
Eddlemen
Aviatrix Club
Carlton Scales Orchestra
the Jersey
Roy Bean
Pecos
Sgt
J .D. Madison
New York
BLACK
Wis
Don Amiche Carmen Miranda
M Bendix
Blaine
Texas Rey
Jasper
Polk Street
Interstate Theatres
Cacy
Bracken Reynolds
Merrie Melodie Cartoon and World News
Andy Devine
Thomas Gomez
Colette Lyons
Fuzzy Hnight
Starrin
Miguty
Afi
Thet Gay
Cabellero Duncan
Renaldo
NE &Th
Clarence
Jack) Jackson
Fritz Cowen
Dallas
H. V. Lowrance
Panhandle Hall
Panhandle, Texas
Music By
Scimasters Square Dance
Joyce
Rudyard Kipling
Web
Filmore
Paul Whiteman
Bugs Bunny Cartoon and News
Lil’ Abner
Dennis O'Keefe
YANKS
Dick Morton and His Orchestra
RADIO
Keda
Lum
Abner Blue
Sunny Skylark
Voice
Pirestone
Burns & Allen
Sherlock Holmes
Watson Howard Barrow
Lux
Gabriel Heater
Comment Voorhees
America
Guy Lombardo
Screen Guild Players
Anita Willie
NRO
World Peace Forum
Bob Hawk
News
Air
Richard Harkness
Ray Henle
Author's Playhouse
Armed Forces
NAC
Saludos Amigos
Swingin
the Golden Gate
Nova News
S. B
KUGNC
Lrading Post
Martin Agronsky
Dick Winslow Orch
MBS
Plate Glass
Allien
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