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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1945
Page
8
Music lovers in Amarillo favored “Saturday Night” on local juke boxes, with “Accentuate the Positive” top nationwide and “Rum and Coca Cola” in second. “A Little on the Lonely Side” ranked third, while “Smoke on the Water” appeared in a show position, per Panhandle Specialty Company data.
In Miami on April 1 the Harvey W. Leeds American Legion post adopted a resolution stating returning soldiers are told nothing will be too good for them. It cites congressional rivalry and a failing Veterans Administration to meet rising medical care needs, causing distress and endangering lives of disabled veterans.
The Amarillo Secretarial School opens its spring term April 2 for three months with intensified business training. Postwar activity is expected to rise, increasing demand for trained personnel. High school seniors graduate in May and college students begin a three month vacation, both able to enroll at 800 Jefferson for focused business methods training including a six week brush up.
E. L. Smith, owner of the Amarillo Band House at 116 East Fifth, advertises a wide trade stock. He will swap a base drum for a diamond or trade other goods, even a refrigerator, sometimes with cash to boot. His shop emphasizes barter over sale, trading anything customers desire.
Amarillo public schools will reopen tomorrow after Easter weekend closure. The vacation started Friday to allow students to enjoy the holidays.
The school offers a curricula allowing full program enrollment or single course options. Rates are scaled accordingly. Arrangements can be made by calling Mrs. Bess R. Foringer at 23594 or by visiting the school.
March winds stirred significant dust in the Panhandle with predictions that April winds will rise or match March. Residents recall prairie dreath from Canada through Oklahoma, with fields blown away and soil loss brightening days with persistent grit and discomfort.
Dust blowing along fence rows and toward the Gulf of Mexico has hardened days for Panhandle residents. While the dusters are past, spring winds still endanger cars. The nation continues a two war effort, limiting new auto parts, so citizens must protect the vehicles they have.
H H Stull owner of Stull Service Station Ninth and Harrison warns that dust drawn into engines can abrade moving parts and shorten engine life. He urges motorists to drain crankcase oil more often and notes a new series of Phillips gasoline coupons became valid yesterday.
Loren Young owner of Whiteway Food Stores offers personalized service with wide variety of merchandise. Whiteway Food Store Number 4 provides butcher service to cut meat to customer specifications. Store Number 1 combines groceries gifts nations and general dry goods under one roof as a department store concept.
Gatlin Glass owner Hugh Gatlin urges immediate replacement of broken and cracked glass in cars to prevent tire damage and injuries. He warns windshields and door glass repairs, offered at his shop at 417 East Tenth, can stop debris from harming tires and occupants during wartime scarcity.
Mr and Mrs W Elstermier and their 8 year old son Wilmer Glen relocate from Plainview to Amarillo as Mr Elstermier transfers from the Plainview Cudahy Market to the local plant.
War workers carpool with dispatchers coordinating rides as Amarillo shares cabs to reduce fuel use. Harvest draws near and farmers fear parts shortages as four year war limits production. Paris and postwar supply concerns push farm operators to service magnetos and machine parts now to avoid harvest disasters.
Two navy doctors report a penicillin treatment that claims to eradicate trench mouth organisms within 24 hours. The method used is offered at the Prescription Laboratory in San Diego, operated by Bill McClendon and Clyde Howell, who also provide crutches, wheelchairs and other sickroom supplies.
Washington reports five additional red stamps for meats and fats and five blue stamps for processed foods become valid Sunday. The red stamps K-2 to P-2 and blue stamps T-2 to X-2 are in Ration Book Four and valid through July 31.
Willard W. Phillips, manager of Employers Casualty Company, Amarillo Building, notes a rising number of Panhandle individuals and businesses seek service oriented casualty insurance. The firm emphasizes immediate settlement of claims and offers a dividend program on many lines, with plans to provide further insurance program hints over time.
Khiva Temple members heard at a Saturday luncheon that April will be busy with events. Imperial Potentate Alfred G. Arnold of Fargo will visit April 9 and a streamlined ceremonial is set for April 14. He will address a general meeting April 14 at 8 PM. Plans include entertaining the potentate and related activities. Bill Gilstrap presented Khiva Temple’s Imperial Council hospital unit application, noting 1,200 crippled children across 430,000 square miles would be served.
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