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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
6
Amarillo authorities raise trash lid price to 60 cents up from 50 cents as material costs climb. Inspector Tom Burns says about 4 874 lids are in use and at least 7 000 are needed to meet the ordinance. Violators face fines and summons under No 1463 fire prevention rules with burns restricted to approved incinerators supervised by the fire department.
Sgt Jack Berry returns from the Pacific battle front to Amarillo with a 10 day furlough and meets his newborn daughter Hallie Jean born Dec 9. He will report to Fort Benning for officer candidate school after leave, wife and mother named in the notice.
Hollywood April 8 AP Captain William R Howard of the U S Army Air Corps used a one day leave to wed Dorothy Lamour The ceremony at her home site drew 14 friends then a reception at the Beverly Hills Hotel with 500 guests and a large press turnout.
Lord Keynes proposed a World Clearing Union to expand world trade with offices in New York and London. It would act as a bank of nations using bancor, keep accounts with central banks, and depositors would be creditor nations. The United States would not veto decisions, and the plan aims to balance global finance while replacing gold as the governing factor.
The War Production Board plans to meet with labor and industry to design an incentive pay scheme for boosting munitions output. A subcommittee will work with WPB executive vice chairman Charles E. Wilson and includes Richard Frankensteen of the CIO United Automobile Workers Union Otto Seyferth of the Chamber of Commerce plus AFL and NAM representatives. The move follows indications Roosevelt has dropped opposition to incentive pay.
In Dalhart Hartley county coroner H C Sloan ruled J B Kimble a cattleman from Clayton New Mexico died from a self inflicted gunshot wound after being found wounded in an automobile near Perico Texas. Mrs Aftina Roberts Wecker 35 Clayton divorcee died from a gunshot wounded inflicted by Kimble, authorities reported earlier. Both bodies were moved to Clayton.
Pvt. Carl W. Lattich died yesterday at 2 AM in the Base Hospital Amarillo Field after a brief illness. He was 21 and survived only by his parents of Elizabeth Indiana. The body was sent to Elizabeth for funeral services and burial by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
Secretary of War Stimson said Mayor LaGuardia offered his services to the armed forces but there is little place for him in the army. He will remain available if needed and Roosevelt has no plans to nominate him for a commission.
Pinching in for Amarillo WAAC recruiters in Higgins and Canadian today are Lieut. Jessie Gardner Lieut. Raymond Dees and Auxiliary Elizabeth Allred from Lubbock Induction and Recruiting Headquarters Station. Lieut. Ann Markusich and Auxiliaries Esther Sisson and Della Coleman of the Amarillo staff stay in Amarillo this week for the Panhandle Press convention, the army announced.
The Texas birth rate since the war began is the highest on record, says Dr. George W. Cox, state health officer. Vital statistics for 1942 show 394 births daily, meaning a birth roughly every 3.8 minutes across the state.
The Townsend Club will meet at 2:30 o clock Sunday afternoon in Justice Court on the first floor of the courthouse. W Wyatt is president and the meeting is open to the public.
Errol Flynn and Lili Damita separated as the actress received her final divorce decree from Superior Judge William S. Baird. The decree followed an interlocutory award on April 1, 1942, with Damita testifying Flynn spent a day with her in 1940 before a trip to Hawaii.
The Junior Symphony Orchestra of 65 pieces performs a brief informal program at the USO Municipal Auditorium from 7:45 to 8:30 tonight for soldiers and the public free of charge. Under conductor Robert Louis Barron, it precedes its next Tuesday concert at the High School Auditorium with soloists Ronald Booth and Jean Tarlton.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said the February 25 regulation barring active duty personnel from seeking public office was not aimed at Gen. Douglas MacArthur or any specific individual. He described it as a codification of existing policies to keep military personnel free from extraneous interests during wartime.
Report from Rome indicates a high level meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on defenses against invasion. The conference likely occurred at the Brenner Pass and set strategic steps for Europe’s protection.
Seabee applicants depart for Dallas to be certified into ratings while four 17 year old volunteers head to Lubbock for physicals and general service with the nautical forces. Names include Garland Cox Littlefield C J Spitler H V Wilkerson I J Doutwell J E Taylor Amarillo and Julio Mireles Dalhart A M Adair Spearman H D Craddock Pampa J Ray Brooks Dalhart. Fourteen 17 year old men applied for navy enlistment this week as Chief Harry Longabach urged youth to explore open careers.
The Potter County Rationing Board will hold a general meeting tomorrow afternoon to act on problems arising from changes in regulations. The board's meetings have been less frequent than in the early gasoline program days.
Mrs. Marguerite Lyon aged 44 joins the WAACs in Lowry City Missouri reporting at Fort Des Moines. She has a soldier son two married daughters and four grandchildren. The item notes pupil dilation in fear and mentions Debs Garris as the 1940 National League batting champion.
Parents urged to bring photos of their sons to J C Penney store tomorrow and Saturday for an elaborate display of service men in support of the war bond drive set to begin Monday. American Legion Auxiliary members will be on duty at the event.
Friday and Saturday steps to receive photos with the Auxiliary taking charge of all pictures. The display will cover the Penney Co window as part of the under writing invasion campaign aimed at raising 6 200 000 in Potter County this April. Co chairs Mrs Henry J Wheeler and Mrs Horace Griggs promise safe return of all submissions. In Egypt the poor had no shoes.
Pattern 582 offers a transfer design of 12 spring motifs from lilacs to pansies sized 6x6 to 4x4 inches. Includes stitches and required materials. Send eleven cents to The Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY with name and address.
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