Help Wanted Notices and War Time Observations
A collage of brief classified ads and wry wartime commentary. A young married man seeks work while others offer housekeeping help and part time labor. Also notes on bicycle production, hat care, egg case shortages, war songs, remarriage trends, and Japan’s cloistered emperors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Hat Style Council
Maine
Britain
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
New York State
Nippon
Persian Cat Lost Near Grant Street
Silver grey male Persian cat named Smokey strayed from the 700 block on North Grant Street. Victim seeks identification and return of the pet. caller lists contact number 23604 for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Grant Street
Smokey
Weather and wonders from a long bygone day
A column blends weather notes with reflections on war era life across the Panhandle. It references sunlit days, old sayings, malaria terms, and regional quirks, then shifts to social musings about families, work, morale, and everyday habits amid postwar concerns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wien
2Nd St
Leonard A. McFarlin
Barnes St. Pampa
Texas
Aviat
van Buren St
Leling
Perry
Randolph Field
Panhandle
Missouri Hills
Domeview
Longview
Amarillo
Government Hospital
Nat Glenn
Mr. Glenn
Alexander R. Nininger, Jr
The
Philippines
Hving
Elsa Maxwell
Frank Monaghan
Yale University
Washington
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Monaghan
Elsa
Paul Revere
Massachusetts
Fisa
Roosevelt
Shirley Temple
Annie Rooney
Dickie Moore
Shirley
Mary W. Bartel
Lancaster
Mass
Golconda
Ill
Herald-Enterprise
San Francisco
Crean Sane
Tex
Trousseau
Petro
Zale's
Banner
Priscilla
Hye
Zale
Lady's Elgin
Carmen
Man's Elgin
Dependable Evans
Emerson Radio
Loree
Croft
By International Silver Co
Service For
Pangoes
Prat A. OM
Hid
Tiger Eye
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