SEEKING WORK AND HELP WOSTENHOLDER ADS
Several brief help wanted notices from a 1940s style classified page. Listings include J T Jenkins seeking any job. two colored girls seeking half day morning work. a practical nurse available daily or weekly. a widow in need of day work. a colored woman requesting a morning job. a woman seeking to run a home for a working couple with cooking and childcare. salary offer of 4.50 weekly with room and board and Sundays off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Western Ave
Two-Sea Navy Near at Hand
Secretary Knox told a Senate defense committee that the Navy could field a two ocean fleet at the earliest moment as ships and aircraft are being built rapidly. He cited 629 ships contracted this year and 6,038 planes. total contracts since July 1 valued at 4.48 billion dollars, with many deliveries ahead of schedule. He defended favoring established firms for speed and reliability amid wartime demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Navy
Roach Airplane Lost in Roswell Airport Fire
The Stinson Voyager owned by cadet T. L. Roach Jr of the New Mexico Military Institute was destroyed when the Roswell Airport fire swept the building. Few light planes were saved. Roach notified his parents by phone. the plane had arrived from the factory last month via Pred Smith of the Amarillo Air Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinson Voyager
T. L. Roach, Jr
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
Young Roach
T. L
Jack” Roach
Washington
Amarillo
Pred Smith
Amarillo Air Service
Roach
Smith
Government distributes 5.6 million anti counterfeit pamphlets
The U S government has distributed five million six hundred thousand pamphlets and other publicity materials warning the public against counterfeit currency across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
March of Time film shows FBI agents at work in defense role
The March of Time film Men of the FBI opens at Paramount Theater, presenting FBI agents in training and fieldwork. It highlights espionage prevention, defense industry security, and case work using scientific crime detection, noting Hoover’s leadership and the bureau’s wartime defense duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men of the
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paramount Theater
FP. B. I
Bureau
J. Edgar Hoover
March of Time
Justice Department
America
F.bi
Texas sees jump in new car registrations in March
Austin reports the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research says 11,000 new cars joined Texas roads in March, a 28.5 percent rise from February. Passenger car sales rose 25 percent, while commercial sales increased 13 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Tack Letters
A reader seeks a rug maker to braid or rag rugs using old silks and woolens. Contact Mrs Cook at 717 N Houston St or 7308. A note from Mrs Cora Alexander invites memories of the late Sam D Philpote from anyone near Post, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
N. Houston Stree
Post
Texas
Sam D. Philpote
Cora Alexander
Dumas
Complacency Is Luxury
President Roosevelt urged welfare workers assisting the defense program to shed complacency as a duty in emergencies. Paul V. McNutt read the message to the United Service Organizations, praising their plan to run service clubs near military bases in 339 communities and stressing the need to strengthen spiritual values for all-out defense. The USO groups include YMCA, YWCA, Catholic and Jewish agencies, Salvation Army, and Travelers Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Defense
Health and Welfare
United Service Organizations
Army
Navy
YMCA
YWCA
National Catholic Community Service
Jewish Welfare Board
Salvation Army
National Travelers Aid Society
Glasses Found and Personal Help Wanted Ads in Amarillo Area
A fragmented classified page lists items and personal ads: glasses found near Wash ington and 17th with contact details. Tama yard worker offering summer work in Pampa. a young girl seeking cleaning, childcare, and grocery work. a 23 year old seeking a ranchman partner. a forties woman seeking a clean, well-off partner aged 45 to 50. a woman offering evening childcare. Don Wilcox seeking live-in help for chores on River Road. Ruth Stanton offering room and board with references. a negro maid seeking hourly childcare work. Washtine Henry seeking sewing work. a reader seeking correspondence with a woman under 48. James Kennedy seeking a wife-like relationship via general delivery Amarillo. a married man under draft age seeking any job, tractor work, and station experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Road
Ruth Stanton
S. Buchanan Street
Baumgarten Named Head Football Coach At Stephen F. Austin
NACOGDOCHES April 17 M A Dutch Baumgarten Nacogdoches High School coach since 1937 was named head football coach of Stephen F. Austin College succeeding J E Willis whose resignation is effective Sept 1 Ralph Murff remains as assistant Baumgarten a former All Southwest Conference guard at the University of Texas in 1930 and 1931 includes other classified notices seeking employment and personal notices copied from the surrounding text.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Baumgarten
Yes’ “Day
Stephen F. Austin College
J. E. Willis
Ralph Murff
University of Texas
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J. T. Jenkins
Pierce St
Call
21St Ave
Madison Street
Apt. 3
Navy Department
Engel
Republican
Michigan
Indiantown Gap
State Department
Tobey
New Hampshire
Cleveland St
Rte. 3
van Buren Street
Brownwood
Everett Seldon Simpson
E. A. Simpson
South Johnson, Apt. 4
Tama Yard
Pampa
W. Evans
S. Sommerville St
N. Harrison
Dixie
Irenf
Hayden Street
Don Wilcox
Washtine Henry
Taylor St
Rear
Christian Church
James J. Kennedy
General Delivery
Universal
Ligt
Laess
Universal Cleaner
Amarillo Home. Co
SFAC
Hereford
Ray Thompson
Care
Hereford Laundry
A. Reader
P. O
N. Buchanan Street
George
Johnson Street
Askew & Brown
Hanlen
Boerhane
Haarlem
Santa Fe
Armand
Daggett & Ramsdale
Wrisley
Lucien Lelong
Nicole
Glover
Houbigant’s Wisteria Bubble Bath
Dorin
Hudnut
Woodbury's Soap
Lucky Tiger
Fitch
Ise Fitch
Williams
Anpae Marin
Apex
Chamberlain
Haley
M & O Oil
Harriett Hubbard Ayer
Hinds
Gillette
Mennen
Krank’s
West
Gee
ROTH
de Phillips
Ars
16Th & van Buren
Trac Ete Ian
Fae Schenley
Rima Whebey
Ees
Schenley
Schenley Distillers Corp
N.Y. C
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