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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1944
Page
8
Santa Fe System carloadings for week ending April 15, 1944 were 21,528, down from 21,766 in 1943. Cars received from connections totaled 11,679, down from 12,747. Total cars moved were 33,207, down from 34,513. The preceding week saw 34,170 Santa Fe cars handled.
John S. Chesnutt vice president retires after 44 years at the First National Bank. Effective Saturday, resignation announced today. Chesnutt and wife plan to visit daughter in Austin around May 1 before deciding future plans. They sold 1508 Van Buren Street to Clarisse Scott and may spend time on a cotton farm in Ellis County. Chesnutt began as a clerk on April 14, 1900, rising through the bank, while C. J. E. Lowndes, oldest employee, once rode a cow pony from Trinidad to Amarillo over fifty years ago.
Tickets for the Iva Kitchell dance concert tonight will go on sale all afternoon at Maxor Drug. The famed dance comedienne performs at 3:30 PM and 8 PM in the high school auditorium under Amarillo Kiwanis Club sponsorship for the Preventorium benefit. Kitchell, who has toured Europe and the United States, has appeared at Paramount Theaters in New York and is known for dance satires and serious ballet artistry. Mrs Donley Stephenson and her two month old son Randy are visiting from Abilene en route to Farragut Idaho to visit Randy’s father, staying with Mrs C M Stephen son and family at 403 Arch Terrace.
Du Pont chemists convert softwood into a material blending wood and plastic properties. The process increases hardness and strength beyond ebony, with natural wood appearance and uses preserved. Within days, many underused American tree species can produce timber rivaling imports, promising postwar lumber self sufficiency for the United States.
Amarillo hosts invite WAVES from Clinton Oklahoma to weekend stays at area hotels and city spots. The Herring Hotel and local residents extend hospitality, with the Navy coordinating host names and dates and about 250 WAVES expected at Naval Air Station.
City commission will hold a public hearing on three re zoning petitions to change 3104 Pierce Street from A dwelling to D commercial 1101 North East Seventeenth Avenue and 100 North West Sixteenth Avenue from E apartment to D retail and 2405 Cleveland Street from B residential to D retail A new hearing has been filed Also bids will be called for pump houses and appurtenances for the water project Quarterly utility statements were submitted for filing.
Rev R N Macallum former rector of St Andrews Episcopal Church in Amarillo will be house guest of Charles Fisk later this week In Victoria for several years he is being transferred to Gallup New Mexico A garage fire on St Francis Avenue in Pleasant Valley destroyed some critical material and a washing machine at the Tyler home garage also contained household furniture
Major Rainier, former Eighth Army staff officer with Africa campaigns, arrives from Lubbock to address the Knife and Fork Club at Amarillo Country Club. He will discuss the Allied grand strategy, shares experiences from three Africa campaigns, and is introduced by Maj. Sidney Kring. author of Pipeline to Victory and My Vanished Africa.
J. E. Crabtree Potter County agricultural agent Miss Pauline Lokey county home demonstration agent and Mrs. Mary Y Newberry emergency war food assistant traveled to Panhandle today for a district meeting District 1 includes 22 Panhandle counties The Amarillo attendees planned to return tonight.
Amarillo public schools will receive 11600 of the funds distributed today by the state as part of a 25 per pupil apportionment for the school year. State Superintendent L A Woods announced a statewide payment of 1 per scholastic with 1510123 distributed today, paying 21 of 25. Amarillo superintendent Charles M. Rogers said Amarillo lists 11600 scholastics this year.
Kenneth M. Springer a 33 year old convicted of failure to report for military induction stood before Federal Judge Pierson M. Hall for sentencing He claimed not to be a shylock but the judge joked I want a pint of blood from you Springer received a three year suspended sentence on condition he visits a Red Cross blood bank within a month and was fined 1000 dollars and ordered to obtain employment at a veterans hospital.
Harrisburg news item from April 1897 notes a local merchant drawing a crowd with a window sign offering for sale one 1897 kerosene burning Stanley Steamer, inviting inquiries inside. The ad reflects gas rationing era practicality and curiosity over motorized steam cars.
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