Americans Hit Hankow Base In Heavy Air Attack
American bombing planes struck the Japanese base at Hankow on the Yangtze River 480 miles east of Chungking reporting very satisfactory results. Warehouses and shipping were hit as part of the strike, while Japanese fighters reportedly shot down two U S planes and anti aircraft guns claimed a third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Air Corps
China
Hankow
Yangtze River
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kwellin
Kwangsi Province
Canton
Lost Corky the Fox Terrier Pup and Help Wanted Notices
A three year old girl seeks Corky a brown Fox Terrier with a cut tail lost near 1608 Jackson Street calling 2-2632. Various personals offer to babysit, work for teens, look after children, and seek domestic help across addresses and phone numbers. A 14 year old wants to keep children while others seek work in nursing, housekeeping, or care duties. A reader offers a rimless glasses reward at the Paramount Theater, and a 1 year old Shepherd is given away as gentle with children. A pocket book was misplaced at Jenkins' Garage with papers and keys to be returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack Tam
Corky
Jackson Street
Carol Cain
Jenkins’ Garage
Jenkins Garage
Courthouse Deeds and Divorces Noted Along with Local Notices
The record lists numerous warranty deeds for parcels in Mirror, Wolflin, and Industrial City Townsite with prices from 10 to 7500 dollars plus revenue stamps, plus a string of divorce actions in the District Court. Marriage licenses are recorded for multiple couples, and a help-wanted note plus a miscellaneous ad line the page, including a request for a helper and a lumber haul offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Higley
J. W. Clardy
River Road
J.T. Wisdom
J. E. Fisher
Amarillo Heights
H. N. Wheeler
Sam. Burrola
Mirror
RH. Doke
WC. Harris
Bivins
Mary C. Hildebrand
W. F. Woods
Eakle
C.J. Thompson
Walter S. Coffey
Walter Blackburn
Clara A. Blackburn
H . Wheeler
Jesus Here
O. Dale Smith
Hugo H Loewenstern
Bik
Summers James L. Payne
J. A. Carruth
S. D. Vaughan
Oliver J. Sutherland
Fred M. Seale
J. L. Standard
Ridgemere
Erby L. Jones
American Nations. Co
Otho Armstrong
O. T. W. A. Brand
Lilla Addington
FE. G. Green
Robert Henry Sage
O. T. R. S. Holmes
Frank Eugene Bumpus
Plem
R. C. Sasser
Oma Vertriece Roberts
Frank W. Graham
Irma Knowles
FE. E. Head
Roberta Orne
William Harrison Hugg
Murill Leola Lado Banche
Phillip Raiford
Pearl Davidson
Pacific dim out set to regulate coast from Canada to Mexico
A broad military dim-out covering the Pacific coast from Canada to Mexico will begin August 20 and remain through the war. Lights will be off at night in inland areas up to 150 miles and in coastal towns to protect ships and installations. The move ends night baseball on the Pacific Coast League and follows reports of a U S merchant ship sunk by a Japanese submarine with eight lives lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Navy Department
Washington
Seattle
United States
North Pacific
J. L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
Pacific Coast League
DeWitt
Maverick Club Expands Scrap Drive As Youth Puts Work
Maverick Club, under director Ralph Dykeman, collects steel and iron scrap, rubber, and dismantles donated items for Uncle Sam. The group began in January and has seen a rise in business in July, averaging four tons of steel and iron and 500 pounds of scrap rubber weekly. Last week they earned about 40 dollars from scrap donations. They salvage bolts and screws for their shop and note recent contributions from American Auto Wrecking Company and a local donor who supplied a pick-up truck and automobile cushions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick Club
Uncle Sam
American Auto Wrecking Company
Mavericks
Dykeman
Itching First Application Offers Quick Relief for Eczema
Agonizing itching from eczema and Ringworm prompts use of BLUE STAR OINTMENT. One application may relieve symptoms with ongoing use recommended. Money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Revised Truck Regulations Meeting in Panhandle
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Panhandle wide meeting on Tuesday August 11 at 10 AM in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel Amarillo to explain Office of Defense Transportation orders 4 5 replaced by Order No 17. Rex Baxter urges attendance from all towns and counties. A Dallas ODT representative will speak and answer questions during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Defense Transportation
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
Jesse Rogers
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Office of Defense Transportion
Amarillo
Parallel Parking Change at Amarillo Federal Building
Officials plan to convert front lot from diagonal to parallel parking and shorten the time limit from 15 to 10 minutes to ease traffic near the post office. Postmaster W D DeGrassi Mayor Joe Jenkins and City Manager Austin P Hancock discussed the move and traffic enforcement, noting motorists without business at the post office should not park there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Federal Building
W. D. DeGrassi
Joe Jenkins
Austin P. Hancock
Jenkins
Rittenberry Named Architect for Amarillo USO Club
Emmett F. Rittenberry was chosen to convert the Municipal Auditorium into a USO club building. Mayor Joe Jenkins announced the selection after a meeting with local architects and USO advisor Harvey Smith. The plan adds a flat floor, rotunda showers, snack bar, telephones, lounges, and access to wings, with storage for seats and equipment. Harold Nichols said local committees will be appointed and organization work will begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett F. Rittenberry
USO Club
Joe Jenkins
Rittenberry
Harvey Smith
Us.o
Amarillo
U.S.O
Harold Nichols
Woman Freed After Shoplifting Silk Stockings
An unnamed elderly woman in Liverpool was accused of stealing silk stockings from a store but was released after saying she had no ration coupons and that it was her first offense. In a separate note, the United States typically has a surplus of food fats for export beyond domestic needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Buren St
Tama
Steven Stollard
N. Taylor St
Dr. Benson
Paramount Theater
Tack
Polk Street
S. Johnson St
Mc. K
Sunset Terrace
Cocker
Louisiana Street
Hayden Street
Courthouse Records
OLD Lumber
Taylor Street
Earl Myers
Lelia Lake
Texas
Wilson
Perryton
Menford
N. Taylor Street
Old Metal
The
Ralph Dykeman
Alamo Courts
West Sixth Avenue
Cabin 26
Carol Graham
Billfold
A. J. Cox
S. Taylor Street
Jack Neville
Jesus
Earth
9Th
van Buren
Federal
Ness
Fillmore Street
Fifth Avenue
Zale
Banner
É Weekly
Polk
Lucky Tiger Mfg. CO
Kansas City
Missouri
Kem
Tse
Seno
Sherwin- Williams Decorative Studios
Kem-Tone
Sherwin-Williams
Tyler
Amarillo Panhandle Lumber Co.,, Inc
West 7Th St
Borger F. M. Counts Hardware Panhandle Lbr. Co., Inc
Canadian White House Lumber Co
Floydada Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
Friona Rockwell Bros. & Co
Groom Fraser Howe
Clovis, N. M. Panhandle Lbr. Co., Inc
Canyon Thompson Hardware Co
Dalhart Steele
de Fee Lbr. Co
Dimmitt Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
Dumas Phillips & Son
Boxwell Bros
Grover Grover Lumber Co
Hereford Hereford Lumber Co
Kress Rockwell Bros. & Co
Lockney Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
Matador Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
Miami White House Lumber Co
Pampa Panhandle Lumber Co., Inc
Panhandle Panhandle Lumber Co., Inc
Perryton White House Lumber Co
Plainview Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
Shamrock White House Lumber Co
Spearman White House Lumber Co
Stratford van B. Boston
Sunray F. M
Tulsa
Rockwell Bros. & Co
White Deer Panhandle
Ltor. Co., Inc
Sherwin-Williams Prints
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