06 Aug 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1943
Page
1
In Orville Calif Vernon Deal reports his pullets failed to lay for a week before Easter. They produced a single egg on the Saturday before Easter and then ten eggs on Easter Day.
A four member Pathe group led by a director arrives November 3 and stays through December 1 to film sports footage in the Panhandle starring Mrs Don Harrington with Osa Johnson, aiming for nationwide release and distribution to Field & Stream and the Texas Game & Fish Commission. The notes mix local letters and breezy anecdotes on warm August nights and overheard radio chatter.
An eclectic column notes taxation, prominent figures like Henry Clay George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and uses witty asides on games mustards gas and farm vulnerability. It also highlights Navy censorship easing under Admiral Nimitz and concludes with a remark on coconuts as the cow of trees.
A Globe News carrier asks for return of a five dollar book containing 100 defense stamps lost on West Sixth Avenue or nearby stores. Call 4404 or return to Globe News circulation or 2707 Van Buren.
A reader reports a pair of gold rimmed glasses and a brown leather pocketbook lost near Sixteenth and Harrison Street after an accident. The pocketbook held $12 and an ID. rewards offered for its return to 1616 Johnson Street. A help-wanted ad seeks a woman for light housework and baby care, afternoons off, about a week, contact 2-3993.
JIMMY FIDLER lauds Eddie Cantor for leading war work across the nation. Cantor MC'd the Liberty Ship launch, boosted bond sales, helped set a radio industry code, supported WAC recruitment, aided Jewish orphans repatriation funds, and entertained troops in 27 camps.
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels announced in Berlin that the city had been partially evacuated as fears grew of enemy air attacks. Reuters recorded the statement, confirming earlier reports that nonessential civilians were being moved from Berlin to avoid a Hamburg fate.
Amesbury Massachusetts district Judge Charles I. Pettingill handles five juvenile delinquents by ordering that whenever the fire alarm sounds they must go home, get into bed, and remain there until the next morning as punishment for setting a house afire.
Orley L. Miller who died Thursday at 62 will receive a 5 pm memorial service at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. R. Thomsen officiating. He taught history and social science at Central Junior High for 15 years and lived at 1612 Madison Street with Mrs. Miller. Pallbearers named include F. M. Lefforge and others. interment at Llano Cemetery by Blackburn-Shaw.
New factory fresh combat planes roll from the factory as Twenty three Fifinellas, led by Jacqueline Cochran, ferry aircraft to bases in Dallas Wilmington and Long Beach. The program trains at Sweetwater Texas with no uniforms yet. Students earn 150 dollars monthly during training rising to 250 dollars after ferry duty assignment.
Funeral rites for Patricia Ann Mc Anarney 14 months old daughter of Pfc. and Mrs. Arthur McAnar ney will be at 11 30 tomorrow morning in Memorial Chapel Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Rev Frank Godroe will officiate. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. The infant died in Bastrop where the father is stationed. Survived by parents grandmother Mrs Maude E McAnarney and grandfather Lee Jones of Gainesville.
A revival gathering sponsored by the Foursquare Gospel Church opened in a tent at Twenty-Fifth Avenue and Polk Street with Rev. Fred Beard of San Antonio preaching. Beard, Texas state superintendent for Foursquare Gospel churches, will preach tonight at 8 30 on Loosing the Chains after a musical program.
A memo from Price Administrator Prentiss Brown outlines a split of OPA duties with Bowles handling operations and Brown focusing on general policy. A policy committee will be formed, including regional admins and senior staff, to discuss major issues, with Bowles acting as general manager in Brown’s absence and all statements cleared through the information section.
The first canine court-martial at Camp Adair was held for Blazer a pedigreed collie who went AWOL for nearly a week. He voluntarily returned to camp and was sentenced to restriction to the post until arrangements could be made to take him to the basic center.
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