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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1944
Page
2
Amarillo area faces a shift from mild nights to stronger rain this afternoon or evening with hard rains in many places followed by cooler air. A Daily PM letter column advise on family duty and fairness when a mother-in-law lives with a couple.
Jimmie Fidler roasts readers over Native cradle boards with many tribe names and riffs on Hollywood scuttlebutt. The column stretches into postwar shopping dreams, marriage jokes, and mixed wartime notes about USO needs, bomb plants, and stars.
A string of snappy lines mocks film publicity and stars. Irene Manning receives a pearl handled revolver inscribed to her, burglars invade her home. quotes lampoon Mickey Rooney Betty Grable and Joan Fontaine while panning public pensions and press hype in a playful, gossipy column.
L. D. Heyser county treasurer owns extensive maps of France including Paris with points of interest. He toured France in 1930 to visit his son’s grave, took over 200 photos, and received a French road map from a service station. Guests of the McDavids include four of Mr. Heyser’s sisters.
In Springfield Illinois on August 11 a federal judge argued over whether a vest could be worn with a robe next winter. The War Production Board bans vests in such suits. The judge called the ruling silly and appealed to higher jurisdiction. He claimed vest yardage would go to moths if not allowed and urged a common sense decision.
A young woman and a male friend allegedly stole a blue 1941 Ford Deluxe Coupe license 271-107 from Cretney's after leaving the key in the car at a local gathering. The vehicle, valued at about $1,200, has not yet been recovered by police.
SWEET STATISTICS HATTIESBURG Miss Add vital statistics During the regiment s recent two week field trip the 237th Infantry Regiment of the 69th Division at Camp Shelby did away with 15 000 packages of cigarettes and polished off 44 000 nickel candy bars in addition to 4 000 odd large sized bars of sweets MAIL WINDFALL MARISSA Ill the mailman wouldn t have to ring twice but 119 times for Cpl Dean Cromer He recently received four copies of the Marissa newspaper and 115 letters in one mail Some of the letters had been entirely around the world and were en route for months before reaching him on the Burma front where he is serving with a medical detachment Pvt W A Glenn of Pueblo Colo left this morning after visiting Mr and Mrs H C Carmack and family 316 North Fillmore
War incentive Pittsfield Massachusetts report recalls Cpl. John Hallinger, a Guadalc anal veteran, after a furlough golf round where he lost eight balls. He says he fights to have the course restored to its former condition, reflecting a personal stake in maintenance and morale.
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