17 Aug 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1943
Page
1
Local column recounts An’ Tacktey TexPV predicting rain 14 hours before a storm, noting heat drop, moisture rise, and possible early autumn rains. It mentions Shamrock visitors, mischief with gardens, and general weather lore mixed with humorous anecdotes and community items.
A wartime meditation traces military tactics from ancient to medieval times. The piece links Hannibal and Cannae to the Marne and Eisenhower, surveys early use of mechanized warfare, chariots, elephants, incendiaries, smoke screens, maps, and fortifications, and notes Rome, Greece, Persians, and others contributing to enduring military principles.
Betty Hutton breaks with Steve Hannagan and Erroll Flynn is hospitalized in Mexico. Bing Crosby to duet with Rise Stevens in Going My Way. Lucille Bremer and Johnny Coy linked, Veronica Lake travels for rest, Ann Sheridan farms corn, and Orson Welles funds Mercury Wonder Show amid mixed Hollywood response.
Richard Davies, a 4-F in the draft, has only three screen appearances after six months under contract, highlighting a surplus of hopefuls and producers lamenting manpower shortages. Ginger Rogers, armed with contract clout at RKO, selects director Edward Dmytryk and leading man Robert Ryan for Tender Comrade, challenging industry norms.
Classified items urge finding a white woman for two days a week housework and a reader offering a female rat terrier pup at 811 North East 10th Ave. A reader seeks someone to care for two children with room and board at 804 North East 9th Ave. plus another ad for a houseworker at 3501-B Van Buren St and a Chester White sow to be placed on shares at 741 N Aldredge St. An incomplete note mentions travel from Amarillo to Plainview on Monday August 9.
Pfc Delbert Phillip seeks return of a lost billfold containing $9.00 cash three day pass three gate passes dog tags and several addresses. Contact at 95 G T G A A F P 8 Dodge City Kansas. Also seeking hotel maid work in Amarillo Box 362. He is 35.
54 year old man offers honest reliable service and good references. Seeks indoor work such as janitor tasks or cleaning duties with steady pay. Address 420 Monroe St. Ss. L. Jackson.
A set of photos found at Amarillo Gas Company include a large portrait of a boy in a sailor uniform and two small group pictures. They are in an envelope addressed to Mrs Roberson and may belong to Mrs C L Giles. The owner should call 2-6147 or visit 712 North Erns Hoe East 10th Ave.
A package from White & Kirk containing four British tan alligator bags disappeared in Kress Store. The finder asks for help locating the missing items and authorizes any needed inquiries.
A large bomber on a routine Dalhart base flight crashed off the north end of the Amarillo Field runway burying engines in a right-of-way ditch and leaving the tail on the Santa Fe railroad tracks. No injuries reported as traffic rerouted. Pilot Lt. P. P. Deering and co pilot Lt. R. R. Williams were aboard.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, back from a 55,000 mile tour of war zones, said Italy is being bombed out of the war but Germany will not crack before the fall of 1944 at the best given current progress.
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