Amarillo Panhandle Horse Show Tickets Sell Out
Advance ticket sales for the fall Amarillo Panhandle Horse Show at Tri-Late Fair grounds on Sept 6 exceed expectations. Red Cross chairman Byron Singleton notes the event benefits the Red Cross emergency fund with a strong turnout anticipated. More than 100 top horses across 10 classes attend, with Will Rogers Range Riders and Hackney exhibitions planned and Army Air Forces Bands providing music. Tickets cost 1 for adults 50 cents for uniformed men and children, usable for either performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo-Panhandie
Tri-Late
Byron Singleton
Red Cross
Red Cross Emergency Fund
Scotty McNichols
West Texas
Will Rogers
Army Air Forces
Amarillo Army Air Field
Japanese Fleet Chief Koga Reported Killed in War
Chinese Central News Agency reports Admiral Mineichi Koga, successor to Yamamoto, was killed last month in a Allied air attack in the Southwest Pacific. Source says he died aboard his flagship during a raid in the New Ireland-New Britain area north of New Guinea.
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Chungking
U.P
Chinese Central
Mineichi Koga
Isoroku Yamamoto
Southwest Pacific
Central
Koga
New Ireland
New Britain
New Guinea
Yamamoto
White House
South Pacific
Tokyo
Duke of York Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
Douglas MacArthur
Southern Pacific
Buin-Faisi
Solomons
Buin
Rabaul
Potter County Third War Loan Drive Aims for 6.63 Million
County Chairman Cal Farley reports Potter County’s Third War Loan Drive goal at 6,632,400. Banks are barred from bond purchases, leaving individuals to fund the drive while First National Bank offers financing help. The kickoff is Sept 9 as citizens are urged to contribute.
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News- Globe
Potter County
Cal Farley
First National Bank
Cal
Allies Make Big Hole In Japanese Naval Power
New York reports that United Nations communiques since Pearl Harbor show Japan lose 147 cruisers and destroyers, with 96 warships, including 15 cruisers and 42 destroyers, lost in the Solomons nine months. The toll of protecting supply routes helped Nippon withdraw from Kiska as Allied air power hit 22-ship convoy in the Bismarck Sea.
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New York
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
Japan
Kiska
Aleutians
South Pacific
Solomons
Bismarck Sea
Berlin Raid Described As Biggest and Best
Berlin was bombed for 42 minutes by hundreds of four engine RAF bombers in a major raid described as the biggest four engine strike of the war. Airmen reported excellent weather light opposition and effective bombing with a four square mile devastation in Berlin.
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Lowell Bennett
Associated Press
Midland
England
Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
RAF
Empire
John Brant
South Bend
Ind
Edward Murphy
Richmond
Quebec
Fox
Classes Open Sept 7 At Price College
Preparations are under way on the Price campus for the reopening of classes on September 7. Prospective pupils from Grand Prairie Vega Dumas Bovina Sunray Clovis Pampa Borger Perryton and Chicago have applied as new residents at Price. Fathers Dvorak Plainview and Washila Happy visited Price, Washila giving Mass for the brothers. Reverend R. Stump SRS of St. Louis, brother of Mr. Andrew Stump, was a guest Tuesday evening.
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Price
Grand Prairie
Vega
Dumas
Bovina
Sunray
Clovis
Pampa
Borger
Perryton
Chicago
Dvorak
Plainview
Washila
Happy
R. Stump
C. S
S. R
St. Louis
Andrew Stump
Amarillo Men Complete Studies in Army Air Forces
The Amarillo Army Air Field reports local men have completed aviation mechanic studies in the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command. Named are George H. Ficke Jr, Millard B. Larison, Jasper McWhirter, James L. Burk, and Parnell Burk, with home addresses listed.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo and Panhandle
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
George H. Ficke, Jr
Hileen Ficke
E. 7Th Ave
Millard B. Larison
D. W. Smith
N. Polk Street
Jasper McWhirter
J. T. McWhirter
Claude
James L. Burk
J. A. Burk
Parnell
Aspirin Ad Claiming Bulk Value Teases St. Joseph Brand
An old advertisement promotes St. Joseph Aspirin as a superior value. It claims the aspirin can do more for less, highlighting 10 cent price and positioning the product as the world's largest seller.
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St. Joseph Ae
St. Joseph
Ensign Zeeck Leads WAVES Recruiting In Amarillo District
Ensign Alane Zeeck U S Navy Reserves became commanding officer of the Amarillo Naval Recruiting District for WAVES this afternoon at the 240 Amarillo Building. Lieut Comdr Edward C Lawson predicted a surge in WAVES enlistments this fall as the Navy needs thousands of women immediately. Yeoman Elizabeth Huscher relieved Elizabeth Hudson. staff alternates monthly between Amarillo and Oklahoma City. Miss Zeeck, a Lamesa native and West Texas State College alumna, trained at Northampton and served in Oklahoma City District Office before taking charge locally.
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Panhandle
Alane Zeeck
U. S. Navy
Amarillo Naval Recruiting District
Amarillo
Edward C. Lawson
Oklahoma City
Navy
Ensign Zeeck
WAVES
Miss Zeeck
Northampton
Mass
Naval Officer Procurement
Lamesa
West Texas State College
Pampa
Elizabeth Huscher
Elizabeth Hudson
Yeomen
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Ad Promises Youthful Pep
Don’t blame aging for fatigue. The ad touts Ostrex Tonic Tablets as revitalizing for those over 40 50 or 60 claiming improved vim and energy. Intro offer priced at 20 cents with mentions of iron calcium and vitamin components and local Amarillo drugstores.
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Nature
Happy Relief
Idney
Dean
Amarillo
Cretney’s Drug
Walgreen's
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The
Bruner
New Guinea Victory Garden
J. M. Hyden
Doctor of Optometry
W. 7Th St
Tolzien
Paramount
Miller's Will
Miller Printing CO
Fillmore
Price College
Pasadeno
Carl Hinshaw
Pasadena
Globe-News
Cnt
Hinsley
House OF Color
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Askew & Brown
T. B. Bruner
Burkhalter Rolla V. Cartwright Finch
Gavin Lemons
K. 8 Loving & CO
James Oakes
Ordway-Saunders CO
D. W. Owen Bates
Panhandle Ins
Thomson-King Company
E. A. Regal CO
Harold
Richey
Upshaw Insurance Agency
H. N. Wheeler
First National Bank of
U. S. Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
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