WACs to Join Ground Force in Army Expansion
The Army announces plans to enlist women in ground forces after declaring the Air WAC recruiting a success. Four Air WACs from the Amarillo district were sent for basic training and will report to airfields in the continental U S to replace soldiers for overseas duty. Local women are urged to contact the Post Office Building office for job information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Fort Oglethorpe
Amarillo
Myrtle Forson
Lola Stroe
Mary Channell
Pe Lane
Hereford
United States
America
Panhandle
Lost identification bracelet belonging to Salman reported
Dear Tack I lost an identification bracelet printed with the name 8 L Salman in town Saturday night It has sentimental value and I ask for its return Call 6463 LT 8 L SALMAN 1216 West Tenth Avenue Also an offer to care for two children at 1805 Buchanan Street by a reader
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. L. Salman
West Tenth Avenue
Tack
Buchanan Street
Lost blue bracelet with zircon stones reward offered
A reader reports a lost blue zircon and rhinestone bracelet 1 to 2 inches wide, a cherished gift from their mother. It disappeared between Seventh and Polk Streets or Fourth and Taylor Streets. A liberal reward is promised for its return. Contact 1008 East 10th Avenue.
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Seventh
Polk Street
Fourth
Taylor Streets
East 10Th Avenue
Christmas seals go on sale at Pantex and Amarillo booths
Christmas seals go on sale at Pantex Friday and Saturday in the administration building and cafeteria. Maj. Robert M. Watson reports $1,117.92 in seals sold at Amarillo Air Field in one day. Mrs. Lawrence Hagg leads the Potter County Tuberculosis Association sales and will arrange ongoing availability at Pantex and Amarillo, with home visits planned for Pantex Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantex
Lawrence Hagg
Potter County Tuberculosis Association
Robert M. Watson
Amarillo Air Field
Hagg
Pantex Village
Amarillo
Oliver- Eakle
Veronica Lake Granted Divorce in Uncontested Suit
Hollywood reports Veronica Lake, the blonde film star, was granted a divorce from Maj. John Stewart Detlie in an uncontested suit. The separation ends her three year marriage as she appears minus her trademark peek a boo bob.
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Veronica Lake
Hollywood
U.P
Maj
John Stewart Detlie
Markets and livestock quotes from Kansas City and Chicago
Market notes from Kansas City livestock show 6 000 hogs and 3 000 cattle traded amid fair activity with steady prices for many classes. Chicago hogs 35 000 seen steady near 13 75 to 13 65 for 200 270 lb. hogs and sow prices 12 40 to 12 65 with holdover warnings for shipments this week. Calves and lambs also listed with varied prices and dealer activity.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Postwar map changes might redraw Pacific holdings
The article outlines possible returns of Formosa and Pescadores to China, and the fate of Pacific islands such as the Marshalls, Carolines, Marianas, and Palau. It notes U.S. leadership in the region, with goals for independence or UN administration, and lists other seized areas including Korea, Manchuria, Kwantung, and various Southeast Asian territories.
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Pescadores
Formosa
Japan
China
Marshalls
Carolines
Mariannes
Pellew Islands
Pacific Islands
Germany
League of Nations
Pacific
United States
United Nations Organization
U.S
Philippines
Guam
Wake Islands
Korea
Manchuria
Amarillo Stage Hanging Party at State Theater
The State Theater in Amarillo hosted an effigy hanging in its lobby as a prelude to the film Hangman Also Die. Manager Jimmie McNeal and Capt. Tommy Thomas oversaw the event featuring a detailed Adolf Schicklegaber likeness.
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Amarillo
Jimmie McNeal
State Theater
Tommy Thomas
Police Dept
Adolf Schicklegaber
Hitler
Plaster of Paris
Occupied
Europe
Unclear Trade Figures Mentioned For Lamb Prices
Fragmentary line notes fed western lambs at up to 14.75 dollars and mentions slaughter owes 5 7347 00, lacking context or complete figures to identify date, place, or parties involved.
Card Players Invade USO Auditorium in Amarillo
Eighty four Amarillo contact bridge players joined a dozen uniformed visitors at the USO Auditorium for a first in a series of Wednesday night tournaments open to all. Duplicate bridge dominated the play as scores posted each hand moved quickly, with lessons and future sessions planned and no entry fee required.
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Amarillo
USO
USC
Leonard
Rainbow Ice Shines Over Amarillo Morning Sky
Ice crystals in high clouds created a brilliant rainbow overhead in Amarillo this morning. Sunlight through the crystals produced a semi circle of pink yellow and green colors per the weather bureau. Mrs W C Crowell of 816 Lamar Street first reported the phenomenon after watching a bomber.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
W. C. Crowell
Lamar Street
Honest Ads and Hollywood Anecdotes in Fidler Column
Jimmie Fidler critiques Hollywood movie advertising calling for honesty in coming attractions. He cites examples and notes industry anecdotes including Nelson Eddy's rise from ad agency to fame, and playful studio observations about stars like Loretta Young, Maureen O Hara, and Gracie Allen, ending with Charles Starrett’s Dartmouth background.
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Hollywood
John
Jane
Paramount
Charles Starrett
Dartmouth University
Starrett
Dartmouth
Northwest African Air Force Bombs Marseille
Algiers radio reports the Northwest African Air Force bombed Marseille today. In Washington, Harold L. Ickes accuses Southern Appalachian coal operators of a sit down strike and a to hell with the government attitude to block mine wage talks.
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London
Algiers
Northwest African Air Force
Marseille
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Teaders
Berita Harding to Speak on Imperial Twilight
Berita Harding, famed Hapsburg biographer and Latin American historian, will address the Knife and Fork Club on December 10 on Imperial Twilight. A member of a royal Hungarian line and friend of Empress Zita, she lives in Mexico City and is known for Phantom Crown which inspired the film Juarez.
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Bertita Harding
Hapsburg
Knife and Fork Club
Don McNeill
Blue Network
Harding
House of Hapsburg
Two-Gun Cowboy Star Shown In Varied Roles
The subject is described as having worked on a construction gang taught swimming in a girls camp and labored in harvest fields. On screen he is consistently portrayed as a two gun cowboy star.
Stevenson Would Run If Democratic Nominee As VP
Gov Coke R Stevenson said he would accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1944 if the national convention chose him to run with President Roosevelt or anyone else on the ticket He noted he would serve but did not want to lose Texas independence and personal freedom by moving to Washington He spoke at a press conference in Houston and said he has no ambitions for the post.
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Houston
Coke R. Stevenson
Roosevelt
Stevenson
Texas
Washington
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Wacss
Matey Tack
John M. Thomas
Quartermaster’s Department
Sergeant Thomas
Pete Longo
Moses
Sandra Fay Braly
W. M. Braly
Sandra Fay
Z. J. Steen
S. H. Braly
Tulia
Dow-Jones
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
NEW York Stock
Smelt & Ref
Ta Betee Tees
Armour & Co
Cont Motors
Deeree
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Greyhound
Int Harvester Weenee
Int
Tel & Telce
Kennecott Copper
Long-Bell Lumber
Gulf Oils Forest Merge
Glenn L. Martinie
Standard Brands
Calif
Stand Oil
Studebaker
Swift 4 Co
Texas Car
Tex Gulf Sylph
Tidewater 13
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
Rubber
Steelsteee
Wilson & Co
White Motors
Warner Bros. Sneer
Western Union
Woolworth
Kwantung
Liaotung Peninsula
Russia
Port Arthur
Dairen
Indo-China
Thailand
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Burma
East Indies
Bil‘March
Solomons
Hong Kong
Churchill
Financial Industrial Fund
J. Douglas Smyth
Jimmie Fidler
Miss Raye
Martha
Nelson Eddy
Eddy
Mr. Eddy
Telegraph Messenger
Nelson
Bronx
Leslie Howard
Loretta Young
Maureen O'Hara
Ann Southern
Dixie
Lew Ayres
MGM
Oliver
Babe” Hardy
Lynn Bart
Claudette Colbert
Lynn
Wallace Beery
Myrna Loy
Carmen Miranda
Hays
Gracie Allen
Hollywood Bowl
Paul Whiteman
Albert Coates
Mr. Whiteman
Coates
Gracie
Polk
Berita Harding
eVee
John D. McBride, O. D
Optometrist
Mezannine
Zale‘s
Vn Ewing
Bond
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