Wit Thoma Brings His Band Into the Nat for Six Weeks
Wit Thoma returns with his prince of a dance band to the Nat for a six week engagement starting tonight at 9 30. Featured vocalist Bill Carlander appears as the orchestra travels in a new $7 500 bus. The Nat offers bargain nights on Wednesdays and Thursdays Fraternity night Fridays Everybody s Night Saturdays and Supper Club Sundays.
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Wit Thoma
Bill Carlander
Thoma
Midwest
Wit
Orrin Tucker
Nat
Britain Faces Sea Losses Yet Holds Postwar Naval Resolve
The piece notes Britain remains afloat despite heavy U boat and air attacks. It cites German claims of 160000 tons sunk in a day and Britain’s weekly losses around 60000 tons, but argues Allied shipping, cargoes and warplanes depend on imported materials. Britain plans to replace sunk ships, tighten naval protection and seek aid from the United States, including sixty new ships. It also highlights Britain's offensive against Mussolini to free Mediterranean naval assets and reduce submarine danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Berlin
British Isles
Mediterranean
America
Cross
London
Mussolini
Italy
Piastro Third Concert Promises Violin Splendor in Amarillo
Josef Piastro renowned violinist and former Auer assistant will perform tomorrow at Amarillo College auditorium. He will open with Sonata in C sharp minor and include Sarasate Caprice Basque. Sponsored by the Amarillo College choir, admission is 25 cents for students and 50 cents for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef Piastro
Amarillo College
Leopold Auer
Piastro
Amarillo
Panhandle
Royal Conservatory
Russia
Efram Zim Halist
Mischa Elman
Jascha Heifetz
Sarasate
Amarillo College Choir
Philco Dealers Meet Tonight in Amarillo
Philco dealers from the Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma and New Mexico will gather at 6:30 PM for a dinner meeting at the Amarillo Hotel to discuss Christmas Philco Radio offers. Curtis Mathes of Fort Worth and John Lindsey are to lead the session. about 40 dealers will attend. The Mathes Company serves as the local Philco distributor.
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Philco
Panhandle
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Amarillo
Curtis Mathes
Fort Worth
John Lindsey
Philco Amm
Mathes
Park Squirrels Cheated Pueblo Nut Warning
In Pueblo Colorado park strollers upset the park superintendent by stealing park nuts. He warned that taking nuts disturbs the squirrels sense of security for the coming winter.
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Pueblo
Colo
U.P
Knit Square Pillow Pattern 2687 From The Amarillo Globe
A simple knit square pattern offered for ten cents. Pattern 2687 includes square instructions illustrations stitches and a photo. Send ten cents to The Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY with your name and address and pattern number.
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Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Saunders Family Injured in Prairie Grove Car Crash
John Saunders and his relatives from Amarillo suffered serious injuries in an automobile accident near Prairie Grove Arkansas. Mrs Saunders also was seriously hurt and their young daughter received only bruises. The family is being treated in a Prairie Grove hospital.
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John Saunders
J. B Saunders
Carl Saunders
R. A. Babb
Ida Saunders
Amarillo
Prairie Grove
Ark
Marine Corps Quota In Amarillo Filled
The December Marine Corps quota for the Amarillo Recruiting Station is filled. Enlistees include Thomas E. Gibson and W. J. Triplett of Amarillo and Eugene A. Davis of Baileyboro, Texas. Interested men should contact Sgt. Bailey or Sgt. Frank M. Bell to join the waiting list.
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United States Marine Corps
Amarillo
Sam Houston Bailey
Marine Corps
Thomas E. Gibson
W. J. Triplett
Eugene A. Davis
Baileyboro
Texas
Sgt
Bailey
Frank M. Bell
Mortimer Snerd Adopted By Hicks Field Cadets
Army air corps cadets at Hicks Field Fort Worth Texas chose Mortimer Snerd as their patron with permission from Edgar Bergen. A picture of Mortimer, Charlie and Bergen will hang in the Hicks Field recreation hall. Cuba will issue postal savings stamps.
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Fort Worth
Yule Mail Push at Amarillo Postoffice Underway
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi reports Christmas business at the Amarillo postoffice has begun with many cards and packages handled daily. He urges bulk mailers to send early and affix three cent stamps on sealed cards, not one cent, to ensure delivery and avoid returns.
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Amarillo
Mr. DeGrassi
New Duties For McNutt
Federal Security Administrator Paul W McNutt today takes over coordination of health medical welfare nutrition and recreational aspects of the national defense program. The transfer from the national defense council was approved by President Roosevelt and Miss Elliott remains in charge of consumer welfare activities.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Security
Paul W McNutt
McNutt
National Defense Council
Roosevelt
White House
Defense
Harriet Elliott
Miss Elliott
Masters Gather for Texas Masonic Grand Lodge Session
About 3 500 master Masons from 896 Texas lodges gathered in Waco for the 105th annual communication of the Texas, A F and A M. Speakers included Dr. George W. Truett and Dr. Max Strang with Strang addressing Masonry Day by Day in Baylor hall and Truett delivering the banquet talk at Baylor gym.
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Waco
Grand Lodge of Texas
George W. Truett
First Baptist Church of Dallas
Max Strang
Central Congregational Church of
Dallas
Dr. Strang
Dr. Truett
Rena Marrs McLean
Baylor University
Strang
Baylor
Waco Hall
Leo Hart
Gilmer
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Texas
Projections on South American coast mirror African coast
Projections on the South American coast show complementary indications with those observed along the African coast, suggesting parallel patterns in coastal processes and shoreline dynamics. The brief notes emphasize shared features in erosion trends and sediment transport between the two regions.
5000 Loggers Strike as 35000 May Quit Jobs
Seattle dispatch reports Pacific Northwest strikes expanding with over 5000 loggers and mill workers idle. AFL CIO unions push for 70 cent per hour wages, with 35000 members in Oregon and Washington likely to join within ten days. In Portland CIO members threaten to walk out unless wage talks succeed.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
AFL
CIO
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
Oregon
Washington
Portland
Ore
International Woodworkers Association
25 Years Ago Peace Ship Began Ill Fated Voyage
Aboard the Oscar II Henry Ford funded a peace voyage to Europe to end the war by Christmas. Survivors including Elmer Davis Berton Braley and Irving Caesar recalled the doomed mission at an Overseas Press Club luncheon. Ford balked then supported, while many delegates drifted from capital to capital and most returned home.
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Scott Hershey
New York
New York Harbor
Henry Ford
Europe
Elmer Davis
Berton Braley
Irving Caesar
Overseas Press
Ford
Caesar
Mme
Rosika Schwimmer
Kirkwall
Christiana
Norway
Automobile Dealers Meet in Amarillo At Herring Hotel
Amarillo hosts a Chrysler service school for Dodge DeSoto and Plymouth dealers with J D Winters in charge. The three day program covers 1941 model servicing and includes sound motion pictures of the corporation lab. The school is one of 400 nationwide dealer training sessions.
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Amarillo
Panhandleere Dodge
DeSoto
Plymouthers
Herring Hotel
J. D. Winters
Chrysler Corporation
Corporation
United States
Cook-turned-inmate stays jail term after judge stay
James Miller, 42, is serving a three month sentence in county jail instead of the workhouse because jailers liked his cooking. Assistant chief jailer persuaded Judge Alva R. Corbett to grant the stay.
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Cleveland
U.P
James Miller
Alva R. Corbett
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Shipping Cross
Hitler
Fane At
VICKS
Laura Wheeler
Mortimer Snerd
Texas Flying Corps
Cuba
Bill Dee
Fairmondee
Plains Office Supply CO
Postoffice
Alreeady
Master Masons
Lake Worth
Fila
Glenmore
Glenmore Distilleries
Louisville, Ky
Oscar II
Jane Addams
Hull House Fame
Ben B. Lindsey
U.S
France
William C. Bullitt
McClure
The
New York Mail
New York Times
Collier's
A. E Hartzell
Sun
Maxwell H Swan
Herald Tribune
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Health Department
William Jennimes Bryan
Gordon's Gin
Gordons
Gordon's
Ordon’s
Somerset Importers, Ltd
Gordon's Dry Gin Co., Ltd
Linden, New
Plymouth
Lymouth
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