Weather and war contest drive Amarillo news pages
The item notes a bitter Siberian winter with freezing temps and a forecast for a White Christmas and more snow before Christmas. It promotes Old Tack’s war end guessing contest with a $500 prize and a December 15 deadline, plus ongoing local oil and gas ventures around Amarillo and Tack No. 3 findings. It includes local notes on Marines recruiting in Minneapolis, Panhandle Sportsmen meeting, and black market gasoline chatter in Dallas and down state.
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Europe
Pacific
Amarillo
Panhandle state identified as West Virginia in quirky column
The piece references the Panhandle state as West Virginia and then moves through a jumble of observations about gambling, rationing talks, local anecdotes, and social quips. It weaves cultural tidbits with personal asides on hats, marriages, and famous figures, ending with a reader’s question.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle State
West Virginia
So Your Husband Has Gone to War and Other Notes
A column compiles advice for wives of armed forces members and assorted trivia. It cites Ethel Gorman on wartime marriage guidance, mentions the origin of Mickey Finn, weighs in on commissions versus private ranks, and adds fleeting items about Katharine Cornell, a chicken farm hobby, parcel post savings, and sugar content in bananas.
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Ethel Gorman
Army
Navy
Mickey Finn
Chicago
Whiskey Row
Harrison
State Streets
Beaumont Tex
Beaumont
California
Los Angeles
Cal
Texas
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyns
United States
Katharine Cornell
Orlando
Fla
P. O
Uncle Sam
Boston
Philip Hale
John L. Sullivan
Empire
Britain
Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth
Buffalo
Tack Classified Notes Seek Small Jobs and Help
A colored man seeks a fry cook job and light work with a home, offering pay if needed. A soldier's wife is sought for room and light duties, two-person family. A tan leather glove is found. claim at 413 Polk Street. An elderly care helper with cooking skills is requested for light duties at 512 East 8th Avenue. A grown cat good at mouser is to be given away.
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Sanitary Barber Shop
Polk Street
East
8Th Avenue
Amarillo seeks piano storage volunteers on request
Mrs. Frederick L. Weigand asks if anyone in Amarillo has a piano to store and care for, offering to provide excellent maintenance. Call 7672. Also, a small brown coin purse with $60 was lost downtown on Wednesday December 2 near Hub Clothiers or Kress Store, with a reward offered for its return.
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Amarillo
Frederick L. Weigand
West
Fifteenth Avenue
Tack
Hub Clothiers
Kress
A Woman Tractor Driver Appeals on Farm Labor Shortage
A wife and mother describes joining her husband to farm 300 acres during a labor shortage. She recounts hauling wheat, plowing, sowing, and operating a tractor and combine while balancing housework. She notes discomfort, humor, and resilience, praising other women taking up farming roles in this wartime effort.
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Tack
Combine
Mason King
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood
Hollywood gossip column notes Alan Ladd’s reclassification by the draft board and confirms Ann Sothern’s upcoming marriage to Robert Sterling. Lupino seeks time off to visit husband Louis Hayward, while John Carroll delays joining Ferry Command awaiting draft.
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Hollywood
Alan Ladd
Craft Board
Paramount
Ann Sothern
Robert Sterling
Roger Pryor
Tda Lupino
Louis Hayward
Quantico
Joan Davis
Universal
Guy
Frank Albertson
Grace Gilern
Republic
Kay Aldridge
John Carroll
John Garfields
Stork
John Archer
Marjorie Lord
Santa Barbara
California
Lulu Belle
Scotty
Af Radio
Randolph Scott
Westwood Hills
Potter County Ration Board Resumes Gasoline Applications
The Potter County Ration Board pressed ahead with processing tens of thousands of gasoline rationing applications. With State OPA Director Mark McGee backing a policy to treat private business and government agencies alike, the board faces a flood of questions as members work long hours. Citizens ask about transfers, inheritance of ration books, and post sale or death scenarios while officials strive to provide answers.
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Potter County
OPA
Mark McGee
McGee
Armed Service
Delbert Dalby
Daley Truck Lines
C. E. Weymouth
War Price and Rationing Board
Gordon Morrison
Chansler
Invasion Meets USO In Downtown Gathering
Nearly 100 soldiers arrived at the Downtown USO after already filled rooms. Bob Vial directed a quick screening of Hold That Ghost while Dr. Maurice Hartmann handed out popcorn. Part of the Pacific Ocean is farther east than New York.
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USO
Bob Vial
Lou Costello
Bud Abbott
Andrews
Maurice Hartmann
The
Pacific Ocean
New York
Publicists Donate Blood After Long Print Battle
After years of struggle to place copy in print, the Independent Publicists of Hollywood completed two group donations to a blood bank, signaling a symbolic shift from ink to altruism.
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Hollywood
Tonkawa Indians Not Cannibals Says Martin
H. B. Martin asserts the Tonkawa were not cannibals and recounts peaceful relations with white settlers. He notes Tonkawas living in Tonkawa Valley near the Clear Fork and Brazos Rivers, with a later presence at Fort Griffin. In 1885 a small caravan led by “Tonkawa John” faced trouble after a cowboy insult but sheriff A. D. Tucker intervened and calm returned.
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Texas
Clear Fork
Brazos
Fort Griffin
Shackelford County
Haskell
Indian Territory
Tonkawa John
Haswell
Tonkawa
John
A. D. Tucker
H. B. Martin
Williams Suggests Bluebonnets for WAACs in Texas
Miss Ethel Williams of Everett Washington proposes naming a WAAC platoon Bluebonnets with a map of Texas as insignia. She notes pride in Texas and lauds WAACs while recalling her Army Air Corps work in Washington. The Texas Rangerettes and recruitment plans for South Plains and El Paso areas are cited. A justice department report says loan sharks in defense areas face possible prosecutions within a month.
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Ethel Williams
Rockefeller Avenue
Everett
Washington
Hereford
The
Globe News
Texas
Williams
Amarillo
Waacss
Waacs
Texas Rangerettes
Lubbock
South Plains
el Paso
Army Oficials
Rose Smothers
Rangerettes
UPI
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
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Basil Rathbone
Peter Lorre
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