Dorothy Davis Joins WAACs Over Draft After Recruitment
Dorothy Lea Davis a secretary with Selective Service Board No 2 joined the WAACs after officers visited the draft office. She aims for overseas danger service and wants a voice in her assignment, suggesting training or posting at Lubbock HQ or in field work. An army officer notes many WAACs share this wish but questions arise over balancing placements.
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Dorothy Lea Davis
Selective Service
Board No. 2
Roosevelt
WAACS
Draft Board
WAAC
Lon Sharp Funeral Services Pending
Funeral arrangements for Lon Sharp who died suddenly at his home 903 North Fillmore Street are pending. The 72 year old Amarillo furniture man moved here in 1908 from Union County Tennessee and owned a shop at 117 18 East Fourth Avenue. Surviving are his wife two sons two brothers three sisters and two grandchildren. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home to announce arrangements.
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Lon Sharp
North Fillmore Street
Mr. Sharp
Amarillo
Union County
Tenn
Green Bros Company
East Fourth Avenue
Sharp
North Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs J E Watley
Funeral services for Mrs J E Watley longtime Amarillo resident will be held at 2 30 PM Thursday at Mt Zion Baptist Church. She came to Amarillo in 1917 and built the Watley Hotel two years later. Surviving are her son Clarence and three grandchildren.
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J. E. Watley
Amarillo
Mt Zion Baptist Church
Whatley
Watley
Clarence
Pearl Harbor fines in Amarillo traffic court
Motorists in Amarillo paid 24 into the corporation court at city hall to cover 16 traffic violation cases. One driver charged with speeding was fined 5 dollars.
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Amarillo
Pearl Harbor
Corporation Court
Markets and Livestock Prices Across Kansas City and Chicago
Livestock markets show hogs, cattle, calves and sheep trading with varied gains and declines. Kansas City reports mixed cattle and hogs with several price changes while Chicago buyers see uneven hogs and firmer cattle and lambs led by higher fed steers and strong yearlings.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Dec
Senate Confirms DeGrassi Choice as Amarillo Postmaster
The Senate confirmed Winnette D. DeGrassi as postmaster at Amarillo. Britain has collected 60,000 tons of scrap metal, enough to forge 600 naval guns.
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Senate
DeGrassi
Washington
U.P
Senate Today
Winnette D. DeGrassi
Amarillo
Britain
Amarillo to Host Peace Officers Conference and Film
Amarillo hosts a Thursday gathering of Panhandle peace officers at the Capitol Theatre at 10:30 AM to view a wartime Germany film and discuss law enforcement in peace and war. Speakers include Amarillo attorney Jack Adkins with Dallas district SAC R G Danner and local agents.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Germany
Capitol Theater
Federal District
Jack Adkins
R. G. Danner
Dallas
Danner
Paul Kitchen
D. L. McCormack
McCormack
L. E. Kingman
McCormick
Sid Harper
Bill Adams
U.S
Bill Lampe
Kingman
Warner speaks on Texas hunting culture and wildlife plans
Warner praises Texas and the Panhandle in a return visit and urges youth hunting education. He hopes the Hungarian partridge and ring neck pheasant will establish and increase locally. He will present Field & Stream pictures at 8 pm at the Amarillo Hotel Panhandle Sportsmen's Club meeting with free admission.
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Texas
Panhandle
News-Globe
Warner
Panhandle Sportsmen's Club
Amarillo Hotel
Sweetwater Seeks Insight Into War Industry Programs
Henry T. Marshall of Sweetwater asks at Amarillo city hall how the city attracted large war industries and military installations. Marshall, former Sweetwater mayor and current city commissioner, visited Mayor Joe Jenkins and noted Sweetwater as a "have not" town seeking action. He arrived for the initiation of a Victory class as district deputy grand exalted ruler of the Elks.
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Henry T. Marshall
Sweetwater
Amarillo
Mr. Marshall
Joe Jenkins
Marshall
the Elks
Wilson School Observes Pearl Harbor Day Program
Wilson School held a Pearl Harbor Day program in the auditorium led by Misses Greta Mae Cayton Katherine Brooks and Stella Mae Adkins. Fifth graders presented All Out for Defense with students speaking and a sixth grade pupil speaking on Pearl Harbor Day. The chorus and advanced orchestra performed four patriotic numbers. The event highlighted a $1511.75 War Savings Stamps and Bonds purchase and honored Miss Sadie Summers for her role in promoting the sale.
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Pearl Harbor
Wilson School
Greta Mae Cayton
Katherine Brooks
Stella Mae Adkins
George Mallet
Kenneth Bailey
Mary Flannery
Billie Joe Miller
Jimmie Dale Carter
Jimmie Thompson
Rex Wedgeworth
Melba Davis
Shirley Gant
Mildred Burnett
Audrey Herrington
Peggy Joe Hooper
Annette Huke
Lara Ann Tanner
Billy Thompson
Dale Grantham
Sarah Miller
Sadie Summers
Tighten Fire Laws For Night Spots
Ama rillo considers an ordinance to ban inflammable decorations in night clubs and dance halls after the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston. Mayor Joe A. Jenkins said the measure, likely to be discussed at the next meeting, aims to tighten safety standards. In addition, the council will review a proposed fire fighting contract with the county and letters from tax assessor-collector Perry Burks.
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Amarillo
Joe A. Jenkins
Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Jenkins
Perry Burks
Allied Defenses Hold in Tunisia as Eighth Army Prepares
British Eighth Army massed for a showdown with remnants of the Afrika Korps at El Agheila while Tunisian front reports indicate Axis pressure near Tebourba. Allied air bases remained scarce and Axis planes aided ground thrusts as Portuguese watchers noted engine drones since Friday.
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Britain
Radio
Morocco
Tebourba
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Afrika Korps
el Agheila
Marines Seek 145 Applicants for Enlistment in Panhandle
All men who applied for enlistment in the U S Marine Corps before December 5 are urged to report immediately for service. Recruiter Set F M Bell says about 145 bona fide applications exist from Panhandle men and those wishing to join must be sworn in by Saturday. Seventeen year olds may be accepted. Final examinations and swearing in were set for today for Charles Price Nixon Merle Huckabey Edward John Sharp Amarillo James A Newman Thomas G Williams Lockney and Curtis W Samples Canyon.
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U. S. Marine Corps
F. M. Bell
Marine Station
Panhandle
Marine Corps
Sgt. Bell
Marines
Charles Price Nixon
Merle F. Huckabey
Edward John Sharp
Amarillo
James A. Newman
Thomas G. Williams
Lockney
Curtis W. Samples
Canyon
Parking Meter Revenue Down
Gas rationing and a heavy snow storm cut city parking meter receipts. The Monday take fell by nearly 150 dollars as icy streets hindered traffic. Officials say it may take days to weeks of better weather to gauge the full impact.
Army Recruiter Seeks More WAAC Recruits in Texas
U S Army recruiter T K Morris from the local station urges expanded WAAC enlistment stressing men over 38 with specialized trades. He notes high local interest, prompted by the Texas Rangerettes, and says the program may be frozen without more volunteers.
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WAAC
Army
Set. T. K. Morris
U. S. Army
Army Air Corps Welcomes Oklahoma Volunteer Bennie Montoya
The article notes growing female volunteers aged 21 to 45 without young children, predicting a full platoon by January 1 if applicants continue. Bennie Montoya of Guymon Oklahoma is the latest recruit leaving this afternoon for service in the U S Army Air Corps.
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Army
Bennie Montoya
Guymon
Oklahoma
U. S. Army Air Corps
Navy Recruiting Office Contacts Applicants
The Navy recruiting office in Amarillo issues instructions for men who applied before December 5 to report by December 15 for enlistment. About 130 eligibility exists as exam trips to Oklahoma City proceed and oath ceremonies will be conducted. Notables included Hal H. Johnson P. W. Conley Billy Lee Cooksey E P Simpson X M Oldham Lefors and William N. Ford.
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Longabach
Oklahoma City
Hal H. Johnson
P. W. Conley
Billy Lee Cooksey
Amarillo
E. P. Simpson
X. M. Oldham
Lefors
William N. Ford
Dalhart
McGregor to Arrive in Amarillo for Housing Program
Donald McGregor an official of the National Housing Administration is due tomorrow in Amarillo for the second visit since Amarillo was chosen among 59 U S cities to inaugurate a new conversion program for housing war workers. Chamber officials expect strong interest in the program.
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Donald McGregor
National Housing Administration
Amarillo
Mr. McGregor
United States
Chamber of Commerce
NHA
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claims Fast Bile Flow
An old style advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills promising two pints of bile daily to aid digestion. It warns of gas, constipation, and sour feelings when flow is blocked and urges buying the pills at 10¢ or 26¢ per package.
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Carter
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