10 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1943
Page
1
The column humorously addresses weather inquiries while reporting on drouth relief, a coming northern wind, and anticipated snow melt. It notes Christmas gift drives for troops, helicopter newspaper delivery plans, and various wartime reflections, with local anecdotes about Amarillo residents and community figures.
Jimmie Fidler reflects on Hollywood trends and star egos, noting Jean Arthur’s dramatic ambitions, Chaplin’s Napoleon dream, and Greer Garson’s glamour pull. He muses on inflation and wartime finance with Mr. Britt, and tucks in bursts of varied anecdotes about fashion, marriage, ships, and daily life in postwar America.
The Amarillo chamber committee will seek more information before deciding on a possible probe of manpower classification. Rex Baxter says more information is needed prior to action. Members present included Jack Cunningham John Boyce Pinky Vineyard Col EF A Simpson was absent. Avery Bush committee to recruit essential workers in Amarillo is reactivated.
Word reaches Memphis parents of Claude Harris that son Rayford Harris is a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp in Burma. The message also notes a “red headed Webster boy from Amarillo” and J. P. Drake of Memphis as with him, confirming Harris’s situation and family ties to Mrs. Dwight Betts of Memphis.
Charming Bertita Harding arrives in Amarillo for an 8 o clock lecture at the Country Club on Latin American customs and European royalty. She is author of The Phantom Crown about Maximilian and Carlotta in Mexico and other works. A reception will follow despite bad weather.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice Webster died Wednesday at 819 Alabama Street are postponed due to weather. Services will be held in Mobeetie at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon under N S Griggs and Sons direction. Mrs. Webster was the wife of J R Webster.
Concert-goers will be entertained by the First Army Air Forces Band Sunday evening at eight oclock in the Municipal Auditorium. The 25-member group will be directed by Chief Warrant Officer Guy L. Stone, longtime.
The bandmaster has conducted two similar series in Amarillo. The musicians are advanced players, not amateurs, with hours weekly of intensive rehearsal. Sunday night's program features 16 members performing Lincke's Glow Worm along with marches waltzes and novelty pieces. Patrons' Night at Amarillo College is postponed due to illness and holidays per acting president Ernest Shearer.
Raymond Walker reports his yellow Collie with white on the breast has strayed from his home in the McGuire community southwest of Tulsa. The dog’s left ear folds down.
A dog named Wimpy is missing and may head toward Canyon. A reward is offered for his return. Contact Howard Kelso or Ray mond Walker at Route 1 Tulsa Texas or Route 3 Amarillo for details.
Barbara Jimmie Wills offers a reward for return of blue rimmed glasses lost on the way to school. Dalhart item requests help locating a key ring with car, apartment, school house and bank box keys, asking callers to call 7826 in Amarillo or write.
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