Christmas Ranch Visit For Five Amarrillo Soldiers
Five young soldiers from New Hampshire, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia stationed in Amarillo will have Christmas Eve and Day off. An Amarillo friend proposes they spend a day on a local ranch, ride horses, and tour operations, with lodging and a Christmas dinner. The News-Globe invites readers to volunteer hosting the visitors.
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Hollywood Scribbles and War News From Jimmie Fidler
Jimmie Fidler reports on the 1942 box office poll skirting top spots for Abbott and Costello and notes Gene Autry in the top ten while Mickey Rooney slips. Paratroopers at Fort Benning name a new plane Ginny after Ginny Simms as Cary Grant remains ineligible for draft.
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Lost brown zipper coin purse near Rainbow Gardens
On December 8 a small brown zipper coin purse vanished near Rainbow Gardens. It contained about $20 in mixed bills, some silver, and a lady's yellow gold Elgin watch with pink dial. Call Johnnie at 2-1773 for reward.
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A Wondrous Tint For Graying Hair
A home hair tinting recipe promises a professional look at low cost. Use bay rum glyeerine Barbo Compound and water to tint gray hair for a soft, glossy, lasting color that won’t wash out or stain the scalp. See how younger you look with this popular Barba recipe.
Frank Doerfler Dies at 84 in Amarillo Home
Frank Doerfler 84 retired farmer died at 11:30 this morning in his home at 1209 West Thirteenth Avenue Amarillo Texas. He lived in Amarillo 16 years after moving from Wisconsin where he was born October 13 1858 in Fond du Lac. Survived by widow Annie Griesbach Doerfler seven sons Ray Herbert Alvin Larry Joseph Edward Frank S two sisters and one half brother Peter Nussbaum twenty seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a Sacred Heart Cathedral member. Body at Boxwell Brothers chapel.
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Legion Christmas Party At Legion Home Tonight
Hanson Post American Legion members and Auxiliary with soldiers and guests from Amarillo Army Air Field will hold an open house at Legion Home 18th and Harrison Street. The evening includes a business meeting followed by a dance and a Dixie Dice floor show starting at 8 o clock with an anticipated overflow crowd.
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Congress to Adjourn Sine Die Tomorrow
The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution for a sine die adjournment of both houses of Congress, effective tomorrow, ending sessions without a formal return date.
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Small Change Scarcity Presses Amarillo komunity
The Amarillo Retail Credit Association urges shoppers to use exact change due to a penny and nickel shortage. Citizens consider having children empty piggy banks to buy War Stamps while banks report reduced mint output as copper is diverted to war use.
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Father Wasnt Good Company For His Son
Claude Lee Wilson, 49, began a 10 year sentence for accompanying his 17 year old son Charles on burglaries to keep him away from bad company. They were caught leaving a Santa Fe Springs post office with loot from Bell Gardens and two more local offices. Charles admitted robbing Bell Gardens post office of over $1,000 and sharing the proceeds with his father.
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W. O. W. Meeting Tonight at Woodmen Hall
A special W. O. W. meeting is called at Woodmen Hall for 8 o'clock tonight with officials urging full attendance. The notice appears among a newspaper page that also reports a 24 percent rise in department store sales in October from a year earlier based on Federal Reserve data from 356 stores.
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Philharmonic Concert Tonight Features Williams as Soloist
Ama rillo Philharmonic Orchestra presents its second season concert at the Auditorium USO building led by Robert Louis Barron. Soloist Philip Williams, SMU violinist, performs Mendelssohn FE Minor Concerto with full orchestra. Program includes Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Barber of Seville overture, Reiser Prelude, and Laszlo Mechanized Forces. Admission via regular membership tickets. box office opens at 7. Williams has appeared in his 143rd concert in two years.
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Air Forces drive heavy attack on Axis retreat in North Africa
Allied air forces poured hundreds of planes into raids along the Axis retreat from the Agheila line in Tunisia. Air Vice Marshal Conyngham authorized unrestricted bombing to smash advancing columns, while Axis defenses contested by B 17s and other bombers in attacks on Bizerte, Sfax, Tunis docks and shipping.
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Lords Go Into Secret Session Over North Africa
The House of Lords met in secret session in London to hear a government statement on developments in North Africa. The session was held to discuss sensitive foreign policy issues and potential implications for the British government.
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Amarillo Drivers Pay $38 Fines in Court
In Amarillo, 22 motorists paid 38 dollars each in corporation court fines yesterday for traffic violations. Violations ranged from overtime parking to running stop signs and red lights.
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Bombers strike ports and rail yards along Sfax and Sousse
Allied aircraft with B-26 Martians and P-38 Lightning escorts bombed rail yards and docks along the Fast Coast from Sfax to Sousse. Fires erupted at gasoline tank car areas near Sfax while a locomotive between Sousse and Sfax was destroyed and a freighter sunk in a nearby harbor from the day prior.
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Marine sweetheart and a shy town girl tale
A young Marine's sweetheart recalls his decision to enlist after Pearl Harbor and his sudden departure four days after Christmas. In a vivid family moment, the couple shares a quiet farewell by the fire as she privately hopes for a future romance, while news reaches his mother Flora May Wilson.
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