Weather and social notes from Amarillo plain area
Forecasts warn of warmer days followed by rough weather in the Panhandle with potential major impacts on cattle due to feed shortages. Distress rises around Dalhart and Dumas as snow remains heavy. Flu remains mild but pervasive and bed rest is urged to combat it and pneumonia risk. Readers respond with opinions on service, wanderlust, and household dynamics amid wartime shortages.
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Dalhart and
Dumas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Darling
British Court of Appeals
Allergy to husbands and other oddities in daily life
ABritish column notes husbands allergic to wives, cheerful budgets for shared and personal expenses, and playful observations on aging, sleep, and postwar gadgets. It cites quirky facts from fashion to aviation, including bed width, helicopter prices, mushroom soup, and a Bronchoscopy artifact collection.
Boy Seeks After School Work In Stores
Maite Tack a 16 year old boy seeks a regular after school job or Saturday work, prefers a store but open to other options. Wayne Hand provides contact 8761.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Wayne Hand
Important Chinese Gains in Rice Bowl
Chinese high command announced gains in central China with forces reaching the suburbs of Lihsien Ansiang and Nanhsien near major Japanese towns. They said remnants east of Linli were being killed off relentlessly while a ring around enemy remnants north of Ichang Yangtze port was tightened. Fourteenth Air Force fighters and bombers continued support per an American communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Lihsien
Changteh
Yangtze
Shasi
Tungting
Ansiang
Nanhsien
Linli
Itu
Ichang
Red Army Promises Major Winter Offensive
A Moscow broadcast to the Red Army declared the winter will see a Soviet offensive on a larger scale than ever before. It said winter is convenient for operations and outflanking maneuvers including raids encirclement and annihilation of the enemy.
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London
Moscow
Red Army
Producers Turn Dream Into Film On Slim Budget
Hollywood report details Arthur Ripley and Rudolph Monter turning a $5,000 dream into a film titled The Voice in the Wind. They mortgaged homes, scraped funds, and produced a rough cut with United Artists backing. Ripley and Monter also provided music and sound effects during a single screening, securing a releasing contract and future financing.
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Hollywood
Arthur Ripley
Rudolph Monter
Atle
Ripley
Monter
United Artists
Messrs
America
Kline's Store Employees Hold Annual Christmas Party
Kline's Store employees and guests gathered at the Capitol Hotel for a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goldstein and others. Cecil Smith played Santa as gifts were taken from the tree, with miniature reindeer decor along the table and evergreen sprigs. Amarillo Field soldiers provided music. attendees included a long list of local staff and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Capitol Hotel
Sam Goldstein
Ben Altman
Lorraine Goldstein
Altman
Cecil Smith
Santa Claus
Ethel Schaer
Amarillo
Goldstein
Applestein
Fern Babb
Betty Sue Blessing
Belle Balser
Bufkin
Clem Schaer
Laura Smith
Jane Speed
Caffin Stock
Mary Jo Smith
Merle Tanner
Nell Redd
Eva Webb
Sophie Wardrow
Betty Louise Wilson
Jean A. Neil
Vaneta Himmell
Sally Youngblood
Harley Goettsche
Howard
Betty June Complen
J. E. Towson
Georgia Hammock
Henry Johnson
SMU Not Liable For Spectator Injuries In 1940 Stadium Collapse
Texas Supreme Court rules Southern Methodist University immune from damages for a spectator injured when a temporary bleacher collapsed during the 1940 SMU Texas A&M game. The decision reverses the Civil Appeals ruling, upholds the trial court, and notes a 15 year net loss of 55000 for the university. Mrs. Clayton was hospitalized after the Owenby Stadium incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas Supreme Court
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Few Brewster
J. B. Clayton
Clayton
Court of Civil Appeals
Brewster
Sergeant Bassett Home on Furlough
Amarillo native Technical Sergeant L. M. Bassett Jr. returns on furlough after completing 50 operational flights over European targets. The engineer gunner, credited with downing a German plane during the Ploesti mission, will report to Miami after leave and previously taught at Sheppard Field.
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Amarillo
L. M. Bassett, Jr
Lloyd Bassett
Miami
Bassett
Ploesti
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Amarillo Children Receive Glasgow Lord Provost Christmas Thanks
James Welsh Lord Provost of Glasgow sends thanks to Amarillo children for Christmas gifts. A Glasgow note to May or Joe Jenkins asks for 80 to be conveyed and acknowledges U S A British War Relief Society aid to Britain children affected by air raids.
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Amarillo
James Welsh
Glasgow
Joe Jenkins
British War Relief Society, Inc
America
Britain
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Ane Tadey
TEXPW
England
Baltimore
Irving Berlin
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
United States
British Broadcasting Company
Mussolini
S. S
Turkey
Italy
Boston Licensing Commission
College of Physicians of Philadelphia
W—V
Maite Tack
Fairmont Street
Spencer
Jimmie Fidler
Irene Dunne
Dick Haymes
Marie Wilson
Marie
Ronald Colman
Charlie McCarthy
Bob Crosby
Brother Bing
Brian Aherne
Mr. Fontaine
Jimmy Durante
the Trumbbone
Leslie Brooks
Virginia Army Hospital
Sinatra
Fred MacMurray
Joan Crawford
Paramount Theater
Kline’s
Globe News
Ansley Cleaners
Taylor
Knox
Men's Sox
Phoenix Brand
Cadet
Eagle
Michael Stern
Stein-Bloch
Quicksilver-Smith
Polk
Santa
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