18 Dec 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1942
Page
1
A mixed column notes dreams of a white Christmas and quick preliminaries, recalls sports praise for Stanley Mauldin, and shares reader letters on theater smoking, homework load, and civic worries. It blends letters from An Old Timer and Mrs. Harlow with jokes, wartime prophecies, and daily life vignettes.
Ann Elizabeth Impola infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Impola 2412 North West Fifth Avenue died early today in a local hospital Graveside services set for 10 oclock Saturday at Liano Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw directing
Hollywood columnist lauds Jean Hersholt for leading the Motion Picture Relief Fund, noting his personal case reviews, honesty, and dedication while turning down lucrative work to aid screen workers in need. Includes odd anecdotes and light sketches of industry figures.
A Frantic Quirk of commerce in Affarillo sees a penny shortage trigger a sequence of paying and changing. A merchant unable to make change earns a 21 cent sale a 14 cent purchase, clerks chase pennies to the bank, and a youngster with five dollars in pennies leads to a cash bonus.
Amarillo Army Air Field will be on location for a training film titled The Fifty-Hour Inspection of the B-17 Airplane. The production, supervised by G E Waespe at the Amarillo Technical Training Command School, aims to teach mechanics worldwide how to inspect Flying Fortresses after 50 hours of operation. Production to begin around the start of the year at Wright-Patterson, Ohio.
Miss LaNell Ekelund a 16 year old Amarillo girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ekelund is featured in National Notes of ABC Magazine. The prize winner collected 230125 dollars in bond sales and refused contracts offered by Paramount Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal while on a Hollywood trip with her mother.
A Nazi leaving a Berlin restaurant was asked if he had tea or coffee. He paused and replied that he did not know since he was not told what he drank.
The magazine quotes the Amarillo queen blaming movie works for artificiality and favoring a live audience. It notes her entertainment by Mickey Rooney Robert Taylor and Red Skelton and reports her Hollywood Canteen visit. She praises escort Myra Healy a 19 year old MGM discovery as one of the nicest young men she met.
Advertise a cough medicine Creomulsion that targets bronchitis and chest cold symptoms. Claims it loosens phlegm and soothes inflamed membranes without narcotics. Offers money back if it does not provide rapid relief and rest.
One of 23 motorists who appeared yesterday in corporation court at city hall paid two fines totaling 8 dollars for running a red light and for passing a car in a school zone. Several fines of 2 and 3 dollars were assessed and the group paid 39 dollars in total.
H L Johnson seeks return of a lost black billfold containing personal papers and money. Reward offered. Describe location near Fourteenth Avenue Polk Street or vicinity of Twenty sixth Avenue and Hayden Street. Contact 2600 Hayden Street.
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