Draft Dads on 50 50 Basis
Half of the 24 Potter County men drafted to Fort Sill by Draft Board No 2 after Christmas are fathers. The fathers listed include Aubrey Scott Brooks, Oscar Trent, Charles Elliott, Loyd Ledbetter, Noel Hulsey, Kenneth Butcher, Sam Onstott, Kenneth Johnson, Guy Kelly, Claude Persefield, Roy Hunnicutt, and Walton Murrell.
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Potter County
Fort Sill
Aubrey Scott Brooks
Oscar Trent
Charles L. Elliott
Loyd Marrion Ledbetter
Noel Lee Hulsey
Kenneth Carl Butcher
Sam Houston Onstott
Kenneth Joe Johnson
Guy Edward Kelly
Claude Wilson Persefield
Roy Hunnicutt
Walton M. Murrell
Arthur M. Roberts
Virgie Lee Goldsmith
J. B. Bennett
Aubrey Rayburn Miller
Thomas Lee Brush
Anvil Jack Spakes
John Kenneth Thompson
Hans Joe Franklin
Eugene Crowe Alvin
Horace Holly Johnson
Richard Clyde Berry
Robert Lee White
Paul Tibbits
Earl W. Rogers
Joe Henry Hightman
Cecil Norman Wellsman
John T. Knutter
Loyd K. Prutsman
James William Evans
Christmas Mail Rush Ends at Amarillo Post Office
Postmaster W D DeGrassi reports the Christmas mail rush over with heavy incoming and outgoing volumes but smooth handling. He praises the reduced staff and crowds for efficient service across the main post office San Jacinto branch and city rural routes.
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W. D. DeGrassi
DeGrassi
San Jancinto
Market livestock prices across Kansas City and Chicago
Knights of the daily livestock market show hogs, cattle, and sheep at Kansas City with varied prices and activity, including hogs at 200-270 pounds around 13.50 to 13.40, and cattle leading with load lots around 16.10 for long fed steers. Chicago values mirror mixed demand with slower sales, notable hogs at 13.75 for 200-270 pounds and cattle near 16.50 for top steers, while lambs remain strong above 14.75. Bees interlock wings with a hook-and-eye wing edge system for flight.
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Kansas City
Chicago
40 Terrifying Days at Sea Experienced
Oliver Moody Miller Jr and the 33 armed guards endured 40 days on a merchant ship under siege by submarines and bombers. They fought off eight enemies, delivered cargo to Murmansk, and lost weight while shielding the liberty ship. Navy commends the crew for endurance and courage.
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Houston
Oliver Moody Miller
Galveston
Texas
Miller
Adriana Miller
Murmansk
Ralph E. Boucher
USNR
North Atlantic
Franco Frees Prisoners Ends Falange Militia Role
Madrid December 21 Generalissimo Francisco Franco agreed the Falange Militia is no longer necessary and ordered the conditional release of all Republicans imprisoned for rebellion. José Luis Arrese had suggested the militia was unnecessary while Franco stated the Falange and the army were united in the Civil War. The militia will not be dissolved or folded into the regular army.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Falange
Jose Luis Arrese
Palange
Spain
Franco
Army
Patten Services Tomorrow for Amarillo Educator Patten High
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in the A M E Church Johnson Chapel for Silas Campbell Patten a prominent Texas educator who taught 49 years including 18 in Amarillo He died last week of a heart attack while driving near the Third Avenue underpass Patten a Tennessee native 70 a Prairie View graduate founded Patten High School after leading Fred Douglas School with Rev J M Bolden and Rev B C Brock officiating pallbearers named.
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Texas
Silas Campbell Patten
Amarillo
Patten
Third Avenue
Johnson Chapel
A. M. E. Church
J. M. Bolden
B. C. Brock
G. R. Tomlin
J. W. Turner
Willie Hickman
Allen Miller
Jessie Smith
Fennie Smith
Tennessee
Prairie View State College
Fred Douglas
Patten High School
Amarillo National Holds Yule Party
Amarillo National Bank officers directors and employees held their third annual Christmas party at Amarillo Country Club. More than 100 attendees joined wives and husbands to watch teller Fat Warren play Santa Claus. The event featured games a holiday dinner and a dance with no speeches per reports.
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Amarillo National Bank
Amarillo Country Club
Fat” Warren
Santa Claus
Bill Baker
Bobbye Lemons
Soldier's wife seeks lost billfold at Kress candy counter
Katheryn Gipson of Co. O. in Dumas Texas asks finder of a brown transparent plastic billfold lost December 17 at Kress stores, containing money she badly needs. The letter appears on Tack Letters Page 13. A camel stores water by conserving it, even in its nostrils.
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Tack
Kress
Katheryn Gipson
O. W. Dumas
Texas
Allied air offensive over Europe stretches 36 hours
The 36 hour aerial assault over Germany and occupied territories covers Bremen Frankfurt Mannheim Ludwigs hafen Augsburg Innsbruck Sofia and near Athens with long range bases enabling wide reach. Losses cited include 42 British and 25 American bombers, but officials say strategic aim to cripple enemy resistance remains. effects likely evident after western invasion opens.
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Germany
Europe
France
Bremen
Frankfurt
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Augsburg
Innsbruck
Austria
Brenner Pass
Sofia
Bulgaria
Eleusis
Athens
Mediterranean
Italy
Foggia
Balkans
Earl Winks Killed By Pampa Truck
Earl Winks, 54, died in Pampa after a pickup struck him as he walked in the street. A 15 year old boy drove the truck. the district attorney called the accident apparently unavoidable. Winks worked for a local trucking contractor and is survived by his wife and three sons. Funeral arrangements were pending in Borger.
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Pampa
Earl Winks
Winks
Walter E. Rogers
Borger
217 Invite Soldiers to Christmas Dinner Draws Attention
More than 60 thousand people, only 217 accepted invites to share Christmas dinner with soldiers today at noon. Amarillo residents, including a widow with two unfamiliar boys in her home, reflect widespread civilian support. USO offices and Mrs. G. G. Ordway coordinate pickups and volunteers to ensure every invited service member reaches town.
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Amarillo
Uso
G. G. Ordway
Army
Yugoslav Partisans Gain Ground in Bosnian Front
Yugoslav communique reports heavy German casualties in eastern Bosnia while Partisans advance across Slavonia. Tito notes fierce three day fighting in Kordun with capture of Trzic as Allied supplies bolster Yugoslav units. Hungarian radio claims new executions near Zagreb after guerrilla attacks.
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Tito
Bosnia
Slavonia
Italy
Kordun
Trzic
Croatia
Hungarian Radio Today
Zagreb
Sopsice
Bolivia Junta Suspicion Grows Over Pro Allied Stance
Dispatches note Latin American cities doubt the new Bolivian junta and its pro Allied aims. The manifesto accuses Penaranda of copying fascist principles and cancelling municipal elections planned for December due to wartime conditions.
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Penaranda
Bolivia
Washington
Hollywood Gossip Roundup of Stars and Scandals
Allan Davis dies at Veterans Hospital after lung issue while Hollywood chatter covers Monty Woolley snubbing an RAF squadron leader, Kay St Germaine baby news, Hitlers Children in Italy, and Joan Crawford at Warner Bros disputes. Plus previews and memories of Will Rogers and Tom Mix estate revelations.
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Hollywood
Allan Davis
Peggy Shannon
Veterans Hospital
Monty Woolley
Jack Carsons
Kay St. Germaine
Italy
Hitler
Susanna Foster
Alan Curtis
Joan Crawford
Warner Brothers
William Burton
Femme
Jesse L. Laslys
Sergeant York
Rafferty
Dewey Barnes
Air Force
Ruth Warwick
San Francisco
USO
St. Francis
Mickey Rooney
Paramount
Ginger Rogers
RKO
Will Rogers
Garbo
Wallace Beery
Tom Mix
Tom
Ramon Novarro
Ramon Samaniegoes
Hollywood gossip circles around bids for talent and fame
A gossip fragment recalls Bette Davis being dropped for lacking talent or sex appeal. Loretta Young faked illness to ride to a set, saving a chauffeur. Gary Crosby humorously mistook Santa for Sinatra at a department store with Bing Crosby’s secretary and a 10 year old.
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Universal
Bette Davis
Loretta Young
Gary Crosby
Crosby
Bing
Hollywood
Gary
Santa Claus
Santa
Young Crosby
Sinatra
Draft Board Seeks Five Lost Men in Major Push
Draft Board No 2 issues call for five missing soldiers citing urgent need. The notice stresses importance to the men and the war effort and seeks volunteers or information from the public.
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Draft Board No. 2
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Armour & Co
Tereee
At&sf
Aviation Corps
Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel
Atl Teeees Seeeenes
Briggs Mfg
Settee Eee
Pan —— Airways
Stees
Socony Vaewurn
Southern Pacific
Standard Brands
Stevens
United Aircraft Oenae
Steel Wee Peter
Bain
Patten Services
Amarillo National
Yule Party
Lubbock
J. Douglas Smyth Public Accountant
Adolf London
Mr. Smith
Far East
Sanjak
Bosnia and
Tina
Jimmie Fidler
Claudette Colbert
Jane Withers
Pan Letter
God
Frank Sinatra
June Havoc
Gypsy Rose Lee
Milton Merle
Michele Morgan
Jack Haley
Dennis Morgan
Irene Manning
United Artists
Claire Trevor
Barry Sullivan
Columbia
Mr. Death
Lon Chaney
Patricia Morison
PRC
Frances Langford
Edward Norris
Langford
Ordway-Saunders CO
Polk St
White & Kirk
Bill McClendon
Meiseu Ay
Tainer
Golden Light Coffee Co
Panhandle
O. K. Mayo
Mayo Dental Laboratory
Chester Martin
Peacock Beauty Shoppe
Fisk Bldg
Thrifti Check
ThriftiCheck
The
First National Bank
U. S. Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Men's Sox
Phoenix
Boys
Flannelette
Stein-Blochs
Quicksilver-Smith CO
Polk
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