22 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1943
Page
1
A weather note predicts a wet Christmas with snow unlikely, while a column mixes holiday cheer with wartime concerns. Marvin Jones returns home for holidays under showy scrutiny as readers question lend lease diaper shipments and soy bean pleas.
Hollywood gossip roundup notes Jimmie Fidler and Ginger Rogers weigh in on careers and marriages. It recalls famous comedians with long marriages, asks fashion questions, and hints at Orson Welles sharp wit with a Derby set quip.
A collage of small ads and notices includes a woman seeking room and board with wage offer, a puppy giveaway listing, a lost packages note, a woman seeking day work, a local injury report, a pin-up suggestion for Navy wives, and Franklin Company employees receiving 10 percent bonuses in Amarillo.
A Texas Liquor Control Board report for November shows 220 convictions in dry areas versus 69 in wet areas, with 243 complaints and fines totaling 33 977.11 dollars in dry regions. Amarillo district filed 44 complaints with 23 convictions, five stills seized totaling 520 gallons mash, and April marked peak seizures. The shortage of sugar is hurting moonshine activity.
Juanita D Frieze a Women s Army Corps officer from Amarillo has been promoted to first lieutenant at Kelly Field where she serves as assistant budget and fiscal officer in the San Antonio Air Service Command Lieutenant Frieze will spend her Christmas furlough at her home 2002 Monroe Street She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs L Y Duke 701 West Fifteenth Avenue and has served since December 1942.
Livestock totals and price moves for hogs cattle calves and sheep reported from Kansas City Missouri and Chicago with details on weight classes and bid ranges. Hogs 200-270 lbs around 13.50 to 13.40, 280-350 lbs 13.00 to 13.40, sows weaker. Cattle fat steers 14 to 16.10, heifers 13.50, cows 8.25 to 10.50. Sheep partially traded with lambs near 13.75 to 14.35. Chicago bids largely steady with top hogs 13.75 and fat steers 14 to 16.75.
Mrs Margie Hetrick of 513 Pierce Street is in Northwest Texas Hospital after a major operation yesterday Attendants report her condition satisfactory. Jake Arthur returns to work after a week as song leader for the Leon Hill revival in Memphis and a bout with flu. Joe Cooley resumes duties as assistant manager of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce after a brief flu absence.
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