Amarillo Christmas Guests and Newborns Featured in Local Notes
Eighth Avenue households host Christmas visitors including T. M Hod son of Roswell New Mexico and Mrs M A Billodu of Pampa. Local families announce newborns Jerry Orville Barbara Ann Larry Frank Sandra Lee and travel plans for holidays to Dallas Austin California and other destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Murray
Panhandle
Jerry Orville
St. Anthony's Hospital
Barbara Ann
R. F. Wertz
Broadmore Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
F. M. Wheeler
C. E. Nance
Ong Street
Dallas
California
W. D. Christopher
Willeme
Tennessee Street
Oliver Worthy
Christmas travel mix in Amarillo area families
Local notices list multiple households, including Mr. and Mrs. Howard Williams at 1914 Jackson Street visiting Pampa, and Anna K Hastings traveling to Sweetwater for a week with her parents. Roaming Amarilloans record several holiday trips to Phoenix Tulsa Shreveport Houston and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Street
Big Springs
Coleman
Howard Williams
Pampa
Arthur Teed
Dan
John
Tommy
Anna K. Hastings
Sweetwater
East Thirteenth Avenue
Austin
W. R. Armstrong
Taylor Street
Paul Armstrong
Albany
J. F. Walker
J. F. Walker and Mrs. J. 8. Haines of Tyler, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Dorough
Talmage Place
Dallas
Walker
Haines
Why Hitler Does Not Use More Planes In Attack
DeWitt MacKenzie questions why Nazi Germany cannot deploy a larger air arm against Britain. He notes Britain’s air strength, doubts about Germany’s oil supply, and discusses pilots and production limits as decisive bottlenecks for a mass invasion by air. He cites uncertain plane totals and oil imports from Russia and Romania as constraining factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
England
Royal Air Force
Europe
Norway
Adriatic
Ley
British Isles
Germany
Russia
Rumania
Reich
Amarillo and Fort Worth railroad notes and personnel changes
Addresses show property transfers on Twelfth Avenue and various streets. Rail operations report maintenance work by A. G. Reese and track conditions with Roadmaster A. W. Nicklaus. Crew shifts include Santa Fe and Rock Island engineers and firemen, flu-related absences, new extra board assignments, and a transfer of Virgil Henville to Slaton division with a promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Reese
Fort Worth
Denver City Railroad
Amarillo
A. W. Nicklaus
Santa Fe
Mike Kelly
H. R. Sager
Belen
Reed Beaver
Rock Island
Veteran's Hospital
C. B. Adams
Co. H.runyon
Denver
M. D. Eck
Waynoka
J. M. Hill
A. P. Harrington
Jimmy Holmes
John E. Gulledge
T. J. Smith
A. L. Ludden
A. T. Huckaby
W. D. Westbay
A. E. Branchi
T. L. Rhodes
Virgil Henville
Slaton
Master Mechanic's
Virgil
David J. Daniels
Denver City
J. T. Farmer
Washington Off the Record Diners and Dignitaries Clash
European refugees in Washington clash with American habits as titled visitors demand luxury dinners and high fashion. A misfit charity dinner ends without relief checks while locals worry over social class, money and manners. A music expert is humorously treated amid a park bench scene with children performing dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Empty London Evacuations Strain Island Life
Milot M Thompson reports on London's evacuation leading to crowded countryside housing shortages. The mass relocation includes children, mothers, schools, clerical staff, and government offices moving to provincial towns as aircraft raids intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Milo M
Thompson
New York
The Trunk Mystery and the Nazi Threat
In a tense scene Sir John Sanderson and Dr. MacDonald discuss a brutal strangling tied to a Nazi plot. A slain woman, once a faithful agent, had warned of treachery and left a chilling trunk at the door. Ajax remains at large as they vow to track the sender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John
Ajax
MacDonald
Hunt
Dr. MacDonald
Maurice Dekebra
Leyla Georgia
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Buck and Wing Lesson Amid Childrens Shout
A narrator recalls a professor doubting a child’s buck and wing dance. The student finally demonstrates the lively steps with the coat tails flying as onlookers shout and a neat buck and wing is revealed.
Courthouse Deeds and Vehicle Registrations Listed
Courthouse records document transfers including John Essley Gollihugh to Louisa Gollihugh for 10 dollars, and multiple other property deeds. Also listed are marriage licenses, and numerous 1940 vehicle registrations alongside consignments to local firms and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Essley Gollihugh
Louisa Marilda Gollihugh
F. M. Lefforge
R. H. Collins
G. A. Tomlinson
R. E. Lloyd
Roberts Place
J. L. Nunn
Eakle
Marvin Jones
Lois McCormick Kellogg
Lakeview
Burgess
William F. Martin
Fuqua- Barfield
Earnest R. McElreath
Anna Lee Spradling
Paul Thomas
Maurine Berry
Thomas J. Dawson
Audie Marie Hawkins
Carlton
Companies set rest houses to aid workers after bombardment
As bombardment grew, businesses faced declining worker efficiency and health risks from noise and stress. Early measures included establishing employee rest houses to provide opportunities for revitalizing sleep away from bomb zones, helping maintain productivity amid the danger and disruption.
Ships sunk total 41476 tons as week ends
The Admiralty reports 41476 tons of merchant shipping lost to enemy action in the week ending December 15, down from 62867 tons weekly average. Five British vessels totaling 30830 tons and two allied ships totaling 10646 tons were sunk, versus German claims of 82450 tons. The AF of L posted a November 1940 peak of 4247443 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
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Eighth Avenue
T. M. Hodson
Roswell
N. M
M. A. Billodu
J. C. Purdom
West Thirteenth Avenue
G. C. Harrison
East Twenty-third Avenue
J Fowlston
Palo Duro Apartments
Clara Bobbitt
Tyler Street
E. O. McNew
Maryland Street
Piri
Mer
Whiteway
Rockwood
Cello
Maxwell House
AATT
Claude Mathes
Fairmont Street
Louisiana Street
A. Moore
Grand Street
North Highway
W. J. Morris
Hayden Street
Washington Street
Louise Martin
Tenth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
C. A. Miller
Moore Street
Fillmore Street
H. J. New
Western Street
W. F. Robbins
Miss Jewelle Southard
Harrison Street
Twelfth Avenue
I. L. Rucker
Rusk Street
Third Avenue
John Truelock
First Avenue
T. W. Tedford
W. Ce
Wickham
Twentieth Avenue
Cecil Wise
Ninth Avenue
A. R. Young
N. Young
Sixth Avenue
Mooe
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria, Il
Vighs Bourt Whiskey
Hiram Walker
Ilan Widliete
By Sigrid Arne
Ess
Andy
Milo M. Thompson
Reutling
Florence
Ralph Hinkamp
Ben Chambers
Ed King Voss Brummal
C. T. Davis
Secy.Treas
Milton Chambers John Henry Hodges
Leonard Hamilton
Courthouse Records
C. E. McDonald
Dodge
M. E. Ellis
Dodge Trk
Caprock Distr. Co
American Federation of Labor
Peper
Broadway
N.Y
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