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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
13
Dallas report states after midnight December 3 possession of any fireworks becomes a federal offense. Penalty includes up to one year in jail, a fine up to $5,000, or both, unless the possessor holds a federal explosives license.
The Palm Beach Story opens a week at the Paramount Theater promising classic Preston Sturges comedy. Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea star as a penniless couple with a plan to divorce in Palm Beach, while Rudy Vallee plays a wealthy yacht owner in a diverging comic role.
Corporal Reuben Shilman of the Eighth General Hospital organized 24 Jewish soldiers to take over all kitchen police duties on Christmas Day at Camp Atterbury. The unit expressed happiness over the rare assignment and credited Shilman with his ingenuity.
The Paramount Theater hosts a contest for letters about A Night to Remember with a $25 war bond prize awarded Christmas Day by theater manager Jack King. Deadline is 6 o clock tonight. open to most readers except staff, with multiple letters allowed. The film stars Loretta Young and Brian Aherne and plays at Paramount.
Community notices request return of a lost parcel and seek a finder. Mrs Ruth Wortham asks for a lost Christmas gift package from West Frankfort via 2-1477. Mrs J J Bivins invites good home for a male kitten and provides contact 2-0509.
San Francisco December 24 reports a Stanford University pharmacology professor Dr Maurice Tainter told a meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine that a tiny dose of methyl-benzedrine a benzedrine derivative can keep a man fully alert for 18 to 24 hours making him think clearly and react faster hour after hour until the effects wear off then normal sleep returns
Sixteen survivors arrived after an open boat ordeal at Cast Hins Bay St Lucia. They saved a dog during their perilous voyage and brought it ashore with their rescue, noting the daring act amidst the maritime incident.
G F Pepin owner of a filling station in Corpus Christi sought a permit to convert his one story tile station into living quarters after rationing forced him out of business. He noted the property is already rented and addressed misread place name spellings such as Utah Eutaw Utaw and other variants.
At Hendrick Field Florida a bulletin urged nonbelievers in Santa to sign, and the squadron commander announced that those who signed had volunteered for KP duty on Christmas Day.
In Austin on December 24 a United page ad from local merchants says gifts bought for Christmas cannot be exchanged this week due to wrong sizes. Stores will remain closed Saturday, delaying exchanges until next week.
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