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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1943
Page
12
The North Amarillo Kiwanis Club will install new officers next Tuesday night with Roger Harris succeeding Lee Hunter as president. The meeting is designated a Ladies' Night.
Horace Mann cafeteria hosts 7 30 o clock event as WTSC and Amarillo branch announce reopening on January 3 after holiday recess. Canyon campus and Amarillo site will resume classes next week.
Wet sidewalks and slushy streets dampen spirits as Ama rillo merchants report a last minute buying spree. Shoppers focus on cosmetics gloves hosiery and staple items while many items are scarce and exchanges loom after Christmas. Merchants note some items short but stocks hold, and today is expected to be quieter than earlier days.
A survey of deed transfers from 1943 shows W H Barnes to Harriette M Jackson for 400 dollars and several other warranty deeds involving Leola Moore Burl Daniel and C L Shirey plus a 600 dollar transfer, with numerous parcel designations. Marriage licenses listed include Struble with Rieger, Darman with Loeb, Gunderson with Macquire, Littler with Briggs, Himmelberger with Fines, among others.
Gen Dwight Eisenhower declared the Italian campaign worthwhile for air bases to bomb Central Europe and for tying up German divisions. He cited seven divisions before Sicily and 19 after 13 days of conquest, praising Allied troops facing harsh weather and terrain on the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts.
An Arkansas Ocean tale riffs on the Arctic and Texan abundance. A speaker jokes about cotton as a world mattress and Bermuda onions as a necklace from the Rio Grande Valley. A Kansan adds a final punch line about a big stench.
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels told Germans in a Christmas Eve speech that hopes for victory remain and a western arms test is welcomed. He said Germans march with light kit and loss of belongings hardens resolve, suggesting spring clashes with Allied forces in the west. The piece also notes British tax figures equating to $400,000 for a net $25,000.
Areas downtown Amarillo are restricted by the post headquarters with three zones. One excludes all but Negro soldiers in the block bounded by Fort Worth & Denver lines, Tyler Street, Fourth Avenue, and Madison Street. A second zone allows soldiers of Mexican descent only within the block bounded by Tenth Avenue Arthur Street Nineteenth Avenue and Santa Fe railway. A final zone bars all servicemen in the block bounded by Second Avenue Grant Street North Grant Street Fourth Avenue and Lincoln Street, which remains on limits.
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