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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1943
Page
3
Marvin Smith of Pecos visits Amarillo for two days in the current week. He formerly resided in this city and is listed in Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
The Amarillo and Excell helium plants are slated to receive the Army Navy E award in mid January in a large Panhandle event. Lt. Harold Banks says top Army and Navy officers will attend to present flags and emblems to all plant employees.
In Harrisburg on December 24 an 84 year old self-styled clairvoyant Detective Pat H. Taylor Says advised a woman to place dragon's blood saffetida and a name note in her husband's shoes and burn them, ignoring rationing.
Abemama natives ratify U S Marines occupation and welcome white troops with peace and plenty. The island celebrates with music and songs as Tarawa lies in battle nearby and Christmas miles away from home. Officers and reporters tour the isle, sharing soft drinks and stories.
C M Norman torpedoman U S Navy sent Christmas and New Year wishes by radiogram from a Pacific base to friends in the Panhandle. The message was carried by the Globe News and he was known as Chief the long time naval recruiter for the district. He set an all time Texas recruiting record from Pearl Harbor to sea duty. The item also notes jail inmates will receive fruit and meals for Christmas with special treats on New Year Day and a note on Disraeli as a young successful novelist.
Wes Izzard's Review Is Nominated for Award by Amarillo National Bank as one of three Texas programs for the George Foster Peabody Award. Also in contention are Texas at War from Houston and Your Story Parade from Dallas. The article notes Texas leads in petroleum output among states.
Funeral services for Virgil Gann will not be held before Monday. The body is at Boxwell Brothers chapel in Amarillo. Gann, 26, a Santa Fe fireman at Waynoka Oklahoma, was scalded to death Wednesday when one engine backed into another. He leaves a widow and two young sons, Archie Ray and Virgil Eugene.
A Geneva cable via the Red Cross reports U S prisoners of war in the Philippines and elsewhere are receiving Christmas food parcels and supplies from the relief ship Gripsholm. Dr. Fritz Paravicini aims to dispatch gifts to all UN military and civilian internees in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Manchuria.
The quiet voice of Britain's king will reach the empire and the United States as he delivers his sixth Christmas broadcast, the fifth during wartime. The address will be beamed worldwide to friends and allies tomorrow.
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