First WAC Enlists From Amarillo In 1944 Honor
Nadine Corley daughter of Mr and Mrs R D Corley 612 East Twelfth Street becomes the first WAC to enlist in 1944 An Air WAC she will report to Ft Oglethorpe Georgia next week for basic training and then be assigned to an air base in the continental US to take over one of 155 jobs The WAC program awaits thousands of applicants at the Recruiting Office Room 12 Post Office Building or by home interviews via calling 2 3013
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Amarillo
Nadine Corley
R. D. Corley
East Twelfth Street
Corley
Ft. Oglethorpe
Georgia
Continental United States
Women's Army Corps
Air Wacs
Women’s Army Corps
Service Command
WAC
Market snapshot with livestock bids and index shifts
Market report shows Dow Jones levels at 1 P M with declines in all major averages. Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets detail hogs cattle calves sheep with price ranges and near term movement. hogs up to 10 cents, cattle mixed and stockers weak, beef steer loads between 14 and 15 dollars, sows firm to higher, lambs trading firm with mixed prices across regions.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
W.P
U. 8
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Hollywood Fans Split on Crosby Lamour Hope Trio
Jimmie Fidler reports Paramount plans to split Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope after Road to Utopia arguing each star can carry a film alone. He defends the trio as strong box office and notes Sinatra 4-F draft quip.
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Hollywood
Paramount
Bing Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Bob Hope
Lucky Dottie
Morocco
Zanzibar
Utopia
Bing
Bob
Dorothy
Crosby- Lamour-Hope Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Dottie
Soldiers' Sentences Commuted After Guard Rescue
At Camp Kilmer New Jersey two soldiers under court martial confinement helped a fading guard by carrying him to a dispensary and calling the provost marshal. Camp commander Col Cecil L Rutledge commuted their sentences and restored them to duty.
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Camp Kilmer
N. J
Cecil L. Rutledge
Marines Land At Cape Gloucester In New Britain Invasion
U P dispatch from Cape Gloucester New Britain reports U S Marines landing in Higgins boats at 7 45 AM after 10 day bombardment. Capt William Moran leads the first wave inland as fighting continues toward the airfield with both sides suffering casualties. President Roosevelt address heard on ship as operation proceeds.
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Will
UV. S. Marines
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
U.P
Cape
Tokyo
Daniel E. Barbey
Pacific
Higgins
William Moran
St. Louis
New Guinea
Vitiaz Straits
Point Silimati
President Roosevelt
Miss Newman Represents Amarillo at Southwestern Sun Carnival
Miss Billey Fred Newman, 22, an electrical branch instructor at Amarillo Army Air Field, will represent the field at El Paso's ninth annual Southwestern Sun Carnival starting tomorrow. A 1942 North Texas State Teachers College graduate, she teaches generator work for future Flying Fortress aviation mechanics. She stands five feet five, with red hair and brown eyes.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
el Paso
Billey Fred Newman
Newman
Amarillo Field
Dallas
Technical Village
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Flying Fortress Aviation
British Forces Sink German Battleship Scharnhorst
The British battleship Duke of York and destroyers helped sink the German battleship Scharnhorst in a naval battle, Admiralty announced tonight from London on December 28.
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London
Scharnhorst
Admiralty
Hopkins Says His Name Forged in Political Dispute
Harry Hopkins declares a letter predicting Wendell Willkie’s renomination is forged and asks the FBI to probe. He says the letter to Dr. Umphrey Lee and the signature are fake, amid Nelson Sparks’ book alleging Willkie irregularities in 1940.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
Wendell Willkie
FBI
Willkie
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Hopkins
Nelson Sparks
Akron
Philadelphia
Sparks
Snow Covers Amarillo Area Since December 9
The Amarillo region remains blanketed with ice and snow since December 9, the longest stretch in 52 years of U S Weather Bureau data. Much of the recent snow will melt tomorrow and Thursday, but the thick ice will persist.
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Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Churchill to Speak on Invasion Setup in London
The Daily Mail reports Prime Minister Churchill, likely in the Middle East recovering from pneumonia, will soon address Britain on the new invasion setup under General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Churchill
London
The
Daily Mail
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Globe Subscribers Warned About a Collector
The Amarillo Globe circulation manager Charlie Underwood warns subscribers to pay only collectors with official numbered receipt books. Some readers reported a collector posing as a Globe route man.
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Amarillo Globe Today
Charlie Underwood
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital Approved for Internes
In the January Forum for Osteopathy published in Chicago the Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital is named on the official list of osteopathic hospitals approved for teaching internes. The approval notes exacting requirements must be met for designation.
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Forum For Osteopathy
Chicago
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Potter County Grand Jury Recess Announces Trial Date
The Potter County Grand Jury is in recess until Friday and will resume Jan 11 to hear the trial of Mr and Mrs Ralph Campbell charged in multiple burglaries. District Attorney Jim Lumpkin traveled to Canyon to review cases for Randall County Grand Jury.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
Ralph Campbell
Jim Lumpkin
Canyon
Randall County
Lost white gold Elgin wrist watch in Amarillo
Gene Wade reports a white gold Elgin wrist watch lost on South Taylor Street in Amarillo near Groom Texas. He offers a reward for its return and asks to contact 5231.
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Tack
Groom
Texas
South Taylor Street
Amarillo
Gene Wade
Smiths Visit Lucerne Family During Flu Season
Mr and Mrs Harold Smith and children Bob Patty and Sue visit his parents Mr and Mrs K F Smith at the Lucerne. Ed Crabtree Potter County agricultural agent suffered an attack of flu late yesterday and is confined to bed today.
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Harold Smith
Bob
Patty
Sue
Mrs
K. F. Smith
the Lucerne
Ed Crabtree
Potter County
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Bendix Aviation Sence
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Frank Sinatra
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Connie
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Myrna Loy
William Powell
Myrna
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Bot Hope
Benny
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Wesley H. Strawn
W. H. Strawn
Clarendon
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Penetro
Chisel
Benton
Chisel Benton
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Fred Newman
Chester
Peacock
Chester Martin
Peacock Beauty Shoppe
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Texaco Products
Globe
Steopathic Hospital
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Blackburn Shaw Meral Direct Tor Ifth
Pierc
Santa Fe
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