Christmas Dissatisfaction and Heat Wave Notes
A humorous winter ramble covers extreme heat in the Plains from Elk City Oklahoma, snow in the northeast, and jokes on Christmas gifts for men. Affable Johnny Winters reports Austin politics. a reader demands the clerk’s name after a column. a San Jacinto listener warns cattle near Gem Lake pool of possible distress from a leaky windmill.
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Panhandle
Plains Country
Elk City
Oklahoma
United States
John Garbutt
San Jacinto
Gem Lake Pool
Notable Musings on Women Bosses and Domestic Cues
A column riffs on women in authority and love, citing a Boston wife tipping meals and WACs views on female leadership. It muses whether women resent female bosses, and links sleeping positions to personality and control at home.
Nordyke Story Among the Best For Year 1945
Lewis Nordyke a long time magazine writer and editor from Texas earns a place in Best Short Stories of 1945 for Ride or Not To Ride a tale about the 9318 flu outbreak on a Texas farm. His work has appeared in The Globe News Reader's Digest Saturday Evening Post and The New York Times Magazine. Nordyke formerly edited at The Country Gentleman and will have a Digest piece dramatized on NBC Cavalcade of America.
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Lewis Nordyke
Mr. Nordyke
The
Southwest Review
Globe News
Country Gentleman
Philadelphia
East
Cottonwood
Callahan County
Nordyke
Reader's Digest
Saturday Evening Post
New York Times
NBC
Winningham and Hays Income and Estate Taxes Firm Ad
R. R. Winningham and Jack Hays announce accounting and auditing services for income and estate taxes. Located at 426 Amarillo Building, contact numbers provided.
The Danger Age for Widows and Flighty Mates
A character analyst claims danger lies in the age band of forty five to fifty for women especially widows. He says formerly sedate matrons become restless seeking youth, leading to careless suitor choices and increased risk of being victimized by younger men.
Weather year shows scant snow and sparse rainfall
Weatherman H. C. Winburn notes an inch-scale moisture events and four one inch rains would have helped. The year lacked sub soil moisture, no rain in November and December dried wheat pasture, snowfall at 6.4 inches, 14 inches below normal, with a September snow trace. Sunshine average fell to 73 percent. Panhandle winds remained steady.
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H. C. Winburn
Weather Bureau
Dear Tack A Lost Brown Bonnet and Beige Glove
Mrs A C Walker reports her little girl misplaced a brown felt bonnet with green trim and a beige wool glove for the right hand. Finder please call 2-2991.
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Tack
A. C. Walker
Lost cream and blue bicycle reward offer
A reader offers a generous reward for the return of a cream and blue bicycle. A coin purse was found at 614 Polk and can be claimed by identifying its contents. Call Mrs Williams at Baracat's Oriental Shop to recover.
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Western Union
Polk
Lost Items and Rewards in Local Notices
A reader lists several lost items including a hand knit sweater between Wolflin and Twentieth with a call contact and reward, a black Elgin girls bicycle from 1936, Halloween horseshoes, and a sack of Christmas shopping, each with a reward offer and contact numbers.
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Tack
Wolflin
Twentieth
John Sandifer
Mary Bell Eldridge
Billfold Lost Near Newberrys Last Saturday
A brown leather billfold went missing last Saturday near Newberrys. The finder is asked to contact the owner if returned with identifying details.
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Tack
Newberry’s
The Boss Is an Impulsive Man
Houston report notes Louis Boldreghini ordered destruction of war stock wines rum and bran dies worth eighty thousand dollars. He had workers smash the liquor stocks on Thursday and four truck loads of damaged goods were hammered. His auditor calls him impulsive and says customers will receive only good merchandise.
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Smarty
Houston
U.P
Louis Boldreghini
Boldreghini
Request to Send Item to Route 3 Box 145
The requester asks to forward the item to Route 3 Box 145 and expresses appreciation for doing so.
Boy's Black Leather Gloves Lost Call 9976
A pair of boy's black leather gloves are missing and a finder is asked to call 9976. The notice seeks the return of the gloves with appreciation offered.
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Tack
Mascot Mischa Faces Short Navy Discharge Odds
Mischa the mascot at the U S Naval Station faces a difficult discharge review after 15 months of sea duty, with the commanding officer calculating only 8 percent points under the Navy system.
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New Orleans
U.P
U.S. Naval Station
Mischa
Tenant Finds Hand Grenade After Move Out
In Los Angeles a landlord named R. Purlis discovered a hand grenade left in a dresser drawer of an empty apartment after the tenant moved out. No injuries reported. Police were notified and investigation followed.
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Los Angeles
U.P
R. Purlis
Egg consumption in the United States tops 36 billion yearly
Reports indicate the United States consumes about 36 billion eggs each year. The figure highlights domestic demand across households and industries, reflecting broad consumption patterns and potential impacts on production and pricing.
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United States
UN Headquarters Location Decision Reported
The permanent headquarters of the United Nations Organisation will be in either the New York or Boston area, an official announcement said today in London.
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London
U.P
United Nations Organization
New York
Boston
Smelly Skunk Causes Turbulent Christmas At Dallas Home
The A. H. Thompson family in Dallas faced a nose wrinkling problem when a pole cat dug under their concrete foundation seeking winter quarters. U S Bureau of Entomology suggested tear gas and bombs, which exploded near Christmas and drove the family from the home momentarily as fumes lingered despite the skunk’s continued intrusion.
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Dallas
U.P
A. H. Thompson
Thompson
U.S. Bureau of Entomology
31 Believed Killed in Mine No. 1 Blast
Veteran miners said the explosion at Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Co Mine No. 1 near Pineville killed 31 or more workers. Rescue teams fought smoke and fire, reaching 2,500 feet from the center before halting. Ventilation failed and sealing the mine was considered if no escape is found.
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Pineville
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Co
Here
GI Ex-Convicts To Get Pardons In Texas
Fort Worth Texas December 28 Gov Coke Stevenson announced Texas will grant pardons to GI ex convicts on a personal merit basis rather than blanket pardons. The plan follows President Truman’s Christmas Eve parole of thousands of ex servicemen.
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Fort Worth
Texas
President Truman
Coke Stevenson
Truman
Verdict in Dallas woman death by own action
A verdict of death by own action was returned by Justice of the Peace W. L. Sterritt after an inquest into the death of Mrs. Samuel S. McKenney Jr., 33, of Dallas. She was killed instantly when she plunged ten stories from a building.
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Dallas
Justice of the Peace
W. L. Sterritt
Samuel S. McKenney, Jr
Vinson to Visit Texas Regions for Luncheon
Secretary of Treasury Fred Vinson is due in Denison on Thursday morning before traveling to Bonham for a luncheon hosted by speaker Sam Rayburn. Police said detectives reported on the roof scene noting a 50-foot hose fragment and life saving raft material.
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Vinson
Texas
Denison
Secretary of Treasury
Fred Vinson
Bonham
Sam Rayburn
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ROYAL
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Amarillo
Jack Hays
ALL Union
Amarillo Barbers
Mite
Bonnet
W. J. Fesler
Billfold
Micke Pollard
Tam
313 Forest
Billy Lee Foster
ED Sock
Fao
GEN
Amarillo Hotel
C. S. Pryor
Medical Arts
C. H. Baldwin
VicksVapoRub
Blackburn
Shaun
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Vam
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Pool Drug No. 1
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