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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1942
Page
3
Baltimore war plant workers plan swift transformations from grease to party dress for New Year’s Eve. 18 year old Dorothy L Bauer, an 18 year old welder, and Necia Bersley describe quick changes to celebrate at 8 AM New Year’s Day while continuing war production.
Washington reports that bakers will not carve bread starting next month due to a price-control order. Any knife at least seven inches long and sharp will cut bread, with production limited to 60 percent of 1941 levels to meet normal demand.
Calendar notes events across Amarillo venues with late night dances and watch party. Activities include Amarillo Country Club New Year’s Eve dance at Poplar Grove Woodmen Hall and Polk Street Methodist watch party from 8 to 12, plus junior and senior events at various centers.
Non rationed kidneys are promoted as a nutritious alternative rich in protein B vitamins and iron. Recipes include Kidneys on Waffles using lamb or pork kidneys and a mushroom variant served over rice. The piece frames kidneys as affordable hearty fare suitable for gatherings and dinners.
The newspaper sets Friday noon deadlines for the Sunday woman's pages continuing weekly until Christmas Day. The department will remain open on New Year’s Day.
Polk Street Methodist Church holds a party for the Young People and Senior Departments from 8 until 12 o'clock at the church.
ADELAIDE KERR describes Dorothy Liebes as a premier one woman show in American business and textiles. Liebes envisions postwar design driven by Pacific influence, China India and South Sea patterns, while continuing to weave in her San Francisco studio with eight to fifteen workers. She blends beadwork chenille fur and threads into jackets and curtains, studies at UC and Columbia, and runs on four hours sleep while dictating dozens of letters nightly.
The year marks women’s expanded wartime roles from WAAC SPARS WAVES and nurses to pilots and the first US Women’s Ferrying Squadron. Millions enter war industries and auxiliary services while the Manpower Commission forms a dedicated women’s policy committee. The Mackenzie River note closes the piece.
A report analyzes total nursing resources in the country for military and civilian services, compares nurse to population ratios, and estimates the number of student nurses required to meet anticipated demand.
Ornamental pineapple crochet patterns sold as easy to handle strips. Three for a chair back five for a davenport and one for each arm rest. Cost about 30 cents in fine cotton. Pattern 2971 includes stitch directions and materials. Send coins to The Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY with pattern number name and address.
A dense listing of radio programming for Thursday and Friday across NBC MBS TSN and local networks, detailing time slots from 6:00 p.m. to 3:45 a.m. including Fred Waring Abbott and Costello and Lone Journey with a New Year’s Eve party.
The first exclusive WAAC platoon, the Texas Rangerettes, sworn in December 7 at Pearl Harbor Day, must complete home duties before reporting to Fort Des Moines January 13 as training begins. They are to report to Lubbock January 16. V Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, was born in Sharon Vermont in 1805.
United States Public Health Service conducts a second national survey of Amarillo nurses to assess available nursing power for home and warfront duty. McNutt urges all graduate registered nurses to active service, citing urgent shortages and possible lives at stake.
New Year’s Day Holy Communion at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ravenna at 10 A M with a peace intention. Rev. Frederick A. Foster will offer a short meditation as the president calls for a day of public and private prayer. The public is invited. Mrs. Robert Shipley knit 90 sweaters for 90 servicemen. Britain’s farmers plowed 4,000,000 acres in 18 months.
The USO calendar announces a new do as you please night next Thursday and seven dances in the first week of the year. A tea dance Sunday at the Amarillo Hotel is sponsored by the Service Men's Civic Center with Company B of Victory Command attending. Additional Victory Command dances occur Tuesday at the Amarillo Hotel and two are slated at the Auditorium USO due to downtown renovations. Other events include classical music, basketball, volleyball, and educational lecture forums on movies.
An old advertisement touts the BC formula for rapid relief from headaches and neuralgia, noting effectiveness on muscular aches and periodic pains. It suggests use as a sedative for simple nervousness and lists 10c and 25c sizes with directions to consult a physician if pains persist.
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