Tax Office Opens Sunday as Potter County Prepares Polls
Potter County expects about 9000 voting strength this year with 456 late poll tax receipts yesterday boosting total to 4626. Miss Jewell Davidson opened the assessor collector office on Sunday for final tax payments before penalties and voting rights, while mail payments will raise the figure slightly. Exemptions total about 3443. last year had 6455 receipts and similar exemptions as it was a regular election year. This year’s only scheduled election concerns city officials, with possible special elections. The tax office staff, tired from a holidayless week, is finishing 1942 tax collection duties.
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Potter County
Jewell Davidson
Jeffers Urges Army and Navy to Fight Rubber War
Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers told Congress the army and navy should fight and not run business or direct the civilian economy. He denied calling service members loafers and said officials had intruded into the rubber program, with Army and Navy blamed for impeding production in synthetic rubber plants.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Congress Today
Army
Navy
Amarillo girl gets lost in home town suburb
A corporal from Amarillo Field escorts a local girl home after a dance. They miss their aunt’s street and wander until a lighted porch reveals the aunt’s house. The pair are met with humor for the misadventure and lack of familiarity with suburbia.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Field
Country Club Terrace
Navy recruiting office operates under wartime non recruiting policy
Chief Harry Longabach and Yeoman John Carraway staff the local Navy Recruiting Station only to keep open as required. No naval recruitment is allowed since Pearl Harbor, with hours 8 am to 6 pm. Drafts will be channeled through area induction centers and draftees may choose service preference. Panhandle induction center is in Lubbock.
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Harry Longabach
Navy
John Carraway
Pearl Harbor
War Department
Naval
Marine
Coast Guard
Army
Panhandle
Lubbock
Bones Hooks Has Three Nephews in Air Corps
Three nephews of Matthew Bones Hooks the North Heights figure serve in the Army Air Corps. Sons of his sister Eva Lipscomb of San Diego, they are stationed at Tuskegee Alabama. Ira Lipscomb Jr. and Wendell Lipscomb are commissioned officers and Olin Lipscomb is a sergeant.
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Matthew “Bones” Hooks
North Heights
Army Air Corps
Hooks
Eva Lipscomb
San Diego
Big Negro Air Training Center
Tuskegee
Ala
Ira Lipscomb, Jr
Wendell Lipscomb
Olin Lipscomb
Texas
Amarillo Women Enlist in WAACs at Lubbock Station
Mrs. Beulah B. Johnson of Amarillo and Mrs. Naomi A. Hubbard enrolled Saturday in the WAACs at the Lubbock Army Recruiting Station. Hubbard, of 1207 Lincoln Street, is employed by Scot Hatcher. her husband is overseas. Lt. Rose Smothers tours the Panhandle to interview applicants. Details at the local recruiting station in the post office building.
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Beulah B. Johnson
Naomi A. Hubbard
Amarillo
Waacs
Lubbock
Johnson
McCartt
Super Market
Hubbard
Lincoln Street
Scot Hatcher
Ed Goodson
Rose Smothers
WAAC
Panhandle
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Army
T. K. Morris
Crudgington Becomes County Auditor Faces Tax Hurdle
John Crudgington assumed the county auditor post succeeding Mary Jinks and Frosty Hamrick. He immediately confronted a wage arrangement in the county farm and Northwest Texas Hospital where workers receive food and lodging untaxed, while now facing income and victory tax implications.
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John Crudgington
Northwest Texas Hospital
Crudgington
Mary Jinks
Frosty Hamrick
John B. Herndon Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for 64 year old John B. Herndon will be at 4 PM Tuesday in Blackburn Shaw memorial chapel with Rev. E R Foster officiating. Interment in Llano Cemetery. He had been a resident and business man in Amarillo for 17 years. Family home 603 East Fourth Ave. Survived by widow, his parents, two sisters, a brother and a stepson.
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John B. Herndon
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
E. R. Foster
Assembly of God
Llano Cemetery
Herndon
Amarillo
East Fourth Avenue
Amarillo Woman Offers Reward for Lost Money
Mrs. F. E. DuBose of 1210 East Fourth Avenue reports losing $30 in bills near Allen's Shoe Store on Polk Street. She dropped two twenty dollar bills and one ten dollar bill. a twenty was found, but the remaining thirty dollars remain missing. A five dollar reward is offered for the return of the money.
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F. E. DuBose
East Fourth Avenue
Allen
Polk Street
Senate confirms Lee's appointment to Civil Aeronautics Board
The Senate approved President Roosevelt's nomination of Josh Lee, former Democratic senator from Oklahoma, to the Civil Aeronautics Board by 46 to 31. Two freshmen Republicans Moore of Oklahoma and Robertson of Wyoming led a brief, unsuccessful attempt to block the confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Board
Moore
Robertson
Wyoming
Prisoners Flee Italian Sub During Battle
Allied pilots recount rescue after an Italian transport submarine was hit by a British plane off North Africa. Lieut J C Lentz and four others were rescued by British destroyers, later returning to duty in Africa with the 12th Air Force. Three more Allied prisoners aboard were believed drowned.
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C. R. Cunningham
North Africa
Italy
Lieut
J. C. Lentz
Paris
Texas
Lentz
Africa
12Th Air Force
Malta
Donal M. Bryan
Kalispell, Mont
Earle S. Millicamp
Lake Wales
Fla
Bryan
Millichamp
Tripoli
Beaufort
Legion Posts to Convene at Capitol Hotel Tomorrow
Hanson Post American Legion executive board will meet at noon at the Capitol Hotel, Commander E A Simpson announced. All Legion and Auxiliary members are invited to attend a combined business and social meeting at the Legion Home with 25 year members to receive certificates. Lew Fields and Sam Page promise an entertainment program and a postmeeting dance.
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Hanson Post American Legion
Capitol Hotel
E. A. Simpson
John Robinson
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Auxiliary
Legion Home
Lew Fields
Sam Page
Mrs. L. B. DeArmon Dies in Duncan Oklahoma
Mrs. L. B. DeArmon age 80 died at her home in Duncan Oklahoma Sunday morning. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Paoli Oklahoma at 2 oclock. She was mother of Mrs. K. D. Cullum and grandmother of Miss Maxine Jones of 1012 South Buchanan Street. Survived by five sons and three daughters.
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L. B. DeArmon
Duncan
Okla
Paoli
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Rutledge Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11 to 0 for the nomination of Judge Wiley Blount Rutledge as associate justice of the Supreme Court. Four senators withheld votes to gauge Rutledge's position on Roosevelt's 1937 court enlargement bill. Ferguson pressed for a clear answer on Rutledge's stance and backing of the bill.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wiley Blount Rutledge
Supreme Court
Rutledge
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Wheeler
Montana
Langer
South Dakota
Ferguson
Michigan
Revercomb
West Virginia
District of Columbia Appeals Court
Senate
Nominee Withdraws in State Bar Contest
Former District Judge Ralph W. Yarborough withdrew from the four nominees for the presidency of the State Bar of Texas. In a letter, he said he had been appointed a captain in the judge advocate general's department of the army and required to report for duty. He cited the bar's need for organized direction as incompatible with a candidacy.
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Austin
Ralph W. Yarborough
State Bar of Texas
Bar
Yarborough
Judge Advocate General's Department of the Army
Five Army Fliers Killed in Midland Crash
Five army fliers were killed when a navigation training plane based at Mather Field California crashed 18 miles east of Midland during a training flight from Williams Field Arizona. Cause was not determined and the bodies were brought to Midland.
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Midland
Army
Mather Field
Calif
Williams Field
Ariz
Kiwanis Club Donates Iron Lung to Potter County
The San Jacinto Kiwanis Club donates an iron lung to Potter County for emergency infantile paralysis cases. County commissioners accept the gift and plan installation at Northwest Texas Hospital. The machine cost about 400 dollars and will be shipped from Dallas soon for use locally.
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San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Potter County
Percy Blackburn
Commissioners Court
Northwest Texas Hospital
John Brinkley
Dallas
Blackburn
Missing dog appeal from Green seeks return of Colly
Tack Leffers page 2 column reprints a lost dog notice from H. Green of 1600 A Lipscomb St asking for help to recover Colly a nearly all black retriever with white collar and white nose strip. The note provides contact numbers 20743 and 2-6691 and mentions a two year old daughter who misses the pet.
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Tack
Anne Adams Pattern 4332 for two piece suit in Spring line
Anne Adams introduces pattern 4332 a two piece design for matrons with a yoked blouse and optional bodice top. Available in women's sizes 32 to 46 fabric yardage varies by size 36 uses 3 1 2 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send sixteen cents for pattern and order to Amarillo News Pattern Department New York.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Fobe
Pattern Department
17Th Street
New York
Amarillo News Pattern Department
West 17Th St
N. Y
Wanted Ranch Help and Household Work
Two separate notices seek work: a ranch hand from a family with one child and a short-term housework job for baby washing. Also a wallet loss at Polk Street with a reward for recovery addressed to Meyer Rothenberg at Amarillo Army Air Field.
Lonely Gentleman Seeks Correspondence from Readers
Carpenter and farmer TOM SIMMONS invites letters via Fay Berry in Lakeview Texas. He signs as a lonely gentleman seeking friendly women with shared interests.
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Tack
Tom Simmons
Fay Berry
Lakeview
Texas
Lucian Upshaw Promoted to First Lieutenant in Marines
Lucian Upshaw son of Mr and Mrs Fancher Upshaw of Amarillo has been promoted to first lieutenant in the marines. The promotion was announced by a letter received by his parents yesterday. He is serving in the Pacific war zone after being commissioned last June from the Marine Officers Training School. His brother Fancher Upshaw Jr a captain in the marines has served about two years and is on the battle front.
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Lucian Upshaw
Fancher Upshaw
Amarillo
Marines
Upshaw
Marine, Officers’ Training School
Fancher Upshaw, Jr
Behavior Problems To Be Discussed
A PTA sponsored session on behavior problems will be held at 2:20 tomorrow afternoon in Horace Mann School. Lloyd H. Jones will discuss the unfavorable behavior pattern at Tuesday's meeting. Teachers, parents and others interested are invited. The series started before Christmas and runs through the semester with sessions every two weeks. next study after tomorrow is set for Feb 16.
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PTA
Horace Mann
Lloyd H. Jones
Corporation Court Fines Total $90
Fines from Saturday court actions totaled 90 dollars reported to the city auditor. Of this amount 25 dollars was paid by 19 motorists including one charged with reckless driving and another with blocking traffic.
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Corporation Court
Instructor and cadet killed in Moore Field plane crash
Lieutenant Glenn Howland an instructor and Cadet Benjamin Cotton were killed in a routine flight crash at Moore Field the public relations office announced. Howland is listed as the son of Mrs. Max Auther Monterey.
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McCallen
Glenn Howland
Benjamin Cotton
Moore Field
Howland
Max Auther
Monterey
Dying Woman Misses Estranged Husband
Mrs Mary Murray lay critical at North County Community Hospital and asked friends to summon her estranged husband John to her bedside. While they searched in vain, a hit and run victim was brought to the hospital next door. Mrs Murray died at eleven p m without seeing her husband, and a few minutes later the man in the adjacent room was identified as John Murray.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
Mary Murray
Pilal
John
State Rests in Flynn Trial
The state rested today in the Errol Flynn trial in Hollywood California three weeks after two teenage girls accused the movie hero of statutory rape.
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Hollywood
Cal
U.P
Errol Flynn
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B. B. Williams
Carl A. Cadwell State Farm Insurance Co
East Fifth
Naval Office
Bones Hooks
Air Corps
Lee
Great West
SUE
RINSO
West 7Th Ave
Executive Board of
Legion Meets
Globe-News
Kiwanis Club
Tack Leffers
Mie Jenkins
Buchanan Street
van Buren Street
George B. Morgan, JR
Billfold
T-Sgt
Meyer Rothenberg
422Nd Tech
Sch. Sq
Amarillo Army Air Field
Tam
Pennie
Madison Street
Verre
Sarena
Dickson Drug Store
9Th and Polk St
Flynn
Amanvillo
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