Gas rationing in Chicago and wartime anecdotes
On board a train the writer notes gasoline rationing in Chicago with bootleg gas selling freely amid reduced traffic only briefly after limits began. He mentions illness, food scarcity, jokes about horse meat, and local humor. The piece also covers enlistment stats for Texas and other states, a Hitler ranch rumor, and a Texas braggin ranch explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boston
Texas
King Ranch
Matador Ranch
Panhandle
Panhandle soldiers and beef hunger in wartime cravings
A reader laments scarce roast beef and steak on dining cars and in shops while wartime rationing limits meat. He notes the $1,500 contest by The News-Globe for Panhandle soldiers landing in Germany Italy and Japan and praises Grady Camp for honoring the award. He longs for a thick sizzling steak on return to the Panhandle.
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News-Globe
Germany
Italy
Japan
North Texas
Panhandle
George G Ivy Taken by Death
George G Ivy aged 35 died at 12 15 PM in an Amarillo hospital after being born and raised in Vega. Survived by widow Lois Ivy two sons Billy Glenn and Joe Neal three brothers Roy John Ivy and Horace in the Army and three sisters Bernice Harris Mora Bell and Mrs John Majors. Body at Griggs Chapel.
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George G. Ivy
Vega
Amarillo
Lois Ivy
Billy Glenn
Joe Neal
Roy
John Ivy
Horace
United States Army
Bernice Harris
Mora Bell
John Majors
Sweetwater
Griggs Chapel
Mary Jinks Returns to Assistant Auditor Post
Mrs. Mary Jinks, previously assistant county auditor, resumes her role after the county district judges appointed John Crudgington as auditor and the commissioners court approved Crudgington's bond and Jinks' return to the assistant position.
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Mary Jinks
Frosty Hamrick
John Crudgington
Jinks
Hollywood gossip and wartime notes from 1940s press
A bustling roundup of stars and rumors including Eleanor Powell and Glenn Ford marriage chatter, Sophie Tucker signing for film sequences, Barbara Stanwyck’s soldier letter campaign, and updates on Marian Martin, Lee Trent, and Madeleine Le Beau. War bonds, previews, and light humor mix with untidy anecdotes about Cobina Wright Jr., Paulette Goddard, and others.
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Hollywood
Jimmy
Henry Aldrich
Lydon
Eleanor Powell
U. S
Glenn Ford
Warner Brothers
Sophie Tucker
Barbara Stanwyck
Marian Martin
Lee Trent
Hunt Stromberg
Charles
Homer
Smith
Missus
Madeleine le Beau
Louis Blau
Brian Donlevy
Linda
Darnell
Max Rubenstein
Cobina Wright Jr
San Francisco
Palmer Beaudette
Ann
Corio
Harmon O. Nelson
Bette Davis
Paulette Goddard
William
Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd
C. C. Directors Meeting Set for Tomorrow
Chamber of Commerce directors will meet tomorrow at noon for a bi monthly session. They will discuss a Texas Legislature bill by Senator Karl L Lovelady to place air traffic control under the railroad commission. Rex Baxter says most business will be routine and he personally opposes the proposal.
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Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Karl L. Lovelady
Meridian
Railroad Commission
Rex Baxter
Treasury urges pay-as-you-go tax collection at source
The Treasury proposed initiating pay-as-you-go income tax collection at the source as soon as possible while opposing full cancellation of last year's taxes during the transition. It urged deferral of payment over a number of years and presented these views at hearings of the House Ways and Means Committee led by General Counsel Randolph Paul.
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Washington
U.P
The
Treasury Today
Treasury
Randolph Paul
House
Ways and Means
Two Perish in Hobbs Hotel Fire
A morning blaze gutted a two story Worth Hotel in Hobbs New Mexico trapping guests. Lt Harlan K Johnston of Salt Lake City attached to Hobbs Air Base died while his wife escaped. Firefighters later recovered two bodies with efforts ongoing at mid morning to locate additional victims.
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Hobbs
N. M
Worth Hotel
Hobbs Air Base
Harlan K. Johnston
Salt Lake City
Voices of Power analyzed on USO hour program
Dr. Seth A. Fessenden of West Texas State College will discuss Voices of Power analyzing Hitler Churchill and Roosevelt. He will compare their voices using speech recordings to illustrate how voice shapes world politics. Educational motion pictures precede the lecture at 8 o clock.
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Hitler
Churchill
Roosevelt
USO
Seth A. Fessenden
Department of Speech of
West
Texas State College
Fessenden
British Destroyers Sink Submarine on Convoy Voyage
A convoy reaching Britain in early January was saved from attack by two British destroyers which sank the sole submarine sighted during the voyage, the Admiralty announced.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
Stalingrad Street Scene After Battle as Nazis Surrender
Soviet reports from Moscow describe shattered streets of Stalingrad filled with captured Germans and allies. Pravda notes endless captives, while Red Star recalls nights of shelling and hunger as sappers clear mines and civilians look on.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Pravda
Prowl ers Escapes After Nightly Altercation at Local Homes
A prowler at Westerfield Motor Freight at 1619 West Third Avenue punched by a night watchman and fled. Police report a gasoline theft. Another prowler at 1307 Broadmoor Street stole nothing while a separate break at 4821 West Tenth Avenue netted $2 from Bob Hulett’s residence.
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Westerfield Motor Freight Company
West Third Avenue
O. R. Allen
Broadmoor Street
Bob Hulett
West Tenth Avenue
Job ad seeks housekeeper for motherless home in Tulia
A family of four in Tulia Texas requests an unencumbered Christian woman with farm-life experience for a permanent housekeeper position at Box 74. The ad specifies a motherless home and a right-party candidate.
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Tack
Tulia
Texas
Going to San Antonio reader seeks ride share
A 16 year old seeks a ride to San Antonio and offers to share driving duties and costs. He asks for a responder with a driver's license and space for an extra passenger. Contact number 20496. CARE FOR CHILD seeks a girl or middle aged woman to do housework and care for a two year old son. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
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San Antonio
Tojo Delivers War Endurance Claim In Diet Broadcast
Premier Tojo told Tokyo radio Japan would fight to the end to crush America while denying territorial ambitions against the United States or South America. He spoke to the budget committee in the Diet, noting Japan has become a “have” nation due to Southwest Pacific conquests.
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Associated Press
Tojo
Tokyo Radio Today
Japan
America
United States
South America
Budget Committee
Tower House
Diet
Yusuke Tsurumi
Southwest Pacific
Britain
Corporation Court Fines Reach Daily Record
Fines in a single day at the corporation court totaled 336 dollars, a local record. Among the payments, 51 dollars came from 24 motorists, including two speeding violators whose records were forwarded to the rationing board for tire certificate considerations. The report notes other categories like gaming vagrancy and drunkenness.
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Corporation Court
Victory Command Company C to Host Service Fee Dance
Victory Command Company C is scheduled for a service fee dance at the Amarillo Hotel tonight. The event is sponsored by the Service Men's Civic Center and begins at o'clock.
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Victory Command Company C
Amarillo
Service Men's Civic Center
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