Watch found, caller warns of watch and pin loss
A caller reported a found Lady Bulova wristwatch and later sought help locating its owner at The News Globe office. A resident asked Tack to help recover a lost wedding pin, referencing a yellow gold lapel pin lost near the Paramount Theater and Taylor's Market in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Faulkner
Faulkner
Ninth and
Tyler
Carlin
News-Globe
Amarillo
Paramount
Taylor
C. E. Posey, JR
1914
van Buren
Winter Weather Lingers Amid War Bond Event At The Paramount
Amid unseasonable heat and heavy humidity a News-Globe notice invites mothers of servicemen to attend an honor program at The Paramount with Mayor Jenkins Wes Izzard and a $100 war bond for various service mothers. The piece bundles community notes, light gossip, and public notices into a single column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Marines
Mr. King
Paramount
News-Globe
Mayor Jenkins
Wes Izzard
Dear Tack seeks match for housework by single white woman
A reader named Howard Stephens of Amarillo requests a correspondence and meeting with a single white woman aged 30 to 45 for general housework. He offers room and board if desired, or she may return home nights, asking to call 8420.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Howard Stephens
General Delivery
Amarillo
Lost discharge papers of a World War II veteran
Ernest R. Johnson requests recovery of lost Army discharge papers and other valuables, reportedly kept in a large yellow envelope. He asks helpers to contact him at 502 Jefferson and notes his service details. He is listed at Central Fire Station with ID 6277255.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R. Johnson
Central Fire Station
Beck Pictured in Woman's Home Companion Feature
Article in the February Woman's Home Companion highlights Pfc. Robert James Beck of Amarillo in a field hospital unit. Beck, formerly of Amarillo, lived there 1937 to 1942, was in the Sandie band, and graduated from local high school. His APO address is 51st Field Hospital, New York City. parents Mr. and Mrs. Virgil S. Beck live in Albuquerque. He is reported safe after the major German drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Woman's Home Companion
Pfc
Robert James Beck
Amarillo
Beck
Sandie
51St Field Hospital
Apo
New York City
Virgil S. Beck
Albuquerque
Local students in show at University of Texas
Amarillo students Mary Browning and Pat McClar ney are on the dance team for the comic opera The Bartered Bride to be staged Feb. 6 to 10. The setting is a festival day in Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Browning
Pat McClarney
Amarillo
University of Texas
Czechoslovakia
Robbery Ties Two Borger Kidnapping to Earlier Heist
Two Borger drugstore employees were hijacked by a man with a sawed off shotgun near Borger. He forced them to drive east, stole $7, the overcoat, and the car, a 1941 Chevrolet, bearing license YO 4817. The suspect is described as 40s, 5 6, 160 pounds, tan jacket, brown hat, gray trousers. A similar robbery occurred last Saturday at Whiteway Grocery in Here, where two clerks were robbed of about $800 in checks and cash. Oscar Gano III, a former Canyon and Amarillo resident, is ill in St Anthony's Hospital.
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Borger
D. K. Hall
Lucille Miles
Barney's Pharmacy
Hall
Texas
Sheriff Lane
Whiteway
North
Buchanan
Amarillo
W. M. Fowlkes
Fred Nunn
Nunn
Fowlkes
Oscar Gano III
Oscar Gano
Canyon and
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Death Takes Father of Mrs. Johnson
J. E. McMillan father of Mrs. M. T. Johnson died of a stroke at his Dallas home in his seventies. A longtime Amarillo visitor, he traveled from Gunnison County Colorado to Almont fishing, and his death was learned in Amarillo with Mrs. Johnson and Hap Johnson leaving for Dallas. He is survived by his widow, three other daughters Ruth near Baltimore, Mrs. Robert Goble of Sherman, and Mrs. F. F. McNaughton of Pekin Illinois.
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J. E. McMillan
M. T. Johnson
Hayden
Dallas
McMillan
Amarillo
Almont
Gunnison County
Colo
Johnsons
Alanreed
Johnson
Hap Johnson
Mrs. Martha Barton Dies Shortly After Birth in Roswell
Mrs. Martha L. Barton, 30, died in a local hospital at 12 45 this morning two hours after giving birth to an infant daughter named LaDonna. Born in Amarillo April 22 1914 she was the wife of Sgt L H Barton now with the U S Army in the Philippines. Surviving are her husband parents A J and A Kronbeck Amarillo two brothers Jack Kronbeck Seabees and Frank Kronbeck Denver and the infant LaDonna. Funeral arrangements will be announced by N S Griggs and Sons.
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Martha L. Barton
Barton
Amarillo
L.H. Barton
U. S. Army
Philippines
Sergeant Barton
Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company
Roswell
N. M
A. J. Kronbeck
Seaman Jack Kronbeck
The
Seabees
Frank Kronbeck
Denver
LaDonna
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Allied Push Into Siegfried Line Deepens With Patton Army
American forces under General Patton drove two miles into German soil along a 40 mile front as German resistance pulled back from major sections of the Siegfried Line. The retreat widened northeast of Monschau while heavy American artillery supported the advance. Farther south the French First Army cleared German resistance along the Rhine west bank for 30 miles south of Strasbourg.
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Patterson
Siegfried Line
Patton
Third Army
Monschau
Cologne
Rhine
Strasbourg
1500 Tickets for Mothers at Since You Went Away Event
The Globe-News and Interstate Theaters sponsor a mothers of service men party at the Paramount Theater. One thousand five hundred tickets are available at the Globe-News office from 9 o clock tomorrow. the film Since You Went Away opens at 9 with orchestra music and refreshments.
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News-Globe
Globe-News
Interstate
Paramount Theater
Clay Thornton
Panhandle Laundry
Claudette Colbert
Shirley Temple
Jennifer Jones
Joseph Cotten
Monty Woolley
Lionel Barrymore
Robert Walker
David O. Selznick
Jury Wheel Scrambles Names for Next Call
The Potter County jury wheel was spun in the District Clerk Ben Smith's office with names of eligible men mixed for a preparatory drawing of a petit jury panel. Deputy Sheriff Dick Vaughn turned the wheel while District Judge Henry S. Bishop and Mr. Smith supervised.
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Ben Smith
Potter County
Dick Vaughn
Henry S. Bishop
Mr. Smith
Gus Barr Becomes Chamber Photographer in Amarillo
Gus Barr assistant secretary of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce is set to add his credit to Chamber photos. He has built a miniature Hollywood setup in his office with lights and a tripod camera and plans to photograph board members first. Barr is a four year amateur photographer and member of the Amarillo Photographic Society.
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Gus Barr
Hollywood
Mr. Barr
Amarillo Photographic Society
Texas Probate Laws Need Revision Urged by Dooley
Joe B. Dooley of Amarillo called for a revision of Texas probate laws and the Texas Bar Association committee recommended authorizing 12 lawyers to study rewrites. Dooley said he has not received the committee's formal recommendations. The revised laws would be submitted to the legislature at the next session, per Jeff Stinson of Dallas.
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Texas
Joe B. Dooley
Amarillo
Texas Bar Association
The
State Bar Association
Dooley
Jeff Stinson
Dallas
Pvt Hal Dobkins Returns From Army Duty at Amarillo
Private Hal Dobkins is stationed at Amarillo Army Airfield and comes home. His parents Mr and Mrs D A Dobkins, formerly of Albuquerque, lived in this area 1936 to 1942. His father was with the Soil Conservation Service.
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Hal Dobkins
Amarillo Army Airfield
Dobkins
D. A. Dobkins
Albuquerque
Mr. Dobkins
The
Soil Conservation Service
Careful inspection of tears before Laundering
A local household tip urges checking clothes for tears rips and stains prior to washing to prevent further damage and save on repairs and replacements over time.
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Wolflin
Dalhart
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Nebraska
Batson
J. Ernest Batson
Madison
San Antonio
Mr. Batson
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Fenner Lynch, Pierce, & Beane
Smelt & Ref
Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Armour & Co
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric Jones
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodyear Ee
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Em RR Cos
Phillips
Nor Pac Ry Pure
Radio Corp
Rep Steel
Sham Dee
Sears ‘ A. & Gas Eter
Shelmon
Socony Vacuum
Seree Hewes
Sean Ounce
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Tex Gulf Sylph
Tidewater
Union Carbide
United Aircraft Wees
Wilson & Co
White Motors
Warner Bros
Western Union
Ceres
Woolworth
Atlantic
Pacific
Potts Ingerton
Potts
Mr. Ingerton
East
New York
Feddists
Knox
Winchell
WAC
Santa Monica
Pearl Harbor
Newspaper Guild
Eric Johnson
Flagler Gardens
Senate
South Pacific
MacArthur
Milt Herth
Wall Street
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Vines Currant
Tex Mcllory
Hood County
Lubbock
Jefferson
Robert Johnson
Globe News
Mrs. Johnson
L. H. Barton
Grigen
CSE de Cades
Sia
Jury Wheel
Chamber of Commerce
Barr
Amarilo's
Blackburn-Shaur Funeral Directors
Pierce
Servel
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