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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1944
Page
2
A long, rambling column from Amarillo covers winter weather, economics, and daily life. It notes a likely end to the harsh winter with the Panhandle trough closing, plus anecdotes on rising meat costs, hotel bedbug fears, and shifts in American eating habits and travel. It includes reflections on farm wives’ hard work, airport plans, and light social asides.
A column discusses the chaotic chatter around the 1932 Democratic primary and corrections to ballot errors. It notes discrepancies in reporting on write ins, the correct date for May precinct conventions, Hatch Act limits on OPA workers, and potential campaigning by ration board members. It also covers the Texas Methodist Women’s Council stance against poll taxes and their push for prison reform with a 460,000 member base, meeting in Austin.
Mrs Grady Camp will direct the Eleventh annual Easter seal sale sponsored by the Crippled Children's Council in Amarillo. From March 9 to Easter April 9 proceeds from one cent seals in sheets of 100 aid medical care hospitalization and special education for crippled children with funds left with the county chapter. Dr Sam B Whitely of Commerce chairs the Texas Society for Crippled Children notes the polio epidemic has increased the society burden.
Judd Kidd, an odd jobs man living alone in North Amarillo, drank what he believed to be castor oil but tasted camphorated oil. He was rushed by ambulance to Northwest Texas hospital about 10:45 this morning near the Mobil Inn Cafe and remained unconscious this afternoon. doctors said his condition was not critical.
A leadership training course for Girl Scout workers starts tomorrow at 2 PM at the Girl Scout Headquarters. Miss Eloise DeLay and Miss Shirley Hanners will teach. Open to all women interested in Girl Scout work. The course includes five sessions with remaining dates to be set tomorrow afternoon.
February hosts many birth dates of notable figures across history. The text lists multiple individuals with their birthdates, including White, Lamb, Darwin, Lincoln, Galileo, Anthony, Hancock, Longfellow, Cody, and Longfellow among others, spanning diverse fields and eras.
Dallas officials seek full engineering data on two potential sites for new airports. A planning engineer studies locations while Denver prepares to transfer a $3,000,000 modification center back to the War Department. The Denver lease runs to June 30, 1968 with a $1 rent during the emergency and $1,250 annually afterward.
Commissioners court awards a contract to Neil Singleton to repair the cattle barn roof at the Tri-State Fair Grounds. Work must finish for the Amarillo Fat Stock Show in March and is on a cost plus 15 percent basis.
Mrs Nellie Thompson Woodall aged 64 died at her daughter’s home in Happy at 2 30 am She was a Methodist and had lived in Happy five months Surviving are three other daughters Hattier Williams and Mamie Olton of Oklahoma City and Anna Elster of Dallas a brother Sam Copeland of Fort Worth and two grandchildren The body will be sent to Waco tonight by Griggs Thompson Funeral Home of Canyon.
A freight locomotive whistle in the Santa Fe yards stuck and rang around 3 a.m. waking residents and calling many from slumber at the Amarillo Globe News office. The noisy incident drew attention as telephones ringed with the clamor.
The commissioners court approved three new deputies in county offices. Iris Prescott joins the tax office, Mabeth Lawson the attorney's office, and Gail Ciaccia the clerk's office.
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Marine sergeant Ercel D Crawford, home from 20 months in the Southwest Pacific, brings bride-to-be Eris Wright of Rock Springs Wyoming. They plan marriage this week. He served two enlistments with the Marines and most recent duty was on Midway Island.
The Boy Scout troops begin selling War Bonds on KGNC for the Fourth War Loan campaign. They will have a citywide house to house canvas led by the Scout bicycle corps and Civilian Defense volunteers during the campaign week.
City hall reports in corporation court show fines for drunkenness have risen from about 5 to 10 dollars, with some as high as 265. A morning submission recorded a new high, with 32 regular docket cases netting 320 and 19 traffic violators fined 65, setting a record.
Mrs. P. J. Wooldridge of 2217 Ong Street is receiving treatment at St. Anthony's Hospital and cannot receive visitors. The document references past fines and a legal matter with ILI.
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