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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1944
Page
2
Senator James J. Davis a Republican from Pennsylvania announces he will seek reelection. He spoke today in Washington outlining his campaign goal and representing his party.
Three girls from Munice Indiana linked to an attack case involving three Amarillo Field privates were returned home. The soldiers faced charges in field court and received brief sentences, per county officials.
The Amarillo Girl Scouts report a 1943 year with 204 registered adults and 726 girls in city limits, 355 new members, ten new troops, and a strong war time service emphasis. Camp Kiwanis hosted 260 campers with activities from swimming to archery, while cookie sales funded camp costs and Community Chest support.
Amarillo officials led by Wade Brymer plan a Friday trip to Austin to meet the state highway commission. The Panhandle group, numbered six on the docket, seeks a north south superhighway in the network, with only Highway 66 shown for the region. Rex Baxter reports the network is still a proposal while Tugwell and Bartholemew are noted as former committee members.
The Khiva Temple divan led by John McCarty announces a strictly business session for tomorrow night at 312 Fast Fifth Avenue. Fred Galle urges every Shriner to attend, noting the meeting is the first of the year and will be highly important.
Mabel Cornelius returns to Amarillo with the slogan More Beauty for More Women and will give free skin analyses at Cretney's cosmetics department all week. She represents Frances Denney of Philadelphia and New York, has 14 years with Denney, and says she feels at home in Texas.
Miss Leone Spinning, purchaser for White and Kirk's, will leave Friday for New York City on a shopping tour. She expects many new spring styles and items to show a record buying trip. FIELD IS NOW PUBLISHER CHICAGO.
Army Capt R M Smith praises the 6 wheeled 24 ton amphibious Duck used in the Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific. Ducks carry supplies from transports to shore and inland dumps, support beachheads at Nettuno and Salerno, and serve as fast water and land transport in river crossings and surprise landings.
United States air forces dropped three tons of bombs on Bangkok ordnance works Friday night, starting fires. Medium bombers hit Dong Hoi and targets in Indo China, destroying bridges and trains, and a locomotive. Sea sweeps off China reported several freighters sunk or damaged, with planes missing. Tokyo radio claimed Vice Admiral Teruo Akiyama killed in action on the southern front.
The Duck can bog down and then engage a power driven winch to pull itself forward or backward when attached to a tree or shore support. Some Ducks include a crane to unload cargo from itself or other vehicles.
An advertisement for Postal Life and Casualty Insurance offers a sickness and accident policy paying up to 100 dollars monthly for disability, hospital benefits, and a 1000 dollar benefit to beneficiaries if killed. No medical exam, free inspection, no agent contact, monthly or quarterly payment options, and no waiting period. Send name, address, age, occupation, and beneficiary to 6971 Postal Life Building Kansas City MO.
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