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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1942
Page
9
CBS broadcast recounts the four American destroyers luring Japanese ships away from transports near the Borneo coast. They turned through a rainstorm, broke through the cruiser line, and attacked the unprotected transports, sinking several vessels before returning to base.
A soprano soloist, en route to sing at a funeral, bought a hat and asked an usher to hold it. She arrived just as the service began and found her spring hat with violets and hyacinths on the casket, creating a humorous mix up.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night will be staged Friday at 8:30 p m by the Chekhov Theater Players at West Texas State College Canyon in the Panhandle entrance. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students. The troupe is praised as a leading Shakespearean company with a strong track record. The show marks the panhandle’s first Shakespeare presentation in years.
An advertisement promotes St Joseph Aspirin as pure and advises customers to choose genuine St Joseph Aspirin, noting it is the world’s largest seller at 10c and offering larger sizes 26 tablets for 20c and 100 tablets for 35c.
Amarillo’s 12 Dixie Dice Dancers present a Valentine variety show titled You're In The Army Now for 30,000 Camp Bowie soldiers in Brownwood. The act includes 20 rhythmic numbers, with the Camp Bowie Band accompanying and Amarillo men in the band contributing. The event funds a local drive and serves as a home news bureau for soldiers, with rehearsals slated Friday and performances over the weekend.
A Wide World dispatch explains guayule rubber, grown in the Southwest, as a potential wartime source. It notes past efforts by Intercontinental Rubber Co to boost yields, the economics of seed limits, and projections showing four years to commercial viability with cost comparisons to tree and synthetic rubber.
The sisters of St Marys Academy plan a carnival at Cathedral Hall next Monday evening starting at five thirty. The sale features candy, pop, hot dogs, dancing and side shows for all ages with a chicken dinner menu and a 50 cent ticket for students. Proceeds support school purposes.
AUSTIN Feb 11 U P Rents are about 25 percent higher around army camps and in cities with defense construction according to a University of Texas Bureau of Business Research progress report on Texas family expenditures. The survey shows average rent statewide $233 a year, $307 in five defense towns, Texas family education spend about $100 yearly, per capita monthly food costs $10.97 for whites, $6.42 for Mexicans, $6.49 for Negroes, and home ownership at 48.5 percent. The study uses questionnaires from 21 communities across the state with full conclusions to come in the final volume.
Court records list numerous property transfers including Henry Knighton to Roman Catholic Diocese and Lena M Johnson to Roy Mathey with prices from 10 to 3500 dollars. Several deeds involve Bivins and Plemons areas plus other townsites. District Court shows multiple divorces and a batch of marriage licenses.
A congressional committee charged defense brokers with amassing untold millions in profits from war contracts. The report urges cost-plus contracts reform, recovery of losses to the government, and new limits on sub contracts profits. It calls for experienced brokers under regulation and continued scrutiny to prevent future excesses.
Amarillo residents recall last war with nostalgia and caution noting sugar rations, paper shortages, and thrift stamps while yellowing memories of stockpiles, charcoal filters, and rationed cameras frame a reflection on enduring war experiences across generations.
The Central Presbyterian Church hosts the third Church Night tonight at 7. A 6:15 covered dish supper precedes, hosted by Amanda McFarland Circle. Dr. R. Thomson teaches the adult class on The Christian Imperative while FE Paul Hovey discusses Seed and the Soil for seniors and Brothertown for intermediates. The children's group is led by Mrs. S. R. Conger. nursery will be available. The entire family is invited.
Texas Defense Guard Camp A and the Band hold regular drill tonight at o clock at the high school arm. Captain A Petersen announces day. Members to be measured for uniforms and physicals. Additional bandsmen needed. report to the drill tonight or contact Bob Mueller, director.
Three centers in Paris reported bombs thrown at the pro Nazi social revolutions movement. The incidents were cited by a DNB dispatch via German radio as reported from London. In Louisville, Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice, 72, author of Mrs. Wiggs the Cabbage Patch, died at home last night after a long illness.
Ad copy describes itching relief for eczema ringworm pimples scabies with Blue Star Ointment. Claims the first jar fails to satisfy and urges retry, noting money back or repeat use as nature heals.
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