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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1945

Page

2

Amarillo Philharmonic to stage all-Russian program

The Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra under Robert Louis Barron will present an all-Russian program in the USO Auditorium starting at 8:30. The lineup includes Glinka Overture to Russian and Ludmilla, Rachmaninoff’s Prokofiev Classical Symphony in D major, Borodin’s On the Steppes, and Tschaikowsky selections from the Nutcracker. Tickets are $1.20 for adults and 64 cents for students.

Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra Robert Louis Barron Russia Ludmilla Prokofieff Mozart Central Asia Borodine Tschaikowsky Walt Disney USO

Health Units Are Combined In Potter County and Amarillo

Potter County Commissioners Court approved combining the Amarillo and Potter County health units. The joint City-County Health Unit will start March 1 under City Commission direction to pursue federal and state grants and eliminate duplication for smoother sanitation and preventive care.

Potter County Commissioners Court Amarillo Potter County City A P. Hancock Joe Jennkns Oscar Hargett Bob Epperson State Department of Health Sam Aaronson D. M Conxgill E. O. Northcutt George Killian Lon Sellars Ray Daniels Jack Swann Am- Tilla Amarilla Independent School District

Many Motorists Have Wrong Plates In Texas

State highway patrol reports many out of state drivers use outdated 1944 plates. Deadline has passed in 20 states including Alabama Arkansas California and New York. Drivers must obtain 1944 February March licenses or apply for 1945 licenses, with Texas title or receipt enabling immediate processing at the county tax office.

Polk Ivy Texas Highway Patrol Alabama Air- Tod Arkansa California Texas Frank Hoyt State Highway Patrol

40 et 8 Ladies Night Planned for Tomorrow

The 40 et 8 Ladies Night will be at 7 30 tomorrow at Amarin Country Club. Officials say wives or dates pay 150 per plate. there is no admission for members or guests otherwise. Attendees must wear official 40 et 8 caps per Bill Imel.

Westite Amarin Country Club Bill Imel Vatture

Fred Hicks Held by Muskogee Officers

Sheriff Bill Adams reports Muskogee officers are holding Fred Hicks on a pickup order from Potter County. Hicks faces district court charges of wife desertion and will be returned to stand trial after waiving extradition.

Bill Adams Muskogee Okla Fred Hicks Potter County Hicks Muskogeee Adem

Right of Way Agent Named for Santa Fe Western Lines

G C Jefferis announced the appointment of Henry C Munn as right of way agent for the Santa Fe Western Lines effective Friday. Munn replaces F E Beardley who resigned to become an industrial engineer for the D&RGW in Colorado. Leo J Dove will fill the vacancy left by Munn as chief in the engineering office. Promotions in the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway traffic department include F H Hemphill moving to El Paso as city freight and passenger agent and L C Denney moving to Amarillo as traveling freight and passenger agent. J W Jones Jr advances to traveling freight and passenger agent based in San Angelo.

Henry C. Munn Santa Fe G. C. Jefferis Mr. Munn N. M First Christian Church Lions Club Toastmasters’ Club Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Texas New Mexico H. C. Vincent F. H. Hemphill San Angelo Fl Paso L. C. Denney Amarillo J. W. Jones Jr Lubbock

Markets Dow Jones Stocks and Kansas City Livestock Summary

Market report shows industrials at 195.91 up 1.06 and utilities at 27.71 up 0.22. Kansas City livestock records buyers and sellers, cattle and hog prices, with top steers around 15.90 to 15.75 per cwt and hogs steady near 14.50, while Chicago stockyards list mixed cattle and sheep prices, steady to higher for select lots.

Dow-Jones Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Beane Shel Enbber Kansas City Chicago WEA

Rotary Institute Speaker on China at Amarillo High

The Amarillo Rotary Club presents four lectures under the theme New Forces in World Affairs. Mrs. Geraldine Townsend Fitch will discuss The New China in the New Pacific at 8 p.m. in Amarillo High School Auditorium as part of the 1945 Rotary Institute of International Understanding.

Rotary Institute of International Understanding Geraldine Townsend Fitch China Pacific Amarillo High School Amarillo

Legion to hold Maine sinking observance program

United Spanish American War Veterans including Philippine Insurrection and Boxer Rebellion veterans will assemble at the American Legion Hall at 7 30 tonight for a special program linked to the Maine sinking anniversary.

War Production Board official in Amarillo to answer questions

Willis B. Askew of Oklahoma City representing the War Production Board will be in Amarillo until noon tomorrow to answer citizens questions on priorities. He arrived yesterday and spent a busy day at the chamber of commerce interviewing priority information seekers. The Potter County Grand Jury resumed deliberations with no indictments at noon. Several new cases were ready for presentation to jurors when the jury convened.

WPB Willis B. Askew Oklahoma City War Production Board Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Potter County Grand Jury

Brownie Troop Delivers Cookies to Amarillo Field Hospital

Girl Scout executives delivered 16 boxes of Valentines cookies packed by Brownie Troop 49 at Margaret Wills School for men at Amarillo Field Base hospital. The group leaders are Mrs. W. R. Fox and Mrs. Herb Budke.

Amarillo Field Base Hospital Fac Brownie Margaret Wills School W. R. Fox Herb Budke

February Khiva Temple meeting set for Masonic building

The Khiva Temple will hold its February meeting at the Masonic building tomorrow night with a supper at 6 o'clock before the meeting at 7:30. Fred Galle, recorder, announced the schedule.

Khiva Fred Galle

Anthropologists Link Cold Climate to Narrower Noses

Researchers note a trend across populations that colder environments associate with narrower nasal passages. The study cites genetic and evolutionary factors, suggesting climate influenced facial proportions over generations, though methods and scope invite further verification.

Warsaw Governor Taken in New York Report

Soviet troops reportedly captured former Warsaw governor Gustaf Fischer, accused of liquidating the Warsaw ghetto, according to a British radio quote of Moscow reports.

Warsaw New York Gustav Fischer Warsaw Ghetto Moscow

Army recruits WAC station reopened in Amarillo post office

Lt. Jewel K Hooper and Sgt Pauline Hicks lead the revived WAC recruiting station in the basement post office building announcing open enlistment for women aged 20 to 50 for home and abroad during the war. Medical technicians are in demand with hours 830 AM to 515 PM and a regional tour planned after Amarillo outreach.

Army WAC Eighth Service Command Jewel K. Hooper Denton Set Pauline Hicks Durant Okla Irene Strive New Orleans Amarillo Hooper Women's Army Corp

Assault Charnel Filed Against C. S. Williams

A charge of assault with intent to murder was filed in district court this morning against C. S. Williams of Ropesville. He is jailed on a 2000 bond, set by Justice of the Peace C. W Carder, after a midnight arrest linked to a hotel stabbing. Jake Donohoe of Plainview is hospitalized with a knife wound near the lung in serious but not critical condition.

C. S. Williams Ropesville Justice of the Peace C. W Carder Williams Northwest Texas Jake Donohoe Plainview

Weather Holds Steady with Frost Nights and 60s Afternoons

The Weather Bureau reports little change with near freezing nighttime temperatures and daytime highs around 60. The article notes a comfortable pattern continuing into today and mentions a Sunday School class gathering at San Jacinto Methodist Church with a covered dish luncheon at noon.

Arery Mother Collins San Jacinto Methodist Church

Nazi Propaganda Wobble After Crimea Conference

The article notes mixed signals in German broadcasts after the Crimea conference. Initial Nazi outputs summarized the communique but later commentators claimed the Big Three upheld policies of hate and destruction toward Germany. US broadcasts mention the Morgenthau plan to enslave and ruin the Reich.

Crimea Germany Towarrd United States Reich

Graves Trial Stories Vary In Robbery By Assault Case

Defense and state witnesses present divergent accounts in the Frank Graves robbery by assault case over money and beer stolen from Te Aweher guson early June 14 1944. Prosecution links Graves to a Monroe Street house and a Williams car. defense places him in Sundown at the time. A church record shows Graves paid no money the night of June 18. The trial could go to the jury late afternoon. Graves also faces a murder charge for the May 28 knife slaying of Mrs Dorothy Shelton.

Frank Graves Amarillo Graves Monroe Street Clarence Williams Sundown Hockley County Dorothy Snelton

Missing on French Front Corp. Burnett Reported Missing

War Department lists Corporal William A Burnett missing in action since January 19 in France. He enlisted August 1943, has served about a year overseas, trained at Camp Hood, and fights with a tank destroyer unit. He is a graduate of Adrian High School.

Stuttgart bombed by British Mosquito bombers

British Mosquito bombers attacked Stuttgart and targets in western Germany last night, targeting communications and manufacturing hubs in the raid reported from London.

Stuttgart Western Germany London U.P Germany

S S Farnest Azling Dies in Action in France

Mrs. Susie Belle Azling learns from the War Department that her husband Private Farnest A. Azling was killed in action on January 26 in France. A native of Nara Visa New Mexico, he moved with family to Dalhart in 1933 and Amarillo in 1941. He served after December 1943, trained at Camp Shelby, and served in Italy before France. He leaves his wife and daughter Ernestine Ruth and is survived by his mother, a sister, two brothers, and a brother on combat duty in Belgium.

Susie Belle Azling Mirror War Department Farnest A. Azling France Azling Nara Visa N. M Dalhart Amarillo International Harvester Co Camp Shelby Miss Italy Ernestine Ruth Rosie P. Shelton Claremore Okla Sarah Arling Thomas Azling Owen Azling Belgium

Alum root refers to two distinct U S plants

The term alum root denotes two different species grown in the United States. Each plant is distinct in origin habitat and properties, yet share a common name leading to potential confusion in historical or herbal texts.

United States

Home hair tinting recipe promises gray coverage

A long standing home remedy claims to darken gray hair using bay rum glycerine Barbo Compound and water. The mix is applied by combing through hair and is said to darken without washing out or affecting permanents. This "Rarho" recipe has been used for over 30 years and sold through druggists.

YWCA Board Plans Spring Events and Visits

The YWCA board met at 501 Lincoln to schedule spring activities. Dr. Bernice Moore of the Hare Foundation will address Amarillo groups March 29–30, and Miss Dorothy Goeling is invited for March 25–27. The spring membership meeting is set for March 25.

YWCA Lincoln Bernice Moore Hare Foundation University of Texas Amarillo Dorothy Goeling Amarillo “Y P. L. Reppert R. T. Weills Annie McDonald W. I. Dinan Reppert H. C. Adams Arthur Bluhm Dc. T. Crowe J. S. Fischer W. W. Gibson Faye S. Gordon George Hammock Charles M Holt Bob Kesterson Erwin C. Oschner G. G. Ordway Guy Owens World Fellowship P. L Price Hoes C W. Seibel Nace Weis Virginia Blackwell Esther Bou Ware Reeserve San Antonio

Amarillo Observes Chinese New Year With 13 Month Calendar

About 50 Amarillo residents begin a new year not by a holiday schedule but by the Chinese calendar. A member of the Chinese colony explains that this year contains 13 months, a pattern that occurs every third year, as Globe News Want Ads Get Results notes.

Amarillo Globe News

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