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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1944
Page
8
George A Leithner district director for ODT division of railway transport announced a campaign to curb travel ticket scalping and profiteering. FBI aid has been requested and granted to pursue unscrupulous resellers in travel accommodations. Leithner's Fisk Building offices are noted.
Sgt Warren Robertson was heard again on short wave from a Japanese prison camp in Fukioka Camp No 2. His parents said he expected to remain there for the duration and asked for candy and clothes. the broadcast was likely recorded after about a year in captivity with the 131st Field Artillery unit.
Ted Houghton of Hartley County Amarillo area said Panhandle cattlemen now have ample cake and high protein feed thanks to December and January emergency cooperation. His Hartley County ranch near Romero noted sufficient supplies to weather typical winter storms.
The Council of Church Women and participants gathered more than 12 000 pounds of old clothes in a salvage drive led by Lowell Munday, Potter County Salvage Chairman. Two Tulsa trucks and one from Vega plus others contributed. Shoes were unwanted though some were collected. $65 from the shoes was added to the church fund. The clothes will soon be shipped to war stricken countries.
Only hours remain for couples to enter the State Theater contest seeking Amarillo's Longest Married Couple. More than 55 local pairs entered as winners receive a day of treats including dining at the Amarillo Coffee Shop and viewing Holy Matrimony, with gifts from Kline's Bert Levy's and Mark Galloway Drug.
Dr. E Starrels, rabbi of Albuquerque, will address Amarillo Center West Texas State College on Thursday at 8 pm on the topic Where Jew and Christian Meet. The public is invited. The center is at 2101 Harrison Street. He will also speak at noon Thursday at the WTSC assembly in Canyon. The tour is sponsored by the Jewish Chautauqua Society of Cincinnati Ohio.
Tom Wingate’s departure to the Army leaves another vacancy on Amarillo’s housing authority. Current members include C. W. Parr Dr. R. Thomson G Ray Smith and Frank Litle Frosty Hamrick resigned to Austin and Litle was appointed. J W Clifton is executive director succeeding Arthur Truitt over Pantex Village Technical Village and the Amarillo trailer units for smelter workers.
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