Civil Service Exams Slated for Automotive Instructors
The U S Civil Service Commission announced examinations for instructors in 10 automotive branches for the War Department Quartermaster Corps. Positions pay 3800 to 4600 dollars yearly with no written test, based on training and experience. applications via H M Timmons or the Board of Civil Service Examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Quartermaster Corps
War Department
H. M. Timmons
U. S. Board of Civil Service Examiners
War, Scrap Metal Shipments and Unfair Rates Stir Democrats
Congressman Wright Patman of Texas urged urgency in wartime effort and attacked scrap metal shipments to Japan. He argued unfair Southwest freight rates favored coastal buyers, preventing steel mills from bidding and risking Pacific commerce and defense stockpiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Patman
Japan
Pacific
Southwest
Texas
Pittsburgh
Gary
Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club Meeting Notice
Mrs. H. J. Pankratz hosts a Pleasant Valley club gathering at 10 o'clock Wednesday with a covered dish lunch. Thrifty Club discusses First Aid Kits for 1942 and new members as well as refreshments and guests. River Road and Economy clubs hold sessions with First Aid demonstrations and new member welcomes. next River Road meeting March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Pankratz
Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club
Thrifty Club
Thrifty Home Demonstration Club
F. J. Curry
G. R. Baucum
J. E. Adelmann
R. J. Ingram
P. S. Paul
Sam Robertson
Carl Larsen
River Road
Ben Cracraft
G. L. Cline
Billy Gilbert
Mack Turner
R. A. Love
Mesdames
W. C. Stockett
R.S. Connellee
W. D. Irby
E. P. Jones
W. H. Pondet
Glenn Scott
Pauline Lokey
Amarillo and Panhandle figures shine at banquet
Amarillo and Panhandle figures dominated the big gathering with names like Grady Hazlewood and Jay Taylor noted among Dallas and Fort Worth attendees. About twelve hundred Democrats plus a thousand bankers filled the hotel for Washington's Birthday events, as conversations highlighted Amarillo weather lore and regional pride. Mexico plans to grow sisal again to aid Allied war efforts against the Axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Amarillo
Panhandle
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Grady Hazlewood
the Panhandle
W. D. DeGrassi
Wilson Cowen
FSA
Jay Taylor
Hazlewood
Col. E. A. Simpson
Lawrence Hagg
Ted Taylor
Oscar Hargett
Gene Howe
Your Globe
A. B. McQuiddy
Tom Jones
Tubby Boyles
Mexico
Hoyt's Compound Praised By Amarillo Woman
Jessica Morehead Young of 512 Jackson Amarillo Texas reports severe health decline over two years with indigestion and weakness. After using Hoyt's Compound her appetite strength sleep and color improved, dizziness subsided and liver function stabilized. Cretney Drug Store and major grocers in the area sell Hoyt's Compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessica Morehead Young
Jackson
Amarillo
Texas
Hoyt
Wilson PTA Began in 1918 and grows with parents
The Wilson Parent-Teacher Association founded in 1918, with Mrs. Sam Seay as its first president, plans another regular meeting. Current officers include Mrs. Alfred Huke as president and several vice presidents, secretaries, and chairmen. The PTA funds library books, phonographs, a piano, a projector, slides, and magazines, sponsors a Girl Scout troop, aids needy children, distributes clothing and Christmas baskets, and hosts parties and mother teas while supporting Red Cross work and troop train service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Parent-Teacher Association
Sam Seay
J. T. Pace
Sarah Miller
Alfred Huke
Wilson Pta
A. R. Williams
Paul Boxwell
H. L. McMinn
D. T. Leachman
W. H. Thrasher
Ural Barnard
Geraldine Biffle
W. S. Kenyon
Stella Mae Adkins
C. M. Montgomery
Jack Melton
H. N. Wheeler
W. M. Patrick
Ostell Smith
E. M. Pittman, Jr
Red Cross
Submarine bombardment near Aruba shocks witnesses
Reports describe a Japanese submarine shelling oil fields near Aruba in the Caribbean. Witnesses John Stanniss Morris Wheeler and O C Nelson recount sighting gun flashes, explosions, and craters as the sub operated on the surface, with 5 inch guns and a long range profile suggesting a fleet of oceangoing subs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aruba
Caribbean
United Nations
John Stanniss
Morris Wheeler
Goleta
Barnsdall
Zowie
Japan
Amarillo Lunch Fund Nears Goal Before Drive Closes
A total of 2462.84 dollars has been raised for the free lunch program for needy Amarillo school children. The drive ends despite shortfall for nearly 1,000 meals through May 31 while contributions continue at the county courthouse. School officials express gratitude and list numerous corporate and individual donors who supplied cash, food, and gasoline for deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Charles M. Rogers
Rogers
A. M. Adams
Doty Meat Company
Pinkney Packing Company
Reager Meat Company
Furr
Harris Food
Jim Whittenburg
Miles Bivins
Ted Houghton
C. E. Weymouth
Jack Roach
B. Bivins
W. M. Barrick
Jay Taylor
Elizabeth Herring
Hap Johnson
Mann Bakery
Horace Mann
Shamrock
Burkett Paper Company
Cal Farley
Gunn Hinerman
Louis H. Smith
Ted Lokey
Lewis Oil Company
Sanborn P. T. A
Zweig and Wife Die in Brazil Suicide Pact
Stefan Zweig the 60 year old exile writer and his 33 year old wife were found dead in their beds in Petropolis Brazil. Police said they died by poison in a joint suicide after fleeing Austria in 1938. A servant found them in each others arms with Zweig's manuscripts nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petropolis
Brazil
Stefan Zweig
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Zweig
Parents of Cubs Will Meet Again
Parents of members and prospective members of Cub Pack 4 will meet tonight at 8 o clock at Sacred Heart Cathedral for the second training session. The program and organization of the Cubbing movement will be discussed and attendance is required for all boys who seek membership. S. G. Roy Stockton leads the session with Clyde Williams Al Hurlock and Will Hiatt assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Cathedral
S. G. “Roy” Stockton
Clyde Williams
al Hurlock
Will Hiatt
Council
India
Torpedoes and I class submarines in early naval reports
The article describes torpedoes and the predominance of the I class, especially the I-16 type, among contemporary ocean-going giants. It notes the improvements and deployment focus shaping naval capabilities.
Stamps Collected by Khiva Shrine Aid War-crippled Children
Shriners led by Khiva will collect used postage stamps from Panhandle towns to pulp for artificial limbs and to extract ink dye for hospital equipment funds. Residents are urged to mail stamps to the Amarillo Shrine offices, with Sunray Dimmitt and Pampa among towns participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khiva
Mystic Shrine
Shriners
Panhandle
Amarillo
Fred Gallo
Sunray
Dimmitt
Pampa
Warships break up in fierce seas off Newfoundland
The 6,085-ton Pollux and the 1,190-ton Truxtun were lost after violent waves battered the rocky coast near St. Lawrence Newfoundland. Survivors were rescued largely due to tireless local aid. Pollux, formerly Comet, was built in 1940 at Kearny New Jersey and converted for naval use. Truxtun, built in 1921, had served near Lisbon and Caribbean training before the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truxtun
St. Lawrence
Newfoundland
Lisbon
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Democrats
O Ronune
Thorn _ton & Minor
Cretney Drug
C.O
Fillmore
Pleasant Valley
W. E. Gibbon
Frank Tincher
D. B. Smith
T. E. Bursey
W. T. Sherrill
J. W. McKee
Kay Baird
Jessica Morehead
Mrs. Huke
Golden Light Coffee Company— Spices
Arnholtz Coffee Company
Walter Sikes
John Arnot
W. E. Laseter
Franklin Serum Ae
B. T. Stubbs
Eae Sa
Tom Seay
Berkley Dawson
H. D. Porter
Sam B. Vaughan
Ely
Elth Ware Iekin Vetisre
Needle Club
Aiepe
G. A. McCullough, Jr
Stairs Iisin aCe
Holt Schriber Pee
H. V. Robertson
F. W. Higinbotham
Amarillo Tire Exchange
S. Fillmore
Wife
Selves
Tata
E. S. Burgess
Lumber
Tyler
Maxwell House
General Foods
Dector
Walgreen
The
First National Bank of
Fisk
Harris
Pinkney
Pinkney’s
Karo
Peal Empson
Colorado
Kraft’ Parkay Margarine
Crisco
Armour's Star
Folger's Coffee
Skinner
Winesaps
Doz
N. Fillmore
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