Racial incident sparks calls as sailors dine in Amarillo
The town papers a debate as four African American sailors are refused service at a dining place. The other twenty sailors leave without eating, provoking complaints from patrons. Officials note rising tensions amid national debates on race and taxation. Reporter highlights editor Lewis Nordyke’s rising profile and a forthcoming feature on coyote and possum pieces. Local weather shows clouds and mist with strong winds ahead.
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Pacific
Amarillo
Rubber Official Here on Tour in Texas Plants
Col Bradley Dewey the U S rubber director on an inspection tour visited Amarillo last night and Borger this morning. He inspected the Borger synthetic rubber plant where picket lines are in force at the B F Goodrich plant but officials say the visit is not connected with the strike. Dewey was accompanied by FE R Gilliland E B Babcock William E O’Brien John Casswell F W Cumming Bruce K Brown and George P Saunder.
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Texas
Bradley Dewey
William Jeffers
U. S
Amarillo
Borger
Dewey
B. F. Goodrich Company
J. C. Richards
FE. R. Gilliland
E. B. Babcock
William E. O'Brien
John Casswell
F. W. Cumming
Bruce K. Brown
George P. Saunder
War Production Board
Mary Astor and Hollywood gossip fuel marriage and careers
Jimmie Fidler’s Hollywood column surveys marital rumors and career moves. Mary Astor faces marriage gossip while John Gunther seeks a divorce in Las Vegas. Eddie Cantor ponders a Broadway comeback, and Greta Garbo weighs interviews. Astronauts and actors’ postwar pay issues surface amid celebrity chatter.
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John
Gunther
Last Frontier
Las Vegas
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Eddie Cantor
Fanny Brice
Hugh Enfield
USMC
Craig Reynolds
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
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War Labor Board
Betty Hutton
Harry Carey
Kathryn Grayson
Ernst Lubitsch
Garbo
Joseph Schildkraut
Eva le Gallienne
New York
Bette Davis
Warner Brothers
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Los Angeles
John Carradine
Clark Gable
Eleanor Boardman
Harry D
Noted Chinese Speaker To Address Amarillo Rotary
Cheng Pao nan native of Nanking educated in England and the U S arrives to speak at Amarillo High School tonight at 8 o clock on Oriental Nations as Contributors to a new world order He will discuss from the common man viewpoint China’s attitude The talk is free to the public while Rotarians pay for the event
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China
Cheng Pao-nan
Cheng
Nanking
England
United States
Amarillo High School
Rotary
Institute of International Understanding
Chungking
States
Midwest
Chinese News Service
Chicago
Emil Myers
Amarillo
Found gold locket turned in at Globe News office
A small gold locket was found and turned in to the Globe News office. The owner may claim it by identification. In a separate note, a reader seeks a female worker for housebound duties, offering easy work and requesting applicants call 26698 or visit 311 North Tyler Street.
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Globe News
Tyler Street
Navy Leap Year Matinee Draws Big Crowd at Paramount
A large and enthusiastic audience including many women attended the U S Navy Leap Year matinee at the Paramount Theater. The program featured The Fighting Sullivans and naval films That Men May Fight and Chief Neely Reports to the Nation. Ensign Alane Zeeck and Jack King organized the event.
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Jack King
Interstate
Eighth War Labor Board Orders Return To Work at Borger Plant
The Eighth Regional War Labor Board directed Local 463 of the Oil Workers International Union to tell its members to return to the G. F. Goodrich Synthetic Rubber Plant in Borger and restart production immediately.
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Eighth Regional War Labor Board
Oil Workers International Union
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G. F. Goodrich
Borger
Thelma Montgomery Joins WACs in Amarillo
Amarillo businesswoman Thelma Montgomery volunteered for the Womens Army Corps joining the service along with a family tradition. She reported to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia for five weeks basic training and will be assigned to the Administrative Section of the West Texas Recruiting and Induction Center in Lubbock after training.
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West Texas
Lubbock
Santa Fe carloadings dip from 1943 to 1944 week
Week ending February 26 1944 Santa Fe System carloadings were 20860 vs 21835 in the same week 1943. Connections brought 12535 cars, down from 12729, with total moves 33395 vs 34564 a year earlier. Preceding week totals 34648. Globe-News Want Ads.
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Santa Fe
Globe-News
Amarillo Uses First Policewoman in Juvenile Office
Since May 16 1943 Amarillo Police Department opened its juvenile office and Grace Hodge was appointed as the citys first policewoman. A total of 848 cases have been handled along with 19 children housed in the Amarillo Dormitory and over 25 lectures given before school church and club audiences. Juvenile cases include Runaways 116 Dis orderly conduct 188 Petty theft 41 Toutney 23 Sexual and prostitution 32 Disturbance of peace 28 Misdemeanors 59 Drunkenness 19 Turned to Trav elers Aid 17 Turned to Salvation Army 21 To city police 67 To county jail 75 To county attorney 12 and 150 miscellaneous cases.
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Amarillo
Grace Hodge
Salvation Army
Cub Scout Pack Honors Monthly Meeting at Wolflin School
Cub Scout Pack 831 awards were given at Wolflin School with Den 1 winning top honors. Dick Vanderpool named Den chief, Staley Hackley Cub of the month, and Mrs F L Hackley led as Den mother with Tom Forthingham Jr. and Bobby Jones assisting. Outdoor fans plan early treks to Buffalo Lake. reservations rise as Mrs Jim Golding notes cabins need advance booking.
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Park 9
Boy Scouts
Wolflin School
F.L. Hackley
Tom Fotheringham, Jr
Bobby Jones
Dick Vanderpool
Den
Staley Hackley
Buffalo Lake
Jim Golding
Lake Concessionaire
Delta Kappa Gamma Studies Folk-Ways of Other Countries
Pi chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma held a meeting on folk-ways of other countries with folk songs and dances. President Mrs E L Hunter presided. Program leads Miss Mattie Sorenson and Miss Mae Simmons. Dr C A Pierle of West Texas State College spoke on China after nine years teaching in Pekin University.
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Pi Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
E. L. Hunter
Mattie Sorenson
Mae Simmons
C. A. Pierle
West Texas State College
University of Pekin
China
How to Really Like No Job and Find Purpose in Work
A collection of short features on finding meaning in work through simple Christian principles. Includes Fosdick on work as privilege, Paine’s legacy, Barton on health and well being, and a Reader’s Digest roundup of 31 features.
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Paramount
Norris
Hollywood
Vera Vague
Frances Langford
W. C. Fields
Arthur Murray
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York City
Riverside Church
Tom Paine
Bruce Barton
America
U.S
England
Apne
March Reader's Digest
Draft deferments under review for five million men
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, has ordered draft boards to review occupational deferments of almost five million men, especially those under 26, as campaigns loom this year.
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Roosevelt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
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