Winter Weather and War Time Musings From Amarillo
Amarillo weather forecaster predicts a second cold spell with little warming this week as Panhandle temperatures stay near freezing. He notes a Salt Lake City high pressure pattern guiding northern storms, asks cattlemen to stock feed, and adds regional observations on war news, muskrat eating trends, and letters from readers.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Salt Lake
Identification tag and SS card taken on mezzanine floor
Miss Bettye Elsey of 1221 West Ninth Avenue requests return of her identification tag and social security card after they were taken from her purse yesterday afternoon on the mezzanine floor. No questions asked about recovery.
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Bettye Elsey
West
Ninth Avenue
Rosalind Russell motherhood sparks Hollywood chatter
JIMMY Fidler muses on Rosalind Russell becoming a mother and the flood of fan magazine stories she will inspire. He praises her as a dazzling talker and foresees her influence on child culture, while joking about the town’s obsession with celebrity life and antics.
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Hollywood
Rosalind Russell
Roz
Clifton Fadiman
Miss Russell
Rosalind
Miss R
WAVES enrollment exam leads to lost purse at hotel
Miss Elsey, taking a WAVES enrollment exam at the Herring Hotel, left her purse behind. The missing purse contained about $10 in cash, her Pantex-Certainty identification card, and her security card. She requests the finder to mail the items to the listed address so she can be paid on time at work.
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Herring Hotel
Elsey
Issing
White women sought part time help near Hereford Texas
Dear Tack notices request a white woman for part time help on a Kansas-like address near Hereford Texas. The writer asks owners of stray white faced yearlings with V and L upside down brands to contact. Two windmill towers mark the place 11 miles south 2 miles west 1 mile south on the right side of the road.
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Tack
C. Lee
Harrison St
Hereford
C. P. Hamilton
Texas
Postage Due Mail Delays Military Letters
War Department urges prepaid postage on all military mail to avoid delays. Short paid mail should be returned to sender if known, or sent to the dead letter office to obtain sender information. Endorsements should note Returned for postage deficiency to speed delivery.
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War Department
Senate panel moves to remove Tugwell as Puerto Rico governor
The Senate territories committee approved a bill by Senator Vandenberg to remove Rexford G. Tugwell from the Puerto Rico governorship. The measure would set a four year term for future governors, aligning with other territories, replacing the current indefinite term.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Territories Committee
Arthur A. Vandenberg
Michigan
Rexford G. Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
Billiard Cues Offer Rubber Shortage Solution
Corporals Edwin A. Tash and Hollis L. Kessner of Amarillo Field propose a drastic wartime idea. They suggest pool halls remove rubber cushions from cue butts and return the rubber to ease a national shortage.
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Edwin A. Tash
Hollis L. Kessner
Amarillo Field
United States
Supreme Court Upholds AMA Conviction in Antitrust Case
The Supreme Court today sustained the conviction of the American Medical Association for violating the Sherman law. The charge stems from alleged activities against a group health organization in the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Supreme Court
American Medical Association
District of Columbia
Motorist Fined for Reckless Driving at City Hall Court
Two of the 17 motorists who appeared Saturday in corporation court were fined $10 each for reckless driving. One driver also faced charges of running a red light and driving without a license. Total fines reached $35.
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Corporation Court
City Hall
Relief For Your Cough Promises Quick Rest And Sleep
An advertising claim touts Creomulsion as a potent cough remedy that reaches the bronchial tissues to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed membranes. It promises non narcotic relief and a money back guarantee if it does not quickly ease the cough.
State war chest planned for January meeting in Houston
A state war chest will form at a January 28 Houston meeting of Community and War Chest officials. Fred DeCoster of Amarillo will attend. The effort ties to a national War Fund urged by President Roosevelt, merging war relief groups with a broad fundraising campaign.
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War Chest
Houston
Fred DeCoster
Amarillo
Community and War Chest
Roosevelt
Charles P. Taft
War Relief Control Board
Community Chest
Col Thomas Tchou to Speak Tonight at Knife and Fork Club
Col M Thomas Tchou arrives at noon and will address the Knife and Fork Club tonight. A native Chinese expert on Far Eastern affairs, he served as personal secretary to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and has aided missions to the United States, Russia, Egypt, and other nations. Tickets for the 7 15 dinner at Amarillo Country Club are at Maxor Drug Store and Amarillo Hotel News Stand.
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M. Thomas Tchou
Knife and Fork Club
Tchou
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Russia
Egypt
Amarillo Country Club
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk
Amarillo Hotel
Postmaster General Walker Heads Democratic Committee
Chicago January 18 United Press reported the Democratic National Committee unanimously elected Postmaster General Frank C. Walker as its new chairman. The group also passed a resolution wishing success to Edward J. Flynn who retires as chairman to serve as minister to Australia.
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Chicago
U.P
Democratic National Committee
Frank C. Walker
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Description of Jap Stabbing Knives Urges Buyers for War Fronts
Leon Gomez writes to the Globe-News with a self defense knife design for soldiers. He specifies a four and a half inch handle, a three and a half inch grip, a heavy blade about six inches long, and a thumb guard. Public urged to turn in hunting knives and homemade daggers to the government for distribution.
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Leon Gomez
Globe-News
Pacific
Anne Adams Pattern 4267 Basque Style Housefrock
Advertisement for pattern 4267 by Anne Adams in basque style using floral cotton with ric rac trim and novelty pockets. Available in misses and women's sizes 12 through 40, with size 16 fabric yardage and ric rac details listed. Send sixteen cents for the pattern and ten cents for the Spring Pattern Book, The Amarillo Globe Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St New York.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe, Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
Senate Confirms Prentiss Brown as OPA Administrator
The Senate unanimously confirms Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan to lead the Office of Price Administration. Brown, a former senator, is appointed by the president to oversee price controls and related wartime economic measures. The confirmation comes in Washington as part of postwar administration changes.
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Washington
Senate
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
Office of Price Administration
BC Headache and Neuralgia Relief Ad Copy
The quick acting ingredients in the BC formula are readily absorbed and provide fast relief from headaches neuralgic and muscular pains and functional periodic pains. Keep a 10c or 25c package handy for prompt relief when minor pains strike. Use as directed and consult a physician if pains persist.
Railway Man Hurt In Leap From Car
Lee Underwood a Santa Fe switchman is in Northwest Texas hospital with a knee injury after leaping from the top of a falling box car loaded with Sudan. The derailment occurred near Twenty seventh Avenue and Lincoln Street. Underwood, who lives on a rural route out of Amarillo, was helped to the hospital by a Blackburn Shaw ambulance at 6 30 this morning.
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Lee Underwood
Santa Fe
Northwest
Texas
Sudan
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Lincoln Street
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw
Victory Command Party Thanks Soldiers in Amarillo Hospital
The Victory Command party at Amarillo Field Hospital lifted spirits for soldiers. About a hundred Victory Command girls attended the event in hospital recreation rooms, joining men in wine colored robes for games and guessing contests across several rooms.
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Victory Command
Amarillo Field Hospital
Everything Sunny For Margaret
A tearful young woman from Shreveport, Louisiana, seeking shelter for the night, found help at Amarillo. Miss Gladys Buchanan guided her to the Auditorium USC USO guest dormitory for service members’ wives and mothers. The next day a room was secured and hopes improve.
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Margaret
USC
Shreveport
Amarillo Field
Gladys Buchanan
Amarillo
Auditorium Uso
USO
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