Amarillo Weather Stirs Talk of Cold Waves and Aid
The Panhandle faces potential subzero snaps as a new cold spell looms. Amarillo Field soldiers suffer in inadequate heat, prompting SOS calls for kerosene heaters. Local officials praise Col. E. A. Simpson and Rex Baxter for Chamber of Commerce leadership as community warms to winter challenges.
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Amarillo Field
Siberia
Alaska
H. C. Winburn
United States
Panhandle
Winburn
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Baxter
Haddon
Judge Hoover Donates Knives For Front War Effort
Letter from H. E. Hoover describes sending two historic combat knives to Tack for forwarding to the front. One knife contributed by Cheesey Curnutt. the smaller knife once owned by the late Major B. B. Ballanfant, carried through World War I and World War II. Hoover requests possible return for museum display if survived.
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Cheesey Curnutt
B. B. Ballanfant
Ms. Ballanfant
Canyon
Help Wanted Housework and Meals for Family
A request seeks a woman for housework and evening meals for a five member family. Hours 3 to 8 with one day off per week. Pay five dollars weekly. Contact 2-0496 Dear Tack. Also seeking to give away a male rat terrier from a reader.
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Tack
Loretta Young to Tour England with Star Group
Loretta Young has accepted a bid for an overseas camp tour and will depart for England with the next star group. The article also notes various Hollywood happenings including Laraine Day fainting after donating blood and other celebrity personal news from the era.
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Hollywood
Loretta Young
England
Marguerite Chapman
Barrett O’shea
RKO
Laraine
Red Cross
Martha O'Driscoll
Martha
Bing Crosby
Susan Hayward
John
Carroll
Edward Arnold
Buddy
Paramount
de Sylva
Gail Patrick
Hollywood Boulevard
Dorothy Lamour
Blue Pencil
Melvyn Douglas
Heather
Ralph Forbes
Angel
Robert Sinclair
New York
Acquanetta
Arthur Hornblow
Franchot Tone
Mickey Rooney
Ava Gardner
Defense School Gains National Recognition
Amiarillo College defense school earns national notice for an aircraft identification manual. Director Shelby Kruser compiled the booklet and student Grace Manton Meyer created the illustrations. The college reports nationwide requests and other defense schools adopting the manual.
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Amiarillo College
Shelby Kruser
Grace Manton Meyer
Amarillo City Commission Holds Special Session
The Amarillo city commission met at noon in a special session to approve bills and handle routine business, and announced there would be no regular meeting tonight.
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City Commission
Amarillo
Encouragement for Defense Workers from Company
For the year 1941 this message offers encouragement to all who have left our company for defense or war work of every character. It expresses blessings and best wishes for their service and future contributions.
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News Globe
Errol Flynn
Podunk
Los Angeles
Darling
Clare Boothe Luce
Congress
Claire
Greenwich
Paul Slattery
Florence E. Allen
United States Merchant Marine
Army
Navy
Japan
Agua Caliente
Mexico
John L. Sullivan
New Orleans
Jake Kilrain
John
Sullivan-Kilrain
Broad Way
Hollywood
New York
Kay Kyser
NBC
Red Cross
Blood Bank
Joan Bennett
Pat O'Brien
AWVS
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North Pole
Muleshoe
The
E. A. Simpson
Globe-News
Jack Kaether
Bill Baxter
Bill
East Texas
Orient
Mason King
Tennessee
N. D. Bartlett
Bart
Mr. Bartlett
Papa Bull
Mamma Bull
Little Bull
Hugo Loewestern
L. P. Montgomery
Old Tack
Johnson Price Company
Fillmore Street
Arthur Price
Army Field
Johnson-Price Company
Judge Hoover
H. E. Hoover
Nancy Fields
Jenkins
East 10Th S
Jimmie Fidler
Charlie Chaplin
Ann Sheridan
George Brent
Red Skelton
Betty Grable
Couturiere
Irene
Twentieth Century-Fox
Jugo- Slavia
Connie Boswell
Decca
Donald E. McGafferty
Guadalcanal
Marines
Liberty
Daddy
Teresa Wright
Cornell Woolrich
Doubleday
W. Somerset Maugham
Redbook
Defense School
Prain Ee
Py Ds Sas
Optometris Ion Ea Aidertele
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Thomson-King Company
E. A. Regal CO
Harold S. Richey
Upshaw Insurance Agency
H. N. Wheeler
Great Southern Life
Houston, Texas
Business In Force
Great Southern
Ings
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
E. P. Greenwood
New Mexico
C. F. Collier
H. C. Bandy
C. C. Bridges
Sam Page
Plainview
R. H. Knophuizen
Eloise Parker
Memphis
Gordon
Gilliam
E. C. Gilliam
Borger
W. F. Bristow
Oo. S. Vineyard
D. O. Murray
Follett
Texas
T. R. Preston
Childress
Ben A. Skidmore
Shamrock
Fulton Thomas
Dalhart
Armed Services
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