Letter From Home To Boys in Service
A 1943 Panhandle column notes entertainment, social news, and local events. It reports on Flynn trial ties to Amarillo figures, collected hunting knives for Marines, WAVES recruitment events, weddings, and social gatherings at Amarillo Army Air Field, with mentions of Lions Club president Edward Paine, Panhandle hardware convention, and a Golden Glove boxing tournament. The piece closes with weather and sports snippets and a promise of more next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flynn
Errol
Edward J
Amarillo
Corp
Hubert L. Oliver
Amarillo Army Air Field
Sirocco
Hollywood
Peggy LaRue Satterlee
Panhandle
Lawrence
Edward H. Paine
Michigan City
Ind
International Association of Lions Clubs
Amarillo Center
West Texas College
Allen
Short Avenue
Navy
Army
S. G
George S. Hamm
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Richard Ley Flenniken
Flenniken
Joyce Baker
Dallas
Myrtle Woodfin
Hereford
Sylvester B. Brunson
Clovis
N. M
Brunson
United States Army Railroad Battalion
Los Angeles
Anna Rene Batson
W. I. Batson
G. C. Whatley, Jr
Groom
Whatley
Amarillo National Bank
Lipscomb County
Reba Nadine Woodruff
George W. Miller
Follett
Stanley Crowe
C. T. Crowes
Walton B. Henderson
Norma Butler
Marjorie Winyard
H. I. Beeman
Roy Peet
H. J. Cobb
Beeman
USC
West Texas Buffs
New York State
Buffalo
Canisius College
Interference With War Effort Probed
The House naval committee ordered an inquiry into charges by Rubber Administrator William Jeffers that army and navy loafers interfered with war production. Nelson said 55 percent of the synthetic rubber program would be carried through, with adjustments for conflicting programs. He cited chiefs of staff and the Baruch report while noting progress and potential impact on transport and fuel projects. Vinson forwarded a newspaper account of Jeffers remarks to the naval committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Naval Committee
William Jeffers
Army
Navy
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Jeffers
Council of State Governments
Baltimore
Vinson
Georgia
Nelson
Wheeler
Montana
Naval Committee
Philharmonic concert at USO Auditorium features Grainger
The Philhar monic presents an 8:30 P M concert at USO Municipal Auditorium. Soloist Perc y Grainger will play Grieg concerto with orchestra under conductor Robert Louis Barron. Program includes Clock Symphony by Layda an English masque overture and Charbrier Spanish Rhapsody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philharmonic Orchestra
Uso-Municipal Auditorium
Percy Grainger
Grieg
Layda
Robert Louis Barron
The
Philharmonic
Marine Maintenance Corp Indicted for Overcharges
Attorney General Biddle announced a federal grand jury in Newark indicted Marine Maintenance Corporation of Bayonne New Jersey and two individuals for overcharging and fraudulent fees totaling more than 600000 dollars in the conversion and repair of 12 ships used by the Service to North Africa and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Biddle
Newark
N. J
Marine Maintenance Corporation of
Bayonne
North Africa
Russia
Africa Squeeze Rostov Threat Havoc on Japs
Allied forces push in North Africa and the Rostov front tightens as British and American units drive toward Tunisia and Rostov, with Gen. Leclerc and Gen. Giraud advancing in Libya and Syria. Soviet troops repel Nazi pressure near Rostov and advance toward Kharkov as Japan suffers heavy air strikes in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Rostov
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Tunisia
Tunisian
Bernard L. Montgomery
Edwin Rommel
Zauia
Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Zaara
Jacques Leclerc
Sahara Desert
Lake Chad
Equatoria
Giraud
Ousseltia
Tunis
Secret Tonight Announcement Hints and UN War Council Talks
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said in Commons that ideas for a United Nations war council had been canvassed in the United States and Britain. German radio hinted Churchill may travel to Moscow after Washington talks. The News will i n tonight at 9 for complete details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
United States
Britain
France
Marseilles
Anthony Eden
Commons
United Nations War Council
Great Britain
Wilhelmstrasse
Winston Churchill
Moscow
Washington
Plains History Offered Again at Amarillo Center
L F Sheffy resumes his History of the Great Plains course in Amarillo Center due to public demand. The class meets tonight with registration open. other first time courses include Wood Carving Business Law American Literature advanced accounting elementary guidance comparative education World War Issues and Post War Problems Pre School Child Spanish and Public Speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Sheffy
Great Plains
Amarillo Center
Army Wont Box! Soldiers barred from Golden Glove in Amarillo
Maj. Gen. Jacob E. Fickel of the Third District Army Air Forces Training Command ruled that no enlisted man in his district may participate in athletic contests off the army post. The ban affects the Golden Glove Tournament at Municipal Auditorium opening tomorrow night. Public relations officers released the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Army Air Field
Municipal Auditorium
Jacob E. Fickel
Third
Army Air Forces Training Command
Amarillo Field
Fickel
Youths Held in Burglary Case Seized from Capt Thomas Home
Two youths arrested on burglary charges were transferred to county custody. They allegedly took rare coins from Traffic Captain H. H. Tommie Thomas’s home and face $1,500 bonds each. E. J. Rau, arraigned on felony theft before Justice Cazzell, is held on $1,000 bond after police found a suitcase stolen from Miss Hazel Schoener at the Fort Worth and Denver station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. “Tommie” Thomas
E. J. Rau
Justice Cazzell
Rau
Hazel Sschoener
Fort Worth
Denver
Germans Bomb English Towns Kill Two in First Raid
German raiders crossed the southeast coast at dawn and bombed two towns. Two women were killed in one town and three people were injured in a nearby village as smoke rose with the rising sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Glider crash near Dalhart kills five training men
A glider from the army air forces advanced glider school crashed near Dalhart three miles south of the base. Five men were killed and two injured critically. The dead include Flight Officer Bradford K. Root of Rochelle Park New Jersey and Edna Root. The injured include Staff Sgts Bernard o Fernandez and Harold Kolom among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces Advanced
Here
Army
Bradford K. Root
Henry K. Root
Forest Place
Rochelle Park
N. Y
Edna Clair Root
Dalhart
Claude C. Bruce
Cora E. Bruce
Elmo
Kans
James E. Hyatt
Elizabeth C. Hyatt
Pierce Ave
Shreveport
Ernest J. Forbes
Julia M. Glaesmer
Pine St
Red Bluff
Calif
Philo N. French
Louise L. French
S. Seventh St
Springfield
Bernando Fernandez
Manuel L. Fernandez
Pinole
Cal
Harold Kolom
Louis Kolom
W. Douglas Blvd
Chicago
Food Poisoning Affects About 165 at Amarillo Field
About 165 enlisted men at Amarillo Army Air Field were slightly affected by food poisoning Monday evening. Medical officers say most will be returned to duty today. No malicious intent found. vigorous steps to prevent recurrence ordered by Brig. Gen. Julian B. Haddon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Army Air Field
Julian B. Haddon
Flynn's Double Takes Stand in Flynn Trial
Buster Wiles, Errol Flynn's longtime double and bodyguard, testified that Flynn never subjected any teenage girls to a statutory incident. He described attending the dinner with Betty Hansen and the yachting cruise with Peggy Satterlee. Close to trial's end, Flynn plans to present his defense after Wiles and other witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Buster Wiles
Errol Flynn
Wiles
Flynn
Betty Hansen
Peggy Satterlee
Firynn
Canneries Charged With Price Fixing
The Justice Department says a federal grand jury in Fort Smith Ark indicted a canners association three manufacturers five suppliers ten canneries and 175 individuals on charges of fixing prices on canned tomatoes in the Ozark area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Justice Department
Fort Smith
Ark
Ozark
Lend-Lease Authority Extended Bill Introduced
Chairman Bloom of the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a bill to extend the administration's lend-lease authority for another year. He stated the move is especially needed now as the United Nations press toward victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bloom
New York Democrat
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations
Ban on Pleasure Driving May Last Through Summer
Baltimore January 26 Assistant Deputy Petroleum Administrator E De Golyer forecast the ban on pleasure driving in 17 eastern states could extend through the summer and warned fuel oil rationing may be nationwide soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
E. de Golyer
Weather Amarillo Vicinity Warmer Tomorrow
The Amarillo area reports gradually rising afternoon temperatures with not as cold tonight. West Texas remains cold but eases. Del Rio Eagle Pass area continues cold but improves elsewhere tonight. New Mexico sees warmer northeast and east tonight into Wednesday forenoon with little change otherwise. 24 hour range ends 6:30 A M with a max 30 and min 10. Noon 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yours
Marine Maintenance Corporation Indicted
By Roger Greene
Associated Press
Hitler
U. S
Gulf of Gabes
Ukraine
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Red
Red Army
Voronezh
Moscow- Rostov
Belaya Glina
Voroshilovarod
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Burma
South Seas
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Solomons
Lae
Salamaua
Fpinschhafen
Gasmata
Milne Bay
Port Moresby
Lower New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Papuan
India
RAF
Shwebo
Bay of Bengal
Mayu River
Plains History
Ethel Gorham
Ev Book Rental
Popular Reprints
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
U.S. Airmen
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