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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
1
Captain Jimmy Stewart, leader of a Liberator bomber squadron at an English base, turned down a promotion to major saying he would not be raised until his junior officer is promoted from lieutenant. He has piloted the bomber on three raids and, as squadron commander, flies only occasionally.
By mid week the Amarillo resident physiotherapist project is expected to be over the top as funds meet goal. Five more voluntary contributions totaling over 100 push toward sending a nurse to Harvard Medical School for the Kenny method and for physical therapy. Donations include Elks 25, Kelleg Implement 25, Plains Distributing 25, Price Hooks 25, Debbie Patterson 5. Governor Stevenson in Austin suffers a cold, delaying state duties.
Chicago livestock prices show hogs steady to 13.75 with select loads up to 13.75, cattle trading 13.00 to 16.60 for best steers and 15.50 for top heifers, sheep around 15.40 to 16.35 for fall-labeled lambs. Kansas City reports hogs 11.35 to 13.75 and cattle mostly steady to higher with midrange beef steers 12.75 to 14.50 and good cows 8.50 to 11.15. Financial lines note liquidation at 1.75 to 1.93 with Industrial fund activity.
Hollywood gossip and reviews highlight Ginger Rogers' performance in Tender Comrade with Ruth Hussey receiving strong praise for her supporting role. The piece notes Rogers humbly elevates Hussey’s scenes and recalls industry anecdotes about goldwyn and other figures amid 1944 wartime film production.
Dear Tack we are in need of a reliable white woman to take care of an 18 months old baby and help with the housework. References are required and room and good wages furnished. Please call 6935 or 25156. A READER FOUNTAIN PEN FOUND Dear Tack I found a fountain pen on the Amarillo College Campus. The owner may have the pen by describing it. A KITTEN Please help us find a home for a kitten MRS ROSS RETFROE 501 Sunset Boulevard Call 6487 IT would like to find a young girl for evening work. It isn't hard as it is caring for two children ages
One and five years. Persons interested see me at 207 North Van Buren Street. I would like to find some ironing to do in my home as I have two small children and cannot leave home to work. Mrs Rudy Pope, 1712 South Johnson Street. I lost my 1944 Amarillo High School class ring with a blue pearl set. The initials engraved were E. D. Will the son e please notify me. I we 711 Worth Lincoln Street. Call 2-4777. Loses license plate I lost a license plate Saturday between Amarillo and Clarendon. Will the finder please call 8670 or mail it to me. Bob Adams, Route 1, Box 6, Amarillo.
Liberal reward offered to the woman who found a ladies watch in the Sears Roebuck wash room Tuesday afternoon and returns it.
Fred Coburn seeks his pet coon named Jackson that strayed six miles south of town this week. He asks anyone with info to write and arrangements will be made to retrieve him.
A pair of cowboy boots were left in a car on January 13. The owner can contact C. W. White in Canyon to identify them. Also a notice seeking day work from a colored girl with experience in house cleaning and laundry invites calls to 7776. See TACK LETTERS Page 5.
Chinese forces converge from east west and north on the Japanese outpost Tai phaga near the Tanai River as rains and monsoon threaten timing. The village sits at the end of a truck route Japan used to move supplies to Hukawneg Valley battles. Engineers push the Ledo Road toward the Burma Road while timing pressures loom ahead of the rainy season.
American troops crossed the Rapido under intense small arms and artillery fire and moved to the outskirts of Cassino. Lt. Col. Humbert H. Des Marts describes mines barbed wire and bunkers as Doughboys fought through terraced hills to reach the town while tanks provided aid and supply lines remained precarious amid rain and mud. 31,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Hitler’s Europe in January, a record for a single month.
The Revenue Bureau urges residents to file income tax forms promptly at the Amarillo zone office. No installments this year. many may owe a large amount due by March 15. Deputy collectors in the federal building assist with returns. Ralph Kenniston leads the Amarillo division.
The state health department and U S Children’s Bureau program offers free maternity and infant care for wives of service members in fourth to seventh grades. Applications are available at the city health unit Army relief Red Cross Amarillo Council of Social Agencies Downtown U S O and Potter County Welfare offices.
County Attorney Tom Seay announced at a press briefing that the office is cracking down on liquor law violations among negro porters. Two defendants were convicted in county court: Harold Edwards for selling liquor on Sunday, fined 100 dollars plus costs. J. D. Hyman for two violations, fined 100 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty. W. H. Jackson failed to reach a verdict on selling liquor on Sunday, reported deadlocked at 5 to 1 in favor of conviction. Johnnie B. Grate faces trial on charges of selling liquor without a permit.
H C Martin the Maize expert who developed a new combine type mile maize will speak at the Amarillo Rotary Club during a special agricultural program next Thursday. Martin lives near Lubbock and created the maize from a single stalk. The program also includes a film The Romance of Martin Maize and a talk by R E Karper of the Lubbock Agricultural Experiment Station. Bob Lyons helped arrange the event.
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