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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
2
Scattered showers forecast for the next day or two with possible heavy rain in spots. Pack-Your-Pail parties rise for Fourth celebrations with guests bringing food in buckets. The column mixes golf tournament results, war-time tidbits, reader letters, humor, and local anecdotes from Amarillo and surrounding areas.
War boosted demand for body art as servicemen seek insignia and mottoes. Jacksonville tattooist Ray Blair notes a shift from feminine designs to military imagery, with bigger pieces for sailors who voyage long. Supplies from England and India grow scarce amid conflict.
A note from Winnie Mae McGuire seeks return of a black cosmetic purse with billfold and address book. a reader offers car keys found near the Post Office and a 14 year old seeks farm work and driving lessons. a colored girl seeks day labor. a widow seeks a 55 to 65 year old correspondent. Further requests include fruit canning on the halves and general yard work.
Jimmie Fidler reflects on Hollywoods Clean Up campaign criticizing candid celebrity photos and press coverage. He cites studio moguls pressuring photographers and editors to curb undignified publicity while offering his own tongue in cheek remedies and anecdotes about Barrymore Pidgeon Raft and Bergner.
Harrison Smith of Oklahoma City and Don Bothwell of Tulsa reach the finals. Smith upset defending champion Roy Allen of Oklahoma City one up, and Bothwell defeated H F Bradburn of Oklahoma City three and one in the semifinals. Band Leader Harry James freed to marry Betty Grable on July 4 after quick Mexico divorce. Judge Xavier Rosas Ceballos granted the decree in Juarez, with James planning a Las Vegas ceremony.
The American Meat Institute reports in June cattle shipments to live stock markets were the lowest in 11 years despite record numbers on farms. Also a lighthearted Los Angeles item notes a parrotlike cockatiel named Jerry allegedly barking from a tree, with suggested remedy.
The speaker insists rising costs push nothing out of his craft. As an artist, he vows to keep working with what he has and to persist in tattooing, saying the art is under his skin and worth the effort.
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