02 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1943
Page
1
Weather forecast predicts a clear dawn and 90s by afternoon with thunder heads and possible rain or hail on Sunday. Local items include equipment requests for a golf tournament, a lion for sale or care at Amarillo air field, and odd community notices.
Jimmie Fidler notes Humphrey Bogart breaks from typecast hard-bitten roles to become a box office favorite. He recalls Bogart’s 12 year rise from stage to film and asks readers to consider why the audience now embraces him. The column also surveys studio lore about Ida Lupino Alexis Smith Joan Leslie Ronald Reagan and others at Warner Brothers and includes snippets about a 1906 Milwaukee set and on set remarks by Cary Grant and studio staff.
The National Housing Authority expands its list beyond Amarillo Army Air Field and four firms to include Civil Aeronautics Authority U S Weather Bureau Superior Manufacturing Willborn Brothers Amarillo Welding and Machine Works Star Machine and Foundry Victory Buses Panhandle Stages Texoma Natural Gas Hill Truck Lines Pinkney Packing Great West Mills Wilson and Rex Baxter. Chamber of Commerce manager Rex Baxter says the list reflects firms with 75 percent or more war work and more updates expected. Title Six houses allocated to Amarillo remain available only to war workers. HOLC conversions of existing dwellings to house more people also restricted to workers.
The town faces more eligible residents for war housing with 175 HOLC conversions and city allotments in a defense area. Oshins, once a Broadway breakthrough, is praised on set as the “This Is the Army” star nearing a film wrap.
A jumble of wartime anecdotes covers garden restrictions in England, fashion quips, health tips, and opinions on women’s roles. It notes a British gardener fined for selling flowers, pyramids of diet ideas, tales of Siamese twins, and reflections on female power, national morale, and odd wartime trivia.
A set of small classified notices includes a refinement seeking a male pen pal ages 58 to 64, a missing tricycle from 4231 West 11th Ave with a $2 reward, a missing dinner ring described as an opal surrounded by diamonds, and a bicycle stolen from Senior High School with a $5 reward. Also a stray hog found with owner to prove ownership and pay expenses.
A resident reports finding three items and offers to return them to their owners. The belongings include a driver's license bearing the name Mrs. Mary Ellen Horner and several important papers.
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