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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1943
Page
2
The Senate voted 44 to 23 to terminate the Federal Crop Insurance Program, yielding to House demands after several recent days of tension. The action comes amid ongoing budget and agricultural policy debates shaping federal risk management.
Jimmie Fidler reports Ida Lupino advised to pause acting for three months. Ava Gardner lands a seven year MGM contract with a pay boost. Carol Thurston resembles Dolores del Rio and lands a plum role in The Story of Doctor Wassell. Paul Henreids will christen their adopted baby Joan. John Carroll proposed to Ann Miller but she declined. Betty Hutton may delay new film for overseas camp tour. Humphrey Bogart may buy Errol Flynn's yacht Sirocco after Mrs. B agrees. Bing Crosby wears colorful costumes as bets rise. George Brent returns to Warner Bros to star in Three Strangers. Ensign John Howard commands a mine sweeper in the Mediterranean. Penny Singleton stands in for Dorothy in satire verse book. Martha O'Driscoll's mother confirms her daughter will wed Lt Commander Richard Adams in September.
The column surveys Hollywood romance and career twists featuring Martha and Bill, Stan Laurel's marriages, Betty Hutton's honesty and charity, Merle Oberon visiting ailing cook, plus Universal’s knack for turning liabilities into stars. It also notes industry ads and aspirin promotions.
A reader advertises seeking a piano storage partner or owner to store a piano in Amarillo. Another message offers housework and child care services by the hour or half day near Highway 66, with transportation and a child along. A dairy farm help request and a lost leather billfold near Smelter is noted, with contact details for returns.
Tokyo radio announced Premier Tojo ceded six states of Malaya and Burma to Thailand in return for the puppet kingdom's surrender. The transfer covers 14,770 square miles of Malay lands and 24,000 square miles of Shan states to a Japan-dominated Thailand, framed as independence and reconstruction in propaganda broadcasts.
A three year old boy, Georgie Richmond of 1211 Polk Street, slipped from a car in heavy traffic near the fair grounds. He skidded along pavement getting scrapes and bruises but stood up and ran toward his parents, who rushed back to him. He expressed a wish to play again the next day.
A house at the Matador Ranch west of Channing occupied by Mr and Mrs W W Kirkpatrick was struck by lightning Friday night, caught fire and burned to the ground. No one was home. Mrs Kirkpatrick was visiting Canyon. Mr Kirkpatrick was about a quarter mile away and could not fight the flames due to lack of water.
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