Fourth of July Safety and Fines Report From Amarillo
The Fourth of July in Amarillo was mostly safe with 60 cited for drunkenness and 58 jailed on age charges. Traffic fines totaled 31 dollars. nine drivers paid for reckless driving. In England Zemke's Thunderbolt unit claimed 17 Me 109s in a 15 minute raid near Evreux, boosting kills to over 600. Captain Farrar listed his civilian occupation as "Child" on a military form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Amarillo
A. U
Eighth Air Force
England
Hubert Zemke
France
Evreux
Peter Dade
Julian Road
Hopkinsville
Wylie H. Merril
Greenville
Tex
American Air Base
Aly
Almon S. Farrar
Shreveport
Farrar
States
Button mystery and a legal notice in one page
A quirky item notes a button attached to seven rattles and a rattlesnake bottle. The page also contains a long legal notice from Potter County Texas issued June 19 1944 addressing T M Gullick J O Hart J F Glidden H B Sanborn Dodd Mead & Co and Funk & Wagnall Co and others requiring appearance by August 7 1944 in the J A Hedgecoke v defendants suit for title to property in Amarillo Texas and related claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
T. M. Gullick
J. O. Hart
J. F. Glidden
H. B. Sanborn
Dodd Mead & Co., Inc
Funk & Wagnall Co
Funk & Wagnall & Co
Funk & Wagnalls Co
108Th District Court
Potter County
Texas
Amarillo
J. A. Hedgecoke
Glidden — Sanborn
Ben Smith
Cleark
Potter Co
Three Men in White at Paramount and More
Dr Gillespie star in Three Men in White at the State Theater with Van Johnson Keye Luke and Marilyn Maxwell. The Paramount studio feature blends drama with comedy amid hospital scenes and a nurse cast. Also in town are Jane Eyre at the Capitol with Orson Welles Joan Fontaine and a technicolor return of Trail of the Lonesome Pine at the Rialto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gillespie
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
van Johnson
Red” Adams
Keye Luke
Brooklyn
Johnson
Marilyn Maxwell
Ava Gardner
Luke
Blair General Hospital
Gillespie
Molly Byrd
Willis Goldbeck
Rialto
Lonesome Pine
Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
Fred MacMurray
Sydney
Paramount
Dr. Wassell
Gary Cooper
Laraine Day
STATE
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel
Hollywood
Capitol
Joan Fontaine
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Leon
Judy Canova
al Carney
REX
Merle Oberon
George Sanders
Amusement Calendar Highlights Screenings and Night Spots
The page lists film showings at Paramount Capitol Rialto Leon Rex Star Victory Texas Liberty Lyric Night Clubs and venues such as Old Tascola Rainbow Gardens Mexican Inn Mayfair Nat Aviatrix and Avalon Club. Notable films include The Story of Dr Wassell Bataan Jane Eyre and Thousands Cheer with various stars. Diaz rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1487 is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. DeMille
Roosevelt
Croydon M. Wassell
U.S. Navy
Java
Wassell
Paramount
Gary Cooper
Arkansas
Kathryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Bataan
Robert Taylor
Lloyd Nolan
Texas
North Star
Ann Baxter
Farley Granger
Oes
Liberty
Rangers
Tex O'Brien
Eric Fortman
Ann Dovak
Lyric
Casanova
Joe E. Brown
June Havoc
Danger
George Brent
Brenda Marshall
Dick Morton
Rainbow Gardens
Plainsmen
Mexican Inn
Josh O'Neill
Rhythm Boys
Mayfair
Texas Bluebirds
NAT
Fritz Cowan
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales
Avalon Club
Roy Garcia
India Muddy Unromantic Says Caplan
Ex Globe News reporter Lt Herschel Caplan describes India as muddy, hot, and unromantic in a letter to the staff. He notes monsoon rains, jeep bogs, and primitive living conditions while contrasting them with native resilience and high disease risk for a white man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Herschel Caplan
Caplan
Globe News
J. W. Caplan
Monroe Street
Three Year Old Raises 3750 Pennies for Bond
Nancy Ann Kiely, age three, saved 3750 pennies since Christmas to raise $37.50 to invest in a war bond. She celebrated Independence Day by gifting the pennies to purchase a $50 bond with help from her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nancy Ann Kiely
Radio Schedule Highlights for Kansas City Region
An extensive, period radio grid lists programs and stations for Wednesday evening and Thursday, detailing KGNC KFDA CBS NBC blue networks, with show names such as The Lone Ranger, Abbott and Costello, Treasury Song for Today, and suspenseful drama blocks. Includes news, music, and variety programs across time slots from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and into Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cane Music Shop
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
KGNG
NBC
the Johnson Family
CBS
John Nesbitt
KGNC
Alr
KFDA
Blue Lone Ranger
H. V. Kaltenborn
Kate Smith
KFPDA
Mrs. North
Blue
Red Barber
Frankie Carle
Cecil Brown
Lum
Abner
Nick Carter
Dr. Christian
Xavier Cugat
CBS News
Allen Young
Dunninger
Frank Sinatra
Gabriel Heatter
Jack Carson
Phil Harris
Raymond Gram
Royal Arch Gunnison
England
Ted Malone
MBS Lane
Richard Harkness
Henry J. Taylor
Arthur Hopkins
Pera
Harry Horlick
Russ Morgan
Edgewater Beach
Rise ‘N Shine
the Trading Post
Kfda Daily War Journal
Kfda Central Baptist Church
Freddy Martin
Lora Lawton
Sweet River
Carl Kress
Tony Mottola
Jemima
Road of Life
Sardi's
Judy and
Jane
Hollywood Theater
Gil Martyn
David Harum
Golden Light Man
Glamour Manor
Bell
Henry Busse
Vic and Sade
the Homesteaders
Texaco
Morton Downey
Hue
Pepper Young
Ethel and Albert
Stella Dallas
Don Norman
Lorenzo Jones
Newage
Zoune Widder Brown
Bill
Burl Ives
Tom Mix
Farrell
Dick Tracy
Parker Wilson
Sis
Arpa Terry
Hop Harrigan
Ted Husing
Blue Cope
Tim Healy
Kellogg
Jack Armstrong
Jerf Sullavan
Volney Hurd
Sammy Kaye
Lowell Thomas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holiday
Miles City
Mont
Frank Smith
Scotland
Demille
Laraine
Carol Thurston
Orson Welles
The
Russia
Texas Theater
Anne Baxter
Dana Andrews
Philippine
Leon ‘Theater
Dennis Day
Joe Day
Canada
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Star Theater
Mary Astor
John Boles
George Raft
Tex O’brien
Eric Forsman
Louis Mountbatten
China
Ord, Depot Co
New York
N. Y
Alfred Nobel
Jeanne Layne
Harley Sadler
Fourth Avenue
Jefferson Street
Motor Investment Company
Carlton
Aviatrix Club
Diaz
Cape of Good Hope
Piet Eee
N. E. 8Th Ave
Rangers Take Over
Ann Droark
Larly
ERS & Hatters
Panhandle
RADIO
Lowrance
Paramount News
Mle
Marilyn
Maxwell
Anne Saaxrep D Andrews Ko
LYRI
Bry
American Legion
Fourth and
Jefferson
Toby
Washington
Harley
Rialto Now
om _ Judy Canova
Sleepy Lagoon
Super Mouse Cartoon and
Thestra
Nas
Taylor St
Ali
Plate Glass and Allied Lines
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