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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1943
Page
3
Several hundred people enjoyed a holiday of Independence Day events at the Amarillo Country Club. Older members danced while children and teens played softball or golf. Men women and college-age members lingered across the golf course. Women played bridge on the poolside porch. Activities began with an annual Independence Day breakfast.
Plans are set for the Girls Auxiliaries annual picnic of the First Baptist Church mission society to be held Thursday at Ellwood Park. Girls ages 8 to 17 may attend with counselors contact. 10:30 a.m. start. bring lunches. 25 cent fee. Organizers include Mrs A D Foreman and assistants Glen Curtis R H Kelly A F Berg Eunice Timmons C F Coffman R O Gallio A L Huff Roy Haskins.
The internal revenue divisional office in Amarillo says it has all forms needed to set up pay as you go income tax collection. People and businesses can obtain forms at the office 330 in the post office building, including exemption certificates and optional wage bracket withholding schedules. Also notes a capability about Mars flying boats could cross the Atlantic with 75 000 tons of cargo.
Anne Adams pattern 4284 offers three sun outfits for girls sizes 2 through 10 with bonnet. Describes fabric yardage for each style and includes price of sixteen cents for the pattern and ten cents for the summer pattern book. Mail request includes size name and address to Globe Pattern, New York.
Tonight includes Miracle Book Club at 902 North Taylor, Rebekah Lodge at I O O F Hall, Star Order Chapter on Taylor Street, and American Legion Auxiliary at Legion Hall. Also Square and dance events at USO venues, plus youth clubs, church groups, and civic meetings across Amarillo with times ranging 6 to 10:30 p.m.
Ruth Millett notes the rising visibility of women in factories and shares a column of mock guidance from a director of industrial relations. The piece lampoons how men should respond to women workers by praising them, avoiding competition, and offering sympathy and encouragement.
The ration board office processes A Book applications as the town prepares books. Many forms are missing or unsigned and some require the latest tire inspection report. Books mailed after July 19 and ready by July 22 may be delayed due to incomplete submissions and repeated returns for corrections.
Evangelist R E Delafield will answer from scripture the question What Is the Soul at 8 30 tonight in the big tent studio at Ninth Avenue and Van Buren. The public is invited to attend. Also noted soldiers should have three extra pairs of shoes in reserve alongside the two issued on entering service.
Johnson, formerly Miss Jerry Fisher, was feted with a linen shower hosted by Mrs B E Bailey at 810 Kentucky Street. Sweetpeas and pink carnations decorated the event with sandwiches cookies and fruit punch served to attendees including Mr Mrs Bailey West Hulsey Watson Bryant Brown Moore Fisher and several guests.
Two home pantry friendly wartime recipes from the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics promote using rendered fats to stretch rations. Crackling Corn Bread uses cracklings with corn meal and milk baked at 425 F for 30 to 40 minutes. Wartime Biscuits blend flour fat and milk baked 425 F for about 15 minutes.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament he congratulated the United States on the Hot Springs Food Conference's successful outcome. He called it the first experiment in a comprehensive postwar international discussion and pledged full British cooperation with all measures proposed by the conference.
Noted designer Muriel King, after visiting Seattle war plants, creates Fashions for Workers using aironese. The line offers form fitting yet practical outfits for factory and office women, including slack suits, wide aprons, and a two-piece office wear set, designed for freedom of movement and ease of care.
Wartime guidance for families in Amarillo 1943 outlines budgeting and bill payment, life insurance, government allotments, and keeping essential records. It urges wives to secure receipts, list debts, check leases, and maintain key documents while navigating taxes, real estate, and rationing. It notes that aid applications may be filed by soldiers or dependents with required evidence.
The shirt n skirt silhouette remains a leading style as summer ends. Versatile and economical, one skirt can pair with many blouses to create varied ensembles for festive occasions. Various two tone gray outfits, a hand painted tulip blouse, and a black shantung pencil skirt with striped blouse showcase year round appeal. Black accessories provide contrast.
Canberra reports the navy ministry will launch the first Australian built auxiliary cargo ship for the United States this month. Mrs Nelson Johnson wife of the American minister to Australia will christen the vessel. The note says California highway spending in the last two years did not exceed 50 million dollars.
Brig. Gen. J. P. Whitely, 45, a British MP, was killed in the plane crash off Gibraltar that also claimed the life of Polish premier General Wladyslaw Sikorski. Two other British victims remained unnamed.
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