Weather and political musings from the Panhandle
A Panhandle weather note says winds will be stout and the region could house a future president. Marvin Jones is discussed as a potential vice president, with Roosevelt endorsed for re election but issues of endurance raised. The piece blends social quips, theater buzz, a Navy versus German prisoner popcorn swap, and a witty letter about new potatoes and hunting partridges near Hereford with a $100 reward offer.
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Panhandle
Marvin Jones
Roosevelt
Winchell
Bricker
American Mercury
Syracuse
N. Y
Chicago
United States
Arthur Murray
Hollywood
Partridge relocation plan prompts calls for sightings near Hereford
The speaker seeks reports of Hungarian partridge chicks in Deaf Smith county as the Texas game commission plans to concentrate birds in the Hereford area to test habitat suitability. A $100 reward is offered for information leading to locating birds via Game Warden Jim Maggard in Amarillo.
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Hereford
Jim Maggard
Eltinge Warner
Fields& Stream
Panhandle
Warner
Texas Game Commission
Amarillo
Deaf Smith County
Maggard
Military life notes and wartime commentary bulletin
A collection of brief wartime items touches on a municipal tax collector’s show of force, Japanese combat tactics and U S soldiers response, a plan for a weekly OWT radio program in Sweden, a soy bean based health drink on the market, urban smoking patterns, sea sponge meat appearance, meat preparation tips, and Miami Herald’s military students tabloid distribution to South Florida bases.
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Sweden
Sticks
The
Miami
Fla
Tack Wants Readers Locate Whites and Seek Work
A column of public notices requests locating John Francis White his wife Ivy Lee White and daughter Mary White once of Amarillo plus several want ads. Items include seeking a caregiver near Prospect Street a person for housework near Polk Street and a 11 year old seeking any job with a bicycle. Other items offer free fertilizer and two mother cats with kittens for giveaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
John Francis
Jack) White
Ivy Lee White
Mary White
Amarillo
Dorothy Mae
Prospect St
Buchanan
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood
Hollywood dispatch notes delays in WB film In Our Time due to Ida Lupino illness, Paul Henreid strep throat, Hedy Lamarr and John Loder on a flat tire, Veronica Lake nursing shortage, Brent and Sheridan's restrained reunion, Mae West's new book, Garson denying marriage rumors, Thompson’s army earnings tale, Anns Sothern plans Pecos visit, Disney education films for Foreign release urged, and various entertainment items with named stars and projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ida Lupino
Paul Henried
Hedy Lamarr
John Loder
Cahuenga Boulevard
Veronica Lake
Mama
George Brent
Ann Sheridan
Uncle Sam
State Department
Lost Army coats found on highway between Amarillo and Canyon
The notice states Army coats were found on the highway between Amarillo and Canyon and asks owners to contact Route 1 Happy Texas. A separate ad from Mrs Herb Still seeks work, listing experience in cooking cafeteria work dishwashing and housework for rent in exchange for a small wage at 1812 Buchanan St Apt 5 upstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Canyon
Happy
Texas
Herb Still
Tack
Buchanan St
Apt. 5
Two Local Meetings Are Called Off
Amarillo officials cancel the city commission meeting due to routine matters. Braniff Airways guests, returning from Denver, are delayed until 6:30 p.m. The chamber of commerce directors noon luncheon is postponed while Rex Baxter attends the Southwest Institute in Dallas for chamber officials.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Braniff Airways
Denver
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Dallas
Southwest Institute
Trade Association
Stillmen Wanted California Refinery Stillmen Wanted
One of California's leading independent oil refiners seeks experienced refinery operators for war production. Top wages and advancement. shift foreman positions available. Applicants to state draft status, education, and refinery experience. Write Box A, 565 Paramount Building, 323 W. Sixth St, Los Angeles, Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Paramount Building
W. Sixth Sr
Los Angeles
Calif
Notable 1930s Hollywood Acknowledgments and Health News
Liam Powell collapses at MGM and heads home to prevent total nervous exhaustion. Picture of the week Saratoga features Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. George Gershwin dies after brain surgery. Tom Brown and Natalie Draper reveal secret marriage at 5 4. Mary McCormic divorces Homer Johannsen Chicago attorney. Edward Arnold hospitalized with housemaid's knee. Betty Grable conducts a 15 minute sustaining radio program locally.
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Liam Powell
MGM
Saratoga
Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
George Gershwin
Tom Brown
Natalie Draper
Mary McCormic
Homer Johannsen
Chicago
Edward Arnold
Betty Grable
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the Panhandle
Washington
Guadalcanal
Yokohama
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Dumas
Tulsa
Ranch
Europe
Darling
Rita Hayworth
Primrose Salt
Anthony Hope Osborne
Sidney Smith
Asia
Cambridge
Mass
Jointy
Raymond Reaford West II
Raymond Reaford West
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
I. S. West
Sunset Street
H. K. Shinn
H. ¥. Robertson & CO
Oliver Hakle Bidz
Freid
Crea Oe
Rose Hamilton
E. Brookside
Colorado Springs, Colo
West
2Nd Ave
Polk St
Architecture
First National Bank of
U. 8, Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
Jimmie Fidler
Allen Graham
Pampa
Hayden St
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Lamarr
Lorraine
Day
Fort MacArthur
Bing Crosby
Ritzy
Holmby Hills
George Sanders
Morganthau
Bosh
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Wolftone
Walt Disney
Alexander P. de Seversky
Columbia
Warner Baxter
Margaret Lindsay
Universal “Gals
Leon Errol
Grace McDonald
Republic
Bill Henry
Stanley Ridges
Veda Ann Borg
20Th Century-Fox
Annabella
PRC
John Litel
Alan Baxter
Eric Blore
Miss West
Ann Miller
Greta Garbo
Hollywood Boulevard
Milton Berle
Egotist
John Montague
New York
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Wil
Alicon SoHaes
Pao
FLIT
Bureau of Standards
Neo Incorporated
Stillmen
Longines & Wyler
John Furbach
Pia
Polk
Kentucky
LD Forester Zi | Attenwrtens Guest Whisky
Brown-Forman Distillery Co., Inc., of
Louisville
Studebaker
Bob Crudgington
Fillmore Street
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