21 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1943
Page
1
A column extols wild plums and persimmons with a Missouri pudding recipe and preservation tips. It notes a Life photographer at a Miles Bivins ranch plums bee and condemns dove killing near Buffalo Lake, urging humane action and penalties for violators.
Town letters discuss protecting mocking birds and fines for harm, plus a veteran cab driver recounts battles in the Far East. Reader notes urge humane solutions, while other items cover postwar attitudes, a Brooklyn wedding in the subway, and trivia.
Six American troops describe their escape from German-held Sicily. They were briefly detained near supply trucks, fed little, and eventually fled with help from locals including Paul Ferraro who spoke Italian. Sicilians blamed the Germans and Mussolini for the war.
Mrs Luada Edwards recently from San Diego Cal was arraigned on forgery charges after detectives pieced together a case reported by Western Union. She admitted posing as a sister to collect two Western Union money orders worth 15 and 90 dollars. Bond set at 1000 dollars.
J P Adams of 1744 East Eighth Avenue faced a near tragedy when a pig rushed during milking and bit a teat from a young Jersey cow. A veterinarian treated the animal, and the cow was saved though a neighbor noted it nearly died.
Mrs Mae West Jones former Amarillo resident died last night in Childress where she had moved about a year ago Funeral services set for 10 o clock Thursday morning at Newberry funeral home in Childress She formerly ran a grocery on East Tenth Avenue and was a member of Bonita Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Father John Lahive of St Marys Church in Groom is critically ill at St Anthony’s Hospital. Father O’Brien the hospital chaplain administered the last rites this morning. He formerly served in San Angelo and Amarillo.
Notice seeks return of a man’s black four inch pocketbook lost near Walgreen Drug Store containing two one dollar bills a driver’s license and a gas ration book with a promise of a reward. Also personal ads seek female correspondents ages 20 to 35 and a working couple for a farm near Happy with details to contact Pete Mc Farland.
Jimmie Fidler notes Mae West returns to the screen in Columbia's Tropicana after a long layoff. Success hinges on censor approval and public reception, with industry doubt about long term contracts contrasted with her past box office appeal.
In Fitzgerald Georgia Judge O T Gower warns he will have the sheriff deputize able bodied citizens to harvest crops if labor shortfalls persist. He would issue a posse comitatus to round up harvest workers as a wartime emergency measure.
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