02 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
1
A front page column records unusually strong May winds in the Texas Panhandle, warns of potential floods, and notes calm spring weather. It also covers wartime life and social scenes from Amarillo and Hereford, including dining room etiquette for unescorted women, cinema depictions of Japan, radar history, and local events.
In Hollywood Hedy Lamarr wed John Loder and returned to work without fanfare. The MGM set buzzes with gossip about stars like Wallace Beery Lucille Ball Basil Rathbone and Marjorie Main while on location humorous anecdotes and wardrobe woes color the chatter.
Walter Tack requests a farm near a school in cotton country. He wants a separate home on a place suitable for raising chickens and a garden and offers contact at 1002 East 10th Ave Amarillo. He seeks a good farm job and a location convenient to schooling.
A heart shaped locket with twelve tiny diamonds around the edge and a photo of the owner was lost Saturday night. A second photo of another person was also inside, making the item valuable both sentimentally and financially.
Berkeley report quotes Mrs. R. Z. Jenkins who trained in a nine center program with 750 women learning warehousing and inventory control. She became the first to land such a wartime job and says she prefers it to housekeeping.
An old man in fifth grade humorously jokes about not letting his child outdo him. The text also states Florida’s symbols: the orange blossom as state flower and the mockingbird as state bird.
Pfc Harold Herron stationed in New Zealand enjoys a two week furlough at Edward H Newman home with a buddy. He describes abundant food away from army rations, tennis courts, a swimming pool, and several parties, relaying the news to his mother Grace Herron in Cleveland.
The British Overseas Airways crews wrapped 400 North Atlantic crossings in 18 months amid sub-zero winds and icing. Flights Montreal to the United Kingdom average 17 hours, with a Newfoundland to Britain record set at 6 hours 12 minutes by Capt. G. R. Buxton. Other pilots like Capt. L. V. Messenger and Capt. B. Cripps also posted notable totals.
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