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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
19
Classified automotive listings show numerous vehicles and trailers for sale or trade. Includes a 1924 Pontiac and various sedans, pickups, trucks, and trailers with prices, locations such as 210 N Lamar and 806 Fillmore, and contact notes like phone numbers and specific model details.
Lost silver bracelet engraved Skipper Wilborn and lost black Cocker Spaniel named Mike with vaccination tag. Reward offered. WANTED: Farm help with machinery, house furnished, steady pay apply 621 Amarillo Building. Various ads for rooms, furnishings, trailer home, cafe for sale, and a job offering with contact numbers.
Sidney T. Allen, 64, died at 10:40 yesterday morning after a stroke. He lived in Amarillo six months after moving from New Mexico. Survived by wife Ora, seven sons James M Jerome Ari John W Fr Huachuca Ari Thomas S Charles Ray Paul L Kenneth M Richard R and two daughters Iona Hytrek and Buna Kilgore. He was a Methodist and body is at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
The Santa Fe Railway announces immediate changes in its Transportation Department due to Henry J. Funk's leave of absence. W. D. DeGrassi becomes freight transportation clerk, with Ray C. Mock, Walter Morris, J. H. Ayers, L. L. Flynn, W. E. Behrens, C. E. Cedarholm, and Paul Conty filling successive roles. John Howard, known for prison cleanliness advocacy, is noted for his fame as an Englishman.
The Globe received old prints from R H Cochran showing two WWI planes landing in Amarillo in 1918. The site lay between St Anthony's Hospital and the Fort Worth Denver Rock Island tracks with no buildings then. Cochran notes his father lived near Polk Street and pilots or crew may have been unaware as locals took photos before soldiers confiscated films.
Mrs. L. L. Murry and her children of 2414 Brooks have returned home after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cherry in Quail.
Mrs Jack Smith of Quail visits her sisters Mrs J C Cook at 2412 Brooks Mrs L L Murry at 2414 Brooks and Mrs D L Finley at 654 North Bivins during her stay in the city.
Mrs C J Moreland and her daughter Ann and Miss Jane Ann Hodges have come back to Amarillo after trips to Boulder Denver and Colorado Springs.
The page lists many theaters and shows including Paramount Diamond Horseshoe with Betty Grable and Dick Haymes, Capitol Keep Your Powder Dry with Lana Turner, Rialto Sundown on the Prairie with Tex Ritter, Lux night clubs Aviatrix and NAT, and multiple orchestras at clubs across Texas. It highlights Technicolor productions and a blend of stage and musical offerings.
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce heard nurse Mrs. Richard Thomas discuss polio prevalence in rural areas and Harvard studied treatments. She urged rest and quiet for patients as doctors note most adults have had polio.
Mrs J H Richards of 3205 Van Buren hosts two weeks guest Mrs E C Dorough from Fort Worth.
Ed Beeler of Deming New Mexico arrived yesterday to visit his brother H M Beeler at 3205 Washington. The brothers are together for the first time in 12 years.
Miss Timmye Berg departs June 24 to enroll at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A F Berg and a graduate of Amarillo High School and Amarillo College.
Emily Way of 708 Jefferson will return from Lawton Oklahoma this week after two weeks visiting Mr and Mrs Emmy Gee.
Mrs. Lester Hudson and her daughters Janet Sue and Jaynie Lee left 2122 Ong to visit Mrs. Hudson's father George Walker in Dallas. They plan to be away about a month.
Four authorities debate whether Germans are unwilling pawns or voluntary backers of conquest. Shirer and High argue responsibility. Shuster and Seiger disagree. Hear both sides on America’s Town Meeting at 7:30 p.m. on KFDA.
Radio guide lists 6:00 p.m. KGNC program slate with NBC CBS and KFDA broadcasts. Includes news, music, comedy, drama, and variety shows across channels through late night, with notable titles like Lum and Abner, Abbott and Costello, and The Adventures of Topper Town.
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