Panhandle weather teases with warmth and sporadic showers
Weather remains near perfect with warm soils for seeding and light scattered showers. The note reports hardy La Suey of the Texas game and fish commission dying from a kidney infection after an operation. The column threads through reflections on snow in Amarillo in June 1919 and various anecdotes about politics, war, culture, and daily life.
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Amarillo
Hardy la Suey
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Panhandle
Abilene
H. A
Polly) Johnson
Shamrock
Jukeboxes and odd notices across 1940s scenes
A montage of era quirks includes new five tune jukeboxes offering a defense stamp after payment, radio stations planning femme announcers for future voice shortages, and a Manchester Connecticut shop sign about hats left by thirty men. It also recalls an English censor bypass by an American film representative and Eddie Leonard asking how to spell thousand during a $2,000 ad purchase.
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Boys
Home Office
Manchester
Conn
Variety
Eddie Leonard
Broadway
Evening job request and personal ad from Amarillo
A reader seeks a morning steady job and asks for a call after 1 pm. A colored girl requests a morning position. A single 38 year old man, J N Lightfoot, seeks correspondence with women aged 28 to 38 near Amarillo, Texas.
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Tack
Amarillo
J. N. Lightfoot
P.O. Box
Texas
Washington
False teeth lost near Taylor Street reward offered
A resident seeks the return of a missing lower denture plate and offers a reward. The finder should contact H. C. Traylor at 115 1-2 Taylor Street.
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Taylor Street
H. C. Traylor
Reward Offered for Lost Purse with Papers
Rosa Bark offers a reward for the return of a lost purse containing social security card identification papers receipts an unopened envelope with a $25 government check and a $10 bill. The check is in the name T O Funderburg Route 2 Box 681 Amarillo. Contact the chamber of commerce at 5238 or return to Borden store at Twelfth Avenue and Polk Street.
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T. O. Funderburg
Route 2
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Telephone
Borden
Twelfth Avenue
Polk Street
Rosa Bark
Nelson Street
No title available for clerical inquiry
A single young man with army deferments seeks driving or clerical work. He notes readiness for employment and asks for suitable positions.
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Tack
Nehru Warns India Faces Intolerable Situation
Jawaharlal Nehru says India faces intolerable conditions as he and Mohandas Gandhi and other Congress leaders weigh options to influence Britain’s war effort from Wardha. Nehru casts India’s subjugation as a risk if Tokyo wins and signals the need for decisive action.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Tokyo
Nehru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Wardha
Britain
Gandhi
Car Use Tax Stamp Sales Announced for July Deadline
Citizens are urged to pay the $5 car use tax by July 1 as stamps and 11 cent postal cards are sold at the post office. Information from the vehicle is sent to the government via the 1 cent postal card system.
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Ecard
Lepsett Divorces Wife After Dog Attack Demand
Mrs Elizabeth Lepsett seeks divorce detailing Milton H Lepsett beat her on the head with their pet cocker spaniel when she demanded he dress for dinner. The incident prompted divorce action in San Jose California.
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San Jose
Calif
U PR
Milton H. Lepsett
Elizabeth Lepsett
Lowered Requirements For Air Cadets
The recruiting service announces relaxed entry standards for aviation cadets. Men scoring 65 on the current test or 75 on tests from January to March may join glider pilot training if physically qualified. Ages 18 to 36 without aerial experience may also apply. Training covers glider and light airplane operation. Some graduates may receive commissions as second lieutenants with about 245 dollars monthly. others as staff sergeants on flying status earning around 150 dollars. Qualified applicants will be sent to Randolph Field at government expense for final exam and enlistment completion.
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Randolph Field
Volunteers Sought for Red Cross Nurses Aides
Women interested in volunteering as nurses aides in Red Cross work should telephone Mrs. P. L. Reppert, Mrs. Cecil Powell or Mrs. Arthur Ware. Mrs. Ware is chairman. The Red Cross clarifies that nurses aides are volunteers in the local chapter and not hospital auxiliary workers employed by hospitals.
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Red Cross
P. L. Reppert
Cecil Powell
Arthur Ware
Ware
Heat Tops 97 in Amarillo As June Heats Up
A warm spell kept Amarillo in the mid to upper 90s with yesterday’s 97 tied as the hottest of the year. June nears July in heat, with a 107 record set in 1939 and another 98 last June. Local showers possible this afternoon or evening, followed by cooler air and little temperature change. The morning low was 64 degrees.
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Amarillo
Bureau
Amarillo Man Must Correct an Error
Leonard Wayne Broaddus of Amarillo seeks correction of a birth certificate error listing him as Leward May Broaddus, a girl. The piece notes his recent Pantex employment and the misprint discovered while obtaining a certificate.
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Amarillo
Leonard Wayne Broaddus
Broaddus
Pantex
Leward May Broaddus
Itching Relief with Blue Star Ointment Claim
Advertises Blue Star Ointment as a single application cure for itching from eczema rash ringworm pimples and scabies with money back guarantee if the first jar fails to satisfy. Urges repeats as needed and claims nature aids healing.
Simpson to Washington on Housing Program
Col. E. A. Simpson chamber of commerce president plans to fly to Washington tonight with Rex Baxter to discuss Amarillo housing efforts. They will meet government officials and also handle matters on an alcohol plant syn thetic rubber project USO quarters and related topics.
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Col
E. A. Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Rex Baxter
Amarillo
Mr. Baxter
USO
Stolen Watches Recovered In Texas Sting
Amarillo police recovered three watches stolen from a tourist camp. One watch was found in Cleburne and two in Fort Worth where two suspects were arrested. The loot valued at 75 dollars belonged to Philip Price, a war worker. V Brazil is noted as the sole American country long producing silk commercially.
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Amarillo
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Philip Price
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