Amarillo Chronicle Notes And Local Tidbits From 1906
A long row of brief items from Amarillo including castings about snow in Amarillo in June 1906 and forecasts of weather, fishing at Lake Mc Clelland, and ongoing social shifts. Gossip on theater ushers, gasoline rationing, golf club water hazards, and war impact on daily life. Messages from readers about shipyards in California and rubber salvaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Olver
George Ausbach
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Country Clubs
South
Texas
Theottom
Gasolationists and the Gas War in Wartime America
Walter Winchell lampoons gas rationing zealots while contrasting wartime duty. He notes casualties at sea from gasoline delivery and argues collective sacrifice outweighs individual comforts. The column taunts gas slacker attitudes, cites shortages, and mixes in assorted anecdotes on war, travel, and everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
Washington
America
Bring Jimmy Daley Home for Morale Mission
Letter from Robert W. Castleberry of Amarillo Texas dated June 18 142 urges immediate detachment of Jimmy Daley from combat duty. He argues Daley is a national hero whose value would grow if sent to aviation factories and training schools as a morale builder for the United Nations effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Daley
United States
England
United Nations
Tack
Roosevelt
Jimmy
Robert W. Castleberry
Amarillo
Texas
Calls Comics Ace Promoter Of Good Will
Sun Valley Idaho reporter captures Lucia Fonseca praising American comic strips for fostering inter American unity. She cites Dick Tracy Li Abner Superman and Wimpy as key in shaping Brazil’s view of the United States and notes Oswaldo Aranha’s war remark as a background quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Valley
Idaho
Lucia Fonseca
Carlos Martins
Dick Tracy
Li'l Abner
Superman
Wimpy
United States
Miss Fonseca
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Rio
Armored Unit Seeks Native Names for Tanks
Fort Knox reports a campaign by the Armored Force to rename tanks jeeps and self propelled guns with native American style labels. Enlisted men submit words to replace borrowed terms with bold, print ready names. Prize is 5000 dollars and honor in the Armored Force Journal. A separate note mentions 26 South African women artillery specialists who passed Wynberg tests and become combatant soldiers replacing men sent to North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Knox
Uncle Sam
Armored Force Journal
Armored Force
The
Journal
Wynberg
North Africa
Radio Warned Midway Island Of Jap Attack
P A Oden recalls the night of December 7 on Midway when a Tokyo bulletin warned of an assault. Shells fell as Marines counterattacked. Midway Island withstood the attack. Oden, a steelworker, shares the dramatic moment and pride in the island’s defense. A separate note mentions Edmonton chain store seeking relief from two dissatisfied customers, rejected by the Edmonton food committee. Sailors and soldiers increasingly buy Bibles in Glasgow as a sign of wartime adds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
N. M
U.P
P. A. Oden
Midway Island
Pacific
Oden
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Guam
Tokyo
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Panhandle
J. H. Copeland
R. B. Vance
Montgomery Ward
Vances
Paramount Theater
Game Commission
McClelland
Pampa
Roy Greenhill
Rip Underwood
Army
Navy
Charley McAfee
Alvin Miller
Compton
California
Dick Coon
Dalhart
Mr. Coon
Norry the News-Globe
Mildred Collihan
Conway
E. V. Darling
Darling, A la McAfee
Hugh Exum
Mr. Exum
Singapore
Japan
Bremen
Germany
Joe Louis
Emmareli
Joe
Una Merkle
Tda Lupino
Ann Sheridan
Eva la Gallienne
Mr. Darling
Jean Littlejohn Aaberg
Oklahoma
Nippon
Thomas Overburys
National Musicians’ Union
James Petrillo
Chicago
Lanny Ross
Hippocrates
Hollywood
Ilnce
Britain
Scotland
Boston
New York
United States Army
Times Square
Times Building
Broadway
42Nd Street
Times Tower
West 43Rd Street
Manila
Florida
Jim Daley
Firestone
Boxwell Brothers
Cged Funeral Directors
Epee Ly
Selby Abbey
George Cryer
Marine Gunnery School
Russell Stationery
Fll Taylor
Hi Li Stationery “Co
Midway
Tion
Edmonton
Edmonton Food Committee
Glasgow
Hugh Sticksel
Optometrist
Everson
Carey
Emerson- Electric
Emerson-Electric
Emerson Electric
Nunn Comany
Emerson Electric Dealer
Vichy
France
Department of Agriculture
Dad
Fik
Polk
Pend Tan
Carmen
Rogers
Defense
Zale
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