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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1945
Page
4
Amarillo Kiwanis Club plans a picnic next Monday at Glenn L Casey's ranch in the Palo Duro Club area ten miles south of Amarillo. About 400 members wives children and guests are invited. Food will be provided through ticket sales and a club appropriation with activities starting at 6 p.m.
President Jim Hudson will lead a meal and club meeting followed by western quartet singing. Judge W N Stokes reads a message from Kiwanis International president Ben Dean. Dr Jason Robberson and W H Gattis supervise games. Fred Gray chairs the entertainment committee with Aubrey Jackson H E Brady Glenn L Casey and others. The picnic site directions include Washington street south to railroad tracks 112 miles south of Highway 87 over a bridge uphill to the first gate then three quarters mile to the ranch.
Mrs H E Billingslea of 1308-A Fillmore visits sister Mrs J D Charters in Ashton and friend Mrs Norma Lake in Chicago, Illinois.
Pvt. Fred Brockmeyer has left for Harvard Nebraska after visiting Mr and Mrs W W McClendon and their daughter Thelma at 508 Belleview.
Jessie B Hall of Panhandle backs by Khiva Temple Drum Corps for the anniversary ceremonial next Monday. Hall is managed by Bob Johnson with Drum Corps aid from Dave Warren and A R Schultz. Hall promotes temple reform and a fun program for members amid four rival candidates. The ceremony opens with a church service at First Christian Church.
Letters have been mailed seeking membership and donations to the National Probation Association. Bert Levy leads Amarillo drive with W. N. Durham Jr as treasurer. The organization advances probation and juvenile courts through research, conferences, aid to judges, and surveys.
Anchorage reports Police Chief and Dog Catcher discuss elusive dogs. Clinton says the dogs run beyond city limits where he has no authority, making enforcement difficult.
Chairman Malcolm Ross urged Congress to fund the FEPC to guide the shift from war to peacetime production. He warned of 1919 race riots if the agency is dissolved and noted it would must drop 2,600 pending cases without new funds. He stressed FEPC’s role in East Coast and Western cities facing labor integration challenges.
Oliver E. Curtis, son of Mr and Mrs W F Curtis of 206 Houston, is commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry after completing the officer candidates course at Fort Benning Georgia on June 12. Curtis enlisted July 27 1944 and served at Camp Robinson Arkansas as a private before attending the officers school. He graduated from Amarillo High School.
Newsreel captions and banners hail General Eisenhower as he travels through New York. Signs mock Nazi leaders with union names while greeting the Allied commander. Also notices announce public zoning hearings in Amarillo for Wolflin Park plots and 2409 Fillmore Street property.
Washington reports nearly 500000 Negro soldiers abroad with 690282 in the Army as of Feb 28 and 497566 overseas. The 92nd Division shows 3161 casualties to V E Day, while no casualty totals are available for the 93rd in the Pacific. Navy and other services provide no racial casualty breakdown.
American Legion Auxiliary members received commendation from Col. E. O. Herndon for hospital patient service. A $100 donation was approved for the national president's project aiding amputees and battle fatigue patients. New junior members Eleanor Cavanar and Charlene Putnam. Pauline Hopkins joined as a senior member after son Robert Lee Hopkins was killed in January in the South Pacific.
Hollywood star Clark Gable, home from World War II service, was told by police he cannot shoot coyotes ground squirrels and blue jays with his rifle to clear his ranch. He must seek other methods to remove scavengers. Separate note reports U S farm machinery production in 1944 topped 1 080 billion dollars versus 552 million in 1929.
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