Amarillo News Roundup From Borger to Baseball
The letter notes a Phillips Petroleum refinery explosion near Borger killing Frank Henthorn and injuring others with $200000 in losses. It reports Amarillo visitors from the Lexington, new Army major Jay Taylor, and hot weather 103 degrees. Wheat harvest, storage worries, and city projects on lights, water lines, and Panhandle growth are described along with local sports and entertainment notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Panhandle
Phillips Petroleum Company
Frank Henthorn
Stillman
Amarillo
Lexington
Elton H. Simmons
Rugene E. Colgrave
Ordnance Department of the Army
Washington
Mercury
South Plains
Polk Street
Wolflin Addition
Potter County
Potter County Draft Board No. 1 Is About To Get A New Chairman J. R. Barnhill
Stevenson
Arch Lidia
Guy Saunders
Army Technical School
Pantex
Dumas
Tommy Andrews
Corpus Christi
Naval Air Base
Mike Redwine
Jane Manning
David Loving
Wichita Falls
Paramount Theater
Pat McClarney
Janice Westmoreland
M. T. Johnson
Sandie
Annapolis
John Currie
Fred Kelly
Sheppard Field
Betty Rose Cradit
Randolph-Macon
Des Moines
Jane Mobley
Camp Picketwire
Colo
Leon
Finklea Jewelry
Albuquerque
Big Spring
Milton Price
Dallas
Clovis
Nona Leeds
Dutch Prather
Gold Sox
Sox
Sled Allen
Bus Dorman
Pete Forsythe
Lubbock Hubbers
Hotel for government workers promises romance and privacy
The Scott Hotel in Washington is a government worker dormitory with a roof garden six beau parlors a dance floor and a date bureau planned for guests under 30. It charges 34.50 a month and bans liquor smoking and male visitors except on the roof and lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph S. Scott
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Berlin
Scott
O" Street
DuPont Circle
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Outlook
No major temperature change this afternoon and tonight. Warm again Wednesday with widely scattered thunderstorms in West Texas and scattered storms near Sangre de Cristos eastward in New Mexico. Temperature extremes over the last 24 hours ended at 6:30 this morning with a high of 78 and a low of 64. noon reading 64. Rainfall before 7:30 this morning totaled 0.01 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Sangre de Cristos
Rubber Like Gold Found In Desert Salvage Haul
Robert Masser traced rubber as a valuable find and as a one day trek into the desert yielded 3,755 pounds of discarded tires along a highway near Joshua trees mesquite and juniper. He brought the tires back to Tujunga's salvage pile. Wee Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance Repair Now. John Maynard Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tujunga
Calif
Robert Masser
Wee Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Senate Naval Expansion Bill Heads to Senate Action
The Senate naval committee backed a House approved measure authorizing a 1 900 000 ton expansion of the fleet and a total combat ship tonnage of 5 619 000. The plan calls for 500 000 tons of carriers 500 000 tons of heavy and light cruisers and 900 000 tons of destroyers and escort vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Allied defenses hold. Rommel preparations loom in Egypt
A broad Allied briefing notes that defenses around the Near East stiffen as Axis drives toward Egypt and Sevastopol pause. Rommel may strike before Suez. Attlee plans a full debate upon Churchill’s return. Roosevelt Hopkins discuss timing and aid to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Near East
Egypt
Sevastopol
North African Desert Front
Royal Air Force
Benghazi
Erwin Rommel
Priah
Cairo
Eighth Army
Suez
Malta
Rommel
Mediterranean
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Fort Capuzzo
Attlee
Axis
Tobruk
Gibraltar
Libya
Earl Winterton
RAF
Winston Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Patch and Pray War Time Guidance for Civilians Amid Shortages
WPB official Robert R. Harper told a Chamber of Commerce clinic that civilian life will hinge on war priorities. Manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers face limits, with inventory capped at twice prior month sales to curb hoarding as war needs take top priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R
Bob” Harper
WPB
Army
Navy
Mr. Harper
Bureau of Field Operations
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Polk Street
Ray Martin
Harper
Draft Dodger Would Fight to Redeem Himself
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll America’s No 1 World War I draft dodger has offered to enlist in the Army Air Corps or another active branch to redeem himself. His lawyer Joseph C Thomson disclosed in a letter to Attorney General Francis Biddle seeking a presidential pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
America
Army Air Corps
Joseph C. Thomson
Germany
Francis Biddle
Thomson
Taxpayer's fright as bee causes panic at treasurer's office
In Coffeyville Kansas on June 23 a taxpayer fled the county treasurer's office after learning his tax bill. He screamed loudly when a bee hidden under his shirt stung him, leaving others aghast at the bizarre interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
Jack Johl
Thunderstorms Edge Toward Departure
Weather bureau notes improve trend as storms fade with little temperature change today and tonight. Some moisture scarce but activity expected to decrease. last night showers measured 1.56 inches at Clayton and 0.1 inch at Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Clayton
Amarillo
To Be WAAC Or WAS Is The Question
Washington June 23. The question whether women go WAAC or WAS in the new officer training and the Navy may recruit women for shore jobs to free men for active duty. Senate committee opens debate on a Walsh bill to place women in non combat shore posts. A Maas House bill would take women into the Navy directly. Separate questions remain on whether the result is a navy or with the navy. Senator Langer drafts Alaska statehood bill for U S admission as 49th state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WAAC
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Officer Training School
Navy
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Naval Reserves
Rep
Maas
Minnesota
House
Congress
Navy Department
Jewel Reed Wins Globe News Tip Prize
Miss Jewel Reed wins the Globe News tip prize of 5 dollars for reporting a man who escaped Manhattan Cafe after being locked in. Second prize of 3 dollars goes to Mrs. J. W. Roush for tipping about a girl saluting troop trains east of Good night. Third prize of 2 dollars awarded to Mrs. George Walters for a tip about Leonard Wayne Broaddus born as Leward May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Reed
Fillmore Street
Manhattan
J. W. Roush
Lincoln Street
Goodnight
United States
George Walters
Buchanan Street
Leonard Wayne Broaddus
Leward May
Pauline Lokey
R. R. Murphy
J. L. Parmelee
Ruth James
Floyd Johnson
al Ebinger
Nix Harp
Roscoe Rich
Junior Bowen
Ray McCullough
Lelia Walcott
Orphus Byrd
J. Gravestock
W. W. LaCour
Lorn L. Christal
O. L. Phillips
K. Autry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Armed Services
By Helene Monberg
U.S
Midway
U. S. Navy
Midway Island
U. S. Navy Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Washington, D. C
Reds Holding
London
Churchill
Harry Hopkins
Emden
Chungking
Europe
Harry L. Hopkins
Russia
Crimean
Red Army
Kharkov
Ukraine
China
Lungling
Yunnan
Liu Yueh-Ting
Taihang
Associated Press
Chiang Kai- Shek
East
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Chekieng-Kiangsi
Fukien
New Delhi
India
Burma
Tombstone
Burlington, Mich
Willard Hyatt
Battle Creek Baths
Alaska
Langer
North Dakota
Globe News
Russell Stationery Co
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