Weather Notes and odds and ends from Amarillo era
A long column blends weather observations with humorous and social notes. It cites heat in daily life, fashion debates over coats, local birds in Hereford, wartime trivia, celebrity sightings, civic quirks, traffic rights, and assorted anecdotes from Amarillo and beyond.
Beef Shortage Tops Washington War Food Talks
Washington reports warn of a serious beef shortage as cattle and farm numbers rise. Packer groups blame OPA price rolls back and a stalled flow to markets while WFA moves to requisition corn stocks to ease shortages. Slaughter rates expected to rebound this fall.
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Washington
United States
War Food Administration
Packer
Food Industry War Committee
Office of Price Administration
U. S
House Agriculture Committee
The
Food Trades
House Committee
OPA
Chester C. Davis
WFA
War Meat Board
Chicago
WPA
Hollywood Musings on Stars and Setbacks
A column reflects on industry figures and misfires from Lew Cody to Darryl Zanuck. It recalls Aileen Whelan’s fall and rise after 20th Century Fox, plus backstage banter on The White Cliffs of Dover and a doorman’s call to Frank Morgan at MGM.
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20Th Century-Fox
Aileen Whelan
20Th Century
Columbus
Darryl Zanuck
Miss Whelan
Hollywood
New York
Dover
MGM
Mr. Morgan
Frank Morgan
Betty Hutton Sparks On-Set Wits In Turbulent Scene
On the set Betty Hutton lightens the mood with sharp wit after a call warns a replacement for Morgan. The exchange lands Morgan in a fury as Betty teases a front office bigwig, quipping about a hat and dandruff.
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Betty Hutton
Betty
Jesse Jones Receives No Gasoline in 1940s Texas
U P reports Houston native Jesse Jones U S secretary of commerce and RFC head receives no gasoline with his car kept in a garage for six months. A chauffeur from near Washington D C meets Jones at his hotel and drives him to the office with two other passengers in a small car.
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Austin
U.P
Jesse Jones
Houston
U. S. Secretary of Commerce
RFC
Coke R. Stevenson
Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Swordmaker Commissioned to Forge Blade for Stalin
London June 25 Tom Beasley England's oldest sword maker, 83, has been commissioned to forge a two handed four foot blade for presentation by King George VI to Stalingrad as a token of British admiration for the Volga City’s resistance to the German siege.
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Tom Beasley
England
George VI
Stalingrad
Volga
Help Wanted Through Classified Notices
Maite Tack seeks morning work calling 2 6448 after seven. A reader carpenter offers repair and building services call 2 1476. D E Hughes advertises dishwashing help. A 16 year old girl seeks dishwashing job at 2811 Hrlen St. call 8623.
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Tack
Hrlen St
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