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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
3
The Women’s Army Corps are described as serving in vital roles from hospital work and lip reading to Braille, pharmacy, psychiatry, ambulance driving, laboratory work, and control towers. They aid invasion planning and operate switchboards to support bomber crews, driving progress toward liberation and peace.
Mrs. W. A. Carter directs 16 women aiding children in the Fifth War Loan drive. Leading coordinators and zones include Mrs. G. B. Hamilton on Washington Madison Monroe and Jackson Streets, Mrs. Carter on Van Buren and Harrison Polk, and others along Jackson Monroe Madison Washington Hughes Hayden Ong Lipscomb and Eighteenth to Georgia corridors.
Divorce case Dezzie Middleton versus J C Middleton and marriage licenses for Samuel Franklin Weir and Erlene Evelyn Wilson are listed. A Monrovia, California man asked Elroy Nelson about Arkansas River house boating. Nelson said no law prohibited it but navigation is difficult due to Royal Gorge and shallow eastern river sections.
J I Morris a Penney Company janitor reports hail delivered a 50 cent coin that fell with the hail and struck the sidewalk in front of the Penney store. Employees watching from the storefront observed the coin bounce to the ground in the incident.
Dr Ernest Shearer acting president of Amarillo College will serve as a consultant at a University of Texas conference laboratory in Austin next week. Junior college presidents from throughout the South will take part in the panel discussions. Education students in the university will be permitted to sit in on the discussions and to ask questions of the speakers.
The Potter County War Price and Rationing Board offices will close all day tomorrow to take inventory marking the end of the fiscal year. No business will be transacted at either office, and both will reopen at the regular hour Saturday morning.
Quick acting ingredients in the BC Headache Powder formula ease headaches and soothe nerves upset by minor stirs. Available in handy 10c or 2c sizes. Use only as directed and consult a physician if pains persist.
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