Around Town and Local Notices Big Night in Small Town
A mixed local page notes visiting relatives and new neighbors moving in, lists births at St. Anthony's Hospital with March dates, medical and surgery updates, and various residents visiting family. It includes a Scotty dog wandering a grocery aisle and a named infant born February 29 at Northwest Texas Hospital with parents Lt. and Mrs. Cook serving in Italy.
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N. O. Sowell
Hereford
St. Anthony's Hospital
Pfc
M. J. Klepek
North Houston
Richard Dale
Arthur L. Cook
Northwest Texas Hospital
Lieutenant Cook
Italy
Major Scott to Speak on North American Role at School
Maj H G Scott of Ottawa will discuss The Role of the North American Continent at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium tomorrow. The concluding Rotary Institute lecture covers U S Canada relations and postwar roles with Scott’s WWI intelligence and war correspondence experiences enriching the talk. Attendance is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
H. G. Scott
Rotary Institute of International Understanding
United States
Canada
Major Scott
France
Ottawa
Ontario
Gwin Enrolls at Texas Christian University
Thomas Gwin, mid term graduate of Amari'o High School, left Sunday to enter Texas Christian University. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C W Gwin of 2001 Taylor. Gwin will major in music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Kenyon
Austin
University of Texas
Dora
A. S. Kenyon
Carolina
Kenyons
Paul Kenyon
Iowa City
Iowa
Norman
Oklo
Thomas Gwin
Amari‘o High School
Texas Christian University
C. W. Gwin
Taylor
Thomas
Rationing Roundup: OPA stamp validity and dates announced
The Associated Press reports rationing details for meats fats and others. Book four red stamps Q5 through S85 valid through March 31 and others through June 30. Blue stamps and sugar stamps also listed with expiry dates. Shoes stamps remain valid indefinitely. Gasoline coupons 14 A, B and C series valid through March 21 with additional five gallon limits.
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Associated Press
OPA
Navy Seabee Patterson visits home between combat tours
FE O Patterson a Seabees shipfitter and Hamilton, Texas native spent 22 of 29 months overseas in the New Hebrides and Admiralty islands. He left for Camp Parks California after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. F C Quarles. Patterson married Hazel Hancock and graduated Hamilton High in 1928.
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Seabees
O. Patterson
F. C. Quarles
Hayden
Camp Parks
Cal
Quarles
Patterson
Hamilton
Tex
New Hebrides
Admiralty Islands
Dallas
Norfolk
Richmond
Pacific Coast
W. A. Patterson
Hazel Virginia Hancock
W. C. Hancock
Hamilton High School
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Stephenville
Pilot battles odds in lone return of crippled bomber
In a dramatic isolated mission, a crippled bomber with five fighters closing in and two wounded crew members fought to survive. The plane, with damaged stabilizers and a collapsing fuselage, landed with engines on fire and wings torn apart, yet all crew survived the perilous mission and later stories of other crippled planes emerged as night fell.
Skeet Gibson of Amarillo Featured in Twelfth Man
Skeet Gibson life insurance agent and longtime Amarillo resident reflects on 27 years in the city. Born 1904 in Eastland County, he played pro baseball in Houston and Pensacola before returning to Amarillo and joining Southwestern Life. He married in 1925, has two daughters, and remains a familiar local figure.
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Skeet Gibson
Taylor
Mr. Gibson
Amarillo
Amarillo High School
Skeet
Eastland County
Gibson
Houston
Pensacola
Fla
Metzger Dairies
San Antonio
Southwestern Life Insurance
Harding Ranch
Gibsons
Amarillo College
Navy Spends $9.5 Million on Cavite Base in Philippines
The United States Navy allocated nine million five hundred thousand dollars to construct the prewar naval base at Cavite in the Philippines, signaling strategic preparations before the conflict.
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U. S. Navy
Cavite
Philippines
Amarillo WAC recruits can enlist locally now
Lt. Jewel Hooper at the Amarillo recruiting sub station announced a new process allowing women to enter the Army without leaving Amarillo. Recruits will undergo mental tests locally, physical exams at Amarillo Army Air Field, and be sworn in here before traveling to Ft. Oglethorpe Ga. for training. Aiming for 100 WACs for hospital work, with two groups already enlisted. The first platoon of 15 departs March 22 for training.
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WAC
Oklahoma City
Jewel Hooper
Amarillo
Army
Amarillo Army Air Field
Hooper
Ft. Oglethorpe
Wacs
Panhandle American Legionettes
Hanson Post No. 54
American Legion
Aggie Club Meets Tonight for Muster Planning
Former Texas A. and M. alumni meet at 7 PM in the Capitol Hotel. Armand Dowie, vice-president, notes many Aggies attend the Fat Stock Show in Amarillo today. He says Panhandle Aggies should gather to finalize plans for the annual Aggie Muster on April 21.
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Texas A. & M
Capitol Hotel
Armand Dowie
Aggies
Amarillo
Victory Gardens in Fort Worth Den ver Warn Planting Caution
Fort Worth Denver freight representative Guy Victory denies his name is linked to Victory Gardens. He warns planners to avoid overly large gardens as wives tire easily, urging consideration of practical size for a spring plot.
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Guy Victory
Fort Worth
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Betty Rose Cradit
Internal Revenue Office
L. V. Cradit
Ong
Ted Neely
Hughes
Neely
Robert Brown
Brown
Paul Allingham
Dempsey Winn
Floyd Studer
Washington
Mr. Studer
J. C. Studer
Lola Studer
Anvil Park Ranch
Seaman Thurman King
Dorinda
Virginia
Seaman King
Navy Hospital
Idaho
A. C. Graham
Timmie Lamar
Vernon
Mr. Graham
E. C. Penny Jewelry Company
Georgia
Joe R. Phillips
Jo Betty
Happy
Mr. Phillips
Phillips Furniture and Appliance Company
Alabama
Riley Strickland
Cheyenne
Mr. Strickland
NEWS
Jimmy LeRoy Wilson
Columbus
Kan
Lowell Bridgman
Powell
Okla
Walter Bridgman
Frank Morgan
Madison
R. S. Chatelain
Dalhart
Nedra Lynn Hurd
W. R. Ozier
Harrison
C. B. Adams
Pierce
Q. V. Zevel
Russell
Si C. Jeffery
Olney
Embry Holt
Borger
J. 8
Stroope
White
Deer
Virginia L. Pitcox
Johnson
Mary L. Graham
Route 8
J. L. Duflot
Canyon
Annetta Beth Holmes
Buchanan
G. P. Gibner
Spearman
Cross Roads
Bill Honey
Talmage Apartments
Lubbock
Honey
Billy E. Adams
Hobbs
N. M
Aileen Moore
Polk
INK Spot Tech
Walter Shaller
Mrs
C. Shaller
Hammond
Verla Ann April
North Bivins
Terry Ray Wall
Stratford
Richard Walter Massey
Dulas
B. L. Ferguson
L. W. Reynolds
North Pierce
Nancy Lee Biddle
Vega
Phyllis Crosby
Shamrock
E. E. McSpad
Sarah Finegold
Blevin Hall
Nellie Faye Harris
North Hawes
William R. Laurence
North Hampton
Mass
H. O. Willborn
Wayside Drive
A. F. Heket
Elizabeth Ann Biddle
P. E. McCarty
North Hayes
Robert L. Case
Leon Shrader
Perryton
Jewel Marie Morgan
North Fast Fifth
R. W. Reeder
Pampa
H. D. Sneed
Sunray
Jimmie Harlen Price
A. W. Walker
North Garfield
Edward Eugene Fish
Dumas
W. F. Dendy
Issippi
Paula Porter
M. M
West Seventh
Jenkins Music Co
Ong. St
Newton J. Mc Donald
A. O. Thomas
Thomas Home
G. T. Snyder
R. E. Miller
Forrest, N. M
Thomases
Seaman Mc Donald
Forrest
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital News
Ruby McKinney
Bonnie Lorenz
O. G. Forgey
Lydia Crawford
P. F. Hicks
Vera Daniel
Dorothy Clayton
Marjorie Ewing
Herring Hotel
Bobbie Osborne
Antonio Jimenez
Tucumcari
Margaret Leflet
Bax
The
Capitol
Herring Hotels
John D. McBride
Zale’s
Blackburn Bldg
Seventh Street
HEATH
Blondie
Jane Arde
Ser
Butler
Par Ramon
Mona
Hotto
MR. Ramon
Miss Mona
Central America
MR. Degree
Professor I Rave
SBS Nou
Mr.wowsn
Neve AS
Twine
Scott
Role of America
Gwin
TCU
Whiteway Food Stores
Reamer Keller
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Ann
E. O. Patterson
Pyle
J. A. Harper
Oliver Eakle
Blackburn
By Sue Wise
Aggie Club
Victory Garden Tip
Ozarka
Park City
Vaughn Plumbing
York Tire Co
N. E
Jack Culp
Fisk
French Cleaners & Hatters
W. Fifth
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