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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1944
Page
2
A major storm now in the northern U S may drift east or drop into the Texas Panhandle bringing a drop to the twenties and possible snow by Tuesday night or Wednesday. East winds persist and forecasters warn anything can happen in the Panhandle.
The column recalls a Texas banker who failed after moving to Oklahoma and a joke about the slogan Make This Bank Your Bank. It regales readers with personal anecdotes about meat loaf versus steaks, marriage views, and a New Yorker who celebrates anniversaries with gifts, reflecting wartime morale and social quirks.
A reader reports a box of candles found between Polk and Tyler Streets on Fourth Avenue and offers to return them if the owner calls 7805. A new piston and sleeve for a truck is found and can be claimed at Hammond Cab Company, 305 Taylor Street.
A small black and white fox terrier wearing a harness followed children home from the Furr Food Store on Line Avenue. The owner may call 6097. This dog appears well cared for and its nails were painted.
Funeral service for F. M. Bralley, Amarillo attorney, who died of a heart attack, scheduled for 3 p m at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr Roy Snodgrass officiating. Bralley came to Amarillo in 1927 and was active in civic work. Survived by widow, a daughter, a son and three brothers.
County commissioners consider centralizing road building to save about 25000 dollars annually. A county wide road supervisor would oversee all crews and machinery except maintainer operators, eliminating precinct lines and politics in road work.
College training tests will be given at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at Amarillo Senior High School. Open to civilian men ages 17 to 22 who hold a high school diploma by July 1, 1944. Application blanks from the high school. if unavailable, a signed principal statement may substitute. Tests aid college training, not enlistment. repeat testing available for those who previously failed. out of town applicants welcome.
Charles Mansen Stooksberry three weeks old died in a local hospital at 1 30 this morning. He was the son of Lloyd T and Mrs Stooksberry of 801 Kentucky Street. Survived by one sister Patricia Sue and grandparents H L Stooksberry of San Angelo and J B Perry of Hamarque. Funeral at Griggs Funeral Chapel 3 oclock with Dr R Thomson officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Miss Jewell Davidson resigns as county tax assessor collector and plans to finish duties by March 15. She notes difficulty of leaving public office and expects to work in the tax office for several more days. Frank Hoyt will be appointed by the commissioners court as tax officer on March 15.
This letter from R W Shoemaker of Edgewood Anderson Indiana discusses moving to Indiana with his family in 1935. He recalls harsh winters and hot summers, mixed Indiana praise with homesickness and humor, and asks Tack for guidance on where to locate a future steel business postwar. He notes Wendell Willkie as a native Hoosier and mentions his son an Harvard alumnus now a Navy ensign.
Farris Tipton a Cordell Oklahoma farmer stockman died in a local hospital at 12 30 this morning after a week of treatment He was 54 years old Surviving are two sons Sterling Tipton in Alaska and N L Tipton of Oklahoma City and three daughters Mrs E B Neal Cordell Mrs W L Sturgeon Oklahoma City and Mrs J B McLaughlin Butler The body was to be sent to Cordell this afternoon by N S Griggs and Sons
Funeral services for Lewis Young Duke will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Griggs Funeral Chapel. Mr. Duke age 59 died Saturday afternoon. He was employed by White and Kirk and had resided in Amarillo nearly 30 years. Amarillo Federation Meeting Planned. The Amarillo Federation of Women’s Clubs will hold a meeting at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon in the Federation Club Rooms with an executive board at 1:30. Travels Prepared. If Mrs E T Lowrey Jr had been put off the Fort Worth train last night she could have come home on her bicycle, which she brought back from a week in Fort Worth with her mother. Mrs Lowrey is a Herring Hotel office clerk.
Pan American Day on April 14 will be observed in all American republics to highlight the unity of the Western Hemisphere. The Pan American Union reports large celebrations are being organized across Latin America and along the Mexico United States border.
The text argues that near term revolts in occupied regions may succeed as Allied strategy urged patience until liberation. It compares to campaigns in Southern Italy and Tito's Yugoslavia, noting 40 to 45 German divisions tied up elsewhere and limited German reserves for the Russian front.
The article warns that Germany must send large extra forces to hold its eastern position in Romania and Bulgaria. The move could drain reserves needed for the western battle and risk a broader retreat, possibly surrendering the eastern front or retreating to an inner fortress.
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