14 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1944
Page
1
The Red Cross War Fund shows 47200 in the bank at noon from Potter County contributions. The Amarillo quota is 142500 with 64300 left to raise. Committee chairmen expect reports this afternoon but a full forecast awaits Friday night. Workers will call on Friday to maximize donations.
Edward F. Creagh reports Philadelphia audiences acclaimed Louis Gesensway's color harmony as a bold 49 tone system. The Canadian born composer explains the eight diatonic notes each have five shades creating a new musical syntax. Gesensway, first violin of the Philadelphia Orchestra, drew ringing applause from a nearly unanimous ensemble audience.
The Army Service Forces exhibit opens March 22 for three days at the USO Auditorium Amarillo inviting the Panhandle. A quartermaster field bakery will bake four pound loaves in GI form for soldiers with ovens mixers and portable gear. Displays come from multiple Army branches and regional installations. Lt Francis Murphy will supervise displays with setup finished by March 26.
Market report covers Amarillo and Kansas City livestock activity with hogs and cattle varying in price. Hogs seen steady to higher in some weights, cattle largely steady with some declines, sheep slow but firmer bids for good lambs.
The district offices of ODT in the Fisk Building will require ODT registered freight and empty or partly loaded trucks beginning March 27. N F Nelson says the plan will speed vital war freight moves and reduce dead mileage. Amarillo houses one of 142 district offices issuing these facilities and outlines leasing rules and compensation schedules.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce renewals proceed by mail at ten per day. Herb Budke, membership chairman, urges old and prospective members to return cards and contributions before Saturday's annual directors election. Rex Baxter, manager, notes no budget increase for the next fiscal year and reports healthy membership returns.
Miss Eloise DeLay, Amarillo Girl Scout secretary, attends a directors class in Santa Monica California led by Miss Margaret Chapman. She will gather ideas for Camp Kiwanis Amarillo next summer and return March 22.
O A Hilliard died in a local hospital after an auto crash on the north highway Sunday night. A Pantex Ordnance Plant employee, he was 53. Survived by sister Miss Pluma Hilliard of Canoques nesing, Pa. Funeral home to receive sister’s arrival.
C Ben Floyd vice president and general manager of The New Mexican returned to Santa Fe after several days here. He hosted a farewell dinner for local friends before resuming his trip from Amarillo via Wichita Falls. He noted gasoline rationing hurting Santa Fe tourism but cited the city’s population doubling in the last decade. Floyd visited with nephew John Floyd in Springfield Missouri at Shepherd Field.
Funeral services for Cecil Davis who died last Thursday in San Francisco will be held tomorrow at 10 in the Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Davis 28 was a welder for Lockheed. He is survived by his wife and his parents Charlie Davis Amarillo and Mrs Ethel Reynolds Bushyhead Okla and two brothers. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Also court fines totaling 130 dollars were collected at city hall this morning with five motorists fined one dollar each.
Willard W. Phillips announced policy holders in the Amarillo district will attend a noon luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel. A. F. Allen will present the annual report with E. Watts L. Guthrie and C. G. Weakley also attending. The 1943 premium total reached 6 523 936 with an expense ratio of 19.3 percent, a record in several years.
A reader seeks female correspondence with a woman age 29 to 36 and requests help finding employment in sales, clerk, cashier, practical nurse, or waitress work, preferably outside Amarillo for future prospects. Another message offers home rough dry laundry services pending delivery. Florence Reese lists laundry needs at 86 North Alabama Street.
Mrs. G. O. DeMerchant of San Antonio will be guest speaker tonight at Assembly of God Church 900 North Pierce Street. She and her husband have conducted several revivals at the church and special music has been arranged for the service.
Good for over 100 years and now improved with finer ingredients. Antiseptic and active formula spread easily for minor external skin issues such as itching boils rashes tetter sunburn cuts and bruises. Price 85 cents.
The Senate voted 47 to 33 to approve a final version of a states rights service vote bill allowing a curtailed federal ballot only with state permission. The measure now heads to the House where Eugene Worley of Texas predicts quick acceptance.
A World War II report notes British troops crossing from Assam into Burma west of Myitkyina to strike from the south while Stilwell presses from the north. The aims are to link the Ledo and Burma roads, establish new Allied air bases, and block Japanese advance into Yunnan. The piece calls Stilwell’s push gallant but not miraculous, a prelude to a larger drive as major island groups in Truk are listed.
Amarillo Commandery No. 48 Knights Templar becomes first lodge to use the Masonic Temple since its purchase by the Mystic Shrine. The commandery will confer the Red Cross and Malta at 7 o clock and then confer the Order of the Temple to members.
You cannot buy more in aspirin than the assurance of quality and purity guaranteed when you see Jonespirin the world's largest at ten cents. Demand St Joseph Aspirin.
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