Army Show Opens as Gen Rucker Arrives in Amarillo
General Casper B. Rucker Chief of Staff Eighth Service Command arrives from Dallas to open the Army Service Forces show at the USO Auditorium and will inspect Amarillo Field this afternoon. He is guest of the local committee at a dinner after a 6 45 PM KGNC broadcast from the auditorium.
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Casper B. Rucker
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Army Service Forces
USO
General Rucker
Arthur Easterbrook
Amarillo Army Air Field
Lawrence Hagg
Amarillo Field
KGNC
America
Hollywood Thought on 50 Years of Film Progress
Jimmie Fidler notes Hollywood’s 50th anniversary and calls for reform toward screen literature over dime novels. He argues profit-driven aims shape most films while artistic worth should guide future output. He highlights Bogart and McCrea as seen in industry jokes and anecdotes.
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Hollywood
Joel McCrea
Theaters Declare Red Cross Week in Amarillo Campaign
Theaters across Amarillo join Red Cross Week to raise funds toward a $112,500 quota, aiming to reach the top with a goal of $35,000 remaining. A Red Cross premiere at State Theater features Donald O Connor in Chip Off the Old Block with General Arthur Easterbrook's support. Volunteers at the Army Service Forces Exhibit seek donations through March 31.
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Motion Picture Theaters of America
Red Coss
Red Cross War Fund
Motion Picture
Red Cross
State Theater
Donald O'Connor
Arthur Easterbrook
Amarillo Field
Army Service Forces
USO
Lawrence Hagg
Amarillo
Three DSCs For Crew Of Riddled Fortress Ship
LONDON March 22 Four crew members of the Fortress Squawkin Hawk Second received Distinguished Service Crosses for heroism in September last year. Capt Sumner H Reeder pilot Lt Russell W Engel navigator and Flight Officer Harry E Eddeburn co pilot were honored posthumously or for self sacrifice under heavy Nazi fire as the bomber limped home across enemy lines. Engineer Gunner Harold L Pope devised an emergency oxygen line to aid wounded and helped stabilize the crew during evasive maneuvers until an emergency English field was reached. Police report credits Pope with saving the ship and his comrades.
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London
Squawkin’ Hawk
Stuttgart
Sumner H. Reeder
St. Louis
Russell W. Engel
Clarissa
Minn
Harry E. Edde
Pope
Eddeburn
Reeder
Engel
Peter FP. Delao
San Antonio
Tex
England
Robert M. Levin
Tyler
Nazis Learn Secret of Glider Bomber From Us
Boston reports John Hays Hammond Jr the German use of his patent office data for a radio controlled glider bomber. Hammond cites secret archives and an admiral’s decision to publish. He laments lost initiative and regrets monuments to fools.
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Boston
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Boston Traveler
Office of Censorship
Traveler
Hammond
Patent Office
General Arnold Pushes Army Women Pilots Commissions
General H H Arnold chief of the Army Air Forces urged legislation to grant regular Army commissions to women pilots and said he expects every man Army flyer to serve overseas in time. A 25 pound baby girl born in Raleigh to Mr and Mrs Amon Harris died within a day. the infant was 32 inches long with a full set of teeth.
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Washington
U.P
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Raleigh
N. C
Amon Harris
Thomas F. Cathcart
Cathcart
State Court Honors Memory of Judge M J R Jackson
Amarillo judge M J R Jackson, longtime Court of Civil Appeals member and former chief justice, died recently. The state supreme court accepted and ordered a memorial resolution into its minutes after the Amarillo bar sent the notice.
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State Supreme Court
M. J. R. Jackson
Amarillo
High Court
Jackson
Court of Civil Appeals
FCC Chairman Denies Charge On Radio Monitors Involvement
Washington March 22 FCC Chairman James L Fly called Rep Miller's allegation that FCC amateurs on radio monitoring caused a U S Naval task force to be trapped by Japanese warships in Alaskan waters irresp onsible He said if Miller has evidence he should present it now and noted the charge has been raised repeatedly during hearings
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Washington
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission Today
Miller
Missouri
FCC
Alaskan
Special House
Fly
Wanted: live-in housekeeper in furnished two-room unit
Mrs George Woods offers a permanent live-in position for a housekeeper, calls for daytime or night work, and will hire either white or colored applicants. Address 1506 North East 8th Ave. Call 2-3957. Also a reader seeks return of a yellow gold Bulova wristwatch lost at the Avia trix on March 18. contact 2-4990.
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George Woods
North East
8Th Ave
Tack
Markets Tallies and Personal Lost Items Notice
Market summaries from Kansas City and Chicago report cattle hogs and sheep prices and movement with steady to higher tones on some lots. Separate notices seek return of a lost gold football with red zero, a brown and white pointer named Sleepy, and a Cortebert wristwatch with a black cord, offering rewards. Weather notes: most fogs lift by morning.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
UPD
Mosquito Bombers Now Capable of Two-Ton Loads
London March 22 RAF commentator says Britain's two ton block-buster carrying Mosquito bombers, once built for 1000 pound loads, fly nightly raids into Germany. Typically 12 to 20 planes strike, with 200 daylight sorties this year through March 17, targeting stray aircraft and German airfields.
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London
Britain
Germany
RAF
Europe
Ration Board Holds Anniversary Party
Ration Board members held a small celebration as Mrs. Johnnie Wilson marked her 18th wedding anniversary while assisting with gasoline applications. County records show auto tax activity remains robust with April 1 set as the deadline for 1944 tabs on 1942 licenses.
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Johnnie Wilson
Wilson
Frank Hoyt
U S Nurse Aids Churchill During Pneumonia Attack
INDIANA Pa Lt Betty Clark a U S Army nurse attended Prime Minister Churchill at his bedside in the Middle East during his pneumonia attack. She trained at Germantown Hospital Philadelphia and Cairo assignment followed Churchill Roosevelt Kai Sheikh talks.
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Indiana
Betty Clark
VU. S Army
Churchill
Middle East
Bertha Clark
Miss Clark
Cairo
Germantown Hospital
Philadelphia
Refusal to divulge best girls names causes upset at Fort Sheridan
At Fort Sheridan a Personal Pin-up Girl Contest faced a flop as soldiers did not submit photos of their best girls due to a rule requiring names and addresses on the pictures. The rule was changed to permit code numbers, and a winner was chosen from a pile of entries. Patterson assists Draft Board No. 2 with staffing shortages after long service as chief clerk.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Postage Increase Announced For Airmail And Local Mail
Postmaster W D DeGrassi reminds Amarillo patrons of new rates effective Sunday. Local first class deliveries rise by 1 cent per ounce, air mail to various US and territory routes 8 cents per ounce, and fourth class parcel post increases 3 percent with a minimum 1 cent per parcel. An unrelated dispatch reports Japanese forces attacking and disarming the puppet 12th division near Hankow with heavy casualties.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Amarillo Post Office
United States
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Chungking
Hankow
A Wondrous Tint For Graying Hair
Promote a home hair tint using Barbo Compound mix with water to create a long lasting gray hair color. The ad claims a professional result at low cost, with a glossy natural look that won’t wash out or stain the scalp.
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Humphrey Bogart
Arnold
State Court
24784
Tala Ein
Ae Industrials Rails Utilities
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Chicago
WFA
Beverly Welch
West
14Th Avenue
Sleepy
Ray McCullough
Polk and Tyler
Britnell
Lelamae Thomson
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Armour & Co
At&sf
Y Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Briggs
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Razor O
Greyhound Vane
Harvester
Tel & Tel
Kennecott Copper
Long-Bell Lumber
Gulf Otls
Glenn L. Martin
Mid Cont Pet
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
Penn RR Peweeeres
Phillips
Plymouth Oil
Pure Ou
Teeleee Wee
Republic
Remington Rand Tee
Reynolds
St Joseph
Eee
Sears
Shell Union Oil Wee
Socony Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Suts Standard Brands
Cal
Studebaker
Swift & Co
Texas Corps
Texas Gulf
Warner Brosses
Western Union Saeeenee
Woolworth
del Lackawansaeee
Penney
Ration Board
Taamud
Mairzy Doats
City
Paul Timmons
SFU
Fort Sill
Oklo
U. S
Josie
Tony Bowles
Acme Cleaners
Duniven's
Yorkshire
Hungary
New York
MTI
Managua
Nicaragua
Floyd V. Studer
RC Optometrist
Zale
War Fund
Polk
W.O. Allison Chiropractor
Monroe
Commissioners Court
St. Joseph
Polk Street
Panhandle
Texas
Stacoat Paint Products
Pratt & Lambert Paints
the Builders Supply Co
BLE Paule
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