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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1945
Page
2
Captain Sir William Bass urged the Commons that a badly bombed Berlin section be preserved in its devastated state as a reminder Germany started the war. He urged Prime Minister Churchill to include the proposal in surrender terms.
The week-end forecast remains tropical for part of the Panhandle. The writer recalls birthday forgetfulness and birthday cake wishes, notes coyotes and ranchers concerns, pays tribute to Judge Hoover, thanks readers for bread pudding, and reports a new grandchild for Amarillo residents Harve and (Mrs.) Avery.
U. S. North Texas District Court Judge James C. Wilson is hospitalized in Fort Worth recovering from a minor operation. The report notes he is in a patient status and convalescing.
More than $1 000 has poured into the Annual Easter Seal Sale treasury for crippled children. Mrs Grady Camp acts as special treasurer with mail address 213 Amarillo Building. The next crippled child clinic at St Anthony s Hospital is April 7 and another on July 7. George McCullough heads the Easter Seal Sale committee and says every dollar goes to helping crippled children. Officers of the Crippled Children s Council of Amarillo serve without salaries.
Lt Jewel Hooper reports Army hospitals in the United States care for about 140000 wounded and sick by end of January up from 87000 last October. Casualties overseas arrive at 1200 daily, with general hospitals offering specialty care. Amarillo Recruiting Sub-station seeks women to join the WAC hospital corps.
Six piece orchestra will provide music for Saturday night dancing at Buffalo Lake Recreation Hall from 9 to 12. Hall opened to large crowd last Saturday evening. Jerry Autry, manager, announces weeknight dancing via juke box, with boating and fishing open daily except Tuesdays and Fridays. cafe serves steaks sandwiches and cold drinks.
Amarillo women boost home crafts as pattern services report a surge in demand. 1944 sales jump drastically from 62 to 282 percent over 1941, with needlecraft patterns up from 51 to 269 percent.
James A. King son of Mr and Mrs J F King 700 North Polk has returned to the United States after more than three years in the Army including twenty eight months overseas He arrived yesterday on a 14 day furlough and stays with his sister Mrs G T Rowley 1305 North Harrison before enlistment he worked at English Field Amarillo airport.
A slowdown in issuing 1945 automobile and truck licenses leaves about 5,000 owners with seven days to complete purchase. If demand remains flat, long lines will form at the county assessor and collector’s office on the courthouse’s second floor. Deadline for displaying plates is April 1 with possible fines thereafter.
Frank A. Henry son of Mr and Mrs W P Henry 605 North Pierce has been promoted to first lieutenant in the Army Air Forces at Meridian Mississippi. He has served in the Army three years and was an Amarillo College student before joining aviation service. He was formerly a Globe News carrier.
President F. W Zimmerman announces a Townsend Club meeting with a musical program arranged for Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the county courthouse. The event highlights local club activity and community cultural life.
The late J L Caldwell’s Amarillo Weekly News from March 15 1901 is cited describing A H Belo as a future millionaire and recalling a one horse power press. The clipping found in a County Clerk office mentions a birth and a murder rumor on the street. An old advertiser White and Kirk offered tobacco and syrup in sales copy.
Officials of the Khiva Temple met with Imperial Potentate Alfred G. Arnold in Wichita Falls to discuss locating a Shriner's hospital for crippled children in Amarillo. The talks were preliminary and likely to resume during Arnold's planned April visit to Amarillo. Delegation members included Bill Norman T. W. Gilstrap Joe Jenkins Fred H. Galle Hugo Loewenstern and Perry Powell.
Judge Henry S. Bishop of the 47th District Court and court reporter W. R. Frazee are in Canyon today as Bishop presides over a civil suit.
Amarillo High School band members attend a Canyon clinic sponsored by Clyde Rowe and hosted by West Texas State Teachers College. They join Region 1 bands for a concert in the college auditorium with named Sandie players listed.
Amarillo attorney Ben Stone Jr stationed in San Diego with the Navy is home on leave to visit his wife Mrs. Stone and their children along with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stone of 1604 Harrison.
Word arrives that Pvt Harold Jones son of Rev and Mrs J M Jones of Richmond California was killed in Iwo Jima. A machinegunner with the Fifth Marine Division he left the United States in July 1944 and saw action in several Pacific battles.
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