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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1943
Page
4
UT Austin en listed reservists were notified they must report for active duty. The tower chimes rang with You're in the Army Now followed by The Eyes of Texas and Auld Lang Syne. Recruits will report on May 8.
Metropolitan Life reports one in ten white U S residents was born abroad and the foreign born share has fallen since immigration slowed. If immigration limits persist, the foreign born will decline further in the coming generation. In 1940 the foreign born element had fallen from a peak. In Columbus Joe Young faces 30 days and a $100 fine after a sweater dealer incident with Chief Detective Leo Phillips.
W Q Arthur D Elliott at the Seneca Ordnance depot uses a road magnet to remove nails from highways on the government reservation. In two days the device collected about 700 pounds of nails from crates during unpacking, cutting punctures from as many as 90 a day to almost none and saving tires.
Seabee recruitment drives in the Eighth Naval District draw more than fifty Panhandle men seeking enlistment. Applicants aged 17 to 50 undergo physicals with Lieut. Ben Blackwell and Commander Duncan evaluating volunteers for construction, electrical, and technical duties.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers reports strong response to its call for volunteers aged 18 to 45 with construction or technical trades. Recruits are placed in civilian professions within the Corps with options for Army Air Forces, Ground Forces, or Service Command. The Panhandle leads Texas in quotas and is asked to help finish the statewide roll. Details available at the Army Hut at Sixth and Polk or Amarillo Air Field.
Dallas census director reports about 5,000 school children ages six to 18 missing from desks this year. War drives teens to quit for low growth jobs as messengers car-hops and laundry workers, while schools push attendance with home visits and welfare aid.
El Haren will broadcast twice daily on KFDA Amarillo starting Monday at 10 30 in the morning and 9 30 in the evening. The famed astrologer, recently from Lexington Kentucky and WLAZ, offers free guidance on love marriage business and finances with confidential letters.
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