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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1943
Page
2
A long mix of weather notes and social musings from Amarillo, predicting more rain within 48 hours and discussing dust, wheat yields, and local life. The column weaves in jokes about maids, albinio wild ducks, radio voices, and common American concerns from taxes to strikes.
Jimmie Fidler recalls Ingrid Bergman and old time actors, noting the contrast between on set rituals and Bergman’s casual approach. He recounts anecdotes about private and studio life, wartime era memories, and Paramount land ownership tied to Donald Crisp.
A 1940s advertisement invites readers to obtain Pattern 7553 for a “jiffy knit” jacket in sizes 12–14, 16–18. It outlines materials, stitch guidance, and stockinette yoke and sleeves, asking readers to mail eleven cents and their name address and pattern number to Household Arts Dept., 259 W 14th Street, New York, NY.
The piece recalls a man who lived in a house for two years enjoyed its comforts from piano to eggs and pigs then sold at a nearly sixty percent profit. It also mentions Bruce Bennett Herman Brix in 1928 Olympic Games and hotel lobbies hosting talk of German athletes led by Rommel. A funeral anecdote ends with a ghost quipping about drinks on the way out.
Pittsburgh May 10 production resumed in the soft coal fields as more than 3,000 miners in two states returned to work. The strike ended after protests against $1-a-day fines for unauthorized stoppages preceding the May 1 general shutdown.
Announcement by the navy last week reports three medium sized United States merchant vessels sunk by Axis submarines in the Western Atlantic. The Associated Press tally shows 653 total Allied and neutral merchant ship losses in those waters since Pearl Harbor. Women usually have greater finger dexterity than men.
Four people were injured in separate traffic accidents in Amarillo late Saturday and Sunday. Verge Wright and Weldon Hall suffered cuts and bruises in a three car crash on North East Eighth Avenue and were hospitalized. J H Henson sustained a knee cut in a two car crash at Fillmore Street and East Eighth Avenue and was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital. Florencia Leno, from Clovis New Mexico, was struck while crossing South Buchanan Street and received minor injuries. the driver Davis Perkins stopped to aid.
The Supreme Court upheld FCC restrictions on chain broadcasting in a 5 to 2 decision. Justice Frankfurter delivered the opinion, affirming the challenge by National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System.
The Algiers radio broadcast reported Gen. Henri Giraud invited Gen. Charles De Gaulle to meet in Marrakesh or Biskra to discuss unification of French forces fighting the Axis.
Agonizing itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm and toe itch is claimed to be relieved by a single application of Blue Star Ointment. The ad promises repeat use as nature heals and offers money back if unsatisfied.
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