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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1944
Page
16
A Knoxville reader credits Kellogg's All-Bran with lasting relief from constipation, saying it replaced pills. The letter promotes All-Bran as a gentle regulating food from Battle Creek, urging regular consumption and water intake for lasting relief.
Opening night at the Paramount Theater features the Army film Its Your War Too about WAC life and duties. The event includes WAC training glimpses and a photo display from Amarillo and area. Lt. Cora Lee Morrow invites local relatives to submit pictures for the exhibit.
Major Ralph B. Payne a former Amarillo physician becomes a torhinolaryngologist in the eye ear nose and throat section at McCloskey General Hospital Tempy He previously led the ENT section at Fort Crockett Station Hospital Galveston earned BS and MD from the University of Arkansas trained at Charity Hospital New Orleans and practiced in Amarillo before entering the Army on December 5 1940.
Rev. C. H. Gessner must guess sermon lengths after his church clock, placed in a vestment room for pulpit timing, was stolen. The clock disappearance delays weekly services as the pastor seeks a replacement.
A retired cattleman gave a $5,000 check to Mrs. J. L. Scott, director of the Preventorium work, after visiting children with tuberculosis at the hospital and home for youths. He requested his name remain anonymous. The piece notes 18,400 U S labor deaths from industrial accidents last year.
Charley Wilson at Fort Worth and Denver station serves travelers with fruit and good food. A visiting East woman buys large golden oranges and marvels at Texas fruit. She asks if they were grown locally, and Wilson confirms they grew just beyond the tracks.
First grade pupils at Pleasant Valley School will present a May festival during a parent teacher meeting at 3 PM Thursday. Mrs. Glenn Bowen will install new officers, room mothers will be counted at 3 20, and business will cover school close, summer roundup of first grade pupils, and Boy Scout troop sponsorship. An area honoring officers will follow.
Voting in West Virginia shows a nip and tuck Republican gubernatorial contest with D Boone Dawson leading early tallies and Raymond Funkhouser close behind, while Democrat Rush Holt trails in the Bay State slate. Ohio results also tilt as Cleveland Mayor Lausche leads the Democratic governor race and Taft gains renomination. Roosevelt avoids Fourth Term talk.
Memorial rites for Lt. Rex Blankenship are set for tonight at 8 at Polk Street Methodist Church. He died in a Pacific plane crash and served as first lieutenant after transferring from infantry to the Air Corps. Survived by wife Prances, son Rex Jr., parents Orville and Mrs Blanken ship, a brother and sister. Dr Earl G Hamlett to conduct.
Cpl Murray T Badgley sends his Purple Heart medal to his mother Mrs Hattie A Badgley of 504 Kentucky Street The award followed injuries in Italy on February 29 He writes he has recovered enough to return to action and notes two years overseas in the Army Engineers branch He formerly lived in Amarillo and worked in Phoenix before enlisting three years ago.
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club will honor 21 year old new voters as guests at a luncheon during I Am An American week on May 18 in Fellowship Hall at San Jacinto Methodist Church. The club previously invited them for the wrong week and has moved the time to next week.
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