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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1945
Page
2
The writer notes hard work on a general rain in Edinburgh conditions. Clouds remain stubborn despite propitious conditions and a potential deluge may follow. Forecasts indicate general rain within a week or ten days from last Monday stays in effect.
Floyd Studer presents a four month old Brittany spaniel famed for its skill in painting game birds. The pup is the nation’s most talked of dog. A distinguished Texan, Bob O'Donnell, head of Interstate Theaters, visits Amarillo and is hailed as a top Dallas citizen. The energetic patriot may face rivals in southwest popularity.
Mr O Donnell champions the war loan drive and earns praise for zeal while inviting civic clubs to host talks. A reader letter from H F McFarland Jr of the Pantex plant urges removing the facility from rumor lists and notes a schedule to July 1946 with 625 additional hires to peak production.
A reader criticizes Old Tack for prejudice against hockey in Amarillo and urges encouragement of youth sports. The letter questions attitudes toward football golf and inquiries about indigenous games and western hockey history, urging open-minded promotion of sports.
An assertive statement rejects hockey for Amarro, insisting the coliseum must be built while hockey as a sport has no place in the country. The speaker invokes frontier figures and declares the policy final.
A humorously stern confrontation over naming a skating activity as hockey. One speaker insists on calling the sport ice shinny only, challenging the term hockey and offering to permit the activity under that name "over my dead body."
A man recalls childhood use of coal oil for croup and surprising effects on a Jersey cow named Susie. He defends coal oil as a pioneer Western aid, jokes about hair loss, and requests meat gifts while rejecting mutton with humor and gratitude to Mrs. Art Arnold.
R J O'Donnell Texas War Activities Chairman outlined seven points at a John Snider barbeque in Old Tascosa to about 150 county war bond chairmen and theater managers. The plan includes payroll deductions, new bond booths, All Star Bond Rally screenings, premiere showings for Series E bonds, children’s bond shows, a free movie day on June 6, and Emancipation Day events. The Amarillo Panhandle theaters will participate to meet quotas. General Marshall urged uniformed personnel and civilians to see the film Two Down and One to Go to boost morale and support.
State and city patrolmen report motorists delaying brake checks after accidents, citing lack of time. A national brake emphasis program runs now through June 1, with 33 percent of inspected cars found to have faulty brakes, and all drivers urged to get brakes tested.
Amarillo police arrested two Italian POW escapees, Rinaldo Carlo 18 and Tardiola Franco 25, after one begged in brown street clothes and the other hid in a well house. They were captured in North Amarillo at 2 pm after escaping Amarillo Field Tuesday night and turned over to military authorities.
May 12 marked National Hospital Day honoring Florence Nightingale born 125 years ago. Northwest Texas and St. Anthony's hospitals in Amarillo lack a formal program but highlight nurse aides, with 100 plus Amarillo women serving. Training classes begin June 1 and January 1 to expand nursing staff for military service.
Dr. C Robert Starks president of the American Osteopathic Association will address the Panhandle Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons quarterly meeting Sunday in Amarillo. He arrives tomorrow to conduct clinic work before the all day Capitol Hotel event. He heads the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners and serves on a Denver boys home board.
A reader from Hartley Texas offers to hire a hard working family with fair wages and a furnished house. They hope to move soon after school ends on May 16.
An ad offers a young Persian mother cat and her kitten for give away. Contact details include phone numbers 4460 and 2 2286 and a meeting address 311 West Second. A. V. Jones states he is a paper hanger seeking work.
In a fiery column the writer jeers at plans to smooth street dips, praising them as a cherished Amarillo feature. He argues they deter speedsters, spark curiosity with intersection lakes after rain, and resist calls for change, insisting the dips stay despite appeals.
The original committee led by R. E. Underwood will decide the next steps for the Roosevelt Memorial project at 3 30 this afternoon. Amarillo Junior Chamber members ran a week long fund drive for the goal with Bill Curtis as Jaycee chair. The campaign added 10271 12 to the Panhandle polio and crippled children’s clinic fund.
Johnny Schindler reported the theft of his 1934 Ford Sedan from in front of his 1200 Lincoln residence. The car, with Texas plate EV9058, contained roofing tools valued at over $250, and officers issued a radio alert for the stolen vehicle.
Mrs Van J Elkins reports losing a pink Easter bonnet with pique rib and ruching on April 9 near Southwest Studios. she asks the finder to call 2-1300 and offers a reward. Mrs R E Harmon asks for a lost gold service pin reading Mother with a star, worn for three years. she will reward the finder and pay all expenses, Route 2 Box 558 Amarillo.
Mrs Annie Marie Loftis 68 a resident of Amarillo for 14 years died yesterday morning in Wichita Falls Surviving her husband B P Loftis three sons Ray P Loftis Claude Loftis Ed Loftis three daughters Mrs R Parker Mrs Robert Hunt and Mrs George Barber one sister Mrs E E Kimball and 16 grandchildren Funeral services set for 10 30 tomorrow at First Baptist Church with Dr A D Foreman Rev E T Smith assisting Burial in Slate Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home direction
Potter County Selective Service Board No 1 reports no draft delinquents on record for the first time in three years. Officials say the last delinquent was a Black youth under draft age who had registered locally and in another city, joined the Navy, and was discharged for being under service age. He later registered again in Kansas and awaits call.
George McCarthy returned from Austin where he argued before the State Court of Criminal Appeals. The case involves Walter J. Friemel of Deaf Smith County convicted of cattle theft in Hereford district court and sentenced to two years, though the indictment by a Potter County grand jury was quashed.
A family of six, husband, wife, a daughter and two sons, seeks employment with a considerate man. They express willingness to work and contribute, indicating readiness to improve their situation.
Mrs Kathryn Wright offers a reward for the return of a black billfold containing a car key a California driver license and Navy identification lost in or near the Paramount Theater Thursday evening. Call 9229.
Miss Virginia Adkins deputy county clerk is on vacation early this year without disclosing her destination. She only stated she plans to rest and did not reveal travel plans.
A pair of blue hexagon shaped glasses were reported lost near the Amarillo Hotel block. The owner asks the finder to return them to the Amarillo Hotel desk and promises a reward.
A pair of child glasses found at the Zoo on April 22. The owner can claim them by calling 314 Lips comb after 4 PM.
Lost items note: brown coin purse with four dollars, a nickel, and four pennies. likely at the post office Tuesday evening. If found call 2 2934 or mail to Box 2443 Amarillo. Mrs W J Maloney asks to place lost ads at 6262.
C. G. Conner state highway patrolman stationed at the Amarillo office left yesterday for Austin to attend a meeting of patrol sergeants from over the state.
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