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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
2
The forecast hints at a wet cycle with more rain likely before week’s end. A north wind will arrive overnight and residents are advised to avoid long weekend trips. The column notes butter rationing and meatier diets as people discuss city life and local families like Dwight Newby in Lamar Colorado.
In a wartime reminiscence, a columnist notes women sustain morale at home while many fathers falter. The piece contrasts female emotional resilience with male executive style, cites ongoing public affairs chatter, fashion advice, and odd trivia from Los Angeles to Amarillo, ending with a cheeky diaper anecdote from a Paramount theater.
A column mix of anecdotes and opinions on wartime life. It ribbingly notes mothers at picture shows with diapers, gardener readers decry pests, Hollywood fashion, shaving tips, and a North Africa dispatch about army cooks. It ends with tidbits on Benzedrine, Texas women and a note on matches.
The report highlights efficiency gains from WPB orders saving millions of board feet of lumber. It notes vitamin K’s role in blood clotting, a world speed record for painting a house, and a department store promoting home delivery. It cites rationing challenges, aircraft turret materials, neutral Sweden and Portugal avoiding Nazi cinema, and Navy uniforms with 13 buttons representing the original states.
Florence Kingsland Watkins of Amarillo writes a verse on a mysterious wild stallion said to roam Palo Duro Canyon. The poem describes a free, untamed creature never yoked by bit or spur, called to by names Light foot or Sir Echo with Brents proposing Palowhite as a name.
A San Jacinto resident announced that her five hens laid seven eggs in one day. She shared the surprising tally with neighbors after a long hour of spreading the word.
Notices request a home for a vicious watchdog and offer a good wage for a housekeeper position in a small apartment. A reader asks for the return of a lost black purse with a wood frame found near Fillmore Street and Lutheran Church at 12th and Taylor Street. Delores Johnson provides contact details.
Captain John Outland at a Fort Worth area camp writes to his father defending Army food management. He explains field ration setup, daily intake estimates, substitutions to avoid spoilage, and efforts to cut waste while praising officers and enlisted men.
Radio 1 comics face new fodder as Bing Crosby sells his hongtails in Mexico City. Peggy Ryan and Marine Sgt Ray Hirsch may wed this weekend. John Payne and Anne Shirley attend a christening with honeymoon vibes. Barbara Stanwyck auction adds fifty thousand at a Vancouver War Bond sale. Elaine Shepherd with Col George Hartman shown hand in hand. Anne Sheridan gifted a lot in Acapulco for a vacation home. Warner Brothers promotes Joan Leslie, while John Warburton and Marla Sheltord dance close. Bette Davis delays film due to Mexico trip. Lon Chaney Jr. eyes fleet of boats. Cary Grant to Army Camp tours. previews and recommended films listed.
A dramatic advertisement promises relief from painful tired feet and legs using Moone's Emerald Oil after a hot foot bath. It claims pain and soreness vanish in 15 minutes and urges readers to buy a bottle at all druggists.
A column lists wartime morale notes and honorables from Hollywood. Charles Coburn and Joe E Brown receive bouquets for work supporting the war effort and Bond drives while fans discuss personal lives and industry trends.
There will be registration for canning sugar at the Potter County courthouse tomorrow. Persons desiring to avoid long lines can obtain the certificates by mail by writing to the board at room 111 in the county courthouse and including the required information.
Lieut. Col. Jay Taylor of Amarillo, in charge of the nation’s farm labor problem, was the principal speaker on the Farm and Home Hour broadcast over a national network.
Noted astrologer El Haren is featured twice daily on KFDA at 10:30 AM and 9:30 PM except Sundays, courtesy of Cretney's drug stores. Free consultations offered to those with problems, using initials for identification. Since limited engagement, readers urged to submit the El Haren Question Coupon promptly.
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